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Nudity ban has little effect on business at dance clubs Focus of Smokeout is future ■ Smokers who quit can regain 30 percent of lung functions lost after just three months. BY JILL CONNER Cardiovascular disease, can cer, emphysema, asthma and bronchitis is what smokers can look forward to unless they quit, according to the American Cancer Society. This message was the emphasis of Thursday's Great American Smokeout, a national campaign to urge smokers to quit for a day. “At least it will show them (smokers) they can actually quit for one day,” said Andy Link, wellness coordinator for the University Health Center. “It gives you some confidence." This year the campaign was sponsored by the second-year health aides at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. The health aides sat behind a booth in the Nebraska Union and explained the ill effects of smoking to passers-by. Paint thinner, acetone, formaldehyde, butane and bat tery acid are ingredients of ciga rettes, said Kelly Ascherl, a jun ior psychology major and health aide. "It just looks nasty,” said Sarah Carse, a junior pre-nurs ing health aide. Ascherl said after three months of not smoking, people regain 30 percent of lung func tions lost because of smoking. “After 15 years, your risk is reduced to that of a non-smok er,said Julie Lindauer, a junior animal science major and health aide. “With all the benefits of not smoking, why don't you stop? Why don't you try?” Carse said. Many smokers said they were unaware of the nationwide campaign. “I think it is a nice thing, and I really need to quit, but I didn't know it was today,” said Erin Alzun, a 1999 UNL graduate who works in the University Bookstore. “If I would have known, I would have made a conscious effort.” Ilenia Pontel, a junior archi tecture major, said she did not know about the campaign but probably would not have quit “With all the benefits of not smoking, why don’t you stop? Why ■ don’t you try?” Sarah Carse UNL student health aide smoking. • “I am close to a due date for architecture, so I would have not done anything.” For those who do want to kick the habit, the University Health Center is offering smok ing cessation classes possibly offered once or twice a week starting in January. Those interested in going to the class should call Andy Link at (402) 472-7405. It is a good time to quit smoking when the weather turns cold, Ascherl said. IWenty minutes after quitting, the tem perature of hands and feet increases to normal, she said. “What frustrates me is (smokers) are sitting out there all cold, complaining how cold it is and they are sucking down a cigarette.” ■ Owners ofThe Night Before and Mataya's said they have seen ■ littie change since it has passed. BY JOSH FUNK A month-old public nudity ban has bad little impact on Lincoln’s three clubs that fea ture topless dancing in the city, according to club owners. Topless women must make sure their nipples are covered under die law, which took effect Oct. 10 and was revised Nov. 6. The law also requires men and women to cover their genitals. The law applies to all public places, though it was clearly aimed at three particular busi nesses - The Night Before Lounge, Mataya’s Babydolls Gentlemen's Theatre Club and the Foxy Lady - for their adult entertainment. The Night Before and Mataya’s owners said they have complied with the law. The Foxy Lady’s owners did not return calls for comment Thursday evening. What impact has the city’s nudity ban had? “None really,” said Ken Semler, owner of The Night Before, 1035 M St., who testified against the law before the city council earlier this fall. “It's still unnecessary, but it has no effect.” Semler said the dancers in his club have been wearing pasties over their nipples since the law took effect, and his cus tomers have probably laughed more than they have com plained. This month the City Council mandated that the pasties had to be big enough to cover not just the nipple, but the areola, which is the colored area around the nipple. Mataya’s majority owner, John Ways Jr., said his club was using a form of liquid latex pasties even though it was not required to. “We’re not obligated to (use pasties) because we meet all the criteria of a private club,” Ways r said. The city’s nudity ban applies to any person in a public place “We’re