The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current, December 10, 1973, Image 1
cbiu monday, december 10, 1973 lincoln, nebraska vol. 97 no. 56 Report: UNL measures save fuel, not dollars By Mark Hoffman The N.U. System is making significant fuel savings as a result of energy conservation measures, but those savings are not necessarily computed as dollars, according to an energy conservation report. The report was prepared by the chancellors' offices of UNL, UNO and the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) at the request of the Board of Regents at their November meeting. The regents requested a comprehensive report on what N.U. is doing now to conserve energy and how it plans to meet the energy crisis. UNL's energy-conserving measures, some initiated in June 1973, have resulted in reducing the projected deficit due to increased fuel costs and the costs of implementing energy conservation practices, according to the report. That deficit in the Physical Plant Program is estimated at $600,000 for 1 973-74 with conservation steps reducing it by $140,000 so far, the report said. Some of those conservation measures included reducing operating time of air conditioners and shutting off lights starting in June. Current measures include reducing UNL building temperatures to 65 to 67 degrees and consolidating evening classes into a minimum number of buildings. Similar measures taken on the UNO campus have resulted in a 25 per cent fuel-use reduction, but increased fuel costs make dollar savings doubtful, the report added. UNMC is asking for $117,000 in State Capital funds for the construction of a fuel oil tank, according to the report. Present capacity is 225,000 gallons imm.mm jjj ' nil 1 i 1 One energy-saving measure taken was to shut off the Broyhill Fountain north of the Nebraska Union. or about 12.5 days of fuel at UNMC's current usage rate of 15,000 gallons a day. UNMC hopes to add 200,000 gallons to that capacity. According to the report, if UNMC had storage for an entire year's supply, $36,000 could have been saved by buying fuel this summer for 11.33 cents a gallon instead of the current 15.31 cents. Other measures taken on the UNL campus include implementing employee motor pools and observing a 50 mph speed limit. The report also included procedures for closing the campuses on days when the energy shortage could not be met. At UNL the criterion for closing or limiting activities (including classes) would be weather conditions resulting in a need to burn 25,000 gallons of fuel a day for a prolonged period of time. Factors influencing this decision would be the current fuel supply, the number of days until warm weather returns and alternate fuel supplies. The first step, if energy needs are not sufficient, would be to close down selected buildings on a priority basis. If that and weather conditions do not relieve the problem, the decision to close the University will be made by the Office of the Chancellor. Liaisons function as ASUN 'ramrods' By Susanne Schafer The "total lack of organization among students" is one of the worst aspects of the UNL campus, according to Mark Hoeger, ASUN first vice president, but he says one of ASUN's communications programs is attempting to do something about it. The bright spot in the ASUN system this year is the liaison program, directed by Todd McDaniel, Hoeger said. The proqram is composed ot about 140 students scattered throughout the campuses and living units. It is the duty of the liaisons to inform their living unit or dormitory floor about campus activities and to report back to ASUN executives on student concerns. The representatives are elected, appointed or are volunteers, McDaniel said. They are kept informed by a "hard core" of coordinator liaisons, who meet weekly or bi-weekly with McDaniel. "We're just trying to get organized and identified now," said Nancy Brunner, a junior in Smith Hall. The coordinator of her dorm, Brunner said most of her time as coordinator has been devoted to "giving out posters and (jetting the ASUN book exchange on the road." "Most people in Smith don't know where we are, so I have to get posters out to identify us," she said. Brunner reported "enthusiastic response" to the liaison program on the part of het dormitory government. The liaisons are not limited to disseminating information about ASUN alone, McDaniel said, but also a tout every other campus activity. The Builders, a university service organization, have used the liaisons to distribute the Buzz Books, and the liaisons helped to support the Farm House-Delta Gamma Chili Feed in support of PACE and the Committee for the Performing Arts, he said. A weekly newsletter aids communication with liaisons, McDaniel said, and the liaisons have proven valuable in communicating student problems to ASUN. Dormitory residents have used the program to tell of their interest in changing the dormitory rates, Hoeger said. "We have learned that some students don't hink it is fair to live in housing without air conditioning and with poor lighting and yet pay the same rates as those who do have these things," he said. The program communicates "a lot of localized interests to the ASUM executives, which wouldn't have had any way of getting to ASUN last year," Hoeger said. John Holstein, associate coordinator of liaisons on East Campus, compared his job to that of a "ramrod." "I'm the one who gets the information on this end, and then I pass on the responsibility to the other liaisons to take it from there," he said. Holstein, a freshman, said he is enthused about the liaison program because he "has seen it take effect." "It's a good way for me to get to the City Campus, to learn about the power of student government and to see what part I can take in it," he said. UNL to collect phone books in recycling drive By Mark Hoffman F.very ton of paper that is recycled saves about 1 7 trees, according to a brochure by the Salvation Army and the Lincoln Telephone and Telegraph Company. It also means $18 to go to the Alcoholic Rehabilitation Center, said Salvation Army Major John Kimmons who heads a local drive to pickup old telephone directories. UNL is cooperating with this recyclinrj effort by setting up pick-up points on campus for old directories. Dormitories are arranging their own collection points. Fraternity and Sorority houses and off-campus students can leave their old directories at Nebraska Union 116, according to Michele Schmal. Schmal, a UNL student and a member of the Model UN expects delegate boom Expected Model United Nations (MUN) participation is greater this year than ever before, according to Terry Mahlman, Secretary-General of the 1974 MUN. "Right now we are 20-22 delegations ahead of last year at this time," Mahlman said. "We have assigned 64 delegations for 59 countries and still have 72 countries unassigncd as yet." The number of out of state participants has increased, with delegations from Oklahoma, Kansas and Iowa colleges expected to participate, Mahlman said. Within Nebraska, delegations from Creighton University, Kearney State and Dome Colleges and Nebraska Wosleyan University will attend MUN sessions. All Lincoln high schools are sending delegations. Pius X Central High School has four delegations, while Lincoln East has three, Lincoln Northeast and Southeast have two delegations each. Omaha, Tecumseh and Waverly high schools also are participating. "An additional list of country assignments will be posted this week, and delegations may pick up MUN handbooks now at the Union Program Office," Mahlman said. With a minimum of two per delegation, tho handbooks furnish background material about United Nations parliamentary procedure and the roles of committees in the General Assembly. ASUN Environmental Task Force, is co-ordinating UNL's collection. Salvation trucks will collect directories when there are at least 140 at one location. They will then be sent to Kansas City to be recycled, Kimmons said. He estimated the city-wide drive will net about 45 to 50 tons of telephone directories. The Salvation Army will make $18 a ton, or about two and one-fourth cents per directory. The effort is worthwhile, Kimmons said. The money will go to the support of the Salvation Army's Alcoholic Rehabilitation Center at 737 P St. The center is a self-supporting operation which provides a home for alcoholics looking for a meal or trying to break themselves from alcoholism, Kimmons said. "It is a city within a city," he added. Alcoholics work and live within the center. The only restriction is that they cannot drink while they stay at the center, he said. Kimmons, 47, has worked with the Salvation Army for 26 years, 18 years as a minister and 8 years for projects such as the rehabilitation center. He was the first person to organize a telephone directory drive for recycling, he said. The drive occurred with the Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Salvation Army in 1969, when "it wasn't popular to save paper, when it wasn't worth much," he said.