Charles and Camilla
feed the photo frenzy
LONDON (AP) - Prince Charles
and Camilla Parker Bowles made
their first public appearance together
Thursday night in a blitz of photo
flashes and clicking cameras, at last
giving Britain’s photographers the
picture they’ve been seeking for
years.
The two had arrived separately at
the Ritz Hotel in central London for
the 50th birthday party of Parker
Bowles’ sister Annabel Elliott, after
days of speculation that this would
be the night they went public as a
couple.
Masses of photographers, many
of whom had staked out their posi
tions the day before, waited eagerly
across the road from the hotel steps.
Two minutes before midnight,
the prince and Parker Bowles walked
down the stairs together, and hesitat
ed briefly at the curb as their car
pulled up. She climbed into the back
seat on the left side, he went around
to the right and climbed in beside
her, and the car drove them away.
There was no posing for the cam
eras, and no comment.
The romance, once the worst
kept secret in Britain, is out in the
open. The pair visit each other’s
homes, have met each other’s chil
dren, and have even issued a news
release together.
But until now they had eluded
the cameras, arriving and departing
separately at social events, and pho
tographers were determined to get a
picture of them as a couple.
“I cannot recall being so excited
and nervous about taking a picture
for long, long while,” said Arthur
Edwards, veteran royal photograph
er for The Sun tabloid, as he awaited
the big picture. “I cannot remember
the last time I felt this keyed-up.
“It’s an archival shot that’s going
to be shown in magazines and news
papers around the world,” he said.
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Guard looks to attract students
Bill would up tuition reimbursement to 100 percent
By Jessica Fargen
Senior staff writer
The Nebraska National Guard is
receiving competition from an unlikely
place - Mexican fast-food restaurant
Amigos.
But under a bill that would double
tuition reimbursement for participat
ing college students from 50 percent to
100 percent in Nebraska, the Guard is
hoping to gain the upper hand against
businesses such as Amigos that entice
students with their own tuition pro
grams.
Membership in the National Guard
has taken a downturn in recent years,
which has resulted in a cut in federal
funding and the closings of three
Nebraska armories in the last five
years, said the bill’s sponsor, Nickerson
Sen. Ray Janssen.
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that’s what we want to do is get recruit
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Although this year’s fiscally tight
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“That’s money that stays in the
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the schools. It’s a big circle, and it
keeps going ’round and ’round.”
Under LB243, about $500,000
extra would be needed to increase
reimbursement to 100 percent next
year, and about $600,000 more the fol
lowing year.
Two members of the Army
Reserves testified Thursday that,
although they were not against the
increase for the Guard, the Reserves
should be included too, Janssen said.
Amending the bill later to include the
Reserves is possible, he said, but would
require more money.
Dana Rasmussen, a UNL senior
marketing major, has been a member
of the Air National Guard since 1995.
The National Guard’s 50 percent
tuition reimbursement was one thing
that drew her to the Guard, she said.
“I would say my first reason for
joining the Guards was kind of for the
tuition reimbursement,” she said.
“After that, once I learned more about
it, I realized it was something that
would help my career development.”
Rasmussen said because she gets
tuition reimbursement as well as about
$250 a month from the federal G.I.
Bill, she has more time for school and
Guard duties.
Although 100 percent tuition reim
bursement would give students more
time for military duties, it could also
draw people to die Guard stricdy for a
free education, she said.
“Tuition reimbursement is of
course a great incentive to join, but
there are so many other things involved
with it,” said Rasmussen, who plans to
graduate in July.
But Ford said the stringent require
ments of the Guard leave no room for
slackers.
“You still have to go to basic train
ing,” he said. “You still have to attend
drill.
“We really think that somebody
who’s looking for a free education is
going to find that too much is asked of
a National Guard soldier.”
Ford said he was optimistic about
LB243 adding to the ranks.
“We think that when you look at
the economics of putting in 100 per
cent tuition (reimbursement) they far
outweigh the required money spent to
fund it.”
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