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frfcir, octcber 29, 1076 i 1 4' A unified source of information for institutions ami the Nebraska Legislature is the pal of the state's first director of the Coordinating Commission for Post secon dary Education. WEiam Fulkr of New York City will take the position Nov.l. The commission was formed in June 1976 by 1X579 by the Legislature. The commission is comprised of six educators and six members from the public. Educational systems represented on the commission are NU, the state college system and the technical community college system. Also represented are independent colleges of the state and proprietary schools and institutions. I look at this job as a Way to protect policies of all institutions in the state and to solve their problems with regard to the total picture of the state of Nebraska, Fuller said.- UNLrUniversity of Nebraska at Omaah (UNO) parity, he said, is an institutional problem that will not be hand led by the commisaon. . "Ve would be meddling in university affairs if we were to try and solve UNLrUNO problems," Fulkr said. On the selection of Fuller, Commission Chairman Sam Jensen said, "The appointment of an educational leader in the area of post secondary planning will mean that coordination of higher education in Nebraska is about to become a reality." His first major responsibility, according to Jensen, will be to work with all the institutions of post secondary edu- 1 Ize eomcmmn cava cation to develop a common langine and a common data base that wi3 allow for a better coordination of the system. The institutions' administrators, according to Jensen, . think this central information system will help eliminate duplication and unnecessary costs. -m.- rryun rerv fortCnate in beins able to obtain the services of Dr. FuHer. He was recommended by many experts in the ficU ofpostsecondary planning, Jensen said. Fuller, before taking this job, was the assistant com missioner for Postsecondary Ftoiing Services of the New York State Education Dept. Cfy still moods land for Centrum A final resolution soon may be reached concerning the last two plots of land the city needs for its Centrum pro ject, according to Gty atty. Charks Humble. The Centrum block, bounded by N, 0, 1 1th and 12th streets, wd be razed to build parking garage and provide space for a small retail storetomplex. The city has acquir ed all land except the Lennox Apartments, 1 132 N St., and the Sartor-ilamann Jewelry building, 1129 O St. The city hopes to acquire the remaining plots through negotiations or court settlements, Humble said. The city continues to negotiate with Don Hamann, owner of the jewelry store building, for that property. Humble said. Although he did not know when a settle ment could be reached, he said he hopes it will be soon. The city's latest cquisitions, at 1107 and 1123 O St, were made last week after closed-door negotiations between the dry and property owner John D. McDonald. In the agreement, negotiated by McDonald's attorney, IraJBeynon, the city agreed to pay a mminum of n; rm far the nrooertY. In addition. Demon agreed to drop a suit against the city, allowing it to declare eminent domain over the property. A similar suit has been fUed against the city by Richard Moulton, owner of the Lennox Apartments. In this suit, to be heard in District Judge Dale Fahmbruch's court Tuesday Moulton challenges the city's atrthority to acquire property under the state's redevelopment statutes. Humble said Moulton challenges the constitutionality of the law, which allows the city to declare eminent domain over property for redevelopment. Moulton also challenges the city's right to call the property on the block "blighted," enabling the city to acquire it for de molition, Humble said. . Although he said he does not rule out the possibility of a negotiated settlement, Humble said the city plans to go to court Tuesday. He said the city would be willing to talk If he (Moulton) makes us an offer, but we're not really negotiating with him now." International fete upcoming International Week, an annual event presented by the UNL International dub, will be Nov. 3 through 6 in the Nebraska Union. International Club is the student organization which represents all foreign student associations at UNL. According to Barb Kim, Internation al Club president, International Week is presented as a campus awareness activ ity. International Week gives interna tional students a chance to show who they are and what their organization t International Club) has to offer," she said. . International Week includes a cultur al display from 9:30 am. to 4:30 pan. Nov. 3 through 5 in the Union Main Lounge. Chinese, Korean, Arabian, Japanese and