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The Nebraska Union Board
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ing to construct a computer room
in the southwest corner of the
Nebraska Union Main Lounge.
The 29'xl9' glass-windowed
room will adjoin a closed-in en
trence, Mary Marcy, board presi
dent said. This entrance will pro
vide 24-hour access to the com
puter room even though the rest
of the union may be closed, Marcy
said.
The main lounge location was
selected over the proposed
women's lounge for several
reasons.
Marcy said the primary reason
was because the, women's lounge
would not be accessible to handi
capped, people during non-Union
hours. The board also wa3 "sensi
tive" to the individuals who use
the women's lounge regularly, she
said.
In addition, a wall mural in the
women's lounge has historical sig
nificance to the university, she
said. Marcy said there was a
question about the safety of the
mural if the women's lounge were
converted for computer use.
Marcy said Brigid CVNeii, plan
ning committee chairwoman, in
itiated the main lounge location
after attending a Handicapped
and Disabled Students meeting.
"Board members worked on the
options until they found the most
efficient use of space that
wouldn't hinder the services we
already offer," Marcy said.
In addition to providing better
access for handicapped students,
Marcy said renovation of the
lounge will be less expensive than
renovating the women's
lounge.
However, Frank Kuhn, assist
ant director of Union operations,
told board members that the
room's double-paned glass win
dows would cut off noise from
the computers.
Daryl Swanson, director of Neb
raska unions, said the space ren
ovation and furnishings would be
paid for by a $13,000 capital bond.
However, he said actual construc
tion costs may be less.
The initial installation will con
nect the terminals to Nebraska
Hall by telephone line, Swanson
said. However, the system even
tually will be connected by about
4,000 feet of "hard wire" through
an underground utility tunnel.
Marcy said the University Pro
gram council has some concerns
about the computer room loca
tion, but it will work out a plan so
that its program can operate just
as efficiently as before.
Board Member Sue Hansen said
she has heard people talk about
what the computer room will do
to the rest of the lounge area. She
said she was afraid the compu
ters might "disrupt the homey
atmosphere" of the lounge.
Swanson said the 16-20 com
puter terminals and two to three ' Construction of the computer
printers will be provided by the room will begin as soon as possi
university, which also will pay for ble, with a completion date set
the terminals' wiring to Nebraska for the beginning of second sem
Hall. ester, Marcy said.
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By lisa Nutting
- Daily Nebmskan Staff Writer
At 3 p.m. Thursday, about 75 people,
mostly women, anticipated the arrival
of 'Waily,' at the Nebraska Union Cen
tennial Room.
"Did you see him yet?...IVe seen his
show...! watched it all summer...He's
cute..."
Bill Beyers more commonly known .
as day-time soap-opera star Waily
McCandless of "Capitol" spoke to a
group of UNL students about the sev
erity of sexual child abuse.
"The majority of people don't even
admit that this (sexual child abuse) is
going on," Beyers said. - '
Beyers, national youth ambassador
for the National Committee for the
Prevention of Child Abuse, said he
wants "to create a media blitz so they
(society) become aware."
Beyers became involved with the
prevention of child abuse last Nov
ember when his niece filed a six hour
deposition against her father. Beyers'
niece, 12 at the time, had been sexually
abused since she was five.
"People don't feel things untiLthey ,
hit home," Beyers said.
Thus began his crusade against child
abuse. As ambassador for the commit
tee, Beyers, travels a 32-state tour,
reaching 36 city chapters. Beyers uses
his popularity to attract much of the
crowd, he said. '
"I'm in a position where attention is,"
Beyers said.
And Beyers is right. His popularity
attracts the crowd.
"I came here because I watch
Capitol " said Elaine Menzel, a fresh
man from Bassett. "And to see a real
celebrity." - -
Although Beyers enjoys the fans he
said that his plans to continue with the
child abuse prevention program are
indefinite.
"I think my friends were amazed," he
said. "I don't think they expected me to
be as dedicated or to work as hard.
"I'm proud of what I'm doing," said
Beyers. "I hope you think about it
don't just throw it away."
