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CORRECTION
The August 25 Daily Nebraskan incorrectly spelled Vice Chancellor for
Student Affairs James Griesen's name Also, three downtown business
establishments were listed incorrectly in the downtown Lincoln map Minajes,
826 P St.; Page One Bookstore, 206 S 13th St.; Vien Dong - Far East
Restaurant, 1217 Q St.
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August 29, 1988 University of Nebraska-Lincoln Vol. 88 No. 2
Asbestos forces CBA classes to move
By Adam T. Bran ting
Staff Reporter
Classes scheduled for the College of Busi
ness Administration’s auditorium are
being moved this week after part of the
auditorium ceiling collapsed and released as
bestos fibers last week.
According to Roy Loudon, an administrator
for Personnel, Insurance and Risk Manage
ment, an underground steam tunnel ruptured
Wednesday night, sending rising steam into the
northeast comer of the building, damaging
some ceiling tiles in hallways and offices.
Loudon said that steam went up through the
wallsand into the auditorium ceiling, loosening
the plaster. A 2 by 3-foot chunk of ceiling fell.
After a routine check, asbestos fibers were
discovered in the debris.
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‘You don’t just dig at
and scrape the ceiling
to get it off. You have to
fake some measures to
see that the environ
ment isn’t damaged.’
—Loudon
mrhhnshrhrhhhhhhrr
“When you gel a flaking off of fircablc as
bestos fibers, they can float,” Loudon said.
“You don’t just dig at and scrape the ceiling
to get it off. You have to take some measures to
sec that the environment isn’t damaged,”
Loudon said.
The city of Lincoln removed asbestos sev
eral years ago from the Lincoln Public Schools,
but the University of Nebraska has never had a
major asbestos removal from the buildings on
campus, Loudon said.
“We arc taking these buildings as they
come,” he said, adding that asbestos*has been
gradually removed from buildings in past
years.
Until the auditorium is cleaned, the follow
ing classes have changed locations.
Monday, Wednesday and Friday classes
being relocated include:
• Economics 215, Section 1, 8:30 to 9:20
a.m., with Rocsler, moved to 119 Westbrook.
• Economics 211, Section 1,9:30 to 10:20
a.m., with Walstad, moved to 130 Westbrook.
• Finance 361, Section 150, 10:30 to 11:20
a.m., with Zorn, moved to Kimball Recital
Hall.
• Marketing 341, Section 150,41:30 a.m. to
12:20 p.m., with Curtis, moved to 130
Westbrook.
• Computer Science 237, Section 1,1:30 to
2:20 p.in., with Marlin, moved to Kimball
Recital Hall.
• Computer Science 237, Section 2,2:30 to
3:20 p.m., with Marlin, moved to 119
Westbrook.
Tuesday and Thursday classes being relo
cated include:
• Accounting 201, Section 20,8 to9:20a.m.,
with O’Callaghan, moved to 119 Westbrook.
What a welcome! Warning signs that were posted because of an asbestos leak
prevented students and faculty members from entering the CBA auditorium.
• Accounting 201, Section 10, 11 a.m. to
12:20p.m., withO’Callaghan, moved to Kim
ball Recital Hall.
• Management 360, Section 1,12:30 to 1:45
p.m., with Luthans, moved to Kimball Recital
Hall.
Changes for other classes will be posted on
ihc auditorium door, room 142.
The auditorium was sealed off Friday morn
ing until the ceiling section can be cleaned up.
A decision remains to be made on whether the
ceiling can be patched up or if the asbestos will
have to be removed and the entire ceiling
redone.
Butch iratanc/uany necrasKan
Cheers-n-beers
Husker fans celebrate a 3rd-quarter Nebraska touchdown Saturday night at the R.P.
Myer’s Sports Page, a Lincoln bar. The fans watched Nebraska defeat Texas A&M 23-14
in the Kickoff Classic.
Freshman Friday eases tradition
By Adam T. Branting
Stalf Reporter
About 1,700 new students filled
the floor of the Bob Devancy
Sports Center Friday morning
as a videotaped message from Uni
versity of Nebraska-Lincoln Chan
cellor Martin Massengale welcomed
them into “a community of scholars.”
The third-annual Freshman Friday
featured an orientation, a community
festival, tours and a parly sponsored
by the University Program Council.
Val Wetzel, East Campus coordina
tor for Campus Activities and Pro
grams, said the day is designed to
make new students feel welcome.
