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--a___ • _ ' _ , ■. •m J DftllV g 1 75/48 “ I _ B __ J _ B Today, partly cloudy, breezy I I B>^B and warmer with a 30 percent I B »^B B. ■ B • B ^B^B chance of afternoon thunder jB^*™ B Bl B BbL B B showers, south winds 15 to 25 ^Bl B V B B^B ^^B B^B ^rB B B mph. Wednesday, sunny and ^B B^B L B B B^B B B^ Simanek donations ton $34,000 at snrins same By Cindy Kimbrough Senior Reporter Nebraska football coach Tom Osborne said Monday he was pleased about the $34,832 donated for Gina Simanck at Satur day’s Red-White spring football game. Simanck, the victim of an alleged Jan. 18 assault by Nebraska football player Andrew Scott Baldwin, had spent almost a month and a half in the hospital recovering from various in juries, including permanent brain damage. Baldwin, 22, watched the scrim mage from the press box. The University of Ncbraska-Lin coln Athletic Department did not jml y Osborne says team will stand behind Baldwin charge admission to this year’s game, but instead encouraged fans to donate what they normally would pay for tickets to the game. The highest donation was about $250, Osborne said, and almost $2,000 was received before the game by those who could not attend. Osborne said he had hoped dona tions would rise above the $30,000 mark, considering that about 25,000 people attended the game. The amount donated was quite high considering, on the average, the spring game brings in about SI5,000 to 517,000, he said. Osborne said the money was not necessarily pegged for Simanek’s medical expenses. The 23-year-old Lincoln woman has a major medical plan that should cover most of her expenses, he said. Instead, he said, the money will compensate for her suffering from injuries and for any lost lime from work. “It is to be used any way (the Simaneks) sec fit,” he said. Osborne said the idea to exchange donations for admission to provide help for Simanck had received re sponses ranging from anger to sup port. “This has been a real strange pe riod in football history,” he said. But Osborne said the idea to use the game to raise money for Simanek was never a response to public pres sure. He said members of the football team had taken the altitude that they were going to do what they thought was right — no matter what the re sponse. Everything the athletic department has done to help Simanek has helped to fulfill a promise Osborne and assis tant football coach Frank Solich made to Simanck at the start, Osborne said. He said he thought they had ful filled that promise. “We’ve done what we could do,” he said. Because Nebraska law prohibits UNL or the athletic department from making direct payments to Simanck or her family, Osborne said contribu tions from the game was one way they could help. He added that Baldwin was slay ing with Solich and is continuing to work on 6 hours of credit this semes ter. Baldwin needs about 18 credit hours See SIMANEK on 6 ^— ! _[3 Stad McKee/DN Robert Danielson stands in front of the gate that used to be the entrance to UNL. After leaving the university just a few credit hours short of an agricultural degree in 1930, Danielson is graduating in May. Long time coming Retiree to graduate after 60-year hiatus By Jana Pedersen Editor__ When a student in a high school horticulture class asked Robert Danielson for advice on finding a job, the UNL senior lectured the class about the importance of hard work. The sermon later gave him a guilty conscience. “I thought 1 must have hit them kind of hard,” he said. “So next time, I brought these azaleas, a little peace offering.” The gifts of flowers were ap propriate. After leaving the University of j Nebraska r» ci Lincoln just a rrOulQ fcw crcdit hours short of an agriculture degree in 1930, Daniel son helped run Danielson Floral Co. for 59 years. On May 9, after two semesters and 21 credit hours of study, Danielson will receive a degree in general agriculture — a degree he left behind more than 60 years ago. It was a long time coming, he said. “I think it’s a great morale builder to be able to do this — for me, anyway,” he said. “This idea that you might be all washed up is no good, and (graduating) will be a nice feeling.” Danielson, bom in 1909 in Osceola, has lived in Lincoln since age 7. He retired from the See DANIELSON on 6 , Spanier optimistic about UNL’s future By Jeremy Fitzpatrick Senior Reporter Graham Spanicr declared ai his installation as chancellor Monday that he wanted the