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Student stands out in
theater department
Arts and Entertainment, page 9
Huskers try to bounce back
from league losses at home
Sports, page 7
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January 22, 1986
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Vol. 85 No. 85
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Need for UNL policy seen
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By Kent Endacott
Senior Reporter
By Eric Paulak
Staff Reporter
The GayLesbian Student Associa
tion at UNL is trying to develop a policy
to prevent discrimination against stu
dents with AIDS.
Jim Ehrlich, the group's education
director, met Monday with Dr. Gerald
Fleischli, medical director of the Uni
versity Health Center, to discuss ideas
for the policy.
Fleischli and Ehrlich said it is im
portant to develop a policy on acquired
immune deficiency syndrome before a
problem arises. They also said that if a
case of AIDS were reported and no pol
icy existed, it most likely would cause
hysteria on campus.
Fleischli said seven cases of AIDS
have been reported in Douglas County
alone, and as many as 15 cases have
been reported throughout the state.
Ehrlich said the gaylesbian group
wants three points in the AIDS policy,
including:
public awareness programs
O a policy for all facilities at UNL
a plan dictating how to handle
AIDS cases.
If students understand AIDS, Ehrlich
said, hysteria could be avoided.
Fleischli said he will discuss an
AIDS policy with Vice Chancellor Rudy
Lewis at their next meeting.
Both Ehrlich and Fleischli want to
set up an ad hoc committee to deter
mine the policy. According to Ehrlich,
the gaylesbian group wants a commit
tee consisting of five faculty members,
one student and two people not asso
ciated with UNL.
The group will present its proposal
to Chancellor Martin Massengale, then
will ask the NU Board of Regents for
approval.
Currently, the gaylesbian group is
the only campus organization pushing
for a policy to prevent AIDS discrimi
nation. But Ehrlich said he hopes other
groups will join the cause.
A national journalism writing com
mittee has recommended that despite
some deficiencies the College of Jour
nalism will be re-accredited.
The writing committee of the
Accrediting Council in Education in
Journalism and Mass Communications
reviewed the College of Journalism
during the fall semester. It called for a
seven-year extension on the College's
accreditation status.
'We have a great
faculty. They work
like hell. But I'm
af raid some of them
are overworked.'
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"It was a pleasure evaluating this
college because it meets nearly all of
its stated goals despite a huge increase
in enrollment, state cutbacks in uni
versity funding and an overworked
faculty," the committee wrote in its
report.
The report, in turn, will be consi
dered by the ACEJMC Accrediting Com
mittee and Accrediting Council. The
council will announce its decision
some time this spring.
"It's not kept a secret,"said Neale
Copple, dean of the College of Journal
ism, "but the report is very positive."
However, the report listed several
deficiencies in the college, including a
lack of money. Other deficiencies in
cluded: O no minority faculty members and
inadequate discussion of female and
minority issues in the curriculum
O need for a full-time staff member
at KRNU radio
limited time for faculty scholar
ship sporadic alumni recordkeeping
dated equipment
O need for more senior advertising
faculty with professional experience
O lack of a department chairman
in advertising.
Even with deficiencies, the report
said, the college enjoys an "excellent,
well-deserved national reputation."
Copple said the college has been
able to maintain a high level of quality
despite budget cuts because of faculty
loyalty and outside donations.
"We have a great faculty," he said.
"They work like hell. But I'm afraid
some of them are overworked."
Copple also said the accreditation
team was impressed wiih students at
the college.
"They came and saw the ambitious,
capable students that we have," he
said. "It helped a lot."
The college consistently has been
ranked among the finest journalism
colleges in the country by many
researchers, Copple said.
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By Todd von Kampen
Senior Reporter
The Legislature's Constitutional
Revision and Recreation Committee
has scheduled a public hearing Friday
on the proposed constitutional amend
ment that would give student regents
one combined vote on the NU Board of
Regents.
Student body presidents at the three
NU campuses were made student regents
by a constitutional amendment passed
in 1974. The amendment allowed them
to participate in debate and vote on
parliamentary motions, but denied them
a vote on policy questions. Voters
approved the amendment by 713 votes.
Earlier that year, former Hastings
Sen. Richard Marvel introduced a con
stitutional amendment in the Legisla
ture that would have given student
regents one combined vote. Senators
killed the amendment in favor of the
one that voters approved.
This year senators will hear testim
ony on a bill similar to the one rejected
in 1974. LR306CA, co-sponsored by
Neligh Sen. John DeCamp and Ord Sen.
Carson Rogers, will be discussed after
testimony on another amendment. If
the proposal passes, Nebraskans will
vote on the amendment in November.
The hearing is scheduled to begin at
1:30 p.m. at the State Capitol 1019.
ASUN President Gerard Keating said
students interested in testifying should
contact him or Kelly Kuchta, govern
ment liaison committee president,
before Thursday.
Students can walk in and testify, he
said, but they might make a better
presentation if they first get informa
tion on the bill.
"Basically, it's a simple bill, and to
keep down repetition we're going to
keep it short," Keating said.
DeCamp, Keating and Bud Cuca,
1979-80 ASUN president, are scheduled
to testify on behalf of the bill. Members
of ASUN and GLC plan to attend the
hearing as a group, Keating said.
All students are encouraged to attend
the hearing, Keating said.
Beginning of the end
Dan DulaneyDaily Nebraskan
Greg Drake of Drake Construction nails plywood sheeting on the $12,000 wooden side
walk that will stay up for about two years around the construction site the future Lied
Center for the Performing Arts. The former University Publishing Co. building in the
background will be razed in the first step toward clearing the block between 1 1th and 1 2th
streets and Q and R streets for the arts center.