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Indoor practice field dedicated Saturday
By Jane Hirt
Staff Reporter
As thousands of footbal 1 fans made
their way to Memorial Stadium Satur
day for the Nebraska-Oklahoma
game, hundreds wearing Husker red
attended the dedication of the Cook
Pavilion and the George B. Cook
Indoor Practice Field.
The dedication began with an open
house and a brief pregame concert by
a Cornhusker Marching Band en
semble. The dedication included
remarks from Gov. Kay Orr, the Uni
versity of Nebraska Board of Regents
and university administrators.
The ceremony honored major pri
vate contributors to the project, which
was built entirely with private gifts to
the NU Foundation and proceeds from
a football ticket surcharge. The build
ing and practice field were named
after the George B. Cook family of
Lincoln and the Dan W. Cook family
of Dallas, who contributed the most
money to the project.
D.B. Varner, president emeritus of
the NU Foundation, began the cere
mony, calling the pavilion and prac
tice field a “remarkable facility.”
Gov. Kay Orr said she approved of
the field for “our wonderful football
program.”
Nebraska football “unifies us as a
state,” she said. “It’s the force that
brings us together.”
“The pride shines from our eyes,”
she said.
Bob Devaney called it the “finest
indoor practice field in the entire
country.”
He said the facility is “badly
needed to keep up the type of program
we want to have.”
But he added that 70 to 75 percent
of the time the center will be used by
students and faculty members, “not
just for football.”
NU President Ronald Roskens
said, “Great universiti'es become great
universities because of the people
who support them.” There is “one
word that conveys our appreciation —
thank you.”
IJNL Chancellor Martin Massen
gale said the completion of the prac
tice field indicates that the university
is correcting some deficiencies.
‘This is not the Cook
house. This is your
house.’
-Cook
“This kind of investment, people
with vision, has made this university
what it is,” he said.
The Cook family was presented
with original color prints of the Cook
Pavilion and plaques.
The dedication of Cook Pavilion
and the George B. Cook Field marks
the completion of the first phase of
UNL’s campus recreation and athletic
center.
The 78,000-square-foot pavilion
provides sheltered practice area for
the Nebraska football team and other
intercollegiate sports teams.
Dan Cook, speaking for the Cook
family, said the building and practice
field really belongs to everyone.
“This is not the Cook house,” he
said. “This is your house.”
UNL faculty salary question
Faculty groups raising money to hire lobbyists
By Linda Holmes
Staff Reporter
About $4,(XX) has been donated to
the Friends of Faculty Fund and
$3,(XX) to the American Association
of University Professors to hire lobby
ists to push for higher pay for Univer
sity of Nebraska-Lincoln faculty
members.
Jim Lewis, UNL Faculty Senate
president, said he would be pleased if
faculty members raise $5,000 for the
Friends of Faculty Fund, a program
the Faculty Senate started. He said it is
unrealistic to expect every faculty
member to donate to the fund. But he
said he hopes at least one-fifth of the
UNL faculty donates $1 for each
$ 1,000 of salary.
Lewis said faculty members from
every college donated the $4,000 al
ready received.
He said the Friends of Faculty Fund
enables faculty members to get in
volved personally with the fight for
higher salaries.
The Faculty Senate is not the only
organization that is raising money for
a lobbyist.
Susan Welch, past president of the
American Association of University
Professors, said UNL’s AAUP chap
icr has raised $3,000 for a lobbyist the
organization hired last May.
A A UP hired a lobbyist last May
when it was obvious the faculty would
need one, she said. But by May the
money for his fee had not yet been
raised, she said.
The organization has set a $3,500
goal to be reached by January, she
said. She expects the fund to exceed
that goal.
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‘Our hOUse for sale’
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Pranksters placed a realty sign in front of Memorial Stadium early Sunday morning following
Oklahoma’s 17-7 upset of Nebraska. Nebraska defensive end Broderick Thomas nicknamed the stadium
“Our House.”
