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October 17,1988 University of Nebraska-Lincoln Vol. 88 No. 35
Computer system axes;
regents will reconsider
By Victoria Ayotte
Senior Reporter
The NU Board of Regents re
jected a proposal Friday that
would update the uni
versity’s mainframe computer sys
tem, but plans to hold a teleconfer
ence Wednesday to reconsider the
issue.
The emergency proposal, which
was added to the regents’ agenda a
day before the meeting, calls for
acquisition of nearly $5 million in
computer equipment from IBM.
The current mainframe computer,
which links computer systems on ail
the campuses, isn’t capable of han
dling present demands, said Wilfred
.Schutz, NU assistant vice president
and director of university-wide com
puting.
“A lot of times (the present) sys
tem is running at 100 percent of ca
pacity,” Schutz said. “We’re ap
proaching gridlock with the load on
that system and need an immediate
solution to that problem.”
Schutz said use of the mainframe
system has gone up drastically since
April 1988, when three new computer
applications systems were imple
mented. Those included the univer
sity-wide integrated financial man
agement system, UNL’s financial aid
management system and the founda
tion/alumni on-line system.
From Aug. 25 through Sept. 7,
student registration at UNL and the
University of Nebraska at Omaha
resulted in an increase in the
processor’s use, Schutz said.
Some computer activities, such as
accounting, were delayed during reg
istration and disrupted university
activities, Schutz said.
He said he expected the use to
decline after the registration period,
but it continued to increase. As a
result, Schutz started to negotiate
with IBM for an upgrade of the sys
tem.
‘We’re approach
ing gridlock with
the Toad on that
system and need
an immediate
solution to that
problem.’
— Schultz
Schutz said the agreement with
IBM that would switch the university
from the IBM 3081D to the IBM 3090
central processing system would
triple the processor’s current capac
ity.
The agreement requires an initial
down payment of $426,938 with no
further obligation from the univer
sity. It also includes an incentive of
$100,000 if NU contracts before
Thursday.
“I have to say that for the univer
sity this is a heck of a deal,” Schutz
said.
NU officials previously had
planned to update the computer sys
tem for $5 million, but not until July
1989.
Several regents were upset about
the urgency of the decision. Regent
Nancy Hoch of Nebraska City said
she wished the regents were informed
about the problem earlier.
“I agree with the need,” Hoch said,
“but I am very disturbed that we saw
the budget in September and it was
not brought to our attention then.”
“It’s difficult for me to go along
with something I got two days ago.
Regent Margaret Robinson of Nor
folk added.
Regent Don Fricke of Lincoln said
he also would like more time to look
at the proposal, but Regent James
Moylan of Omaha said he thought the
regents should act on the proposal
immediately.
In response to criticism from the
regents, Schutz said he thinks the
current computer load is the critical
factor in making the decision now.
“This is affecting hundreds of our
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Precautions lessen chances of being assaulted
By Chris Carroll
Suff Reporter _
Although the University of
Nebraska-Lincoln, like oth
er campuses, has a problem
with sexual assaults and harassment,
the likelihood of being assaulted can
be lessened by taking precautions, ac
cording to Cpl. Larry Kalkowski of
the UNL Police Department.
Kalkowski said he has talked with
175 students since the third week of
August about how to be less vulner
able to would-be rapists.
He has given many of these pres
entations over the last four years
while on UNL’s Crime Prevention
Bureau.
Kalkowski said that because the
majority of campus sexual assaults
occur while on a date, he tells students
how to be less vulnerable on dates.
“Avoid a dominant male who tries
to control your behavior, deciding
where you go and what you eat,” he
said.
Someone displaying those charac
teristics is more likely to use force in
an intimate situation, Kalkowski said.
Date rape does not al way s occur on
the first date, he said, but on a later
dale when one’s guard is down. *
Don’t go somewhere on a date so
private that help isn’t available if
needed, Kalkowski said.
Kalkowski said students should
date in a group setting until they
become more acquainted with their
date.
Marcee Metzger, interpersonal
violence counselor for UNL Resi
dence Education, said during an in
formal discussion with a class she
discovered that men and women in
terpret differently what a woman
wants sexually when she goes to a
man’s room.
The men said if a woman returns to
a male’s residence, knowing the
roommate is gone, it would be OK to
use force in an intimate situation,
Metzger said.
