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September 30, 1987 University of Nebraska-Lincoln _Vol.87 No.25
GLSA plans indefinite,
but group will stay
By Amy Edwards
Senior Reporter
The Gay/Lesbian Student Associa
tion at the University of Nebraska
Lincoln is getting more organized and
more stable at every meeting, accord
ing to officers of the support group.
There was some concern earlier in
the semester that the organization
might fold because of lack of interest
and support. Only four people at
tended the first meeting, but Roger,
the new GLSA president, said atten
dance has increased with each meet
ing.
Roger and Doug, GLSA’s secre
tary for this semester, asked to be
identified by only their first names
because they are afraid of harassment
at home.
Doug said that when the group does
get more organized, it would be nice to
have more officers, “but that will
come with more members.”
Meetings are every Thursday at 8
p.m. in the GLSA office, Rm. 342 in
the Nebraska Union. Doug said GLSA
will have “office hours” on Monday
and Thursday evenings and Tuesday
afternoons for anyone who wants to
see what the group offers.
“If people like it they can stay, if
not, that’s okay too,” Doug said.
“We’re starting out with supportive
meetings—getting to know other gay
students, and hope to have some
speakers later on.”
GLSA members have been trying
to find new members. Doug said the
easiest way to recruit is just by getting
the word out to students that there is a
support group for gay and lesbian
students.
Roger said the group has no defi
nite plans for events but he hopes to set
up an agenda when the group gets
more organized.
Doug said the first function the
group will have will probably be a
fund-raiser, because GLSA funds
their organization solely through
donations and fund-raisers.
Roger said that right now GLSA
has T-shirts and comic books for sale,
but also will take any donations.
Louis Crompton, professor and
graduate chairman of the English
department, is the faculty advisor for
GLSA.
“He’s there to support us. He’s not
an active member, just an advisor
telling us where to go for help,” Roger
said.
Andrea Hoy/Daily Nebraskan
A work of art
Matt Taylor works on his chalk drawing next to “Nanticoke,” a sculpture by Rcbert Murray,
located west of the sculpture garden.
Morrill Hall space capsule to be refurbished
By Victoria Ayotte
Staff Reporter
Renovation grounded the Apollo
space capsule outside Morrill Hall
early this week.
The space capsule was taken off its
base Monday so a new base could be
built.
The new base is the first step in
refurbishing the capsule, said Hugh
Genoways, director of Morrill Hall.
The capsule was the first Apollo
module launched by NASA. On Feb.
26,1966, Apollo 009 was a suborbital
test to determine the reliability of the
capsule and the heat shield in relation
to further manned flight.
The capsule was donated by
NASA after a letter-writing cam
paign by UNL fraternities and sorori
ties. Genoways said Behlen Manu
facturing Co. paid to have the capsule
brought to the campus.
In February 1973, Apollo XVII
astronauts Eugene Ceman, Ronald
Evans and Harrison Schmitt came to
UNL to dedicate the spacecraft.
Building a glass or plexiglass
dome over the capsule to protect it
from the weather is the Final step in
the restoration process, Genoways
said. The capsule needs protection
that won’t block the view of it,
Genoways said.
“We want to have it free to the
space and keep the open appearance,”
he said.
The estimated cost of the total
project is $50,000. The Kansas Cos
mosphere space museum in Emporia,
Kan., will do the refurbishing.
Genoways said the original capsule
had an instrument panel that was
removed by NASA because it was
made of gold. A different instrument
panel similar to the original will be
installed.
University maintenance workers
arc rebuilding the base this week at a
cost of about $1,000, maintenance
manager Jerry Delhay said.
Delhay said the old base was
meant to be temporary, but has sup
ported the capsule ever since it was
installed in the eary 1970s.
An article in the Feb. 14, 1973,
Lincoln Star newspaper said, “A per
manent instalation will be con
structed for the module in the near
future.”
Genoways said the base looked
like it was made of plywood.
“I was afraid it would crumble and
dump the space capsule,” he said.
The new capsule base will be Filled
with concrete, and will be “more
permanent,” Genoways said. Main
tenance also is constructing new
lights to be put underneath the cap
sule.
Genoways said the old base was
“an eyesore’’ and he thinks it’s impor
tant to keep the capsule from deterio
rating because of the weather.
In the age of reusable spacecraft,
I^ASA isn’t generating artifacts like
these any more, Genoways said. And
the market for items like the space
capsule has gone up since the Chal
lenger accident, he said.
