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October 14, 1986
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Climb every mountain
Nebraska weight strength coach David Clark runs up the Memorial Sta
dium stairs earlier this week. Clark is a former Nebraska football player.
NU Foundation trustees present
award and create $1 million fund
The trustees of the NU Foundation pres
ented their highest award Friday to D.B.
"Woody" Varner, chairman of the Board of
Directors, and his wife, Paula, for "their
extraordinary success as a team during their
10 years of service to the Foundation."
Coinciding with the award presentation,
Chairman Warren Johnson announced that
the foundation was creating a $1 million fund
to be known as the "Woody and Paula Varner
Fund." Annual income will be awarded
in perpetuity in their names to support the
most worthy project submitted annually by
the three campuses of the university. He said
the foundation's Award and Grants Commit
tee would create the guidelines and select
the recipients of the annual award.
Receiving the Perry W. Branch Awards for
Distinguished Service, the Varners were cited
for these accomplishments:
Increasing the foundation's assets from
$27 million to the present book value of more
than $130 million.
Elevating the university's benefits from
an average of $3 million per year to the pres
ent $17 million.
Providing leadership for the founda
tion's first major capital campaign, from
1977-81, by raising $52 million, more than
double the original goal of $25 million.
Serving as leaders, solicitors and problem-solvers
for the successful $25 million
campaign for the construction of the Lied
Center for Performing Arts.
taident to Ibe arraigned
Fraternity member faces charges in test case Monday
By Jen Deselms
Senior Reporter
A UNL student who was among 124 bus pas
sengers ticketed for alleged liquor violations
when buses chartered by the Phi Kappa Psi
fraternity were stopped will be arraigned in
Saunders County Court Monday.
A charge of minor in possession was filed in
Saunders County Court last week against Ryan
Kennell, said Saunders County Attorney Loren
Lindahl.
The ticketing occurred Sept. 13 after four
buses carrying Phi Kappa Psi fraternity members
and their dates were stopped at a roadblock on
Route 64 near Fremont.
Law enforcement officials searched the buses
and found alcohol. The alcohol was taken from
the buses, and the buses were driven to Wahoo.
All the passengers were ticketed for either minor
in possession or procuring alcohol for a minor.
The fraternity members and their dates were
on their way to Ginger Cove near Valley for a
beach party.
Kennell was chosen at random from several
volunteers to go to court as a test case to see if
the evidence in the case was obtained legally,
said attorney Kirk Naylor, who is handling the
case for Kennell and the fraternity..
Lindahl said he allowed the defense attorneys
to decide against whom charges would be filed.
Lindahl said it made no difference who
charges were filed against as long as they were
on the bus and had alcohol on their breath.
Naylor agreed that it didn't matter who was
picked to go to court because the circumstances
of all the people ticketed are very much the
same.
Naylor said a test case is a way to handle the
legal issue of the search without making all the
students miss classes.
Naylor said he plans to file a motion to sup
press, challenging the search and seizure of evi
dence on the bus. If his motion is approved, the
judge would throw out any evidence that was
found to be obtained illegally.
Lindhal said he does not know at this time if
charges will be filed against any of the other
passengers who were ticketed. He said further
charges will depend on the outcome of the first
case.
Research embraces teciinology
Economic benefits important
By Jen Deselms
Senior Reporter
Research at land grant universities such as
UNL is moving toward high technology, John
Yost, vice chancellor of research, told the NU
Board of Regents Friday.
"If UNL is going to maintain and improve its
stature as a major research university, high
technology and economic development must
become a major mission in our research activi
ties," Yost said.
In an earlier interview, Yost said, the univer
sity is committed to research for the advance
ment of knowledge even when the increase in
knowledge does not involve the development of a
marketable product.
Although some university research projects
are solely for the advancement of knowledge,
others produce marketable or patentable prod
ucts. Since the 1960s, research at the university has
led to 15 patents, said Earl Freise, assistant vice
chancellor for research. Freise said 12 products
developed through university research currently
are trying to obtain patents. It usually takes two
years for a final decision to be made by the
patent office, Freise said.
If a product is awarded a patent, the royalties
are divided among the inventors, the department
of the inventors and the patent program. One
third goes to each area, Freise said.
Research at UNL is financed through the uni
versity budget and outside sources, Freise said.
Federal funds account for 80 percent of the
external financing, he said.
The amount of the university budget spent pn
research is difficult to measure since university
researchers are also professors. Yost said the
amount of time that professors spend on research
and teaching is not split and measured when the
budget is figured.
The Institute of Agriculture and Natural
Resources has more than 300 research projects,
said Irvin Omtvedt, dean of agricultural research.
Fifty-five percent of the money for research in
the IANR comes from the state. Other sources of
funding are federal appropriations, 15 percent;
federal grants and contracts, 20 percent; and
industry grants, 10 percent.
The IANR has five main research areas: crop
related; animal-related; processing, marketing
and management; and quality of life research,
which includes nutrition.
Yost said the university needs to target cer
tain areas of research that will match the eco
nomic development of Nebraska. He said by
establishing priorities in research that match
the priorities of the state, Nebraskans will see
that research "can be the best investment the
state can make in its economic future."
'If UNL is going to main
tain and improve its sta
ture as a major research
university, high technol
ogy and economic devel
opment must become a
major mission in our re
search activities.'
Yost
Yost said food processing, water science, bio
technology and a variety of projects that fall
under materials science are areas of research
that should be targeted.
Science and technology get most of the fed
eral financing, Yost said, but that doesn't mean
there is a lack of interest in other areas, such as
the humanities.
Some of the many projects that Yost said are
in areas on the "moving edge" of science are:
Development of new hybrid plants, using a
cell-sorting machine.
Development of new permanent magnetic
materials.
Development of new magnetic storage films
with increased storage density.
O Light scattering techniques used to mea
sure toxic chemicals in air and water.
Processing of silicon wafers for large-scale
integrated circuits.
Development of materials for ultra-high
speed communications electronics.
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