Image provided by: University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries, Lincoln, NE
About The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 30, 1990)
Baby boy born to couple in UNMC program New fertilization method works D.. _ n_A - Faculty to vote on changes of senate structure by mail *~imiy nu^iiUciuiTl Senior Reporter A treatment at the University of Nebraska Medical Center is allowing some men with spinal cord injuries to produce enough sperm to father chil dren. Dr. Jeffrey Buch, director of the Male Infertility Center and an assis tant professor of surgery in the Divi sion of Urologic Surgery at UNMC, said a healthy boy was bom in De cember to one of the three couples the program treats. The treatment, called rectal probe electroejaculation (RPE), began last year and currently is being received by eight men, he said. The process allows for collection of sperm from men with spinal cord injuries. L/ODDy Continued from Page 1 The proposed change for higher education presents the best possible way for students to get a vote, Fid dclke said. Now is the perfect time for the measures, she said, because there is support from senators for the bill. State Sens. Tim Hall of Omaha and Scott Moore of Seward support the student vote, Fiddelke said. Of the senators on the Education Committee that she has talked to, none has strongly opposed the bill, she said. police_ Beginning midnight, Sunday, Jan. 28. 2:10 a.m. - Attempted suicide reported, Smith Residence Hall, sixth floor. Victim was sent to ; Lincoln General Hospital, treated ■ and released. 2:10 p.m. -- Hubcaps reported stolen, Area 1,19th and T streets, $200. ! Wednesday Special 99 Pitchers! Longnecks! Wells! Wine Coolers! \ 7:00 - 12:30 / nve oi tnose eight have been able to produce ‘ ‘suitable-quality sperm,” but only one pregnancy has resulted, Buch said. In another of the cases, fertilization from collected sperm occurred, but the embryo failed to implant, he said. Buch said the three men who have not produced viable sperm only have had one attempt at the procedure. RPE involves the insertion of rec tal probes and placing them against the prostate and seminal vesicles to stimulate nerves with an electrical current, producing erection and ejacu lation. Sperm is collected successfully 80 percent of the time, and is viable 60 percent of the time, Buch said. The procedure can take place in a doctor s olfice and docs not require anesthesia. The treatment takes about riddclkc said she hopes about 100 students will attend the hearings, which could last as long as seven hours. Students will be able to leave when they want, she said. Students could come for as little as a half hour “just to keep the amount of students there ... at a constant level,” Fiddelkc said. “We need the student support,” Fiddelke said. “The Legislature has to sec ... that the entire campus and the entire state arc behind us.” Other GLC plans include a confer ence this week in which student lead ers from all seven Nebraska post secondary, four-year institutions will 20 to 30 minutes, he said. Because of a grant from the Spinal Cord Research Foundation, prices for the treatment are negotiable, depend ing on a patient’s financial situation, he said. After the sperm is collected, it is screened for quality. Eggs then are fertilized by intrauterine insemina tion or in vitro fertilization. Buch said Nebraska has about 100 new spinal cord injured patients each year, and about 95 percent of all men with spinal cord injuries suffer from infertility. UNMC offers the only RPE treat ment in a five-state area which in cludes Iowa, Kansas, South Dakota, North Dakota and Minnesota, he said. Missouri is currently making attempts to introduce the RPE program, he said. suggest that student members on the proposed boards of trustees be voting members. Hall and Moore hope to attend the session, Fiddclke said. GLC members also plan to circu late petitions supporting both resolu tions to residence halis, greek houses and at a booth in the Nebraska Union. GLC members have requested that other Nebraska post-secondary insti tutions file similar petitions. Organizations including the Asso ciation of Students of the University of Nebraska, the Residence Hall Association and Panhcllcnic Asso ciation also will meet to discuss reso lutions supporting the student-regent vote, Fiddclke said. ^When I call Mom, she either wants to talk art or football. Usually football? oy iuuu newiey Staff Reporter In a 115-3 vote, University of Nebraska-Lincoln faculty members decided Monday to mail ballots to their colleagues so they can vote on proposed changes in the struc - ture of the Faculty Senate. The meeting, open to all faculty members, used telecommunications to connect UNL professors with university extension officers and -4 4 They’ll either vote it up or vote it down. McShane Faculty Senate president -f f other faculty members across Nebraska, said James McShane, Faculty Senate president McShane said representatives gathered at 14 sites across the state, including City and East campuses, to call in their votes and questions about the proposal. The proposal would change the name of the Faculty Senate to the Academic Senate. The senate’s membership would increase from about 60 to 80 or 85. Senate representation by depart ment would be changed from one representative for every 25 or more Go ahead, call her up anti let her know tlx score. A 10-minute coast to-coust call, dialed direct anytime, any day with A'l&T, costs less than 13.00* And with fast connections anti immedi ate credit tor wrong numlxts, h< >w can you miss? Idr more information on ART Long Distance Sirrice, and products like tlx* Al&l'Card, call 1 800 525-7955, Fxt. 100. *Adll .ipplll lllk* liIXfX .IIkI MllVhilfJJt". AT&T The right choice. iacuity memoers to two represen tatives for every 25 or more and three for every 50 or more. Departments with five to 25 members will have one senate representative. Under the proposal, there would be two all-faculty meetings each academic year. Faculty senators’ terms would be increased from one year to three years. Ballots for the referendum will ask faculty members about the proposal in a “yes-no” fashion, McShane said. “They’ll either vote it up or vote it down,” he said. Based on Monday’s overwhelm ing yotc, McShane said, he thinks other faculty members will sup port the proposal. McShane said the longer term Yjfould “maintain excellence” in the senate. More representatives would encourage better communication and participation among faculty members, he said. McShane said the current sen ate ‘“felt like it was talking to it self.” He said it is important that representatives statewide have open lines of communication. About 1,600 ballots will be sent out today to all faculty members of the rank assistant professor or higher and their equivalents among ex tension officers, McShane said. Results of the mail balloting will be released Feb. 12. -1