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Thursday, February 23, 1934
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Vol. 83 No. 10G
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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
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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. '
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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
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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.
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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
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brates her 25th birthday . Pzz? 11
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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
