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Tuesday WEATHER: Partly t-lniuly iiduy. Thirty percent clmnee (if ruin, with winds nut of the Northeast ami hif(lis in the low 80s. Tonight, mostly cloudy and cooler with lows in the mid (ids. 'The Mikado' at Kimball: Satire and great music Arts & Entertainment, Page 6 Player nixes basketball for career in trade . Sports, Page 7 July 1, 1986 University of Nebraska-Lincoln Vol. 85 No. 161 3 k M i ":V.V i ; " I uri4 -- Y- 1) .ai . ...-i i . . -. ..- ;-r. b J , ; . I 1 f L I ,r ; ,j.r x,y y.y V r i f ' " - fl - i' ;v . v ' : r ; 1 - Paul VonderlageDaily Nebraskan The long march for peace The Great Peace March for Global Nuclear Disarmament marched into Lincoln Sunday despite 95 degree temperatures. The marchers held a rally at the Capitol with a speech by State Senator Dave Landis and music by Collective Vision, a group composed of some of the marchers. See story on 5. Lied Center receives $1.5 million donation By Colleen Kenney Senior Reporter A $1.5 million donation from Oma ha's Peter Kiewit Foundation has helped the University of Nebraska Foundation meet its announced goal of raising $10 million for construc tion of the Lied Center for Performing Arts. The largest grant to date for the Foundation's fund drive was announced Monday by Gov. Rob Kerrey at a Hilton Hotel luncheon. The Foundation's campaign for" pri vate donations began in February of 1984, after the Lied Foundation Trust of Las Vegas announced a $10 million gift for the center. The Nebraska Legis lature then appropriated $5 million to the Lied Center. The remaining $5 million for the construction of the Lied Center plus $5 million for a permanent maintenance endowment were to be raised from pri vate funds by the University Foundation. "It's a real capstone to the Lied Pro ject,, which we think will have tre mendous significance for the univer sity and the entire state," said NU Foundation President Bill Wenke. Unless contract bids for constructing the center come in over budget, addi tional funds will not be needed, Wenke said. UNL Chancellor Martin Massengale said at the luncheon that the com pleted Lied Center will give UNL stu dents advanced cultural and educa tional opportunities. "The Peter Kiewit Foundation's generous gift represent s a major con tribution to UNL's academic programs and, once again, demonstrates its long term commitment to the quality of higher education at UNL," Massengale said. The Peter Kiewit Foundation was created in 1979 after the death of Omaha businessman Peter Kiewit, head of Peter Kiewit Sons' Co. "It seems particularly appropriate that it would be the Peter Kiewit Foundation on the anchor leg," said D.B. Varner, chairman of the NU Foundation. "We're deeply grateful to the trus tees for their support in bringing to fruition this lifetime dream for the uni versity," Varner said. Buildings inside the blocks of 11th. 12th, Q and R streets are being demol ished to make way for the center, which will be completed in 1988. The center will feature a 2,350 seat auditorium. The Lied Center's construction is expected to begin later this year. ciemtist to speak New telescope to be described By James M. Lillis Senior Reporter v f ' 1 V i , -r ' "f i s . h' i-ir i ritWfTT imJi- im'i NASA Staff Scientist Dr. Edward Weiler will be this summer's Frank England Sorenson summer lecturer. Dr. Weiler is the program scientist on the Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer, the International Ultraviolet Explorer, the Astro Spacelab Mission and the Far Ultraviolet Spec troscopy Explorer. Weiler will give an informational lec- Weiler ture on the Hubble Space Telescope today at 10:30 a.m. in the Love Library Auditorium. William Nixon, chief of NASA's elementary to secondary pro grams, will speak also and introduce Dr. Weiler. The late Dr. Frank Sorenson was director of UNL Summer Sessions from 1948 to 1968. During his career, he was recognized for his contributions to avi ation and aerospace education nation ally and internationally. The lectures are held in his honor. In conjunction with the lecture there will be a press conference today at 9:30 a.m. in the Wick Alumni Center. In an interview Monday, Weiler said the Hubble Space Telescope is the most sophisticated telescope known to man. The telescope's development dates back to 1978. The telescope has a 94-inch diame ter. Because it orbits the earth instead of being on it, it sights in 50 times fainter, and 10-30 times clearer, which is about the same as the earlier NASA Voyager. "The scope could be viewed as a sort of "time machine," as it allows us to view other planets as they were mil lions of years ago," Weiler said. "It will be instrumental in helping us to under stand how old the universe is, how it evolved, if it's still growing or if it's collapsing." The mirror used in the telescope is the finest ever, he said. Usually the mirrors are ground and smoothed by machine or by hand, but this one is ground by a computer process. He said the mirror is perfectly ground to within 12,500,000 of an inch. "In comparison, if the mirror was the earth, which is relatively smooth any way," he said, "the mountains would be about five inches tall." Weiler said the method of photo graphy is so steady that, in comparison, if a beam of light was shot from Washington, D.C., to New York City, it could be balanced on a dime. The average eye can see a firefly at night at about 200 yards. With this tel escope one could see a two-cell battery on the moon from Washington, D.C. Weiler said. The telescope would have been ready to be put into use in October, but the tragedy with the Challenger space shut tle put things on hold for awhile, he said. The date for release of the tele scope is still undecided, he said.