“Considering four years ago they
didn’t have this at all, this is marvel
ous,” Wet/cl said. “It has a wonderful
impact on parents and students,
making them icel welcome.”
“Everyone here is as scared as
everyone else, it’s kind of comfort
ing,” said Cherry Coolc, a freshman
psychology major from Dallas.
A “Welcome Festival,” sponsored
by various community businesses and
campus groups, featured more than
2(X) booths offering free food and
information. The event was held at
the sports center’s track.
Many clubs used booths to adver
tise groups and gain new members.
“We thought we could see people
who didn’t know about our program
and help recruit (them). (We) let
people know lhat there is a speech
team, since we seem to be an un
known entity,” said junior Amy
Frame, a member of UNL forensics.
Food vendors used the festival to
advertise their products by giving
them away.
“We’re introducing die new- stu
dents to a magnificent product lhat
cannot be generally found throughout
the stale”, said Jeff Johnson, owner of
Schlolzsky’s Sandwich Shops. “Any
time you can put your product in
someone’s mouth is better than
$10,000 worth of TV ads”
Students had to endure long lines
to get to the free food, posters, folders
See FRESHMAN on 8
Omaha woman suffers
pelvis injury in fall
Mellion upset with publicity mishap receives
By Victoria Ayotte
Senior Reporter
□ 18-ycar-old Omaha woman
as reported in gtxxl condition
unday after falling from the
balcony of the Phi Delta Theta frater
nity house early Friday morning.
Natalie Barrientos fell 16 feet
from the balcony/fire escape outside
the fraternity at 1545 R St. at 12:30
a.m. Friday.
Barrientos was taken to Lincoln
General hospital after fracturing her
pelvis, according to Lt. Ron B ruder of
the Lincoln Police Department. Bar
rientos was transferred to Bergan
Mercy Hospital in Omaha Friday.
According to Rob Mcllion, Phi
Dell president, Barrientos was alleg
edly drunk and on codeine when the
accident occurred.
Mcllion said no one in the frater
nity knew Barrientos was on the bal
cony at the time of the fall. He said
there was no party going on in the
house at the time.
Mcllion said police searched the
house for alcohol and found none.
Members of Phi Delta Theta have
stopped having parties in the house,
Mel I ion said. Because he has heard
reports of random 2 a.m. visits by
Jayne Wade Anderson, director ol
Greek Affairs.
Barrientos and possibly one other
person were on the balcony talking to
members of Theta Xi fraternity be
fore the fall, Mcllion said. The Theta
Xi house is next door to the Phi Dclt
house.
According to Brian Klausen,
president of Theta Xi, an eyewitness
in the Theta Xi house said he had been
talking through a window to Barrien
tos’ friend, but no Phi Dell members
were present.
Klausen said the witness saw a
woman accidentally push Barrientos
through the fire escape opening.
Klausen and Mcllion said they
were not present at the time of the
accident
Lt. Frank Rowe of the Lincoln
Police Department said there was
another person on the balcony with
Barrientos, but there is no indication
that she pushed Barrientos.
Rich Cooper, Phi Dell public rela
tions officer, said he and Steve Ar
nold, another fraternity member,
were sitting on the back steps of the
house when a woman came running
down the steps saying, “Oh my God,
she fell, she fell.”
Cooper said he saw a woman lying
on her side, curled up in a ball, at the
side of the house.
“She was crying,” Cooper said.
“Then she was talking to her girl
friend and then she went unconscious
just before the police got there.”
‘She was crying.
Then she was talk
ing to her girlfriend
and then she went
unconscious just
before the police
got there. ’
—Cooper
Cooper said he tried to keep people
away from the woman and did not
attempt to move her. Another frater
nity member called the police and fire
departments at the same time.
The victim’s mother, Linda Barri
entos, said she doesn’t know who is at
fault in the incident and hasn’t de
cided whether to sue the fraternity or
not.
Mellion said he doesn’t think the
fraternity will be liable for the inci
dent.
“She knows it was her fault,”
Mellion said. “The police know that
our house had nothing to do with it.”
Mellion said the incident wouldn’t
have happened if the fire department
hadn’t made the fraternity take the
locks off the balcony for fire safely
purposes.
He said he is upset at the unwar
ranted publicity the incident is receiv
ing. Mellion said he is also upset
because he couldn’t contact the
woman’s family to express house
members’ concern.