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Kearney State looks at education testing
By Amy Edwards
| Senior Reporter
Kearney State College is research
ing “value-added education” testing
to asses the amount of knowledge
students gain from a college program.
Lon Weber, KSC vice president for
academic affairs, said the college is
collecting information on value
added education to determine what, if
any, programs should be implemented
to belter serve students’ needs.
Weber said several types of testing
could be implemented in the program.
Testing could begin when students
enter college and finish after a student
finishes college. Another method of
testing could be done before and al ter
each semester.
Weber said the testing is not one
dimensional. Students would be
tested on lifestyles, study habits, ex
tracurricular activities and choice of
major, along with testing for educa
tional course work.
Joe Rowson, director of public
affairs for the University of Nebraska,
said value-added education testing isa
“worthwhile concept” that has been
discussed at the university. Rowson
said that although no program for such
testing is being actively pursued at the
university, the council of academic
officers is trying to gather more infor
mation on the subject.
Difficulties in the testing program
include the types of programs that
could show solid results, whether
graduating students would take the
tests seriously, and which students
should be tested, Rowson said.
Rowson said another problem with
the testing would be if faculty mem
bers began teaching toward the tests,
instead of following normal course
outlines.
Even with the problems the testing
brings up, Rowson said it would be
helpful in addressing concerns em
ployers have about the education stu
dents arc receiving.
The concept of value-added educa
tion is a longitudinal look at the whole
educational process, Weber said. If
testing is done before and after col
lege, the first results will not be back
for five years.
Weber said the test results will be
worth wailing for if they can be used
to improve students’ education.
“There are no quick ways to ana
lyze this,” Weber said.
Weber said value-added education
testing is a good concept to explore
because it “brings into focus the whole
teaching-learning process.”
A study group from the KSC fac
ulty senate is looking into the options
of value-added education testing,
Weber said. No programs will be
implemented until all options are
studied and the one that sui ts K SC best
is found, he said.
Rowson said he didn’t know when
or if testing programs would be imple
mented at the university. The concept
is still in exploratory stages, he said.
Money is coming in every day, she
said.
The UNL chapter includes more 20
faculty members. Besides sending a
newsletter to all faculty members in
October, she said, the AAUP mem
bers have talked to professors on
campus about the fund.
Although both the AAUP and the
Faculty Senate are raising money for
separate lobbyists, both organizations
are working for the same cause and no
conflict exists between the organiza
tions, she said.
Switzer says team
will challenge Miami
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week, some Nebraska players had
predicted victories with scores like
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defense.
“Wc didn't even miss Boz today,"
Switzer said of Brian Bosworth. who
played linebacker for the Sooners last
season but moved on to professional
football this year.
The Sooners are headed to the
Orange Bowl to play Miami, the only
team that has beat them in the last
three years. Switzer said this season’s
Oklahoma team should challenge
Miami.
“This team plays better than any
other team we’ve had play,” he said.
Kerrey joins
Senate race
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advantage.
“It helps already having a cam
paign under my belt,” Kerrey said.
“There is just so much that can happen
between now in the elections though.
You never can tell.”
Tom Monaghan, chairman of the
Nebraska Democratic Party, said he is
pleased to hear Kerrey plans to run for
the Senate. Monaghan said Kerrey
will probably be the only democratic
candidate for the position.
“How would you like to be spend
ing one or two million dollars to run
against Bob Kerrey,” he said.
Sittig said he believes there will be
others on the democratic ticket
against Kerrey, but that Kerrey will be
the nominee.
Sittig said this Senate race is also
unusual because it started much e,;
lier than most Senate races. He said
Daub kicked off his campaign almost
five months ago and Karnes followed
soon after.
Sittig said Kerrey’s mid-Novcm
ber announcement is not unusually
late.
Kerrey said he decided to an
nounce Friday because he felt an obli
gation to his supporters to make a
decision.
Kerrey had previously said he
would announce in mid-October.
Karnes and Daub could not be
reached for comment.
