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Vol. 82, No. 87
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By Ward W.Triplett III
After nearly two hours of emotionally
charged debate Wednesday, the Nebraska
Union Board approved funding for the
renovation of Terrace Hall, 420 University
Terrace, for a new culture center in its
1983-84 budget request.
The final vote of 6-4 with one absten
tion came after 95 minutes of discussion.
Part of the board favored waiting to see
if a new building could be built. Other
members favored moving the culture
center into Terrace Hall now because of
its availability and -the unlikely chance
that funding for a new building could be
raised.
The building at, 1012 N. 16th St.,
which currently houses the Culture Center,
was intended to be a temporary site when
the center moved in lO.years ago.
A task force to find a new location
for the center was organized last spring
after the UNL Physical Plant Administra
tion declared the building unfit for renova
tion. Before that, the building's activities
already had outgrown its space.
The task force concluded that the
university-owned Terrace Hall, occupied
by the Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity,
was the best location for the center. It
was also agreed that the center needed to
move closer to the campus. The feasibility
study was completed during semester
break and the additional cost of operat
ing the Culture Center in Terrace Hall was
included in the union's 1983-84 budget
request.
The proposal still has to be approved
by the Committee for Fees Allocation
and the NU Board of Regents. The regents
must be petitioned for use of bond funds
to renovate the building as well. The esti
mated cost is $180,000.
Union Board President Laura Meyer
began the meeting by stating her object
ions to the proposal.
"I'm not trying to say Terrace Hall
is not a good option," Meyer said. "But
I just want to make sure it is the best
option there is."
Meyer said she did not feel that the
Union Board had adequate time to study
other options, including a new building
for the center.
The meeting was attended by several
members of the Culture Center Task Force
and by students who felt the Terrace Hall
option was the only option.
Fugene Tolston, president of the Afri
can People's Union, said that group was in
favor of moving to Terrace Hall.
"We do not look at it as just a minority
center," Tolston said. "The Culture Center
has always been for everybody."
The center needs to be closer to the
center of campus because its present
location discourages students from walk-
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ing there. Tolston said.
Board member Pat Meister said his
only concern was the residents around
the proposed center. "I don't foresee
any problems there," Meister S3id. "But
I do believe they should be asked about
this."
The area previously has been entirely .
residential, and as of Tuesday, none 'of
the people living in the three Greek houses
and one residence hall had been told the
Culture Center was being moved to the
area. Meister said.
Wardell Smith, a graduate assistant who
manages the Culture Center, said Meister's
concern was legitimate, but the decision
to move to Terrace Hall was not finalized
until December.
The residents' attitudes would pro
bably not have a direct effect on allo
cations for the center anyway, Smith
said.
"1 know there might be some con
cerns," Smith said. "We all have our
prejudices. But when I was an under
graduate. I used to walk up 16th Street
and I never thought the loud music and
actions from the fraternity houses were
offending me. Your attitude seems to be
if you bring those guys (blacks) into that
area, you're going to see something you
haven't seen before, and that's not true."
"Putting the Culture Center at Terrace
Hall is crucial, because it would make
minority students more visible and would
help, not hinder, relationships," Smith
said.
Rose Perez, an assistant at the Culture
Center and a member of the task force,
icminded the boaid that the Culture
Center is open only limited hours on
weekdays and for occasional parties on
weekends.
"There wouldn't be any problems with
noise or anything like that, for the simple
reason it will not be open that long,"
Perez, said.
Union director Daryl Swanson said the
issue of what the neighbors thought about
the center had not come up until two
weeks ago, but he could see a point in
informing the residents about the deci
sion. "I'm not going to ask their permis
sion," Swanson said. "I am going to
get their understanding, their support,
inform them and communicate with
them."
Swanson reminded the students that
only the regents could make a final
decision on the issue and unified opinion
had to be established.
"I do not want, in the same gallery,
three different factions representing dif
ferent ideas." Swanson said. "Believe
me, that will blow this thing right out of
the water."
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By Mona Koppelman
"We're going to be meeting with repre
sentatives trom the university, the Lxecu-
Prospects for a legislative-UNL research tive Board, from the Legislature and the
liaison proposed last year are "more hope- executive branch," Wesely said.
ful" this session, project sponsor Sen. ' Sen. Shirley Marsh, vice chairman of the
Don Wesely of Lincoln said. Executive Board, said she thought the pro
Last year the proposed liaison wasn't posal "would be a very positive thing to
developed further because of tight budget ' have happen."
restraints. This session, Wesely said, early "It would be an important additional
talks with officials in the Kerrey admini- tool for researchers at the Legislature,"
stration and the new Executive Board were Marsh said,
encouraging. The university formally Rosemary Bergstrom, administrative
endorsed the concept last year, he said, assistant for the Great Plains Center, said
The proposal calls for a formal working the OPS would serve primarily as a coor
rebtionship between the Legislature's dinator in locating faculty and resources
Research Office and the Great Plains for legislative research.
Center's Office of Political Studies. The OPS "Our main concern would be with
would locate faculty members with the short-term projects. . .one or two months
necessary expertise in the area to be of research," Eergstrom said,
researched. Faculty members would then Such research projects would be state
put together detailed reports and submit funded. Rates of compensation would be
the information to the LRO. set relative to universtiy salaries of parti-
"It's not a major request, but it results cipating faculty, according to the
in .major improvements in utilization of December 1931 proposal,
faculty and improvement of our own "It would 'be a mutually beneficial
research capabilities," Wesely said. arrangement, the public would be wcll-
The propord states that many served by it, and the cost factor is mini--
""conipkx cr.d rr.uhifsceted areas of policy mal," Wesely said. The proposal gives a
research" 'nni'irb! Emiysis by reori-2 base figure of $16,860 to set uo the
with
is.i-ei expertise" currently
;:tn little techr.teal support
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liaison. The funds would come from the
carried cut by le:!ative reseerehers legislative research budget.
"It's a new idea in Nebraska, and so:ne
titute faculty thinn. new is always more iHfHedt to
start," Wesely said.
Several other states, including Pennsyl
vania, Michigan and Arkansas, have insti-
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research for our own research staff,
Vesely said. "However, we would get more
iTsearch for our money with faculty sup-
: ementary research than by hiring outside tuted research arrangements
ccnaultants or enhrjing the legislative universites and lerlative bodies.
research staff." "My feeling is that a research liaison
For the 1932-83 fiscal year, a total of would not only help the Legislature, but
$1,392,160 has been set aside by the would also benefit the university," Wesely
Lff.'cliture for legislative research services, said. "It would develop a closer relation-
Wesely met Thursday with Larry Swan- ship between the university and the
sen, CT3 2ir.istrator. Wesely said they Legislature. It would also draw rulwa
tyre cf approach to the support for tax dollars jpent for a very
U'efal purpose."
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