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Rhinoceros may escape
extinction from museum
By Steve Pearson
Staff Reporter
The rhinoceros at Morrill Hall
has a new lease on life at
UNL — at least for now.
Bill Splinter, interim vice chan
cellor for research and dean of
graduate studies, said that although
it remains cm the surplus property
list, all action on the model of the
baluchithere has been placed on
hold.
Officials placed the model of
the 18-foot rhinoceros on the sur
plus property list three weeks ago
because its skin is 65-70 percent
asbestos and some consider it in
consistent with the theme of Ele
phant Hall.
Six (Mr seven museums have
expressed an interest in the balu
chithere model. Splinter said.
Officials will not remove the rhino
until plans have been made final
with interested museums, he said.
There is a chance the baluchith -
ere could remain in the univer
sity’s collection, Splinter said.
That depends on "if we could
come up witfi another Hall of Giants
as was originally intended, but we
don’t have any potential sources
of funding at this time,’’ he said.
The Hall of Giants was the pet
project of Bertrand Schultz, for
mer Morrill Hall director and cur
rent director of the Nebraska Acad
emy of Sciences and research as
sociate in geology and museum.
Schultz hopes the project can
be revived.
"Morrill Hall has the world’s
tallest giraffe, the world's largest
rhino, the world’s largest mam
moth and the world’s largest boar.
If we can hold on to all of these, I
think we can gel some people to
donate money lor a Hall of Giants,”
he said.
It’s official
Officials foresee changes after UNK merger
By Steve Pearson
Staff Reporter
Monday’s merger of Kearney State
College into the University of Ne
braska system will mean some changes
at UNL, two university officials said.
Michael Mulnix, director of the
Office of Public Relations and assis
tant to the chancellor at UNL, pre
dicted that the effects of UNK’s en
trance will be mostly positive.
“It’s very early in the ballgame,
but I think it’s going to be a positive
change. I think we will see son>e
cooperative programs in the future,”
Mulnix said.
George Tuck, president of the
Academic Senate at UNL, said Kear
ney’s inclusion in the university sys
tem will help the university reach
more people.
“For the good of the state, the
Kearney campus will help spread the
mission of the university throughout
the state,” Tuck said.
However, Mulnix noted that UNL’s
state funding could be affected by the
University of Nebraska at Kearney.
“The balance will certainly change,
but I don’t think the pool of money
that the Legislature allocates to higher
education will change that much,”
Mulnix said.
Tuck also said Kearney’s presence
in the university system could affect
slate allocations to UNL.
“It’s one more division of the pie,”
he said. “We’re going to continue to
see a scramble for money.”
Tuck was not overly concerned
about the faculty salary process this
legislative session. While UNK fac
ulty members received an 8.7 percent
raise, UNL faculty salaries rose by
only 4.25 percent.
“I don’t necessarily think we will
necessarily sec a repeat of what hap
pened this year in the future, t uck
said.
Mulnix said enrollment could be
affected by Kearney’s entrance into
the university system.
“There will probably be some shift
ing around. There is some talk about
higher admissions standards at UNL
and that may lead to a growth in
enrollment at Kearney,” he said.
Tuck downplayed the idea that
enrollment would be affected.
“I believe that students who want
to go to a comprehensive university
and study with top-notch faculty will
still elect to go to UNL,” he said.
Mulnix said a negative result, from
the students’ point of view, may be
the possible reduction of duplicate
programs.
“I think this is something that the
new coordinating commission will
look into. There will probably be some
recommendations for reduction of
duplicate programs,” Mulnix said.
Lincoln explodes with Lourth of July activities
By Steve Pearson
Staff Reporter*
Lincoln is planning lo open its
arms lo reluming troops wilh a
bang on the Fourth of July.
In conjunction wilh President
Bush’s declaration of July 4 as the
day to welcome troops home, the Star
City is planning Operation Home
coming.
Ron Jochum, general chairman of
Operation Homecoming, said Thurs
day’s events will “welcome home
troops from all wars.”
Lincoln’s traditional Independence
Day celebration at Hotmes Lake will
be supplemented by homecoming
events, Jochum said.
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Lincolnites will celebrate the troops’
homecoming wilh a parade, a rally
and a picnic, he said.
Jim Dicr, chairman of the Parade
Committee, said the parade will be
primarily a military parade, but also
will feature bands and an Americana
section.
Thirty-eight military vehicles are
scheduled to participate, highlighted
by a mule-drawn Civil War cannon,
Dier said.
The downtown Lincoln parade will
start at 10 a.m. from 10th and Q
streets. Units will proceed south on
10th Street to O Street, east on O to
15th Street, and south on ISth to N
Street.
The parade route ends at the north
Capitol steps, site of the 11:30 a.m.
rally. The rally will include appear
ances by government officials,
speeches by “veterans from all eras,”
a flyover and a helicopter tribute to
Nebraska’s Desert Storm casually,
Pete Rose, according to Judy Knopp
of the Rally Committee.
The keynote address will be deliv
ered by Gen. Stanley Heng, Knopp
said.
Veterans and their immediate
families will picnic from 1 p.m. to 4
p.m. at the State Fair Park Youth
Complex.
The traditional Holmes Lake Fourth
of July activities begin at 6:30 a.m.
with registration for a five-kilometer
run/walk. The run/walk starts at 7
a.m.
A softball tournament will be from
8 a.m. to 9 a.m. and will be followed
by a sand volleyball tournament from
9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Bands will play from 2 p.m. to
8:15 p.m. Bands include Green Tang,
The Dougs, The Bomb Pops, Johnny
Quest and Mr. Peabody.
The night will close with a $22,000
fireworks display by the Grucci Broth
ers. It will be synchronized to music
broadcast on, KFMQ-FM. The 20
minulc shoW is scheduled to begin a
10 p.m.
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