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December 7,1988 University of Nebraska-Lincoln __Vol.88 No.70
UNL students debate
GLPC financing
By Victoria Ayotte
Senior Reporter and
Curt Wagner
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nivcrsily of Ncbraska-Lincoln stu
dents debated funding Tuesday for
the Gay/Lcsbian Programming Com
mittee during the second Committee for Fees
Allocation student input night.
About 20 students attended the event to
voice opinions on GLPC funding. GLPC is
seeking $1,600 in student fees, or 6.06 cents
per student for (he 1989-90 academic year.
GLPC was a recognized committee within
the University Program Council this year, but
received no funding from CFA, which allo
cates student fees.
GLPC co-chairman Nanci Hamilton said
funding would enable the committee to spon
sor more gay/lcsbian programming.
“The more we can program, the more
people we can reach, the more we can educate
and dispel homophobia,” Hamilton said.
Jeff Porter, a senior construction manage
ment major, said he is opposed to funding
because it will make GLPC loo visible, which
may stop some students from attending other
UPC events because they will associate UPC
with GLPC.
Porter said UPC may experience some
“backlash” from the funding of GLPC.
Hamilton said that currently, many people
arc afraid to attend GLPC programs because it
is too “frightening.”
Funding would enable GLPC to do a re
cruiting campaign “so people know we ex
ist.
Rod Carlson, a graduate student, told CFA
members that the information GLPC uses for
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Doug Carroll/Daily Nebraskan
Morrill lessons \
Visitors and art students take time Tuesday afternoon to look at and draw some of the exhibits that haven’t been 1
affected by the construction currently taking place at Morrill Hail.
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Judy Pavlik looks on as three-year-olds Rachel Crabtree and Stacy Robbins draw with crayons
at the University Child Care Center at 1201 Benton St.
UNL Day Care reduces debts
By Victoria Ayotte
Senior Reporter
The University of Nebraska
Lincoln Day Care Project,
which had accumulated an
estimated $100,000 in debt, is now
probably operating in the black or
making a small profit, the project’s
director said.
Barbara Vugil, who was named
director of the project this fall, said
that the projeers monthly financial
reports since coming under univer
sity control July 1 are unavailable
due to delays associated with the
installation of the university’s new
accounting system. However. Vigil
said, she believes the center is now
doing welt financially.
An increase in rates from $62 to
$70 per week has “made a bit of a
difference” in keeping the project
solvent, Vigil said.
Vigil said she also has been
“more aggressive” about collecting
federal and state funds, such as U.S.
Department of Agriculture food re
imbursements and slate paybacks
under Title XX, which helps low
income families pay for child care.
Daryl Swanson, director of the
Nebraska Unions, has had adminis
trative control over the program
since it came under university con
trol,$wpn$9n said the bid
tor parents has been tightened trom a
grace period of 45 days for delin
quent bills to one week.
Bookkeeping for the project, pre
viously accomplished by work-study
students, has been pul under the un
ion accounting system, Swanson
said.
Swanson said he is hoping the
current debt of the child care project
is closer to $70,000 than the previ
ously estimated $100,000. Original
checking accounts for the project
were interest-bearing accounts re
quiring a minimum balance.
Now that the project is under uni
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Spring to bring project
downtown, mayor says
By Jana Pedersen
Staff Reporter
Downtown redevelopment is
scheduled to begin next
spring with the start of the
University Square redevelopment
project, according to Lincoln mayor
Bill Harris.
Harris said the University Square
project will be the first in a number of
projects designed to enhance the
business environment downtown.
The area involved is the cast half
of the block bounded by O and P
streets and 13th and 14th streets.
Buildings included in the redevelop
ment will be the Stuart Building and
the former Penney’s Building, Harris
said.
He said the project will include a
combination of both private and city
developments.
The ground level of the redevel
opment area will be reserved for re
tail space, while the upper four levels
will be a city parking garage, he said.
Also, there is a possibility of add
ing additional space for office areas
or condominiums above the garage,
he said, but this project will not be
pursued until a later date.
Harris said he is hopeful for the
redevelopment’s chances of helping
the surrounding downtown business
area.
“The redevelopment will simply
create a lot more activity with park
ing for the downtown area,’’ he said.
“It will also help the businesses
around it.”
The University Square project is
not the only area that will be under
going redevelopment in the near fu
ture, Harris said. Other private rede
velopments including the National
Bank of Commerce’s plan to rede
velop the Hovland/Swanson build
ing just west of the NBC building
will soon be underway as well, he
said.
New class to be offered at UNL
for emerging student leaders
By Kari Mott
Staff Reporter
Students who want to learn
leadership skills and gel
involved on campus will be
able to take a class next semester
called the Emerging Leader Pro
gram, according to Lisa MeGetti
gan, activities graduate assistant for
Campus Activities and Programs.
The course will cover topics from
leadership qualities to financial
management to ethics and tolerance
to personal action planning.
The Emerging Leader Program is
being offered through the cduca
tional and psychology department as
a two-, throe- or no-crcdit-hour class.
If taken asa no credit class, no tuition
is paid, said Kathy Shellogg, coordi
nator of student organisation and
leadership development.
It is a two-ert lil-hour class,
MeGettigan said, but if the student
needs another credit, another hour
can be added by including extra
papers and more assignments, she
said.
All grade options, such as letter
grades and pass/no pass arc offered,
Shcllogg said.
The course lasts 10 weeks and
will be from 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
Thursdays.
MeGettigan said the class is ex
perimental. How well it is received
will determine if it will be offered
again, she said.
One goal of the program, MeGet
liean said, is to develop a program
which offers three other courses
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