Civic center sent down sewer drain
The proposed Lincoln civic center between the old
City Hall and the old Federal Building appeared headed
for the file of forgotten ideas Tuesday night.
Lincoln voters rejected the $7 million bond issue to
pay for the civic center by a margin of more than two to
one.
Last May, an identical bond issue lost by 519 votes.
The City Council decided to hold this special election be
cause the issue deserved a second chance, said council
chairman Richard Baker in the televisied discussion of the
issue last week.
A $6.8 million storm sewer bond issue also on the
ballot won a resounding victory. The storm sewer issue
got 63 percent "yes" votes.
On a windy and wet election day, 21,970 Lincoln
voters cast their ballots. In the general election in
May 24,808 voters turned out.
Deputy Election Commissioner Charles P. Huff said the
voter turnout was more than expected. Normally the
special elections draw about 20 percent of Lincoln's
79,640 registered. voters, he said. This issue drew nearly
27 percent of the voters.
Lincoln drivers can expect more barricades and
detours, as the sewer bond will pay for the construction
of storm sewers at 23 sites scattered throughout the city.
Construction is expected to stretch over three years
beginning next summer.
The storm sewers became an issue Sept. 30 when a
storm drenched northeast Lincoln and flooded homes and
streets. Department of Public Works Director Richard
Erixson said that the issue would begin "work on $30
million in needed storm sewer repairs in the city.
The city now devotes about $1 million a year to storm
sewer repair from the city's general revenue.
The civic center bond was to have paid for a 2,500 seat
auditorium and renovations in the federal building for city
office space.
The city currently houses about 100 employees in the
building. With renovations it would have held 200. The
council said it may still renovate the building from general
revenue.
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The fickleness of mother nature once more
struck Nebraskans Tuesday. Moderate rain
and mist during the weekend gave way' to
steady rains Tuesday. By Tuesday night, this
cyclist may have traded his bike for a sled
for the duration of the winter.
Rack 'em right
or pay a price
UNL Campus Police will begin impounding bicycles
which are not properly parked in bicycle racks. Officer
Maureen Knott said Campus Police has received com
plaints from handicapped persons that bicycles are
left in and around parking stalls and in the halls of aca
demic buildings where classes are meeting.
Knott said the handicapped and the blind, are in
convenienced by the bicycles, '
Section 8 of the UNL Parking Rules and Regula
tions says bicycles that are improperly parked will
be impounded if it is imparing the transportation of
the handicapped or in an unauthorized area,
Tm not inferring it is all students who are leaving
their bikes improperly parked, but we just want the
bikes to be parked in the stalls for a safety factor,"
laid Knott.
Complaints haven't reached a high level and are just
beginning to come in Knott said. She said Campus
Police were not aware of the problem until complaints
came in,
Knott said they will not intentionally look for
misplaced bikes, but will respond to complaints.
Knott said the bicycles should not be hard to remove
because they can not be locked securely where they are
If a bicycle is missing, the owner should call Campus
Police to tee if it has been stolen. Otherwise, the police
will notify the party that their bicycle is in custody,
A $5 charge will be assessed to the person before
he can pick up his cbicycle.
Regents scholar studies professors,
essential move in grade point game
By Joe Starita
It's Thursday night and you're looking down the barrel
of a biology midterm, set to explode Friday morning
at 9:30 sharp.
Too late now to worry over the lectures and labs
you've cut, the days you've chosen football and frisbees
wet froglegs and phloem,
A quick check of your notes reveals large white spaces
that were meant to have handwriting on them. A glance at
the syllabus adds a 300-page kicker to neglected reading
assignments.
10:30 pan., Time to peek in on Carson and see who
the guests are. Good group. Good enough that you stick
with the lineup through all nine innings.
It's Midnight now. Just enough time to grab a sack of
. doughnuts, a pack of Marlboro's and catch a little Tom
Snyder,
1 a.m. Snyder bids goodnight for "Tomorrow," but
it doesn't look like anything good is going to come from
this night, or tomorrow, for the average student who's
now speed reading across the Panic City limits.
Mary Desch hasn't been ticketed for speeding in a long
time. Oh, she got one warning notice four years ago, but
since then the UNL junior, a chemistry major in pre-med,
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Gifted students
Academic record, that is. Desch, 2p, belongs to that
small group of gifted students whocombine inherent
brainpower with iron-clad willpower to achieve stunning
academic excellence.
Graduated seventh in a class of 500 from Grand Island
Senior High in 1975, Desch is attending UNL on a four
year Regents Scholarship.
In 1975, a 2,75 cumulative grade-point average had to
be met each semester to keep a Regents Scholarship.
Desch has kept hers-squeaking by with a 4.0 each
semester.
So what tips can she pass along to Panic City residents?
"First of all, I never miss a lecture and am very
organized," said Desch, who ranks in the upper one
percent of her junior class. ' outline all my notes for
hour exams and finals, trying to hit the high points and
then arranging them chronologically."
Desch, who admits to having an "A-mania, or
D-phobia," said she also studies a professor, as well as her
notes, in preparing for tests.
Professor's personality
This can be done, she said, by paying attention to a
professor's personality which is often a key in determin
ingjvhat he or she is likely to stress on a test,
Desch said if you know what an instructor emphasizes
in class, then you know what to emphasize when study
ing, adding that "there's no reason not to know and study
a professor like you would a best friend."
- Desch, who has applied to medical schools at Nebraska,
Creighton and Northwestern universities, said she is at
home in the science departments, less so when venturing
into sociology and psychology classes,
She said there's an over-emphasis on computers in the
psychology classes and less emphasis on professors instruc
ting students.
VVhen not studying molecules, Desch said she enjoys
long bike rides, drives in' the country and listening to
music.
Darbra Streisand is my idol," she said. iVe seen all
her movies and have most of her albums."
Genera practitioner
If Desch has, her way, she will be listening to those al
bums some day after returning from a hard day's work as
a general practitioner in the rural Nebraska countryside.
A sense of accomplishment was instilled in her, Desch
said, by five older brothers and sisters in her family.
Two brothers are accountants and a third will be
graduated from UNL in May with a degree in architecture.
"I've got a little ' sister coming up though, who is
probably the most intelligent member of the family,"
Desch said. "She's a junior at Grand Island High now, and
I can't ever remember seeing a B on her report card."
That reminded Desch of a B she got as a junior in high
school-the only blemish on her academic record in the
past six years.
"My Spanish teacher, Yolando Ingwanso (who taught
Spanish at UNL last year and currently teaches at Lincoln
East), gave me a B," Desch recalled. "I have to admit,
though, that I definitely deserved it. I was really slough
ing off."-
Sure, Mary. Next time you're in Panic City, bring the
Streisands and well spin a few before hitting the books.
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Mary Desch belongs to that small group of gifted
students who combine inherent brainpower with
iron-clad will-power to achieve stunning academic
excellence.
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