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Cadets to observe shuttle
By Jim Faddis
A look into the future-their own and
the future of the Air Force-will be given
to 53 UNL Air Force ROTC cadets soon.
The cadets will be going to Cape
Kennedy, Fla., on Feb, 14 to observe the
preparations for the coming space shuttle
launch,
The space shuttle is something the Air
Force may become more involved in,
according to Maj. Marshall McKee, assistant
professor of aerospace studies.
The space shuttle, an airplane-type
spacecraft, will be used mainly to launch
and retrieve satellites, McKee said.
Satellites can be launched through a door
on the top of the shuttle , he said .
McKee said the space shuttle will be
more feasible than other spacecraft because
it can' be launched into space more than
once.
Booster rockets
'The shuttle will be launched into space
by booster rockets, McKee said, "But
when it comes back to earth it will be land
ed like an airplane. So one space shuttle
could be used several times.'
The space shuttle also will save the
space program money in its . retrieval of
satellites, he said.
"By retrieving satellites instead of
letting them burn up as they re-enter our
atmosphere, we'll be, able to reuse them,'
McKee said.
lie said the space shuttle also may be
used as a means of national defense.
"Its uses are unlimited," he said.
The space shuttle will be launched in
November, if preparations proceed on
schedule, McKee said. The first flight will
orbit the earth and test the shuttle system
and then return to earth, he said.
The trip to Cape Kennedy will give the
cadets a look at the space program and
many of them may choose to become a
part of it, he said.
Fields open
"Space aeronautics and astronaut train
in "are two fields open to cadets," McKee
said,
McKee said the cadets will fly from
Lincoln to Patrick Air Force Base in Cocoa
Beach, Fla., in a U.S. Air Force C-I30 air
craft, .' .
On the flight, the cadets will observe the
pilot and navigator, McKee said. He said
many of the cadets will choose to become
pilots or airmen and the flight will give
them a look at what they would be doing
in that role.
The cadets also will tour Patrick Air
Force base to get a view of life on a base,
McKee said.
The Air Force is paying for the flight to
Florida, McKee said, but the cadets will
have to pay for their own expenses while
there, . ' . ' '
Donation to bring theologians
An anonymous $5,000 donation will
bring internationally renowned theologians
to UNL said John K, Yost, UNL history
professor.
Yost, also a Methodist minister; said he
expects to start a one-year trial series of
lectures next fall, '
He said the university needs to bring
distinguished scholars to campus to speak
freely and strongly on any subject on their
choosing.
The donation will provide for about
four speakers, he said, "The project is still
in the planning stage," Yost said. "1 am
now in the process of accumulating names
Solid
rock.
and ideas for the series," he added ,
"With the exception of church history,"
Yost said, "UNL has lagged far behind the
higher quality, publicly supported univcr
sities in the academic study of religion."
The Religious Studies program at UNL
qualifies as a minor area of study for a
baccalaureate degree in the arts,
The program consists of about 35
courses, offered by eight departments in
the College of Arts and Sciences, :
"The purpose of bringing the speakers
to UNL is to brinR together all of these
resources from the different departments''
Yost said. - - . ,..-
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North Crib renovation
planned by committee
By Nancy Ellis
' Renovation of the Nebraska Union's
North Crib is not the only way to break
even from a $92,000 total food services
loss, but it is a priority element of the
union's five-year improvement plan, said
Union Director Darly Swanson.
A proposal for 1981 renovation is
being . considered by a nine-member
planning committee and will be
submitted this month to Vice
Chancellor for Student Affairs, Richard
Armstrong, Swanson said .
The present Crib, which Swanson
terms as old,' unattractive and having
obsolete customer service, has had a
one -third customer decrease in the last
10 years, according to Swanson. .
Swanson said the $200,000 to
$220,000 Crib renovation project would
include floor, wall and ceiling work
along with seating for 50 more
customers.
Current seating is inefficient because
of two renovation projects t that
realigned the food serving line, Swanson
said,
' Food theft
The serving line was converted from
a self-service system to an attendant
service system because of food theft and
this conversion caused crowding of the
existing booths and tables,
One problem with the present Crib is
congestion during peak business periods,
usually between8 noon and 12:30 p.m,
Not only would the new Crib design
relieve congestion, but it would also
speed up service-something the Crib
customers are looking for, Swanson
The two examples of floor plans
which the planning committee has had
drawn up would eliminate the "ouU
moded" food service system of a walk
up grill and a separate cashier counter.
Instead, the typical fast food counter
with the customer placing his order and
paying at the same location would be
used, Swanson said.
Swanson said the Nebraska Union
has more fast food competition from
nearby downtown restaurants than any
other Big Eight Union,
Despite the downtown competition,
Swanson said, the Crib's menu still is
popular,
Hamburgers only
"We aren't making a living on only
hamburgers as some fast food
operations are" he said.
To speed up service, however, the
menu at the Crib would have to be
limited. But, Swanson said, the Union
bakery and deli offer a variety of foods
as do vending machines.
''People are unlikely to eat at the
same place five days a week anyway,'
Swanson said,
Results from a management audit
conducted by Touche-Ross Co. in the
fall of 1978 indicate that a fast food
snack bar form of service is what most
NU students prefer in the Union,
"The current generation of students
is accustomed to the fast food style of
service," Swanson said, And for this
reason Swanson said a limited menu
would be the best system for the Crib,
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Possible passage pf the bill excites her,
she said adding that she would be "heart
broken" if the bill were to fail to be
passed,
The bill as originally presented last year
to the Legislature's Judiciary Committee
would have allowed all adoption records
to open to an adoptee when he turned 18,
However, that, was strongly ppposed by
natural parents,, adoptive parents and
attorneys, The committee adopted a series
of amendments designed to protect the
natural parents,
These amendments raised the age from
18 to 25, and required that the biological
parents consent to the opening of records,
Exemptions could be granted if both the
biological parents were dead or the one
known parent was dead or presumed so,
Marsh's amendments guarantee foreign
born adopted childrep the same rights,
although she said it is difficult for many
of those people to find their biological
parents, She said some, fpreign-born
adoptees have not been able tp prove their
age to the federal government, and have
had trouble getting Social Security bene,
fits . - J . ' . :; ' 1 ',: '
Newell's bill is in response o a growing
number of adoptees who want to know
about their natural parents, according to
Tom Battiato, Newell's administrative as
sistant. Battiato said Nebraska adoption records
were open until 1943, but were closed
t when it was. decided that, children should
notbe fold they were adopted,
"That has 'been discredited," Battiato
said, "There is no theoretical reason to
close the records,"
He said Newell had been willing to raise
the age to 25 because it helped assure
that the person was more mature before
he started a search,
LB483 had just enough votes to pass the
first two rounds of debate, and Battiato
said he is analyzing Monday's vote to see
if the bill has gained or lost support,
lie said that althoueh the oresent form
of the bill pffers protection for parents and
children, some adoptive parents and sena
tors may still think the bill is in its original
form, "
The possible week-long delay will give
Newell time to lobby and get more vptes,
Battiato said.
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