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IT Jaw n Thursday, February 23, 1934 University of Nebraska-Lincoln Vol. 83 No. 10G v I x 1 ' j V I ro M irfj ! lOMMT s may be victim of wrecking ball By Jonathan Tr.ylcr The shoestring business venture of two high school buddies trying to pay for college may end up as rubble under the foundation of the proposed $20 million performing arts center. Tommy's, 1229 R St., a 24-hour arcade-deli, is one of ei;;ht small businesses and one dwelling that will face demolition to make way for the performing arts center. The project will include the Temple Building, and will cover the ent ire block bordered by 12th and 13th streets and Q and K streets. Tommy's co-owners, Tim Howard and Steve Ma thews, borrowed their parents' $8,000 life savings to open their shop in the fall of 1982. Tommy's has grown from housing three video machines to 27 and sells $10,000 worth of sandwiches a month. Howard said recent personnel changes have led to a 33 percent increase in revenue during the past week, and before he learned of the project, he planned to install a grill and fryer that he thought could increase Tommy's daily income from $400 to $700 a day. Howard said he and Mathews signed their first three-year lease with the Nebraska Book Co., which owns all of the property from Dippy Donuts at 1227 R St., to the corner of 13th and R streets. They were told UNL has expressed an interest in adding on to the campus, but not where Tommy's was located. News of the project was a "shock" to him as well as the Nebraska Book Co., Howard said. Because the rent of a location such as the Glass Menagerie, 1 3th and Q streets, would be two to three times higher than what he is paying now, Howard said another affordable location close to campus would be hard to find. The proposed center "would put us out of business," he said. Howard said the low rent at his present location . p 4 ill f t ,'v . V' ' ! - i - Dan KuhrWDally Nsbraskan Pontillo's Pizzera, 1246 Q St., is one of eight businesses that would face the wrecking ball if the proposed performing arts center is constructed. Women ' Sinf smeSia, The College of Law, in observation of Black History Month, will present "Discrimination in the Media: Current Issues" 6:30 p.m. tonight at the East Campus Law School. Two issues will be discussed in the program, the first dealing with discrimination in the tel evision music video industry. Rock critic Dave Marsh of Rolling Stone magazine will be the featured speaker, along with Ben Gray of KETVs Kaleidoscope. Marsh founded Creem magazine, and is currently the publisher and editor of Rock and Roll Confidential. Tfie Bruce Springsteen Story, Elvis, The Book of Rock Lists and Before I Get Old: The Story of The Who, are among Marsh's book credits. The second topic will center around the treatment of women in media. Dennis Egan, the lawyer in Christine Craft's successful $350,000 suit against a Kansas City television station, will be the featured speaker. Robert McMullen, UNL professor of broadcast journal ism, will lead the discussion. "Killing Her Softly," a short film about the treatment of women in advertising, will begin the program at 6:30 p.m. No admission fee will be charged. ' y T innn S'o-ito OHIO By Beverly Y. Smith The American Association of University Profes sors' campaign to be the legitimate collective bar gaining agent for UNL is still in progress, but not with total commitment from all professors. "Some faculty members think UNL will work bet ter without the collective bargaining agent and feel that it is unprofessional," said Linda Pratt, presi dent of the Lincoln Chapter of the AAUP. That is the view of Richard Boohar, associate pro fessor of life sciences. "We need a union like we heed a budget cut," Boohar, a former AAUP member, said. "I resigned my membership when the collective bargaining business began at UNO," Boohar said. "I could smell it coming to UNL." In a previous interview, Pratt said the collective bargaining agent would negotiate a contract with the UNL administration on faculty issues such as salaries, research support, workload and grievance procedures. "At UNO, their collective bargaining agent pays nominal attention to learning, research, etc . . . The rest is focused on money, money, money," Boohar said. John Scholtz, professor of chemistry and Execu tive Board member of the Faculty Senate, said UNL faculty should wait before trying to obtain a collec tive bargaining agent. "Collective bargaining is something you do when 1984-85 rec budget plan trimmed In a unanimous vote Tuesday, night, the ASUN Committee for Fees Allocations cut the projected 1934-85 budget for the Office of