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About The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current | View Entire Issue (Sept. 11, 1987)
I.- ;■ '" 1■■■ ■ .. ■■———-— i— ■" " ..:. -■ WEATHER: Friday, partly sunny I Inside: with a chance of light showers into ■ evening. High in the 60s to low 70s. ■ News Digest.Page 2 Friday night, clear to partly cloudy. I Editorial.Page 4 Low in the 40s. Saturday, partly to ■ Sports.Page 12 mostlysunny. High in theupper60s ■ Entertainment.Page 10 *° 70s- I Classified.Page 14 September 11, 1987 University of Nebraska-Lincoln Vol. 87 No. 12 State ranked 9th in FarmAid grants By Joeth Zucco and Christine Anderson Staff Reporters Nebraska ranks ninth in the nation in the amount of grants received from FarmAid Inc. Two previous FarmAid concerts, staged in Champaign, 111., and Austin, Texas, raised a total of $11.5 million for the non-profit corporation. FarmAid Inc. is helping more than 100 farm organizations in 40 different states. Nebraska received $173,300. Ellen Kaye, with the FarmAid office in Cam bridge, Mass., said the money is distributed according to studies on how severely the farm crisis is hitting each state. Kaye said the grants are used for various pur poses. These include: funding farm organiza tions, providing short term employment, funding hotlines, and organizing educational events. Money is also used to support legal education seminars, and Outreach programs. To become eligible for the money, Kaye said that organizations write proposals requesting a need for money. According to current studies, Kaye said Geor gia has received the most FarmAid funding with $536,000. The Midwest received a bulk of the money with Minnesota receiving $425,000; Iowa, $418,500; Missouri, $291,000; and Montana, $255,600. Southern states followed with Texas receiving $248,000; Oklahoma $225,000; and Distribution of FarmAid Money (September 1985-August 20, 1987) (Georgia Minnesota Iowa Missouri Montana Texas Oklahoma North Carolina Kansas i Wisconsin Ohio Illinois Michigan Colorado I I North Carolina $204,000. The rest of the top fifteen states receiving aid include Nebraska, $173,300; Kansas, $167,600; Wisconsin, $164,200; Ohio, $136,200; Illinois, $122,500; Michigan, Michelle Miklos/Dally Nebraskan $120,700 and Colorado, $110,000. In Nebraska, FarmAid concert money was primarily given to: • Farm Action Concerns Tomorrow’s Society, University of Nebraska-Lincoln. The organization received $2,500 from Farm Aid. It will be used for the Second National Farm Action Conference, scheduled for next weekend. The four-day event will bring together students from around the nation to focus on various farm crisis issues. • Farm Crisis Committee, Emerson, Neb. The committee received a $10,000 grant to help farmers who are under financial, legal and emotional stress. The committee directs farmers to professionals. • Great Plains Organizing Project, Kearney. The committee received a $15,000 grant to hire a full-time organizational leader to direct a group of religious leaders from seven denomina tions and other community members. The group will focus on bringing communities together in effort to identify problems resulting from the farm crisis. • Interchurch Ministries of Nebraska, Lincoln. A $10,000 grant will finance a hotline which is used to assist farmers under financial, legal or emotional stress. • Nebraska Statewide Pantry Network, Lincoln. Their $110,500 grant is used to supply pan tries with food, and to help needv farmers meet utility, medical and other eir :y bills. See FARMAID on 3 NU damage claim suit is possible By Colleen Kenney Staff Reporter The University of Nebraska Board of Regents will decide Saturday whether to assign a university property damage claim against a company that installed faulty heating equipment in the Bob Devaney Sports Center to a brokerage firm. Joe Rowson, NU public affairs direc tor, said that Drexel Burnham Lambert, Inc., has agreed to pay $195,650 to the university and the firm will then con tact Manville Corporation, which in stalled the faulty equipment in 1974, to claim the damages. Rowson said selling the damage claim will get it off the hands of Univer sity of Nebraska Lincoln officials. “Instead of taking a lot of time and effort to pursue this,” he said, “we’re letting them take it over.’’ More than 2,000 feet of buried steam pipes deteriorated shortly after they were installed, leading to leaks, a steam pipe explosion, sidewalk dam age and extensive repairs, according to a report by John W. Goebel, vice chan cellor for business and finance. Goebel said it was in UNL's best interest to sell the suit because the Manville Corporation is facing legal actions and reorganization under Chapter 11 bankruptcy law. Rowson said the corporation “has a zillion lawsuits against them’’ concern ing asbestos in their products, so UNL lawyers thought it was best not to risk going through with the suit. UNL originally had sought $300,000 in the suit, but the plan of reorganiza tion under Chapter 11 allowed only $250,000 for the suit. The university will get 91 percent of the face value of the claim by assigning it to Drexel Burnham Lambert, Inc. The regents also will act on the sale of bonds for renovation of Morrill Hall, purchases of a plot of land at 1309 N. 17th St., preliminary designs for parts of the student recreation center and an animal clinic in Clay Center, contracts ~ See REGENTS on~3 Eric Gregory/Daily Nebraskan I feel pretty A feeder heifer waits patiently in the 4-H cattle barn at the Nebraska State Fair Thursday while it has its hind quarters blown dry. See page 8 for more on the fair. Lack of members puts GLSA’s future on endangered list By Ana Balka Staff Reporter The Gay/Lesbian Student Associa tion appears to be folding because of lack of interest and support. Only four people attended a GLSA organizational meeting Thursday night, and none of them wanted to take charge of the group. Vicki Jedlicka, last year’s vice presi dent, put announcements in the Daily Nebraskan with her own money after Louis Crompton, GLSA’s faculty advi sor, contacted her to organize the first meeting. However, she said she doesn’t want to be involved in the group this year. Three others who attended the meeting said they were not interested in running the group. Crompton could not be reached for comment on the future of the or ganization. Former GLSA president Rodney Bell 111, who was involved with the group for more than two years, graduated in May. Since he left, the group does not have any direction, said Ron, a past member of GLSA who was at the meeting. Ron asked to be identified by his first name only. There were 10 to 15 regular members last year, and they met informally this summer off campus. The group has . been meeting since 1970 under differ ent names and at different locations. But Brian, another former member who asked to be identified by first name only, said, "Unless someone is willing to put the effort into it,’’ the chances of the group’s continuation are "nil." The leader of the organization would need to organize meetings and renew the groups contract with the Nebraska Union, Jedlicka said. GLSA’s funding has come from dona tions and fund raisers, and the group may operate in the red this fall — if it operates at all, Jedlicka said. Last year’s budget was more than $2,000. A donor paid all of last year's phone bills, and GLSA’s production of "Torch Song Trilogy’’ raised about $800 for the group. Jedlicka said the group would have to consult the Student Activities and Financial Services Office to be sure of GLSA’s financial status. GLSA’s purpose has been for gays to meet in a semi-social setting and to gain support, Ron said. He said that the purpose was not meant to be a way to meet people for “sexual encounters," but to make friends and gain support. Informational films and speakers have been featured at past meetings. During Thursday night’s meeting, the only phone call the group received was a prank, Jedlicka said. “One of the many," Brian said. “We’ve gotten some good ones.’’ Other Lincoln groups provide sup port for gays and lesbians, but GLSA has been the most socially oriented group, Ron said. Last spring, GLSA co-sponsored the controversial distribution of condoms on campus. The condom distribution drew attention in Nebraska courts as well. UNL officials attempted to get a court order preventing the distribut ion of the condoms on campus. Lancaster County Judge Donald Endacott denied the university’s request. In the spring and fall semesters of 1985, GLSA lobbied ASIN senators to include gays and lesbians in the bylaw to prevent discrimination of minorities in student organizations. The bill passed through the senate in the spring with gays and lesbians included, but was then vetoed by then ASl'N President Gerald Keating. In the fall, the senators failed in an attempt to override Keating's veto. The bylaw was then passed without the inclusion of gay, lesbian and bisexual students. At that time, Bell said, "I think this is a victory on some grounds. It’s a victory that the issue has been brought to awareness." But now the enthusiasm behind Bell’s victory seems to be waning.
