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a r 3 Sunny and pleasant today, South west winds 5-10 mph with a high of 65. Clear tonight with a low of 45. Partly cloudy on Friday with a high of 65. Sluggish, small Turral big enough for Lobo Opprts, page 13 ) James Dean's image A lives on 25 years I, V i lives on 25 years later Arts and Entertainment, paga 7 1 r . 11 i 1 I t y ri Daily Ti October 3, 1985 University of Nebraska-Lincoln- Vol. 85 No. 28 f ' - 1 -4" ' st i "4 ' i f I t H w ' M ('' IV Hf - ; r : i ; ( ; ; i - h .l I V.' C4. , ' ,rA H:, V"; . Andrea HoyDaily Nebraskan A 'Capital1 day... Lincoln's Centennial Mall fountains will have a few more days of life, thanks to this week's warm weather. miefe interested in 6 taste9 NU research. resmltSo official By Todd von Kampen Senior Reporter 1 says A Department of Defense report indicates the Soviet Union is interested in the results of basic research at NU rather than in a specific military project, NU Director of Public Affairs Joe Rowson said. The Associated Press reported Friday that NU, the University of Kansas, the University of Colo rado and Iowa State University are among 60 American universities the Soviets are watching in order to obtain Western technology. The uni versities were named in a study, "Soviet Acquisi tion of Militarily Significant Western Technol ogy: An Update," released last week by Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger. The report, Rowson said, indicates more than 5,000 Soviet military projects benefit from mostly unclassified technology from the United States and its allies. Although some universities including Kansas University were cited in the report for a specific research project that inter ests the Soviets, NU was cited only as a general information source, he said. Earl Friese, UNL assistant vice chancellor for research, said UNL conducts unclassified re search into basic understanding of the laws of engineering, chemistry, physics and related sciences. The university refuses to accept research projects that have to be classified, he said. Because the Soviet Union has a closed society, Rowson said, many of its scientists are not able to learn what their Soviet colleagues have disco vered. The Soviets find it easier to obtain infor mation from the West because much of it is readily available to whoever wants it, he said. "It's not surprising they're watching us," he said, "because we're one of the leading research institutes and have been since the turn of the century." Rowson said the federal government is unlikely to restrict or classify research at NU or the other universities named in the report. Such an action, he said, would be unfortunate. "In a free society," he said, "neighbors always have the chance to watch what we're doing. The only option is to have a closed society, and I think that would be disastrous." The AP report said the Soviets are most inter ested in technology involving electronics, com munications, aviation, radar, computers and chemical technology. The Soviets are watching Kansas for data related to electrohydraulic con trol systems for helicopters and space shuttles, AP said. Earnings from haircuts go to scholarship fund By Jody Beem Staff Reporter UNL's Homecoming Scholarship will get a boost from Supercuts, a Lincoln and Omaha franchise, Barton Greenberg, franchise owner, said. Supercuts, 233 N. 48th St., will cut students' hair in the Nebraska Union main lounge Oct. 21 and 22 and donate the profits to the scholarship fund, Greenberg said. "We wanted to see what we could do to help the university," Greenberg said. "We also wanted to create exposure of our shop among university students and faculty, and we wanted them to see the quality of our haircutting and our style." This is the first year that Supercuts has done any fund-raising projects, Greenberg said. The Lincoln shop opened last December, he said, which was too late to be involved in Homecoming activities. However, he said he hopes to continue to work with the university. Stylists will cut hair from about 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. and will charge the regular $8 fee. The entire two days' earnings will be donated to the university, Greenberg said. "I hope we will make somewhere between $400 or $500," Greenberg said. Supercuts will have an appointment booth set up Oct. 16 and 18 at the south entrance of the Nebraska Union, Greenberg said. Too costly for budget Computers for UNL dorm rooms unlikely By Jane Campbell Staff Reporter While other universities and col leges in the country are installing personal computers in residence hall rooms, it's unlikely UNL will follow suit in the near future, a UNL housing official said. Douglas Zatechka, UNL director of housing, said the university's tight budget makes the idea unfeas ible. Installing computer hook-ups in every room probably would cost $70,000 to $90,000, he said. Union College in Lincoln was the first college in the country to put computers in each residence hall room. The University of Illinois is con sidering the move. Illinois is studying the effects of microcomputers on the life of stu dents living in residence halls, said Howard Diamond, Illinois vice chancellor for student affairs and project manager. Results of the study will be used to determine the best way to provide computer ser vices for residence hall students, Diamond said. IBM Corporation is giving Illinois $700,000 in computers and software, and Illinois is contributing $75,000 of accompanying equipment accord ing to the Sept. 23 National On- Campus Report. Illinois is the first major univer sity with a large on-campus popula tion to consider computers in dor mitory rooms, Diamond said. Union College has had computer terminals in individual rooms for three years said Joe Parmele, associate dean of men. Six-hundred computer terminals were installed in Union College, 450 of them in students' rooms, said Tom Becker, director of computer services. A manufacturer donated equip ment, and Union college received "a good discount" on the terminals, Becker said. The terminals are connected to the mainframe of the college's com puter system, Parmele said. Each residence hall has a printer and the campus computer laboratory has two. "Students use (the computers) a lot for term papers and homework," Parmele said. "They're also set up so (students) can talk room-to-room and dorm-to-dorm." Each computer can be used to call other computers on the col lege's system. The computers have had occa sional breakdowns and other "nor mal problems," Becker said, but they've had fewer problems than anticipated. "We've been real pleased with them," he said. Most students use the compu ters, said Danny Duke, a senior at Union College. He said he uses the computer for typing papers. Stu dents taking computer classes use them to work on programs, he said. Each student is required to take an introductory computer class for credit before graduating from Union College, Duke said. "With as many people using them, there are not really any problems (with them) breaking down a lot or people abusing them," he said. "I'm surprised."