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March 21, 1990__University of Nebraska-Lincoln Vol. 89 No.
New UNL ID-card system attracts attention
By Roger Price
Staff Reporter
Schools from as far away as Argentina
have contacted the University of Ne
braska-Lincoln about its new photo
identification card system.
Warren Embree, systems coordinator for
support services, said UNL was the first uni
versity to build its own complete photo ID
system, and did it very inexpensively com
pared to the cost of a packaged system.
Embree said representatives of Texas-Ar
lington, Illinois and North Carolina universi
ties, Kearney State College, the University of
Nebraska Medical Center and the University of
Nebraska at Omaha have visited UNL to exam
ine the system.
Embree said officials from several other
schools, including one in Argentina, have called
to request information on the system.
All the schools that have visited have been
“very impressed,” Embree said.
Doug Zatcchka, director of the Office of
University Housing and chairman of the ID
card committee, said the biggest reaction from
the other uni versifies was, “You did that much,
that fast?”
Zatcchka said the entire photo ID system
was installed in eight months for $325,000.
William Fierke, University of Illinois regis
trar, said he was surprised by how quickly the
system was installed.
Fierke said Illinois has had photo IDs ca
pable of storing information magnetically for
four years, but no university offices have equip
ment to read that information.
Incorporating students’ social security
numbers in bar codes on the IDs is one of the
best aspects of the UNL system, he said.
Fierke said Illinois is looking for a new
system, and it will include bar codes.
“In higher education administration we don’t
let students plagiarize, but boy do we steal
from each other,” he said.
Ficrkc said Illinois probably will use color
photographs on its cards because that is what it
currently uses.
Illinois, he said, will not install a complete
system, such as UNL’s, which is used by every
campus office. Instead, the administration will
issue new cards, but each office on campus will
have to convert to the snew cards at its own
expense.
“While you people build the whole air
plane, we’re building a canal and letting people
float through it,” he said.
Kearney State College also is looking for an
ID system similar to UNL’s, an administrator
said.
John Mayeski, library director and chair
man of the campuswidc ID system committee,
said KSC is considering installing a system
much like UNL’s and having UNL produce the
ID cards.
Because photos for the UNL ID system are
taken on videotape, Mayeski said, it would be
easy to take photos of students and their signa
tures at KSC and send the tapes to UNL to have
the cards made.
“Working together, I think it could be a
good cooperative effort,” he said.
Mayeski said KSC eventually would pur
chase the complete system, but buying cards
from UNL would help decrease the initial
investment.
Zatechka said UNMC also is considering
purchasing cards from UNL.
UNL would charge the other schools enough
to cover the cost of the cards and wear on the
system without having to “gouge” the other
schools, Zatechka said.
Parties debate issues
before runoff election
By Victoria Ayotte
Senior Reporter
TODAY and VISION presiden
tial candidates for ASUN dis
puted each other’s ability to
bring a new student government and
fresh ideas to ASUN at a debate
Tuesday.
The Residence Hall Association
sponsored the debate in the Crib of
the Nebraska Union. It was the last
debate before today’s runoff election
for ASUN executives.
TODAY presidential candidate Deb
Fiddelkc said her ticket is not com
posed of the “same old student lead
ers.”
“We don’t just bring you some
glossy statements,” Fiddelkc said.
“Wc brmg you real issues.”
VISION presidential candidate Phil
Gosch disagreed.
“UNL voters have voiced their
discontent” with the current student
leaders, Gosch said. Voters want stu
dent government, “not student poli
tics,” he said.
“We want a better student govern
ment, too,” Fiddclkc responded.
Fiddclkc, who is chairman of the
Government Liaison Committee, said
her parly has “seen the flaws” in the
current administration and TODAY
candidates have the experience to
correct them.
“One party brings people who get
things done for students,” Fiddclkc
said. “I am very dedicated and very
motivated.”
The candidates also debated how
to belter represent off-campus and
residence hall students in student
government.
Fiddclkc said restructuring ASUN
so senate representation is based on
where students live as well as what
colleges they arc in is the best plan for
a representative student government.
“Unless you’re willing to make
the dedication, you’re not going to
see a change ... for many years to
come,” Fiddclkc said.
