Wednesday, April 11, 1934
Daily Nebraskan
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UNL, NC State join to aid Maii
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UNL and North Carolina State University at
Raleigh, N.C., have an agreement with the govern
ment of Mali to jointly train Mali scientists and
develop research facilities for improved sorghum
and millet production in the sub-saharan African,
country.
Thb i3 the first time that two land-grant universi
ties administering different Title XII collaborative
Research Support Programs have jointly signed
with a host country, said Glen Vollmar, professor of
agriculture economics at UNL.
Vollmar signed the agreement in Mali on March
22.
"North Carolina State is the leading institution for
the Topsoil CRSP, which is a collaborative research
er program focusing on soil problems," Vollmar said.
"Together, we hope to solve some of the severe food
problems that are facing Mali today."
Vollmar is also interim director for the Interna
tional SorghumMillet Collaborative Research Sup
port Program, headquartered at UNL INTSORMIOL
is an international network of research workers and
organizations working to improve sorghum and
Phone fraud
for students
not prevelant
By Ssliic Jo Simmons
Although telephone
fraud can and does hap
pen everywhere, univer
sity officals report that
it's not a big problem for
students at UNL
According to Ruth Mich
alecki, director of the UNL
Telecommunications Cen
ter, there are several rea
sons why.
First, UNL's phone ser
vice doesn't use an iden
tification system with cre
dit or calling cards. Also,
administrative and de
partment phones are re
stricted electronically to
local service. Phones with
long-distance service are
in controlled areas where
they won't be abused, she
said. Because budgets are
very strict, restricting ad
ministrative and depart
mental long-distance calls
is necessary, she said.
However, student phone
service is easier to mis
use, Michalecki said.
"Our biggest problem is
students not letting us
know when they move
and when they do or dont
want long-distance ser
vice," she said.
Monthly telephone bills
sent to the students are
completely itemized, show
ing the date, time, num
ber called, city and state
called, the type of call,
minutes, and charge for
each call made, she said.
The university will not
refund students' money
if an investigation proves
neglect on their parts, she
said.
Unless a customer
catches someone making
long-distance phone calls
illegally, Michaelecki said,
the only way to catch tel
ephone fraud is by look
ing at the bilL If fraud is
suspected, it is investigat
ed by her department,
and turned over to the
UNL Police Department
if the proof is established.
Bob Fey of the UNL
police said fraud either
happens infrequently or
is not reported. He said it
has been more than a
year since a fraud case
was reported at UNL.
According to Michaeicki,
collecting for student
phone bills is a very small
problem. The average col
lege student's phone bill
is $30 to $35, she said.
The highest bill for a stu
dent was $1,000.
"Student pay their bills
promptly and responsibly,"
millet production, Vollmar said. More than 82 scien
tists from eight U.S. land-grant universities are col
laborating with scientists in the country programs
of the host countries around the world.
Mali, an African country about the size of Texas, is
suffering from severe drought and food problems,
Vollmar said. The Sahara desert Lj creeping south,
destroying farmland, he said, and overgrazing b
making the effects of the drought even more severe,
he said.
"Our basic goal is to improve food availability for
the Malian people," Vollmar said. UNL and NC State
will train Malian scientists, provide lab equipment
and set up information and seed exchanges bet
ween Malian and U.S. scientists, he said.
Vollmar also said the agreement was a way for
Nebraska scientists to get sorghum germ plasm for
drought tolerance research.
"If sorghum can survive and grow in Mali, it will
have very strong resistance to high heat and drought
conditions. We could use this germ plasm in our own
research for sorghum improvement in Nebraska,"
he said.
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