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University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Vol.85 No. 125
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Army Rangers work to gain competitive polish
By Dab Hooker
Staff Reporter
Almost every dzy, cadets on the
Earner Challenge team come to
campus at 6:30 a.m. for calist henics,
weapons practice, first aid training
and rucksack practice.
No one forces them to come,
They're not on a team scholarship.
No one would threaten them with
dismissal if they didn't come to
practice. The team is not an Army
HOTC requirement
Yet, they have volunteered to
come almost every day since October
to the Military and Naval Science
building to work up a swesi before
team, said they're not crazy. Belong
ing to the Banger Challenge team
simply gives members a sense of
pride and training other cadets
don't get, he said. It also looks good
on Army records, he said.
"It might not sound like we're
getting a wholejot," Snyder said.
"But I think I get a hell of a lot"
The early morning workouts are
preparing cadets for Hanger Chal
lenge '8b', a competition between
Army ROTC cadets frdm nine col
leges. The Ranger teams will com
pete in Bes Moir.es,. Iowa, on the
' weekend of March 22.
CaietswUl show their prowess in
ons-rcpe bridge crossing, knot tying,
, first aid, grenade throwing and 10
mile marching.
The UNL team will go, head-to-head
against teams from the Uni
versity of Iowa, Iowa State Univer
sity, Drake University, the University
of South Dakota, Mankato State,
Creighton University, Kearney State
College and the University of North
ern Iowa.
First- and second-place finishers
will advance to a national competi
tion in Ft, Lewis, Wash.
Payment polocy
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By Eric Gregory
Police Reporter
The main reason Lincolnland Tow
ing Inc. broke its contract with UNL
was the UNL police policy of "payment
in field," Lincolnland manager Bob
Green said Tuesday.
Under this policy, parking violators
have 15 minutes to pay the fines if they
find police about to tow their cars,
Green said.
Green said that in the last year, Lin
colnland drivers had to wait 15 minutes
during about 40 per cent of their UNL
visits while officers gave violators a
chance to pay their fines and then had
to return without towing the car.
When this happened, Lincolnland
was paid nothing for the call, he said.
Green made the comments in re
sponse to a March 7 Daily Nebraskan
article that incorrectly stated that UNL
broke the contract with Lincolnland
and that UNL had been doing business
with Lincolnland for four or five years.
Lincolnland had done UNL's towing
for about eight years under a "gentle
man's agreement," Green said. The lee
during this period was $20 for each tow.
In August 1984, a formal contract
was drawn up between Lincolnland
and UNL, Green said. Under this con
tract, Lincolnland charged $18.
On Oct. 31, 1985, Lincolnland gave
30-day notice that it was terminating
the contract because it was losing too
much money under UNL's payment in
field policy, Green said.
Lt. John Burke, UNL parking admin
istrator, said when Lincolnland termi
nated its contract UNL police began
accepting bids from other local towing
companies.
At this point, Lincolnland re-bid on
the contract at $22 per tow, Burke said.
Whitney's Commercial Wrecker Service
Inc. bid at $18 and was awarded the
new contract, he said.
Burke said police records from March
1985 through December 1985 show that
an .average of 23 percent of the towing
calls were resolved through payment in
field.
Posters loom up in residence halls;
Electoral Commission disputes claims
By Thorn Gabrukiewicz
Senior Editor
Campaign posters springing up in
several residence halls have stirred
controversy among ASUN Electoral
Commission members, said Jim
McShane, associate professor of Eng
lish and faculty member of the Elec
toral Commission.
The posters, which call for resi
dence hall students to "Piss Off A
Greek" and vote en masse at the ASUN
election, were not factual, McShane
said.
At issue was testimony by Lynn
DiDonato, chairwoman of the ASUN
Scholastic Commission. The posters
carry a statement presumably made by
DiDonato at the Electoral Commission
on Jan. 30.
"Residence half students are apa
thetic and uninformed.. .We don't want
that kind of voter," the posters read.
Greg Smith, director of the Electoral
Commission, said DiDonato came to
him Tuesday to discuss what could be
done to stop distribution of the posters.
"She caught sight of one (of the pos
ters)," he said, "and didn't want her
name associated with that kind of
poster."
DiDonato could not be reached for
comment. McShane also presented the
following disclaimer:
"The Electoral Commission wishes
it known that Lynn DiDonato is not and
has not been a campaign manager for
Impact (party). Further, the Commis
sion accepts her testimony that the
words and sense of the statements
attributed to her on posters appearing
in residence halls do not reflect what
she said or intended before this Com
mission." The posters began appearing Mon
day in residence, halls.
By Pamela Alward
Staff Reporter
merger draws pipositnon at hearing
A proposal to merge the construc
tion management department and the
interior design program into the Col
lege of Architecture encountered resis
tance Tuesday at a UNL ad-hoc budget
review committee meeting.
Cecil Steward, dean of the College of
Architecture, said the consolidation
would save $150,000, the amount the
college has been earmarked to lose
under proposed budget cuts.
The construction management de
partment is now in the College of Engi
neering and Technology and the inte
rior design program is part of the Home
Economics College's department of
textiles, clothing and design. Steward's
proposal would create a department of
interior design.
Richard Kafonek, chairman of the
construction management department,
nadn't told the committee that his
department discussed the consolida
tion with Steward before Tuesday
because Steward has failed to discuss
important decisions with his depart
ment in the past. But within the
department, Kafonek said, students
and faculty members are against the
proposal.
"There is no support for this move,"
he said.
Students fear consolidation would
hurt their professional registration,
accreditation and future income, Kaf
onek said.
Steward said the only other option is
to eliminate the Community Resource
and Research Center and consolidate
all the departments in the Architec
ture College into one administrative
structure headed by the college's dean.
But students unhappy wit h the second
proposal would leave, costing the col
lege $198,000 in lost tuition money,
Steward said. And the actual gain from
this option is only $63,000, making
more cuts necessary, he said.
This would "kill the department,"
he said.
The first consolidation option would
achieve "significant economies of scale"
and "increase the potential for new
student recruitment and retention,"
Steward said.
Transferring the construction man
agement department would save $70,000,
he said, and transferring the interior
design program would save $80,000.
The faculty must admit duplication
exists, he said, instead of "hiding
behind" claims that the program is
unique on campus.
Also, the interior design program's
present accreditation would be en
hanced by a "clearly more professional
focus," he said.
See BUDGET on 7