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NCAA elects
Massengale
By Larry Peirce
Staff Reporter
The University of Nebraska-Lin
coin soon will have major input into
the National Collegiate Athletic As
sociation, UNL Chancellor Martin
Massengale said.
Massengale was elected early this
month as chairman of the President’s
Commission of the NCAA.
His election was partly due to the
stature of UNL’s athletic department,
which has been used as a model for
other colleges, Massengale said.
“This will keep UNL abreast of
what is going on in col lege athletics,”
Massengale said.
Forty-four college presidents are
on the commission, with 22 from
Division I and 11 from both Division
II and III. The commission can intro
duce legislation and call for roll call
votes on specific issues. It meets four
times per year.
Massengale said the commission
will continue to emphasize programs
dealing with academic quality, re
cruiting, drug problems and cost
containment.
“We are further advanced in these
programs than most people realize,”
he said. “We want to see that these
people get a quality education.”
He said cost containment is a
major issue for the NCAA because all
colleges can’t spend the same amount
on scholarships and don’t bring in the
same revenue as Division I schools.
Division II schools offer a limited
number of scholarships but don’t
have large revenue sources, he said.
Division III schools don’t give ath
letic scholarships and not all Division
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Redevelopment changes approved
By Deanne Nelson
Staf f Reporter
Substantial changes in design
for the Lincoln downtown redevel
opment project were approved at a
meeting of the redevelopment
design committee Wednesday.
Steve Bell, vice president of
development of BCE Develop
ment Properties, Inc., said this
meeting was one step in furthering
the redevelopment.
Next, project representatives
will meet with anchor stores and
get a local contractor to price the
project, Bell said.
“The anchor stores will still
have a big say in what this comes
out to be, he said.
But, he said, the current design
“embodies all the things the city
wants to see in the center.”
Design changes “softened the
building, made it friendlier and
resulted in more public space,”
Bell said, “but there is still an
evolution to happen.”
“I guess you could say that it is
the final design for this phase,” he
said, with “good committee com
munication" being the main propo
nent for design success.
The center will comprise a five
block section of the downtown area
from O to Q streets between 11th
and 13th streets, and the existing
block containing the Rampark and
NBC buildings.
A 15-story office tower is in
cluded in the design, which “was
put in there to accommodate Selec
tion Research, Inc.’s needs,” Bell
said.
He said “there is no business
deal with them yet.”
A theater complex, food court
and various stores beside the an
chors are also included in the de
sign, which was done by the archi
tectural firm Wellon Becket Asso
ciates. The firm was hired in May
by BCED, he said.
Bell said BCED was “very ex
cited about it all,” even though
many things have yet to be done.
Project representatives still
have to go to Little Rock, Ark., to
secure Dillard's department store
as an anchor in the center, Bell said.
“We still have not made a deal
with Dillard’s,” or Younkers, an
other prospective anchor, he said.
The expected completion date
is still April 1991, but that could be
postponed or moved up, he said.
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Accidents cause changes in Greek policy
By V ictoria Ayotte
Staff Reporter
In the wake of accidents like one recently at
Kearney State College, Greek houses at the
University of Ncbraska-Lincoln and nationally
are changing policies, UNL Greek officials said.
One man died and a woman was injured after
falling from a balcony at a Sigma Phi Epsilon
fraternity party July 15 in Kearney.
Three house members have been charged
with contributing to the delinquency of minors'
and selling alcohol to minors. The national Sig
Ep association suspended the Kearney chapter’s
charter.
Accidents such as these have increased insur
ance costs and concern over liability across the
country, said Jayne Wade Anderson, director for
Greek Affairs at UNL.
Insurance at UNL is hard to get and has
increased to almost $35 per member per year
because “people have become lawsuit con
scious,” she said.
Shannon Hamer, president of Chi Omega
sorority, said Greek organizations have to be
careful when having parties.
“You can get sued for basically anything,”
she said.
Harner said that last year, her house began
having parties only at licensed establishments
with a security guard and cash bar. Valid I.D.’s
are necessary to buy alcohol and the rules are
strictly enforced, she said.
The house sometimes charters buses to trans
port house members to and from the party, she
said.
Lori Nedrow, Panhcllcnic Association presi
dent and a member of Della Gamma sorority,
said each house has different policies regarding
alcohol and parties, but agreed that more houses
are going to cash-bar policies. Having parties at
a licensed esiablishment“lakes a lot of the liabil
ity off,” she said.
“I just think being aware of it and taking steps
to prevent it is important,” she said.
Todd Bush, presidentof Sigma Phi Epsilon at
UNL, said fraternities arc also taking extra pre
cautions to avoid accidents by creating a “risk
management” program.
Bush said the Sig Ep house last spring started
doing as many things as possible to reduce
liability.
The house has at least three parties a year at
a licensed establishment; they use guest lists,
designated drivers and non-alcoholic beverages;
and they stop serving alcohol at least one hour
before the end of the party, Bush said.
He said the fraternity also does not have open
parties anymore.
“You just have to do everything you can to
prevent things from happening—it’s justa high
risk situation,” he said.
Bush said fraternities are a “big bulls-eye”
for lawsuits, which makes precautions neces
sary.
r‘We live in a sue-happy society. It’s every
where,” Bush said.
John Smith, Interfratemity Council presi
dent and a member of Kappa Sigma fraternity,
agreed with Bush that avoiding accidents is
necessary. Any accident with a fraternity is
going to bring a lot of negative attention, he
said.
But accidents happen everywhere, he said.
“You just encourage people to be respon
sible,” he said. “That’s what it all comes down
to — making the individual responsible.”
Anderson said UNL has developed many
educational programs to combat the problem.
The Greek system here has an agreement with
the NU Board of Regents to follow all univer
sity policies. That helps, too, she said.
When house members violate rules, they are
dealt with by the Greek judicial board and can
appeal to the university judicial system, she
said.
“We make every effort to make sure we
don’t have incidents,” she said. “We don’t have
at Nebraska massive open parties, but anything
could happen.”
To protect themselves, the houses at UNL
educate members about what happens around
the country, keep an orderly house, communi
cate with the national organization and have
adequate insurance coverage, Anderson said.
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