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ASUN prepares to ‘catch up’ By Angie Brunkow Staff Reporter Tonight’s AS UN meeting will give senators a chance to catch up on uni versity issues, said Andrew Sigerson, president of the Association of Stu dents of the University of Nebraska. said the ” meet give itudcnt nt an y to get ain and 0-ited for the upcoming school year. Sigerson said he would update senators on university events that occurred over the summer. He also will discuss progress on a campus rape awareness project he is trying to organize with help from Jayne Wade Anderson, director of Greek Affairs, U NL Pol ice Chief Ken Caublc, the Student Judicial Affairs Office, the University Health Center and university faculty and staff members. Also, senators will create a bill directing the Government Liaison Committee to begin preparing for the university’s budget debate in the Nebraska Legislature. “It’ll be a major project holding our own in the Legislature,” Sigcrson said. ■ ■■m Become a Husker Hostess •Be a Part of the Husker Football Program •Meet and Greet Husker Football Recruits FOR DETAILS CALL PAT AT 472-3116 BY AUGUST 26 Great Food at a Great Price Oodles of Woodies • Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday evenings • Al the spaghetti you can eat smothered with our Original, Thick Itaian sauce^ ■— • Piping hot garik: bread & 5alad Bar ^ about our party $2.99 [4750900) 228 ft 12ttHJnco>D «Just 2 Bocks From Campus i ~ ~ — \ If faad K77 •■•II hiiyTnih li Vkii yaa Ini i tbaiaa, ll la aloaya aafar la aaaaana "aataral full* T or F Vbaa yaa'ra flayla| baadball yaa aaaaana 14 aalarlaa fir nlaala. Naa naay baara af aaallaaaaa flay ara rayalraJ la radaaa yaar batfy «al|bt by II faaadaf For Hm nmtf «svm mrol ■ H* Sown of Food 131 (3 o) M W F 1:30 • WO Chamistry 131 (2150) Food Sdooco mi Todmology 131 (4253) Notritioad Sdaaco and DIototics 131 (4110) This aunt k dbodod toward non-soma majon and has no prtquisitos. It is rocognind as a natural sdonco count by tho Cologos of Ms and Sdmcns, lusbms kdminsfiabon, Horn Economics ^^antijtod)ori(oltgt _____ ^ UNL plans for increased waste By Mindy L. Letter Staff Reporter In the fall of 1994, UNL will gain a $31 million research center. And the research done there will translate into a 10 percent increase in hazardous waste a year at the university. UNL’s Environmental Health and Safely department is gearing up to handle the expected increase in nuclear and hazardous waste once the Beadle Center is in operation, said Del Weed, manager of envi ronmental health and safety at UNL. Weed said plans for managing the increase in the production of waste included a new 5000-squarc foot storage facility on East Cam pus. The new facility would allow UNL to treat its own waste, Weed said, reducing the 40,000 pounds of hazardous waste shipped out of state annually and saving the uni versity money. It costs U NL $350 a drum to pay a contractor to ship hazardous wastes out of the state, Weed said. Larry Grimm, manager of the Radiation Safety Office, estimated that it costs S1,900 a barrel to trans port nuclear waste to a low-level nuclear waste site outside of Ne braska. UNL’s new storage facility would allow it to store leftover waste chemicals until they could be transported to other university departments and used for experi ments. Weed said the university already tries to store and use its waste, but the new facility would increase the amount of recycling and storage space. Weed also said he was trying to make researchers aware of Envi ronmental Protection Agency guide lines concerning hazardous waste so they don’t make mistakes han dling it. “There have to be plans for each area of research for the handling of waste materials,” Weed said. “The EPA inspects and requires it.” Weeds credits the potential re searchers’ cooperation for the ease of implementing policies to handle hazardous waste at UNL. “The persons that we require the most help from are the genera tors of waste, and they have been very receptive to following our guides,” he said. “If the generators can follow policy, then we will be successful.” I__1 Work-study job fair offers variety, assistance to financial aid recipients By Corey Russman Staff Reporter_ Job seekers, have no fear: the fourth annual Work-Study Job Fair is just around the comer. Students who have been