not obligated to (use pasties) because we meet all the criteria of a private club.” John Ways Jr. Mataya’s BabydoIIs’ owner or any place open to the public. Ways said that to enter his club people must buy a mem bership for either eight hours, six months or one year at the door. When the City Council pro posed the law, its members expected the quality of life around the clubs to improve after the ban passed. Semler said he was still skep tical about the motivations of the law and its effect. “It will always be a mystery to me” why the City Council passed this law, Semler said. “I think the city of Lincoln is much safer with the nipples covered,” Semler said sarcasti cally. Ex-sweatshop worker calls for action ■The factory workertold UNL's Anti Sweatshop Campaign of her efforts to raise awareness of poor conditions at factories. BY LINDSEY BAKER Chie Abad used to work in the factory that assembled the clothing that appear on the racks and shelves at the Gap. After six years of working in what she called "squalid” conditions, Abad is speak ing out against the abuse that goes on behind the scenes at the factories that pro duce sweaters and jeans. University students in the UNL Anti Sweatshop Campaign organized a presenta tion Thursday that featured Abad, now a spokeswoman for Global Exchange, a human rights organization. ASC raised the question of using sweat shops to produce university apparel last May. According to ASC facilitator Jaclyn Geist, the UNL Athletic Department is still looking into the matter. The Athletic Department was unavail able for comment on the issue. "Most of the people on campus aren’t aware (of the problem),” Geist said. She said even though the university was associated with the Fair Labor Association, the code of conduct mandated by the uni versity does not use clear language uphold ing women’s rights or a living wage. Geist said because of the investigation, UNL was now planning on adding more spe cific rules to the code. “That's a positive thing for us," she said. Abad was an assistant to the supervisor of a Saipan sweatshop that produced cloth ing for many companies, including the Gap Corporation, for six years. She began her presentation with a 1998 20/20 segment for which she wore a hidden camera to record the conditions of her factory. The video detailed the contaminated water and food the women were given, the living barracks surrounded by barbed wire and the non-working sanitary facilities. Abad said 90 percent of sweatshop work ers were women, and most were forced to sign “shadow contracts,” giving up such basic rights as joining political or religious organizations, and falling in love and marry ing to work 12 to 16 hours a day, seven days a week. Many factories also forced women to have abortions or take contraceptives in order to keep their jobs, Abad said. “No worker should be treated like a slave,” Abad said. Disgusted with the working conditions at her factory, Abad led the first union organi zation effort in Saipan four years after she began work at the sweatshop. She was not successful in forming a union. Abad then began more efforts to improve conditions; eventually, she was fired. After several lawsuits, the wages at her factory have been raised to $3.05 per hour, an amount Abad still finds unacceptable. The women are now receiving health insurance, however. “I’m proud of my role in shedding light (on sweatshops),” Abad said. “There is a solution for this. We need to build grassroots campaigns here in your school. We need to lead the struggle to end sweatshops. We are on the right side of the history.” The ASC and Abad encouraged students to call the Gap Corporation every Friday at 1 - 800-333-7899 to ask that workers be treated fairly. The ASC meets Thursdays at 7:30 p.m. in the basement of the Culture Center, and can be reached at uirinosweat@hotmail.com. Former KKK leader's home raided ■The FBI refused to disdose why David Duke's home was targeted. