I SPORTS
Husker Magic?
The Nebraska baseball team take to a three-game
series with Texas A&M this weekend as the NU
looks to stay No. 1 in the Big 12. PAGE 9
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The Hays Days
Semi-pro ball player, WWII vet and author, Hobe
Hays has just released a memoir of his days play
ing for McCook’s town team. PAGE 8
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That leaves us
about $4.7 million
short statewide.
We have a great task
before us.”
James Moeser
| chancellor
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ByIevaAugstums
Senior staff writer
While some people hope state legislators
will appropriate enough funding to higher edu
cation, the university’s top administrator decid
ed not to hold his breath.
In a letter to all University of Nebraska
Lincoln faculty members and staff Thursday,
UNL Chancellor James Moeser outlined the
university’s budget for the next two years, call
ing for a 3.2 percent budget cut in all colleges, as
well as an increase in student recruitment, facil
ity efficiency and private support.
“I think it is important for everyone to estab
lish a good understanding of the university’s
budget,” Moeser said. “Now the challenge is to
handle this situation in a positive way.”
Last July, the NU Board of Regents
approved the 1999-2001 NU biennial budget
request for a 6.8 percent increase for the first
year over the this academic year’s budget of
about $355.9 million.
In January, Gov. Mike Johanns proposed a
3.7 budget increase for the university for 1999
2000.
Moeser said the university system is expect
ing $19.8 million in additional binding from the
Legislature next year. This is 1.2 percent less
than the $24.5 million total funding requirement
approved by the regents, he said.
“That leaves us about $4.7 million short,
systemwide,” Moeser said. “We have a great
task before us.”
Scott Lewis, associate vice chancellor for
business and finance, said a special budget advi
sory committee was appointed by Moeser to
examine issues within UNL.
“We had to get decisions made,” said Lewis,
who is a member of the committee. “July 1
begins the next fiscal year. Things needed to be
done now.”
Because UNL officials do not know the
exact amount of the legislative appropriation,
Moeser said everyone is dealing with a level of
uncertainty.
“I think it is important to avoid saying the
university is in a delicate situation,” Moeser
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Scott McClurg/DN
MARIE HOLTMEIER, a sophomore secondary
education major, punches during Kick Boxing
Express on Thursday night at the campus
recreation center. The class meets Monday
and Wednesday afternoons and Thesday and
Thursday evenings at the Rec center.
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Exercise craze catches on at UNL
By Kim Sweet
Staffwriter
An aerobics room seems to be an unlikely
place to visualize strapping on a pair of box
ing gloves and entering the ring.
But Wednesday afternoons and Thursday
evenings in the Campus Recreation Center, a
room that looks more like it could function as
a ballet studio brings in the heartiest of work
out buffs to practice air punches and fake
kicks.
The four-days-a-week class that draws
more than 75 people a day to the imagined
ring is called Kick Boxing Express. It draws
so many people that instructors often have to
turn participants away because of lack of
space.
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“We can’t take any more than 70 people,”
said Sarah Robinson, Fitness and Wellness
Services coordinator at campus rec. “We try
to keep it under 70 so when people do big
kicks, they don’t hurt anyone.”
The popularity of kickboxing doesn’t end
at the rec center of UNL. The workout made
famous recently by Billy Blanks’ Tae-Bo pro
gram has taken hold nationwide, and is
becoming a central part of workout programs
across the nation, Robinson said.
The American Council on Exercise listed
the workout in its 1999 Fitness Trend
Prediction List. The prediction list, contained
on the group’s home page at http://www.ace
fitness.org, states that boxaerobics and kick
boxing will be a trend that will become
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Legislature
debates fines,
liquor sales
■ Senators discuss increased
fines for speeding, liquor sales and
New Year’s Eve 2000 in Nebraska.
Speeding biU
A bill that would require vehicle immobi
lization for repeat drunken drivers and make it
illegal to possess an open container of alcohol
in the passenger compartment of a car was
advanced 31-0 during the first round of debate
Thursday.
An amendment to the bill that would have
increased fines on the Interstate for speeding
was withdrawn Thursday.
Some of the increased fines under the
amendment included a $50 fine - up from $10
- for speeding 1-5 mph over th§ limit and a
$100 fine - up from $25 - for speeding 6-10
mph over the limit. The bill would not have
affected fines for speeding on highways.
LB585’s sponsor Wahoo Sen. Curt Bromm
said rather than jeopardize the chances of the
entire bill’s passage by pursuing the increased
speeding fines, he decided to wait until the next
round of debate to bring up the subject again.
During the LB585 debate Wednesday,
Omaha Sen. Ernie Chambers threatened to pro
long debate, thus jeopardizing the entire bill’s
chances until the increased fines amendment
was dropped.
“I am looking at options with respect to
highway safety,” said Bromm, who is chairman
of the Transportation Committee.
He said the number of people who exceed
the speed limit on the Interstate is still a con
cern.
“I do hear a lot of colleagues and con
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Reminder.
Remember to set docks forward
one hour this weekend to adjust for
Daylight Savings Time. The official
time change is 2 a.m. Sunday.
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