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Group concerned about balloon htter|
By Jana Pedersen
Senior Editor_
An ecology group from Fremont is
hoping to let the air out of a Nebraska
football tradition.
The Keep Fremont Bcautilul
Committee and other local branches
of the Keep Nebraska Beautiful pro
gram sent letters earlier this month to
the UNL athletic department ex
pressing concern over the release ol
red-and-white balloons during home
football games.
Sue Stoeber-Reyzlik, coordinator
of Keep Fremont Beautiful, said the
committee decided to send the letters
after they learned that litter from
massive balloon releases can be
harmful to wildlife.
“Most people think of littering as
throwing a candy wrapper out the car
window,” Stoeber-Reyzlik said.
“But partially deflated balloons can
pose a threat to wildlife.”
There has been no documentation
of harm to Nebraska wildlife from
balloon releases, she said. But, re
leases were banned in Florida be
cause of harmful effects on wildlife
there.
Stoeber-Reyzlik called the letter
writing campaign a4 ‘symbolic start
to Keep Nebraska Beautiful’s state
wide program of educating Nebras
kans about better waste management.
“If we can recognize that this is
litter, maybe we can step forward and
deal with our other garbage prob
lems,” she said.
Stoeber-Reyzlik said the commit
tee hasn’t planned any further action
to encourage alternatives to the bal
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loon releases during games. But, she
said, the letters did accomplish the
committee’s goal ol pointing out the
litter problem to UNL officials.
“It’s going to come down some
place, and it’s going to come down as
litter,’’ she said. “We felt we just
needed to point out that balloon re
leases arc litter and see if they (UNL
officials) would consider that when
setting the policy.”
Gary Fourakcr, assistant athletic
director for business affairs at UNL,
said the athletic department hasn’t
discussed any alternatives to balloon
releases.
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Brian Shallito/Daily Nebraskan
“Since ihe games arc over with
this year, that’s not much of a priority
right now,’’ he said.
He said he has received no other
complaints about the balloon re
leases.
The UNL student spirit organiza
tion Tassels sells balloons at Ne
braska football games.
Football fans purchase the bal
loons from Tassels members. Bal
loons are released after the first time
Nebraska scores.
William Skinner, president of
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East Campus tmanciai aia
' office considered by ASUN
By Cindy Wostrel
Suff Reporter
Several members of the Associa
tion of Students of the University of
Nebraska want to recommend a new
East Campus branch lor the Office of
Scholarships and Financial Aid.
ASUN president Bryan Hill said
an East Campus office would provide
financial aid services for agriculture,
home economics, law and dentistry
students. Currently, those students
must use the City Campus office.
Students would be able to drop off
and pick up forms at the office, said
Nancy Kamopp, a member of the
advisory board for the Office of
Scholarships and Financial Aid. The
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office also would be equipped with a
computer for students to determine
the status of their loans, Kamopp
said.
One or two employees would
work in the office, she said. The
number of staff members would de
pend on how' much money the office
received, she said, but one employee
might be sufficient to do the job.
The office staff members should
be trained well, she said, because
they would be responsible for an
swering students’ questions relating
to financial aid.
Each staff member would receive
a salary between SI2,000 and
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12:04 a.m. — First-degree arson
reported in Selleck Hall, $100.
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Area 10 near Harper Hall, $150.
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