But VISION presidential candi
date Phil Gosch said Fiddclkc’s plan
would take longer than his because it
See DEBATE on 3
Electoral Commission hears
suggestions for ballot count
By Roger Price
Staff Reporter
The Electoral Commission of
the Association of Students of
the University of Nebraska on
Tuesday reviewed suggestions from
observers of the ASUN general elec
tion ballot count.
The suggestions were submitted
STAND party and Russ Johnson of
the VISION party.
Johnson said Monday he made the
suggestions because "they’re not very
open about whai the heck they’re
doing.”
Buhrdorf said he thought he was
‘‘shoved off to the side” while bal
lots were counted Wednesday night,
instead of being allowed to observe
the counting.
The suggestions for today’s runol I
election included the following:
•Use all the safely methods and
devices used during Wednesday’s
election. If ASUN cannot afford elec
tronic ballot counting for today’s
election, next year’s Homecoming
ballots should be hand-counted and
the runoff ballots counted by com
puter.
ASUN plans to hand-count the
ballots tonight because of the high
cost of computer balloting.
Buhrdorf said he wanted electronic
counting of the runoff ballots because
there is more room for error in hand
counting.
• Only the electoral commission
should be allowed to count votes.
Former ASUN President Jeff Pe
tersen helped with the ballot-count
ing process during the general elec
tion, Buhrdorf said.
•Representatives of the faculty,
the ombudsman, the Daily Nebras
kan and KRNU should observe the
counting.
But Buhrdorf said at the meeting
that he realized press representatives
should not observe the counting be
cause of the possibility that results
would be released early.
•Only one person should be in
See ELECT on 3
William Lauer/Datly Nebraskan
Students honored
UNL students John Liston (left), Mike Wiedel and Beth Olson received the General
Motors Volunteer Spirit award Tuesday in recognition of their volunteer work n Lincoln.
Nominated for the award and selected by a committee comprised of University of
Nebraska-Lincoln faculty members and students, the volunteers received three shares
of GM stock and a plaque. Olson said the satisfaction of volunteer work is better than
anything. I’m amazed to receive an award for it.”
Alliance to promote interaction
By Doug Isakson
Staff Reporter
The revival of a 19th-century
college tradition at the Uni
versity of Nebraska-Lincoln
will bring faculty members into resi
dence halls to serve as role models for
students.
Lyn Jakobscn, assistant director of
housing for resident education at UNL,
said the new “Faculty/Sludcnt Alli
ance” program will develop relation
ships between students and faculty
outside the classroom.
“It lakes away that‘authority fig
ure’ thing,” Jakobscn said, ‘‘and helps
them (students and faculty) get to
know each other as people.”
Similar programs were used in the
1800s, Jakobscn said, and again were
developed in the 1960s. She said they
arc being used with great success on
campuses such as Rice University in
Houston and the University of Colo
rado.
According to a written proposal
issued by the University Housing
Office, the program will have several
functions. It will provide positive role
models for students, and it will allow
students and faculty to share experi
ences.
Faculty members might partici
pate in student discussions on topics
such as sexually transmitted diseases,
AIDS, abortion, career decisions and
health and wellness.
They also could participate in parties
and floor athletic events and could
provide a faculty perspective on
campus issues such as alcohol, con
dom machines, lighting, parking and
financial aid.
The program also would develop
more “special interest floors” where
students of the same major can get
together to study.
Jakobsen said the idea for the Alli
ance at UNL was first proposed by
James Gricscn, vice chancellor lor
student affairs.
She said Gricscn is searching now
for a liaison between faculty and
housing to help the Student Affairs
Advisory Board recruit about 24 fac
ulty members interested in participat
ing in the program. She said faculty
response to the program has been
very positive.
“It’s a commitment,” Jakobsen
said. ‘‘It lakes someone who really
wants to do this. There’s been a lot of
excitement.”
Faculty members will be selected
before May, Jakobsen said.
The program might be appealing
for all faculty members, she said, but
it might be easiest for those who
already have tenure and have less
research and writing to do.
Jakobsen said the program will
have a faculty member assigned to a
floor for an entire year. She said the
program will start out slow, allowing
them to work out the problems before
expanding it But, she added, she plans
to add more faculty as the program
progresses.