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A dill ceruer... V. . if V X.. i Top to bottom: James Zumberge, Ken Bader, Dr. Sam Fuenning The present health center wouldj retain the in and out patient clinic, the community health programs and the occupational ; medicine divisions under Zumbcrge's plan. j This is the second proposed administrative renovation that UHC has encountered, the first was prepared by Bader last summer and cancelled by the chancellor, wh assumed temporary responsibility for the center Feb. 1. Prior to that, UHC had been Bader's responsibility. The squabble, now come to a hed over the reorganization plans, has had a long history that soma of tha doctors contend began during the administration of UNL President Joseph Soshnik. Until last Week, when a "isg rule" on the UHC physicians was lifted by) Fuenning, most of tha dissantion was receiving little attention outside of the inner circles of the University. I Fuenning. whom former ASUN president Ann Henry has said is known "all over the country as Mr. Student Health," says he does not agree with the administrative changes proposed by Zumberge. The decision on the split "did not come from this (Fuenning's) office. It has not been my decision," he said in an interview earlier this week. The "breaking up" of UHC, as Fuenning termed it, would place the two divisions under separate and duplicate administrative units. . "This would develop administrative hurdles, provide no common thrust," he said. The concept of health maintenance it dependent upon such supportive programs as the health education and environmental health division, Fuenning stressed, and should be administered under one roof. Fuenning admitted that UHC has had "some administrative problems." A task force on student fees had identified some cf those problems, Fuenning said, and the suggestions either have been implemented or are in tha process of being implemented, he said. The task force's findings were released by Bader in March 1973, and recommended that student fee support be withdrawn from the health education program. These include format courses in health and should therefore be supported by state taxes as an academic program, the task force reasoned. "I, don't, deny that there were some !trfbt)Ufrf 1ft' bur fiscal accounting office, but I was not permitted to have the kind of help that I needed to get this any improvement) done," said Fuenning, referring to his request for an administrator that he said was denied him for some period of time. A number of doctors in the center do not see the reorganization as an administrative problem or ttudent fees problem, but a "stop gap" measure, and directed at the removal of Fuenning. Fuennina, who has been designated by Zumberge as the head of the new Nebraska Center of Health Education, will resign, according to Stone. "He will only stay until he can find another fob," he said Stone, who has been with the center for 28 years, is a surgeon, one of the UNL football team's physicians and a past president of the State Medical Assoc. The placement of Fuenning at the head of the new center is the equivalent of firing him from the center, he said. Stone said that at one meeting with Zumberge, Vice Chancellor for Academic If mere alcohol doesn Affairs Virginia Trotter, Garlinghouse, Dr. L.D. Cherny and Dr. William Nye (also members of the UHC staff), the chancellor told the physicians that he was "under a, lot of pressure from two regents and that Fuenning had bttter accept the new position or else he would not have a job at all." "It was as if they held a gun to his head," Garlinghouse said. "Sam didn't have any choice." At a later meeting with regents Robert Prokop and Robert Koefoot attending, Zumberge did not answer a question put to him regarding the two regents' roles in the change of Fuenning's position. Stone said. The letter signed by the 27 physicians does not make mention of the removal of Planning, but does state, "We view with alarm the intrusion of untrained, unqualified lay personnel into administrative positions involving the direction of paramedical personnel and the planning of professional medical programs for the Health Center. When . . . executive direction provided by qualified professional personnel is undermined, the resuit is a division of loyalties among the entire staff these can only reflect upon the general level of medical care provided." (Neither Koefoot or Prokop were available for comment on thest statements.) Bader, who prefaced his interview with the comment that he "would not name names and would not want to malign any individuals," stated that his reasons for proposing the administrative changes within the center were due to "concerns with regard to personnel practices and policies, evaluation of staff, hiring practices and staff training as well as