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Wednesday, march 8, 1978 vol.101 no. 82 lincoln, nebraska
State UNL compete for building
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By Tam Lee
The state of Nebraska and its largest agency, the Uni
versity of Nebradka, may be competing for the same site
to house a new computer center.
NU administration officials last month asked the Ne
braska Legislature's Appropriations Committee for about
$2.4 million to purchase and renovate the Lincoln Llks
Lodge for a universitywide data center, said William
Lrskine, administration executive vice president.
That figure was a reduction of the original request of
about $63 million for construction of a new computer
center, according to Robert Pazderka, NU capital con
struction coordinator.
The Appropriations Committee did not allocate money
for NU to buy the building, but committee member Glenn
Goodrich of Omaha proposed Monday that the Legis
lature appropriate some money for the state to begin
making payments on the building.
The committee did not accept Goodrich's proposal,
but he said he was trying to get enough votes to amend
the capital construction bill to include the money for the
Elks building before the bill goes to the floor next week.
At the committee meeting. Sen. Doug Bereuter asked
Goodrich if the state was competing with NU for the
building. Committee chairman Jerome Warner of Waverly
replied that the university did not have the money to buy
it.
Erskine said if the state does not allocate money for
the purchase, a new computer center would have to wait.
There' is not enough money from other NU sources to
Tund the project, he said.
There is a possibility that the state and the university
could share the building, Goodrich said, but added that
the concept "has not been fully explored."
Pazderka said when the university first began consider
ing building a computer center, it had planned to share it
with the state. Now, however, NU is looking for a separate
building, he said.
Many questions, such as who would operate the center,
would have to be answered before the state and NU could
share a data center, he said.
Pazderka said the Llks Lodge had 72,000 gross square
feet of space, and the university had estimated that it
would need 70,000 gross square feet for office and
computer space.
Although he did not know how much space the state
would require for its computers, Pazderka said it may be
possible for the state and NU to share the space. Some
alternatives may be to use the building for computers
only, and not offices, he said.
Erskine said he would consider sharing a computer
building with the state if it were physically possible.
"That building (Elks Lodge) is probably one in a
million for a computer center," Pazderka said.
"1 have looked at six or seven buildings and none are as
good as the Elks building," he said.
Some of tis advantages are that the floors are strong
enough to hold the computers, it has windows only on the
first floor, it has both freight and passenger elevators and
it has a lot of open space which would not need much re
novation, Pazderka said.
"That building is the most adaptable for computers of
any I've looked at," he said.
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Photo by Mark Billingsley
Adding insult to injury, Ron Coniglio steps
from his car into a stream of melted snow to
go pay a parking ticket.
Pass-fail deadline Friday
The deadline to change spring semester courses
to pass-fail is Friday.
Students must pick up a form in Administration
207 (the middle window) and take it to Administra
tion 103.
A $5.00 fee is' charged. No teachers signature is
required.
UNL campus belle rings her chimes six minutes late
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An inside
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Photo by Bob Pearson
view of Carillon Tower, from the bottom up, resembles an abstract piece
By Kris Hansen
If you are set up with Carillon Towers,
don't expect her to be on time.
The bells in the Ralph Mueller Carillon
Tower, located between Morrill and Bessey
Halls, are ringing six minutes late.
The bells, which are supposed to ring
at 20 and 30 minutes after the hour, have
been off since last semester, according to
several professors in nearby buildings.
"We just hadn't been told that they
were off," said Leroy Zavadil, electrical
superintendent for the NU Physical Plant.
He said the bells are run by time clocks
which needed to be reset. "We're going to
try and fix them today," he said Monday.
A random sample of instructors in Mor
ril and Oldfather halls revealed about half
had noticed the bells were off.
"I noticed them because it affects how
I teach," said Samuel Treves, geology pro
fessor. "When they ring late. I have to stop
talking because they're so loud. 1 can't yell
over them."
