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about future of theater
Summer Nbraskan Photo
The Stuart Building.
By Rex Henderson
The donation of nearly half of the Stuart
building to the University of Nebraska
Foundation is a significant step in the
Foundation's Nebraska Campaign for
private contributions to the University,
according to D. B. Varner, chairman of the :
Foundation board of directors.
Varner said there had been no estimates
of the value of the gift, or the income
potential from rental of the office space and
theater. But he commented, "It's a great
building in a great location."
The donation of the first five floors of the
Stuart Building, one of Lincoln's tallest
buildings when it was constructed in 1928,
was announced Tuesday. The gift includes
the Stuart Theater, the historic home of
the Lincoln Symphony until it was made
into a movie theater in 1972, ret ail space on
the ground floor, and office space on floors
two through five,
Varner said the Foundation had not yet
decided what would be done with the gift.
One of the possibilities for the theater
would be to renovate it for use as a
performing arts center for the University
and the Lincoln community, Varner said.
The Dubinsky Bros. Theaters holds a ten
year lease on the theater, scheduled to
expire in 1982. The theater was remodeled
by the Dubinsky Bros, as a movie theater,
It now holds 800 people. The original
seating capacity was 1850.
Varner said he is unsure whether the
University will be able to make use of the
theater before the lease expires.
"It's a legal problem we have not yet
analyzed," Varner said.
Survey: UNL students favor legal center
In a survey released this week by the
Student Legal Services Center, most of the
students questioned said they would be
willing to pay for a legal services center on
campus.
Out of the 100 questionnaires used in the
survey, 66 students said that they would
pay $1.50 each semester for a center.
The survey was patterned after an
earlier survey made by the University of
Minnesota. 200 survey forms were
distributed to persons in the Nebraska
Union on July 8 and 7. Out of the 120
questionnaires returned, 100 were used to
compile the results.
"Persons may draw their own con
clusions from the two surveys, but it
appears obvious that students do have an
interest in prepaid legal services and do
have far more contact with legal problem
areas than most persons might suspect,"
the report said.
The report said that the $1.50 cost for
each student would pay for two attorneys,
a full-time secretary, a number of law
clerks and informative law programs.
In response to other questions on the
survey form, 76 per cent of the students
said they had signed legal contracts, 71 per
cent said they had bought cars, and 83 per
cent said they had been in situations
requiring legal information or advice,
Although 49 per cent of the students said
they had visited an attorney, only 24 per
cent had sought legal advice from the
Student Legal Services Center at UNL. 77
per cent said they felt that the university
should provide students with legal advice,
The Dubinsky Bros, were not available
for comment.
The Foundation's "Nebraska Campaign:
A Commitment to Excellence" is a drive for
private contributions to be used in five
major areas designated by the Foundation.
The areas include improved teaching
and research, scholarships and fellow
ships, improved learning resources, new
facilities and special programs,
Varner said he is not ready to announce
the progress made towards the campaign's
goal of $25 million, but would release a
progress report in September.
Tt is our hope, and the wish of the Stuart
family, that any revenue generated
beyond that needed for the building
operation and maintenance will be made
available for support of the proposed
Center for the Study of the American
Business System," Varner said,
Varner also said it is possible that the
Alumni Association and the University
Foundation offices would be eventually
located in the building.
UNL accredited
another 10 years
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln has
been granted full accreditation for another
10 years by the North Central Association
of Colleges and Universities,
Ten years is the maximum period for
which the North Central Association
grants accreditation.
The North Central Association evalu
ation team said that substantial progress
had been made on the Lincoln campuses to
strengthen all programs in teaching,
research and public service since it's last
evaluation in 1971,
Chancellor Itoy Young said, "We are
pleased to have a positive response from
the Association , , . We are grateful to the
Regents, to state government and to the
people of Nebraska for their support of the
University,"
The accreditation includes the Sc'nool of
Technical Agriculture at Curtis, which
previously held separate accreditation
status,
Parking permit costs
are increased by $10
Final approval to a $10 increase in the price of student
parking permits has been given by the University of
Nebraska-Lincoln administration according to John Duve,
UNL parking and traffic coordinator.
Permits for a full year will cost $35 next year. Single
semester permits will be $20 a semester.
Duve said he is expecting more applications than ever
next year for parking permits.
Duve has budgeted $405,000 for parking services next
year, he said, $325,000 of which comes from permit sales.
He expects to sell about 10,000 permits to raise the
money, although there are only 7,500 parking spaces on
campus.
Other changes in parking policy include an increase in
meter violation fines, and an extended time for payment of
fines.
Meter violation fines will double from $1 to $2.
The doubling period on all meter violation fines will be
extended from five days to ten, Duve said.
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