organizational development and business management." Ha declined to comment further, give specifics about his concerns or mention those Individuals involved. Zumberge said Thursday that he proposed the changes in the center "to avoid the future mingling of funds and the use of student fees inadvertently. This is not based upon any subversive or fraudulent use of funds," he emphasized. This separates the student fee supported programs from those not supported by fees, he said. Zumberge said he did not anticipate that the division would cause duplications or an increase in budget. When questioned about the effect of the , possible resignation of the center's physicians, Zumberge said that he "didn't understand their dissatisfaction. I don't know, what the health center would stop doing. All the departments will still be there. Nothing will be removed," he said. Each of the 27 have been asked "in the terms of inviting the physicians to stay on," whether they intend to continue with the University, he said. They have been asked to reply by April 1, he said. But if the doctors do resign, Zumberge said new physicians will be found to fill their positions. A middle ground for agreement is hoped for by some involved. Dr. R.W. Hammar, a UHC physician, who did not sign the letter by the 27 doctors, safd that "anybody can work within the framework. Students have a right to health care and my main goal is to give that to students. I dpn't think that the change in the administrative structure would affect that care. I encourage everybody tc keep an open mind until this blows over." t thrill you at all. Weil, fellow drunks, today and next week we are arming you with a few tidbits of information on the liquors used to mix drinks. It is our hope to prepare M lutll tut( t f . I . 4 . . t-5 IV lt!UVjU (lit bUU f ascribed to UNL students by many legislators and editorialists in this fine state. To inexperienced drinkers, there may be some confusion about differences in varieties of liquors. Those differences us found in taste, color, texture, and alcohol content. Among the many types of liquors are whiskies, gin, vodka, tequila, and rum, Fcr tha most part whisky identifies the distilled spirits of Scotland and Canada. Whiskey refers a!$o to Irish or Arrsariean products. Bourbon is a straight American whiskey in which at least 51 and less than COX of the grain used is corn. The best water for distilling bourbon comes from the limestone springs of Kentucky, Blended Whiskey is a combination of selected straight whiskeys distilled from neutral grain spirits. Canadian vhKky is distilled with a bier variety of grains, using barley malt, corn, arid rye. It is generally blended before or during aging, and always contains distilled spirits more than two years of age. Scotch whiskey achieves lit distinctive characteristics from th predominant u; of barley and from its drying process, though Scotch is a blended whisky. The blend is aged a minimum of four years and sometimes eight to 12 years. oren richordson & ron sindehr Vodka is also a grain mash distillate, filtered through activating carbon. Unlike gin, vodka Is colorless, odorless and flavorless, and combines weSI y & n Rye whiskey is another American product containing at least 50?4 rye grain, and has darker color and heavier body than bourbon. The popularity of full-bodied malty rye whiskey has declined since Prohibition, and when one asks for rye he usually gets a blended or Canadian whiskey. Gin is a mash distillate 'that it redlstii.'ad fa th presence of jufsiper berries and othsr botaftI&s!s Gin is usually clear arid light, though oma 0m may acquire a golden hu from biinj storfeJ In wood. Gin usually rates CO proof. Tequila Is distilled from the mescal or agave plant. It is the strongest and hardest to drink of tha liquors. Rum is a product of sugar manufacturing. The leftover portions from the production cf mo5asses ere dists'ltsd and ssgad in wood. There are two basic types of rum: traditional fums and lighter bodied, less pungani rums. Traditional rum is very dark in color and rich in aroma, and comes predominately from Jamaica- The dry. Sight bodied rums come from Puerto Rico and Cuba, and are much more neutral (lacking in color, taste and aroma) than traditional rums. Usually the lighter the color of rum, the lower the proof. Alcohol content in liquors is measured and labeled & proof. A proof of 1 is 12 alcohol. Fo axampto. CO proof whiskey I: 40 alcohol. Corns people like thy taste of liquors end enjoy mixed drinks. For those who don't Sika tha taste but ttjH like to est loadad, there m& a variety of mixed drinks that neutralize or elimlnata tha alcohol taste. However, wa would like to quote a wisa old sage who said: "There's nothing better'n beer, And if you can't afford beer, there's Cuckhorn." page 8 daily nebraskan ftiday, march 22, 1974