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August 2%, 1990 University of Nebraska-Lincoln Vol. 90 No. 2
Presidentialfield
narrowed to 27
By Pat Dinslage
Staff Reporter
Potential finalists for the posi
tion of NU president will inter
view in September, but no
definite dates have been set, said Duane
Acklic, co-chairman of the Presiden
tial Search Committee.
Committee members arc contact
ing 17 candidates who may become
finalists to schedule interviews dur
ing September, but no firm dales have
been set, Acklie said. Another 10
candidates are being contacted for
more information.
The committee has narrowed the
field from 150 applications and
nominations to the 27 potential final
ists, he said. Although the committee
has chosen 17 candidates to inter
view, the remainder of the 150 appli
cants have not been eliminated. The
committee can go back and look at
any of the applications again, he said.
The 17 potential finalists to be
interviewed are located throughout
the United Stales. The interviews will
be conducted on “neutral ground.”
Acklie said, to protect applicants’
current positions. They will not be
held at the University of Nebraska or
the candidate’s place of employment,
he said.
Three lo five members of the 20
member search commillec will con
duct each interview, Acklic said. In
addition to considering each candi
date’s qualifications, the interview
ers will “set a positive tone’’ about
the university and Nebraska, he said.
They will talk with the candidate
about the reasons for considering the
position, he said.
“All of the 17 candidates have
sent information,” Acklic said, “but
not all have said they’d accept the
position.”
All 1 SO candidates for the position
have held positions of trust and re
sponsibility, he said, and all but two
have doctorates. Committee mem
bers are considering the candidates’
leadership and adm inistrati vc experi
ence as well as their educational
experience, he said.
Members also have made “a real
conscientious effort” lo recruit women
and minorities for the presidential
position, Acklie said.
“We have no quotas,” he said,
“but in excess of 10 percent of the 17
candidates include minorities and
women.”
The committee is pleased with the
quality of the applicants for the posi
tion, he said.
* ‘We’re looking for someone who
has proven leadership abilities, vi
sion and experience in administra
tion. They’re (the candidates) all well
qualified and exciting candidates. All
have the vision and background to
lead the university.”
The comm i ttcc has had a hard lime
narrowing the field of candidates,
Acklie said.
‘‘This is a very choice position,”
he said. ‘‘I think one of the reasons
we have seen lots of good applicants
is because it is known that the Legis
lature has been good to the university
in the last couple of years. It is seen
throughout the country that Nebraska
is a stale where the Legislature sup
ports the university system and that
has helped a lot in getting good appli
cants.”
The search committee members
have not set an application deadline
and arc continuing to accept applica
tions and nominations for the posi
tion. But members feel most persons
who were interested in the position
already have submitted applications
or been nominated, Acklie said.
After the interviewing has been
completed, the committee will meet
to consider the interviewing reports,
he said. The 12 voting members will
select which candidates will be sub
mitted to the NU Board of Regents,
which then will choose someone for
the position.
Acklic declined to release the names
of the candidates to be interviewed,
citing the need for confidentiality to
protect the positions of the potential
finalists this early in the search proc
ess.
“We will release only the names
of the four to eight prospects submit
ted to the board for consideration,”
he said. Committee members hope to
have their recommendations ready
for the board by Dee. 1.
The committee, which has been
meeting every two weeks, probably
will not meet again until the inter
views have been held, Acklic said. If
the interviews have not been com
pleted by the scheduled Sept. 28
meeting dale, members will be look
ing at an October meeting to begin
evaluating the interviews, he said.
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Troy Schoeppner, a sophomore political science major, talks
with Sachin matte, left, and Prasana Iyengar, both computer
science and engineering graduate students, about Campus
Recreation’s Outdoor Adventure Program. The display at
BroyhHi Plaza on Monday included canoes and a raft.
Reunion allowed
to sell alcohol
By Cindy Wostrel
Staff Reporter
he Lincoln City Council Mon
day approved allowing The Pub
in The Reunion to sell alcohol
in a fenced-off area of its parking lot
between 10 a.m. and noon Saturday
before the first Nebraska football game.
The council earlier denied Coin
fun Inc., which owns The Pub, a
special permit to sell alcohol in the
parking lot to an unlimited number of
customers. The Comhuskers’ game
against Baylor begins at 6:30 p.m.
David Hunter, manager of The
Reunion, 16th and W streets, said the
council agreed to reconsider the reso
lution if the number of customers was
limited.
The permit, approved on a 5-1
vote, limits the number of customers
to 250 in the parking lot, which Hunter
said is about 50-by-100 feet. The Pub
can sell to 500 customers at the bar
inside.
Councilwoman Jo Gutgscll, who
earlier had opposed the permit to serve
an unlimited number of people in the
parking lot, had said she would sup
port allowing The Pub to sell beer in
the parking lot if the number of cus
tomers was limited.
