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Darcie Wiegert Daily Nebraskan Lori Berg, PanhelEenic Association rush chairwoman, answers questions from rushees at counsel ing sessions held during rush week, which ended Tuesday. Rush counselor Anne Ely looks on. Counseling sessions held during rush By Tabitha Miner Staff Reporter Counseling sessions for the ap proximately 580 sorority rushecs were introduced this year to provide easier access to rush delegates. Courtney Flanagan, assistant Panhellcnic Association rush chair man, said the sessions gave the rushecs an idea of what the counselors could do for them. Rush delegates were available to help the rushecs during the rush ac tivities by taking them to houses and by helping to answer questions. In addition to taking rushces to sororities, Flanagan said, she wanted the women to know that counselors could provide emotional support. Rush took place Friday through Tuesday with meetings held the first two nights in residence hall lobbies and invitations being given on Tues day. The 14 rush counselors fielded questions from rushees. ‘‘Wc wanted them to feel more comfortable talking to their rush counselors,” Flanagan said. ”1 also felt the women would put the coun selors to more use if they knew where they were.” Lori Berg, Panhellenic Associa tion rush chairman, said she knew it would be easier for rushees to talk to their counselors if the women did not have to ‘‘search them out.” Rush delegate Megan Kim said about 25 rushees at the Harper Schramm-Smith complex showed up for the first session. Questions ranged from the sororities’ financial require ments to parties, Kim said. ‘‘I think wc should do this every year,” Kim said. ‘‘Even if just five women show up, those arc women that might not have been helped be fore.” The earlier rush schedule started Iasi year also made rush easier, Flanagan said. This year’s schedule provided five free days between the end of rush and the beginning of school. The previous schedule did not allow any days off between the two. The rush days were broken up into a decreasing number of parlies with 14 on Friday and three on Monday. The rushccs visited sororities and talked to active members during the parties. Sororities had different themes and skits throughout rush to give the house an identification with the rushces. This year’s schedule allowed pledges to get to know each other while having an opportunity to for mally pledge before school started, Flanagan said. Nancy O’Brien, alumni coordina tor for rush, said the schedule was created to provide the fewest con flicts. Department gets MUU,UUU grant By David Burchell Staff Reporter The University of Nebraska-Lin coln agronomy department will fi nance an outstanding professorship with a grant that sponsors called the first of its kind. The department received a $100,00 agricultural endowment from the Sunkist Fiesta Bowl Wednesday. Nebraska played in the 1990 edition of the bowl, losing to Florida State, 41 17. The agronomy department will use the grant to finance an outstanding professor chairmanship, Chairman Robert Shearman said, though no specific plans have been made. UNL officials watched Fiesta Bowl executive director John Junker pres ent the grant to Robert Shearman, chairman of the Department of Agron omy, during a press conference at the N Club Lounge in the South Stadium. Chancellor Marlin Massengalc, Athletic Director Bob Dcvancy and NU football coach Tom Osborne at tended the conference. They empha sized the benefits a strong athletic program could bring to academics. “I think there is an academic value to athletics,” Osborne said. The endowment to the agronomy I-—. dcpartinenl is part of Sunkist’s com mitment to academics and athletics, said Larry Gunning, 1990-91 Fiesta Bowl president. The grant marks the first time a college bowl game has established a financial award of its size to aca demic departments, Gunning said. The Sunkisl Fiesta Bowl also donated SI00,000 to Florida State University, Nebraska’s opponent in the 1990 bowl. It will be used to establish educational chairmanships in the FSU Department of Meteorol ogy. . Junker said the relationship be tween the bowl and Sunkisl Growers had benefited universities participat ing in the bowl game. The Fiesta Bowl officials speci fied that the money be used in con nection with agriculture, Shearman said, because Sunkisl Growers is an agricultural corporation. The money probably will be in vested by the NU Foundation, with the interest going to finance a stipend for the position, Shearman said. More than 300 students currently are pursuing degrees in the agronomy department, under the direction of Shearman and 60 faculty members. ^ , Ififilffi *T‘ OPEN 24 hours Ml Ml# * 330 N. 48th 1229 "R" St. the copy center 466'8159 475-2679 Search process continues By Michael Ho Staff Reporter Applications for a new vice chan cellor of research have started to roll in, but the search process is still in its infancy, a search coordinator said. Herb Howe, interim associate to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln chancellor, said applications had started to roll in for the position, which will continue to be combined with the position of dean of graduate studies. The position became vacant when John Yost resigned last semester to take a position at the University of Alabama at Huntsville. The inquiries, Howe said, arc the resultof advertisements placed in The Chronicle of Higher Education and other national academic publications. So far, Howe said, he’s pleased with the response. “We’re getting a reasonable stream of applicants . .. two, three, four or more per day,” he said. But he added that volume wasn’t what lie’s looking for. “I think that the critical part in the search is not so much the number, but the quality” of applicants, Howe said. The Chronicle advertisement said a campuswide committee would start reviewing applications in early Sep tember, Howe said, but that date may be optimistic. “In fact,” he said, “the commit tee hasn’t even been appointed yet.” Once appointed, the committee will have to review candidates’ applica tions and produce a short list to pres ent to the chancellor. Those candidates will be brought to the campus for an interview and the top few will be asked back for second interviews. Scheduling the interviews could be troublesome, Howe said. “Hopefully, these arc very busy people,” he said. Many of them will have faculty responsibilities and aren’t available except during breaks be tween semesters. Setting up even one interview is ‘ ‘probably asking a lot,” he said. Realistically, Howe said, the proc ess won’t start gathering steam until next spring. Remember family or friends with Special Occasion. Get Well or Memorial cards. WERE FIGHTING FOR NOUR LIFE American Heart Association €1 Nebraska Affiliate v __ --1 ONE MONTH FREE Sound Ideas from Lincoln Telephone ® Lease a new or additional single-line lease telephone now and get one month of FREE rental. Just visit an LT&T Phone Center and we'll process your phone request on the spot. Then pick out the phone you want and take it with you. Leasing makes everything so easy—you get a quality phone, maintenance included and convenient terms. While you're here, ask about adding the low cost convenience of Custom Calling. Touch Calling and LT&T Voice Mail to your regular phone service. Limit one free rental per customer. 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