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University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Vol. 83, No. 8
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UMj Ubrorieo to close; dEiinglioiiie gameo
By J&nn Nyfcler
In attempt to save money, UNL libraries will be
closed six Saturdays this fall, while the University
Health Center may use more than $2 million in
bond funds for expansion, ASUN senators learned
during their regular meeting Wednesday evening.
GLC chairperson Ruth Boham informed the senate
that beginning Saturday, UNL's libraries will be
closed on home football game days. The libraries are
attempting to stay within the current budget and
survive the 2 percent budget reallocation. Although
the decision was made in July, the senate discussed
alternatives to closing the facilities once a week.
Boham said that the whole community uses UNL
library faculties, and not all people who have access
to the libraries attend games.
There's got to be something else to cut," Boham
Said. . '
In order to inform students of the closing, GLC
has planned a Friday press conference at Love
Libraryfor 10 a.m.
ASUN President Matt Wallace told senate members
the proposed health center expansion project has
progressed more quickly than anticipated and is on
the agenda for the NU Board of Regents meeting
Risks necessary for economic
Friday.
"A lot of students are totally unaware of what's
going on," he said. "Our health center really does
need additional space; they've got good plans for it,"
with emphasis on outpatient services, Wallace said.
Students probably will not carry the burden of
funding the renovation estimated at $2.5 million
because there is a $5.7 million bond surplus
intended for such purposes. The health center also
owns the property on which it plans to build.
The senate also passed a resolution supporting
the Student Watch Group, a volunteer organization
that plans to patrol and monitor potentially high
crime areas of campus and improve relations between
UNL Police and the university community. Student
Watch Group President Troy Lair encouraged all
senators to attend a public presentation 7:30 p.m.
Thursday in the Rostrum.
Second Vice-President Bill Buntain said 447 books
were sold during ASUN's four-day book exchange
last week. The sale generated more than $4,100, 5
percent of which goes to ASUN. Buntain said that
unsold books will be returned to their owners
beginning Sept. 23. Books not claimed by Oct. 21
become ASUN property to be sold at their next book
exchange. . ,,....,.; - - - '
growth
"Before you can have any kind of economic devel
opment program some individual has to have an
idea, an incentive, a skill; and that individual has to
be willing to go to the bank and take some risks.
Otherwise, there wouldn't be any economic devel
opment," Nebrscl3.Gov. Ecb Kerrey tzld at a national ;
agriculture poiunv.on ccsinucicatlons in Iin,-; ;
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Kerrey, addressing the topic 6IrJbrraatiori Needs
for Modern Agriculture," said Nebraska has "very
good potential in the communications industry,"
and that his communications task force, whose
members were appointed in March, soon will be
making recommendations concerning the industry.
The task force found great potential for agricultu
ral communications in the Nebraska ETV Network
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, and in some service industries in the state, particu
larly those industries dealing with computer infor
mation systems, he said. .
He said he also hoped to "promote and encourage
individual people in these service industries."
l -. Kerrey prabed the American system cf govern
ment, ia, ih& it "gives individuals a chance to do
what they've chosen to do." - -
"We, in government, can take some credit for that,
even though some people want to ask more about
me and Debra Winger than I'm willing to tell 'em, I
still enjoy the job," Kerrey joked.
Seventy to 80 people are participating in the
three-day symposium that is sponsored primarily
by the NU Foundation. The symposium is by invita
tion only and will conclude Friday.
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Ctiff photo by Crcij Andrestn
A fair stroll
Shaiene Dreci, 3, carries the prize cf a hard
day's work at the Nehfasfc State Fair. Her
grandfather, Fred Bred r. (right), won the
stuffed horse for her. Chaleise's grand
mother, Irene, is at the controls of the
stroller while the girl's mother, Ellen Bred,
foEows. The Brecis ere from Omaha.
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The day may be coming when an Apple replaces
Fido as man's best friend.
Recent advances in microelectronics have opened
up the commercial market for small computers of
every shape and style and Americans have
responded by spending billions on computers for
office and home use. v .
"People are realizing what computers can do for
them " said Harold Gesell, owner and manager of
Alcorn, a Lincoln computer distributor. The busi
ness market has expanded at a good rate, and more
and more computers are getting into schools.-.
The market for computer products b divided into
two areas: hardware, .'or the computer, machines'
themselves, and ' software, the various programs
purchased for specific uses such as games or home
finance planning. . ,. , : : : ; , ,
Although many people had their first taste of
home computers in the form of video gsmes played
on their televisions, they are now seeking more pow
erful and practical systems, Gesell said.
' "Parents are crying, Mohnny has a computer at .
school, and he needs one at home, too'" he said. "All
lot cf these parents are buying for educational pur
poses. They dent want games anymore."'.. . :
Many adults also are recognizing the heed to edu
cate themselves in new technology, Michael te-
They also war.t to introduce their children into it,"
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In the last six months, the market has become
saturated with smaller systems that some buyers
are finding inadequate, Brown said.
"Software's kind of up in the air right now. People
are looking for user-friendly items. They dont want
to have to look through the manual; they just want
to sit down and work with their machine," he said.
Much of the success of the home computer
market is due to the exposure to computers stu
dents have received in the schools, Brown said.
Young people often are asking their parents to buy
the same machines they work with in the classroom.
For example, Apple Computers gained school expo
sure by donating 5,000 units to schools in California,
he said.
Even as home computer sales are picking up, the
market for business-related hardware is increasing
even more rapidly, said Frank Griebe, manager of
EOcrcIsb, Inc. . . '
. "There's a lot of competition between hardware
companies," Griebe said. "Software is booming and
will continue to boom. But the market for software.
i3 increasing faster than for hardware."
llierclab does an ih-depth needs study for pros
pective computer buyers, and 'its clients include
insurance, advertising, real estate, construction and
manufacturing companies, Griebe said. :
"Ilany businesses are purchasing for the first time
and are finding themselves with inadequate pro-,
ducts," he said.
Although some businesses may be scared off by
the number cf ccmputer.-pokages now on the
market, rr.c:t rili-fce fcrcs J to invest in one sooner
One such expert is Jim Payne, a former UNL student
who helps to program computers for local
companies. .
Things have really picked up in the area of small
computer competition. It makes it difficult to decide
what to get," Payne said. "Basically, they (the com
puters) all do the same thing. The difference is the
software. It determines how good the machine is."
Payne, who has been in business for three years,
has 16 clients, including banks, a trucking outfit, a
garbage collector, and a ranching operation.
"One of the reasons they contact me is because I
give them things they cant buy off the shelf," he said.
They have more specific needs." ;
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