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in 6 taste9 NU research.
resmltSo official
By Todd von Kampen
Senior Reporter
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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."
