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November 10, 1987 University of Nebraska-Lincoln__Vol. 87 No. 54
FarmAid pleased with concert pledges -
By Michael Hooper
Senior Hditor
About seven weeks after thousands of fans
across the nation watched FarmAid III, concert
officials expect the event to raise nearly $1
‘ million.
As of a week ago, FarmAid had raised
$654,000 of the $929,800 that had been
pledged during thcconccrt, said FarmAid attor
ney Joel Cherry.
“We’re pleased,” Cherry said Monday in a
telephone interview from his office in Atlanta.
“I wish the television ratings would have been
higher. If there were more (people) watching
TV, there would have been more collected.”
Cherry said more money from advertising
had been anticipated, but the ratings were lower
than expected. About $200,000 will be raised
from advertising, he said. Ad rates are based on
how many people watched the show.
The concert cost about $1.3 million, which
was easily paid for by the $1.4 million raised
from ticket sales, Cherry said.
Those who pledged but haven’t yet sent a
check will receive follow-up letters, Cherry
said. The letters usually encourage people to
send what they pledged, he said.
Although FarmAid III officials expected to
raise more than what is now predicted, the $1
million is enough to keep the organization
going, Cherry said.
“We have enough to continue to do that
which FarmAid set out to do,” Cherry said.
Cherry said that in addition to the pledged
donations, the concert raised $ 141,000 in dona
tions that weren’t pledged during the concert
and another SI90,000 from credit cards.
Production costs were lower than expected,
Cherry said. For example, Dick Clark Produc
tions had prepared a budget of about 5580,000,
but reduced it to about 5475,000, he said. Total
production costs were 5830,000, and from that,
a public relations firm, the Nashville Network
and the firm that syndicated the show to televi
sion stations will be paid.
The UniversityofNebraska-Lincolnhas not
yet submitted a budget to FarmAid III, Cherry
said, but it probably will be lower than ex
pected.
Cherry praised the university and especially
John Goebel, vice chancellor for business and
finance, for being cooperative.
“Of the three FarmAids, this was the
smoothest of the three,” Cherry said. “The
artists, television stations all thought so.”
Cherry said if there is a Farm Aid IV, he’s not
sure it w ill be in Lincoln again.
“Knowing the people of Nebraska,” Cherry
said, it would be much easier, “but I can't
speculate that there will be another in Lincoln.”
Cherry said he was upset with some media
for making FarmAid III look like it was not
going to disclose the amount of donations.
“We weren’t trying to hide anything,”
Cherry ,aid. “You just can’t expect to know
what will be raised the next day.”
Faculty Senate
wants report
on sports probe
By Amy Edwards
Scn»>r Reporter
Concerns about how the Intercol
legiate Athletic Committee has been
scrutinizing the University of Nc
braska-Lincoln athletic programs has
been raised by the Faculty Senate’s
Committee on Committees.
The Committee on Committees
will ask the Intercollegiate Athletic
Committee questions about their in
vestigation into alleged problems of
athletes taking summer classes to
remain eligible.
James E. Kinder, chairman of the
Committee on Committees said the
committee was asked to look into the
methods of the Intercollegiate Ath
letic Committee because of concern
by faculty members about whether
the Intercollegiate Athletic Commit
tee is functioning in the best interests
of the university.
Susan Welch, political science
professor at UNL and member of the
Intercollegiate Athletic Committee,
said the committee is looking into the
athletic program to determine
whether the summer academic pro
grams in question are maintaining
academic standards.
Roger Groolers, director of aca
demic programs for the athletic de
partment, said the committee may
raise some constructive criticisms of
the department, but have not found
anything negative in the department.
“To this point I’m confident they
haven’t found anything wrong and
won’t find anything wrong,’’Groolers
said. “We haven’t done anything
wrong.”
The Intercollegiate Athletic Com
mittee will be asked to examine a
scries of questions and report back at
the December meeting of the Faculty
Senate.
