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Student
designer
tied up
in work
Plants, toys
trim neckwear
By Trevor Meers
Staff Reporter
Students looking for the right
paisley lie to spice up their
wardrobes should talk to
David Lincoln. *
• Lincoln could make them a
customized tic decorated with old
socks or foam insulation sure to
attract attention.
Lincoln, a 22-ycar-old junior
majoring in interior design at the
University of Nebraska-Lincoln, has
taken it upon
himself to
combat the
authority of
traditional
neckties.
He has been
designing his
two- and three-dimensional neck
ties for about two years.
Lincoln got his start as a fresh
man architecture major, which was
when he grew tired of the neckties
most businessmen wore, he said.
“I decided to take on tic design
as a rebellion against red power
tics,” he said. “1 started taking
materials from my (architecture)
models and applying them to my
ties.”
Lincoln said he chose the tie as
his medium of rebellion because it
was the centerpiece of male dress.
Other pieces of clothing might seem
too radical if he used his talents on
them, he said.
“The tie can be rather overpow
ering and still be acceptable,” he
said.
Neckties also are good for his
designs, Lincoln said, because they
are more practical to work with
than pants or shirts. Tics do not
require frequent cleaning, unlike
other pieces of clothing.
Starting with lies he usually buys
at thrift stores, Lincoln applies
acrylic paint to create the two
dimensional neckwear. When* it
comes to the three-dimensional
models, anything that isn’t nailed
down is likely to appear on one of
his ties.
Lincoln has created lies using
“Star Wars” action figures, toilet
paper and underwear, he said. His
current projects include an alumi
num model and a Chia Pel lie.
Lincoln said the ties were more
than novelty clothing items to him
— they were his own form of art.
“Basically I don’t reproduce any
of them,” he said. “Each one is
pretty much one of a kind. I sign
and date and number each one of
them. I th ink I’m on about 50 now.”
The lies would be suitable for
framing or displaying in a person’s
home, Lincoln said.
However, his art is not purely
for display.
Lincoln said all his lies were
designed for wearing and could be
lied in basic knots.
“Some of the 3-D ties can get a
little bit tricky,” he said. “I’m
working on one that would be a
t_ma ret lie mai wouia oe a cnp-on
because if you lied it, you would
kill it.”
As a designer, Lincoln said he
was not afraid to display his crea
tions. He estimated that he wore
one of his ties 75 to 80 percent of
the lime.
“I guess if the guy that made it
won’t wear it, then you don’t have
anything,” he said.
Lincoln said his creations could
be given as gifts, worn to parties
and even sold at fund-raising auc
tions for charities.
Word of the unique tics is spread
ing, and Lincoln said he was work
ing on a deal with McClendon’s
Hat Shop in Kansas City, Mo.,
which would market his ties.
“It (his business) is in the proc
ess of spreading," he said. “That’s
why I’m building a portfolio. I’m
looking for places that sell them
lor unaer jju anu pruicrauiy aiuunu
$30.”
The lies weren’t designed to be
status symbols, he said, but rather
as works of art or novelty items
people enjoyed wearing.
Lincoln said he had no plans to
branch out into designing unique
clothing for women. His lies can be
worn with the business suits many
women now wear, he said.
Men’ s cloth ing always has been
inferior to women’s in the area of
creativity, Lincoln said, and women
have more options in their en
sembles.
“I think there’s a need in male
dress to put in more creativity,” he
said. “Women’s dress has always
been more creative.”
So, if someone tries to show off
his bow tie with blinking lights, go
to David Lincoln and gel a lie that
sprouts living plants and show
everyone what really is in style.
Jeff Hauer DN
David Lincoln, a junior interior design major, escapes the normalcy of traditional
neckties by designing his own.
Bills pass
requiring
diversity
education
By Cindy Kimbrough
Senior Reporter
After a motion Tuesday to re
consider the defeat of a bill
that would incorporate mul
ticultural education in Nebraska’s
classrooms, state legislators voted
again and passed the bill 29-10.
