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Many student lots are “useless” because they are too far away from campus, he said. Caldwell pointed out that the westend of the parking lot near 14th, and W streets, Lot 25, near the Reunion, has been changed to a red lot, allotted for faculty and staff. “To take away this lot from students is an intrusion on their parking rights," Caldwell said. About 80 stalls in the southwest comer of the lot were switched from student to faculty and staff spots the last week in August. Parking officials said the change was necessary be cause 45 faculty stalls were closed near the power plant last May because of water spots from mist that was sprayed from air condition ing coolers. UNL parking officials created about 80 new stalls for students in Lot 25 to compensate for ^ the spots they lost Officials were able to create the new stalls because an abandoned railroad track was re moved earlier this year. Ray Coffey, business manager for business and finance at UNL, said UNL soon will add metered stalls to parts of the red Reunion lot for everyone’s use. This will provide more park ing, especially for those who use Cook Pavil ion, Coffey said. “As I walk to class I see empty red lots,” said Becky Urbauer, a senior chemistry major. Lt. John Burke, parking administrator, said, “We’ve tried to adjust our parking for all our constituents.” “We can’t always predict what the class schedule will be every year,” Burke said. Steve Thomlison, Association of Students of the University of Nebraska general studies senator, said, “I don’t think the students came here today to hear you tell them there is no problem.” Lots are oversold and student parking is located farther away than faculty parking lots, Thomlison said. See PARKING on 3 ly Nubraskan A student makes his way up the wheelchair ramp at the Nebraska Union Monday. National television crew to visit UNL By Natalie Weinstein Staff Reporter A Cable News Network crew will spend Wednesday through Friday in Ne braska covering nutrition-related sto ries, including two on the University of Ne braska-Lincom campus. Constance Kies, a UNL professor of human nutrition and food service management, will be interviewed Thursday about her soybean oil re search. Ann Grandjean, director of the International Center for Sports Nutrition in Omaha, also is scheduled to be interviewed on sports nutri tion. ICSN does sports nutrition consulting for UNL’s athletic department Filming will take place at Hewitt Training Table, where UNL male athletes eat. The crew also will interview several athletes and Julie Sherwood, a sports nutritionist for ICSN. Phyllis Larsen, broadcast information rep resentative for University Information, said trying to get the attention of national news - media has become a new priority in her office. “This is an area we’re trying to do a lot of work in to increase our national exposure,’ ’ she said. University Information sends information about UNL to national media to try to attract coverage. Larsen said she hopes UNL will attract even mote national coverage in the future. Local and state coverage of UNL always has been good, Larsen said, while national cover See CNN on 6 Course to examine agricultural ethics By Jerry Guenther Senior Reporter University of Nebraska-Lincoln students interested in ethical issues in agricul ture will get a chance to resolve and clarify their opinions through an experimental course scheduled to begin next semester. Nelson Potter, associate professor of phi losophy, said he believes this is the first time UNL has offered such a course, though ethical questions have always existed in agriculture. Potter said the course, Ethics in Professional Agriculture, will be taught jointly by three UNL faculty members. The other two faculty members assisting Potter are Bruce Johnson, professor of agricul* tural economics, and Laura Casari, associate professor of agricultural communications. Some topics the instructors plan to cover include food and famine issues, food quality, free marketing, environmental questions and food imbalance in the world. Potter said issues such as food imbalance have broad policy implications. While many nations cannot produce enough food for themselves, Potter said, the United States has an oversupply of food, which hurts farmers by keeping prices low. The course will examine the consequences of that imbalance, or how the problem could be addressed both economically and ethically, he said. Johnson said the course also will include issues that agricultural professionals might face on the job. Some of those topics include corporate re sponsibility, ethics in the workplace and whistle-blowing, Johnson said. Potter said students may change their opin ions about agricultural issues after taking the course. He said he plans to have students write See CLASS on 6 Law aids search for low-rate credit cards By Chris Tipton Stiff Reporter Students who shop around for credit cards will find the search easier thanks to a new law that requires credit card compa nies to disclose their interest rates and annual fees before a card is issued, said an official of Bankcard Holders of America. The law, called the Fair Credit and Charge Card Disclosure Act of 1988, went into effect last month. It says that banks, department stores and credit card companies must disclose their financial terms in a manner that is easy to read and understand. “Some students are less experi enced and it helps to have the infor mation in front of their faces,’ ’ said Dan Marx, program associate of Bankcard Holders of America. The new requirements include disclosing interest rates, fees, grace periods, minimum finance charges and purchase transaction charges. The new law docs not cover credit and charge cards offered ihrough magazines, newspapers or “take one" credit card applications, and telephone solicitors do not have to disclose rates or fees over the phone. Marx said that in the past, banks issuing credit cards had printed their key financial terms in light gray ink on a while card separate from the application. According to Shelley Stall, direc tor of Student Legal Services at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, a fair amount of students run into prob lems with credit “Laws like this are great," Stall said. “They help the* consumers know exactly what they’re buying." However, Stall said she thought the law will help few people because most don’t check into interest rates and annual fees. Stall said using a credit card is a habit. For some users it’s not going to matter what the interest rate is, she said. “Use of the credit card is a deeper, addictive thing," she said. Sophia Kazas, a senior broadcast ing major at UNL, said she didn’t shop around at all for low interest rates when applying for a credit card. “It was offered to me and I de cided to take it,’’ Kazas said. “I didn’t look into it and had no idea until after 1 started charging that there was an interest rale.’’ Michele Beermann, a junior psy chology majorat UNL, said she knew there was a $20 annual fee for her Visa when she applied for it at the Nebraska Union. “I really didn’t know anything about the interest rates,’’ Beermann said. Stall said students should look for cards that advertise their interest rales because if they aren’t advertis ing it, their rates probably arc high. Low interest rates arc those in the range of 11.8 percent to 16.4 percent. Many credit card companies charge as much as 21 percent. Bankcard Holders of America has released its new “Fair Deal List’’ of low-rale cards, which is available through the mail. _-J=L._»_1 - ■) Andy Manhart/Dally Nabraakan
