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September 24, 1986
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Vol, 86 No. 22
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Genoways pushes Morrill Hall renovation
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By Rob Fraass
Staff Reporter
Hugh Genoways is a man with a definite plan.
Since July, Genoways has been the director of
the University of Nebraska State Museum. As
director, he said, he intends to make the
museum, one of the best natural history museums
in the world.
"I can't talk about the museum in Morrill Hall
without talking about renovation," Genoways
said. "Getting this building renovated has got to
be my top priority."
Genoways, a native of Bayard, came to the
state museum from Pittsburgh, Pa., where he
was the mammal curator for the Carnegie
Museum of Natural History for 10 years. Before
that he worked five years at the University of
Texas Tech's museum.
After 23 years outside the state, Genoways
said he is happy to be in Nebraska and is looking
forward to upgrading the museum.
"We have some world-class material here that
can't be put on exhibit because the conditions
aren't right," he said.
The "conditions" are the fluctuating heat and
humidity in Morrill Hall that are causing many
displays to deteriorate. Genoways says an air
conditioning system is badly needed to control
the climate of the museum. Many of the universi
ty's best paleontological and anthropological
collections are not on display because the
uncontrolled museum climate would harm them,
he said.
Genoways said he realizes that planning the
renovations are actually getting them done are
two separate things.
See GENOWAYS on 3
Students' gambling woes
to be topic of workshop
By Shawn Hubbel
Staff Reporter
Beginning this week, UNL will become the
first U.S. university to address the problem of
compulsive gambling among students.
A class on gambling awareness will be taught
to interested students and faculty and staff
members at a workshop from 3 to 4:30 p.m.,
Wednesday in the Nebraska Union. The work
ship, sponsored by the Gambling Awareness
Committee, is geared towards educating staff
members and students on the signs and symp
tons associated with addictive gambling.
The Gambling Awareness Committee, a student-staff
group headed by UNL Housing Direc
tor Doug Zatechka, was formed last spring after
several students were arrested on gambling
related offenses.
"I think one of our roles should be to get some
research done so we will be able to describe how
widespread or intense this problem is," Zatechka
said. The workshop, is for all students, "whether
students are gambling nickels and dimes or it
they're reaching the $50,000 level, as I under
stand some of them were," Zatechka said.
Although exact figures on the number of stu
dents involved in gamblings are not available,
"we do know gambling exists on campus as it
does on all (campuses) and we do know there are
some students who have had serious problems
with it," said Margaret Nellis, coordinator of
community health at the University Health
Center.
Gambling is recreation for most people, Nellis
said, but for the compulsive gambler, "it's not
recreation, it's a drive."
The important thing for people to understand,
: ellis said, is that "gambling is a risk behavior
i lie same way drinking and drugs is a risk behav:
idf. For some, it will become a problem; for some,
it already is."
Janet Crawford, health educator at the Uni
versity Health Center, said most college stu
dents who have problems with gambling began
this behavior in high school. But the real conse-.
qiK'iices, Crawford said, may not show up for 10
ye us, and many gamblers may not seek help
until they reach their 30s and 40s.
Nellis said that when gamblers finally do seek
help, many of them must go through limch the
same treatment as people with substance abuse
problems. Depression and suicide are very real
threats with some of them, Nellis said.
Nellis said that she does not expect a large",
number of people to attend the workship. But at
the same time, she said, most people don't have
a problem with gambling.
"There are people who can gamble all their
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lives ana never lose control, sne saw. it s just a
small portion of the people gambling who h'ave
the problem."
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versity Health Center offers continuing counsel
ing and referral for anyone who has a compulsive
gambling habit or wants to help a family member
or friend with problems caused by gambling. For
more information, call 472-7440.
Help is also available from Gamblers Anonym
ous at 476-6444 and the Independence Center at
473-5877.
'How to protect a river
Opponents say Niobrara plans don hold water
By Michael Hooper
Senior Reporter
Lizards, skunks, deer and hawks live quietly
along the banks of the Niobrara River, going
about their natural business. It seems peaceful
at first glance.
But along a 76-mile stretch of the Niobrara,
dozens of landowners are engaged in a
controversy over how to protect and manage
the river.
At the core of the debate is proposed
federal legislation to give the stretch between
Valentine and the Nebraska Highway 137
Bridge north of Newport national scenic river
status as part of the National Wild and Scenic
Rivers System. Sen. J. James Exon, D-Neb.,
introduced the bill a year ago.
Opponents to federal designation generally
say they would prefer local control and
management of the Niobrara. Advocates for
federal protection say it is the best way to
protect the river from development that they
fear could destroy the river's natural beauty.
Photos, related sto
ries, Page 8 & 9
And some landowners are "riding the
fence" between sides of the issue.
Roy Breuklander, owner of Sunny Brook
Camp along the river, said he would like to
have the opportunity to expand his camp
ground business and see the river locally
managed. But he fears that without federal
protection, a dam could be built on the river
which he doesn't want.
I'd like to see everybody keep their noses
out of it (the river) and leave it just as it's
always been," said Breuklander, who rents
out canoes along the river. ". . . But I
definitely would not like to see a dam built."
Exon's bill would require landowners along
the river to maintain their land in a manner
compatible with the scenic designation. Non
agricultural and non-residential use of the
land would be subject to federal evaluation.
Existing buildings along the river would
remain and present usage of the land would
be allowed to continue.
The federal government would be able to
takeover private land used in a way that
violates the scenic designation without the
consent of the landowner. The government
can take no more than 5 percent of the entire
designated area The government would pay
landowners to acquire easement rights, but
landowners would still own the land and
could sell it.
The designation also prohibits water control
projects such as dams that obstruct the
waterway. But it does allow the construction
of a diversion dam and pumping station to
provide irrigation water for the Springview.
area The diversion dam is a state-designed
alternative to the proposed Norden Dam
project, which was abandoned after years of
controversy.
Maynard Jones, a rancher who lives one
half mile from the river, said he wants the
river to be locally controlled, not by the
federal government.
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