SUMMER NEBRASKAN
JULY 14,1983
Weekly Calendar of campus events
Thursday, July IS: Repertory Thea
tre, "Exit Don Juan," Howell Theater, 8
p.m.
Sheldon Film Theater, "Bigger Than
Life," 12th and R streets, 7 and 9 p.m.
Antelope Park Bandshell, Eldene Per
shing School of Dance, 31st and Sumner
streets, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, July 15: Folsom Children's
Zoo, "Tales and Things," an original mu
sical play, 2800 A St., 10:30 a.m.
Repertory Theatre, "Exit Don Juan,"
Howell Theater, 8 p.m.
Sheldon Film Theater, "Bigger Than
Life," 12th and R streets, 7 and 9 p.m.
Saturday, July 16: Lincoln Center
Farmer's Market, 11th street from O to N
streets (west side of Centrum parking
garage), 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. or until
produce is sold.
Repertory Theatre, "The Good Doc
tor," Studio Theater, 8 p.m.
Sheldon Film Theater, "Bigger Than
Life," 12th and R streets, 3; 7 and 9 p.m.
Sunday, July 17: Sheldon Film Thea
ter, "Bigger Than Life," 12th and R
streets, 3, 7 and 9 p.m.
Antelope Park Bandshell, Lincoln Mu
nicipal Band pop concert, 31st and Sum
ner streets, 7:30 p.m.
Monday, July 18: Folsom Children's
Zoo, "Tales and Things," an original mu
sical play, 2800 A St., 10:30 a.m.
Repertory Theatre, "Exit Don Juan,"
Howell Theater, 8 p.m.
Tuesday, July 19: Sheldon Memorial
Art Gallery (Art Shop), silkscreen prints
by Larry Buller, hand-blown glass by Ty
Acton, exhibits run through Aug. 21, 12th
and R streets.
'Repertory Theatre, "Exit Don Juan,"
Howell Theater, 8 p.m.
Lincoln Center Farmer's Market, 11th
street from O to N streets (west side of
Centrum parking garage), 11 a.m. to 1
p.m.
Sorenson Summer Lecture.Dr. Hans
Mark, deputy director of National Aero
nautics and Space Administration will
lecture on the space shuttle, Nebraska
Union ballroom, 10:30 a.m.
Wednesday, JiJy 20: Repertory Thea
tre, "The Good Doctor," Studio Theater, 8
p.m.
Summer Film Festival, Nebraska
Union, "Barn Burning," (40 minutes);
"Pandora's Box," (8 minutes); "Blotto,"
(28 minutes); noon.
Antelope Park Bandshell, The Show
Wagon Revival Talent Show with Mel
Maines, 31st and Sumner streets, 7:30
p.m.
Looking Ahead:
Nebraska State Fair Concerts
Sept. 3, Manhattan Transfer; Sept.4,
Wayne Newton; Sept. 5, Kenny Rogers
and Dottie West; Sept. 7, Mel Tillis, T.G.
Sheppard and Janie Fricke; Sept. 8, Anne
Murray; Sept. 9, Oak Ridge Boys and Lee
Greenwood; Sept. 10, John Denver; Sept.
11, Alabama.
All shows will be in the round at the
Bob Devaney Sports Center. Tickets are
available by mail from the State Ticket
Office, P.O. Box 81202, Lincoln, NE 68501.
University of Nebraska State Museum
hours: Monday through Saturday, 8 a.m.
to 5 p.m.; Sundays and holidays, 1:30 p.m.
to 5 p.m. There is no admission charge.
Ralph Mueller Planetarium: Monday
through Friday and holidays, 2:30 p.m.;
Saturday and Sunday 2:30 p.m. and 3:45
p.m.
Love Library summer hours: Monday
through Thursday, 7:30 a.m. to 8 p.m.;
Friday, 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Saturday, 10
a.m. to 5 p.m.; Sunday, 5 p.m. to 10 p.m.
UN-L Nebraska Union summer
hours: Weekdays, 7 a.m. fo 9 p.m.; Satur
day, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.; closed Sundays.
UN-L Nebraska East Union summer
hours: Weekdays, 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.;
closed weekends.
