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About The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current | View Entire Issue (Sept. 4, 1975)
0 A page 3 unos required tor codes is Continued from p.I Ace Backer, Nebraska State Fire Marshal, said if will be impossible for UNL to comply with the state fire code by the Jan. 1 deadline. "The university can't proceed any faster than the Legislature gives it money " he said. Among the building deficiencies Backer said he found were a need for two exits from every floor (separation of stairways and heavily insulated verticle openings), working fire. alarms and fire extinguishers Physical plant workers have installed needed exits in several buildings including Temple and Teachers College and are working on construction of inclosed stairways in these and several other buildings, Schrader said. : Fire inspectors said many of. the corrections can be accomplished in a short time. Several small items included the need for light switch covers, metal Eds on trash cans in rest rooms, closed stairways, removal of combustible materials in storerooms and metal containers for mops and oil rags. There are no plans to condemn any -buildings on the UNL campus because of fire hazards, Backer said. "Corrections on buildings are so massive an extension of the deadline may have to be given,' Backer said. It may take "one to three years to complete all deficiencies.' Schrader aid that if money were available, all UNL buildings could be fire-safe within two years. "When the $350,000 received from the Legislature runs out, well turn to special maintenance funds, or any other funds we can come up with," he said. E.W. Simpson, director of Environmental Health and Safety, said university buildings are inspected twice a year for fire hazards. These are brought to the attention of the chairman of the department which uses the building, and he is expected to see that fire code violations are corrected, Simpson said. Plant Industry building fire sets back cancer research Mihir Banerjee, professor of Life Sciences and a cancer researcher, said he went to work Aug. 21 "with all sorts of ideas in my head." He found a building full of firemen and his basement laboratory full of water. The building was the Plant Industry Bldg. on East Campus. The firemen were there for a two-alarm fire discovered the night before. Damage to the building was approximately $1.2 million. According to Banerjee, the damage to his work can't be determined yet. He was doing research work for the National Cancer Institute. He received his first 'grant from the Institute in 1968, Banerjee said. His work involved the mechanism by which certain hormores regulate the breast, and what it does to produce milk, he said. The fire killed about 200 mice used in cancer research some from water damage and others as they were moved to noncontrolled cages. The loss of other material could not be determined until later, when its biological activity can be tested, Banerjee said. According to Banerjee, this could not be done until a later stage of his research was reached. The fire set back his work at least two or three months, he said, and the delay cduld be as long as two or three years. "Even if you lose one day, in competition with the world, you are behind," he said. "Loss of research time is something you can't buy commercially," he added. Banerjee estimated the damage to his equipment as being between $200,000 to $250,000. unm,. 1 kite., mtm """" I I iinllj UJ n Catch the UPC Art Lending Library this Saturday, in the Union main lounge. . One print per student with current I.D. Ch?ck-o!'f f 25nis $1.50. Also check out the auction of v old prints at 9:45 'wn. --"v ..Mm r zJ ' j t 111 LJ r7 r J short slufi A Housing Policy Committee meeting is scheduled for today at 5:30 pjn. in the Nebraska Union. A chairperson will be elected. ' Free copies of "Nutshell: A Handbook for College are available at the Nebraska Union and the Alumni Office, 1520 R St. Tours of Love Memorial Library will be conducted today from the circulation desk at 10 a.m. and 2 pan. A recital of organ music wJl be presented by Charles W. Ore, associate professor of music at Concordia Teachers College in Seward, at 4 pjn. Sunday, at Kimball Recital Hall, 1 1th and R Sts. Health education offices have moved to third floor (3304) Fairfield Hall, telephone 472-38443845. All health majors need to contact the office for fall check-in. A welcoming party for new Chinese students sponsored by the Chinese Student Association is planned for Saturday at 7 pjn. in Abel North Lounge. Tassels who missed the Tuesday meeting should turn their student IDs and ticket money in to one of the officers by Thursday night. Undergraduate students interested in careers in museums and related professions may apply to attend the annual Summer Fellowship Program in Early American History arid the Decorative Arts at Deerfield, Mass. Applications are available from: Donald R. Friary, executive director, Historic Deerfield, Inc., Deerfield, Mass. 01342. Correction Evelyn Jacobson, director of flights and study tours, said she encourages students who want to take the flight to Europe without taking courses to register as soon as possible for the flight. It was reported in the Aug. 23 Daily Nebraskan that she discourages students from taking the flights without taking the courses. Jacobson said students taking classes will have reservation priority until Oct. 3, but that after that time "we always maintain a number of flight-only seats so that all can take advantage of the flight. These seats are assigned on a first come, first serve basis." Financial aid increases More students are applying for and receiving financial aid from UNL this year, according to Jack Ritchie, director of the scholarships and financial aids office. This is a fairly good indication of the increased enrollment situation, he said. Approximately 4,800 students are receiving about $6 million from the financial aids office, he said. Another 3,500 are receiving $4 million from the Federally Insured Loan program. Campus employment provides 2,700 students with $800 to $1,000 per student, per year, he added. Ritchie said of 6,500 applicants who met the filing deadline, about 1 ,500 received no aid because they lacked financial need or were ineligible for scholarships because of grades. j It is "1 not too early to contact THE UNIVERSITY PLACEMENT SERVICES The Career Planning and Placement Center 230 Nebraska Union The Teacher Placement Division 1 06 Teachers College For assistance in making your post-graduation plans Office Hours are from 8-12 and 1-5 Monday through Friday SERVICES INCLUDE Career and Employment Information Career Counseling Resume and Credentials Preparation Employment Listings . - . On-Campus Employment Interviews Graduate and Professional School Testing i t J