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I WEATHER INDEX Today, sunny and pleasant, northwest wind 5-15 News Digest.2 miles per hour becoming south in the afternoon, Editorial.a high in the low to mid 70s Tonight, fair and mild, Sports 6 L°" a™"d ^rIUehSdHy' TeaSJnJ3 doudi"^s- Arts & Entertainment... .9 breezy and warm, high in the mid to upper 70s. Classifieds 11 October 1, 1990_____University of Nebraska-Lincoln Vol. 90 No. 25 SSlcheHePaulman/DaiTyNeDraskan Gov. Kay Orr and Arnold Schwarzenegger field questions from the media in the weight room at the Lee and Helene Sapp Recreation Facility on Friday afternoon. The former Mr. Universe and members of the President’s Council on Physical Fitness stressed the importance of physical activity for today’s youth. Schwarzenegger urges fitness By Paul Domeier Senior Reporter He was worthy of an intro duction from the governor. He also received more ap plause than the governor. He got a standing ovation just for walking out from under the stands. When Arnold Schwarzenegger, in an Austrian accent as thick as his arms, said, “The bottom line is, and let’s be honest, I’rn here to pump (clap) you up,’ ’ the crowd at the NU Coliseum roared. The fans, about 4,000 of them, already were pumped up. Schwarzenegger was in Lincoln on Friday as chairman of the Presi dent’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports. His trip included lunch with Gov. Kay Orr, a visit to a Lincoln public school and a stop at the coliseum. His message — America’s chil dren need better physical educa tion -- was nothing new, but he was here in person to spread the word. Longtime football coach George Allen was chairman before Sch warzenegger, but Allen didn’t have the pull of the movie star and for mer body builder. “1 know that if 1 can put body building on the map in the ’70s, then I can also pul youth fitness on the map in the ’90s,” Sch warzenegger said. A fund-raising Republican, Schwarzenegger started with words of thanks for the incumbent gover nor, who came to the coliseum and introduced him. But he said he wasn’t visiting to promote political views or books or movies, as he made clear when questions in a post-speech inter view drifted toward his movie ca reer. “This is a much more impor tant mission,” he said. Schwarzenegger will be going to all 50 states to check on physical fitness programs. Next year, he said, he’ll be back to check Nebraska’s progress. Nebraska, like the other 11 states he has visited, has some schools with good fitness programs and some schools with poor fitness programs, he said. One of the main points of his message was the demand for a minimum amount of physical edu cation at all schools. Sch warzenegger said he wants at least 30 minutes of quality physical education every day for students in kindergarten through 12th grades. The nations that test the best in fitness test the best in school, Sch warzenegger said. “Physical edu cation and academics belong to gether,” he said. Since the students who were in the coliseum arc past K-12, Sch warzenegger addressed the duty of parents, a role many University of Nebraska-Lincoln students will be playing before 2000 -- his target date for a healthier and fitter na tion. Parents must turn off the televi sion, gel outside and exercise with their children, he said. “The students can’t do it by themselves, the schools can’t do it by themselves, but with the help of parents, we can accomplish our goals,” Schwarzenegger said. He recalled his youth, when his parents would play soccer and go bicycling with the children. “Now, of course, we kids hated it, but they made us do it, and today 1 thank my parents every chance I have,” Schwarzenegger said. ‘ ‘ Because of fi tncss and becau sc of sports, all the things that have happened in my life have hap pened.” Committee narrows list of presidential candidates By Pat Dinslage Staff Reporter Prospects for University of Ne braska president were narrowed from 27 to fewer than 10 Fri day, but the Presidential Search Committee has more candidates to interview, its co-chairmen said. Duane Acklic and Don Blank, who is also NU Board of Regents chair man, said the committee was pleased with the quality of the applicants on the under-10 list. “There arc no throw-aways among them,’’ Blank said. “We’re looking at a lot of excellent people.” Acklic said that all candidates on the list have indicated that they would take the position if offered it. The under-10 list probably will not increase, Acklic said, but the names on it may change. The committee has interviewed all of those currently on the under-10 list, Blank said, but several of those on the previous list of 27 have not been interviewed. ‘ There will be several more inter views, but we haven’t been able to get the committee (members) together on interviews with the nominees,” Acklic said. While more interviews arc con ducted, the consulting firm, Hcidrick and Struggles Inc. of Chicago, will check the references and backgrounds of the candidates on the under-10 list. The final candidates, which will be considered by the Board of Re gents, will be asked again if they still arc interested in the position and if they would allow their names to be made public, Acklic said. Blank and Acklic said the committee won’t re A m lease the names until the final candi date list is submitted to the regents. Acklie said the applicants on the current list arc from across the coun try, but all arc familiar with Nebraska. Blank said that the applicants rep resent a good