“The space capsule is an important
artifact of our space program which
we have here at our museum,” he said.
ELMS’ oldies show dies; new age born
By Lee Rood
Staff Reporter
KLMS, one of Lincoln’s oldest
AM radio stations, will switch its for
mat Monday morning from “oldies”
to “new age/soft fusion jazz,” said
Judy Converse, the station’s program
director.
The new formal, called “The
Breeze,” will feature artists like
George Benson, Earl Klugh, Sadc,
Manhattan Transfer, Mannheim
Steamroller and performers on re
cording labels such as Windham Hill,
Private Music, Narada and Music
West
KLMS general manager, Tom
Birk, said the station is not switching
music formats because of low ratings,
but rather to offer Lincoln a style of
music not played on local stations.
“Every station in town is playing
oldies and we just felt we needed to
break away from this formal,” Birk
said.
AM stations have lost ratings over
the past several years because AM
stations’ programming has been so
similar, Birk said. A recent survey
indicated KLMS has about 5 percent
of the listening audience, Birk said.
The music will be relayed via sat
cllilc by Progressive Music Network,
based in Minneapolis, Birk said. The
network will fit well with KLMS’
stereo broadcasting, he said.
The network will replace four
employees who will be dismissed,
Birk said.
Jack Moore, president and general
manager of Progressive Music Net
work, said the formal is geared toward
young, upscale adults with a devel
oped interest in music and “people
who know what they like.” Music
played on “The Breeze” avoids “the
real spaccy stuff,” Moore said.
Selections could also include live
performances of Windham Hill artists
including George Winston, Michael
Hedges, Liz Story and Scott Cossu, he
said.
KLMS is the second station to
broadcast “The Breeze,” Moore said.
A station in Spokane, Wash., was the
first to broadcast Progressive’s pro
gramming, he said, with additional
outlets scheduled in Miami, Santa Fe,
N.M. and Burlington, Vt.
Birk said it’s the kind of music
students listen to while studying,
except that they haven’t been able to
listen to it on die radio.
“It gets no airplay around here,” he
said.
KLMS, AM 1480, will continue to
provide news, weather, sports and
“Monday Night Football,” Birk said.
Richard Alloway, an instructor in
broadcasting in the University of
Nebraska-Lincoln Collegcof Journal
ism, said he isn’t sure how the new
format will do in Lincoln.
Alloway, who worked at KFOR in
Omaha for 12 years, said the new age
jazz is aimed at people 25 to 40 years
old who are tired of oldies, but arc not
yet ready for “beautiful music.”
This type of jazz, described as
“mood music,” includes longer pieces
and less vocals, Alloway said. The
music has a calming effect on people
who lead fast-paced lives, he said.
“1 think there is an audience for it in
Lincoln, how large it will be, I don’t
know,” he said.
Converse describes the new sound
as ‘‘light and hip,” and said she be
lieves listeners will like the change
because of a recent revival in jazz
music around Lincoln.
“It’s time to address the more so
phisticated listener out there,” she
said.
“Wc fed like a trendsetter here,”
said Converse, who has worked at the
station 11 years. “Wc were the first
AM station in Lincoln with oldies,and
now so many others are doing it, wc
feel it is a logical outgrowth.
“Anytime you have the opportu
nity of offering Lincoln music they
don’t otherwise have the opportunity
to hear, it’s always an exciting possi
bility,” she said.
KLMS has been in existence since
1948, Birk said. It usually has aired
popular music such as rock ‘n’ roll.
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More women enrolling at UNL
By Adi Asenaca Caucau
Staff Reporter
Despite a decrease in student
enrollment, John Benson, interim
director of Institutional Research
and Planning, said the number of
women students at the University
of Nebraska-Lincoln has contin
ued to increase.
The percentage of women en
rolling at UNL went from 42.3
percent in 1981 to 45.7 percent in
1987.
Overall enrollment decreased
from 24,228 in the fall of 1985-86
to 23,466 this fall — a drop of 762
students.
‘‘This trend follows a general
decline throughout the country,”
said Bill Todd, data base manager
of Institutional Research and Plan
ning. The decrease in the birth rate
has caused a decrease in elemen
tary schools’ enrollment, conse
quently leading to a further de
crease in high school graduates,
Todd said.
Fewer high school graduates
ultimately affect university
enrollments, he said.
Classes at the university began
in 1871 with a total of 130 students.
Enrollment peaked in the fall of
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