r) Weather: Monday, partly sunny and
still cool. A chance oi aiternoon sprin
kles. High in the mid to upper 40s.
Southwest wind 5 to 10 mph. Monday
night, early evening sprinkles possible.
Otherwise partly cloudy and not as cold.
Low in the lower to mid 30s. Tuesday,
mostly sunny and warmer, high 55 to (50.
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Kathy Johnson and Jon Kahl were crowned 1936 UNL Homecoming Royalty couple at
halftime of Saturday night's Nebraska-Oklahoma State football game. Johnson, a marketing
major from Omaha, and Kahle, a language arts education major from Kearney, were elected
king and queeen from a university-wide election last Wednesday. Runners-up were Julie
Tucker of Mullen and Keith Qerns of Bladen. Johnson and Kahle said they were surprised at
being chosen. "This is the perfect way to end four years here," Kahle said.
AMnnmuis now U.S. ag diplomat
U.S. Trade Ambassador Clayton Yeutter receives award
By Andy Jacobitz
Staff Reporter
Homecoming weekend brought thou
sands of alumni back to UNL, includ
ing, Clayton Yeutter, U.S. trade ambas
sador from Washington, D.C.
Yeutter, who received both his
bachelor's and doctoral degrees from
UNL, received the annual Agriculture
Relations Award Friday from the Ne
braska Council on Public Relations for
Agriculture.
The award recognizes someone who
helps provide a better understanding
of Nebraska agriculture's achievements,
as well as its problems.
Yeutter, a native of Eustis and alum
nus of the UNL College of Agriculture,
is now the chief U.S. foreign trade
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ambassador and a cabinet member in
the Reagan administration. Yeutter
serves as the chief negotiator for the
United States on trade issues and assists
the president in formulating interna
tional trade policies and their execution.
In a press conference after the
award presentation, Yeutter answered
questions about U.S. foreign trade and
agricultural trade from reporters, far
mers, UNL faculy and others.
He said that the solution to current
agricultural problems does not lie in
Washington, D.C, but rather in Geneva,
Switzerland, through negotiations with
all counties involved.
"The problems of agriculture are
worldwide," he said. "It is not just a
domestic problem."
Yeutter said that long-term solu
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tions cannot be unilateral. He cited the
U.S. Department of Agriculture's 1983
payment in kind program (P.I.K.), which
took many acres of U.S. agricultural
land out of production. This was a
short-term solution which eliminated
large amounts of surplus grain, but in
the long run, it actually hurt U.S. agri
culture, he said. The P.I.K. program
stimulated other countries to produce
because the U.S. was producing less
and reduced market shares worldwide.
Many Third-World countries capital
ized on the opportunity and put addi
tional land into production, he said.
It is important for the United States
to retain its exports and sell its pro
ducts, he added.
One farmer questioned the ability of
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Contraction on Lied
to begin Monday
By Michael Hooper
Senior Reporter
Lincoln residents will see construe
(ion of the Lied Center for Performing
Arts begin this week, following appro
val Friday of a $15.9 million construc
tion contract.
In a 6-to-l vote, the NU Board of
Regents awarded Builders Inc. of Lin
coln the construction contract for the
Lied Center.
Of four contractors, Builders Inc.
submitted the lowest bid. Bids also
were received Thursday from Gilbert
Corp. of Delaware, $16.2 million; Olson
Construction Co, of Lincolnt$17.07 mil
lion, and PCL Construction Services of
Denver, $16.6 million;- - :
The bids were reduced by the elimi
nation of seven items, such as a compu
terized stage-lighting system and drap
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After eliminating those items, Build
ers Inc. reduced its base bid of $16.5 to
$15.9 million, the lowest of the alterna
tive bids.
Bob Pazderka, NU facilities director,
said that although certain items were
deleted in the contract, NU will try to
buy back the items through cost sav
ings during construction.
"We will not sacrifice the qualtiy of
the facility itself," Pazderka said dur
ing a break from the meeting.
He said construction will begin
Monday, and by mid-November pile for
the foundation will begin to be moved.
The Lied Center on 12th and R Streets
is scheduled to be completed by March
1989.
Regent Robert Simmons of Scotts
bluff voted against the contract and
also voted against a resolution chang
ing the starting and completion dates
of the project.
"I don't want any record of being
part of this project," said Simmons.
Resolution passed
ASUN senators push
for student regent's
vote on NU Board
By Rob Fraass
Staff Reporter
ASUN senators have raised the
issue of a student regent vote again
this year with a resolution passed
earlier this month to push for a stu
dent vote amendment to the state
constitution.
The resolution says that ASUN,
UNL's student government, will
attempt to get a bill passed during
the Legislature's next session that
will allow NU's three student regents
one combined vote on Board of
Regents matters.
Under current Nebraska consti
tution, student board members
one each from UNL, UNO and UNMC
advise the board, which is the
university's governing body, but they
are not allowed to vote.
ASUN President Chris Scudder
said a student regent vote would
greatly increase the effectiveness of
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Construction had been scheduled to
begin last July 1, but plans were
changed after it was discovered that
architects Henningson, Durham and
Richardson of Omaha had underesti
mated the cost by $6 million to $8
million.
"I don't think the architects did a
very admirable job," said Regent John
Payne of Kearney.
One of the things dropped from the
original design was an atrium at the
front of the building.
Simmons, who has been opposed to
the building of the Lied Center from its
inception, called it a "terrible waste of
resources."
"I don't think very many people will
travel all the way across the state to
use it," Simmons said during the meet
ing break. "But that's not the point. I
don't think people in Lincoln or Omaha
will use it. Kimball Hall isn't full very
often."
Planning for the Lied Center began
in February 1 984, when it was announced
that $10 million from the Lied Founda
tion Trust of Las Vegas, Nev., had been'
donated to the University Foundation.
The Center is also being financed by
other private funds totalling $5 million
and state funds totalling $5 million.
The Foundation has raised an addi
tional $5 million as an endowment to
cover operating costs.
The 2,350-seat Lied Center is designed
to accomodate such events as Broad
way plays, musicals, ballets, sympho
nies and jazz ensembles.
Builders Inc. currently is contractor
for the animal science building under
construction on East Campus. The
animal science building project is two
months ahead of schedule, Pazderka
said.
If weather permits, Pazderka said,
the Lied Center may be completed
sooner than scheduled.
the student government.
"Right now, we don't have true
bargaining power about the issues,"
Scudder said.
The bill was introduced in last
year's legislative session by Sen.
John DeCamp of Neligh and last
year's ASUN president, Gerald Keat
ing. The bill died because it was
submitted late in the session and
because the unicameral had other
priority issues it had to deal with,
Scudder said.
This year, gubernatorial candi
dates Kay Orr and Helen Boosalis
both have said they would approve
of a student regent vote.
While Scudder said student sup
port for the concept of a student
regent vote is strong, it doesn't
appear to have the blessing of the
Board of Regents members.
Regent James Moylan of Omaha
said the board needs the input the
students provide, but said he believes
the general consensus of board
members is against the idea of a
student vote.
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