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SPORTS Clean Sweep The No 3 Nebraska volleyball team rolled past No. 10 Florida is three names 15-4. 15-8. 15-0 PAGE 7. A & E Da band Pop-art trio Dada has resurfaced on MCA records after their former label. I.R.S.. shut down. The\ play tonight at the Royal Grove. PAGE 9 MON »AY September 21, 1998 Singin’ in the Rain Rain. mostK cloudy, high 67. Cloud} tonight, low 53. VOL. 9s COVERING THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA-LINCOLN SINCE 1901 NO. 21 Car hits Weslevart student on UNL campus By Josh Flak Senior staff writer \ Nebraska Wesleyan Cnieersite sophomore remains comatose after a car accident on l NL Cite Campus earle Saturday morning. The eictim. 19-year-old Allison Marquart. from Lincoln, eeas in a drug-induced coma Sundae at BreanLCH Medical Center West following emergence brain surgery. Doctors told friends and family thee would know more about her prognosis Mondae after thee bring her out of the coma. But UNL sophomore Nicole Swanson, the victim's best friend since junior high and an evewitness to the wreck, said the doctors did not sound positiv e Sunday. Around 1:30 a.m. Saturday. Marquart. Swanson and two other University of Nebraska-Lincoln stu dents were walking south on 14lh Street after v isiting some friends at Schramm Residence Hall. Swanson said. All four women graduated from Lincoln High School Marquart and Swanson in 1997 and the other two in 1998. When they reached the Campus Recreation Center. Marquart and the two other women crossed to the w est side of 141'1. Street to talk to some people in a stopped car while Swanson stayed on the east side of the street. After a minute or two of conver sation. Marquart started to cross back to the east side of the street to talk to Swanson, but she didn't make it. "1 didn't see the car coming." Swanson said. "1 heard her get hit " Then Swanson watched as Marquart was thrown up into the w indshield, smashing the glass. before continuing over the car Swanson said the car that hit Marquart. a green Mitsubishi Eclipse, did not have its lights on. But Lincoln Police C'apt. David Beggs said the incident report included no mention of the head lights. The Eclipse was dm en by a 21 - vear-old UNL student. The driver told police she was dm mg 20 to 25 mph. But Swanson said she thought the car w as going faster than that. Beggs said no tickets were issued the night of the wreck, but the investigation is continuing. Dawn Dietrich/DN THAU VO, A UNL student involved in the Vietnamese Student Association, acts as the fairy queen in the play The Story of King Lac Long Quan and Au Co Saturday night at Saigon Enchantment 1998. The night included Vietnamese food, dancing and singing. Saigon enchants Nebraskans ■ Participants celebrate their heritage with a mix of food from Vietnam’s three regions, story telling, an opera and a play about the origin of the country. By Kim Sweet Staff writer Authentic cuisine and entertainment at the Sixth Annual Saigon Enchantment attempted to carry attendees from Nebraska to Vietnam. By focusing the night's events around the main theme of “Vietnam: The Three Regions,” Vietnamese Student Association members hoped to give all who attended Saturday night’s festivities at the Centennial Ballroom in the Nebraska Union a chance to experience the diversity of the region, said Ngoc Bui, a member of VSA. “We're just like the United States,” Bui said. “The regions specialize in different kinds of food and entertainment.” The main course included specialties such as bahn uot, a northern region dish, bahn beo from the central region and mi xao gion, a southern specialty. After dinner was served, the sound of drums filled the air as the VSA members began to act out the story of King Lac Long Quan and Au Co. The story is a northern region Vietnamese legend which describes how the three regions of Vietnam came to be, Bui said. The King and the Fairy came together and produced 100 different offspring. The two sep arated and spread their offspring through the different parts of Vietnam, Bui said. Members of VSA, along with those from the local Vietnamese community, worked together to present the rest of the evening’s entertainment, which ranged from central region stories to an opera from the southern region. Bui said the VSA received positive feed back about all aspects of the event from those who attended again this year. “It's always positive,” she said. “The peo ple who go always give us compliments on the food and entertainment.” Chaney Haruf, a senior art education major, has attended the event for the last three years. “Every time I come I get so much from seeing others’ culture.” Bui said the program always has the same basic elements, but the VSA tries to bring Please see SAIGON on 3 Read the Daily Nebraskan on the World Wide Web at http:/!www.unl.edu/DailyNeb Opponents of tax lid hold rally By Brian Carlson Staff writer OMAHA Hav ing enlisted ITS. Sen. Bob Kerrex to lead their efforts, opponents of Initiative 413 made "413 is poison” their battle cry at a rally Saturday. The main level of the Orpheum Theater was about half-full during the rally. where several leading opponents, including l NL student gov ernment President Sara Russell, shared a stage with Kerrex, "Initiative 413 would mean higher property taxes and less opportunity for working families in tne state ot Nebraska." Kerrey said. Kerrey was recently named one of five co chairmen of Agriculture, Mainstreet and Education Against Measure 413, a coalition of groups opposed to the proposed constitutional amendment a Let there be no doubt: A vote for Initiative 413 is a vote for higher college tuition.” Chuck Hassebrook NU regent limiting the growth of state and local tax collec tions. The other chairmen are 3rd District Republican Rep. Bill Barrett; Helen Boosalis, former national chairwoman of the American Association of Retired Persons and former mayor of Lincoln; Bryce Neidig, president of the Nebraska Farm Bureau Federation; and Tom Boyer, president of the Nebraska Independent Bankers Association. Those who attended Saturday's rally heard brief remarks from more than a dozen opponents representing city and state government, labor unions and education. The group then marched a few blocks up the street to the headquarters of the Greater Omaha Chamber of Commerce, an orga nization that supports the lid. Several times, speakers prompted the audi ence with the question. "What is 413?" The crowd shouted back. "Poison!" Several marchers carried signs bearing skulls and crossbones to symbolize the potential effects of the initiative. Craig Christiansen, campaign coordinator for the opponent coalition, welcomed Kerrey to the campaign, saying the senator had wanted to be an active leader rather than an honorary chairman. Kerrey said he had joined the effort because of the amendment’s potentially negative effects on education, health care for the elderly and pub lic services. He also quipped, however, that, “anything that gets me out of Washington, D.C., right now, I will consider.” Kerrey said that opponents have their work cut out for them, with polls showing public sup port for Initiative 413. But he said voters, once educated about the amendment and its potential impact, would turn against the initiative. Please see RALLY on 3