Recreation Dept., INFO-REC, 472
2692, 24-hour up-date on events.
Library's security increases
prompted by women fs group
BY JOANNE YOUNG
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln has
responded to concerns by women about per
sonal security in the Love Library complex
by installing security devices, according to a
UN-L libraries official
After meeting with representatives from
Women Against Violence Against Women
and campus police, library and university
officials installed security devices such as
convex mirrors, intercoms and surveilance
cameras, said Larry Kahle, personnel and
budget officer for the UN-L library system.
Lighting changes have been made to im
prove safety in the stacks, Kahle said.
Lights in the Love South stacks will now be
controlled by a central panel so lights can
not be shut off except by library personnel.
Eight convex mirrors have been installed
in Love South so that persons going up or
down the stairs can see anyone who might
be "lurking" around the corners, Kahle said.
Four more mirrors have been ordered for
those stairs.
Workers are installing intercoms in Love
South and North which will be connected to
the circulation desk in Love South. Kahle
said if there is a security problem, a person
could talk directly with someone at the desk
to get help if needed. Sixteen intercoms are
being installed.
Surveillance cameras have been ordered
and will be put into the library as soon as
possible, Kahle said. The cameras will be
modular and will be moved within the li
brary and to other buildings as needed, he
said.
In Love North, anyone entering or leav
ing by the east or west doors will trigger an
alarm, which will bring security personnel
to find out why the doors were used.
Kahle said no security devices have been
ordered for other libraries on the UN-L
campus because they don't have the secu
rity problems of Love Library. Love has se
curity problems because of its size and the
number of people that use the building, he
said. In the past year, several sexual as
saults, indecent exposures and other as
saults have been reported in the library.
The UN-L police department helped as
consultants for the additional security de
vices, according to Bob Fey, Crime Preven
tion Investigator. $
Fey said he hopes improvements in secu
rity at Love Library will make people more
relaxed about using the library.
Money for the additional security came
from the vice-chancellor's office for busi
ness and finance. The lighting changes were
paid for from the library budget.
Groundwater generally
higher in Nebraska tests
Water levels rose in more than three
fourths of Nebraska's observation wells in
1982, according to a report published by the
University of Nebraska Conservation and
Survey Division and the U.S. Geological Sur
vey. The report, written by Martin S. Johnson
of the Geological Survey and Darryll T. Pe
derson of the Conservation and Survey Divi
sion, said 1982 was the second year in a row
that more wells in the state experienced
rises than declines.
Most groundwater levels were one to five
t feet higher than in 1981, the report said, ex
cept in some east-central and panhandle
counties where rises of five to 18 feet were
common.
Copies of the new report, number WSP
56, are available for $2 each from the Con
servation and Survey Division, 113 Nebraska
Hall, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lin
coln, Neb. 68588-0517. Nebraska residents
should add sales tax when ordering.
Gays: media barred to spare persecutioB.
BY JOANNE YOUNG
Gay and lesbian civil rights are the focus
of a regional conference scheduled this
Friday and Saturday at the University of
Nebraska-Lincoln.
The weekend conference is sponsored by
the Lincoln Coalition for Gay and Lesbian
Civil Rights; a group that became active
about two years ago to make Lincoln resi
dents aware of gay rights issues.
The coalition will bring three speakers to
Lincoln for the conference: State Senator
Allan Spear of Minnesota; Father John
McNeill, author of "The Church and the
Homosexual"; and Carol Lease, director of
a gay community center in Colorado.
The coaltion has closed the Saturday con
ference to the media. A spokesman for the
coalition, executive committee member
Glenn Phlum, said some people might not
attend the conference if it were open. Phlum
said that people attending a hearing last
year were seen on TV and had problems at
work as a result.
Some gays were concerned about an inci
dent that occurred in another state in which
a newspaper printed names and addresses
of gays testifying at a public hearing, but
didn't do the same for those testifying who
weren't gay, Phlum said.
"Some people are insensitive" , Phlum
said, "or they haven't been educated to the
(gay) issues."
Phlum said Lincoln gays and lesbians
have kept a low profile since the defeat of a
proposed gay rights ordinance last spring in
Lincoln. The coalition has sponsored several
events, but information wasn't released to
the media.
