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ECOLOGY from Page 1 According to Burger, Ecology Now is involved in the project be cause two of the group’s goals are to increase awareness of environmental issues and distribute that informa tion. Other suggestions listed include: • A campuswide use of recycled paper products. • A campuswide ban on tropical timber products. • A campuswide ban on beef raised in tropical rain forests. • A comprehensive recycling program. • A plan to conserve energy, in cluding: making lighting in buildings more efficient, installing solar side walk lights on dark comers of cam pus, better insulating buildings and instituting educational programs stressing energy conservation. • A water conservation plan. •A campuswide elimination of pesticides. • An investigation and reduction of hazardous waste on campus. • A promotion of alternative transportation such as carpooling, bike paths and public transportation. • An official recognition of Earth Day April 22, including cancelling classes on that day. • A student garden for leisure and learning. • A continuance of environmen tally oriented research such as biode gradable cornstarch bags. • An environmental studies course to fulfill the natural sciences general requirement. • The inclusion of the agricultural movement as a necessary part of his tory classes. • An ethics class required for an agricultural degree. Burger said he plans to scratch the idea of cancelling a day of classes to recognize Earth Day, because it would be better to have the students discuss environmental issues in class. Burger said he hopes to sec at least some action taken on one or two of IP w, Fine arts students to display works Three master of Fine arts students will display their thesis works today through Dec. 14 at the gallery of the Department of Art and Art History, 102 Richards Hall. Kate Brooke, Judith Burton and Georgia Johnson will be honored in a reception from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday at the gallery. Gallery hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Thursday. Nebraska’s economy to be discussed The current status and future projections of Nebraska’s economy will be discussed in a series of conferences scheduled for January and February 1990 by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Bureau of Business Research. The three half-day conferences will focus on different areas of development and are hoped to provide a better view of the economy for { strategic planning purposes. The first seminar will be Jan. 16 in Ogallala and will focus on agriculture and economic development in Western Nebraska. The seminar Jan. 23 in Lincoln will emphasize statewide economic devel opment issues. The final seminar in Omaha Feb. 1 will focus on metropolitan Nebraska and compare it with similar mid-American growth centers. The registration deadline is Jan. 10. the recommendations by April 22, 1990, the next Earth Day. The one day celebration focuses attention on the environment. ‘It’s a very worth while endeavor. ’ —Furgason Before work can begin, Burger said, the group needs input from UNL administrators so Ecology Now can begin to prioritize the list. Then, he said, the group can start tapping campus resources such as the Resi df’.nr'P Hall Acvrv'ialirtn anH fhr» Avert. ciation of Students of the University of Nebraska. Robert Furgason, vice chancellor for academic affairs, said he person ally supports recycling and conserva BUILDING from Page 1 fortunate because federal funds for both projects became available after plans for a veterinary facility de signed to serve several northern Midwestern states fell through. He said both the complex and veterinary center projects, which are near completion, were built in part by redirected federal funds from, the veterinary facility. UNL officials decided to re-chan nel the federal funds set for the veteri nary facility into related university pnuiuy projects in aooui 1VR3, van derholm said. The overall cost for the Food In dustry Complex, including renova tions at Mitchell, was $ 10.57 million. Half of the money already was available from federal funds for the once - proposed veterinary facility, Vanderholm said. “We knew we had the federal funding,” Vanderholm said. “So we just had to raise the corresponding state and private funding.” The NU Foundation raised about $1.57 million in private funds, Van derholm said, while state funds ac counted for about $3.71 million. tion efforts. The question, Furgason said, is how to implement these plans. He said that Ecology Now’s suggestions are worth looking into. “It’s a very worthwhile en deavor,’’ he said. Vice Chancellor for Student Af fairs James Griesen echoed Fur gason’s comments and added that he, too, is very supportive of the goals Ecology Now is working toward. According to Griesen, the univer sity is looked to for leadership in many aspects of life, and the welfare of the ecology is no exception. “This is one area we should seri ously consider providing as much leadership as possible,’’ he said. Griesen said, however, that some of the suggestions are “fairly ambi tious” and that some may take more UMIV. iw lllipicmcm IIIUII uuicr.N. Burger said that although admin istrators may think the suggestions arc a bit too much, he thinks that the list will produce results. matching the more than $5.28 million in federal money. The other priority project, the UNL Veterinary Educational Center, cost $3.5 million. Half of the funding for this center came from federal funds with the oiner nan coming trom stale and private sources, Vanderholm said. Because UNL didn’t have a vet erinary program, the university agreed to a working arrangement with Kansas State University about two years ago, Vanderholm said. As part of the arrangement, Van derholm said, KSU agreed to accept 30 UNL students into its veterinary program annually. In exchange, UNL agreed to pro vide some of the clinical training for KSU veterinary seniors at the UNL Veterinary Center in Clay Center, Vanderholm said. 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