Diversity of programs cited
Book lists UNL as a top college value
By Kathleen McLaughlin
Staff Reporter_
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln is a
best buy among colleges and universities in the
country, according to a recently released col
lege guide.
“The 1992 Guide to 101 of the Best Values
in America’s Colleges and Universities” listed
UNL as one of the top college values.
The author, David Wilson, said he used
three major criteria to rate schools, including
college guides, polls from guidance counsel
ors, and other data including Scholastic Apti
tude Test scores, rate of graduates, returning
sophomores, academic resources and the school’s
reputation.
Wilson started researching colleges and
universities in 1984 when he published “Good
Values and Higher Education.” In August 1990,
he began researching his latest book.
The guide was published by The Center for
Studies in College Enrollment and Tuition
Issues at Bridgewater State College, where
Wilson is the director of public affairs.
A lack of books with good information
about colleges prompted him to write the guide,
Wilson said.
“I hope the book will help students look
beyond their state or private school,” he said.
“People need to look around to see where they
can get the best education for the best price.”
The Big 8 schools mentioned in the book
were the University of Colorado at Boulder,
Iowa State University, the University of Mis
souri at Columbia, the University of Oklahoma
and UNL.
Omaha’s Creighton University was also listed
in the guide as a best buy.
“The Midwest schools are gaining in popu
larity because of the friendly atmosphere and
the programs ouerea, w tison saiu.
In the book, Wilson praises agriculture,
architecture, business, chemistry, journalism,
English and opera programs at UNL.
“When people think of UNL, they assume
it’s just a football school. But UNL is very
diverse,” Wilson said. “The opera program is
one of the best in the country. It’s this extreme
that makes UNL a top university.”
Gary Brienzo, a marketing specialist with
the UNL Office of Public Relations, said, “We
are very proud to be included in this book. I
think this will help the university’s image.”
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Grant to finance high school physics kit
From Staff Reports
A grant from the National Science
Foundation will allow a University o
Nebraska-Lincoln physics professoi
to expand the perimeters of physic;
education.
Robert Fuller said the SI.48 mil
lion grant will be used to develop i
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The program for high school
physics teachers will contain several
: physics textbooks, labs, cartoons,
homework and examinations, Fuller
• said. The kit will be on compact discs
; instead of regular computer discs.
“Compact discs hold an enormous
amount of information,” Fuller said.
l “One disc can hold 300,000 pages of
text.”
The discs, commonly used to rec
ord music, can be used with comput
ers connected with a CD-drive unit.
Fuller and Dean Zollman, a phys
ics professor at Kansas State Univer
sity, will meet with Omaha high school
physics teachers periodically to de
cide what materials will be used in
the kit.
The project will be completed by
1994, Fuller said.
More money, bills prompt
revision of RHA budget bill
By Michael Hannon
Staff Reporter
The RHA senate debated and passed
> a new budget bill Sunday.
Residence Hall President Kathy
Rush said she
vetoed the former
budget because
$1,000 in previ
ously undiscov
ered bills were
brought to her at
tention.
New estimates on the budget also
increased the amount of money avail
able, said Rush, a senior psychology
major.
According to the new budget bill,
total income is estimated at $30,654,
up from $27,800 in the previous budget
An amendment to the bill was
passed, giving total control of the
contingency hind to the Senate and
preventing the executive board from
drawing from the fund without Sen
ate approval.
“I think it should be discussed if
thousands of dollars are to be allo
cated,” said Harper President Giles
Schildl, a senior physics and math
major.
According to the budget bill, the
contingency fund consists of $2,961.
Rush argued that the executive
board needed access to this money in
emergency situations.
Schildt said emergency funds could
be provided through the SI,500 mis
cellaneous fund that the executive
board controls or allocated at an
emergency meeting of the RHA Sen
ate.
The amendment was passed by a
vote of 18-3. The new budget bill was
then passed by acclamation.
In other action, speaker of the RHA
senate Michael Tinkham, a junior
agricultural education major, an
nounced his resignation at the meet
ing.
The RHA senate also approved the
appointment of Sara Stevens as chief
justice of the the RHA Judicial Board
and Andrea Casart as an associate
justice.
Chancellor candidate list
at UNMC narrowed to 11
Juliet Yenglin
Staff Reporter
The list of candidates for chancel
lor of the University of Nebraska
Medical Center has been narrowed to
11. a UNMC spokesman said.
An advisory committee will “re
fine the list and knock it down to three
to five names by mid-October,” said
Tom O Connor, UNMC public rela
tions spokesman.
NU President Martin Massengaie,
who set up the committee, will choose
the final candidate following a meet
ing of the group in October. He will
then submit the name to the NU Board
of Regents for approval.
Eleven candidates, all physicians,
have been chosen from a list of 110
nominees and 50 applicants for the
chancellor position. The list includes
women, members of minority groups
and UNMC employees.
Since the June retirement of Chan
cellor Charles Andrews, the search
has moved on schedule, O’Connor
said.
Dr. William O. Bemdl, vice chan
cellor for academic affairs, currently
is serving as interim chancellor.
Specifics about the current candi
date list were not available.
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University of Nebraska Foundation
fund drive. The remaining $.5 mil
lion will come from the reallocation
of UNL funds, Omtvedt said.
Construction of the center is sched
uled to begin during the summer of
1992, provided funding is approved.
It is expected to take 18 months to
two years to complete, Omtvedt said.
The facility should be ready for occu
pancy in 1994, he said.
The center probably will be lo
cated on Vine Street, between 19th
and 20tJj streets, he said.
“In the future, this will be the main
east entrance to City Campus,”
Omtvedt said.
O’Leary said the approval of fed
eral funding shows that the Beadle
center is an important facility, not
just for Nebraska, but for the entire
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dent’s signature, it
Isn’t a done deal.
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administrative coordinator
for Beadle project
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nation. The center plans to foster plant
and animal-related studies, which will
be applicable on a national level, he
said.
Omtvedt said this state-of-the-art
research center would benefit both
science and the educational side of
science.
The classroom and laboratory fa
cilities will allow students to experi
ence firsthand exciting scientific re
search, he said.