The questions to be answered by
the Intercollegiate Athletic Commit
tee arc:
What action is the (Intercollegiate
Athletic Committee) taking and what
action should the faculty senate lake
with respect to the reports of special
summer offerings foratheletcs? How
can these special offerings be pre
vented?
To what extent does the faculty
have input into deciding how UNL
votes on NCAA athletic issues? To
what extent is faculty input sought for
votes concerning academic matters?
Have restrictions on bowl game
eligibility of players who do not carry
full course loads during fall semester
been examined?
The Faculty Senate will meet
Tuesday in the Nebraska Room,
Nebraska Center on East Campus.
Doug Carroll/Daily Nebraskan
Radio Free Lincoln
R.E.M. lead vocalist Michael Stipe belts out a song at the group's Monday night concert in Lincoln. R.E.M. performed at
Pershing Auditorium to a crowd of several thousand. Other group members include Mike Mills, Bill Perry and Peter Buck.
The opening band was the dB's.
Job prospects look good for grads
By Adi Asenaca Shane Caucau
stall Reporter
More entry-level job openings will
be available for college graduates this
year, but grads may find it harder to
move up in the working world, a re
search analyst at the Nebraska De
partment of Labor said.
Research analyst Chris Hodges
said college graduates will have a
lough time moving up because of the
high number of 29- to 44-year-olds
who have already established them
selves in the work force.
Hodges predicted a great demand
for skilled and educated people.
“The longer and higher a person
stays in school, the better their
chances,” Hodges said.
Hodges said education prepares
workers for clerical jobs, which are
beginning to use more computerized
equipment.
“It becomes important to recog
nize the importance of training and
retraining, as well as continual educa
tion,” Hodges said. There is also a
need to increase job quality and op
portunity for advancement, training
and retraining tokeep up with change,
he said.
Overall, Nebraska has a much
older labor force. This follows a na
tionwide trend — there arc fewer
workers from ages 16 to 24, while the
number of workers ages 35 to 54 is
increasing.
Figures released by the U.S. De
partment of Labor show the work
iorcc will be increasing by only 1
percent annually for the next 15 years,
one of the lowest annual rates in the
nation’s history. Also, the number of
workcrscntcring the labor market will
decline, according to the labor statis
tics.
Phil Baker, research supervisor for
the Nebraska Department of Labor,
said the resulting tight labor market
could create opportunities for jobs,
training and higher wages.
According to a publication by the
Nebraska Department of Labor, the
possibility of more jobs will be good
for women, minorities and immi
grants, who will account for 80 per
cent of the net additions to the labor
force.
Hodges said the impact of minority
employment in Nebraska would be
small, with metropolitan areas like
Omaha affected die most. Nebraska’s
black population is only 3 percent of
the total in Nebraska, but the black
population is increasing at twice the
rate of the white population.
Women will have a greater impact,
he said. Nebraska census figures show
the women participation rate in the
labor force both women working
and those actively looking fora job
increased from 38 percent in 1960 to
62 percent in 1980.
During the same period the partici
pation rale for men remained constant
at about 85 percent. In 1980 almost
half of all mothers with preschool
children were in the labor force.
“This means that the need for day
care centers will continue to in
crease,” Hodges said.
In 1980, 67 percent of mothers
with children between ages 6 and 17,
were in the labor force.
“Economic reasons is also one of
the major factors leading to the in
crease in the number of women in the
labor force,” Baker said. Among
married couples in Nebraska, 46 jvr
cent were dual earners in 1980.
The service industry is one ol the
fastest growing employment sectors,
according to the I)epartmenl of I abor
statistics. From 19/6 to 1980 45 |vr
cent more workers were added to the
service industry in Nebraska, the
average addition for all industries pul
together was only 14 percent.
“We are projecting the service
industry to lead the increase in jobs
through 1988,” Hodges said.
Business and health are adding the
most jobs in the service industry, the
report said. Business services include
advertising, consulting, credit and
collection, personnel supply, and
building and maintenance. Health
services include nursing homes, hos
pitals, new out-patient facilities,
blood banks and laboratories.
