Veather: Chilly this" morning
and cool today with a high of 55.
Low of 33 tonight; warmer tomor
row with a high of 60. Warmer
throughout week.
'Life is Hell';
humor is pain
Arts and Entertainment, page 9
Fight Night: A whole
lotta splatterin' goin' on
Sports, page 7
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Shortfall requires design changes
From Staff Reports
Reactions to design changes in the Lied Cen
ter for Performing Arts, made necessary by an $8
million shortfall, have generally been positive,
said an NU Foundation official.
Sheila Griffin said, "There are many people
who feel that it will be a more intimate
building."
However, the Lied Foundation is not as
pleased, said Robert Pazderka, NU director of
facilities.
r "We had an agreement with the Lied Founda
tion that we'd be underway by now," Pazderka
said, but now construction has been delayed
until at least December. J
Pazderka told the NU Board of Regents Satur
day that a consultant to Omaha architecture
firm Henningson, Durham and Richardson
determined the project will cost an estimated $8
million more than expected.
But to stay within the budget, he said, the
consultant recommended reducing the size of
the building.
The consultant's recommendations include:
O Cut the size of the building from 154,500
square feet to 105,000 square feet ;.
O Replace the limestone exterior wjth con
crete brick
O Use terraces to replace the atrium
O Combine a rehearsal hall and a chorus
room $
The change from limestone to concrete has
upset several Lied Foundation trustees, Paz
derka said.
"It's upsetting to them. I think it's upsetting
to people who have contributed here. Beauty is
in the eye of the beholder; some people will
think the new building is good looking, some
would have preferred the limestone," he said.
Even so, the Lied trustees reluctantly ap
proved the changes, Pazderka said.
The $20 million building, which will be built
at the site previously occupied by the Nebraska
Bookstore near Kimball Hall, will be funded with
a $10 million gift from the Ernst Lied estate, $5
million in legislative appropriations and $5 mil
lion in private donations. Griffin said the NU
Foundation has received 98 percent of the fund
ing for the Lied Center.
Regent Robert Simmons of Scottsbluff, who
has opposed the project since its introduction,
said the altered design is still too extravagant.
"The old building was certainly pretty extrav
agant," he said. "This is still total extravagance.
I think you could build a good building with good
acoustics for about $6 or $7 million."
The board Saturday approved the issuance of
bonds, which will be used for interim financing
on the project. Simmons was the only regent to
vote against the bond issuance.
He said he opposed the Lied Center because it
is a municipal project disguised as a university
project.
"The city of Lincoln is dumping this project on
the university," he said.
The board also approved a $5 million endow
ment, which the NU Foundation is raising to use
for maintenance of the Lied Center.
Construction bids will be accepted in
September.
Study urges changes
The NU Board of Regents approved a study
that evaluates NU's administration and directed
NU President Ronald Roskens to research chang
es outlined by the study.
The report, conducted by the accounting firm
Peat, Marwick and Mitchell, recommends that
NU strive for greater cooperation among the
three campuses UNL, UNO and the NU Medi
cal Center in Omaha. But the report warned that
each campus should maintain its separate mis
sion. The four-month study cost $75,000 and was
paid for by the NU Foundation's investment
funds, which are separate from the university's
general budget.
"We think the future is one university with
three distinct campuses with recognition of the
fact that each campus has a different mission,"
said Bob Linder, who helped conduct the study.
"But these recommendations must be done
with care," he added, "The role of central admin
istration has to be clarified. . . (NU) has no
detailed plan. There are various mission state
ments, but there is no strategic plan."
' Other recommendations include:
Establish a university-wide task force
led by NU's president to develop a strategic
planning process.
See REGENTS on 6
Avery stresses h
By Lise Olsen
Senior Reporter
From a cowl-necked collar to pastel leather
boots, Margaret Avery wore the color purple.
She spoke about overcoming obstacle. About
believing in yourself. About the spirit of the
movie "The Color Purple," in which she starred.
She shared the pain and prejudice thai came
before her success with an audience of about 100
at UPC American Minority Council's "Tribute to
Excellence," Saturday night.
Avery attended a predominantly white high
school in San Diego, Calif. Although she won
several honors in speech contests, every time she
tried out for a school play she got small parts. In
those days, Avery usually played a maid with one
or two lines.
Once after again eing cast as a servant, Avery
became upset. A friend, who had gotten the lead
role, offered to switch. Avery' remembers laugh
ing. "Could you just see me in the 1950s kissing
the blue-eyed blond (male lead)?"
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The divisions between blacks and whites are
not as distinct today, but progress still needs to
be made, Avery said.
Avery has come a long way from her days of
playing the maid in high school plays.
Avery has starred with such actors as Clint
Eastwood, Richard Pryor, Pilly Dee Williams and
Ben Vereen. Perhaps she is best known for her
"Color Purple" role as "Shug," a fiery and flashy
nightclub singer who helps the main character,
"Celie," break out of her oppressive life.
Avery was nominated for "Best Supporting'
Actress" by the Motion Picture Academy, but
lost.
That loss didn't matter, she said.
"Before I went into the building that night for
the ceremony, I knew I was a winner and no
award would change the feeling that I have
here," Avery said, tapping her chest.
Ultimately, Avery said "The Color Purple" will
be recognized as a classic. It will be seen over
and over and some lines will be committed to
memory much the same way as Clark Gables' last
line in "Gone With the Wind": "Frankly, Scarlett,
If; minority leaders honored
I don't give a damn."
In Avery's last lines, she encouraged the
audience to face challenges and believe in
themselves.
"Strike 'I can't' from your vocabulary," she
said.
At the end of Avery's address, everyone in the
audience stood to clap.
What followed was the introduction of campus
leaders who have worked to overcome obstacles
faced by minority students at UNL
Among them were Adrian Casillas, president
of UPC's American Minority Council; Reshell
Moore, of the Afrikan Peoples Union; Antonio
Laravie of the Native American Student Associa
tion; and Thuy Lee of the Vietnamese Student
Association.
Awards for organizational achievement were
also given to Dennis Watkins, of Kappa Alpha Psi
fraternity; Lori Adams of Zeta Phi Beta; Wallace
Dawkins of Alpha Phi Alpha; Reginald Moore of
Omega Psi Phi; Arlett Brooks of Delta Sigma
Theta and Cynthia McCroy of Alpha Kappa
Alpha.
Paul VonderlageDaily Nebraskan
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