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Deans: Few criticize no-smoking policy
By Anne Mohri
and Amy Edwards
Senior Reporters
Several University of Nebraska
Lincoln college deans said they think
a no-smoking policy in public areas
at UNL is inevitable and that few
faculty members have complained.
Gaiy Schwcndiman, dean of the
College of Business Administration,
said he has heard little reaction
against the policy.
Schwendiman said few people in
the college smoke. The policy is a
trend happening in many corpora
tions, he said.
“It’s just a matter of time before
smoking is outlawed in all public
areas,” he said.
He said the needs of the minority
that smokes will be considered if the
policy is implemented.
UNL officials arc scheduled to
Department non-smoking areas to be designated
implement the policy July 1.
The policy would prohibit smok
ing in halls, classrooms, labs, eleva
tors and emergency shelter areas.
The right to smoke in other areas
would be granted by individual de
partment chairpersons and would
cover only that department’s juris
diction.
The areas left to chairpersons’
discretion include single-occupant
offices, auditoriums and dining
rooms.
Other requirements in the policy:
• Smokers who smoke in their of
fice must buy and maintain smoke
filters.
• Signs reading “Smoking Al
lowed” and “No Smoking” must be
posted in rooms with both areas.
Smoking would be prohibited in
areas with no signs.
• Deans, directors, department
chairpersons, managers and other
supervisory personnel must enforce
the policy and punish those who
don’t comply.
John Goebel, vice chancellor for
business and finance, released a
memo to get reaction from UNL
students, staff and faculty members.
Cecil Steward, dean of the Col
lege of Architecture, said no one has
complained about the smoking pol
icy.
Steward said the college already
has a smoking area. He said the
policy is good for crowded areas but
would be difficult to enforce in halls.
R. Neale Copple, dean of the
College of Journalism, said a no
smoking policy was inevitable. He
said he and the other smokers in the
college have joked about the policy,
but will have to go along with it.
No-smoking areas will be desig
nated for students and faculty mem
bers, Copple said.
“We will treat us smokers with as
much equality as we can,” he said.
Karen Craig, dean of the College
of Home Economics, said that as a
non-smoker she approved of the pol
icy.
She said about six people in the
college smoke. A smoking area
probably would be designated, she
said.
Because of the way the venti lation
system was designed in Ruth Lever-,
ton Hall, Craig said, an exhaust fan
will have to be installed to prevent
smoke from going into classrooms.
She said the fan would cost the Col
lege of Home Economics about
$1,800.
Stanley Liberty, dean of the Col
lege of Engineering and Technology,
said the policy probably would affect
students more than faculty members.
He said few faculty members in
the engineering college smoke.
Jim Lewis, UNL Faculty Senate
president, said the senate has not
formally discussed the policy. Lewis
said he thinks a move toward a
smoke-free workplace would be
good.
Lewis said the senate will discuss
the policy if there is much opposition
to it.
Vandalism,
buglary
on campus
By Victoria Ayotte
Staff Reporter
More than $1,200 in vandalism
and a burglary of about $2,500 in
equipment were reported this week
end on the University of Nebraska
Lincoln City Campus, said Cpl.
Douglas Petersen of the UNL Police
Department
Eight reports of vandalism were
taken during the weekend, Petersen
said. The vandalism may be linked to
the Girls’ Slate Basketball Tourna
ment this weekend, he said.
Early Friday morning police re
ported vandalism on the 13th floor of
Abel Hall, but no damage estimates
were available, Petersen said.
About $100 in damage resulted
from vandalism to a car in the lot
outside of Sandoz Hall Friday after
noon. Morrill Hall was also vandal
ized Friday when someone sprayed a
Tire extinguisher in the planetarium,
causing $100 in damage.
nnouier lire cxunguisncr was
sprayed in the Coliseum Saturday
morning, causing $20 damage, Pe
tersen said.
Several cars were also vandalized.
In the lot at 14th and W streets, a car
sustained $120 damage.
