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October 1, 1990_____University of Nebraska-Lincoln Vol. 90 No. 25
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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.
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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
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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
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