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Correction: An article in Friday's Daily Nebraskan gave the incorrect date for the ZZ Top concert at Omaha's Civic Auditorium. The concert will be at 0 p.m. Friday, Oct 26. WEATHER Today, partly cloudy and warmer, southwest wind 10-20 miles per hour, high in the mid 60s. Tonight, partly cloudy, low 35-40 Tuesday, partly cloudy, high in the low to mid 60s INDEX News Digest.2 Editorial.4 Sports.8 Arts & Entertainment.12 Classifieds.15 October 22,1990 _University of Nebraska-Lincoln__Vol. 90 No. 39 Powell queries tactics By Jennifer O’Cilka Senior Reporter Dick Powell, a candidate for NU Board of Regents, said he has asked the Nebraska Ac countability and Disclosure Com mittee to investigate campaign prac tices of his opponent, Chuck Wilson. A news release from Rick Bell, Powell’s campaign coordinator, an nounced Friday that Powell has asked the committee to launch an investiga tion into Wilson’s fund raising at Firethom Golf Club. Powell said some guests to Fire thorn may not realize they are con tributing to Wilson’s campaign. But, Wilson said, fund raising through Firethom is a free choice. Wilson is a supporter and investor in Firethom. rowen sam an anonymous source sent him a copy of a Idler that had been sent to Firethom members. The letter slates that the “letter is being sent to about 40 Firethom members who have already helped Chuck, or those who we thought might be willing to support him. Between now and the election in November, the guest fees of those you invite to play Firethom will be donated to Chuck’s campaign committee. If you decide to help, all you need to do is invite the guests and fill out the at tached form when you sign in at the Pro Shop.” Powell said he has reviewed the letter with his campaign committee, including about three attorneys, and the group advised him to have the accountability committee look into it. “Essentially the advice we've re ceived is it looks bad, it may be ethical or unethical and it could be illegal,” he said. Now, it’s up to the committee to decide, he said. Powell said he has received calls from supporters who are concerned about the fund-raising activities at the club. “I have people on my campaign, j very strong supporters of mine, who \ arc members of Firethom and arc See REGENTS on 3 i _->* n\ " mm i Ai Schafcen Dai!y Nebraskan Viewers observe 723 panels of the NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt in the State Fair Park’s Agriculture Hall. This was the first time the quilt was displayed in Nebraska. A/J2S guilt induces tears, soul searching \ By Adeana Leftin Staff Reporter___ Barefoot volunteers dressed in white approached the center of the room. They stood together for a while, lingering, crying and hugging as the public was invited to view the panels that had just been spread along the floor. Nila Danklesen, along with her daughters Allie, Kari and Jenny, were among the group ol volun teers this weekend at the dfcplay of 729 panels from the NAlyBBS Proj ect AIDS Memorial QuHt. Danklesen*s panel for her brother John Lechncr was displayed among the others, and it officially was added to the quilt at Sunday’s clos ing ceremonies. John died of AIDS Oct. 8,1988. “Everyone in the family made squares about something they remembered about John,” Dan klescn said. "We put the squares together and he saw it before he died.” Danklcscn said that when she first walked into Agricultural Hall on the State Fairgrounds where the quilt was displayed, she felt over whelmed. “It brought back a lot of memo ries,” she said. If people could see the quill, I think they’d understand. The whole thing is important be cause everyone is going to be af fected eventually. People need to be educated, open. “It could be someone in their family.” Other volunteers said they fell the same. “I think the people in the Mid west need to know about its enor mity,” Marsha Arps, a volunteer, said of AIDS victimization. Mike Burger, another volunteer, agreed. “It’s (AIDS) happening here, and I don’t know if people know it,” he said. Burger saw the quilt in Denver 2 1/2 years ago. “It was very sober ing. It made you think about how mortal everybody is,” he said. Burger, whose partner has -AIDS, said he volunteered because he likes to help and support people. “If helping pul this together, if somebody learns something from it by seeing it, it will be worth it,” / he said. Kathy England, the coordinator for Omaha volunteers and activi ties, has volunteered for die Ne braska AIDS Project for several years, she said. England said she thinks the quilt is important “an people here begin to understand that AIDS is people. It touches all of us. “I don’t know how people could walk out ol here and be the same,” she said. Joel Gajardo, coordinator of the Minority AIDS Education Task Force in Lincoln, said in his open ing speech Saturday that everyone had gathered to keep the love alive. See QUILT on 7 Search committee narrows candidates to seven By Pat Dinslage Staff Reporter_ The University of Nebraska Presidential Search Committee on Friday narrowed the number of candidates to seven, its co-chairmen said. Duane Acklic and Don Blank, who is also N U Board of Regents c hai rman, said, ho we ver, that the committee is not ready to take the candidate list to the board, even though the number is within the parameters set by the board of four to eight candidates. “We’re still checking references on all seven,” Acklie said. The consulting firm of Heidnek and Struggles Inc. of Chicago will check the references given by the candidates a second time and will de velop a secondary list of references whose names were not given by the candidate. The secondary list also will be checked, Acklie said. In addition, the employment records of the candidates will be checked, Blank said, to examine their work with women and minori tics. “Their records show there have been very positive efforts in recruitment and working with minorities and women,” he said. After the second references check, it is possible the list will be narrowed further before the committee forwards the final slate of candi dates to the regents, Acklic said. “The committee lakes its mission very seri ously,” B lank said. “It’s not just a matter of' X' number of candidates. We want to send for ward a list of the most qualified candidates to be the president of the University of Nebraska. “Not everybody (on the list) is equal in experience,” Blank said. Also, Acklicsaid, not all of the seven candi dates have said they would take the job if offered. However, all seven have indicated a “strong interest” in the position, he said. The committee still is accepting nomina tions and applications for the position but will not conduct more interviews “unless an out See SEARCH on 3 I Council gives suggestions tor coordinating commission I By Dionne Searcey Staff Reporter_ r ■ i he Nebraska Council for Pub B lie Higher Education, walk ing “the fine line between the tigers and the sharks,” passed its ver sion of how a proposed Nebraska Coordinating Commission for Postsecondary Education should operate. LB1141, the amendment to go before Nebraska voters Nov. 6, would give the present Nebraska Coordinat ing Commission for Postsecondary Education budget authority and the power to coordinate programs and academic activities. The current coordinating commis sion serves only as an advisory board. The council met Friday to give input to the Nebraska Legislature — should the amendment pass — on how the commission should use its powers. Nancy O’Brien, chairwoman of the Metropolitan Board of Nebraska Technical Community Colleges Board of Directors, said the Legislature and the higher education community are concerned about how the commis sion would work, making the imple menting language important. Higher education officials could lose their credibility from the Legis lature, she said, if the proposed lan guage doesn’t pass. The different sectors of higher education have not seen eye to eye in the past, O’ Bricn said, and if they gel hung up over the language, the Legis lature “could use this to say we’re not cooperating.” The Nebraska Council for Public Higher Education’s proposal to im plcmcnt LB 1141 would give the coordinating commission responsibil ity to: • Employ an executive director and other employees of the coordi nating commission. • Prepare a comprehensive state wide plan which would identify the state’s educational goals, objectives and priorities. • Review, monitor and enforce the college and university role and mission statements and recommend revisions in role and mission. • Review, monitor and approve or disapprove programs in consultation with each institution’s role and mis sion. • Prepare and periodically update a comprehensive statewide capital fa cilities plan which would include all facilities that use tax funds desig nated by the Legislature. • Review the budget requests of each institution submitted to the Legislature. • Encourage and assist in the development of cooperative programs * See COUNCIL on 6