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Wednesday, October 31, 1979
daily nebraskan
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City noise levels to be tested
with new electronic devices
UNL judges take second place
By Kevin Field
Lincoln will be quieter if an ordinance
passed by the City Council Monday even
ing is as effective as intended.
With the new law4, electronic monitor
ing equipment will be used to test noise
levels which will make the law easier to en
force, according to Gary Walsh of the
City-County Health Department.
The previous noise law relied on sub
jective judgment to determine if an infrac
tion had occurred, and, was difficult to
enforce.
When passing the ordinance, the
council responded to business and industry
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Photo by Mark Billingsley
City Council member Donna Frohardt
concerns by exempting areas zoned
commercial or industrial between the hours
of 6 a.m. and 10 p.m The motion passed
4-3.
In favor of that-amendment were
Council Members Leo Scherer, Donna Fro
hardt, Joe Hampton and John Robinson.
Opposed were Margret Ahlschwede, Mike
Steinman and Eric Youngberg.
Led by Donna Frohardt, the Council
passed an amendment making the law stri
cter on motorcycle noise. The new noise
limits on motorcycles call for a reading of
bss than 80 decibels for speeds less than
40 mph and less than 80 decibles for
more than that speed. The amendment
changed the speed for the lower limit
from 35 to 40.
The Council defeated an amendment
introduced by Scherer to allow for a three
year implementation plan for the motor
cycle amendment. Several motorcyclists
testified two weeks ago that the law
could cause problems for owners of motor-'
cycles built before 1975.
That proposal was rejected 5-2 with
Scherer and Hampton in favor.
The ordinance then passed 6-1, with
Scherer the only dissenting member.
In other action, the Council passed a
new sidewalk policy which calls for
developing new priorities when determin
ing where sidewalks "are to be built. In the
past, the need for sidewalks was based on
schools in an area and the number of ele
mentary school students.
The new policy will consider the loca
tions of bus stops, parks, businesses. Re
quiring property owners to be responsible
for sidewalks on their property was dis
cussed but not acted on.
The eventual goal of the city is to have
sidewalks on both sides of every street.
The new policy will determine who gets
a sidewalk first.
The Council also issued a protest
against Frontier Airlines discontinuing
flights from Lincoln to Chicago.
Regents . . .
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Schwartzkopf said he wore blue to the
game. Asked if he wore blue as an effort
for student concern, he replied, "Ask any
one what Ed Schwartzkopf usually wears
to a Nebraska football game."
Schwartzkopf said he has never turned
down a request to speak before student
groups, but he felt that the students at
Thursday's speech, "didn't want to hear
what I wanted to say."
The students at the speech were not in
terested in -the details of the speech
because they had already made up their
minds; he said.
"It was a nail-him-to-the-barnyard-door
thing."
The other incident occurred at the chan
cellor's reception "Saturday morning.
According to ASUN senator Gail Casteel,
members of ASUN were handing out blue
carnations to the regents and Regent Ker
mit Wagner of Schuyler said he'd rather
double tuition and get rid of student fees.
Casteel said Wagner was "evidently
joking." Wagner told the Daily Nebraskan
that if he did make such a statement, it
would have been a joke.
Wagner said he could not recall making
such a statement. f
' "I may have said it, but if I did, 1 didn't .
mean it," he said.
Wagner said he did accept a carnation
because he appreciates the ; student
concerns.
"I'm very sincere when I say that I
understand the problem and appreciate
student concern." -
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While most UNL students attended the
Big Red football game against Colorado
last Saturday, several agriculture students
were in Ames, Iowa, examining various
cuts of meat.
The UNL meat judging team placed
second in a contest Oct. 28 at Iowa State
University. Teams from several midwestem
colleges -and universities participated in the
competition, which is a preliminary contest
leading to a national competition in Kansas
City and an international competition in
Madison, Wis.
UNL plans to send a team to each of
those contests, according to Dwight
Loveday, the team's coach and an assistant
, professor of animal science.
The team consists of seven students,
most of whom are animal science majors,
Loveday said. The team's objective is to
provide an educatiional activity in a
competitive setting he said.
"It is a chance for the kids to get out
. and apply some of the skills they have
learned in the classroom and to see the
meat industry."
There are six different classes of meat
that are judged, Loveday said. The team
members look at several pieces of meat
within a class and rate them according to
quality. Members are awarded points
depending on how they classified the meat,
he said.
UNL has had a meat judging team since
-the 1930s, Loveday said. This is his third
year as coach.
Loveday said he thinks the contests
will get tougher as the season progresses.
"The competition will be greater as the
number of teams involved in the larger
contests increases," he said, adding that
the team has "competed quite favorably
in the last few years."
In related contests, the livestock judging
team has been successful. The five-member
team placed seventh out of 34 at a contest
in Memphis, Tenn. in September and se
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contest two weeks ago in Columbus, Ohio.
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