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tuesday, january 29, 2013 volume 112, issue 089
Inside Coverage
In hot water Hot Water Music talks band break-ups, tour
5 Building momentum
Juggin’ along
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(Clockwise) Kyle Bruggeman, Josh Kornbluh, Matt Wynn and Ian Egenberger practice for their band, Root Marm Chicken Farm Jug Band. The group regularly plays on downtown streets, at bars and at summer farmers markets. “It’s nice to have a band that brings a smile to people’s faces,” Egenberger said.
Smoke Signals
Men’s basketball prepares for Minnesota
10 Wasting away Campaign targets wasted food in dining halls
2 Keep calm and solider on Female troops deserve to be on battlefront too
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Melissa French-Sloan, a habitual smoker for a year now, poses for a portrait on a break from work. A recent study conducted by Michael Thun, vice president emeritus for the American Cancer Society, says women have caught up with men in their risk for smoking-related diseases.
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omen smokers’ risk of death at the hands of their habit has soared, according to new research. One recent study suggests women have caught up with men in their risk for smoking-related diseases. The Jan. 24 study conducted by Michael Thun, vice president emeritus for the American Cancer Society, shows that the change in women’s smoking habits during the last few decades is increasing their
risk of dying from lung cancer or smoking-related diseases. But it’s not necessarily that women are smoking more than they used to. It’s about when they’re starting. “The epidemic of disease and death caused by smoking began about 25 years later in women than men in the U.S.,” Thun said. “Few women smoked before World War II, and even women who smoked tended to start at a later age and smoked fewer ciga-
Nebraskans protest pipeline plan DANIEL WHEATON DN
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Native Americans, environmentalists and Occupiers gathered at the Capitol Monday afternoon to protest the TransCanada Keystone XL Pipeline. Native American activist group Idle No More and Bold Nebraska organized the event. About 100 people showed up. The new route, which Gov. Dave Heineman approved last Tuesday, moves the pipeline further to the east, but activists say it still poses a threat to the environment. The fate of the pipeline awaits President Barack Obama’s signature. “We’re hearing Mother Earth is being demolished in so many places,” said Jessica James, a member of Idle No More. “And now (the pipeline) is killing our people.” Heineman originally asked Obama to deny approval of the pipeline in 2011. “We now know that tar sands and oil from them is horrible for the environment,” said Ben Gotschall, a poet and member of
rettes per day than girls who begin smoking today.” According to data from the American College Health and National College Health associations, 16.7 percent of UNL students have smoked cigarettes within the last 30 days. About 19 percent of American adults were cigarette smokers in 2011, according to the National Cancer Institute.
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Proposed bill protects employees’ privacy Employers would be denied access to workers’ social media accounts Lis Arneson Dn
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Alex Keriakedes participates in a protest against TransCanada‘s Keystone XL Pipeline at the Capitol Monday. The event was organized by Idle No More and Bold Nebraska. Bold Nebraska. “We now know that this is an export pipeline, and that the Ogallala Aquifer hasn’t moved.” Idle No More was founded in late 2012 to promote the rights of Native Americans in Canada.
Since its formation, group members have spread beyond Canada to advocate for a range of issues pertaining to native peoples. Myron Long Soldier, a mem-
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A proposed bill before the Nebraska Legislature would prevent employers from demanding access to an employee’s Facebook or Twitter account. Sen. Tyson Larson of O’Neill presented the Workplace Privacy Act at the legislature’s Business and Labor Committee hearing Monday afternoon. “With the ever-increasing popularity of social networking sites, there comes a growing need to protect the users,” Larson said. “Employers shouldn’t be able to see information that is kept private.” The bill would restrict employers from demanding usernames or passwords or accessing an account
indirectly through a friend or third party. “Employers shouldn’t be able to access private information just because it is kept online,” Larson said. Bosses would not be restricted from accessing information that appears on an employee’s public profile, Larson said. In the event that an employee has been accused of a crime, the bill would not apply, Larson said. Sen. Ernie Chambers of Omaha pointed to the fact that users should be mindful of what they post online. “Don’t put anything in writing that you don’t want shouted in Times Square,” Chambers said. Larson said just because information is on the Internet doesn’t mean someone loses his or her expectation of privacy. “They don’t ask prospective employees to bring their recent mail to a job interview — how is this any different?” Larson said.
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