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS MANDEVILLE, La- Federal agents raided the home of for mer Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke on Thursday, carting off boxes of documents and a rifle during a search that lasted more than seven hours. FBI agent Sheila Thorne refused to disclose the nature of the investigation. But Roy Armstrong, who identified himself as Duke's bodyguard and a caretaker at the house, said agents told him they were looking into whether Duke was illegally using money raised for his new white-rights organization for his personal use. "It’s a fishing expedition," Armstrong said. Duke's associ 200s limit 205 Bicycles For Sale 2000 Voodoo Hoodoo Al Mountain Bike with Rock Shox Judy XC fork, full Shimano. Brand new. Email abenner10hotmail.com for pics or check out eBay auction #1100600375. 213 Clothing For Sale Like New Colombia Convert Coat. Black and white. Men's medium.$150 OBO. Call Gabby at (402)430-2413. 216 Computers For Sale AWESOME COMPUTER FOR SALE!!! Power Macintosh Performa 6200CD with system software 7.5. Comes with total memory of 26,712K, Print shop deluxe, Clarisworks, Acro bat Reader, Pagemaker, America Online (3.0), In ternet Explorer (2.0), and Netscape Navigator ro.O)—just to name a few bonuses.... I’ll also in clude the Stylewriter II printer and a Mac Bible book that tells you everything about the com puter. $300 for the whole package. Call or leave message at 423-1209. SUBMIT YOUR AD BY.*, fax: 472-1761 phone: 472-2588 email: dn@unl.edu ates said the 50-year-old former KKK leader and one-time state legislator was in Russia, pro moting a new book, and that they had not been able to reach him. His new organization is the National Organization For European American Rights, or NOFEAR. He launched it in January, declaring that whites in the United States face "massive discrimination” at the hands of minorities. Agents from the FBI, Internal Revenue Service and the Postal Inspection Service took part in the search of Duke’s home in a suburb outside New Orleans. Agents carried out about a dozen boxes. Armstrong showed reporters a copy of the search warrant, which sought a variety of financial and personal records, including gambling and travel records and direct mailings. 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Call J.J. at 483-4034. ♦Round card table with 4 black leather chairs, $90 OBO. ♦Couch with oak trim it’s plush, not firm very nice, $120 OBO. ♦7 drawer desk, $45 OBO. ♦Call 476-7101. Full and Queen size mattress sets. New and in plastic. Never used. 10 years warranty. Retail for $439 and $639. Sell for $165 for the Full, Queen $195,477-1225. said agents told him they believed it was stolen. Armstrong said that he had never seen the gun before and that he did not know whether it belonged to Duke. Duke appeared before a fed eral grand jury in New Orleans in 1999 as news broke that Gov. Mike Foster had paid him more than $150,000 for a list of his supporters, supposedly for use during the 1995 governor’s race. Duke had considered entering that race but ultimately stayed out of it. The grand jury reportedly was seeking information on whether Duke paid taxes on the money. It was not known if the raid on Duke’s home had anything to do with that matter. Foster "hasn’t spoken to the FBI,” said the governor’s spokes woman, Marsanne Golsby. “He doesn’t know anything about it” Foster, a Republican, paid a $20,000 fine to die state Board of 240 Misc. For Sale 2year old, white dorm-size fridge, stands about 2-3 feet. Tall with multiple shelves and a mini freezer inside, great condition! $100 OBO. Burton Has arrived. Cycle Works is stocking Burton boards, boots, bindings and clothing. Don't wait for the snow to fly, come check out the new Bur ton products. Close to campus, 27th & Vine. 475-2453. Burton Snowboards Boots, bindings and clothing. 27th & Vine. 475-BIKE. ♦ Mens Leather jacket-$80 ♦ Large microwave-$25 ♦ Mens mountain bike- $125 ♦ Small futon couch-$35 ♦ Work desk-$45 ♦ Dresser with mirror-$45 _♦ If interested please call 436-8305 ♦Dual window fan $15, paid $50. ♦Food dehydrator $20, paid $45. ♦Dirt Devil Vacuum cleaner $55, only 4 yrs. old. ♦Rubber Maid chairs 3 for $10. Hunter green. ♦Call 476-7101, LPD Auction Miscellaneous weight equipment. Includes hip sled, shoulder press rack, dumbbell racks, Olympic bars, T-bars. Abandoned/Salvage vehi cles, bicycles and personal miscellaneous items. Saturday, November 18th, 10am, 101 Charleston St. Cash only. Jim Peterson, Auc tioneer. deadline is 4pm weekday prior Ethics in connection with the list of supporters. Duke spent years on the political fringe, first as a Klan leader with neo-Nazi sympa thies, then as founder of the National Association for the Advancement of White People, which decried integration. He got elected to the state House in 1989 as a Republican and ran unsuccessfully for the U.S. Senate in 1990, pulling 44 percent of the vote against Democratic Sen. J. Bennett Johnston. In the 1991 governor’s race, he shocked the political estab lishment by making it into a runoff with former Gov. Edwin Edwards, who was trying for a comeback. Edwards won in a landslide. Duke made a run for the presidency in Southern primar ies in 1992 but was soundly defeated. He finished third in the 1999 race to replace Rep. Bob Livingston in Congress. 