University of Ncbraska-Lincoln to becomcan institution concerned with people and human development. “Put simply, I sec the 1990s as the era when this university rededicates itself to the people it serves: our stu dents, staff, faculty, alumni, citizens of Nebraska and those we reach be yond our borders,” he said. “I wish to direct our attention to the university’s role in human development.” Spanicr’s installation at the Lied Center for Performing Arts was at tended by about about 1 ,(XX) people including Gov. Ben Nelson, mem bers of the NU Board of Regents, NU President Martin Masscngalc and Samuel Proctor, Martin Luther King Jr. memorial professor emeritus at Rutgers University. Proctor gave the keynote address at the ceremony. The UNL Wind Ensemble, the Faculty Brass Quintet, the Afrikan People’s Union Choir and Tina Salac, a sophomore music major at UNL, gave musical performances. Spanicr said the opportunity to attend college had changed his life, and expressed hope that UNL could have that kind of impact on its stu dents. “As with many of you, the univer sity experience changed my life,” he said. “My own development has been enhanced every day that 1 have been associated with higher education. “My goal is to ensure that all of the university’s constituents comes to find as increasingly responsive to the human side of our mission.” Spanicr said universities in the 1970s and 1980s were focused pri marily on economic development. Now, he said, ihcy must broaden their mission and place as strong an em phasis on the humanities and fine arts as they do on the sciences. “My goal is that (UNL) be known as a university that builds on science and technology to reach people; a university that appreciates the rela tionship between science, technol ogy and society; a university that seeks to produce graduates who are both technically skilled but steeped in understanding of the human condi tion. ..he said. As chancellor, Spanicr said he would work to improve services for UNL students, faculty and employ ees. He said he would support improved advising, reduced class si/.cs and increased private fundraising for scholarships to aid students. Faculty, he said, can expect to play a greater role in initiating improvements and making decisions to improve UNL. Spanicr concluded by saying he was optimistic about the university’s future. “I am optimistically confident about the prospects for progress toward a university committed to the advance ment of human development,” he said. “I know each and every one of you arc proud of this university . .. and you have great hopes for its future. I pledge to do my best to help all of us realize those hopes.” Businessmen enter race for Regent Massey says strong programs at UNL need more emphasis Editor's note: The Nebraska primary will be May 12, and the ballot will include the race for the District 7 seat on the NU Board of Regents. This is the first of a three-part series on the candidates. By Sean Green Senior Reporter__ _ Two Scotlsbluff businessmen have entered the race for the District 7 N U Board of Regents, the scat now filled by board chairman Don Blank of McCook. John Massey and Russ Hilliard will chal lenge Blank for the regent position in the May 12 primary. Massey, 33, is the vice president of J.G. Elliot Co., a family-owned insurance company in Scoilsbluff. A graduate of the Uni versity of Nebraska-Lin coln’s College of Agricul ture and the College of Law, Massey said he had been considering running for the board position for several years. This year he said he felt the timing was right. “I have always been interested in the univer sity,” he said. “Now I’m at an age where I can become involved and possibly make a differ ence at the university.” Massey said his experience with business and civic organizations, such as the United Way and the Chamber of Commerce, would be of use to the regents. “As a regent, you have to become very involved in the financial aspects of university administration,” he said. “I hope to bring a good business sense to the board.” Negative publicity recently has been hurt ing the University of Nebraska, Massey said, emphasizing the need to focus on the positive See MASSEY on 3 Bill Clinton attacks President Bush as the candidate of economic decline.’ Page 2 Johnny Mitchell is picked by the New York Jets. Page 7 It’s a home run! John Goodman swings for the fences in ‘Babe.’ Page 9 .... INDEX Wire 2 Opinion 4 Sports 7 • A & E 9 Classifieds 12