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WEATHER:Wednesday,sunny *T% #1 I InSidO^ and warm. High in the lower 80s I ■ % |\7 I with southwest winds at 10-16 JL/CLil Y ^B B News Digest.Page 2 mph. Wednesday night, becom- 1^^ I _ M . _ ^ J ■ B Editorial.Page 4 ing partly cloudy. Low 50-55. I I ^ ^^^k B Sports.Page 6 Thursday, partly sunny and cooler. I V V 9 ■ B Entertainment..'.Page 8 High in the lower 70s. ^ jlB^^^^B. Jb I Classified.Page 11 September 23, 1987University of Nebraska-LincolnVol. 87 No. 20 UNL’s FarmAid profits to fix stadium By Victoria Ayotte Staff Reporter UNL Chancellor Martin Massen gale said Tuesday the university would “certainly consider” playing host to another concert like FarmAid III. “We have to evaluate each situ ation on its own merit,” Massengale said. “My impression was that it (Farm Aid) went extremely well,” he said. “People worked hard and it paid off.” FarmAid concessions grossed $180,000. with UNL making a profit of more than $70,000 after expenses. The athletic department will get con cessions profits, Massengale said. Gary Fouraker, business manager for the UNL athletic department, said profits from concessions will be used for stadium repairs and athletic schol arships. Fouraker said Memorial Stad ium’s balconies need to be water proofed, and some expansion joints need to be replaced. Work on the total $1 million repair job will begin next spring, he said. Massengale said parking profits would go to improve parking lots. But Lt. John Burke of the UNL Police Department said money probably was lost on parking. While UNL offi cials have a good idea of how much money the university made from FarmAid III, officials from FarmAid Inc. are still unsure of their profits. Money taken in from FarmAid III, about $3 million so far, is more than was collected at FarmAid II, but less than FarmAid I, said Carolyn Mugar, director of FarmAid Inc. Mugar estimated FarmAid I prof its at $9 million and FarmAid II prof its at $2 million. Mugar said people are confused about the farm crisis now because of unclear reports in the media. This could be a reason FarmAid II and III haven’t made as much money as the first concert. “The farm crisis was on the front page of every paper (during FarmAid I),” Mugar said. Farm Aid II had to compete with events on the Fourth of July weekend, Mugar said. Mugar said there is no exact break down of revenue for Farm Aid I and II, but the gross was more than $11 mil lion between September 1985 and December 1986. There is no exact count ot money made during Farm Aid III yet, she said. The gross taken in by FarmAid doesn’t represent the I prohts made, she said. 5 he estimated 40 to 50 percent of the gross was taken jp by expenses. Fraternities give to FarmAid From Staff Reports ‘‘Greeks for Agriculture,” a philanthropy started by members of FarmHouse fraternity, raised $620 for Farm Aid III this weekend by asking Greek houses to skip meals last Friday for the cause. Chris Anderson, FarmHouse philanthropy chairman, said eight University of Nebraska-Lincoln houses contributed by skipping all or one of their meals. Anderson said that although he hasn’t heard from all houses on campus, FarmHouse members were disappointed with the number of houses that participated in the event. But Anderson wasn’t dissatis fied with the amount of money that was raised, he said. “Anytime you can raise that much money for a good cause, it makes it all worthwhile,” he said. Delta Delta Delta, Gamma Phi Beta, Tau Kappa Epsilon, Theta Chi, Kappa Kappa Gamma, Chi Omega, Alpha Chi Omega and FarmHouse made donations. Carter speaks on presidential duties By Amy Edwards Senior Reporter The United States should use its full power to work toward world peace, former president Jimmy Carter said Tuesday in Omaha. Carter spoke about the duties of the president as a peacemaker and a civil rights leader using the political influ ence of the presidency to enhance his goals. The United States is the most powerful nation in the world — mor ally, ethically, politically and eco nomically and needs to decide what to do with this power, Carter said. “1 think our nation could exact its full strength to bring about peace,” Carter said. Carter spoke to more than 2,0(X) Creighton University alumni Tuesday morning at the Civic Auditorium in Hmah'j anH ? MOO vf 11 — dents and faculty members Tuesday afternoon at Creighton University. Carter outlined the constitutional duties of the president and stressed the importance of a good president. “The eyes of the nation arc focused on the White House most acutely when the U.S. is embarrassed,” Carter said. When this happens, people ask themselves who their president is and what is he doing to help them, he said. Carter talked about examples of presidential embarrassments like the Bay of Pigs, the Vietnam *Var, Water gate, and most recently, the Iran Contra hearings. The United States is tnc greatest nation on earth for its citizens, Carter said. They have the right to expect their president to be competent, pas sionate and to tell the truth. “I doubt we will ever know the truth (about the Iran-Contra affair),” Carter said. The president should lake the re sponsibility for his actions, Carter ^_M-a-mm.-am m—m--—mm _ . ... Andres Hoy/Daily Nebraskan Jimmy Carter speaks at Creighton University. said. President Reagan has an image that he doesn’t need to take the blame so he finds someone else to blame, he said. dent,” Carter said. “He also has the “Reagan’s demeanor is that of an image of a grandfather who doesn’t actor who is performing as a presi- quite know what’s going on.” After giving his speech, Carter answered questions from both groups about the roles of the president. Police lose money rrom parking sales By Dorothy Pritchard Senior Reporter The University of Ncbraska-Lin coln Police Department may have lost as much as $4,000 selling parking spaces at FarmAid III last weekend, officials estimated. The police department rented space in the commuter lot north of the stadium for $5 to cars and motor cycles, $10 for recreational vehicles and $20 for buses. However, Lt. John Burke said only four buses and about 1200 cars rented space. They grossed aboul $6,(XX), but it will not be enough to cover their costs. Burke said the rent charged for the parking places did not cover the time and labor spent attending the lots. Burke said labor would cost aboul $8,(XX) to $10,(XX) plus added costs from signs, ropes and barricades. Labor for Farm Aid cost more than on football Saturdays, Burke said, be cause the lots were blocked off and manned before the day of the concert. “We learned a lot from it,” he said. “There were just too many un knowns.” FarmAid won’t reimburse the po lice department for its loss, Burke said. Thomas Quarnslrom, regional manager for National Garages in Lincoln, said parking lots near cam pus were filled, but he was disap pointed in the parking receipts for the city as a whole. “We’d rather have a nice average football game," Quarnslrom said. The National Garages lot west of Memorial Stadium sold 1,400 out of 1,5(X) places, Quarnslrom said, and a lot at Ninth and N streets filled all 122 places. All 286 places at their lot in ihe Hay market sold but the Centrum ga rage was not even half full and the Comhusker Hotel’s garage was not affected at all by the concert, he said. “We didn’t lose money but the profit margin wasn’t as great as a football game,” Quarntstrom said. Quarnstrom said they charged regular football parking prices of $5 the day of the concert and regular $ 1 - a-day fees on Thursday and Friday. None of the proceeds go to FarmAid. Quarnstrom said more labor was involved than at a football game, since preparations began on Thursday be fore the concert and the lots were manned 24 hours a day. “There was a lot of wort in volved," he said. “We’rea little disap pointed, on the whole." A spokeswoman for the Nebraska Stadium Shop located west of the stadium, said its lot did not sell out either. About half of the lot was sold, she said, but some of the places were used by f<x)d vendors. Twenty-five percent of each $10 parking fee went to FarmAid, she said.