"We were still nursing our wounds,"
Phlum said. "We didn't tell the media be
cause we didn't want picketing at the
events."
Phlum said Lincoln gays were pretty
sure the ordinance wasn't going to pas$ but
it was still "real painful."
Since the failure of the ordinance, Phlum
said, things haven't changed much for gays
in Lincoln. Discrimination continues, but
Briefs from NU campuses
Federal loan application open
UN-0 Students planning to enroll in
the University of Nebraska-Omaha may still
apply for federal financial aid for the 1983-84
academic year. UN-0 Director of Financial
Aids Robert Pike said students may be eligi
ble for guaranteed student loans, Pell grants
or jobs through the college work-study program.
managers and planners solve problems with
a business microcomputer.
"VisiCalc --An Introduction to Financial
Modeling on Microcomputers," will be held
July 28-29 at the Peter Kiewit Conference
Center, 13th and Farnam streets, 8:45 a.m.
to 4:30 p.m. The course is designed for per
sons having no prior experience with microcomputers.
Microcomputer courses offered Performing Arts Series canceled
UN-0 The Center for Professional and
Organizational Development at the Univer
sity of Nebraska-Omaha is offering two
short courses in the use of microcomputers
during July.
"1-2-3 -An Introduction to Financial
Modeling on Microcomputers" is a two-day
course at the Peter Kiewit Conference Cen
ter in downtown Omaha, Tuesday, July 26,
'8:45 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., and Wednesday, July
27, 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. " 1-2-3," a new financial
software package, was developed to help
UN-L The Kimball Performing Arts
Series at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln
has announced that the Actors Theatre
of Louisville performances scheduled for
the 1983-84 season have been canceled. The
performances involved are "Lone Star," and
"Eye of the Beholder" on March 16,'lp84, and
"Talking With" on March 17, 1984. Those who
ordered tickets will be receiving reimburse
ment checks in the mail in the next few
weeks. Questions should be directed to the
Kimball box office at 472-3375, 11 a.m. to 5
p.m., Monday through Friday.
people seem to be more aware of gay rights
issues, he said.
"People who were not willing to be public
a year ago still are not willing to be public,"
he said. "They might have felt more open if
the ordinance had passed. They would not
have feared losing their jobs."
Phlum said gays in the coalition do not
intend to work on another gay rights ordi
nance. "We would be butting our heads against
Computers to help
speed registration
BY BILL CONRADT
Computers will offer students some new
seivices during fall general registration,
said the director of registration and records
at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
, Ted Pfeifer said the key is an improved
information system which helps both stu
dents and employees receive better infor
mation on closed and alternate courses. In
addition, the time involved in registration
will be reduced.
The new computers were used first dur
ing this summer's pre-session and eight
week session. Pfeifer said the registration
office has used summer registration to work
out problems in preparation for fall. So far,
the system shortened the time students
needed for general registration from 30-to-40
minutes to 12-to-25 minutes.
"When it works, it works well," he said.
But on a ten-point scale, Pfeifer said he
would rate it a six because of bugs such as
computer system malfunction. Also, the sys
tem does not produce ID cards for every
student going through drop-add, a problem
Pfeifer has been unable to identify so far.
Traffic flow In the registration office, 103
Administration, caused by both summer and
fall drop-add also has caused problems with
the new system.
The system's advantage is accuracy.
The correction rosters sent to instructors
for the first five-week session had few mis
takes, Pfeifer said.
Another advantage of the system, ac
cording to Tony Schkade, assistant director
of registration and records, has been its abil
ity tn verify information at the time of registration.
the wall," he said. "We don't have the ener
gy" He said this conference was publicized
because the group wanted people to see that
it hasn't disappeared.
The purpose of the conference is to bring
people together, to let them know the group
exists, Phlum said. He said he hopes it will
also be a problem-sharing and problem-solving
experience.
"We want to give them something useful
to take away with them," Phlum said.
About 50 people are registered for the
conference which is being limited to gays,
lesbians and those who support gay civil
rights. There is a $25 registration fee. Walk
in participants can register Friday night at
First United Methodist Church, 2723 N. 50th
St.
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from 8:00 to 1:30 p.m. weekdays and Sat
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