"They haven't been on time since the
power outage last semester," added Esther
Cope, assistant professor. "It was one way
of knowing what time it was and when to
get to class. I wish they'd get them fixed."
Tom Fischer, math professor, said, "A
GLC hopes for landlord-tenant bill passage
A bill to amend Nebraska's landlord
tenant laws is being watched and sup
ported by UNL's Government Liaison
Committee, an ASUN subcommittee.
The landlord-tenant bill, LB121,
includes two amendments to revise current
statutes. The committee is lobbying for the
amendment which would provide compen
sation for tenants who must take action to
recover damage deposits.
If a landlord willfully withholds proper
ty or money, the tenant would be able to
recover the amount and a sum equal to it
to cover the loss of the use of the property
and the inconvenience in recovering the
money, according to an amendment
drafted by Sen. Ralph Kelly of Grand
Island.
However, Sen. William Nichol of Scotts
bluff has proposed an amendment stating
if a tenant has not complied with the rent
al agreement, the landlord may recover the
damages suffered. If the tenant's noncom
pliance was willful, the landlord also may
recover an amount equal to the damages,
court costs and fees.
ike Herman, GLC chairman, said the
committee opposes Nichol's amendment
because it deviates from the bill's original
intent.
The landlord holding a security deposit
has the authority to retain that deposit if
the tenant fails to comply with the lease. If
the damage to a landlord's property ex
ceeds the security deposit, the landlord can
file suit against the tenant to recover
damage costs, Herman said.
The current statute covers damages and
landlord reimbursement adequately, Her
man said, and does not need to be
amended .
However, GLC favors Kelly's amend
ment, Herman said.
According to the GLC position state
ment, "The current law makes it profit
able for a landlord to wrongfully withhold
a security deposit, and a tenant loses time
and money in attempting to recover a
wrongfully withheld security deposit."
The Kelly amendment would provide
compensation for only the time and money
spent while attempting to recover the de
posit, the statement said.
"Now is the time when the tenant
should have some say in the destiny of his
security deposit," Herman said.
About 40 percent of those who go to
Student Legal Services come in regard to
landlord-tenant relationships," Herman
said, and most are concerned with damage
deposits.
The bill will affect every tenant and
landlord, he said, but it will not hurt the
honest landlord. It is specifically directed
at the dishonest, he said.
The bill may reach the floor of the
legislature next week.
few of us would leave to go run last fall
and we noticed they, didn't correspond to
the correct time. We all noticed hasn't
everybody?"
Sociology and psychology Professor
Harry Crockett said, "The fact that they
were off has escaped me, but if they're
going to ring them, the bells should be on
time."
"1 hadn't really noticed until I was wait
ing for class to get over - then I found out
they were really off," added Dan Sebo, a
graduate student.
Several instructors expressed dissatisfac
tion with the chimes themselves.
"It would bother me less if they didn't
ring those silly little chimes at 5. If they're
going to make them ring, make them ring
on time, and change the chimes," said grad
uate assistant Carol Alston.
Doug Mallenby, math instructor, com
plained. "I notice them about once a year,
and they just annoy me. The whole tower
annoys me - just a big thing sticking up
out of nowhere so somebody can have his
name on it. It seems out of context,"
Geography professor William Wayne
said "I can't hear them in this part of the
building Morrill Hall. I wish they'd put
the tower on top of Oldfather."
Others like the chimes. "I like clocks
and towers that chime, and I wish this one
was on time, " secretary Ginger Maca said.
"It's really nice to listen to." Treves added,
"They're fine, and I like them. I think they
should develop a strong music program for
Saturdays and Sundays."
inside
Wednesday
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culture: Alpha Zeta panel with J.
James Exon and farm leaders
page 5
Back to the Bugeaters: Sports colum
nist ok at Nebraska's less than
illustrious basketball history
page 1 1
Love and struggle: Alurista, Chicano
poet writes of a non-violent revo
lution page 8