cross-section of ages, types of experience and present posi tions. The committee still is looking at candidates from both academic and non academic backgrounds, Acklie said. Acklie and Blank had no comment when asked if the proposed 2 percent lid in Nebraska had any effect on the applicants’ decision of whether or not to remain under consideration for the president’s position. Some of the applicants on the current list arc candidates for other positions, Acklie said. Blank said some on the list of 27 had not applied and some had with drawn their names from considera tion. Among those who have w ithdrawn arc the two women and one minority candidate included on the list of 27. One of the women, Acklie said, has accepted a presidency at another university, and the other woman is “close to receiving an appointment and has withdrawn her name.’’ The black applicant also is a can didate for another position, Acklie said. “We’re still trying to interest women and minorities in the posi tion,” he said. More than 1 50 applications for the position were submitted. In August, the committee narrowed the list to 27. See SEARCH on 3 Advance in AlDb testing made by UNL researcher By Adeana Leftin Staff Reporter AUNL professor has devel oped a weapon to help fight the battle against AIDS with a test to hasten detection of the deadly virus. John Brumbaugh, a professor of biological sciences at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, has developed a test designed to identify the genetic matter that has been infected with the AIDS virus. “The AIDS virus actually splices itself into the genetic matter of the cells it affects,” Brumbaugh said. Through Brumbaugh’s test, AIDS testing would be done by actually identifying the tainted DNA, or de oxyribonuclcic acid. Using the new method, detection could be cut to a week, Brumbaugh said. Current AIDS testing lakes almost a month for blood to test positive, he said. Brumbaugh said this would make the blood supply safer. Now, donated blood is tested by examining the white blood cells for the lack of antibodies. Since the method takes a month to lest positive, some blood that tests negative and is used in blood banks actually could contain the AIDS vi rus. Brumbaugh said he developed the process through the help of Dr. Steve Hughes and Dr. Ramesh Kumar of See AIDS on 3 UNL officials developing facilities plan By Stacey McKenzie Staff Reporter Some University of Ncbraska Lincoln officials and an archi tecture firm are trying to read UNL’s fortune. “The crystal ball is a bit cloudy,” said John Benson, director of Institu - tional Research, Planning and Fiscal Analysis. A comprehensive facilities plan that will direct UNL’s physical de velopment for the next 10 to 20 years is being developed as part of die uni | versity’s overall strategic plan. All physical aspects of the campus such as buildings, parking, streets and landscaping are to be dealt with in the comprehensive facilities plan. In 1987, administrators published an institutional self-study defining goals that is being used lo guide administrators working on the plan. Officials and students from UNL colleges, administrators and campus groups are being interviewed to ver ify the goals and give input that will help in the development of the graphic plan, Albert Hamersky, chairman of the board of the architecture firm Clark Enersen Partners of Lincoln, said. “We arc still in the information confirmation or verification stage,” he said. “We don’t have any solu tions at the moment.” There has not been much disagree ment among the UNL groups, he said, but “the biggest problem is going to be stretching the imagination.” Hamersky said it is difficult to get the groups to visualize the campus 10 to 20 years from now. Every aspect of university life has to be taken into account, he said. “Even the philosophy of parking needs to be taken into consideration,” he said. “Do you have little lots next to buildings? Or do do you have one central location?” The completed comprehensive facilities plan is scheduled to be pre sented to the NU Board of Regents at its December meeting. “We can’t meet with all people individually because we arc under tremendous time constraints,” Ben son said. Benson said officials want to en sure that the goals on paper result in actual physical changes. It is unclear what development of goals will cost, he said. “I can’t get too specific,” he said. The goals of the comprehensive facilities plan outlined in the 1987 study arc: • Review of the university’s teach ing, research and public service. • Promotion of social and cultural activities for students, faculty and staff. • Safety and security on campus. • Effective How of people, ve hicles and materials. • Functional efficiency in build ings, such as utilization, flexibility and management of space. • Maintenance of a desired level of environmental quality and the image the campuses should project. • Cost effectiveness, maximum return, minimizing operational and maintenance costs, and initial cost/ life cycle considerations. • Enhanced relations with the state and communities in which IJNL has facilities. Fraternity damaged by blaze From Staff Reports Violations of visitation, a I cohol and smoking rules may have contributed to a fire early Sunday morning at Theta Chi fraternity, the house president said. Tim Drueke said members of the house, located at 626 N. 16th Si., had guests after offi cial visiting hours ended, and a cigarette, smoked in the attic against house policy, apparently See FIREon3
