The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current, April 17, 1990, Page 3, Image 3
Producers' effort helps network grow By Doug Isakson Staff Reporter Two-and-a half years ago, Lhe Husker Network began promoting campus recreation activities. Since then, it has expanded its coverage under the production of Craig Chris tensen. Christensen said programming now includes Association of Students of the University of Nebraska meetings, the intramural game of the week, a strength-and-fitness program, Greek Fight Night and “Exploring Unex plained Phenomena.” The network plans to include a drug-education program titled “The ,----— Quarter’s Dance Party,” which he describedasacrossbetween “Ameri can Bandstand” and “Club MTV.” Christensen, a University of Ne braska-Lincoln senior in general stud ies, said he spends about 50 hours a week on program production at the NETV studio on East Campus. “If you’re not having fun,” Chris tensen said, “you might as well pack your bags because otherwise it’s loo much work.” Although the network has no ac curate method of determining its popularity, Christensen said, reaction from those who have had events covered has been positive. 4‘The main thing is the feedback,” .—-■ ■“ t Christensen said. “People say, ‘You wouldn’t believe how many people saw me on TV.’” He said the network plans to put its phone number on the screen so view ers can give their opinions. Christensen said the contract be tween Cablcvision, which televises the Husker Network, and the city require;’ the cable company to pro vide public or government access for educational programming. That lets the Husker Network broadcast free of charge. After graduation, Christensen said he hopes to turn his producer position into a full-time job or go to work for ESPN, the cable sports network. Joe Helnzle/Daily Nebraskan Creative sparks Art Professor Doug Ross welds a sculpture Monday af ternoon in Richards Hall. Theater Continued from Page 1 picture” of where the SI 2 million for downtown redevelopment is going to be spent. According to Garner Stoll, direc tor of the City Planning Department, Douglas Theatre Co. was interested in the land, but no agreements have been made. In other business, the council unani mously turned down a request from Duds ‘n’ Suds for a Class J liquor license at its N. 27th Street location. Class J licenses allow restaurants to serve beer and wine. Chris Wilken of the Lincoln Bev erage Association said Duds ‘n’ Suds shouldn’t be considered a restaurant. He said it ‘‘isn’t listed in the Yel low Pages under restaurants.” Wilken said that if Duds ‘n’ Suds were given a liquor license, then ‘‘all laundromats will want to have one.” Survey Continued from Page 1 faculty members and administrators all have given theiropinions, she said, but “no one asked the students how they feel about the quality of educa tion here.” The greatest margin of agreement from students came from the ques tion, “Arc you getting a degree at UNL for improvement in self devel opment?” Ninety-three percent of those surveyed answered said “yes.” Fifty-one percent agreed that administrators are sensitive to stu dent needs, while 49 percent disagreed. Forty-nine percent said they have difficulty understanding an instruc tor’s speech or language, while 51 percent said they did not. ANC Continued from Page 1 in the Nebraska Union. The South African constitution of 1910 states that no equality exists between blacks and whites in church and state, Coapogc said. Even the “twisted” church doc trine of predestination supports while Symposium Continued from Page 1 Hitchcock said that although there have been some changes in South Africa, such as the release of political prisoner Nelson Mandela, blacks still cannot vote, participate in politics or get loans for businesses. He also said the changes are no reason to let up on the economic and diplomatic pressure that brought them about. Jimmy Seepe, a journalism stu dent at Kearney State College, said the release of Mandela is not real change. “People thought the struggle had been won,” Seepe said. “But the question can be asked, ‘Is he really a free man?’ He can move around but he still cannot vote.” Now is the time to escalate the economic pressure on South Africa’s government, Seepe said. Sanctions have caused the government to lose $250 billion and forced it to resched ule its debt payments, he said. Hitchcock said the profitability of South African investments has low crcd as well. Although in the early 1980s investors could see about 18 percent returns on investments in South Africa, he said, their returns now are 4 to 9 percent. domination, he said. Under the doc trine, people of European descent arc predestined to rule, and blacks arc predestined to hell, he said. Coapogc urges university admini strations and state governments across the United Slates to follow the divest ment policies of U.S. churches, which have denounced the white South African church for "blasphemy” and have called apartheid a “crime against humanity.” Because of the economic sanc tions brought against South Africa since the 1960s, that country is expe riencing its first economic downturn since the 1920s, he said. Whiles arc now among the ranks of the unem ployed and wailing in soup lines, he said. Environmental ‘stuff’ matter of survival, speaker says By Cindy Wostrel Staff Reporter The chairman of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln chemical engineering department Monday told about 20 students in the Ne braska Union that “this environ mental stuff is a matter of sur vival.” Davis Clements said developed countries are worried about stop ping deforestation to protect the ozone layer while the Third World countries are worried about just getting enough to eat Cooking uses up 80 percent of the energy in two-thirds of the world, he said. Technology is available to help the Third World provide energy, Clements said, but some of it may have only industrial applications. The Third World also lacks the resources to provide energy, he said. Recently, there has been a re turn to wind-generated power in developed countries, Clements said. But in Third World countries this often is too expensive. Another energy st urce, solar power, barely pays for itself, Cle ments said. Solar power also is limited, he said, because the sun “rises and sets.” Solar power may be ob tained for only about six to eight hours a day, he said. Clements said a system to power the Nebraska Union would cost $3 million to $4 million. Some of the earliest applica tions of solar power were in the southern United States and in Is rael, he said, but inexpensive natu ral gas caused solar power to go “by the by.” Another method of obtaining energy is methane gas, he said. Several Third World countries have methane gas from kitchen and ani mal wastes while still being able to use the wastes as fertilizers. 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