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.
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“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.
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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.
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