awarded work-study and have been unable to find jobs may find their tasks a little easier, thanks to the Student Employ ment and internship Center, which offers the fair. The event will be today from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Great Hall of the Wick Alumni Center. The fair was started in 1989 when the university decided to let work study students find jobs instead of matching up students and employers. “The students arc the best to de cide where they want to be,” said* Emily Wilber, student employment specialist. Work-study, which is federal assis tance earned through part-time em ployment, is awarded by the Office of Scholarships and Financial Aid. During die 1991 -1992 school year. work-study was offered to almost 2,852 students, but nearly half of these stu dents rejected the aid, said Jcncll Severson, an assistant director in the Office of Scholarships and Financial Aid. Severson is in charge of work study. W ilbcr said those rejections meant that plenty of jobs arc available for students who accept the aid. “The number of jobs exceeds the number of work-study students,’’ Wilber said. In fact, some employers leave the fair with fewer employees than they need, she said. Hundreds of positions arc avail able, and jobs arc varied enough to fit everyone’s style. Students may be able to gel jobs with college or ad r minislrativc offices, libraries, Land scape Services, and as tour guides or lab assistants, among others. Most jobs arc located on UNL’s City or East campuses, but a few jobs arc not connected with the university, Wil ber said. And the fair docs more than help students find jobs — it gives them valuable experience in interviewing, she said. Students who want to interview for positions at the fair must have their work-study authorization forms, which they can get at the fair. If students find jobs they arc interested in, they may set up interviews for the same day. Students who attend the fair must have been awarded work-study by the Office of Scholarships and Financial Aid. If students arc unsure whether they have been given the award, they should gel in touch with the financial aid office. Although the fair is aimed at help ing freshmen, sophomores, and trans fer students, all work-study recipi ents arc welcome to attend. Work-study recipients who arc unable to attend the job fair still can gel jobs. The job board at 345 Ne braska Union includes information about work-study opportunities. Baldwin hearing postponed Ambiguous law raises question in Baldwin case By Chuck Green Senior Reporter An ambiguity in a Nebraska law regarding defendants found not guilty by reason of insanity, has raised a new question in the case of UNL student Andrew Scott Baldwin. Baldwin, 22, awaits a ruling on whether he is still considered danger ous, or whether he should continue mental treatment after being found not guilty by reason of insanity for the Jan. 18 assaults of Gina Simanck i Mountain and Lincoln police officer Greg Sims. Lancaster County District Court Judge Paul Merritt Jr., postponed a final decision Monday on whether Baldwin poses a threat to himself or others because of ‘^mental illness or defect.” Newly submitted evidence, including previous testimony from Lincoln police and psychiatrists, caused Merrill to reschedule the hearing for next Wednesday. Lancaster County Attorney Gary Lacey said an ambiguity in the law may further complicate Merritt’s decision. “Right now, the law doesn’t spe cifically cover someone who could be dangerous only if they were taken off medication,” he said. Baldwin now takes lithium car bonatc, a depressant, twice a day, and receives psychiatric treatmentat least once a week at St. Joseph Medical Center in Omaha. At the Monday hearing, Omaha psychiatrist Donald Swanson submit ted a letter to Merritt suggesting that Baldwin continue hisoulpatieni treat ment program at St. Joseph Medical Center in Omaha. In the report, Swan son disclosed that Baldwin is men tally ill, but that there is no evidence that he is dangerous as long as he continues treatment. Had Merritt not received Swan son’s psychological report, he would have had no basis to determine whether Baldwin was a threat and whether further treatment was needed. If that had happened, the Baldwin case would have been closed. Ever Get SomeMr loully Wosied? f^\ D^urwruni o* Tuntporatof