Campus Recreation. The committee also defeated two appeals for spe cific funding requests by Stan Campbell, director of campus recreation. ' The $7,250 recommended cut would give the office a budget of $35,000, an increase compared to 1933-84. Student fees for recreation would increase 69 cents per student per semester. Campbell had requested $17,500 for creating a full-time professional position to run the sports programs and non-credit classes. Campbell said that within four years, the. position would pay for itself from money earned from the classes. The committee defeated hi3 appeal 5-2 after defeating a proposal to split the position between two graduate students. They each would have ' worked 20 hours a. week for a total of $1 1,232. . .. Campbell also requested $1,000 for equipment for sports club teams. The money would be used to repair and update equipment and support new clubs like men's volleyball and bowling. Jon Morton, CFA vice chairman who supported giving the department the money, said the depart ment should use the money to upgrade existing sports. "They should keep their equipment good instead of admitting new clubs," he said. CFA voted unanimously to increase funds to the University Health Center to $1,754,258. The alloca tion would increase Health Center fees per student per semester, by 91 cents to 140.33. The increase would be used to expand health center facilities. "The Health Center has done a good job at keepig costs down while still providing good service to stu dents," said Frances Aube, CFA member. The fee allocation recommendations will be final ized at. tonight's , 6:30 p.m.. CFA meeting in the Nebraska Union.' . - allows him to keep his prices low. An increase in rent would drive prices up, and decrease the number of customers. "I'm not looking to get rich," he said. "I have not taken home a paycheck in six months." Howard said he opposes the center, but there is nothing he can do because the university has the right of eminent domain. That legally allows UNL to acquire the land for public use. "They could condemn the building and bulldoze the property tomorrow," he said. Howard said only the upper-class citizens of Lin coln would benefit from the center. Although he used to be a theatre major at UNL, he said a new performing arts center would be "just an ornament for the rich people of Lincoln to go hear Pavarotti sing." " The block has been designated for a performing arts center since 1968 according to long-range plans, said Ray Coffey, UNL business manager in charge of real estate management. UNL presently owns 62.5 percent of the block, which was pur chased in 1962. He said this includes seven and a half of the 12 lots. . Coffey said the private property will not be acquired until the Board of Regents decides to enter into negotiations with the property owners. The owners then would be contacted to determine if an agreement could be arranged. Coffey said a real estate appraiser would establish the value of the property. After a statement of the formal market value is presented, the owner would consider the price ottered. Continued on Page 3 - 1 rr amermg views all else fails," he said. Boohar said the key factor behind UNL's AAUP effort is to increase salaries. The negotiating will detract from the faculty's research and will dimin ish the quality of everything a UNL student gets, he said. Although some faculty members say they think discretion is needed on the issue of collective bar gaining, others see it as an asset to the university. David Forsythe, professor of political science, said if UNL had a collective bargaining agent, the univer sity administration would take opinions of the faculty into account. "Some faculty members are ideologically opposed to collective bargaining because they don't hke the idea of a union, Forsythe said. "Some do not wish to take time out from their researcn and teaching to run the university. "I believe it would have a positive effect on the students because the faculty would have better morale and satisfaction," he said. Edward L Horhze, professor of history, said the faculty does not currently have input in university decisions. With collective bargaining at UNL, Homze said, the faculty will seek better contracts and governance. Inside Sheldon Art Gallery, the Mueller Tower and Broyhill Fountain all were constructed after a sizeable donation to UNI Pz2 3 America's favorite tanner Barbie cele brates her 25th birthday . Pzz? 11 a l i l a ( a I ne uiaw. ine insn wniD. ine o eeoer. tne Piledriver and the Atomic Drop Pea 12 Index Arts and Entertainment. . ................ 0 Classified 15 Crossword 1G Editorial........ 4 Off The Wire 2 j Sports .. 12