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Wednesday, September 5, 1934
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Vol. 84 No. 7
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Dy Dan Bender
Daily Necrssk&n Eezlor Reporter
A year long effort to recolonize
the UNL chapter of Delta Sigma
Phi fraternity has failed, appar
ently crushed under the weight
of the cost of renovating the chap
ter's ailing residence.
The former president of the
fraternity's Alpha Psi chapter said
last week the house is "falling
apart." Jeff Willcox, who resigned
as president Aug. 0, said the house
at 464 N, 16th St needs new win
dows, siding, insulation, furniture,
carpeting and interior paint
Most important, the building
docs not conform to city fire
code3 because it lacks fire escapes,
Willcox said.
Some interior repairs had been
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done, and construction was con
tinuing up to two weeks before
the closing, said Joe Curley, a
leadership consultant with the
fraternity's national office in
Indianapolis. Further repairs
were estimated to cost about
$40,000, he said.
Written confirmation of the clos
ing was sent to the Interfrater
nity Council at UNL Thursday,
said Leslie Collins, the fraterni
ty's national office manager.
Except for two fraternity mem
bers who are living in the building
as guardians, the house has re
mained vacant since it was de
cided in mid-August to close the
chapter, Willcox said. Repairs to
the building have ceased.
Bill Darnell, treasurer of the
Alumni Control Board for the
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chapter, said there are "no firm
decisions" on what will be done
with the house. The control board
consists of former fraternity mem
bers who oversee a non-profit
organization that provides hous
ing to the chapter.
"At this time I have no com
ment," Darnell said. "It would be
premature to speculate on what
we are going to do (with the
house)."
Curley said the shut-down was
a joint decision between the chap
ter members and Allen James,
the national council's executive
director. James could not be reach
ed for comment.
Willcox, however disagreed. He
said the chapter closing was a uni
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By Kevin McCoy
Daily Nebrmskan Staff Writer
The status of cable television in
UNL's residence halls was discus
sed Thursday at the first meeting
of the UNL Residence Hall As
sociation. Douglas Zatechka, director of
housing, said that under current
negotiations with Cablevision of
Lincoln, the same basic cable ser
vice received by Lincoln residents
could be installed in each room,
hall lounge and residence direc
tor apartment at an increase of
$18.60 in yearly room and board
rates. Premium channels such as
Home Box Office and Showtime
would be available at an addi
tional cost.
Zatechka said he would like to
see cable installed "as soon as
possible," but several problems
must be worked out first.
One reason for the delay in
negotiations stems from a desire
by the Office of University Hous
ing to offer a second cable for
university educational program
ming use. This is done at other
universities, and it nelps give cable
an added dimension beyond en
tertainment, Zatechka said.
When RHA lobbying convinced
the housing office to investigate
the possibility of securing cable
for the halls, housing commissi
oned Cablevision of Lincoln to
study the feasibility of wiring the
halls for cable. The results of that
study earlier this year determined
that Cablevision could wire the
halls with a crew of five or six
technicians in five to six weeks at
a cost of $75,000 to $90,000. The
cable company agreed to pay this
cost. It also agreed to install a
second cable for free if the uni
versity would pay for the cable and
any amplifiers or switches needed
to change from the feed of one
line to the other.
The basic cable service vould
net be optional, but would auto
matically be added to the room
and board rate, much as the uni
versity supplies local phone ser
vice or as apartment complexes
provide certain services.
Roommates would have to
aree to premium channels through
a contract, similar to the one
used for long-distance phone service.
lateral decision made by James.
Willcox said James had prom
ised the chapter a loan or grant
to cover the cost of repairs. The
money would come from the fra
ternity's national council, he said.
Willcox said he resigned as presi
dent because he became frustrat
ed when the promises of money
never materialized.
"First it was a grant, then it was
a loan . . .," Willcox said.
Curiey said the national coun
cil had made a commitment to
$40,000 worth of renovations, but
too few members were living in
the house.
"W needed 20 (chapter mem
bers living in the house) to pay
the mortgage," Curley said. "I
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Because'the rate increase would
be voluntary, another stumbling
block in installing cable is in asses
sing student support for the idea.
"When we commit to this kind
of room and board rate, we want
overwhelming student support,"
Zatechka said.
RHA conducted a survey before
dead week last spring that showed
that "student were overwhelm
ingly in favor" of cable, Zatechka
said. More than 80 percent of
survey respondents favored cable.
Hall residents also were shown to
have a large number of television
sets. For instance, in the Burr
Fedde complex on East Campus,
where antennas are used for bet
ter local reception, about 95 per
cent of respondents had a TV in
their room.
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Curley said that during the
reorganization of the chapter,
which began with the fall semes
ter of 1933, the national council
rather than the members, payed
the mortgage on the house. That
cost the national council $2,000 a
month, he said.
Curley said if the chapter could
have paid their own rent, or
mortgage, -then the improve
ments could have paid their own
mortgage, then the improvements
could have come from other
sources.
The Delta Sigma Psi chapter at
UNL seem to have been caught in
a Catch-22.
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However, Zatechka questioned
the scientific accuracy of the sur
vey, and he requested that another
more scientific survey be done in
the next few weeks Since the
original survey had only a 48 per
cent response rate, Zatechka ex
pressed concern that only those
students who wanted cable ans
wered the survey.
"When it's here, it's here," Zat
echka said.
He said his "single biggest con
cern" is that people would com
plain in one or two years that,
they wanted to eliminate cable to
trim room and board rates. Zat
echka said installation would
commit housing to cable for sev
eral years.
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