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INDEX
News Digest.2
Editorial .4
Sports.6
Arts & Entertainment.9
Classifieds.11
November 14,1988 University of Nebraska-Lincoln Vol. 88 No. 55
Stadium completion document approved
By Victoria Ayotte
Senior Reporter
he NU Board of Regents approved Friday
the design document for the West Sta -
dium Completion Project which, accord
ing to new estimates, will cost more than $1.5
million.
The new cost is $159,000 more than previ
ous estimates. John Goebel, University of
Nebraska-Lincoln vice chancellor for business
and finance, said the increased cost isa result of
changes in die strength complex configuration
to increase access to all the project’s space.
The money comes from private donations
and gate receipts from the Kickoff Classic.
In June, the regents approved the program
statement for the project In July, the firm of
Clark Enersen Partners of Lincoln was ap
proved for the architecture and engineering
services.
The completion project also will add offices
and a large study area with better computer
equipment.
A new roofing and mechanical system also
will be added to handle leaking from the sta
dium, Goebel said. Asbestos removal from
West Stadium also is included in the project
Regent Nancy Hoch of Nebraska City said
that “our football program has earned this land
of wonderful facility.”
Hoch said similar facilities should be pro
vided for honors st udents..
“We should mirror that for our honors stu
dents,” Hoch said. She said the University of
Kansas at Lawrence has a study facility for
honors students.
UNL Student Regent Jeff Petersen said no
special funds are provided for honors students
to give them such a facility.
Hoch said die university should encourage
private support. Regent Kermit Hansen of
Elkhorn said he agreed.
Administrators also faced questions on the
computer update proposal which was rejected
last month.
Hoch said she had read in newspapers that a
great deal of computer space was used by
purchasing departments and she hoped other
university systems would not suffer from a lack
of capacity.
‘I would just hope purchasing would suffer
first,” she said.
Hoch and Regent Margaret Robinson of
Norfolk said they hoped financial aid would get
top priority for computer time.
Wilfred Schutz, NU assistant vice president
and director of uni versity wide computing, said
there have been some slowdowns in the finan
cial aid award process, but it was due to prob
lems with software.
Financial aid has been a “top priority,”
Schulz said.
In other business, the regents received infor
mation about changing the name of UNL’s
Department of Art to the Department of Art and
Ait History.
The change will “belter display the types of
programs offered by the department,” said
Robert Furgason, vice chancellor far academic
affairs.
About 25 percent of faculty have an art -*
history background and about 25 percent of
undergraduate students major in art history in
the department, he said.
“The major purpose of the proposed name
change is to indicate that art history is a major
component in the department in order to aid in
the recruiting of students and faculty,” Fur
gason said in an information item to the regents.
Computer Center s
limited budget
affects students
By David Holloway
Senior Reporter
he University of Nebraska
Lincoln Computing Re
source Center is “running at
the limit,” and some students will
notice the university’s limited com
puter resources in the near future, said
Douglas Gale, UNL’s director of the
center.
“Like any organization through
out the university, we are working
under a very tight budget,” Gale said.
“We are constantly shuffling and ne
I locating the computer resources so as
I not to inconvenience any one group of
(computer) users.”
Gale said that like the other depart
ments at the university, they receive a
limited amount of money from the
university.
You get what you pay for. Gale
said. “On a long term basis, if we
continue to spend less, we will have
less in the future.”
Gale said that in terms of computer
quality and variety, UNL is ahead of
other Big Eight schools. He said that
in terms of quantity, UNL is lacking.
“What we do, we do very well,”
Gale said. “We are forced to work
with what we’ve got, so we empha
size quality.”
Gale said each department in the
university prepares a budget and
gives it to the university. It is then sent
to the NU Board of Regents and to the
Nebraska Legislature.
He said the budget he sent two
years ago does not cover the current
needs of the computing center. He
said the budget does not meet the
increase in the operational budget
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Chambers sees merit in multi-party system
By Chris Carroll
Staff Reporter
In his first interview since the
Nov. 8 elections, State Sen.
Ernie Chambers of Omaha
said he hadn't expected to win the
U.S. Senate race hut he wanted to
insure the future of the New Alliance
Party on Nebraska ballots.
Through a "unique” situation,
Chambers both
won and lost in the |
election.
Chambers, a
veteran Nebraska
legislator, will re
turn to his District
11 seat in the Ne
braska Legislature ___
as the result of a write-in campaign,
but lost his bid for the U.S. Senate as
a member of the New Alliance Party.
Democrat Bob Kertey defeated
Chambers and Sen. Dave Karnes to
represent Nebraskans in Congress.
Chambers, defending third par
ties’ rights to be on Nebraska ballots,
said the rules for adding third party
candidates to Nebraska ballots aie
ridiculous.
Parties other than the Democratic
and Republican parties are not auto
matically listed on Nebraska ballots.
Third parties must win 5 percent of
the vote in order to assure a position
on the ballot in following yews. Oth
erwise, the party must petition to be
added.
Because Chambers received only
2 percent of total votes in the senate
race. New Alliance Party candidates
will not automatically be listed on
future election ballots.
Having an alternative to the
Democrats and Republicans is “ex
tremely important, “ Chambers said.
Chambers said the U.S.-voter
turnout rate averages SO percent and
shows that the public is not drawn by
any strong emotions to either the
Demociauc cm Republican parties.
Mqjor party candidates' failure to
discuss the issues contributes to this
apathy, Chambers said.
Mgjor political parties fear new
parties because not only can they at
tract the apathetic citizen, but they
may appeal tp members of an existing
political party. Chambers said.
He said the accepted approach in
both senate and presidential races can
be summed up by the slogan, “Come
out campaigning and may die better
image win.
Hue said most voters will not de
mand anything more than a slogan
campaign. Individuals representing
third parties should educate those
voters looking for an alternative,
Chambers said
Chambers said he did not know if
he would run for the U S. Senate
again. He said he became the issue in
this race. It would be better to have
New Alliance candidates running for
several offices in the future, so the
focus would not be on one individual
~~ See CMAUBEBSonl.
Legislators discuss pay hike
By Victoria Ayottc
Senior Reporter
Nebraska legislators conven
ed in special session Friday
and Saturday taking the first
steps to implement an amendment
providing senators with a pay raise.
Voters approved the amend
ment in the Nebraska primary May
10. Salaries will be raised from
$4,800 to $12,000, according to
the amendment
The special session was called
so senators would receive the pay
raise by January. According to
Nebraska law, the raise cannot go
into effect during the same session
it was approved. Legislators would
not receive the raise until January
1991 if a special session was not
called.
The special session will run
until next Friday, the amount of
lime required to implement the
bills approving the raise.
Legislators met for 30 minutes
Friday and about 5 minutes Satur
day in token sessions They will
meet again today at 4:30 p.m.