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Eric Gregory/Daiiy Nebraskai Sister Johneen Owens (left) and Sister Judy Mascarello inspect architecture students’ final plans for an addition to the Stephen Center in Omaha. Authorities commend designs Architecture students confront social problem in class project By Anne Mohri Senior Reporter University of Nebraska-Lincoln architecture graduate students pre sented housing projects to various business people and professional architects Monday at the College of Architecture. The 21 first-year graduate stu dents, enrolled in Architectural De sign 855, were given five weeks to complete housing projects for home less people. Ellis Masek, executive director of the Lincoln Housing Authority, said the students’ ideas were good. How ever, the Housing Authority has to decide ifrentoneach housing project will generate enough money to pay for the project before it can be built, he said. Jim Knapp, advisory board mem ber of the Stephen Center — an emergency housing project for single * men, women and families in Omaha — said he has found a new apprecia tion for today’s college student. UNL students worked on the Stephen Center. “The adult perception of the col lege student is not very complimen tary/’ Knapp said. “This indicates they are serious about a social prob lem.” Betty Heckman, realtor for Woods Brothers Realty and a repre sentative for the Lincoln Board of Realtors, said she was amazed by the projects. Their neatness and thor oughness were commendable, she said. Rick Kuhl, a UNL architecture professor involved in the project, said he thought the project was suc cessful considering students had only five weeks to work on them. Ted Ertl, UNL architecture pro fessor, said the Stephen Center advi sory board viewed the projects last Friday. The members wanted to know how soon they could have the projects built, he said. Ertl said the board members would like to have a center built this summer. Joan Higgins-Smith, project coor dinator, said the students arc happy the community has taken an interest in their projects. “The students nave lakcn this project real seriously.” she said. the architecture students agreed. Jeff Sellcntin said it took him five weeks to design his cluster housing for single mothers. It look 17 hours per day for about five days to prepare the project for presentation, he said. Tim Kuhlman said he saw the sun come up from the architectural studio four times while working on his housing project. “This project has required the most time of anything we’ve ever done,” he said. Jeff Jennings said the five students working with him spent the last three days eating and sleeping at the Archi tecture College. He said they drank a lot of coffee and played pranks on students in other studios to help keep them awake. Chris Barnwell said, “While the College of Business Administration gets locked up at 9 p.ni., our lighLs never go out.” Geoff McDonald said camarade rie develops when people work to gether for so long, particularly when they arc work ing on the same project. Class helps students understand nuclear weapon threat By Shawn Schuldies Staff Reporter University of Ncbraska-Lincoln students said the information they get in Sociology of the Nuclear Threat has helped them understand nuclear weapons but hasn’t changed their opinion about the weapons. Robert Benford, assistant profes sor of sociology, said the class tries to go beyond describing how destruc tive the weapons can be to showing different viewpoints people have about nuclear weapons. Benford. who teaches the class, said the course also touches on alternatives to using nuclear turns for security. Russ Judson, a senior melcoroi ogy major, said he believes the United States should have nuclear weapons. Judson said the United States and the Soviet Union would be more likely to go to war if they had only conventional weapons. Neither side would start fighting if such destruc tive weapons are involved, he said. Judson said he took the class to understand other points of view. But, he said, the class hasn't changed his opinions. It is interesting to see how people can use the same information to arrive at different conclusions, Judson said. Denise Simonscn, a senior crimi nal justice major, said the class rcaf firmed her belief that nobody really knows what’s happening. Everyone hears how the government stands on the issue, Simonsen said, and the class gives students a chance to hear other perspectives. Simonsen said she learned a dif ferent perspective about the bombing of Hiroshima. The United States didn’tuscanatomicbombjusltostop the war, but also to show its domi nance, she said. Kim Brauligam, a junior sociol ogy major, said more lime should be spent on finding alternatives rather than depending on nuclear weapons for security. However, decreasing nuclear weapons lor security is more complicated than it seems, she said. Making nuclear weapons pro vides jobs for thousands of people, Brautigam said. Ways to convert factories that make nuclear weapons to other industries need to be found, Brautigam said. Benford said one way to reduce the need for nuclear arms is to de velop institutions that try to resolve conflicts, instead of institutions that try to strengthen or improve nuclear weapons. Brian Brumbaugh, a sophomore sociology major, said the class is informative. Brumbaugh said he’s heard students say “I didn’t know that” or “Are they serious?” Every one needs to be concerned about nuclear arms, Brumbaugh said. Brumbaugh, a ROTC member, said the course is good background information for him. He said he might be at the controls of a missile after his military training. Seventy students arc in the class this semester, Benford said. The stu dents have majors ranging from po litical science and psychology to architecture and business, he said. If interest in the course remains high, he said, ihe course has a good chance of becoming a regular part of the curriculum. The course is now offered only every other semester, lie said. $1,600 in goods stolen from AOPi From Sufi Reports Police arc investigating two thefts of more than SI ,600 in goods from the Alpha Omicron Pi sorority, said Lt. Ron Bruder of the Lincoln Police Department. The two thefts occurred Jan. 30 and last Friday, said Susan Potter, AOPi president Potter said more than S1,200 in goods was taken during the theft on Jan. 30. Cash, checks, watches, jewelry and identifi cation cards were stolen Friday, Bruder said, along with more than S400. Lincoln Police look reports of thefts from at least four students Friday between 10 p.m. and midnight, Bruder said. Bruder said police have no suspects yet. Potter said residents of the sorority were upset by the thefts, bui were holding up well. “It kind of tends to upset a few people when somebody comes into your house when they weren’t invited, especially twice,” she said. “But nobody’s paranoid or anything. They don’t think anyone’s around the corner,” she said. Profit-with-principles theory a modern idea for investors By Tammy Sopinski Staff Reporter While an investor’s goal is to make money, people can go one step further by making sure their money is invested in companies that meet their social and ethical standards. Charles Winter and Mike Miller of A.G. Edwards and Sons, Inc. will speak on campus today, telling students and faculty members how they can do the most with their investment dollars. University Program Council’s Talks and Topics Committee is sponsoring the discussion at 3:30 p.m. in the Nebraska Union. Winter and Miller said people should not invest in companies that don't meet their per sonal standards. Investors who come to them I ill out an assessment form that obtains personal opinions about such topics as worker safety, environ mental protection, involvement in South Africa and product quality. After investors fill out the form, Winter and Miller screen out the companies that don ’ t meet the individual’s standards. Winter said the investment firm makes sure the companies invested in are sound, but also takes things one step further by taking a “social and labor look.” Winter and Miller have researched compa nies and have complete records concerning these areas on file. Miller said people arc responsible for the money they invest, so they should know how that company operates. Winter said it’s a way of getting to know the company better. “It’s their money; they are responsible for what is done with it,” Miller said. Winler and Mi 1 ler said companics with good employee relations, quality products and gen erally good records tend to be the most profit able. However, when the economy starts to go down, people tend to invest in anything People should always be socially aware when investing, even if there isn’t a bull mar ket, they said. If people continually invest in socially sound companies, others will be forced to become socially aware as well. “The money people pul away doesn't have to violate their principles,’’Winter said. “Inves tors and individuals can make a difference.” Miller and Winter arc trying to reach as many people as possible to get their idea across. 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