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wednesday, february 6, 2013 volume 112, issue 095
Inside Coverage
To shoot or not to shoot
Beer barons
Columnists discuss NU’s Ray Gallegos’
Empyrean doesn’t shy from experimentation
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Innovation helps heat new campus Cristina Woodworth DN
project, which will eventually be a 240-acre public-private research and technology park built at the Officials at the University of Ne- former State Fair Park in Lincoln. UNL officials announced the first braska-Lincoln say they plan to use wastewater runoff from a Lin- private tenant for the campus last November when they partnered coln water plant to heat and cool a large portion of the Nebraska In- with food giant ConAgra. The first construction phase novation Campus. Dan Duncan, executive direc- for Innovation Campus will cost tor of Innovation Campus, said about $80 million and will include creating 280,000 square feet about 1.5 million square feet of of space the campus’s 2.1 million through square feet will likely be The the conheated and cooled using truction runoff from the plant, advantages sand renowhich sits on the campus’ are that it reduces vation of northeast corner. “We want the cam- the environmental four buildings. Work pus to be as sustainable will also and as environmentally footprint and at be done on friendly as we can in an the same time laboratory, economically fashionable may reduce greenhouse, way,” Duncan said. conference Runoff from the costs.” and office wastewater plant would be diverted through a harvey perlman spaces. U N L heat exchanger, where unl chancellor Chancelheat would be added or lor Harvey subtracted from the waPerlman ter and would then be used to said using the wastewater runoff heat many of Innovation Campus’ buildings. Duncan said the waste- will benefit Innovation Campus in water plant involved processing several ways. “The advantages are that it re15,000 gallons of 60-degree water per minute into Lincoln’s Salt duces the environmental footprint and at the same time may reduce Creek. “We’re just using that water costs,” Perlman said. Duncan said they expect the resource that we have to help heat savings from the project to become the campus,” he said. Construction is currently under way on phase one of the water: see page 3
LB173 would allow people with only an out-of-state ID to purchase alcohol. This was previously illegal, although something that liquor stores and bars rarely had an issue with.
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Proposed bill will allow out-of-state IDs for buying alcohol story by Daniel Wheaton | photo illustrations by Matt Masin
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eople with out-of-state identification cards may soon be able to purchase alcohol in Nebraska using their IDs. On Jan. 14, State Sen. Colby Coash of Lincoln introduced LB173, a bill clarifying the proof of age requirements in the Nebraska Liquor Control Act. Current law allows vendors to accept valid driver ’s or operator ’s licenses, Nebraska state identification cards, military identification cards, alien registration cards or passports to confirm age, but out-of-state IDs are not considered valid. The bill would validate out-of-state IDs. Senators voted 30-0 on Friday to advance the measure. The bill must be voted on and approved twice more before it can be signed into law. Coash said the Nebraska Liquor Control Commission informed him of the current law and asked for a clarification. “There were just questions if they could or could not accept it,” Coash said. “So I looked into the statute.” He said he heard of a few instances where out-of-state visitors were not able to drink because of the current law. Justin Parsons, manager of N Street Drive-In Liquor Store at 1801 O St., said he was glad the bill was proposed. But while managing, he said he has rarely had to deal with out-of-state IDs because most of his customers have driver ’s licenses. “It is just kind of weird,” said Parsons, who’s worked at the store for more than two years. He said most state IDs look very similar to driver ’s licenses, but he routinely checks to make sure they’re valid. For example,
UNL drill reaches Antarctic lake Researchers say the drilling will provide a glimpse into untouched reservoir
andrill: see page 3
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We want to make sure people don’t drink and drive, and that makes sense. But if you can’t drive, you can’t buy alcohol.”
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Nebraska’s identification cards follow the same design, but have a golden banner reading “Identification Card” instead of a blue banner reading “Operator ’s License.” “It is not that much of a difference,” Parsons said. “I don’t understand why it wasn’t acceptable before.” Parsons said he is more concerned with fake IDs than out-ofstate ID cards. Dominic Ciofalo, a junior film and economics major from South Dakota, said the current law was “ludicrous.” Ciofalo has a driver ’s license, but he said he has had bartenders look up what a South Dakota driver ’s license looks like to make sure it is valid. “It doesn’t make sense to me,” Ciofalo said. “We want to make sure people don’t drink and drive, and that makes sense. But if you can’t drive, you can’t buy alcohol.” NEWS@ DAILYNEBRASKAN.COM
CFA votes down UPC’s increased funds request Cristina Woodworth DN
JAMES PACE-CORNSILK DN For the first time ever, scientists have uncovered water and soil samples from a lake hidden under ice in Antarctica. And it was all made possible by a hot-water drilling system designed and built at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. The first-of-its-kind drill broke through 800 meters of ice, nearly half a mile, to reach Lake Whillans on Jan. 28 local time. The Science Management Office at UNL has been building and maintaining the drill, which was funded by the National Science Foundation, for about 18 to 20 months. “And for something this size, it’s an almost impossible task,”
Out of state IDs differ from out-of-state driver’s licenses and LB173 would allow those with an out-of-state ID to purchase alcohol. N Street Drive-In Liquor Store says their customers usually have driver’s licenses, and dealing with someone who only has an out-of-state ID is rarely an issue.
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Frank Rack, executive director of the ANDRILL Science Management office, discusses the operation of the drill’s UV collar that’s used to decontaminate hoses and cables deployed downhole.
Members of the Committee for Fees Allocation at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln voted down a proposed $45,000 increase for the University Program Council at a meeting Tuesday night. CFA members voted unanimously to keep UPC’s funding the same at just over $205,700 for the 2013-14 academic year. UPC currently receives $4.49 in per student per semester funding, which amounts to 20 percent of total Fund A UPFF funds. Several committee members said they were not expecting UPC’s request for increased funding this year. “The things we’ve voted on in Fund B, we knew were coming,” said Kalby Wehrbein, CFA’s chair. “This was something that came out of the blue to a lot people. It’s something that’s a possibility
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RHA opposes Nebraska tax reform
Senators take a stance on LB405 proposal to raise housing prices
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Sophomore takes over ‘hound’ role Tear’a Laudermill improves on the defensive end for Nebraska
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cfa budget changes After hearing budget proposals for all Fund B users, CFA recommended the following budget changes: • Campus Recreation: 4.9 percent increase • College Readership Program: 20 percent decrease • Transit Services: 62.3 percent increase • University Health Center: 1.6 percent decrease
in the future, but to have it introduced out of the blue didn’t sit well with me.” UPC representatives had proposed a 98 cent increase in per student per semester funding for the 2013-14 academic year. Most of the increase in funding would have gone toward enhancing the scale of the Homecoming concert each year. Last fall, UPC brought Gloriana with the Emmett Bower Band to UNL. Some committee members
said they would rather see UPC focus more on their larger-scale events than putting money into niche events. “We want to see bigger shows and not so many smaller shows that aren’t attended as much,” said CFA member Adrian Corral. UPC members said putting on a variety of smaller events helps them appeal to more of the student body, though.
cfa: see page 3