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Hails to get lire sprinklers By Adeana Leftin Staff Reporter _ University of Nebraska-Lincoln hall residents will be safe, but maybe not dry, in the event of a fire after a sprinkler system is fully installed in 18 months, an official said. Doug Zatechka, director of uni versity housing, said the system w'ill put hall residents in the “abso lute safest environment.” “It turns on the water and puts out the fire,” he said. The system is being installed in all student rooms of the high-rise residence halls and in “high-haz ard areas,” Zatechka said. High hazard areas are places where the chance of fire is high, such as paint or maintenance rooms. Zatechka said the sprinkler sys tem will not be installed in low-rise halls such as Selleck and Neihardt because it is not necessary. The cost of the system is $350,000. “In essence the students pay for it,” Zatechka said. Student housing costs are usu ally higher than needed, he said, with the extra money going into a surplus fund used for projects such as the sprinkler system. The Abel-Sandoz complex sprin kler system should be installed and fully working by second semester, Zatechka said. Harper-Schramm Smith’s system will be done by mid- to late-summer and Cather and Pound residence halls will have sprinklers in 18 months, Zatechka said. Fire Continued from Page 1 “I don’t think there is any im mediate danger from the fire and smoke, but there is during the evacu ation,” he said. Abel and Cathcr residence halls were evacuated two or three times this weekend and a couple of times last weekend, Zalechka said. “During an evacuation, there are an awful lot of people in the halls and on the stairs. There is a chance of tripping or falling,” he said. So far, no fires have occurred in all-female dorms, but Zalechka said he was hesitant to say that men are responsible. “We’ve had cases where women have been responsible,” he said. Zatechka said he doesn’t feel better security is needed. “I think better behavior is needed,” he said. “They (the stu dents) should not have to tolerate this kind of thing.” UNL students to vote on ASUN referendum From Staff Reports UNL students will decide the fate of a referendum to allow students in the Division of Continuing Studies to serve on the ASUN senate with only three credit hours as they vote today in a special election. Booths are open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. in the Nebraska and East Un ions. Existing bylaws require a mini mum ofl 2 credit hours to serve on the senate of the Association of Students of the University of Nebraska. Only about 1 percent of continuing studies students carry 12 or more hours, ac cording to petition proponents. If the referendum passes, the AS UN Appointments Board would decide who would fill the seat until AS UN elections in March. Bylaws still would require students not in continuing studies to carry 12 credit hours to serve on the senate. Parking forum planned at union Students can park it in the main lounge of the Nebraska I Union Wednesday for an open forum on UNL parking. The forum will be from 1:30 f p.m. to 3:15 p.m. Representatives from Walker Parking Consultants and Engi neers, Minneapolis,andChance j Management Company, Phila S dclphia, professional parking consultant firms, will speak and gather input from students on campus parking issues. Students’ comments will be used in a parking study the consultants are conducting. T-shirt Continued from Page 1 American Student Association meet ings in order to understand die cul ture, he said. “Sombreros are not all the Mexi can culture is about,” Palomo said. Although he said the letter was not on behalf of MASA, he hopes the group will get involved in the issue. Palomo said he plans to write let ters to the fraternities and sororities involved, to the Affirmative Action Office and to James Gricsen, vice chancellor for student affairs. agte— Beginning midnight Sunday, : Oct. 7 5:04 a.m. — Disturbance, Gather Residence Hall. I 12:59 p.m. — Dialmaster and I four tapes taken, Abel Residence Hall, $375. 1 2:40 p.m. — Attempted theft 1 from car, window broken, Harper Residence Hall parking lot, $150. 1 2:43 p.m. — Windshield and ! back window broken, Harper i Residence Hall parking lot, $475. 1 6:24 p.m. — Third-degree sex ual assault, Nebraska Union. f 9:03 p.m. — Window broken, i Ruth Staples Child Development S Laboratory, $25. 9:12 p.m. — Car mirror broken off, Harper Residence Hall park ing lot, $50. ^ Come early for best selection. 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