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Fullbright-Hayes scholars from Europe, Southeastern
Asia, New Zealand and Central Euopre this week
" convened for a four day seminar on energy problems in
the United States at the Nebraska Center for Continuing
Education.
The seminar was opened Sunday by UNL Chancellor
Roy Young. The 11 Fullbright-Scholars also were visited
by three keynote speakers from other schools who
discussed various energy problems.
Carl W. Hall, dean of the College of Engineering at
Washington State University, discussed the responsibility
of education to the problems of energy. Hall said
energy education should beg' i in elementary school with
physics and natural sciences and should continue through
college.
Hall also discussed education in the People's Repub
lie of China. Engineering education, missionaries,
factories, research institutions and planning commissions
were topics concerning China that Hall covered,
Hall said the United States is not in an energy crisis
situation. Reserves of oil will not run out but will become
increasingly expensive. When energy consumes 50 percent
of income, he said, the matter will become a crisis.
The relationship of education and energy was
E resented by Kenneth Picha, director of the Massachusetts
University Ofilce of Energy Research and Education. He
said although there has been a recent lack of concern for
the health of science in the United States, there are signs
that federal initiatives to strengthen science are being
considered.
John McKetta from the University of Texas explained
to foreign students the proportions of the energy problem
in the United States and outlined the approach the United
States is taking to solve the problem.
Fire marshal probing Abel blazes
Director of University Housing Douglas Zatechka was
to meet last night with members of the student govern
ment to ask their cooperation in helping stop a series of
fires that have been started in the trash chute at Abel Hall.
The State Fire Marshal has been called in to investigate
the fires. Both Zatechka and an investigator from the fire
marshal's office, Kenneth Kraus, say that while damage
has been light, the potential of personal injury from
smoke is very great.
"A lot of students feel, 'Hey, it's a fireproof building,
there's no danger'," Zatechka said. "But the stuff in the
building isn't fireproof. It burns like the devil."
According to University Police, three fires have been
started in Abel since Sunday.
Kraus said, "We feel somebody's packing the trash
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chutes, then lighting them. I can't come right out and
say it's arson, but it's a problem."
The fires normally end up in the trash container in the
basement of Abel, and, once they become hot enough,
activate the overhead sprinklers and the fire alarms, which
forces the evacuation of Abel, according to Kraus.
Zatechka said monetary losses from the fires are minor
and there have been no injuries so far.
"But you can't put a dollar amount on the loss of a
life," he said.
Zatechka said the fire marshal's office has made some
recommendations about putting an end to the fires. Some
of the recommendations are being followed, he said, and
others are under consideration.
City employs van
in deterring crime
Crime prevention on wheels in the form of the Com
munity Service Van is part of the Lincoln Police Depart
ment's team policing effort, according to Officer Vern
Campbell, an LPD crime prevention specialist.
"It's gotten the word out to the people, Campbell
said ; explaining that the van is. a converted mobile home
housing displays on proper door locks and home alarms
as well as crime prevention literature.
Anyone can call the police department and arrange tor
officers to talk to groups about different crime topics and
see films or lectures irt the van Campbell said ; .
Cub Scout groups, neighborhood block-watching
groups and businessmen have used the Community Ser
vice Van. Recently, it was displayed at Gateway Mall.
Campbell said the van was funded for public use
through a federal grant about three years ago.
"We (LPD) were in a transitional phase,' he said,
which has developed into a community-based policing
effort that emphasizes citizen involvement and awareness.
"Lincoln is geographically divided into five areas," he
said, each of which is watched by a police captain, lieu
tenant, and team of officers, including a crime prevention
specialist.
Campbell said the police do security surveys for their
individual areas and try to get 16 know the people of the
area.
"The main person to prevent crime is the Citizen, not
the policeman," he said.
"We can give them (citizens) jhe information to
prevent crime, but they have to Implement it."
Campbell said the Community Service Van, with its
display boards and ample meeting room, has been
important in getting crime prevention tips out to areas
where people can conveniently take advantage of them.
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