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Changes
and
challenges
UNL architecture dean
combines work, advising
with worldwide travel
By Sarah Scalet
Staff Reporter
A high school teacher first sparked
Cecil Steward’s interest in archi
tecture by explaining to him the
field and its possibilities, thinking it might
interest him.
His teacher was right.
Since that introduction, Steward, the
dean ot the University
of Ncbraska-Lincoln
College of Architec
ture, said he has never
had a moment’s doubt
about architecture.
And next month,
Steward’s achieve
ments will be recognized when he
becomes the first full-time educator to
preside over the American Institute of
Architects, an organization based in
Washington, D.C., with 57,000 members
nationwide and a $30 million budget.
Steward’s official inauguration in Janu
ary is among the activities at the AIA’s
“Accent on Architecture” annual public
celebration. Steward said President Bush
will attend the event, held at the Kennedy
Center in Washington, D.C.
Being the first president who is a full
time educator extends beyond the personal
honor for Steward, 57.
“It reflects ... the change of altitude
that education and practice must work
together more closely for the benefit of
the entire profession,” he said.
A Texas native who earned his profes
sional degree from Texas A&M Univer
sity and his graduate degree from Colum
bia University in New York, Steward said
he enjoys the constant challenges and
Cecil Steward, dean of the College of Architecture, has been chosen the
first full-time educator to preside over the American Institute of Archi
tects.
changes of the architecture field.
No other discipline is as broad and as
changeable as architecture, Steward said.
“An architect must constantly be aware
of the changes of society and culture,” he
said.
The field is marked by constant
changes in design and technology, he said.
In the past decide, computer-aided design
and computer-generated images increas
ingly have been used.
Steward, who said he was always inter
ested in administration, has been dean of
the College of Architecture since it
separated from the College of Engineering
and Technology in 1973. Prior to that, he
was a member of the architecture faculty
at Texas A&M University.
Steward has worked for several archi
tectural firms, including Matthews and
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Closed meeting permissible, officials say
By Alan Phelps
Senior Editor
A closed University of Nebraska Board of
Regents subcommittee meeting last week
was not subject to the open meetings
law, university officials said.
Richard Wood, NU general counsel, said
the open meetings law, which bars closed
meetings of public bodies such as the regents
except when they arc discussing personnel
matters, docs not apply to subcommittees as
long as they arc not holding hearings, making
policy or taking formal action on behalf of the
full body.
“The distinction here is the fact that this was
a subcommittee,” he said. “There have been
occasions on which subcommittees have been
given authority to lake action; in that ease, they
would have to comply.”
The subcommittee met Thursday at the
Nebraska Center for Continuing Education on
the University of Ncbraska-Lincoln’s East
Campus.
J.B. Milliken, NU corporation secretary,
said the meeting was closed to facilitate discus
sion on coordinating lobbying efforts among
representatives from NU campuses.
“The purpose of the meeting was to have an
uninhibited, no-holds-barrcd meeting on how
well we communicate among ourselves and
between different campuses on lobbying is
sues,” he said. “We did not want to inhibit
discussion of possible problems.”
Milliken said the meeting included discus
sion on how well the campuses respond to
pressure from specific interest groups and how
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Spanier says
victims of
harassment
need options ,
By Wendy Navratil
Senior Reporter
niil sexual harassment at UNL is eradi
cated, victims must have a clear-cut
system they can turn to with their
complaints, UNL Chancellor Graham Spanier
said.
Spanier said he’s not sure the University of
Nebraska-Lincoln has such a system now.
“Obviously, something isn’t working now,”
Spanier said. “I haven’t looked at specific
cases, but I do know there arc a number of
women on campus who feel the climate for
women needs to be improved.”
Jane Close Conolcy, chairman of the Fac
ulty Senate ad hoc committee on sexual harass
ment and a UNL educational psychology pro
fessor, said the university needs to make a
coordinated effort to provide universilywidc
education about sexual harassment.
