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Wednesday, january 18, 1978 page 1.0 daily nebraskan New CBA ce By Elizabeth Barrett A Center for the Study of the American Business System soon, will be located at the UNL College of Business Administration since the recent NU Board of Regents ap proval of the program, according to a CBA spokesman. Gary Schwendiman, interim dean of the nter to study U.S. business system College of Business Administration, said the new business center will be located in CBA and will be financed through the Ne braska Campaign, NU's development drive to raise $25 million during a three-year period. The center has received other grants, in cluding a $100,000 gift from a Morton House official in Nebraska City. Much of the funding will come from private dona tions, corporate donations from state businesses and other university supporters. Schwendiman said there is no set bud get for the center. "Well be willing, in an effective and fru gal way, to spend all the money people are Fast-food chains to locate near UNL Barring any unforeseen problems UNL students will have a wider choice of fast-food restaurants close to cam pus in the near future. The old Uncoln Electric System building at 14th and O streets will house a McDonald? restaurant and an abandoned gas station at 14th and Q streets will be torn down to make room for a Wendy's Old Fashioned Hambur gers, according to managers of the two businesses. The LES building is a perfect site for a restaurant, according to Roger Kaiser, manager of McDonald's at 5305 O St. He said the company hopes to attract both students and downtown business men. McDonald's also will try to draw crowds from nearby theaters, Kaiser said. "We've gotten favorable comments from nearly everybody, including the mayor," he said. "We are really excited about moving downtown." Kaiser said the new McDonald's will be on the site of the first log cabin built in Lincoln and the restaurant will be designed similarly. The building's interior will look "somewhat like a log cabin with high ceilings," according to Kaiser. It also will be larger than any McDonald's in Lincoln, he said. Renovation of the building has begun, but the restaurant's opening is uncertain, Kaiser said. Wendy' opening also is uncertain, according to Daryl White, general mana ger of the two Uncoln Wendy's restau rants. He said demolition of the gas station has begun and construction will begin soon. White said moxp information about the new restaurant will be availably after the chain's regional meet ing this Week. Al Bennett, director of the Nebraska Union, said competition from the two new restaurants may hurt the union's food service, but it would not ruin business. "I don't believe Wendy's will hurt any more than any other competition would," Bennett said. "We won't run from it by any means." willing to give us," he said. The center will not open until the cen ter's board of directors meets, he said. At that meeting, the first expenditures will be determined, he said. No meeting date has been set. Schwendiman said the center will ex amine the American business system and; wil' be similar to the Center of Great Plains Study located in UNL's College of Arts and Sciences. The center will help people understand the American business system and econo my, he said. Since the American business system is changing, he said, it is important that "we understand what the changes are, because a democracy. . .depends on an en lightened citizenry." Information will be provided to the public about the center's activities, Schwendiman said Jn addition, the center would improve the college's teaching, re search and service missions, he said. The center's activities include inter disciplinary programs involving other UNL colleges, citing cooperation with the UNL College of Agriculture, Schwendiman said. ' "One of the things happening now in the business administration in Washington, D.C, is that they are increasingly funding farm operations," he said. "Previously, all this was handled through some form of agriculture.'.' Most farms today are sophisticated business operations, he said. Working in cooperation with the College of Agricul ture, "we might be able to do some very interesting programs that would integrate important aspects of agriculture and busi ness to aid Midwest farmers, and effective ly increase their operations." Other center activities include: -Expansion of special courses on eco nomics and business for university, high school and community college students. -Executives in residence and endowed rotating professorships. -Internships to place professors and students in state and national business operations for short or extended periods as "a problem-solving link between education and business. Schwendiman said there are about eight to 10 similar business centers in the U.S. "They are generally very successful in accomplishing their objectives," he said. "Some we wouldn't agree with philosophi cally, but most (centers) have a research effort focused somewhere." Euery Ajfednesday si MQ Pitchers II !! 30 Prams J! VW need repairing? Call Olston's 1 . We repair VW Vehicles and sell parts and accessories for Volkswagen vehicles. Olston's Independent Specialists, Inc. 9 DOUBLE DOUGH FREE With Any Pizza Upon Request Thcra'c Rlothing Lilio it. 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