Beyers will speak at Irving Junior
High today at 10 a.m. and Sheridan
Element ary School at 1:15 p.m. He will
also visit with adolescents at the
Regional Center and appear on local
radio and television talk shows.
ciinic director promotes
eed for better Drogra
By By Ward W. Triplett III
Daily Nebraska!! Staff Editor
Miguel Carranza's job as director of the
UNL Ethnic Institute is somewhere be
tween that of an academic counselor and
an administrative button pusher.
In one 1 5-minute stretch last week, two
calls came to Carranza's Oldfather office
concerning" the teaching staff, or lack
thereof, at the Institute. During that
same time, two students dropped by who
were trying to set up an ethnic studies
minor. .
For Carranza, the Institute job is the
culmination of one career goal. On one
hand, it will help him get administrative
experience. On the other, it will give him
the chance to work an already solid pro
gram into a university strength.
"Some people say, Svhy do you have
a ethnic studies institute since there are
so few ethnic students here?' I think
that's precisely the reason we do need to
have one. '
"Many of the students who graduate
from Nebraska leave the state. They won't
be in a place like Nebraska where there
are only three communitites. They need
to know what ethnic people are all about,"
Carranza said.
The institute began in the early 1970s
as a black studies program and gradually
, expanded to include other ethnic minori
ties. The department arrangecourses with
in the institute or with other depart
ments, such as political science, sociology
and history. It offers a 12-hour minor in
one of four fields ethnic studies, black,
Hispanic or American Indian studies.
Three of the program's former profes
sors, all black, have left UNL in the last
two years, leaving seven institute profes
sors this semester. Carranza received
permission to advertise for one of those
positions just two weeks ago. The others,
he said, might not return to the institute.
"We really do need to fill those posi
tions," Carranza said. "But when a posi
tion is vacated here, (or anywhere in the
university) it doesn't automatically go
back to the department. It goes back to
the vice chancellor for academic affairs.
-The department has to reapply for that
position and give justification for it."
Carraitza said one of the big ar-
uments the institute has used is that
each of the professors who were hired by
ethnic studies also has helped the depart
ment they were placed in. Michael Combs,
who left UNL for Louisiana State this
' summer, not only taught ethnic studies
courses, but also taught political science
core courses, Carranza said.
"It's actually an advantage to the uni
versity to have minority faculty on cam
pus," he said. "They not only help us, but
they're a great help to their departments
as well."
Carranza said ethnic studies mainly is
a complementary program as far as aca
demics is concerned:" '
"I not only stress the importance of
having majors, but also having minors
that complement the major," Carranza
said.
"If someone wants to study law, for
example, and they may be interested in
' civil rights, one of our minors can help
them. It really gives them a concentration
in a particular area." '
An often overlooked component of the
department is the counseling aspect,
Carranza said. It's another reason to
have more minority faculty on campus
since their presence tends to encourage
minority students, he said.
"There are SO few minority faculty
on this campus that it's not unusual to
have minority students come in who may
not ever take your course, but want some
advice as to which courses to take," Car
ranza said.
Carranza came to UNL in 1975 after
earning a doctorate at Notre Dame. An
associate professor in sociology with a
joint appointment with the Ethnic Insti
tute, Carranza established a course on
Chicanos in American Society through
the sociology department. He became the
director this summer when Ralph Grajeda
resigned to return to full-time teaching.
"I would like to see us strengthen our
curriculum, offer more courses within
the department," Carranza said.
Carranza said he would like the insti
tute, to offer more special topics classes
than its one freshman seminar.
He also said he would like to see some
attitude changes as to what the ethnic
institute does and stands for.
"We think of them as being for the
benefit of minority students. That's one
thing, but the overall benefit is for non
minority students," he said. "One of the
goals of a liberal education should be to
have an education about the ethnic
groups around you.
"Lots of times, the information we do
receive are very distorted. We learn them
through mass media and through televi
sion. Stereotypes exist, and they are very
hard to remove. You can always fall back
on stereotypes, but to really learn about
the, culture and language of someone else
takes a little effort."
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