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til IVI I is o real msming program inchor' penny-p The frugal energy-use program started at UNL four years to has succeeded, in cutting energy use by about one third. The success can" be attributed directly to the Energy Research and Development Center created by a $10000 grant in 1975. , According to the center's director, Don ald Edwards, the center has a variety of energy conservation programs but they are all based on willpower. Specifically, Edwards said UNL's "light out and maintenance programs have cut UNL's fuel consumption by 30 per cent. Thermostats also have been turned down during colder months and air condition ing has been cut during the summer. UNL business hours have been adjust cd during the summer to cut down on the number of hours campus buildings are used during the peak electricity load per iod.he said. . x UNL Chancellor Roy Young has an nounced that the program will be used again this year. Beginning May 16th, business hours will be 7:30 ajn to 4:30 p.m. The Energy Conservation Office is also conducting a study to determine the , most efficient use of electric lighting at UNL. According to Jim Hines, UNL conser vation officer, the study is attempting to reduce the amount of energy needed to sufficiently light UNL buildings. The testing is being done in five areas, using a light meter which measures the amount of light used by foot candies. Foot candles are a unit of measure equi valent to the amount of candles neeaed to light a square foot. The first area of study is to determine the actual level of light used in a class room. He said the second area .will study how the light in the room is used. Lighting levels vary for different purposes, he said. Once the office knows how much light is needed it can prevent over lighting, he said. The third study area determines the occupancy rate of the rooms, because rooms occupied only during the day require less light, he said. Room location is the fourth area of study. It examines which rooms have windows, which provide seven candles per square foot, he said. The final area examined is how the var ious light circuits are arranged. In some areas, lights will be left ajone even if they are inefficient because the cost of replacing them would be too great, he said. Light testing was already done in Love Memorial Library, resulting in the removal of about 50 per cent of the lights 'because we were tremendously overlit, resulting in a real over kill," he said. K ( . ) I ' 1 rti toffy"! iS K irk The Easter Puppy, who leaves good little boys and girls small brown goodies under their pillows on Easter morning, takes time out to join in the rites of spring-watchfeg a baseball game at the UNL diamond. For more baseball, see p. 10. Student Sanders 0 friday, april 8, 1977 vol. 100 no. 101 lincoln, nsbraska ill 1 n. . "" Model United Nations is helping to plan a state-wide hunger conference that may feature United Nations Ambassador Andrew Young and Agriculture Secretary Bob Bergland as speaker, said Sara Boatman, Union Programming Council (UPC) adviser. Model United Nations will aid the planning committee in seeking student groups that might be interested in attending the one-day Governor's Conference on Food and Hunger, said Boatman. "I don't think we necessarily want people at the con ference who know everything about world hunger," said John Cutler, chairman of the planning committee. "I think we want people who are perceptive and who will go away knowing more about world hunger." The conference's purpose is to "examine ways Nebraskans can become involved in helping hungry and abused brothers andsisters around the world," Cutler said. . The community Hunger Appeal of Church Wide Service (CROP) along with Creak for the World and the er conTerenc3 Hunger Task Force of the Interchurch Ministries of Ne braska are the main groups involved in planning the con ference, Cutler said. ' The conference will be held at the First-Plymouth Congressional Church on 20th and D Streets, Cutler said. He added that the Governor will send out 400 invitations; the church has room for 700 people. There will be a registration fee to pay for the cost of a lunch and dinner, but the conference is open to those who do not want to eat there, he said. CROP will pay conference costs above the money taken in for registration, Cutler said. Open Harvest, a cooperative food store in Lincoln volunteered to prepare the noon meal, he added. President Carter was also invited to the conference, but since the President's schedule could not be planned six months in advance, Cutler said he doubted Carter would come. He added that the conference's schedule would be flexible enough to accomodate " the President if he did come. x ( .' A 'Ov. I ;. ' ':- ..... - ... ' y i t -.- J v I "J Tiihg ftdnst3-e of the food weaker, guests the Easter Eunrsy a rile. llrU bribe tins for kei extra Ecster fccodk. - k .c t-3 by ey're try 2 to is not surprise " at election results ;-SarideTS "McCarrdless, part-time UNL"student,' said he is not surprised he did not make it past Tuesday's primary election for City Council. . He could not afford to compete with the other candi dates, he said after the election. McCandless finished 11th with 1 fiffl vntes nf th 1 & candidates for six general election positions. McCandless said that up to five days before the elec tion he had as good a chance of winning as the others, but then their added campiagn spending and publicity rut him out of contention. "I learned a lot," he said. "I knew you needed money but I didnt know how much it dictated the results." He said he started his campaign effort optimistically but became pessimistic when he realized "it's hard to fight money." "I dont think people consider everyone (when vot ing)," he said. "It takes money to make yourself ob vious." ' '" McCandless said he was the only candidate who did not spend much money campaigning. "The amount spent on the City Council race is ridi culous," he said. His own campaign expenses totalled $10. McCandless said he does not think candidates should support their own campaigns from personal finances or accept backing from businessmen that could create con flict of interests. Information about candidates should come from newspapers and other sources, McCandless said. Other factors contributing to his defeat included dif ficulty of running against v incumbents and voter dis interest, he said. "This is an off-year, a primary, and people are not concerned about it," he said. McCandless said that he was the only candidate that offered a different point of view, stressing the necessity of full-time couneilmcn free from conflicting interests. A city water meter reader before the election, McCand less was fired because he was running for public office. He filed suit against the city and was reinstated pending a hearing April 18. McCandless said this proved his point about city employees riht to run for office. "It had a positive effect on a bad It" he sdd. McCandless sail his case probably helped his campaign. However, he zii he doubts he will run in the next elec tion. ' -1 yak kj i News: Two Omahsns were chosen RHA executives in Wednesday night's election p.7 LitstaL-rrKnt: Ehdicn's expossd exhibits are r.rrctivs in Art 2icp managers cpiruca p. 1 2 Sports: UNL is scheduled for a doutlehrader with Morn-