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thursday, february 14, 2013 volume 112, issue 101
Inside Coverage
Stupid Cupid
Bloomington blowout
A&E talks with students about Heart Day plans
No. 1 Indiana pounds Nebraska by 29 points
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Heidemann to be new lieutenant governor DANIEL WHEATON DN
in which I believe deeply. I am looking forward to my time traveling our state, meeting with our citizens, visiting our Lavon Heidemann is a rising businesses.” political star. He was elected to the Board In less than half a year, Heidemann was elected to the of Regents in 2012. Prior to his time as a regent, Heidemann University of Nebraska Board of served as a state senator for legRegents, and now he has a new islative district 1 from 2005 to title: lieutenant governor. 2012. As a member of the legisGov. Dave Heineman announced Nebraska’s new lieu- lature, he served as chairman of the Appropriations Committee tenant governor at a press conference Wednesday afternoon. for six years. He is an anomaly of state-level poliNebraska Secretary of tics; he does not State John Gale swore hold a college dehim in after the govgree. ernor made the anAt the Univernouncement. sity of Nebraska“I’m pleased LaLincoln, the anvon has agreed to nouncement came serve the people of as a surprise. Nebraska as the lieu“The names tenant governor,” already sound Heineman said. “He confusing,” said is a proven, dedicated Rebekah Sutter, a public servant for the sophomore broadheidemann citizens of Nebraska. casting major. He will complete this Eric Kamler, a term as lieutenant governor with integrity, and I look senior agricultural economics forward to working with him as major and president of the Aswe continue to move Nebraska sociation of Students of the University of Nebraska, said Heideforward.” Heidemann replaces former mann’s departure will mark a Lt. Gov. Rick Sheehy, who re- change in the Board of Regents. “I’m just as surprised as evsigned on Feb. 2 after an investigation by the Omaha World- erybody else,” Kamler said. He said he feels Heidemann is fit Herald found he had made 2,300 phone calls to four women for the job. Juan Franco, vice chancellor who were not his wife. Following Sheehy’s depar- for Student Affairs, said he supports Heineman’s pick. ture, Heineman said it would “I’m assuming he must be take several weeks to find a rean acceptable person for the placement and insisted on findjob,” Franco said. ing someone who would not Heidemann’s election now run for his post in 2014. Several names, including Heidemann’s, leaves a vacant seat for the NU Board of Regents. Heineman floated during Sheehy’s vacanwill appoint someone to fill cy. Heidemann’s seat until the next “I am excited for this opelection. portunity to serve the people NEWS@ of Nebraska,” Heidemann said. DAILYNEBRASKAN.COM “Public service is something
message bottle Porridge Papers hosted its sixth annual Love on the Run event last weekend. Anyone could come to the paper mill and make their own valentine for free.
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‘Love on the Run’ event encourages meaningful, original valentines story by Lis Arneson | photos by Nikolai Hammar
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his Valentine’s Day, 594 Lincoln residents will receive something slightly different than a traditional card – a hand-typed valentine in a bottle from Porridge Papers’ sixth annual “Love on the Run” event. “There’s a little bit more sentiment to this method than there is to buying a card,” said Christopher James, owner of Porridge Papers, which is a papermill and letterpress studio. During “Love on the Run,” participants type original love notes during an open house on one of about 16 antique typewriters that James has collected over the years. If they need some inspiration, participants can refer to a library lounge set up with various poetry books as they wait for an available typewriter. The open house took place at Porridge Papers, 1422 South St., on Feb. 9 and 10. “This requires the person to take time out of their day to come in,” James said. “It takes on average a half-hour. They really have to think about what they want to say. With this, what somebody is receiving, the person had to put thought into it.” After typing their notes, participants roll them up and place them in small glass bottles. The bottles are placed in paper gift bags, which are addressed to each receiver, James said. After composing their notes, people write the names of their respective valentines on the front window of Porridge Papers. “The window is just filled with names and hearts,” James said. The open house featured live music from the Gettin’ Hipper Fun Bunch,
On Valentine’s Day, some 60 volunteers will hand deliver almost 600 of the notes in small glass bottles. Each Valentine includes a polaroid photograph and a note typed on a typewriter.
