November 24, 1987 University of Nebraska-Lincoln Vol. 87 No. 64
Researcher
leaves for
director job
Earl Friese leaves UNL
to begin work at Cal Tech
By Anne Mohri
Staff Reporter
Earl Friese, assistant vice-chancel
lor for research at the University of
Nebraska-Lincoln, was wearing a Cal
Tech sweatshirt under a red blazer at
Saturday’s football game.
Friese, also the director of the of
fice of research
sponsored project
services, said he
was named direc
tor of sponsored
research at Cali
fornia Institute of
Technology in
P . Pasadena about
rfiese three weeks ago.
He will help faculty members with
research grants and contracts.
“It’s a prestigious university in the
research field, compared to most other
institutions,” Friese said.
Cal Tech, he said, operates the jet
propulsion lab for NASA and operates
what he understands to be the world’s
largest optical telescope at Mount
Palomar.
'It's a prestigious
university in the re
search field, com
pared to most other
institutions.'
— Friese
He said ihc institute is internation
ally known for its research.
Friese, who has been at U NL for six
years, is scheduled to leave in mid
December.
A past president of the National
Council of University Research
Administrators and a member since
1971, Friese was awarded the Distin
guished Service Award by the organi
zation in 1986.
Friese leaves at a lime when Gov.
Kay Orr has stressed the importance of
a strong research university to im
prove Nebraska’s economy.
Earlier this semester, John Yost,
UNL vice chancellor for research and
dean of graduate studies, announced
he will leave for Western Washington
University at Bellingham, Wash.,
where he was named vice president
for academic affairs.
Yost said Friesc’s departure is a
severe loss to the university because
of his expertise in technology transfer.
However, Yost said, he understands
Friesc’s decision to leave because Cal
Tech is one of the most prestigious
institutions in the country.
Tim Harris, a graduate student in general studies and vice president of the Cornerstone
Stewards Council, kneels near a sign in front of the Cornerstone-UMHE church at 640 N.
16th St. The sign was vandalized Wednesday night.
V -
Vandalism
totals $315
By Victoria Ayotte
Staff Reporter
While most Nebraskans were
suffering from Nebraska’s loss to
Oklahoma Saturday, the football
game could have been worse for
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
police, according to Lt. Ken
Cauble of the UNL police depart
ment.
Vandalism this weekend was
“not much worse than a regular
home football game,” Cauble said.
“All in all, it wasagood weekend.”
About S315 worth of damage
occurred during the weekend, he
said.
Weekend vandalism started at
10:37 p.m. Friday, when a handrail
was broken off the northeast stair
well between first and second
floors in Pound Hall, causing S75
in damage.
1 he Cornerstone-Uni ted Min
istries in Higher Education church,
640 N. 16th St., was the next vic
tim. Around midnight Friday, the
sign in front of the building was
painted over in red and “OU Soon
ers” was printed on the sign.
Damage to the sign was $25,
Caublc said.
A few fires were also started
Friday night, but were put out by
the fire department, Cauble said.
At 16th and R streets, cardboard,
tree branches, paper and a chair
were ignited. The recreation Held
at 17th and Vine streets was also
set on fire. Pallets from benches at
the tennis court area were used to
set the fire.
UNL police assisted Oklahoma
police Saturday afternoon when
some Oklahoma fans’ stolen tick
ets were recovered at the game.
The case was turned over to Okla
homa City police for further inves
tigation, Caublc said.
Early Sunday morning, the
main door at Benton Hall was
kicked in, throwing glass 15 feet.
Damage to the door was $100.
Vandals broke the peg board
out of the women’s restroom
doors, tore down the exit sign, and
broke the glass on the fire alarm on
the 13lh floor of Abel Hall early
Sunday, causing $65 in damage.
Van considered to replace night bus
By Lynne Bomberger
Staf f Reporter
A 15-passenger van and student
driver may solve problems of too
few passengers on the night bus serv
ice that connects City and East cam
puses.
No more than nine students have
ridden the bus at one time, according
to Lincoln Transportation System
records.
During the first week of October,
214 students rode the bus — the most
since the service began in August. The
bus can carry up to 60 people.
The cost for connecting the two
campuses must be trimmed for second
semester, said James Griesen, vice
chancellor for student affairs.
Students must decide if they want
to maintain the service and at what
cost, Griesen said. If the service re
mains, then it needs to be more cco
nomical, he said. The van is an alter
native, Griesen said.
“It’s gonna be tough,” he said. “I
want to sec the service continued but
at the present time it doesn’t make
sense.”
See BUS on 3
Study: more troubles for cohabiting couples
By Joeth Zucco
Staff Reporter
Betsy and Steve have been going out since
they were stricken with spring fever six months
ago. He lives in a house with five guys and she
lives in an apartment with three women. They
want to be together more and have some pri
vacy, so they move in together.
Betsy and Steve are fictitious but their situ
ation represents many couples today.
Alan Booth, a sociology professor, said
more couples are living together before mar
riage. There’s also a trend for couples who
aren’t interested in a sexual relationship to live
together, he said.
Susan Ames, a junior human development
and family major, and Todd Rivers, a 1986
University of Nebraska-Lincoln graduate, have
been living together since August 1986.
Ames said she thinks living together is
becoming socially acceptable, especially
among young people.
“I really didn’t make a big deal about it,”
Ames said. ‘‘No one’s really said how bad it is
to my face. Younger people are more apt to look
at it with an open mind.
“My mom is old-fashioned,” she said. “She
doesn’t like the idea, but she’s getting used to
it. She’d prefer we didn’t.”
Booth said couples who live together before
marriage often use the experience as a testing
ground for their relationship. They determine
whether it can last and get to know each other
better. They learn to share housing and food
expenses. And cohabiting gives couples a place
to have sexual relations, Booth said.
Ames and Rivers said they moved in to
gether because they wanted to be together.
They plan to be married in May.
“We were always together anyway,” Ames
said. ‘‘It’s easier this way.”
Booth and David Johnson, another sociol
ogy professor, have compiled research on pre
fnariial cohabitation and marital success. A
report of their research will be published in the
Journal of Family Issues. The data for the
research came from telephone interviews with
a national sample of 2,033 married persons
under the age of 55.
Johnson and Booth’s research showed that
couples who live together before marriage
disagree more, are not as happily married, have
more problems in marriage and are more likely
to think about and get a divorce, Booth said.