Board considers longer
hours for the city union
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would take action on the issue at the
next meeting Nov. 30.
In other business, the board unan
imously passed a motion recom
mendifig a cooperative effort with
Irifod^tioti Services in providing
mom computer access.
| The idea, proposed by
^Membership Coordinator Cody
Northrop, stated that the union would
^provide a number of laptops for
I check-out by students,
t This would alleviate some pres
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sure placed on the computer labs by a
growing demand for computers.
With a joint effort, the computers
- if approved by the Technology Fee
Advisory Board, whose chairman is
Northrop - would be bought by
Information Services.
The union would increase the
number of Internet access ports and
furniture around the perimeter and
would run the process of checking opt
the computers.
If approved by all parties
involved, a trial run could be impte?
mented at the start of next semester. /
Johanns heads to China
By JoshKnaub
Staff writer
Gov. Mike Johanns and a delega
tion leave .today on a 12-day trade
mission to China.
Johanns on Tuesday said the trip
could give Nebraska businesses a
competitive edge in trade with the
world’s most populous nation.
“We’re looking to develop more
and better relationships,” Johanns
said.
He said he and the delegation
would tour many sites in China and
have meetings with Chinese officials
responsible for trade.
Merlyn Carlson, director of
Nebraska’s Department of
Agriculture, said the trip would
include many firsts.
“This is the first time a governor
will visit with a high-level Chinese
official,” Carlson said. “This trip-will
be the first to include a state senator.”
State Sen. Roger Wehrbein, chair
man of the Legislature’s
Appropriations Committee, will
accompany the trade mission.
Carlson said the delegation will
visit a hog farm in China modeled
after a Nebraska hog operation. He
said the state would export about 300
pigs later this year to start the Chinese
operation.
Barry Kennedy, director of the
state Chamber of Commerce, said
Johanns’ presence would make the
mission more profitable.
“We know from previous experi
ence that when the governor is along
on a trade mission, many doors get
opened much more quickly,” Carlson
said.
He said even repeated trips by
business leaders were not as produc
tive as a single trip by the governor.
Johanns said Tuesday he would
not address human rights or religious
rights violations by China while in
the communist nation.
“We do not have independent
commerce policies,” Johanns said,
explaining that Nebraska could not
set trade policy independent from the
federal government.
“We are not free to reach indepen
dent agreements with foreign pow
ers,” he said.
Johanns said it was better to let
federal officials set overall trade pol
icy for the United States.
He also said he would make it
clear during the trip that he supports
China’s entrance to the World Trade
Organization. The international orga
nization that develops trade rules for
nations is considering making China
a member.
“I think I have made it clear that I
support China’s inclusion in the
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This is the first time
a governor will visit
with a high-level
Chinese official This
trip will be the first
to include a state
senator
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Nebraska Department
of Agriculture director
WTO,” Johanns said.
Kennedy said the delegation
included representatives from
Nebraska’s corn, soybean and live
stock growers. He said a smaller part
of the delegation represented manu
facturers like Lincoln-based
Centurion, a manufacturer of com
munications equipment.
He said one-on-one communica
tion between Nebraskans and
Chinese officials was the backbone
of increased trade.
“Exports from Nebraska have
grown and grown,” Kennedy said.
Donation to provide professorships
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on Friday.
A portion of the money will go to
improving academic programs that
have the potential to be competitive
nationally and internationally.
The plant sciences initiative in the
agronomy department is an example
of such a program, Brinkerhoff said.
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grams we’re interested in lifting up.”
BrinkerhofF said a process is under
way to determine other programs that
have the potential to have national
uses for die endowment funds ova: the
past year.
Seventy-five percent of the
endowment was ear-marked for
improving the library and chemical
engineering facilities.
The regents approved a planned
addition to the Walter Scott
Engineering building, Moeser said.
Plans to enhance Love Library by
adding classrooms and making it more
aaatearnirrq*
As money continues to be allocat
ed, students will begin to see visible
results of the money. *
“We’re just beginning to^nake
decisions,” Brinkerhoff said. “We’ve
got quite a bit of work ahead of us. It
takes a while to hire and recruit”
Search results in arrest for
possession of marijuana
Lincoln police searched a north
Lincoln home Monday evening, con
fiscating 6 kilograms of marijuana,
$7,685 in cash and two firearms, one
of which was stolen, Lincoln Police
Ofc. Katherine Finnell said.
Police arrested Alan Good, 47, at
his home at 5617 Kearney Ave. for
" possession of marijuana with intent
to deliver and possession of a stolen
firearm.
A Ruger .22 automatic pistol
found in Good’s home was stolen in
Arapahoe County, Colo., Dec. 1,
1997, Finnell said. Police also confis
cated a .22 rifle.
Police search for man who
abducted Lincoln girl
A 13-year-old girl was abducted
and sexually assaulted Monday night,
Lincoln Police Capt. David Beggs
said.
The girl was abducted near the
intersection of 33rd and Holdrege
streets at about 9:50 p.m., Beggs said.
A man in a car drove next to her,
demanded she get in the car and,
when she walked away, got out of the
car and forced her into the passenger
seat, Beggs said.
They then drove to an unknown
location momentarily before driving
to an apartment building at 41st and
Huntington streets, Beggs said.
The man then took the 13-year
old into the building’s laundry room
and sexually assaulted her, Beggs
said.
Before the man attempted to have
sex with the 13-year-old, she escaped
from the laundry room and was able
to locate a man walking nearby,
Beggs said. Police were called at
10:59 jun.
Police are looking for a 5-foot-5
black male in his late 20s with short
black hair, weighing about 150
pounds. His car is a small brown four
door, Beggs said.
Compiled by senior staff writer
Jake Bleed.