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About The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current | View Entire Issue (April 17, 1992)
I M ■ ■! 9 | M. » W^ 9 | V B ^-4<4 thunderstorms.Saturday, BmB B B B ^0*U 14 ^^^B B B ^ cloudy with a 50 percent chance ^B| B B B ^Tm B B JFW 'f of thunderstorms, high in the JL ^1Vl/XUiJl\U.l L —~————-1 Organization plans to run group office 3 groups fighting for resource center By Jeremy Fitzpatrick Senior Reporter Members of the Women’s Resource Center organized in a group called the Collective said at their weekly meet ing Thursday that they considered themselves to be running the WRC and planned to continue to do so. “We’re meeting, and we’re still making decisions,” Cindy Douglas, a graduate sociol ogy student and group member, said. Three groups — the Collective, the WRC Advisory Board and the UNL-hircd WRC Coordinator — have been fighting for control of the WRC. The Collective is not a recognized student organization at the University of Ne braska-Lincoln. On Monday, Marilyn Bugcnhagcn, director of the Campus Activities and Programs office, dissolved the WRC Advisory Board because of the infighting over who was in charge of the WRC. A new board will be appointed in the fall. James Gricscn, vice chancellor for student affairs, said his office previously had recog - See COLLECTIVE on 6 Up the down staircase Bruce Anderson, an agronomy professor, runs stairs in the Activities building on East Campus Thursday during the lunch hour. 10th Street pedestrian overpass to be built By Sean Green Senior Reporter Construction will begin this fall on a pedestrian overpass that will run alongside the planned 10th Street viaduct, a city official said. The overpass will be accessible to pedestrians, bicyclists and those who use wheelchairs, said Bruce Michael son, head of the Public Works De partment’s Design Engineering Divi sion. City officials hope the overpass will be completed by the spring of 1993, Michaelson said, giving pedes trians access over the railroad area while the new 10th Street viaduct is being built. To meet the requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act, he said, the pedestrian overpass would include a level resting area about every 40 feet for people who use wheel chairs. While the overpass will have level areas off to the sides, he said, the center portion of the bridge will have a consistent grade for bicycle riders. Michaclson said that as far as city officials knew, the project was the only one of its kind in the nation. The overpass designers worked closely with several University of Ncbraska-Lincoln officials, he said, including Kim Todd, a campus land scape architect with UNL’s Land scape Services. The total cost of the new bridge and the pedestrian overpass should be $6 million, Michaclson said. Funds to pay for the project will be shared between the Federal Highway Administration, the city of Lincoln and other agencies, he said. The pedestrian overpass probably will account for 10 to 15 percent of the total cost. Construction on the bridge is sched uled to begin after the last home Nebraska football game of the 1993 season, he said. The viaduct should Basketball dance squad draws student interest By Melissa Dunne Staff Reporter _ More than 330 UNL students expressed interest this week in a dance squad that will perform during halftimes of Nebraska home basketball games. “I think that (the dance squad) would be an asset to the university in terms of spirit,” said Carol Grell, an academic adviser and sponsor of the dance squad. “There really seems to be a need for some group to provide entertain ment during basketball games.” Although the University of Ne braska-Lincoln had a dance squad called the Huskerettes seven or eight years ago, the squad was disbanded for “various and sundry” reasons, Grell said. “We are planning to start all over with a new name and a positive im age,” she said at an informational meeting Monday. Grell also said she planned to work with the yell squad and flag corps. “Our goal is not to compete with these groups, but to complement them and work together,” she said. The dance squad has received an excellent response, Grell said. About 230 women attended the informa tional meeting, she said, and at least 100 more have contacted her. Only full-time students are eli gible for the squad. They must have a cumulative GPA of 2.0 and pay a $10 See DANCE on 6 55 cu I Q E 03 X £ <u z be completed before the first football game in 1994. Michaelson said there was no doubt that the existing 10th Street bridge needed to be replaced. “It is still capable of maintaining the 10-ton limit, but it’s in very poor condition,” he said. Scott Maurer/UN In a rcccni federal sufficiency evaluation, he said, the bridge re ceived a rating of 5.7 on a scale of 100, with 70 being adequate. Clarification: Loan exit interviews for graduating seniors who have received Stafford, Perkins or supplemental loans for students will be today, Tuesday and Wednesday Robbery suspects appre hended on O Street. Page 3 Husker baseball team faces its first conference road test this weekend at Missouri. Page 7 Australian band baby animals ready to set the stage for Van Halen’s Sunday concert. Page 9 New nine-screen theater blasts off in downtown Lincoln. Page 9 INDEX Wire 2 Opinion 4 Sports 7 A & E 9 Classifieds 10 I Vandals spray paint messages at stadium UNL police say no suspects yet in investigation From Stall Reports An unknown party spray painted several Memorial Stadium doors Wednesday with female biological sypibols and the message “Keep your hands off our bodies,” a UNL police official said. Lt. Mylo Bushing said the Univer sity of Nebraska-Lincoln Police Department received a call at 9:39 p.m. about a suspicious party at the stadium. He said police found the building damaged, but no one was in the area. The message and the symbols, spray painted in blue, were found on all the doors on the east side of the stadium, he said. A brick was thrown through the windows of the south doors, Bushing said. A female biological sign was painted on the brick, he said, and a note with the same message was at tached. The Bob Devancy/Tom Osborne Monument was spray painted with the message “Fight to unite,” he said. “We don’t know who called the dispatcher,” Bushing said. “We have no suspects, but we are still investi gating. “We don’t want to make any specu lations at this point,” he said.