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Page 6 Daily Nebraskan Friday, April 10, 1987 AWV- sv . Y Jr ' , VV V'.'V,' ( ) r tf ft::h f!-:r tech OttlY A 95 U W)( 4743792 i y : 118 N. 14th VA blks. south of Nebraska Union U 0 . A. 'Or I 1 i V Heeeeeere's Charlie Charlie Burton & the Hiccups Friday Night at the 4 DdUMSTIQC Rank & File-Saturday Night 547 N. 48th 464-4745 When the classes you need aren't there when you need them . . . . . . consider UNL independent study. Over 70 col lege courses available. Call 472-1926, or visit room 269, Nebraska Center for Continuing Education, 33rd and Holdrege. Take the shuttle bus from city campus. UNL is a non-discriminatory institution j Campus n a yc rxxirii h . mj&i9 dli U&Ul&Ui 2 fpr Vb"- .MTmarmlw A brain does not live by bread alone. It also needs cheese, and pepper oni, and mushrooms, and all the good things you find on top of Pizza Hut pizza. You'll get a great pizza at a great price. Your stomach will be happy, which will make your brain happy, which will make your studying happy, which will make your parents happy . . . which will make Spring semester a whole lot happier! $9.95 MEAL DEAL SPECIAL EVERY SUNDAY NIGHT LARGE PIZZA FOR MEDIUM PRICE EVERY MONDAY NIGHT I Expires May 8, 1987 ff P.lEl 239 N. 14TH hWyK 'JppMfi HI III I.IHIIL I ,.LUIL'I'P I IMIUII! I Hill.. ft l,LjH.B1M-lMtpWBf..r,.. ! 1 1 1 1 1 l t UB"-p'l" MigWil' JlfJ. J J -1 " v - - -- -- - - --r - - - -- V : I ...I.'' Paul VonderlageDaily Nebraskan Looking at the future site of the recreation center Thursday, Tom Osborne, architects and other university officials discuss finishing touches to the outside of the center. 687 seiddDrs sM museum Matching grant may double funds for American Indian exhibit Seniors at UNL have pledged more than $51,000 for a class gift to benefit the University State Museum in Morrill Hall, said Darin Armstrong, president of the UNL Student Foundation. The 1987 gift comes from 644 seniors who pledged an average of $80 each. Seniors were contracted during a phone-a-thon conducted by the NU Founda tion. Students were asked to contrib ute $100 over four years in installments of $10, the first year and $30 the next three years. The $51,348 in pledges marks an increase of nearly 47 percent over the 1986 senior-gift pledges of $35,000, which will purchase books and period icals and aid the computer system at the UNL Libraries. In 1985 about $26,000 was raised. Although Armstrong said some sta tistics estimate a loss of 20 percent of pledges from projects such as phone-a-thons, he is confident all the money will be collected. Armstrong said the Student Foundation sends out notices to remind students of their pledges. If they lose track of alumni they try to find them. Armstrong said he was very happy with the pledges. He said the senior gift committee deserved a lot of the credit in selecting the choices of gifts. About 22 percent of the estimated 3,000 seniors at UNL pledged contribu tions, said Declan Barr, phone-a-thon supervisor. Class gifts, a tradition revived by the class of 1985, are voted on by the senior class. The 1987 class gift will be used for an exhibit in the new North American Indian Gallery at Morrill Hall. The gallery will include exhibits representing tribes from the North west, the Southwest and the Lakes region as well as the Eskimo people. The displays will focus on how people adapted to the environments and how cultures and art forms evolved. Some exhibits will be ready for viewing this year. Steve Forner, Student Foundation phone-a-thon committee co-chairman said he is pleased that pledges increased so much this year. "This is only our third year doing this," Forney said. "As more and more people find out about it, people are going to be more willing to give." The gift may double the $51,348 pledged, however, because matching funds probably will be obtained from the National Endowment for the Human ities, said Dr. Hugh Genoways, museum director. Once the pledge money starts com ing in, Genoways said, he will ask the National Endowment for the Humani ties for a matching grant. He expects no trouble receiving one. Generally grants are requested first and then a search for the money to match it begins. Because he already has the money to match the grant, Genoways said, the project is "way ahead of the game at this point." "I'm just thrilled that the seniors are doing this for us," Genoways said. "I can assure you that we will be able to develop a very nice exhibit for the class of 1987." The students' interest in and com mitment to the museum emphasized the importance of preserving the exist ing exhibits and collections, officials said. The area funded by the class will be developed at the end of the four-year pledge commitment period when it is known exactly how much in gifts and interest has accumulated in the 1987 senior gift fund. A specific segment of the exhibit will be labeled "the 1987 senior class gift." centenmiffll celebration here By Terry J. Clements Staff Reporter More than 600 women from 37 states and four countries will be at UNL this weekend for the centennial celebra tion of the Rho chapter of Kappa Alpha Theta sorority. The celebration will include a ban quet Saturday evening at the Corn husker Hotel, featuring Grand National President Sue Supple and a fashion show of clothes worn over the past 100 years, including a dress worn by one of the Theta founders. Kappa Alpha Theta, founded in 1870, was the first women's Greek-letter society in the United States. Local Thetas who have been recog nized include Patricia Lahr Smith, recently honored for outstandiug con tributions to the Arthritis Foundation, Elizabeth Suttle Holman, who designed the Bessey Memorial Tablet, and Mar ian Kidd, the first female president of the UNL Student Council in 1940. Cornhusker Marching Band AUDITIONS FLAG CORPS - April 14, 15 and 16, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Devanoy Sports Center-Track Area TVI RLE R - May 2 and May 4, Memorial Stadium Call 472-2505 for an audition time and details. WIND AND PERCUSS ON - At vour cnnunnbnrn hof, 1 B ww uviui u uuijf I Call 472-2505 for an appointment. Positions open to all UNL student