During the first vote Tuesday,
LB922 received
21 voles, four
short of the ma
jority vote needed
to pass.
LB922, chiefly
sponsored by Sen.
Ernie Chambers of
Omaha, would require Nebraska sec
ondary and elementary schools to
develop and implement multicultural
programs by the 1993-94 school year.
The programs arc not designed to
add new classes or teachers to the
schools, but instead would require
schools to integrate multicultural
education into existing programs.
The bill also would require school
districts to prove to the State Depart
Imcni 01 tuucaiion inai mcy were
complying with the plan.
Sen. Merlon Dierks of Ewing, a
proponent of the bill, made a motion
to reconsider it.
He appealed to the senators to
reconsider their positions and vote
for the bill. Under reconsideration, it
would require more votes to pass —
three-fifths of those senators voting,
or 26 votes.
Several other senators also rose in
support of reconsidering the bill, in
cluding Sen. Spencer Morrissey of
TecUmsch.
Morrissey said he had received
calls from administrators at many
schools within his district who had
concerns or problems with the bill.
But Morrissey said he thought their
problems were not substantial enough
to override his concern for multicul
tural education.
“We need to do everything we can
to smooth the road to integration for
minorities into communities and
keeping their own identity,” he said.
Sen. Ron Withem of Papillion
agreed and said the Legislature should
send the message to schools that it
expected them to deal with multicul
tural issues and put their resources
toward those issues. "
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ASUN proposes permit option
Plan to spread
cost over 4 years
By Sarah Scalet
Staff Reporter ___
An AS UN proposal would spread park
ing fee increases at the University of
Nebraska-Lincoln over four years, in
stead of a one-time $20 increase proposed by
jT >v>y the Parking Advisory
Committee last week.
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Tuesday, AS UN President
^^^R^a^ Andrew Sigcrson an
aRftl nounced the proposal, which
was developed by the As
sociation of Students of the
University of Nebraska and the Academic Senate.
The proposal would increase permits that
are $20 or less by $2, permits that are S30 or
less by $3 and those that arc S50 or less by $4. .
Permits more than $100 would increase by $5.
Priority items in the proposal — including
12 light poles, nine courtcsy/emcrgcncy phones
and a parking lot security patrol — would not
increase fees, Sigerson said, because the neces
sary $104,900 already exists in the budget.
The parking fee increases, which would be
in effect for four years, would pay for addi
tional safety and parking needs recently pre
sented to Chancellor Graham Spanicr, Siger
son said.
Spreading the increase over four years would
not force students to pay for safety changes in
one year, he said, since changes would be in
effect for years to come.
In the proposal, UNL would purchase a
fpur-year bond to raise the necessary $ 175,000.
Many university projects are funded by bonds,
Sigerson said.
The proposed increase would make an extra
$58,421 available each of the four years, ac
cording to the proposal. The total bond price
would be $ 181,660, or $51,668 per year.
The Academic Senate’s Executive Com
mittee voted Monday to endorse ASUN’s pro
posal.
Royce Ballinger, president-elect of the
Academic Senate, said the proposal was a
reasonable and effective alternative to the Parking
Advisory Committee’s proposal.
Ballinger said he hoped the committee would
take the proposal into consideration.
Matt Hammons, president of the Residence
Hall Association, also said he supported the
plan.
ASUN’s proposal is more fair, he said, and
he hopes the administration will consider it.
The proposals will be discussed at an open
forum at the regularly scheduled Parking
Advisory Committee meeting Thursday at 2
p.m.
Clinton re
gains momentum
with primary vic
tories. Page 2
Health center
devises plan to
help rape victims.
Page 3
NU softball team plans aggressive
attack tonight against Wichita State. Page
Lincoln s newest bar offers musical al
ternative to top 40. Page 9
INDEX
Wire 2
Opinion 4
Sports 7
A&E ,9
Classifieds 10