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SPOBTS A&E lAY Center of attention Merry-go-round 1997 NU cross country freshman Kate Centerwall Making the most of life, Lincoln comedienne T. prepares along with the Huskers for Satuday’s Mami Voss spreads the joy full circle with her In WITH A NCAA qualifying meet. PAGE 9 gifts of gab and gaity. PAGE 12 Flurries, high 30. Gusty low 20. VOL. 97 COVERING THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA-LINCOLN SINCE 1901 NO. 59 F reviews „ ;r :-: SandySummers/DN UNL HISTORY PROFESSOR GaryMoulton’s 11-volume edited series of The Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition is widely con sidered as the definitive collection of the two explorers’ Journey west Moulton, who was consulted by award-winning PBS filmmak er Ken Bums during his production of a documentary on the expedition, was in Washington, O.C., Monday for a reception and spe cial screening of the film with President Clinton. Professor’s work aids filmmaker By Ted Taylor Senior Reporter It took 193 years, but the Lewis and Clark Expedition finally stopped in Washington, D.C. And it picked up UNL history professor Gary Moulton along the way. Moulton, editor of an 11-volume, 5,000 page series called The Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, was in the nation’s cap ital Monday for a presidential private screen ing of Ken Burns’ documentary on the subject. “It was a great thrill,” Moulton said Wednesday of the chance to meet President Clinton and tour the White House. As a consultant to Bums during the mak ing of the four-hour film, Moulton was invited to the screening by the award-winning film fe maker. lt documents the 37-member expedi tion from St. Louis, Mo , to die Pacific Ocean. The famous trek west, aided by the help of Indian interpreter Sacagawea, was the nation’s first federally funded land expedition. “Lewis & Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery,” debuted on PBS Nov. 4 and 5 and received the highest rating of any PBS film with the exception of Bums’ 1990 epic on the Civil War. Moulton, 55, said he was surprised by the president’s interest in the expedition. “He had looked into Lewis and Clark a lit tle,” Moulton said. “You didn’t have the sense he was reading something a staff member had Please see MOULTON on page 8 UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Refusing to let Iraq dictate who can inspect its weapons, the United Nations decided Thursday to withdraw all arms inspectors from Iraq after Saddam Hussein ordered Americans cm the U.N. team out immediately. But U.S. efforts to have the Security Council condemn the expul sion got bogged down in differences over the wisdom of withdrawing all the inspectors and a sudden, unrelated squabble between the United States and China over Tibet. The decision to leave only a skele tal crew in Baghdad came after Iraq would not even let the six American inspectors stay until Friday, when they would have flown out with about 70 other weapons monitors. Instead, the Americans, plus an unspecified number of other team members, left Baghdad about 11 p.m. for a grueling overnight drive through the desert to Jordan. The Americans reached the border before daybreak Friday, and headed on to Amman, the Jordanian capital. The chief U.N. weapons inspector, Richard Butler, also said U.S.-manned U-2 spy planes would keep flying over Iraq despite Baghdad’s threats to shoot them down. U.S. Ambassador Bill Richardson declared that Iraq was in “open defi ance” of the United Nations. “I think there are going to be some serious con sequences,” he said, without elaborat ing. In Washington, President Clinton pledged to deal “in a very determined way” with the expulsion of the arms Please see IRAQ on page 8 j Hoagland will not run By Brian Carlson Assignment Reporter Former U.S. Rep. Peter Hoagland announced this week that he won’t seek to regain his old seat in 1998. Hoagland, a Democrat who rep resented Omaha’s 2nd District in Congress from 1989-95, had spent the past few weeks pondering anoth er congressional bid. He said in a statement that he and his wife, Barbara, made the decision in order to spend more time with their family. “We are honored by the encour agement we have received from our many friends and supporters,” he said. “It is with considerable regret, and only after careful and reflective thought, that we are deciding against it for now.” Hoagland was defeated in 1994 by Jon Christensen, who was re elected in 1996. Christensen’s deci sion to run for governor in 1998 had opened the door for a possible return to politics for Hoagland, now an attorney in Washington, D.C. Hoagland called his years of public service in the Nebraska Legislature and the U.S. House of Representatives the “greatest pro fessional honor of my life.” “But we are now deeply involved in a wonderful and demanding peri od in the life of our family: raising and educating our five children,” he said. “As every parent knows, when children grow older, they take even more time and energy to outsmart.” Gary Randall, 2nd District chair man of the Nebraska Democratic Party, said a possible candidacy for Hoagland had been “an exciting possibility” and that this week’s decision was disappointing. “Certainly it is,” he said. “Peter was a very good congressman, and he is a real viable candidate.” But Randall said the party respected Hoagland’s personal deci sion and said other strong candidates would step forward. “It does open the way for other good candidates,” he said. “We’re looking forward to getting some fresh faces in the race.” Randall said Omaha attorney Bill Bianco is “ready to announce” a bid within a week. He also said Chris McClean con tinued to consider a congressional run in 1998. McClean has worked in Washington, D.C., during the last 15 years as a staff worker for former U.S. Sen. James Exon and U.S. Sen. Bob Kerrey. Three Republicans have said they will run for the 2nd District seat: Christensen’s ex-wife, Meredith Christensen; Omaha City Councilman Lee Terry; and Brad Kuiper. Read the Daily Nebraskan on the World Wide Web at http:/Zwww.unl.edu/DailyNeb