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License revocations now un
lisved
Persons wishing to know the names of Nebraska
drivers whose licenses have been revoked for accumulating
12-points on their driving record will have to check the
public record instead of the newspaper.
The State Motor Vehicle Dept. will release to Nebraska
newspapers only the number of drivers whose licenses
are revoked, not names, under a new policy which began
Nov, 2, according to R, James Pearson, department
director.
He said the names will be accessible to the public,
but the list will not be prepared for the media.
Besides being unfair to those who lost their licenses
on points, he said, 'It was a waste of taxpayers' money."
The list was incomplete, he explained. In October, for
instance, 165 of 1,128 people who lost their licenses;
lost them for accumulating 12 penalty points for traffic
violations in a two-year period. Under the old system,
only those 16S names would be printed in Nebraska
papers.
However, 394 people had their licenses suspended for
not filing proof of financial responsibility, and 229 were
alcohol-related suspensions.
The names published monthly accounted for only 10
per cent of the total, Pearson said. The department had to
decide whether to continue printing an incomplete list,
print the complete list or print no list at all.
"We are trying to cut tax dollars,'" he said. In order to
prepare a complete list, two additional full-time people
would have to be hired. One part-time person is doing the
work now, he said,
Pearson said he has received no complaints about the
new policy.
Jack Hart, managing editor of the Lincoln Evening
Journal said he would prefer the list be made available to
the paper, but "the department is not required to do so.
Interior design program accredited
By Barbara Lutz
Nebraska has another first.
The UNL College of Home Economies' interior design
program is the first from the Nebraska-Iowa chapter
region of the American Society of Interior Designers
(ASID) to gain professional accreditation.
The interior design program, in the Department
of Textiles, Clothing and Design (TCD), was first taught
at UNL in 1909. Interior design became a major in 1964.
The TCD curriculum is one of 16 programs in the
nation with provisional status, the first step toward full
accreditation, held by only six schools.
Audrey Newton, TCD chairman, said this is an im
portant recognition of quality fur the program, the
university, the department faculty members and the
students majoring in interior design on the Lincoln and
Omaha campuses. . ,
An academic program which receives accreditation by
a professional organization provides graduates with an
endorsement of the quality of their educational pro
grams. This endorsement will be meaningful to the gra
duate as employment in their chosen field is sought,'"
said College of Home Economics Dean Hazel Anthony.
Anthony said there are more and more opportunities
(for jobs) in the field of TCD." Because UNL has one of
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have an advantage when applying for jobs.
However, Newton said openings in the field depend
on the building situation and the economy. A lot of
construction is being done in Lincoln and there is a
demand for interior designers, she said.
The highest - number of jobs for interior designers
are as consultants in furniture stores, with architectural
firms or private homes, Anthony said.
The accreditation was done by a national professional
accrediting organization, the Foundation for Interior
Design Education Research (FIDER).
Newton said the team members who evaluated UNLs
interior design program were a professional interior de
signer from Lincoln and two educators.
In looking at the program, Anthony said the team
examined credentials of the faculty members, classrooms,
equipment, curriculum, available resources and the
capabilities of the students.
Recommendations for the program included addi
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student lockers and storage at Lincoln and Omaha,
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Builders dinner
profits will go to
Lebanese refugees
Proceeds from a Lebanese dinner in the Nebraska
Union Harvest Room Dec. 5 will aid refugees in
Lebanon, according to George Ayoub, a UNL researcher.
-; The event is sponsored by University Builders in
cooperation with the American Lebanese Federation, he
said. Ayoub, who received his PhD. in engineering in May
from UNL and is doing research here, asked the Builders
for help in sponsoring the event
""The American Lebanese Federation is made up of
Lebanese born in the United States who are trying to help
the people in Lebanon," he said. The need for assistance
in Lebanon is partly because of the conflict in the Middle
East, but involves other factors, he said.
""It is easy to describe the Middle East conflict as a
religious war, which is what you hear on the news," he
said. "Actually, it could be described as a war between the
left and the right and is complicated by the presence of
the Palestinians in Lebanon."
Ayoub said 500,000 is a conservative estimate- of the
number of Lebanese who have fled to neighboring
countries to escape the war.
""Although there are few who are actually fighting in
the war, the civilians are the ones who are hurt," he said.
"The American Lebanese Federation is trying to help all
civilians affected by the war."
The dinner will be served between 5 and 7 p.m. Dec. 5
in the Harvest Room, with live music and belly dancing
during and after the dinner.
The meal will include Lebanese bread and two other
Lebanese dishes: dabbouley, which i a type of salad;
and loubey, a rice and meat dish with an oriental flavor.
About eight Lebanese students at UNL and other
Lebanese from Lincoln and Omaha will help prepare the
food, he said.
. A group from Omaha will perform a folk dance and if
people want to participate, the dancers will teach them
dances," he said. Belly dancing will be performed for
short periods during the dinner and for a longer period
following the dinner.
The dinner is open to the public and tickets may be
purchased at the Union South Desk. Tickets also will be
sold by Builders and Lebanese students at a booth in the
Union, he said. Cost is $2 for students and $3 for the
general public
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