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About The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current | View Entire Issue (April 23, 1986)
, - ( .:IC Expansion of Sheldon on back burner for now Arts and Entertainment, page 9 Bradley coach Beck hired to succeed Hill Weather: Sunny and warmer today with a high in the mid-70s and a low near bQ tonight Partly cloudy Thursday with a high near 80 Sports, page 7 3T April 23, 1986 r,, J ' I ) Lcvltbus nmay ternalio I! By Use Olsen Senior Reporter An ahempt to eliminate the NU tractor tCsSting laboratory on East Campus resulted In the station's shift of emphasis from a state to a world farm market, said Kenneth Von Bargen, chairman of the Nebraska Tractor Test Board. Under a bill passed last Monday in the Legislature, the testing laboratory should begin administer ing a- more extensive test series next fall, said Von Bargen, also a UNL professor of agricultural en gineering. However, the proposal must first be approved by the United States Department of Commerce and mem bers of the Organization for Eco nomic Cooperation and Development, said Louis Leviticus, chief engineer of the tractor testing laboratory. With the hew law, NetrIra could test tractors that wculd ts sold in the 28 nations that make up the OECD. NU has been testing traders for sale in Nebracka sir.ee 1010. Tbs new authorization, wl.irh dta th-3 . station to diversify its c.Trlf r. Is the first major ch:r ? ; in Uj service since it began, Vc.n I "rcn uJA.- The testing station c;:d v.u cen tinue to cUcr tractor tr:i l v in?, ;?, n j Dsvid Cr5mrDs!!y Nsterssksn 99" alirac or test o the Society of Automotive Engineers tests. Those tests are accepted in a number of countries. But the OECD tests, developed in Europe, are more extensive and may require the Nebraska technicians to per form sone off-site testing besides regular tests of power and perfor mance, Von Bargen said. The NU station is the only official tractor testing laboratory in the United States, mostly because Neb raska is the only state that requires tractors to be tested and certified before they can bo sold. However, the station's test results are re spected worldwide, Von Bargen said. The station has the capability to test about 45 tractors a year. The average number tested at the sta tion each year is about 40, Von Bar gen said. But in recent years, the number of tractors tested at the sta tion has slacked off because of the bad farm economy and other fac tors, he said. Leviticus, a UNL professor of c.?rfcultural engineering, said that a number cf tractcrs scheduled to be tested were excluded because of an CIXD ereerr.-r.t. The E'rcercsnf Et?tcs that any tractor which hes teen tested in cna country cannot ts rctestfd In another member h: Oe T ( Silly ri University of Nebraska-Lincoln QDiainioDau 33 By Pam Alward Staff Reporter As many as 70 percent of UNL's 1986 87 student financial aid applications will be checked for accuracy because of new federal standards, said Don Aripoll, director of scholarships and financial aid. At congressional request, the U.S. Department of Education released the guidelines In March to ensure that college students aren't falsifying aid applications to receive extra money, Arlpoli said. Between 50 percent and 70 percent of all people who receive Pell Grants, Guaranteed Student Loans and campus based aid will have their aid for next year verified, Aripoli said. Since 1978, UNL has checked 3,000 of about 6,500 Dead week comments wanted ASUN is asking students to stop by its office during tne next two weeks to discusV the university's dead week policy. As part of a campaign to serve stu dents better, ASUN is taking com plaints of dead week violations and other comments about the week, said Patricia Sokolik, chairwoman of ASUN's Communication Committee. Dead week, which begins Monday, is designed to give students extra study time for finals, Sokolik said, and ASUN wants to ensure that this policy is followed. The policy reads: ' ; iTt- I-, I i Rays-ing the roof It's r.st encj-h fcrLcr Ji::l!:, I :fJ, aj-jr.Isr In thCc"?: cf Acrlrj'.t-rs, end Jur, a scnSsr in tha'CQis cf BurJnrs Administration, ts tcunj a h th:Ir ysrd. Co th?y launcs . cn their reef en Vlro Street t3 czlzh tun end t;.! a tr::'t frcmit'jIc-;. am Pell Grant applications each year at t he request of the federal government, he said. But full-scale verification is new to UNL, Aripoli said. Arlpoli estimated that about 90 per cent to 99 percent of the discrepancies between incuine reported on aid forms and income reported on tax forms result from students' poor estimates. The discrepancies often arise be cause the deadline for aid applications is a month before taxes are due, so students may not calculate their exact income until well after they've applied for aid, he said. Students with inaccurate financial statements will be asked to correct their applications to re-establish their aid eligibility, Aripoli said. Aid officers intent to help these students get as much aid as they can, he said. O Final exams for full-semester classes are to be given only at the regu larly scheduled time as published in the Schedule of Classes. Any deviations from this schedule must be agreed upon by the entire class. O Only laboratory practical exams, make-up or repeat exams and self paced exams can be given during dead week. O Projects, papers, and speeches scheduled for completion during dead week must have been assigned in writ ing by the end of the eighth week of the semester. Complaint forms will be available in Vol. 85 No. 145 GPlDOaliiOlil cyracv Further action will be taken against the small number of students who intentionally "fudged" their income estimates in an attempt to receive extra aid, Aripoli said. He said he couldn't specify the form of this action. "Each discrepancy will be looked at," he said. Although the government will save money by eliminating aid to students who falsify their applications, Aripoli said, UNL must pay a "significant cost" to comply with federal standards. The costs will include $7,000 In labor and even more for computer programs, Aripoli said. But UNL prob ably will save about that much money by eliminating campus-based aid to students who intentionally "fudge" on their aid forms, he said. the ASUN office, Nebraska Union 115. Violations also can be reported to the Professional Conduct Committee. Sokolik said that besides handling reports of dead week policy violations, ASUN is working on an information center. The center will be something all students can use, she said, but off campus students will find it particu larly helpful. Other projects in ASUN's future in clude evaluating teacher quality, meth ods of evaluation and academic advis ing and researching possible changes in Nebraska Union food service.