More men said they would use
force in the same situation if they had
previously indicated they were at
traded to their date, she said.
Women indicated that although
they may warn some kind of sexual
contact, going to a man’s residence
doesn ’ t necessari ly mean they want to
have sex, Metzger said.
Kalkowski said it is important to
remember that men may think “no”
actually means “yes” and students
should avoid giving ambiguous mes
sages.
“If you are engaged in heavy pet
ting and don't want to go further, tell
him,” Kalkowski said.
Kalkowski said he advises against
continued heavy petting at that time.
“If he insists on going further,''
Kalkowski said, “tell him to leave or
that you will.”
A pamphlet from the UNL Police
Department tells students how they
can protect themselves on a date or
when walking alone to their car or
when returning home at night.
Kalkowski said he and other UNL
police are willing to escort women to
their residence or car.
If students call UNL police, an
escort will be sent, Kalkowski said.
The Security Advisory Commit
tee, formed in 1983 to address re
ported assaults in Love Library, has
worked since then to secure places on
campus that women fell were unsafe.
A study was conducted to determine
those locations.
Additional lighting and security
personnel have been added to areas
perceived by many women as
“trouble spots,” said Helen Moore, a
faculty member on the committee.
In Love Library, lights can no
longer be turned off by students or any
unauthorized personnel, particularly
in the lower levels of Love North,
Moore said.
Another problem, Moore said, was
that the doors leading into the stacks
previously could be locked by any
one, effectively trapping a student in
the stacks.
The locks have been changed so
that is no longer possible, Moore said.
Moore said additional lighting was
added to the recreation field at 17th
and Vine streets and along the route of
the College of Business Administra
tion building to the Administration
Building and from the NU Coliseum
to Shulte Field House.
Other areas of concern, Moore
said, are Dead Man’s Run,a bridge on
cast campus close to 38th Street, the
area behind C. Y. Thompson Library,
the parking lots on east campus and
the route from Harper-Schramm
Smith to city campus.
Additional lighting for these areas
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Agricultural research group moves to UJNL
By Jerry Guenther
Suff Reporter __
The MidAmerica International Agricul
tural Consortium, a research organiza
tion designed to educate farmers, will
move from Columbia, Mo., to the University of
Nebraska-Lincoln Jan. 1, according to William
Miller, the group’s executive director.
Miller, who succeeded retiring executive
director J. Wendell McKinsey of the University
of Missouri Oct. 1, said the Lincoln headquar
ters at East Campus will seive five Midwestern
universities who belong to the non-profit corpo
ration. . .
The five Midwestern universities are UNL,
Iowa State, Missouri, Kansas State and Okla
homa Stale, Miller said.
Milter said the organization deals with in
temational projects overseas and is nota teach
ing or research extension-type function, like a
university department.
Instead, Miller said, the group has a contrac
tual arrangement where money is provided by
the federal government to deal with interna
tional projects overseas.
“Right now we have several projects over
seas,” Miller said. “Usually, one of the univer
sities kind of takes the lead in the group and
goes ahead and makes arrangements to coordi
nate the staff from other universities to join the
project overseas.”
Miller said the locations of the projects
change from year to year as the projects are
completed.
The consortium also is designed to work
only with international agricultural develop
ment projects and receives its federal funding
from the Agency for International Develop
ment, he said.
Miller said the new Lincoln location will
give additional recognition to the importance
of working internationally from a small com
munity.
“The world economy and the world political
issues are more and more important to people
living in Nebraska every year,” Miller said.
“Especially as we learn more and work more
with other countries and their approaches to
agriculture.”
In addition, Miller said Lincoln and UNL
could benefit from added recognition and
contact with other countries.
Although Lincoln has been selected as the
organization’s new location, Miller said, stu
dents and faculty from all five universities will
have access to the consortium and its projects.
“There’s no special difference (for UNL
students) because the office is located here,”
Miller said.
Miller credits strong support from NU Presi
dent Ronald Roskens; Irvin Omtvedt, vice
chancellor for the Institute of Agriculture and
Natural Resources; and Glen Voflmar, director
of international programs, in helping Lincoln to
be chosen as the new headquarters.
Miller said he hopes to continue the
organization’s established reputation of doing
high quality work. This includes maintaining
an excellent educational program at the partici
pating universities, so foreign students who
come to study agriculture at the schools can
take advanced knowledge back to their home
countries, he said.
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