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^-.— M wv ; _ WEATHER: INDEX v Newt Digest.2 Editorial.4 Sport*.. Art* A Entertainment..... J Ctacwfflads .. 11 October 3.1989___University of NebrasKa-Lincoln Vol. 89 No. 26 Reunion to reque^" neied By Jerry Guenther *Unjnr Reporter A Lincoln developer said Monday he has u\ yet to hear of any opposition firom UNL * ^administrative official about his plan to file a request for a beer license for the Reunion, 905 N. 16th St David Hunter, president ol'the Hardy Build ing Corp„ said he plans to apply for the beer license early next week, after he finishes con tacting vendor’s interested in selling beer at the priivaieiy-owned student union. Hunter said he interprets state statutes to mean that an outlet selling beer must be located at least 150 feet from the university. if the license is approved, Hunter said, the vendor win operate from one of the food courts in the Reunion, and the entire food court wiU be licensed for beer sales and consumption. University of Nebraska-Lincoln students and other customers 21 or older then could purchase beer from the licensed vendor to drink with their meals, he said. Hunter said he measured the distance from the exterior edge of die Reunion dining area to the nearest university building, Nebraska Hail, and the distance is about 170 feet Richard Wood, NU vice president and gen eral counsel, said the issue would be reviewed by administrative officials if a request for a beer license is filed. * * Until such a request is filed. Wood said, it would be hypothetical to comment on the uni versity s position. Wood said the State Liquor Control Act generally prohibits granting a beer license within 150 feet of a school, university, church or home for the aged. For a permit to sell other liquors, Wood said, state regulations require the outlet to be at least 300 feet from a school, university, church or home for the aged. In a case in volving a church, W ood said, the State Supreme Court ruled that the distance for a beer license must be at least 150 feet from the two closest exterior walls of both buildings. Although the distance from the exterior edge of the Reunion’s dining area and Ne braska Hall is about 170 feet, the distance between the two closest exterior walls of the buildings is about 82 feet Hunter said he also plans to include a permit for off-sale beer in his formal application, though he said customers would be unable to consume the beer inside the premises if they purchased it for off-sale consumption. If approved, the license also would desig nate the conference and meetings room, which holds about 85 people, as a special permit room for alcohol consumption, he said. allowed to rent the room*for parties, he said. Hunter said Siencannot operate a bar in the Reunion because state statutes require bars to be at least 300 feet from the university. Although Hunter said he suspects adminis trative officials might be opposed to having beer on campus, he cautions them about being “too critical.’* Hunter said alcohol is allowed to be con sumed in the Nebraska Union and Wick Alumni Center (hiring certain occasions through special permits. “If you don’t want liquor at the campus,*' Hunter said, * ‘then don’t have it at the student union or Wick.” He said if administrative officials oppose the special permit beer license in the confer ence and meeting room, they would be acting on two different sets of standards because they allow special permits for alcohol consumption in the Nebraska Union and Wick Alumni Center. Hunter said he got the idea for the beer license after UNL faculty members, staff members and students told him it would serve a need. “It makes sense to have students walk in stead of driving (to buy beer),” he said. Complaints acted on by UNL parking officials By Lisa Bolin Staff Reporter Members of the Pasting Advi sory Committee of the Uni versity of Nebraska-Lincoin toot action at their meeting Monday on some of the student complaints voiced recently. • hHn. to the commit tee, proposed that part of the Area 10 faculty lot loaded on 19th and R streets be changed to an Area 20 commuter lot . Ll John Buite of the UNL Police Department said the lot has not been used to its fullest potential. The pro posal called for leaving about 25 spaces for faculty members and giv ing students around 75 spaces, he saad. Burke said he hopes to make the appropriate changes and have the plan implemented by next week. Faculty representative James Brandle proposed opening the Area 3 lot near New Hampshire Street to students holding Area 20 permits during the day. The committee passed the proposal. Committee members also dis cussed reopening the parking lot on the north side of the UNL Power Plant to all permit holders. Gary Thalken, committee repre sentative for the University Associa tion for Administration Develop ment, said the lot, previously an Area 10 lot, was closed this fall because of several complaints of the effect water spray from the cooling towers had on cars* paint The hard water from the towers left water spots on vehicles parted in the lot, he said. Committee members may open this lot after asking legal counsel if the committee is liable for damage done to cars if a proper warning is posted. Burke proposed that the commit- ' tee implement some form of trans portation system for students who park in lots located far from campus. During the open session of (be meeting, students asked the commit tee to look into problems surrounding metered parking spaces and permit overselling. Jerry Chab, a senior criminal jus-/ * lice major, asked why UNL meters cost twice as much as city meters. City meters cost 10 cents an hour while UNL meters cost 20 cents an hour, Chab said. Faculty representative Franz Blaha said UNL meters were de signed to be used by visitors to the university instead of local busi nesses. Blaha said the higher meter price discourages non-visitors from using the metered spaces and pro motes a high parking turnover, allow ingiinore people to use the spaces. Chad Fetherston, a junior interna tional business major, said it is unfair that faculty lots are oversold by 4 to 5 percent while commuter kits are oversold by 35 percent, especially ^ because some faculty lots are never fult. Blaha said many of the lots are not yet utilized by the faculty because they are not fully aware of the lots available to them. Faculty lots are oversold by a smaller percentage because faculty members tend to use their lots more consistently than stu dents, he said. More bicycle thefts reported; mountain bikes most popular By Anit Detrain Sulf Reporter New or old, expensive or cheap, bicycles have been a popular item for local thieves this semester, said a University of Ne braska-Lincoln police officer. SgL Mylo Bushing said that since Aug. 28,22 bikes have been stolen on campus, 14 of which were mountain bikes. Bushing said the number of bike thefts in the last five weeks is almost -4", ' ‘ i .. ’ half the total number of bikes that > were stolen last year. From January to December 1988, 53 bikes were re ported stolen, he said. He said newer styles of bikes, such as mountain bikes, are more likely to be stolen because they can be re-sold easily. This semester's bike thefts were done by cutting the padlocks, he said. Bikes with padlocks are easier to steal than those locked with&U-lock, a D-shaped lock made of steel, be said. v jp
