dally nebraskan
monday, January 16, 1978
Photographs by
Mark Billingsley
Stories by
John Ortmann
UNL swine stu
at Mead to opi
UNL's new swine research complex,
under construction at the Mead Field
Laboratory will be shown at an open
house Thursday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
On display will be phase one of the
complex-a 288-sow gestation unit, 96-stall
farrowing house and 48-pen nursery, all
enclosed under one roof, according to
Ernrest Peo, a UNL animal science profes
sor. Peo said that phases two and three of
the complex also will be displayed,
although they are not completed. They
include a reproductive physiology unit and
four "modified open front" growing and
finishing units.
Regents' achievements
cited by former chairman
By Rod Murphy
Looking back over the past year, Robert
Simmons, former chairman of the NU
Board of Regents, said although the board
made significant achievements, he was dis
appointed that more had not been
accomplished.
The Scottsbluff regent ended his term as
chairman at this month's board meeting.
Lincoln Regent Ed Schwartzkopf was elec
ted chairman for the coming year.
Simmons will stay on the board for the
remaining three years of his current six
year term.
Simmons reviewed the highlights of last
year; the appointment of Ronald Roskens
as university president, increased coopera
tion between the Lincoln and Omaha cam
puses, discussions concerning mandatory
student fees, and a growing realization that
the educational standards of the university
should be higher.
Overall, Simmons said his major com
plaint was that the system moved too slow.
Simmons cited as an example the Presi
dent's University-wide Task Force on Stu
dent Fees which has taken seven months
to make its report to the Regents. The Re
gents will attempt to act on that report in
their next meeting.
Simmons added, however, "We should
have started on a program by now.
Simmons also said the board should
have made more progress in its attempts to
bring UNL and the University of Nebraska
at Omaha closer together.
"The difference of opinion between
faculty and students at Lincoln and the
faculty and students at Omaha has been
going on for ten years and it's time it
stopped," he said.
Simmons has served three years as a
board member, holding the office of vice
chairman prior to becoming chairman.
"As a general rule the vice chairman has
been elected chairman for the next year.
It's kind of a, matter of taking turns," he
said.
The chairman's task is to rule on
matters of procedure. Otherwise, Simmons
said, he is just like the other members of
the board,
"The chairmanship isn't any particular
honor or responsibility," beyond what
other members do, he said.
However, the chairman often has more
communication with administrators and
faculty, he said.
Another difference between the chair
man and other members of the board is
that it is difficult for the chairman to
present motions, he said.
Simmons, who has been practicing law
since 1946 in Scottsbluff, was an officer
in the U.S. Marine Corp and a FBI agent.
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Japanese participate in special research course
Spending as much as 14 hours a day on
horseback can be hard on the posterior,
but living with a cattle rancher in Idaho
last summer provided Kazuhiko Imakawa
with vaulable experience with livestock and
mechanized farming.
The cowboy shirted-and-booted native
6f the northern Japanese town of Tajiri is
one of 35 young Japanese men staying at
the Nebraska Center for Continuing
Education on East Campus.
They are here for a 12-week short
course on aninial science which Chuck
Ilavlicek, center program coordinator for
conferences and institutes, said would be
broken into a 7-week period of general
study and a 5-week period of specialization
in beef, dairy and swine production.
Ilavlicek. whose duties with the group
include arranging field trips and getting
textbooks, said his main concern was
finding host families for the students in
the Lincoln area,
"These guys eat like horses," he said.
They just came off the farm where they
were used to putting the food away."
However, four students interviewed gave
American food mixed reviews. While basi
cally good, they agreed American food is
too simple, with not enough variety.
Japanese. food is flavored with a number of
seasonings, they said, which gives each
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dish an individual flavor.
The group has been in the United States
18 months ard is scheduled to return to
Japan in June. They spent the first three
months at Big Bend Community College in
Moses Lake, Wash.
The second part of the program
Involved assignment to a host farmer or
rancher in Washington, Illinois, Idaho,
Oregon, Montana or Nebraska,
Imakawa said the on-the-job training
may f .not be strictly applicable to Japan,
where hand labor often replaces machin
ery. -
Tateo Shiraishi, from Uto Kumamoto in
southern Japan, said he worked on a dairy
farm in Washington before coming to
Nebraska, Shiraishi was given charge a good
deal of the time to contend with irrigation,
cattle feeding and general management.
YoshiyukI Goto, also from southern
Japan agreed he was kept busy during his
ranching experience, His host farmer in
Illinois feeds 1200 cattle and 1500 hogs
and raised 2000 acres of corn per year.
"We have a great appetite to know "
Imakawa said, "so we learn,"
TadashI Matwike, from Kyushu Island,
said the grov Is generally tatisified with
their education in the United States, but
noted certain differences in Japanese and
American teaching, Japanese teachers are
strict, while American teachers are relaxed,
he said, adding that he was surprised to
see students eating and drinking in the
classroom,
Imakawa said although the studies are
hard, the students manage to enjoy themselves,