Three cars were vandalized Sun
day morning. The first car was in the
lot at 16th and W streets and sus
tained $400 damage.
A window of a car in the lot north
of Abel Hall was broken, causing
$250 in damage, and a third car was
reported vandalized at noon Sunday
with $150 damage.
A basketball spectator was also
injured at the Bob Devaney Sports
Center Friday morning, Petersen
said. The spectator fell and injured
his wrist, he said.
Residence halls beefed up secu
rity because of the tournament, he
said.
More than $2,500 in equipment
was stolen from Westbrook Music
Building Friday night or Saturday
morning, Petersen said. But he said
the theft of a computer and some
other items in the music building
probably was not related to the bas
ketball tournament.
Police are still investigating the
theft, he said.
Forsythe
LWL poli-sci professor Forsythe asked
to speak on human rights in Czechoslovakia
By William Lauer
Staff Reporter
Because of his many published
books, a University of Nebraska
Lincoln political science professor
has been invited to lecture on human
rights in Prague, Czechoslovakia,
this June.
David Forsythe was asked to
speak in Czechoslovakia by the
Academy oi Sciences of Prague.
“It is highly unusual for a West
erner to be asked to lecture on
human rights in an Eastern-bloc
country ” Forsythe said. “The scad
emy is really in with the Communist
Party”
Forsythe is the author of four
books and has edited three interna
tional-relations books.
Forsythe’s new book, “Human
Rights and U.S. Foreign Policy:
Congress Reconsidered,” will be
published in April. The book won
the University of Florida Depart
ment of Political Science’s Man
ning J. Dauer Prize for 1986-87.
Another Forsythe book, “Human
Rights and World Politics,” is in its
second edition and has been trans
lated into Spanish for publication in
South America.
Forsythe raid the academy sug
gested some safe topics he could
discuss, such as the political ap
proach vs. the legal approach to
human rights. The academy did not
limit him on content
Red Cross humanitarian diplo
macy also was suggested as a topic,
Forsythe said.
“I could talk about some very
sensitive areas concerning political
prisoners,” he said.
In his new book, Forsythe docu
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Changing limes:
UNL is good buy
By Mary Nell Westbrook
Senior Reporter
Being recognized as a red-lag sale
or blue-light special can play a part in
attracting students, said John Peters,
associate to the chancellor at the
University of Ncbraska-Lincoln.
UNL and Creighton University in
Omaha recently were named two of
the best-bargain schools in the nation
by Changing Times magazine.
Peters said he was not surprised to
hear Nebraska was a good buy. When
compared to some of the Ivy League
schools, UNL costs a lot less and the
quality is not much different, he said.
“UNL is one of the best-kept se
crets in the country,” Peters said.
The mage/.ine named 11 other
Midwestern schools — six from
Iowa, two from Kansas, two from
Missouri and one from Colorado.
The schools were rated under public
and private categories.
Muaents who are aggressive
about education and scrutinizing
about the courses can put together an
impressive package upon graduation
at a minimal cost, Peters said.
Peters said he hopes that now
people will realize UNL is a quality
school and a “tremendous buy.”
He said positive publicity, such as
the magazine’s rating, could attract
out-of-state students and lure faculty
members from other universities.
Already, the university has hired
faculty from Harvard and other Ivy
League schools. UNL is beginning to
be able to hire at competitive salaries,
Peters said, but retention is still a
problem.
“They (faculty) want to come to a
major university with a research
mission,” Peters said.
The magazine said one reason for
a high ranking was the number of
doctorate degrees held by the faculty
members.
“In most cases, we wouldn’t hire
someone without a Ph.D.,” Peters
said. And those who don’t have one
arc working on it, he said.
The magazine included quality
schools that fell under the national
average for tuition. The study in
cluded private schools with tuition
less than $ 10,500 per year and public
schools with tuition lower than
$4,100 per year for residents and
$6,500 for non-residents.
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