She also said step-by-step grievance proce
dures need to be established and known by both
alleged victims and alleged offenders, and
informal mediation opportunities should be
available for those who do not wish to file
formal grievances with the Affirmative Action
Office.
People nave incir own sets ot judiciary .
boards and steps” to deal with sexual harass -
I meni currently, Conolcy said. “I’m not sure
anybody really handles it.”
At a meeting of the UNL Academic Senate
last week, Conolcy presented a report on sex
ual harassment that the committee prepared
last spring. She asked the senate to take a
leadership role in investigating sexual harass
ment because leadership in dealing with sexual
harassment problems had been inadequate.
Herb Howe, associate to the chancellor,
asked the senate at that meeting to delay action
until Spanicr could meet with the group to
discuss the issue.
Spanicr has since planned a meeting for
early next week w ith various groups on campus
that deal with or arc concerned about sexual
harassment, Howe said.
Spanicr indicated that UNL must devise a
system that would simplify the courses of ac
tion victims of sexual harassment can lake.
“We can’t give them five or six options —
people need to know, ‘here’s what you do,”’
Spanicr said. “And people need to know that
their complaints will be handled confidentially
and sensitively.”
He said he plans to review the Affirmative
Action office as part of his study of how UNL
handles sexual harassment complaints.
Conolcy said that faculty have felt that
Affirmative Action procedures do not preserve
their rights when they arc named as offenders
in a sexual harassment complaint. The alleged
offenders may not know they arc being inves
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Post-Cold War military facing cuts
Editor's note: This is the first in a
series of stories that will address
the future of the U.S. military on
campus.
By Sean Green
Staff Reporter
Since the end of the Cold War,
Congress has taken a serious
look at defense budget cuts
that could hit all levels of the mili
tary, including ROTC programs at
the University of Ncbraska-Lincoln.
How much of a crunch there will
be is still being debated.
But after the political dust clears,
all people involved are going to have
to tighten their belts, said Lt. Col. Joe
Johnson, a spokesman for the Lin
coln-based Nebraska National Guard.
Reductions could limit opportunities
for young recruits, ROTC students
“And once the method (for decid
ing what to cut) is determined, we’ll
go through a pe
riod of turmoil,”
he said. “It won’t
last very long, but
it will not be pain
less.”
For young men
and women con
sidering joining the military, he said
this budget-lightening could translate
into less incentive because there would
be less opportunity for advancement
and higher pay.
At UNL, 75 students are in Army
ROTC, 66 arc in Air Force ROTC and
about 110 arc in Navy ROTC.
“We’re going to need some major
incentive to gel people to wear a
uniform for the prime years of their
lives,” he said. “Especially when they
face having to retire and start a new
career.”
However, Johnson said there also
is good news for those considering
joining the military.
“The 0.1. Bill, the State of Ne
braska tuition-assistance program, and
other programs that help students pay
for college by serving will not be
cut,” he said.
And while competition will be
tougher for both scholarships and
officer commissions, Johnson said the
need to recruit young people is as
strong as ever.
“Colin Powell (chairman of the
Joint Chiefs of Staff) explained the
need for young men and women best
in a recent speech,” Johnson said.
“He said that he needs to recruit today
the platoon sergeant who will suc
ceed on the battlefield in six years.”
The same changes that may deter
potential recruits will have a more
profound impact on those closest to
the chopping block.
“The proposed cuts arc already
having a destabilizing effect,” Johnson
said. “The rules about retirement arc
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Correction: In an article on the Univer
sity ot Nebraska Board ot Regents in
Friday's issue of the Daily Nebraskan,
the titles of Kim Phelps ana Paul Carlson
were incorrect Phelps is the director of
the budget, and Carlson is the director ot
operations analysis The Daily Nebras
kan regrets the error "
Shiite Muslim kidnappers free
British and American hostages.
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