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NUPIRG Director Margy Meister
Photo by Bob Pearson
Landscaping at east campus
enters another building phase
Another phase toward completion of
the proposed East Campus landscape pro
ject began this summer, according -4o
Richard Sutton, UNL assistant professor
of horticulture.
Before any sidewalk construction or
grading begins on the area south of the
East Union, the steam tunnels running
under the surface must be repaired, Sutton
said. The tunnels, have not been touched
for 40 years, and repairs are needed before
an underground irrigation system can be
installed. A private contractor is making
repairs on the tunnels this week.
Sutton said the main deterrent at the
moment is lack of funding. Although the
project cost for the final landscape is
around $40,000, grant applications to the
NU Foundation are pending, and many
materials, including trees, are being
donated to the project, he said.
Another problem is one of identifi
cation. The landscape needs a name,
Sutton explained, and interest in the pro
ject would increase if one were picked
soon.
The idea for the landscaping originated
when designs made by Sutton's students
were presented to UNL administrators
last fall. Although the administration
reacted positively to the plans, noted
Sutton, there are no funds available for
East Campus landscaping.
Jay Schluckebier, assistant director
of the UNL Grounds Department, said
plans are prepared, and his department
hopes to begin work on the landscape this
fall.
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NUPIRG asked to study
energy alternative barriers
By Scott Behm
This summer, the Nebraska University
Public Interest Research Group director
Margy Meister feels may have been its
biggest project yet.
According to Meister, the National Sun
Day Committee in Washington D.C. allo
cated grants to organizations in each state
to do a study called "Barriers To Alter
native Energy Technology Development."
The Nebraska grant was received by the
Midwest Energy Alternative which has
commissined NUPIRG to do the research,
Meister said. MEA found itself under
staffed and agreed to pay NUPIRG $900
for its services, Meister explained.
Dennis Keim, MEA member, served as
project consultant, and former NUPIRG
director Don Macke coordinated the actual
research.
A 50-page report detailing the various
barriers to alternate energy technology in
Nebraska has been submitted by NUPIRG
to the Sun Day office in Washington,
said Meister, and hopefully every state will
be able to present the same type of find
ings. "The Sun Day Committee wants to see
if there are any common barriers to alter
nate energy development, and if so,
attempt to develop legislation that may
help dissolve those barriers or find ways to
work around them," Meister explaned.
When the Sun Day findings are
completed, the report will be presented to
President Carter for consideration in the
1980-81 federal budget.
"We're proud of this type of work, and
we hope the opportunity arises for us
(NUPIRG) to do more," said Meister.
"This is what NUPIRG is all about, and
we hope that things like this will generate
more interest and support on campus this
year."
Tenant-landlord service's goal
is to help students find housing
An ASUN research contract to the
Nebraska University Public Interest Re
search Group has resulted in the creation
of a tenant-landlord service, according to
the director of NUPIRG.
The service provides information such
as lists of available rental property, sizes of
the property and amounts of damage
deposits, said Margy Meister.
The service is free to landlords who
wish to list their property and also to
prospective tenants, Meister said.
The service also provides a list of per
sons who want roommates, she added.
A $1000 contract with ASUN provided
the financial base for the reasearch and the
development of the service, Meister said.
"The basic part of the research was to
form contacts with landlords, especially
with those who rent many apartments,
such as realty companies," she said.
NUPIRG does not rate the rental units,
she said, because it does not have the
time or staff to check on each unit prior
to listing.
"We're not making a blacklist of land
lords," she said. "If in the future a landlord
gives his tenants a lot of problems,
NUPIRG may refuse the listing or warn
students about it."
Besides the apartment listings, booklets
providing legal and generic information
about leases, deposits and tenant-landlord
responsibilities will be provided soon, she
said.
Currently, there are about 25 listings
of rental units, Meister said, and about
15 to 25 students use it daily.
Meister said the tenant-landlord study
was one of three NUPIRG did for ASUN
this summer.
Former NUPIRG director Don Macke,
was paid $70 a week for 10 weeks to re
search the three studies, Meister said.
Macke studied the university budget,
including various methods of budget main
tenance, and organizational charts nut
lining the hierarchical structure of the f
university during the ten-week period, J
Meister said.
Four interns worked in the NUPIRG t
media and consumer divisions, Meister
said, each receiving from one to three
credits.
"Summer internship is valuable," said
Meister. "There's less traffic than during
the school year, and more can get done in
one day."
Meister also noted that reorganization
of all NUPIRG files is under way, and that
both students and the public are encour
aged to utilize the free service, including
all files on energy, consumer tips, and the
resource library of the Nebraska Publisher's
Gearing House for information on any
topic.
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