240 Misc. For Sale MOVING SALE ♦Beige, textured couch and loveseat with wood, gold trim, $200. OBO. ♦King size waterbed frame with 6 drawers and mirrored, lighted headboard (heating unit includ ed), $300. OBO. ♦RCA VHS VCR (old but works), $30. Firm. ♦2 large wooden bookshelves, $30 a piece. ♦1 small wooden bookshelf, $15. ♦1 wooden end table with storage, $20. If interested please call 464-2013 SPRINT PCS Samsung SCH-3500 Dual-Band Cell Phone for sale. Bought in March 2000 used for 3 months, switched cell service provider. Bought for $150 along with 3 year service plan for $60 Selling phone and all accessories with service plan for $75. If interested call 489-4353 or 310-4829 (daytime). Surplus City Scooters, camoflauge, airsoft pistols, jeans and much more. 3241 South 13th. 420-5151. 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Citizens could decide to have runoff elections in situations where no candidate captured a distinct majority, he said They also could select a sec ond favorite candidate on the bal lot, which would be factored into choosinga winner, if no candidate garnered enough support, Hibbing said In an era where mysterious butterfly ballots baffle voters, hav ing to select two candidates may be too much for the country to handle, he said “It could be too demanding,” he said To be honest, Gruhl said, the United States probably won't have to worry about complicated ballot schemes because such changes will not likely happen. “There are too many road blocks in front of an amendment,” Hibbing said To pass, an amendment needs to be approved by three-fourths of the state legislatures or two-thirds ofboth houses in Congress. A more plausible change is to switch all of the states over to an electoral system like Nebraska’s and Maine’s, Gruhl said. In those states, he said, all of the electoral votes do not go to the one candidate Mho won the state wide vote. Rather, he said, electoral votes are divvied out on a district by dis trict basis. TWo additional electoral votes would go to the candidate who won the entire state, Gruhl said. Even with all of these possibil ities, Gruhl doubts the United States will tweak its system. Most people don't understand the present system and probably won’t take the time to leam much about the alternatives, he said. “My hunch is there won't be much changed,” he said Brian Carlson contributed to this report JFK adviser contrasts 1960 election, 2000's ELECTION from pagel tion so enough votes from the other party constitute a majority.” In 1960, the situation was dif ferent, said University of Nebraska-Lincoln political sci ence professor John Gruhl. The Cold War was at its height, and partisan differences - especially on foreign policy - were muted by the presence of a common enemy. Now, the impulse for biparti sanship may not be as great, he said. Since the beginning of the 1990s, he said, the partisan grid lock in Washington has grown worse. To make matters worse, this year’s election irregularities already have caused deep bitter ness, and many members of Congress are likely to arrive at the Capitol in January with their “heels dug in.” "A lot of things have hap pened since 1960 that have made 270 Ticket Exchange 1 CU/NU ticket available to highest bidder. E-mail to bdenckel Qbigred.unl.edu. I have 9 CU vs NU football tickets, all excellent seats in East Stadium. Call 436-9456. I have one Student section football ticket for sale to CU vs. NU game. Call 402-436-0676. I need 2-4 NU v CU tickets. Leave a message,, 742-7224. One Nebraska/Colorado ticket for sale. $95-validated, $75-non-validated or best offer. 436-0415.._ OpenSeats.com For NU season and bowl game tickets. Buy or sell your tickets on OpenSeats.com. It’s fans helping fans on the net. 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