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Homecoming to feature recycling Val Wetzel, adviser to the Home coming Committee, said the triad with the most amount of points will re ceive a certificate. Many of the activities planned for Homecoming will be held at the Devaney Sports Center. Flanagan said the triad groups will sponsor booths at the center that correlate with a carnival theme. “We are changing things this year,” Flanagan said. “We are trying to get everyone involved and include, not only students, but everyone in the community. We don’t want to limit the activities.” She said proceeds from the alumi num-can drive and the carnival will be donated to the University of Ne braska Environmental Resource Center. “We feel that it is a cause that deserves everyone’s attention and we are happy to assist the center,” she said. David Regan, the director of UNERC, said donations will go to ward buying books, periodicals and other necessary materials. Regan said the center is “depend ent completely on donations at this point.” “We’ve sent out a mailing of over 1,000 requests for materials and other contributions,” he said, “One-fourth of what we take in is put aside for a fund to buy a camcorder, on which environmental documentaries can be taped.” Regan said the purpose of the vol unteer, student-run organization is to “facilitate research and serve as an advising center for new environmental studies majors.” He said he thinks Homecoming in volvement in the environmental cause will help increase awareness of the environment. Other activities during Homecom ing week include the kickoff celebra tion today from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. at Broyhill Plaza, a talent show at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the Nebraska Union and royalty elections on Wednesday. Screenings of the movie “House Party II” at the Lincoln Theatre, 1145 P St., will begin at 5, 7 and 9 p.m. on Thursday. Free passes for the screen ing may be obtained at at the kickoff celebration or at information booths in the Nebraska and East unions. Hearing Continued from Page 1 Women faculty at UNL are three times more likely to be affected by budget cuts, Laughlin said, adding that she thinks UNL officials believe women can teach, but men are better suited for research activities. “That’s blatant sexism,” she said. Home economics is the most pro ductive part of the university, she said, and is a large part of women’s history. “Centrality to mission is over looked,” she said. “It’s a matter of separating the ‘superior’ sciences (male-dominated) from the ‘inferior’ sciences.” Instead of judging home econom ics on sexist criteria, she said, offi cials making the budget cuts should consider the quality of faculty teach ing, peer acceptance of accredited graduate programs and peer accep tance of research findings. Karen Craig, dean of the home economics college, said she received evaluations from accrediting organi sations say ing the college was of high quality. Craig said the college was also cost-effective, with lower instruc tional costs than other colleges. I And, she said, the college enhances the lives of Nebraskans and rural America. “How can the officials say (the home economics college) doesn’t meet the criterion of quality?” she said. The director of the Counseling Center, Vernon Williams, argued against its proposed elimination. Under the proposed budgctcuts, thecenter’s duties would be absorbed into the mental health division at the Univer sity Health Center. Williams said that dissolving the center and reassigning the minority employees to the University Health Center would hurl minority students who use the services. “If the BRRC decides to cut the Counseling Center, a program that helps students stay in school and get maximum education will be gone,” he said. Williams said African-American students feel alienated and rejected at the mental health center at the University Health Center. If the Counseling Center was transferred to the University Health Center, minor ity students would forego getting help, he said. The effectiveness of minority staff members at the Counseling Center cannot be transferred to the health center, Williams said. The staff members make the counseling envi ronment the way it is to help people in diverse categories, he said. Some students have problems but aren’t willing to go to the health center for fear of being called mentally ill, Williams said. The Counseling Cen ter serves as an informal welcoming center for them, he said. Onesimo Sandoval, a senior busi ness administration major and spokes man for the Mexican American Stu dent Association, said UNL attracts minority students, but fails to do anything to keep them. Low-income minority students may be unable to afford fees that may