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Bereuter doesn't receive desired appointment, vows to continue on BY BRIAN CARLSON SPECIAL TO THE DAILY NEBRASKAN WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Doug Bereuter's longtime hopes of heading the House International Relations Committee were dashed on Thursday, when he lost out to U.S. Rep. Henry Hyde, R-H1. The news was a major disappointment for Bereuter, who has represented Nebraska’s 1st District since 1979 and cur rentiy^erves as the committee’s vice chair man. He had passed up opportunities to run for governor in 1998 and die U.S. Senate in 2000, keeping his eye on the possible chair manship. “Of course I’m disappointed,” Bereuter said in his office, just minutes after Hyde called with the news. “But I need to keep a good perspective on it. I think God has a dif ferent plan for me.” The International Relations Committee chairmanship opened up this year when U.S. Rep. Benjamin Gilman, R-N.Y., ran against the GOP-imposed three-term limit as chairman. But Hyde had also been forced out of his chairmanship of the House Judiciary Committee because of term limits and many GOP leaders felt obligated to find him anoth er committee chairmanship. As Judiciary Committee chairman, Hyde presided over the hearings that led to President Clinton’s impeachment by the House in 1998. He then led the team of House managers who unsuccessfully sought Clinton's conviction by the Senate. "There’s a strong sentiment in favor of Henry in the Republican conference because he took a lot of personal abuse from the administration during the impeachment proceedings,” Bereuter said. “It's almost like competing against an icon.” The House Republican steering commit tee met Thursday afternoon to vote for com mittee chairmen. In addition to Hyde and Bereuter, Reps. Jim Leach of Iowa and Chris Smith of New Jersey also sought the chair manship. Bereuter said the steering commit tee's recommendations almost certainly would be adopted by the full Republican membership. Bereuter said his quest for the chairman ship was sunk by a combination of seniority, GOP deference to Hyde and opposition to Bereuter's candidacy by groups opposed to permanent normal trade relations with China. Bereuter has been an outspoken advocate of free trade with China despite its poor human rights record, saying engage ment with China was the best way to mod ernize it Bereuter said Hyde told him 18 months ago he would support Bereuter’s effort to become chairman. Hyde would have pre ferred to continue as Judiciary chairman, but efforts to waive the term limits were unsuccessful. Hyde was not interested in “Of course I’m disappointed. But I need to keep a good perspective on it. I think God has a different plan for me.” Rep. Doug Bereuter _R-Neb. chairing a select committee on election reform, Bereuter said. Bereuter said it was too soon to say whether his failure to win the chairmanship would cause him to consider leaving the House earlier than planned. He said he expected to continue serving on the International Relations Committee, but he said he might seek a prominent role on the new House Financial Services Committee. Bereuter said he had hoped to become chairman, in part, to “reverse what has been a 25-year slide of the International Relations Committee into irrelevance.” He said the committee has been seen as hostile to busi ness interests. In a House sharply divided between the Republicans and Democrats, Bereuter said he would have made an effort to' work in a bipartisan fashion. “I made the case I was the best person to reach across the aisle.” Officials pick through academic programs ■ Faculty members are look ing at their college's offerings to find the top programs. BVJBXZEMAN UNL faculty members con tinue to move forward in sin gling out the university’s top academic programs. Their goal, as charged by the University of Nebraska Board of Regents, is to identify academic programs that have the poten tial to be recognized regionally and internationally. Each college has submitted the top 20 to 30 percent of its academic programs, said David Brinkerhoff, associate vice chancellor for academic affairs. The top programs are not necessarily the best programs, but those the university chooses to advance and strengthen with additional funding. "We’re about where we planned on being,” Brinkerhoff said of the university’s timetable for identifying the programs as set by Interim Chancellor Harvey Perlman. The reports from all the col leges will be summarized and returned to faculty members for review. This should take about six weeks, he said. After that, the Academic Planning Committee will review the report, and then the NU Board of Regents and NU President Dennis Smith must approve it for it to be enacted. Faculty members from the College of Arts and Sciences have reviewed about 170 pro grams to identify the top areas, said Mike Steinman, associate dean of the college. Steinman said the depart ments within the college were asked to identify what programs would benefit from additional funding. Several people have been involved in the process, includ ing professors, department chairmen and program direc tors, he said. "I have every confidence it will continue to go smoothly,” Steinman said. Linda Shipley, associate dean of the College of Journalism and Mass Communications, said much of the prioritization process is kept confidential. If too many details are released early, people may become frustrated with the process, she said. Shipley said the college focused on broad issues, such as distance learning and technolo gy, rather than pinpointing a specific program as die best Shipley said she hoped the college identified programs to focus on, not programs to be eliminated. The journalism college has three departments - advertis ing, broadcasting and news-edi torial - and Shipley said no one department will come out on top. “We're looking for things that cross all three depart ments,” she said. NOTICE TO STUDENTS All students are eligible to apply for a refund of the “A” portion of their student fees beginning January 8 and ending February 16,2001. Students claiming and receiving a refund will lose benefits provided by Fund “A” users during the spring semester, 2000-2001. (See box at right.) Application forms are available at the Student Organization Financial Services office, 222 Nebraska Union; the ASUN office, 115 Nebraska Union; and the East Union Student Involvement office, 300 Nebraska East Union. 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Recycle your DN-Today Welcome back! o am - e pm, Monday - Friday tments 10:30 am-2 pm, Saturdays Holidays East Campus (318 East Campus Union) Noon-3 pm, Mondays Thursday China lays plans for its own 'information superhighway' THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BEIJING - China is moving ahead with plans to build its “very own information super highway," a second-generation Internet-like network designed for China’s government and industry, the government’s Xinhua News Agency said Saturday. At a signing ceremony Saturday in Beijing, several unidentified companies agreed to form the China C-Net Strategic Alliance, which will develop the new network, the report said. China is one of the fastest growing Internet markets in the world. The government esti mates that the number of Web users has more than doubled in the last year, to about 20 million from 9 million, the Beijing Evening News said Saturday. “In the new century, the Chinese people will build our very own information super highway,” the Xinhua report declared. “The current one by itself has too many faults and is incapable of satisfying the needs of the Chinese government and companies as they enter the dig ital age.” New software and hardware are already being developed for the system, the report said. It didn’t give a time for start of con struction or completion of the project. The new system will be safer, faster and handle a greater vol ume of information than the existing one, the report said. It will rely upon technology now being developed abroad for a planned international upgrade of the Internet, plus technology developed exclusively for China. The report didn't say if for eigners would be allowed to use the new system. 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