Indian students will dis play representative items of their home lands. Items from Korea, Indonesia and Guatemala will be sold at the same time. . Those items will include material, do thing, jewelry and knick-knacks. The final activity planned will be International Night, with music and' dancing Nov. 6 at 7:30 pjm. in the Union Ballroom. AH activities during the week are free. "." . . . ffs No The Treats OOOIL e On Us. m i i, - 4 I V f -H f -- til 9 PM; &i ti 6; Sinday l-5y aims for records The UNL Fencing Club will try to raise $700 in a 24-hour "Fence-a-thon" this weekend, the club's secretary said. Jeff Woolard said the Fence-a-thon will be from 7 pin. Friday to 7 pan. Saturday at the Women's Physical Edu cation CIdg. The club is trying to raise the money for an electrical scoring device, Woolard said. The device is wired to two fences and allows hits to be electrically recorded during a bout, he said. "We're going to break two world re cords at the Fence-a-thon," Woolard said. Woolard said he and Bob Dushane, the club faculty sponsor, will fence a bout with :epee weapons. They will fence. to" 1C0 touches. Woolard said this kind of bout has never been done before and will last two-and-a-half to three hours. The other world record attempt is a 50-touch bout with sabres, which will run ' about one and one-half hours, he sail.' "A normal bout has a six minute time Emit, but they usually go about four min utes," Woolard said- In addition to his world record attempt, Woolard said he planned to fence about 20 bouts at the Fence-a-thon. He said the fencers have money pledged to them for each bout. The fencing club has 25 members this year, Woolard said. Ten people plan to fence the entire 24 hours but there win be between 10 and 20 members present all the time, he added. The UNL Fencing Qub receives no financing from the university, Woolard said. Students pay SI a semester and other persons pay $2. , Last year the club fenced against Iowa State, Iowa, Kansas State and Kansas Universities. He said that this year they have been fencing only with club members, but that it's possible the club may com pete with other colleges. GteSSSS OW6f pop. FH0WE8S Bonnie end Clyde, The Green Berets, Birth of a Nation, tad All tke King Men, are a few of the commercial feature films to be shown in the new Fflm and Ameri can Society class next semester. The film class, along with American Popular Culture, are two new courses to be offered in the UNL History Dept. They will provide different ways of looking at history, according to Assistant Prof. Mich- aellsenberg. The courses wiS use films to teach the history of communications and basic issues in America, Isenberg said. - American Popular Culture is a new approach to history through mass media rather than the traditional survey of poli tics, economics and the military, he said. Courses in popular culture were not taught until the 1970s, Isenberg said. - Using commercial films rather than documentary films as teaching and research devices is a rather new approach amon American historians, Isenberg said. One feature film will be shown each week in the Film and American Society course. The idea of using feature films was initiated at the University of Pennsylvania and is just beginning to be picked un bv other schools, Isenberg said. The films will cost between $700 and $809 and will be paid for by the College of Arts and Sciences. "We're paying good bucks to get these films, Isenberg said, "but hopefully the students wEl not be required to pay a lab fee. Lab fees of 25 cents and 50 cents are charged at other schools for similar pro grams, he added. Isenberg previously taught a film class at the University of Colorado. The opportunities in popular culture and film are just beginning tb be explor ed and variations of the courses may be offered in the future, he said. daily nsbrcskan them's lots of living end laving shkd I yl Editor-in-chief: Thertsa Foreman. K&tnaging Editor: Randal Biauvett. News Editor: Sandy Mohr. Associate News Editors: Ron Rustless and Rex Sefine. Layout Editor: Li Beard. Entertain ment Editor: Michael ZanarL Sports Editor: Pete Wegman. Third Dimension Editor: Nancy Stohs Night News Editor: Kim Shepherd. Photography chief : Ted Kirk. Copr Editors: Chuck Back. Nancy dark.. Pete Reason. Ga8 Smith and Randy Wright. Business fiuanager: Jerri Haussler. Adver tising Kanagsr; Greg3 Wurdaman. Assistant Advertisir3 Onager: Bruce fcktorris. Produc tion Manager: Kitty Poricky. Th Daily Nebraska is published by tha UNL Publications Committee; on l&nday. IfSadnes day. Thursday and Friday durirvj the fall nd spring semesters, except during vscst&ns. Address: Tha Dairy NcSresfcan. 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