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About The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current | View Entire Issue (April 15, 1999)
NehSraskan SUPPLEMENT Spring 1999 Grand Re-Opening Union construction finally nears end TOP: THE NEBRASKA UNION, as it stands today, maintains its original South face, despite three rounds of renovations and expansions to the building’s interior and North side. BELOW: THE NEBRASKA UNION as it looked in June 1938, when it was one month old and 14th Street was a through street on campus. ~ ByIevaAugstums Staffwriier UNL students will finally be able to sit back and relax, drink a cup of coffee and check their e-mail in the Nebraska Union without any dust or debris. For more than 2Vi years, bulldozers, jackhammers and construction workers took over the University of Nebraska Lincoln student union. Some students, faculty and staff members, along with UNL visitors, had to eat their lunches amid ladders. Others had to relocate their offices, listen to constant noise and put up with the hot, humid Nebraska summers. \ “Yes, there was inconvenience for many,” Nebraska Union Director Daryl Swanson said. “We extend our apolo Please see CONSTRUCTION on 2