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Phase III of OCR project moved to Mabel Lee Hall By Victoria Ayotte Senior Reporter The Appropriations Committee of the Nebraska Legislature on Thurs day approved housing Phase III of the Office of Cam pus Recreation project in Mabel Lee Hall instead of the NU Coliseum. University of Nebraska-Lincoln Vice Chancellors James Griescn and Jack Goebel pro posed the changes, _ which they said were necessary after re-evaluation of the project. Phase III of the project had called for renovation of the Coliseum to contain olficcs, labs and storage for the School of Health, Physical Edu cation and Recreation; a training room for athletics; classrooms; space for the women’s intercollegiate volley ball and softball programs; men’s and women’s locker rooms and saunas; a combative arts room; and a multi purpose courts and activity room. i In the measure approving the proj ect, the Coliseum had been named as the location for Phase III. Griesen and Goebel requested that Mabel Lee be included after they found the Coli seum would not meet the needs of the project. Seating capacity for the volleyball arena needs to be greater than what could be accommodated in the origi nal plan, Griesen said. The aesthetics of the building also would be harmed by the Coliseum’s renovation, he said. Cost also was a factor in the deci sion. Phase III, projected to cost $5.9 million, would cost $200,000 more than expected if the Coliseum were retained as the cite. If Mabel Lee were used, a savings of $440,000 is expected, bringing the total cost down to $5.46 million. University officials found that remodeling Mabel Lee “might be a better way to do the job,” Goebel said. The project is financed by the athletic department and operation costs are paid for by student fees. No tax dollars are used, Griesen said. Program makes UNL a smaller community By Cindy Wostrel Staff Reporter A new program on the Univer sity of Nebraska-Lincoln campus would make the university a “smaller community” if all goes well, according to the director of the Counseling Center. Vernon Williams said Thurs day the program, ‘‘Common Ground,” would bring students and faculty members together in cam pus living units to talk about topics that concern them. Faculty members came up with the idea when they asked, “What could we do to make this campus seem more like a community?” Williams said. the program would allow fac ulty members to talk about movies or lectures with interested students, he said. The topic could be any thing intellectual, he said, from social issues to politics. Williams said he would like to believe the whole campus will become involved in the program, but he’s not sure how many people actually will participate. The group hopes to sponsor a See TALKS on 5 Revenge Continued from Page 1 Thursday. Such action had been taken by the Legislature before in a case where the bill originally had been on final reading, was returned to select file, and again advanced to final read ing, he said. Senators then advanced the bill to final reading and passed it. Sen. Don Wesely of Lincoln sup ported the advancement He said he understood the action taken by La bed/ and other supporters of the motion, Sens. Carol Pirsch, Lorraine Langford Diversity Continued from Page 1 two years in advance of the year in which the courses arc offered. Scou said the multi-cultural course still is in the “idea stage.” She said it has not even gone through AS UN’s Curriculum and Instruction Commit tee. Several other Midwestern univer sities are in the process of approving a required cultural diversity course or already have one in place. Ernest Champion, associate pro fessor of political science at Bowling Green Slate University in Ohio, said his university is close to making cul tural diversity courses a requirement. But he said BGSU’s program is different from others because students and Jennie Robak, as “desire to seek revenge.” The bill is important, Wcsely said, especially to North Omaha. “I know the intent is to hurt Emic (Chambers)... but let’s think about who we are hurting here,” Wesely said. Pirsch said the 3 1/2-hour filibus ter was “reflective of the frustra tion” she and other senators felt at other filibusters which worked against their bills. Pirsch said she found she has the “guts” for filibustering, “but I’ve discovered I don’t have the heart for it.” _ ____ aren’t forced to take an ethnic studies course. Instead, students can take courses in history, English, geogra phy or political science that specifi cally deal with cultural diversity. For example, students can take an Eng lish course in black literature or a Chicano-Amcrican history course. Champion said his department has been working on the course for al most five years, and it will be avail able for incoming freshmen in 1991. Gerri Parreaull, College of Liberal Arts curriculum coordinator at the University of Minnesota, said the college has a two-course requirement for all its students except those trying to cam bachelor of science degrees. She said students pursuing a science degree do not have the requirement because it would add too much to their required course list. Pro-choice Contined from Page 1 have an impact. “Anybody that saw us walking down the street, saw the signs and responded, whether negative, posi tive or apathetic,” she said. Diane Shur, a crane painter for National Crane Corporation of Waverly, said more people should have been involved, especially women of color and poor women, because they arc most affected. Shur, who is from Omaha, said women who do manual labor have a hard lime keeping their jobs if denied reproductive rights. Eldonna Rayburn, a coordina tor of the National Student Action Day and member of UNL’s Stu dents for Choice, which sponsored the event, said it was important to get students involved. “Students will be student lead ers,” she said. “If they are active now then they wi 11 be active later. ’ ’ Group protests low numbers of minority and women faculty By Kara Wells Staff Refjoner Members of the Multi-Cultural Legal Society had a petition drive Thursday to protest the low num ber of minority and women faculty members at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Shirley Jones, co-chairperson of the society, said the group wants to encourage UNL administrators to hire more racial minorities and women. A survey recently conducted by the Omaha World-Herald shows UNL has the fewest number of black faculty professors, eight, in the Big Eight. 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