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September 2, 1988 University of Nebraska-Lincoln Vol. 88 No. 6
Police Chief
anticipates
no problems
By David Holloway
Staff Reporter
nnivcrsity of Nebraska-Lincoln
Police Chief Gail Gadc said he
docs not anticipate any prob
lems with fans at Saturday’s Utah
State game or any other games this
year.
Gadc said UNL fans arc the most
“congenial” group of fans in the Big
Eight. He has been to several other
football games, Gadc said, and it’s
obvious there’s not enough fan con
trol at other Big Eight games.
There is a certain amount of
trouble whenever a large group of
people arc together, he said, but only
a small percentage of people at UNL
football games cause problems. He
attributes those problems to fans who
drink too much alcohol.
Gadc said alcoholic beverages in
any form will not be allowed in the
stadium. He said thermos bottles and
air pots will be allowed only if they
contain non-alcoholic beverages.
Fans, excited about Nebraska’s
chances of making it to Orange Bowl,
threw oranges at games four or five
years ago and created problems for
police, Gadc said. Now ticket-lakers
look for and seize objects from fans at
the gate before they can can be thrown
onto the field, he said.
Tickcl-takers and police officers
have ihc right to examine any bag,
purse or cooler at the gate for alco
holic beverages and objects that can
be thrown, Gadc said.
The throwing of any object in the
stadium is prohibited by law, he said.
If the object were to hit and injure
anyone, Gadc said, it would be con
sidered assault.
“Anyone caught throwing an ob
ject in the stadium is subject to imme
diate removal from the stadium and
prosecution,” Gadc said.
Gadc said officers encountered a
problem last year when students
threw red and white plastic cups into
the air at games. The “cup lights”
resulted in several injuries, he said.
Police will be stationed through
out the stadium during this weekend’s
home football game to help deter any
problems, Gadc said. Video cameras
will film illegal activity, he said,
which will allow officers to respond
quickly.
“We wanteveryone toenjoy them
selves,” Gadc said. “We don’t like
having to arrest anyone, but we will
not tolerate anything that will in
fringe on the safely of other people in
stadium.”
Eric Gregory. Deliy Nebraskan
Kelvin Nance, a junior architecture major, nears his
destination of Architecture Hall after walking blind
folded from Broyhill Fountain Thursday.
‘Blind-for-a-day’ students
get firsthand feel of campus
By Anne Mohri
Senior Editor
L hitecturc students stum
led across the University of
cbraska-Lincoln campus
Thursday, learning firsthand about
obstacles blind people face.
Ernest Moore, professor in the
College of Architecture, said the
experiment helps students use sen
sory modes other than sight; modes
such as tactical, textural or audible
chs cs.
>ore and lames Potter, chair
man of the architecture depart
ment, are the instructors for behav
ioral and environmental studies.
Ellen Funk, a fifth-year archi
tecture major, said the class em
phasizes handicap accessibility in
buildings and in regional designs
similar to Lincoln’s downtown
redevelopment.
“If it’s too chaotic, a blind per
son can't get around,” she said.
Susan Fiala, a second-year
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$9 charge upsets some;
money used for equipment
to maintain accreditation
By Larry Peirce
Staff Reporter
Some engineering students at the
University of Nebraska-Lin
coln said they arc unhappy
about paying a surcharge on their
tuition this year.
About 2,600 students must pay the
$9 per credit hour surcharge for engi
neering classes this school year, said
Morris Schneider, associate dean of
the College of Engineering and Tech
nology.
The money will be used to buy lab
equipment in eight departments of the
engineering college, which will allow
the college to keep its accreditation,
Schneider said.
“Money from the surcharge will be
used to buy undergraduate teaching
equipment,” Schneider said. “It is not
a tuition increase.”
If 1H III!
7 think the equip
ment is great. But
we are getting
cheated because
we have to pay
more than other
students.’
—Hunt
Kristi Hunt, a senior industrial
engineering major, said engineering
students shouldn’t pay more than
other students at UNL.
“I think the equipment is great,”
she said. “But we arc getting cheated
because we have to pay more than
other students.”
Hunt said she thinks labs in electri
cal engineering, chemical engineer
ing and mechanical engineering
“really do need new equipment.” The
money is going for good use, she said,
because technology changes rapidly.
Hunt, who is taking 12 hours ol
engineering classes, will pay $108 in
surcharges.
“At first people were upset,” she
said, “but they’re not going to drop
out because they have to pay more.”
Schneider said the surcharges will
raise about $275,000 of the $500,000
the college needs to keep its labs up to
date and meet accreditation standards
this year.
But even with the additional fund
ing, Schneider said, the new equip
ment put UNL’s engineering college
at the middle level among other engi
neering schools.