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Legislators stall tax reform plans Heineman’s plans will be put on hold after two submitted bills suffered opposition daniel wheaton DN Gov. Dave Heineman thought tax reform could be realized by the end of this year ’s legislative session. Now, legislators aren’t so sure. Heineman announced in January his plans to overhaul the Ne-
braska tax system by cutting billions of dollars of tax exemptions, with the aim of ending the state income tax. His legislative allies, Sens. Beau McCoy and Brad Ashford of Omaha, submitted two bills, LB405 and LB406, which act on Heineman’s plan. At the hearings for the bills on Feb. 6 and 7, the proponents suffered harsh opposition from businesses, farmers and college students. Reconsidering their strategy, the senators have proposed a “working group” of business interests to help hammer out the details. But the group is still receiv-
ing criticism from state senators. “This requires a process that is more thoughtful than trying to put something together in a month or two,” said Omaha Sen. Steve Lathrop. Omaha Sen. Heath Mello agreed with Lathrop’s contentions, noting the need for a yearlong study on tax policy and a debate in the following year. That decision is up to the Revenue Committee. Following the same theme, Sen. Paul Schumacher of Columbus introduced LB613. This bill would create a long discussion on current and future tax policies.
The public hearing will be held on Feb. 19. Renee Fry, executive director of OpenSky Policy Institute, said she was glad last week’s tax hearing stalled the process. OpenSky released data on Feb. 1 that analyzed how the current plans would harm individuals. The shift from a generally progressive tax to a regressive tax would cause lower income people to pay a larger share of their income in taxes. Fry said the burden would fall hardest on low- and middle-
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Contractors propose North Bottoms apartment development Elsey Partners want to build apartment complex for UNL students to live in Elias Youngquist DN A Manhattan, Kan., contracting company is eyeing the North Bottoms neighborhood for a multimillion dollar apartment complex. Chris and Bryan Elsey, twin owners of Elsey Partners, met with local residents and property owners Wednesday night at Welfare Society Inc. social hall, 1430 N. 10th St., to discuss the feasibility of the project. But the proposed project didn’t go unopposed. “I’d rather the university gets (the land),” said John Schmidt, a resident of the North Bottoms. “There’s just no space for that
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to purchase 5.4 acres owned by many units.” Capital Steel between 8th and 10th Chris Elsey proposed a threestreets and Y and W streets in the phase, roughly $90 million project. North Bottoms. Each apartment would have two “I don’t think our chances of stories of parking, topped with stopping it is very good, but we four stories of living units. just have to delay,” one commu“I think it has an attractive nity member said location because it’s to the hall before within walking disIt has an leaving early. tance to the universiattractive Community ty and the Haymarket members’ conentertainment,” Chris location because cerns included Elsey said. an increase in Elsey Partners it’s within walking traffic, an aging currently owns sev- distance to the sewer and water eral apartment units system, an inin Manhattan, Kan., university.” crease in crime, and is in the process the apartments of finishing up a comchris elsey clashing with plex in Stillwater, owner of elsey partners the current style Okla. of homes in the “While we were North Bottoms in school, we bought and the apartments blocking the a duplex and finished the baseview. ment,” Bryan Elsey said. “And it “This is how they typically snowballed from there.” go,” Bryan Elsey said. “It’s posiThe company currently hopes
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A Kansas contracting company is proposing a multibillion dollar apartment complex development in the North Bottoms neighborhood targeting students. tive we had people here; we’ve had ones where nobody shows up.” If everything goes according
to plan, construction could begin on phase one in August 2014 and students could move in August 2015, Chris Elsey said. If the first
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phase is economically sound, the other phases will follow. However, Elsey Partners still has to acquire the land before planning further. “Next, we’ll get with the city council and talk with Mr. (Frank) Sidles, the owner of Capital Steel,” Chris Elsey said. According to Chris Elsey, the apartments will tentatively have studio apartments for $600 a month, one-bedroom apartments for $850 a month and twobedroom apartments for $1,100 a month. The complex will also have a central, open-air area in the middle of the complex with a pool for students to gather, Chris Elsey said. In order to improve access to campus, the Elsey brothers are talking about adding an additional walkway to campus east of the complex. news@ dailynebraskan.com