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RHA approves committee to discuss, solve problems By David Burchell Staff Reporter Recognizing flaws in the organi zation of FINK Week, the Residence Hall Association voted Sunday night to create an ad-hoc committee to improve RHA’s Orientation Week. The bill states that the program “has traditionally suffered from a lack of long-range planning, central coordination and communication between complexes and with hous • _ »» mg. The committee will discuss prob lems with past orientation weeks and ways that the program can be organ ized over the summer. One problem has been that organ izers of the former FINK (Friends Introducing New Kids) Week were not around in the summer to deal with problems, said Giles Schildt, RHA vice president. Last year, Schildt said, no one was appointed to lead the program when summer began. Nobody was inter ested at the time, he said. As a result, no official from the program was available to answer questions about the program as a whole over the summer. Part of the problem is high turn over among senators, he said. Only about six of the 40 seats were filled by incumbents this year, Schildt said. Consequently, few senators think they have the experience to lead a function such as orientation week, he said. In other RHA business, Schildt said that many positions still are open on RHA senate. At least one senator’s scat is open for each hall, he said. MiTbriftU—_ [ UNL sponsors NATO nitrate workshop The University of Nebraska Lincoln is sponsoring a workshop through Thursday on “Nitrate Contamination: Exposure, Conse quences and Control.” About 50 experts on nitrate contamination of groundwater from the North Atlantic Treaty Organi zation are in Lincoln for the NATO Advanced Research Workshop at the Comhusker Hotel, 333 S. 13th SL The workshop is designed to discuss the magnitude, health ef Ifects and high cost of controlling nitrate contamination of ground water. The experts from NATO coun tries wili present their views in sessions at which the risks associ ated with nitrate contamination will be evaluated and ways of control moving nitrates from drinking water will be discussed. The NATO workshop is one of about 50 advanced research work shops sponsored by NATO in par ticipant countries each year. UNL Chancellor and Interim NU President Martin Massengale hosted the opening session of the work shop Sunday night. State Sen. Loran Schmit of Bellwood will discuss Nebraska’s water problems before the group today. Financing for the NATO work shop is provided by NATO, the Nebraska Water Quality Research Initiative, the National Science Foundation, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the U.S. De partment of Agriculture and sev eral UNL sources, including the Watei^entei^^^^^^^^^^^_ ppfe\ Beginning midnight Friday, Sept 7 12:18 a.m. - Obscene phone calls, Schramm Residence Hall. 8:33 a.m. - Accidentally tripped security alarm, NU president’s residence. 9:54 a.m. - Party slapped, third degree assault, Selleck Quadrangle. 3:17 p.m. -- Theft of car battery, 18th and R streets, $50. 3:56 p.m. - Theft of purse from McCollum Hall, $60. 11:20 p.m. - Follow-up on ob scene phone calls, Schramm Resi dence Hall. Beginning midnight Saturday, Sept. 8 12:44 a.m. - Money found, Abel Residence Hall maintenance of fice, $262.50. 2:27 a.m. - Damaged reserve stall sign, Sandoz Residence Hall lot, $10. 11:46 a.m. - Cash stolen, Tau Kappa Epsilon, $160. n^Mi^jCash^toler^^ Kappa Epsilon, $21. 4:56 p.m. - Check stolen, Tau Kappa Epsilon, $1. 5:22 p.m. - Table stolen, Sigma Alpha Mu, $100. 6:13 p.m. ~ Net cut down, banner tom, Memorial Stadium, $700. 6:25 p.m. -- Glass in door broken, Nebraska Union, $300. 8:32 p.m ~ Car pushed out of the stall, Harper-Schramm-Smith com plex, no damage noted. 8:49 p.m. -- Car damaged, Sandoz Residence Hall meters, $50. Board Continued from Page 1 director, said guidelines for estab lishing the priorities were academic programs, building evaluations, campus priorities and emergency needs. The top priority project is renova tion of Burnett Hall on UNL’s City Campus, which is estimated to cost $5.9 million. The project started in 1989 as a project to remove asbestos from Burnett, Pazdcrka said. The asbestos removal required more work than anticipated, he said, when workers discovered the need for repairs to electrical wiring, plumbing and other utilities in the building. A total reno vation of the more than 40-year-old building is necessary, he said. Utility improvements for UNL and the Institute of Agriculture and Natu ral Resources at a cost of $3.2 million ranked as second priority, followed by renovation of the University of Nebraska at Omaha’s Arts and Sci ences building at $8.6 million. Other capital construction projects and their estimated costs include, in order of priority: • $6.5 million for universitywide projects to meet fire and safety codes. • $5.2 million for a classroom building at KSC. • $23.5 million for construction and renovation of the Basic Science Research facility at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. • $6.7 million for renovation and replacement of greenhouses at UNL East and City campuses. • $2.9 million for the Agricultural Research and Development Center headquarters building at Mead. The regents combined the 13th priority, $4.9 million for UNL and IANR re search facility projects, with this project, narrowing the priorities list to 13. • S2.7 million for improvement of substandard classrooms and class laboratories throughout the univer sity. • S1.9 million for remodeling of Allwine Hall at UNO. • $9.7 million for renovation to Richards Hall at UNL. • $3.6 million for renovation of KSC’s Copeland Hall. • $1 million for completion of Phase II of the Walter Scott Engi neering Center link at UNL. In other business, the regents: • Fired Dolores Martin, a UNL associate professor of economics, citing failure to perform faculty duties. • Amended Board of Regents bylaws to allow more than 12 voting members on the presidential search committee. The board then voted to allow the Kearney State College fac ulty representative on the committee to vote. • Approved the design document for Phase III of the Campus Recrea tion project to renovate the Coliseum and Mabel Lee Hall. • Approved development of the Rural Health Education Network by UNMC. • Approved Hawkins Construc tion Company’s bid of about $9.3 million to construct the Fine Arts Education Building at UNO. Ground breaking is expected in early October with completion set for the fall of 1992. Divest Continued from Page 1 the affirmative steps it has taken” to observe those standards, set in Ne braska Revised Statute 72-1275. State funds cannot be invested in businesses investing in South Africa unless they satisfy certain standards. The business must not have segre gated eating or work facilities, must have fair employment practices for all employees, must have equal pay for all employees doing equal or comparable work and must develop training programs to prepare minori ties for supervisory, administrative, clerical and technical jobs. They also must include representation of mi norities in management and supervi sory positions in proportion to their percentage of the total population, and must improve the quality of employees’ lives outside work, in cluding housing, transportation, edu cation, recreation and health care. “I don’t know how anybody gets through college today without a Macintosh. Sometimes I have so many assignments, that I barely have time for sleep. Yet my Macintosh allows me to get my work done on time without making sacrifices. “Working on my dissertation and field studies means collecting an incredible amount of information. So jumping from one program to another with ease is imperative, as is quickly making charts and graphs. By enabling me to do these things, Macintosh probably saves me an hour and a half each day. “Another really great thing about the Macintosh is that it makes you feel technically confident. Remember putting toy’s together when you were a kid? Who reads the directions? Nobody. You look at the picture of the bike and you know exactly what to do.'file Macintosh operates the same way I actually taught a friend to use one in two minutes. “What would my life be like without a Macintosh? Scary” 1L It I Nil HI Why do UNL Students love Macintosh' Ask them. ; t Computing Resource Center Computer Shop University Bookstore Lower Level Nebraska Union 472-5785 Hours: 8:00am - 5:00pm C two Apple Computet, tnc Apple, rite Appln logo, end Macmtotli art regreterad Irademarka al Apple Compute, tec