daily nebraskan
thursday, november 15, 1979
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Questions delay decision on alumni house
By Barb Richardson
More questions must be answered before the Alumni
Association builds an alumni center on campus, according
to an ASUN report prepared by Sen. Dale Wojtasek.
This summer UNL alumnus Milton Wick agreed to
donate $500,000 for an alumni center if, the Alumni
Association would match his donation.
The Central Planning Committee investigated the pro
posed center and tentatively has decided the new center
will be built on the southwest corner of 14th and U
streets, replacing a 204-metered parking lot.
Responding to the proposal, ASUN compiled a
position paper on the center to present to the Central
Planning Committee, UNL Chancellor Roy Young, the
NU Board of Repents and the Alumni Association.
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Student Court Justice Joe Nigro said students
voted to tax themselves (with student fees) and
agreed student government would decide how the
money would be spent, but "now the regents decide
how the money is spent."
"It's important that we keep the fight because
the regents were wrong," he said. "They merely
were concerned about their political situation."
In the vote, 3-25-1, Sens. Adams, John Kelly and
Dave Long voted in favor of the resolution. Wayne
Davidson abstained.
Latter in the meeting, Sen. Renee Wesscls read an
article in Wednesday's Lincoln Journal that reported
that UNL's share of money appropriated by the
Legislature to the NU system decreased from 69 to
57 percent during the last eight years.
Wessels told the Senate that UNL's financial
problems do not necessarily stem from inadequate
funding, but from the allocation of money within
the NU system.
She added that an investigation is being proposed
by the Chancellor's Task Force of Budget planning
to look into the system's overall spending. ;
ASUN opposes the 14th and U street site because of
the cost and inconvenience to students because the center
would replace a parking lot.
WOJTASEK'SAID that the off-campus sites considered
for the center were all on university-owned land. He
added the off-campus sites were.not selected because they
were too small or unacceptable for the center's plan.
Because it appears an off-campus site is unacceptable,
Wojtasek said the report's purpose is to help find a site
that would be best for everyone on campus.
"Our main objective is to work with the Central Plan
ning Committee to change their present recommendations
to the chancellor," Wojtasek said.
Sen. Renee Wessels said the committee has until Nov.
30 to change its recommendation.
The Central Planning Committee forwards its recom
mendation to the chancellor and then to the regents, who
will make the final decision.
Wojtasek said ASUN hopes the Central Planning Com
mittee changes the site to Memorial Mall between Morrill
Hall and the Military and Naval Science Building.
ASUN will present its report to the Central Planning
Committee Nov. 29.
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ASUNS REPORT said Wick's donation, did not "spe
cify that the center should be a new structure."
k Wojtasek said he was told Wick preferred a new build
ing but did not specify that it should be built.
The report also said the architecture firm, David,
Fenton, Stance and Darling, analyzing sites for the alumni
center, was given 1 5 possible sites and was to choose five.
"It must, be emphasized that the architectural firm did .
not include any off-campus sites in the site analysis nor
did they include any privately owned land. They included
only land which is currently owned by the university,"
the report stated.
Wojtasek said a new alumni center would be a good
link between Lincoln and the university.
In 1974, the Downtown Advisory Committee planned
a transitional zone between downtown Lincoln and the
university, according to the report. The report said that
, the center would be a perfect example of a transitional
building between downtown and the UNL campus.
"BUT UNFORTUNATELY, this proposal was over
looked by the Central Planning Committee and was never
given proper consideration," the ASUN report said.
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Mall would be in the tradition of the Alumni Association
as a campus welcome center.
He said the Memorial Mall site is accessible to students
and visitors, doesn't infringe on parking at UNL and
would fit with the mall's atmosphere.
Memorial Mall was not considered in the past because
proposed stadium expansion would hamper the center,
according to Cuca. .
He suggested the site to the Central Planning Commit
tee during the summer because the 14th St. site had too
many disadvantages.
According to the report, the 14th and U street site will
remove 204 metered parking stalls that generate $20,000
every year. . '
"Any site cannot be approved unless the parking prob
lem is resolved," Wessels said.
"IT'S HARD for administrators to realize the parking
problem when they are able to park close to their
offices," Wojtasek said. He ad(ed that the metered lot is
essential for commuting students trying to beat the cost
of a parking sticker.
Wojtasek said although the metered lot does not belong
to residents of Selleck Quadrangle, the Selleck residents
. consider it theirs. '
He said Selleck residents use the lot to unload their be
longings. If the lot was not available, they would have to
carry their belongings two and a half blocks to the hall.
Selleck visitors also use the lot during weekends.
1 "The general policy of the Central Planning Committee
is that the location of a building in any parking area must
include in its program a provision for replacement of those
stalls which would be eliminated. So tar this has not been
done,, and therefore, this proposal of eliminating the lot
is in violation of University policy, the ASUN report said.
Jack Miller, Alumni Association executive vice presi
dent, said he did not know if it was the Alumni Associa
tion's responsibility to replace the meter parking.
"1 know there is a parking problem," he. said. "I don't
have the answer to parking, and I don't think anyone
does."
He said that the metered parking does not belong to
students, but is open to everyone. . . . t
- With rising construction, utilities, and landscaping
costs, ASUN estimates the new alumni center will cost
about $2 million.
Although Miller said that it is hard to estimate how
much the center will "cost, he said that he disputes the
S2 million figure.
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