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
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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
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ciation of Students of the University
of Nebraska.
Robert Furgason, vice chancellor
for academic affairs, said he person
ally supports recycling and conserva
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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
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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
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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.
The center will begin training
senior veterinary students from KSU
next year, Vanderholm said.
Three out of the four faculty
members who will teach and conduct
research at the center already have
been hired and have set up offices,
Vanderholm said.
Because federal funding for uni
versity construction projects has be
come more difficult to obtain, Van
dcrholm said, liming was fortunate
for both the Food Industry Complex
and veterinary center.
The Food Industry Complex is
already completed except for some
renovations in Fillcy Hall, while the
UNL Veterinary Educational Center
should be completed early next year,
Vanderholm said.
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