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WeathenFlash flood watch parly Tuesday morning Mostly cloudy luesday with a DO percent chance of showers and a few thundershowers, High in the lower to mid 70s. Wind northeast ." to r mph, Cloudy Tuesday night with a 40 percent chance of thundershowers. Low around (it). 'Golden Girls' dominates in 38th annual Emmys Arts & Entertainment, Page 5 South African runner adapts to Nebraska cold Sports, Page 6 ' WomI Wum fL September 23, 1986 L-- '":.." '...'"'r,'". . . ' University of Nebraska-Lincoln Vol. 86 No. 21 4 r! a W I ' Lr' j I f : Vv 1 . ; 3 Vice Chancellor Lewis prepares for new post By Kari Hulac Staff Reporter Ward WilliamsDaily Nebraskan Lewis in his office William R. "Rudy" Lewis, vice chancellor of student affairs at UNL, will begin his new job as vice president of university relations on Oct. 1. His newly created position is the incorpora tion of the position of vice president of govern ment affairs, a primarily legislative-orieiitedjob, into vice president of university relations, origi nally a public relations position. Bill Swanson, the previous vice president of government affairs, will continue to be corporate secretary for the NU Board of Regents. Lewis said the change was made to improve communication between internal and external constituencies of the university. Lewis said a council on university relations was formed to deal with faculty, student and administrative concerns. His goal is to coordi nate better communication between the council and the university relations spokesmen on the I'NL, UNO and VNMC campuses, he said. "We want to get maximum internal voice and more people involved in the decision making process," he said. "The spokesperson or chan cellor from each of the three campuses can voice their wishes and desires. The university rela tions position is important because it cuts across all lines of interest. It's not just academic or business or student concerns." Lewis will work with various concerns voiced the council and will act as lobbyist for the , .iversity system in the Nebraska State Legislature. Lewis said he was concerned about the rela tionship between the university and the Lincoln community. "One thing we must do is try and increase puKic support for the university in a positive mr mer," Lewis said. Lewis said he has been very interested and involved in public relations and legislative affairs at I'NL. He worked in university relations for four years and was assistant to the I'NL chancellor for three of those years. "I understand the university and legislative arena, and I bring those skills to the job. It also helps when you build respect and trust over a period of time," Lewis said. James (iriesen, associate vice chancellor for academic affairs, is being recommended by I'NL Chancellor Martin Massengale to become inte rim vice chancellor in Lewis' place. The XI Board of Regents is expected to confirm his recommendation at its October meeting. Griesen would assume the vice chancellor duties Oct. 1. Homecoming applicants fewer than in past By Kevin Freadhoff Staff Reporter No one on the Homecoming Commit tee seems to know why a low number of Homecoming Royalty nomination ap plications were submitted before the Sept. 15 deadline extended to last Thursday. Despite reports that letters were received late, Paul Rohlfing, Home coming Committee chairman, said that letters were sent through campus mail to all on-campus organizations. Rohlf ing said he didn't see how the commit tee could be held responsible for the low number of applications before the deadline was moved back. "I feel that the letters went out with a sufficient amount of time," he said. Bill Welsh, coordinator of Residence Hall Administration, said that a number of students had contacted him frus trated with the lack of information they had received about Homecoming. Students contacted him because they hadn't seen any promotional informa tion in the halls, Welsh said. He said that if promotional letters were mailed, they should have reached residents. He said it is policy for the residence halls to distribute campus mail within 24 hours. No one has con tacted him with problems regarding mail, Welsh said. Of three residence hall directors interviewed Sunday, all said that there is no delay in campus mail distribution. Dan Fictum, residence director of Sandoz Hall, said, "Campus mail is put out the same day it is received." Sue Kelly, residence director of Burr Fedde Hall, said, "The students get campus mail the day it hits the building." And resident director, Ron Cantor of Selleck Quadrangle said, "Campus mail is normally distributed the same day or a day later." Kim Torres, royalty chairperson, was in charge of mailing out nomination information to students. Torres had no comment on the reports that mailings were received late. Torres said letters were sent to every residence hall and student organization but was not sure what date the letters were mailed. "Since the deadline was moved back to Thursday we have doubled the number of applications to over a hundred," Torres said. When asked about the 16,000 off-campus students who did not receive letters, Torres had no com ment. "I think that one hundred appli cations is excellent. Everything worked out fine," Torres said. Rohlfing said that the off-campus students were informed by advertising in the The Daily Nebraskan. From Sept. 8 to Sept. 15, (the first deadline) Homecoming Committee ran two ads in the announcements section of The Daily Nebraskan. The ads ran in the Sept. 12 and Sept. 15 editions. Both ads read; "HOMECOMING ROYALTY Applications are now available. Pick yours up in the CAP office. Room 200 Nebraska Union." (No deadline was mentioned.) After the deadline was extended from Sept. 15 to Sept. 18, no other ads appeared in the Daily Nebraskan. Interviews for Homecoming candi dates are Monday for women and Tues day for men. Homecoming will be Oct. 5 through Oct. 11. Boosalis speaks to students By Jeanne Bourne Staff Reporter Research at UNL must be used as a strong tool for Nebraska's eco nomic growth but not the primary goal of the university, said Helen Boosalis, Democratic gubernatorial candidate, at a speech in the Nebraska Union Monday night. Speaking to a mostly student crowd of 123, Boosalis said, the number one priority of the univer sity is undergraduate education. "People your age are most likely to be community leaders and we must pay attention to the future the young people," Boosalis said. Boosalis spoke for about 15 min utes and then opened the floor up for questions. When asked about the student regent vote, Boosalis said she was in favor of finding a way for students to have a vote in a way that is constitu tional and meaningful. She said she visualized a growing economy, profitable farms and an educational system second to none as the future of Nebraska under her term as governor. When asked about a lottery as part of economic development for the state, Boosalis said the lack of support in the petition drive indi cated it was not what the voters wanted. She said she believes it is not a stable form of income. "It is not a bargain and I'm a bargain hunter," she said. See BOOSALIS on 3 A v : ; A V ' 7 4 Andrea HoyOaily Nebraskan Boosalis n