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Luther Continued from Page 1 After the debate, Luther was not satisfied, so he did more research. Since 1990, he has written five major articles and been interviewed by such publications as the New York Times and Time magazine. Luther is trying to speak for the people, he said, and trying to find a solution to the problems of small towns. “Frank Popper is saying ‘They have failed, let go, let them col lapse, let them die,”’ Luther said. “What I’m doing is working very hard to bring to small towns infor mation on how they can determine their own future.” Last semester, Luther partici pated in an exchange with the College of Technology in Dublin, Ireland. While there, he worked with students to design a rural village called Skibbereen. He also traveled around Wales, Scotland and England, doing research on European rural policies. “They have a completely different approach,” he said. “You don’t find a lot of ghost towns in Ireland and Great Britain. You don’t find communities being aban doned.” Instead, European policies aim to preserve rural areas, he said. Such policies devote money to rural regions for small community survival, he said. “They are also encouraging a regional development planning, which is something that Nebraska definitely needs to look at,” he said. Luther is working with the Nebraska Development Network and the University’s Center for Rural Community Revitalization to develop a policy for rural settle ments in Nebraska. “If a small community in Nebraska, or anywhere, wishes to I survive, wishes to persist, we have an obligation to work with them,” he said. “They may not be willing to undertake the cost that it takes to survive, but at least we have an obligation to help them make that intelligent decision.” Last summer, Luther was the head of a national conference in Lincoln about sustainable commu nities. The conference brought people together to share stories of how they have kept their small towns alive. “All they’ve heard before in the press is Frank Popper’s ‘Buffalo Commons,”’ Luther said. “It’s all doom and gloom, and the sky is falling, and you’re going to die and wither and go away. You never hear any stories about communities that are doing OK. “The people out in small towns in western Nebraska ... read the stuff Frank Popper is saying about ‘you’re going to die; there’s no hope,’ and they’re picking up and leaving.” “It fits right in with movies like ‘Dances With Wolves’ because it’s an environmentalist solution,” he said. “It’s a very trendy and yuppie sort of concept. “It’s not real popular in the small towns that he’s talking about eliminating.” Although a great deal of Luther’s time has been spent with small towns, his other interests range in size and subject from the World’s Fair to fly fishing. He also enjoys riding his motorcycle “at the maximum permissible speed.” “It’s the closest I can get to flying without leaving the ground. And after 280 combat missions in Vietnam in a helicopter, I won’t fly in a small plane. “I’m an old poker player, and I think my turn is coming.” ' Video Continued from Page 1 conference.The groups were com posed of UNL students, faculty and administrators. The participants in the discussion groups emphasized that gay and les bian students cannot overcome homo phobia alone— they need help from UNL faculty and administrators. “It’s not just students’ responsibil ity to educate,” said Paul Moore, a senior speech communication major. UNL housing low for Big 8 By Taryn Gilster Staff Reporter Some students will be happy to hear that the University of Nebraska Lincoln ranks seventh in the Big Eight — for housing rates. Doug Zatechka, director of the housing office, said he was unsure why most of the other Big Eight schools’ rates were higher than UNL’s rates. The estimated rankings for Big Eight housing rates, from highest to lowest, are: Colorado, Oklahoma, Missouri, Kansas, Iowa State, Okla homa State, Nebraska and Kansas State. “I attribute our low cost to our management efforts to try to hold down costs for students,” Zatechka said. “We work hard to keep low custodial services, conserve utilities and offer good, yet inexpensive food menus.” Housing rates at UNL were raised by 3.4 percent, or by $95 dollars, for the 1992-93 school year. A typical UNL residence hall room for two students, with a 30-mcal plan, now costs $2,820 a school year. With the 3.4-percent increase, next year’s rates will be $2,915, or $10 more a month. While UNL’s rates remained low this year, some schools, such as the University of Kansas, Kansas State University and the University of Missouri, have increased rates dra matically. Ken Stoner, director of housing at KU, said it was difficult to give direct reasons for the increase in rates. “There are many reasons for the higher rates,” Stoner said. “Basically we’ve been underpriced for so many years that any increase looks like a big increase. “We’re still below the Big Eight average.” Zatechka said UNL’s housing rates increased because of a 4-percent sal ary increase, effective July 1, for some employees. Zatechka said he also expected food and utility costs to rise. “Overall, we’re pleased with the small rate increase,” Zatechka said. “Students have a lot of financial prob lems the way it is. Regents to study Beadle bid in J une By Susie Arth about $23.7 million. biochemists’ test lubes and apply it Staff Reporter If the bid is approved, he said, for public use. — construction will start immediately. The purpose of combining these Groundbreaking for the George W. Bob Carpenter, campus architect, fields is to take research a step further Beadle Center is scheduled to begin said he expected the bid to be about by commercializing it, Omtvedt said, this summer, a UNL official said. $19 million. He said he thought the “We want to apply our research Irv Omtvedt, vice chancellor for center would be completed by July where it can be picked up in the the Institute of Agriculture and Natu- 1994. private sector,” he said, ral Resources, said a date would be The Beadle Center, which will be Total cost for the center, its green set after bids for construction were located on Vine Street between 19th houses and utilities will be about S31.6 received and approved by the NU and 20th streets, will combirte the million. Board of Regents. research and education of biochemis- Omtvedt said the center would put The board is scheduled to meet try, biotechnology and chemical UNL in an elite class of research and June 13 to consider the bids, he said, engineering inonebuilding,Omtvedt marketing. 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