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POLICE REPORT
Beginning midnight Wednesday,
Dec. 11
1:43 a.m. — Backpack stolen,
Nebraska Union, $278.
2:59 a.m. — Disturbance, ouLside
police assistance, 24th and Vine
streets.
7:45 a.m. — Tree stolen, 19th and
R streets, $150.
12:37 p.m. — Book bag stolen,
Abel Residence Hall, $125.
2:27 p.m. — Book bag stolen, ‘
Nebraska Union, S136.
3:01 p.m. — Book bag stolen,
Nebraska Union, $196.
3:41 p.m.—License plates stolen,
parking lot at 18th and R streets,
$25.
3:43 p.m. — Stereo system and
tools stolen, Harper-Schramm
Smith complex parking lot, $721
loss, $175 damage.
4:29 p.m. — Car scratched with
key, Cather-Pound complex park
ing lot, SI 25.
5:59 p.m.—Cable box, sweatshirt
and compact discs stolen, parking
lot at 17th and R streets, 5260.
9:02 p.m. — Bicycle stolen, Stale
Fairgrounds, $975.
Physical education program earns accreditation
By Rainbow Rowell
Staff Reporter
The basic physical education pro
gram in the UNL Teachers College
was one of 18 recently accredited by
the National Association for Sport
and Physical Education, an official
said.
Charles Ansorgc, chairman of the
School for Health, Physical Educa
tion and Recreation, said the Univer
sity of Ncbraska-Lincoln was one of
200 schools that were reviewed na
tionwide in October by the associa
tion.
“For us, it was very exciting to be
a part of that elite group of schools,”
Ansorge said.
The program is the only accred
ited physical education program in
Nebraska.
Students graduating from an ac
credited program stand a better chance
of getting jobs, Ansorge said.
“Students can put this on their
resumes and, in so doing, it should
help them when seeking teaching
positions,” he said.
If two candidates for a leaching
position are equal in every way ex
cepi that one candidate graduated from
an accredited program, that candi
date is more likely to get the job, he
said.
Programs are evaluated using 23
different criteria. To be accredited, a
program must prove lhat its classes
meet NASPE guidelines and that its
students show sufficient competency
in these areas. Each program is re
viewed by the national organization
every five years.
About 125 students arc now ma
joring in physical education. About
25 graduate each year. Graduates teach
either kindcrgartcn-through-sixth
grade or seventh-through-12th grade
physical education.
“We hope to maintain the program
we have now,” Ansorgc said. “We
don’t hope to increase the size be
cause there is not a demand for physi
cal education teachers right now. We
want strong students, not more stu
dents.”
He said he hopes being accredited
will attract students who arc serious
about becoming physical education
teachers.
Ansorgc also said that being ac
credited may protect the program from
being cut.
“At a time when a lot of colleges
and universities arc facing budget cuts,
I suspect that if one program is ac
credited, it is less likely to be cut than
a program that is not accredited,” he
said.
The essence of the program is the
promotion of a healthy lifestyle,
Ansorge said.
“We hope these people will make
a difference in the schools and in the
youth in the state of Nebraska,” he
said.
Search
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The Chronicle of Higher Education.
The senior vice chancellor search commit
tee already has received 25 nominations and
three applications, Howe said, but added that
Spanier hopes to have a list of 100 qualified
applicants for the position.Thc senior vice
chancellor’s responsibilities include oversee
ing all academic programs at the university,
exccptprograms in the Institute for Agriculture
and Natural Resources, and serving as acting
chancellor in Chancellor Spanier’s absence,
Howe said.
Deans of all colleges, except those in IANR,
report to the senior vice chancellor, as do
employees of University Educational Televi
sion and the Computer Resource Center.
The search committee, chaired by Jean
Aigner, executive dean of international affairs,
is made up of City and East campus faculty
members, staff and student representatives,
and a UNL alumna from Omaha.
Formation of the search committee was “a
balancing act, the likes of which you would not
believe,’’ Howe said. Efforts focused on creat
ing a committee with a mixture of ethnic back
ground and gender, he said.
Members of the search committee include
Elton Abcrle, professor and head of animal
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science, Fred Choobinch, associate prolessor
of industrial and management systems engi
neering, and Barb Coffey, director of market
ing at Metropolitan Community College in
Omaha.
Members also include Karen Craig, dean of
the College of Home Economics, Robert Egbert,
a George W. Holmes professor of education
curriculum and instruction, Joan Giesecke,
associate dean and associate professor of li
braries, Craig MacPhec, chairman of econom
ics, and Josephine Potulo, a law professor.
Student members are Grctta Goodwin, a
graduate student at UNL, and Chris Potter, the
committee’s undergraduate representative.
Chairwoman Aigncr was nominated by
Chancellor Spanicr, faculty nominations were
taken from the Academic Senate and Andy
Massey, president of the Association of Stu
dents of the University of Nebraska, nominated
the undergraduate member, Howe said.
The scheduled date lor the committee s
review of candidates is Feb. 1. Howe said
candidates probably would not be touring the
campus until spring because of lengthy pre
liminary screening.
Howe said Chancellor Spanicr brought in a
consultant to work with the search committee
to show them how to attract the few women and
minority administrators available to UNL.
“We can’t get them (minorities and women)
to come here if we sit back and wait for them to
come to us,” he said.
Bush, hostages celebrate
conclusion of long ordeal
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Bush
joyously welcomed five former American
hostages to the White House on Thursday,
celebrating the end of the long and painful
ordeal of Americans being held captive in
Lebanon.
Bush brought the hostages to the Rose Gar
den to pose for pictures. There were broad
smiles all around and the president called it a
“wonderful, wonderful occasion.”
“We are grateful for what’s happened. They’re
all here," Bush said.
After ceremonies at the White House, the
former captives were joining Bush in lighting
the nation’s Christmas tree on the nearby El
lipse.
Along with Terry Anderson, the chief Middle
East correspondent for The Associated Press,
Bush was accompanied by Alann Steen, Joseph
Cicippio, Thomas S ulherland and Jesse Tumer,
all released in the past two months. ■■
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