The parking lot is on the west side
of The Reunion. The Reunion is a
privately owned building surrounded
by University of Ncbraska-Lincoln
properly.
Councilman Ted Hempcl opposed
| the resolution, saying, “I think we’re
placing an enormous strain on the
owner and LPD,” tocnforcc drinking
laws in the lot.
Gutgscll suggested that a council
See PUB on 7
UNL hopes to reverse financial losses
Union renovation completes part of plan
By Jon Kruse
Staff Reportet
Renovation nearing completion
in the Nebraska Union is in
‘‘step one” of the process to
reverse the losses facing the Harvest
Room, Unions Director Daryl Swan
son said.
The Harvest Room was revamped
this summer to make it more attrac
tive to students, with a name-change
to Fast Break, multicolored neon signs
and more sealing space.
But more needs to he done for the
Harvest Room to make money, Swan
son said. It lost about $75,000 last
year - not an easy number to turn
around.
Af ter spending about $ 100,000 on
the current renovations, the union is
out of capital improvement funds,
Swanson said.
“We’re just going to have to live
with what we have,’’ he said. “That’s
not to say I’ve given up.’’
Swanson wants to modify the menu,
but said he has no specific plans right
now.
The Fast Break renovation sue
cessfully completes one part of the
plan, Swanson said.
‘ ‘To do a better job of marketing,
I knew we had to gel rid of the women's
restroom,” he said.
The women’s restroom, which was
next to the Harvest Room, was moved
to the main lounge area. The wall
between the Harvest Room and the
old women’s restroom was knocked
down to make an open scaling area.
Building a new women’s restroom
allowed the workers to make it larger
See RENOVATIONS on 6
It’s a grubby job
UNL landscapers fight bug infestation in lawns
By Rose Riccetti
Staff Reporter
Something is bugging the UNL
Landscaping Services Depart
ment.
Grubs.
They’re about one-half inch long,
as wide as a pencil, have a brown
head, two beady eyes and sharp teeth.
And they’re heartily eating the Uni
versity of Nebraska-Lincoln’s grass.
To control the outbreak of grubs
on campus grass, pesticides have been
sprayed on parts of the university’s
lawns, said Wilbur Dascnbrock, di
rector of Landscaping Services for
the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
Dascnbrock said the grubs return
every ysar and were the worst in
August.
‘‘Wc didn’t have any until just
about a week ago,” he said.
But now, as many as a dozen grubs
per square foot inhabit the grass.
Grubs are a serious problem to the
lawns because they eal ihe roots off
the grass. Dasenbrock said grubs are
the r‘common cold or flu” for grass.
Mainly the lawns on R Street were
sprayed, Dasenbrock said. This in
cludes the lawns surrounding the
Administration Building, the College
of Business Administration and Love
Library. Dascnbrock said only “prob
lem spots” where the grubs needed to
be controlled were sprayed.
Some pesticides used were com
mon ones found in any gardening
store, Dascnbrock said. Others, how
ever, were more hazardous and could
only be handled by certified applica
tors.
“We use the same types of chemi
cals that people use in their own gar
dens,” he said. “And wc change which
chemicals we use each year because
it is better for the environment.’*
Since the pesticides can be harm
ful lo people and pets, signs were up
and ropes surrounded the sprayed
lawns. Certain pesticides used in
controlling the grubs can be hazard
ous. For example, Triumph Insecti
cide, which is used by the university,
can be fatal if swallowed, inhaled or
absorbed through the skin, Dasen
brock said.
The pesticides covering the dam
aged grass can be dangerous until
one-half inch of water is applied and
allowed to dry.
The grub problem should be con
trolled for this year, Dasenbrock said.
w w
‘‘We only spray once a year, and
we’d rather not spray after classes
have begun, unless it’s an emergency,”
he said.
Special precautions must be taken
when applying these pesticides, Dasen
brock said. Workers must wear pro
tective clothing and masks, and the
department must have special certifi
cation from the State of Nebraska to
spray any hazardous chemicals.
“Anyone applying these chemi
cals must have taken certain classes
first,” Dasenbrock said. “Only after
training and testing can a worker be
allowed to spray any pesticides.
“Just like a farmer needs permis
sion to spray his crops, we need ap
proval before we can spray anything
that will affect the environment,”
Dasenbrock said.
The department first tried to con
trol the grubs two years ago by using
a bacterium. The bacterium was used
first because it is safer for the envi
ronment. When that was not enough
to control the problem, pesticides were
used.
Dasenbrock said the landscaping
department does not spend a lot of
money on pesticides and spraying.
With good maintenance of the cam
pus lawns, only certain spots need to
be sprayed.
“4 4
Just like a farmer needs permission to spray his crops, we need approval
before we can spray anything that will affect the environment
Dasenbrock
director of UNL Landscaping Services
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