The NU Board of Regents ap
proved the surcharge earlier this year
after an accreditation board reviewed
the college’s facilities and told UNL
officials that without improvement,
the college may lose its accreditation.
The remaining money needed for
equipment will come from private
donations, foundations and industry
grants, he said.
Scott McKelvcy, an industrial
engineering major, said the college
“could have found a better solution.”
“They look the easy way out,” he
said.
He said he didn’t think business
college students would have to pay a
surcharge if the business college
needed more money.
McKclvey said the Nebraska
Alumni Association could have
helped, but didn’t.
“They only provide money for
visible things,” he said.
However, McKelvey said, the
engineering college needs to be ac
credited.
Hunt and McKelvey said they
were also unhappy with the way col
lege officials announced the sur
charge earlier this year.
Hunt said she first read about it in
a Daily Nebraskan article.
Schneider said most of the equip
ment has been purchased, so students
who arc paying the surcharge will be
able to use the new equipment.
All classes in agricultural engi
neering, construction management
and industrial engineering will bene
fit from an “upgrade of personal
computer labs,” according to a list
provided by Schneider.
r
Money from the
surcharge will be
used to buy under
graduate teaching
equipment. It is
not a tuition in
crease. '
—Schneider
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Schneider said the college started
working last year on a plan to keep its
accreditation when officials knew the
college was being examined.
The college must spend about
$500,(KX) annually to keep its labs
current, he said.
At this point, Schneider said, he
docs not know how the college will
raise the money next year.
‘BOPHA!’ to be shown
UNL to host apartheid, human rights discussion
By James Liilis
Suff Reporter
Che University of Nebraska-Lin
coin will present a symposium
on human rights, apartheid and
sanctions affecting South Africa, in
cluding a performance of the play
BOPHA! Wednesday.
Kit Voorhees, Kimball Hall
School of Music coordinator of edu
cation and outreach, said she hopes
the symposium will offer an opportu
nity for dialogue between the audi
ence and the panelists.
“This is especially important in an
election year—with the human rights
plank,” Voorhees said. “How we
vote, even in Nebraska, will have
ripples around the world.”
Voorhees said she hopes that stu
denis, many of whom may be first
time voters, realize that the leaders
they elect will be the ones who will
decide on sanctions affecting South
Africa.
Voorhees said this symposium,
like others the university has offered,
is part of the mission of the arts to
serve not only the university, but the
broader community as well.
The symposium will be funded in
part by the university and private
organizations, Voorhees said, includ
ing a $500 grant from the Nebraska
Committee for Humanities.
Panelists for the ..^mposium in
clude State Sen. Ernie Chambers of
Omaha, Executive Director of Trans
Africa, Inc. Randall Robinson, UNL
cultural anthropology professor
Robert Hitchcock, Steven McGann of
the U.S. State Department, UNL phi
losophy professor representing Am
nesty International Nelson Potter.
UNL political science Professor
David Forsythe will be the moderator.
BOPHA! was written by South
African playwright Percy Mtwa. It
will be performed by the Earth Play
ers — Sydney Khumalo, Aubrey
Moalosi Molcfi and Aubrey Radcbc
— who arc also South Africans. The
play, which examines the apartheid
laws and its effects on South African
blacks, has been performed in South
Africa, throughout Europe and in the
United States.
The BOPHA! symposium begins
Tuesday, Sept. 6 at 7 p.m. with a
showing of a 57-minute documentary
video about BOPHA! and apartheid
in South Africa. The program was
produced by public television and
narrated by Sidney Poilier.
Voorhees said the panel of guest
experts and faculty will comment on
the video and field questions from the
audience. Panelists’ comments will
be restricted to five minutes each in
order to give the audience ample time
for interaction, Voorhees said.
The symposium continues
Wednesday, Sept. 7 at 3:30 p.m. with
a panel discussion of human rights
and of apartheid from all vantage
points. Panel members will each
make a brief statement and then re
spond to questions and comments
from guests and audience.
“We want the audience to partici
pate, not just observe,” Voorhees
said.
At 7:30 p.m. Voorhecs will host a
15-minutc pre-performance talk with
guest Kunle Ojikutu, director of the
University Health Center. At 8 p.m.
the BOPHA! performance begins
with a question and answer session
between the actors and the audience.
There is no admission charge for
the symposium events, all of which
will take place in 119 Westbrook
Music Building except for BOPHA!,
which will be performed in Kimball
Recital Hall.
Admission to BOPHA! will be
charged, though. Voorhecs said there
are still a few tickets left for the
performance. Tickets for UNL stu
dents arc $6.50 for A seats, $4.50 for
B seats. Admission for non-students
is $13 for A scats and $9 for B seats.