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HS3SB&&3& 1-800-242-8721 j 17th & ’N' St. J I No Appointments Necessary • 476-9466 ! $600 Off I I Full Service Oil Change | I Quaker Stale 10W-30& —'V I PennzC.IOW-M ! Now For $ -4 0^5 * I Only I O (Reg. $24.95) ^ * We change oil, oil filter up to 5 quarts. | * We lubricate the chassis. I * We check and fill: transmission fluid, . brake fluid, battery fluid, power I steering fluid, washer fluid. ■ * We check anti freeze, air finer, wiper blade, tire pressure, vacuum Interior, wash windows. Best Service in I Just 10 Minutes I Most brands available Expires 8-31-91 Mon -Fri. 8 to 6 Sat 8 to 4 UNL crime records to be distributed By Eric Snyder Staff Reporter The shroud of secrecy over cam pus crime will be lifted in September 1992 when all university students and employees begin receiving reports containing campus crime statistics, an official said. University of Nebraska-Lincoln Police Chief Ken Cauble said the statistics to be released will include the number of murders, rapes and robberies on campus, as well as the number of arrests for liquor viola tions, drug violations and weapons possessions. The plan to release crime reports is a result of the Student Right-To-Know and Campus Security Act,.which was passed by Congress in 1990. The federal law requires all postsecon dary institutions that receive federal financial assistance to make statistics reports available. Cauble said pulling out the report will not require more work for his department because it already rec ords such crime statistics. Data for the annual report will be gathered starting in August. The re ports will be made available to pro spective students or employees upon request. The Student Right-To-Know and Campus Security Act has ramifica tions beyond campus crime with which UNL will need to deal. i lie au. icquiic:> iiiMiiuuons 10 publicize their graduation rates. The figures arc to be broken down with regard to field of study, among other factors. Another section of the law requires institutions to disclose how many athletic scholarships arc given to stu dents and the graduation rate of isuch athletes. University officials arc meeting to discuss how the law will affect UNL. Environmental studies major result ot student demand From Staff Reports The creation of an environmental studies major at UNL is a response to student demand and part of the move ment toward increasing global con sciousness, the major’s interim chief adviser said. “There is a lot of concern globally about deforestation,” said Jeanne Kay, a professor of geography. “Is our water in Nebraska going to be safe to drink? There is a national and international movement towards better resource management and planning.” The major’s creation by the NU Board of Regents in July shows the momentum of this movement, Kay said. It is also the culmination of a drive by environmentally conscious students who petitioned several years ago for such a major, she said. The program offers many empha ses in environmental studies ranging from anthropology to meteorology and from natural resources to palcoctol ogy. Kay said the major’s core courses will give the student “a good ground ing in how the planet works.” Although no students have com milted themselves lo be environmental studies majors, Kay said, many stu dents have expressed interest. At comparable institutions such as the University of Colorado, she said, the major attracts as many as 300 students. But Kay said it will take time for students to become aware of the major at UNL. Need A Lawyer? ASUN Student Legal Services Center offers free legal advice and representation to UNL Students. For an appointment call 472-3350 or stop by Room 335 Student Union EH Spanier Continued from Page 1 he said. Oregon State has developed a committee on women to promote hiring of women and Oregon State is open ing a day-care center in the fall. It also has a “model dual-career couples program,” he said. In minority affairs, an area Spanier said he is “especially concerned about,” he has helped set up a Board of Visi tors for minority affairs that is com posed of prominent Oregon minority citizens. The campus also has a minority affairs commission, which Spanier said has been effective in advancing its goals of recruitment and retention of minority students and faculty members, as well as improving the campus climate. Each unit on campus also has a minority action plan, he said, with 100 separate initiatives set up. “I’m not aware of any institulion in the country that is doing as much as we are at the moment,” in regard to minority issues, he said. Spanier said he isn’t looking to leave Oregon Slate University. “I have a wonderful situation here,” he said, but “occasionally an oppor tunity comes up that has considerable appeal.” UNL to help Yugoslavian economy change The University of Nebraska-Lin coln will serve as.headquartcrs for a SI million program to help Yu goslavia make a smooth transition to a market economy. The program will be admini stered through the College of Business Administration’s Center for Technology Management and Decision Sciences. The UNL program is part of an SI 8 million economic training and education package for Central and Eastern Europe. The package, financed by the U.S. Agency for International Development and the U.S. Informa tion Agency, is part of President Bush’s 1989 commitment to assist countries in that region. UNL is one of 32 U.S. colleges and universities participating in 11 projects. Their projects were selected from 112 proposals considered. The programs together “will help provide six Central and East Euro pean countries with the fundamen tals needed to make their emerg ing market economics successful,’’ said Ronald Roskens, administra tor of the U.S. Agency for Interna tional Development. Roskens was formerly president of UNL. The participating European countries are Czechoslovakia, Poland, Hungary, Yugoslavia, Romania and Bulgaria. Committee approves Beadle Center funding i nc oenaic Appropriauons com mittee has approved S4.5 million for construction of the Beadle Center for Genetics and Biomatcri als Research at the University of iNCDraska-Lincoln in liscal year 1992. Sen. Bob Kerrey (D-Neb.) pushed for the funding, which he said was needed to complete the facility. The Beadle Center is the university’s lop capital construction priority. “This federal contribution coupled with additional support from the stale, will ensure comple tion of this project,” Kerrey said. UNL Climate Center to gain federal funds From Staff Reports__ The University of Ncbraska-Lin coln High Plains Climate Center will receive part of S3.1 million in federal funds approved by the Senate Appro priations Committee for climate re search centers nationwide. The money will be divided among six climate centers. UNL’s center collects real time weather data and provides it on a call- in computer basis to users in seven stales. The center also conducts climatic research and is work ing on development of databases on climatic conditions.