SPORTS
Top the Toppers
Paul Sanderford coaches the No. 21 Nebraska women’s basketball
team to an 84-70 win over his former team, 15th-ranked Western
Kentucky, in the preseason NIT semifinals. PAGE 9
A&E
Supremely extreme
While David Lee rocks Vegas, Sammy and his
hair tour the Plains, stopping off tonight at
Lincoln’s own Pershing Auditorium. PAGE 13
FRIDAY
November 21, 1997
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VOL. 97 COVERING THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA-LINCOLN SINCE 1901 NO. 64
U.S. vows not to ease up on Iraq
WASHINGTON (AP) — Refusing to trust
Saddam Hussein, President Clinton said
Thursday he would “wait and see” whether Iraq
allows weapons inspectors to resume work. The
White House insisted Saddam would not be
rewarded for retreating and sent more military
force to the Persian Gulf.
“This is not over,” declared Sandy Berger,
the president’s national security adviser.
Three weeks after triggering an internation
al showdown, Saddam suddenly revoked his
ban on American weapons inspectors in Iraq.
U.N. inspections chief Richard Butler said that
if all goes well they would be back in business
today.
Underscoring U.S. skepticism about Iraq,
the Pentagon continued its buildup, dispatching
F-16 and F-15 fighters, B-l long-range
bombers, refueling planes and soldiers to man
Patriot air defense missiles.
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This is not over. ... There is absolutely no
understanding. There s no deal. There s no
concessions.”
Sandy Berger
President Clinton’s national security adviser
The White House insisted Saddam got noth
ing for backing down. Officials emphasized
that the United States stood ready to veto any
efforts by Russia or others to ease the United
Nations’ tough sanctions against Iraq.
“There is absolutely no understanding.
There’s no deal. There’s no concessions,”
Berger said.
However, officials also said the United
States would support increasing the amount of
oil Iraq is permitted to sell to raise money to
buy food and medicine.
WhiLe the United States asserted that
Saddam had failed, the three-week crisis
exposed divisions among allies about the use of
force against Iraq. And once again it allowed
Saddam to assert himself on the world stage.
But it also focused world attention on Iraq’s
efforts to acquire weapons of mass destruction.
* The test of the allies’ unity and resolve
could come as early as Friday when a U.N. spe
cial commission meets to make arrangements
for inspections. Russia, with some French sup
port, may try to narrow the monitoring. Saddam
has contended the U.S. inspectors were actually
spies.
Clinton, at a prayer breakfast with religious
leaders, said, “The United States must remain
and will remain resolute” in preventing Saddam
from developing nuclear, chemical or biologi
cal weapons. “In the coming days we will wait
and see whether he does, in fact, comply with
the will of the international community.”
Iraq reversed course under an arrangement
Please see IRAQ on 2
renovation
rests on vote
By Erin Gibson
Senior Reporter
A local architecture firm will begin
designing renovations for Richards Hall -
a building much publicized for its state of
disrepair - if the NU Board of Regents
Saturday approves the firm’s fee of about
$600,000.
The renovation project, costing about
$8.5 million, would be one of the first
two projects to begin under the universi
ty’s deferred maintenance initiative.
During their 8:30 a.m. meeting in
Varner Hall, regents also will consider
whether to pay a separate architecture
firm to design renovations for a
University of Nebraska at Kearney build
ing included in the initiative. Renovation
of the UNK Combined West Center and
the Communication Building will cost
Please see REGENTS on 3
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Lane Hickenbottom/DN
CARS ZIP BY a waving snowman covered with Christmas lights Thursday night at Mahoney Park, 70th and Fremont streets. The park was
the site of the Lincoln Lights, a professionally coordinated lights display. Mayor Mike Johanns flipped the ceremonial switch that pow
ered the lights, which will be displayed until Jan. 4.
Meeting to discuss King holiday
By Erin Gibson
Senior Reporter
A group of 22 faculty members will
hold a town hall meeting today to develop
a new proposal to observe Martin Luther
King Jr. Day on campus.
The group will present the new propos
al at the Dec. 2 Academic Senate meeting.
All university members may attend the
meeting scheduled for 10 a.m. to noon in
the Nebraska East Union. The meeting was
organized in response to the Nov. 4
Academic Senate vote against canceling
classes to observe the Jan. 20 King holi
day. ; ->■'
Gargi Rosircar-Sodowsky, assistant 1
professor of educational psychology and
an event organizer, said meeting partici
pants also will discuss whether to create a
Faculty Diversity Watch team, which
could swiftly address incidents on campus
that threaten a diverse academic communi
ty. Since the Academic Senate meeting,
many members of the university commu
Please see KING on 3
Bennett enters gubernatorial race
By Brian Carlson
Assignrhent Reporter
> Steve Bennett entered the Democratic race
for governor Thursday, vowing to build on the
efforts of Gov. Ben Nelson and to seek to con
tinue the states progress. *
Bennett, a podiatric physician from
Kearney, was scheduled to formally announce
his candidacy Thursday night at a reception in
Kearney. In an interview with the Daily
Nebraskan, he said his campaign would focus
on creating a more efficient state government.
“My message is that we can do better,” he
said. “During the last seven years Gov. Nelson
has set die foundation for a moderate Democrat
like myself to lead the state into the 21st centu
ry.
“We will continue that and take the next
steps to do better.”
Bennett described himself as a “pro-educa
tion, pro-business” candidate committed to
reduced taxes and a smaller role for govern
ment. He also said health-care issues will be
important in the 1998 campaign.
As a member of the Governor’s Blue
Ribbon Coalition for Health Care Reform dur
Please see BENNETT on 3
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