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SPORTS ARE No oil slick In the house November 11, 1997 Nebraska defeated Marathon Oil 87-72 to finish Long known to cosmopolites as orgies of lights, its exhibition season Monday night. The Huskers music, dance and trance, raves have found their FLURRY open their season Sunday. PAGE 9 way into the weekends of Nebraskans. PAGE 7 Flurries possible, high 35 | m. *Sr B BT If | VOL. 97 COVERING THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA-LINCOLN SINCE 1901 NO. 56 U.S., Iraq face off in U.N. session UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States asked the U.N. Security Council on Monday to condemn Iraq and threaten it with serious conse quences unless Baghdad backs down from its refusal to cooperate with Americans on U.N. weapons inspec I tion teams. But Russian Ambassador Sergey ; Lavrov said his government opposes “any threat or use of force” in the cri sis and indicated Iraq’s complaints needed to be heard. | The U.S. envoy to the United Nations, Bill Richardson, said the United States opposes Iraq’s request i for a Security Council hearing to air * its grievances. Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Tariq Aziz, who made the request, wants to argue Baghdad’s case that the Americans are manipulating the U.N. inspection teams. Arriving for the private council meeting, Richardson said he would ask the 15-member body to adopt a strong resolution to condemn Iraq, demand full compliance with U.N. orders, impose a travel ban on Iraqi officials who interfere with inspec tions and warn of serious conse quences. Richardson said if the council refuses, “all bets are go, all options are open.” Significantly, council diplomats said the American proposal did not declare that Iraq had breached the 1991 Gulf War cease-fire - a condi tion for military action to force com pliance. It appeared the U.S. priority was to get all 15 council members to state that what Iraq did was illegal rather than push for punishing measures or military action. The council meeting ended with out indication when a vote would be taken. U.N. officials said they expect ed it by midweek. Washington is furious at Iraq for refusing to cooperate with American weapons inspectors and threatening to fire on U.S.-piloted U-2 surveil lance planes flying U.N. missions. France, China and Russia have joined with Washington in demand ing that Iraqi President Saddam Hussein rescind his decision to expel the six American inspectors from Iraq. Before the council session, Aziz said Iraq wanted a reduction in the number of Americans in the U.N. Special Commission on Iraq, which conducts the weapons inspections. Iraq also wants a timetable for ending the inspections and lifting economic sanctions imposed after Iraq’s 1990 invasion of Kuwait, which led to the 1991 Persian Gulf War. But Secretary-General Kofi Annan said the composition of Please see U.N.on 2 1 A capital sunset Lane Hickenbottom/DN THE SUN BEGINS to fall behind Lincoln’s downtown horizon Monday, as the Capital City saw its first clear afternoon in days. NU seeks post-snow funding By Erin Gibson Senior Reporter The university expects to receive federal funding to help pay campus cleanup costs - including hundreds of employee overtime hours - resulting from the devas tating late October blizzard, an official said Monday. Jay Schluckebier, interim director of UNL’s Landscape Services, said his office’s budget cannot absorb the cost of over time, wood chippers and chain saws purchased to clear tangled tree limbs and buy as many as 2,000 replacement trees. 1 m told we 11 have disaster relief funds for this,” Schluckebier said. “That’s what I’m counting on. Otherwise, “I expect we’ll just plant fewer trees,” he said. Federal Emergency Management Agency spokesman Phil Kirk said the agency received a letter from the university, saying it would submit applications for disaster relief funding. The university received FEMA funds in 1993 after sub mitting an application citing dam ages that occurred on campus dur ing a record wind storm. Glen Nelson, assistant to the vice chancellor for business and finance, said the University of Nebraska-Lincoln has yet to fin ish compiling its claims for the agency, and he was unsure when claims would be filed. “One hundred percent of our focus has been on getting the cam pus safe again,” Nelson said. Both University of Nebraska campuses in Omaha may file their Please see CLEANUP on 6 Hagel stresses import of recognizing veterans By Matthew Waite Senior Reporter On Nov. 11, 1969, a part-time radio reporter and bartender - and full-time student - covered a Veterans Day ceremony in Omaha. People packed Memorial Park, across the street from what is now the University of Nebraska at Omaha campus, to hear speeches the former reporter has since forgotten. However, in the back of the cere mony, there was a small group of stu dents, protesting America’s involve ment in Vietnam. The former reporter did not forget them. Chuck Hagel, 28 years later, admits that his coverage may have been biased that day. His anger with the protesters may have colored his reporting. That Veterans Day in Omaha in 1969 was Hagel’s first since return ing from the Mekong Delta in South Vietnam. Now, 28 Veterans Days later, Hagel will give the keynote address at the Vietnam War Memorial in Washington, D.C. Hagel spoke at the dedication of the wall 15 years ago. Hagel went on to Washington after graduation, leaving radio Please see HAGEL on 6 Young AIDS victims offer hope By Sarah Baker Assignment Reporter When Jonathan Swain contract ed AIDS on his second day on earth, he wasn’t expected to live past infan cy. The 14-year-old told University of Nebraska-Lincoln students there was no hope for his survival, so he was a “guinea pig” for early AIDS treatments. “The doctors told my mom I would only live to be 3 years old,” Swain said. “Every morning that I woke up, it was a good day for her.” He is not alone, but living with the disease made him feel like he was. Now he works and plays with other adolescents with the same ill ness, the same loneliness. Participants from Camp Heartland shared their experiences with the disease at the Lied Center for Performing Arts on Monday night. The summer camp provides a haven for children affected by or infected with AIDS. The presentation, part of the camp’s Journey of Hope, was spon sored by; Farmhouse Fraternity and Kappa Delta Sorority. Camp Heartland was founded five years ago by 26-year-old Neil Willenson from Mequon, Wis. The camp is funded completely by pri vate donations, and began with only 75 children. Since then, over 1,200 kids have passed through the camp. “Most of these kids are living with a horrible secret, and at our camp they are liberated from that secret,” Willenson said. “Most of the happiest moments of my life have been spent with children with AIDS.” Willenson said he wouldn’t trade life at Camp Heartland for anything. “I like to use a Garth Brooks quote as my motto,” Willenson said. “Garth says, ‘I could have missed the pain, but I would have had to miss the dance.’ Sometimes I get depressed, but it just motivates me to do more, and I am going to keep cn dancing.” Swain said he felt liberated at Camp Heartland. “When I went to camp, it was the best month of my life,” he said. “Everyone could relate and under Please see AIDS on 3 y ' ... k •' _.:y. Read the Daily Nebraskan on the World Wide Web at http: I Jwww.unl.edu IDailyNeb