result if the Counseling Center be comes part of the health center, San doval said. The Counseling Center currently is free to students. Barbara DiBernard, associate pro fessor of English and women’s stud ies, said eliminating the Counseling Center also would hurt the gay and lesbian communities. The Counseling Center is the only safe, supportive place that gays and lesbians can go, she said. “The health center treats them for physicalandmcmalillness,”shcsaid, ‘instead of giving them information and support.” I . ■ Nelson Continued from Page 1 Sometimes, he said, tough choices must be made. “If you don’t have enough (fund ing) to go around,” he said, “you are only kidding yourself if you make everything a priority. “The university is having to go through that same sort of process right now, and there’s a lot of agony and a lot of acrimony associated with it. It’s not fun.” And a significant increase in UNL’s budget is not likely anytime soon, he said. “I think we arc going to have to get through it as it is for a while.” He said he will keep trying, how ever. “I would hope that at some point along the line there is going to be something more we can do,” he said. Budget Continued from Page 1 “They can respond in any way, from offering extensive additional material or indicating they’ve already responded via the hearing process,” Zorn said. If preliminary recommendations to eliminate programs or departments are made, those departments will be given another hearing, in accordance with NU general counsel Richard Wood’s interpretation of UNL bylaw requirements, Zorn said. Paul Olson, professor of English, said the recent developments in the budget-cutting process offer faculty members some reassurance. “I hope we’re back on track,” Olson said. “It does mean that there’s some consensus developing as to the way that things should be done.” “It complicates things in some respects,” Zorn said, “but I think that’s an indication of how difficult such a process is and how much more diffi cult it is to do vertical cuts rather than across-the-board cuts.” James McShane, former president of the Academic Senate, said UNL’s attempts to make vertical cuts ex plain, in part, why the process has been more tedious than the budget cutting process at NU’s three other institutions. “The other schools arc currently taking horizontal cuts. We took our horizontal cuts — we arc as far along as they arc,” McShane said. “What we arc doing now is saying that you can’t run a university forever on hori zontal cuts. We’re taking vertical cuts to restore some of the damage from horizontal cuts.” H “We have some extremely diffi cult decisions to make,” Zorn said. NetSfaskan FAX NUMBER 472-1761 The Daily Nebraskan(USPS 144-080) is published by the UNL Publications Board, Ne braska Union 34,1400 R St., Lincoln, NE, Monday through Friday during the academic year, weekly during summer sessions. i Postmaster Send address changes to the Daily Nebraskan, Nebraska Union 34,1400 R ' St.,Lincoln, NE 68588 0448 Second-class postage paid at Lincoln, NE ALL MATERIAL COPYRIGHT 1991 DAILY NEBRASKAN ... ■ ■ ——= "1~ smart. Did you know that when you buy Apple computer products at UNL student discounts make it easy to afford a Macintosh on any budget? Did you also know that the CRC Computer Shop has just extended its offer to slash prices on Apple computer and printer bundles? In addition, Apple's new credit loan lets qualified applicants own a Macintosh now with no principle payments until after graduation! Stop by the CRC Computer Shop in the lower level of the Nebraska Union and discover Macintosh-the power to be your best at UNL. Smart, huh? vf f For more information contact: ^ The CRC Computer Shop University Bookstore Lower Level Nebraska Union 472-5785 l ; Hours: 8am-5pm j Homecoming 1991 Royalty Candidates Front Row (left to right): Stacie Yost, Tami Lindau, Kelly Spencer, Dave Gale, Eliza beth Jurgens, Jacqueline Gines. Second Row (left to right): Duane Bemt, Teg Hughes, Donn Raymond, Leigh Ann Eickhoff, Brian Wilcox, Eric Marsh. Third Row (left to right): Jim Bazata, EricThurber, Susan Brown, Kyle Hauberg, Shawn Burnham, Todd Weber. Sponsored by: UPC Homecoming Committee By Lori Huff Staff Reporter Homecoming at UNL this year is taking a new approach to a serious subject. “Having Fun: NU Directions” is the theme of this year’s Homecoming festivities, said Courtney Flanagan, Homecoming Committee chairman. Flanagan said many activities are planned to correlate with the theme. She said different groups, made up of representatives from fraternities, sororities and residence halls, will collect cans for recycling. “The different triads are asked to bring their cans to Broyhill Fountain at noon on Friday, where they will receive one point for each crushed can submitted,” Flanagan said.