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Housing director takes extra job By Matt Woody Staff Reporter The UNL director of housing has taken what may be the first of many steps into student affairs ad ministration. \ Doug Zatechka recently added the responsibilities of assistant vice chancellor for student affairs to his housing duties. Zatechka, who has been hous ing director during his 15 years at the University of Nebraska-Lin coln, discounted the idea of his new job being a promotion. However, he said, it could be a stepping stone to more work in student affairs. James Griesen, vice chancellor for student affairs, created the job to gain additional administrative help for projects demanding atten tion in the office. The appointment to the position is temporary; it will last two years. Zatechka will work full time in student affairs and continue part time in housing. He said the housing staff would continue without him, and added that the move would not reduce the attention given to students who come to the housing office with questions or problems. “I think it’s going to affect my job in housing,” Zatechka said. “I don’tthink it’s going to affect hous ■ „ »» ing. Glen Schumann, assistant di rector of housing for maintenance, will become the associate director of housing and will oversee routine housing duties. The immediate project for Zatechka will be developing an identification card similar to stu dents’ cards'for faculty and staff, Griesen said. Zatechka also will begin serv ing on committees, such as the Campus Planning Committee. The committee deals with UNL’s long term goals, such as completing renovations and building construc tion. He will also add his expertise to student-related issues, such as cam pus safety, police and parking. 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Elec toral votes are acquired by winning in individual states. Nebraska has five electoral votes, while California has 54 and Texas has 32. If no candidate wins at least 270 votes, the election is decided in the House of Representatives. Each state receives one vote, and a candidate must receive 26 of the 50 votes to become president. . If Perot campaigns actively be tween now and Nov. 3, he might gather enough votes to prevent Bush or Clinton from winning in the gen eral election, Sittig said. “Perot c lai ms he docsn ’ t want to be a spoiler, but he may very well be,” he said. “I assume if Perot docs nothing else, he will probably get 2, 3, 4 percent of the popular vote, and the most in any one state would be 6 or 8 or 10 percent,” he said. “B ut if he now engages in four or five weeks of strenu ous campaigning and expends mil lions of dollars and appears in any or all of the debates in prime-time cov -44 Perot claims he doesn’t want to be a spoiler; but he may very well be. — Sittig political science professor -» - erage, then I’d boost Perot up to the 8 to 10 to 12 (percent) category. “And if there would be some dra matic event in one of those debates— if he would look extremely good or Bush or Clinton would look bad, then I’d consider Perot in the 16 to 18 to 20 percent category.” Sittig said Perot’s entry probably would benefit Bush more than Clinton. Voters who are interested in change but who are not strongly attached to Clinton might shift their support to Perot, he said. But Perot’s decision to run gave neither candidate a clear advantage, he said. “It won’t have an effect in a single direction — it’s not going to posi tively help Bush and hurt Clinton — it’s going to lake away from them if Perot goes from 5 to 15 percent of the vote,” he said. “But I think it’s going to take away more from Clinton than Bush.” Sittig predicted that Perot could win at most 20 percent of the vote. He will likely receive between 8 and 12 percent, he said. Drug Continued from Page 1 hallucinations. In high doses, it can lead to a coma and eventual death. People have reported needing medical attention after taking “moon flower,” Bullock said, but no deaths in Lincoln have been reported yet. • “We want to alert people about it,” he said. “It’s not what you think it is, and it is highly dangerous.” Ron Lundy, an investigator with the University of Ncbraska-Lincoln Police Department, said he had not seen the drug on campus, but was certain it existed. “Whatever is in the city is going to be on the university campus,” he said. Geir Friisoe, supervisor of the state noxious weed program in the Ne braska Department of Agriculture, said jimsonwced grew naturally in Nebraska and many other states. The weed has several medical uses, Friisoe said. Jimsonwced, he said, is used in a sedative called Hyoscyaminc. It also is used in Atropine, a counteractive agent for several poisons. Friisoe said many farmers were aware of the drug because it had been known to poison livestock when it grew on farms. The jimsonwced plant, he said, grows up to five feet tall, has a white, funnel-shaped flower and emanates a bad odor. Trains Continued from Page 1 According to the study, Missouri Pacific Railroad now uses a Union Pacific track that runs from about 1 Oth Street east to 33rd Street to serve Lincoln Lumber, Hyland Lumber and Kamptcrtcr Products Inc. The route cuts through the north ern part of C i ty Cam pus and separates the Harper-Schramm-Smith Complex, a few fraternities and sororities, the Devancy Sports Center and State Fair Park from the rest of the campus. Trainsoflcn stopon this route wl lilc waiting to cross onto another track, and students sometimes crawl under cars to make it to class on time, the report stated. The trains also back up traffic in the area. Both problems could be taken care of if Missouri Pacific abandoned part or all of the track, the study con cluded. In either case, Missouri Pacific’s customers would continue to be served. Missouri Pacific trains would be rerouted to a new track or an existing one operated by another railroad com - pany. This change would eliminate the need for 15 existing railroad crossings and a proposed crossing at Avery Avenue. Crossings from Missouri Pacific’s 10th to 33rd streets route would be abandoned. The board now must decide whether it wants to pursue the project, said Roger Figard, executive director of the transportation safety district. “The next step is for our staff and other city staff members to try and select a consultant to study the project and its cost,” he said. Figard said the board would have to approve the consultant. If the district goes ahead with the project, he said, the details would have to be settled. “We’ll need to look at cost ben efits, the railroads themselves and their customers,” Figard said. After considering all of those fac tors, he said, the board should have a definite rerouting plan with a firm estimate of its cost. “It would be equally gratifying to UNL, the city and the railroads to eliminate the crossings,” Figard said. “There would be a lot less conflict." * r NetSraskan Editor Chris Hopfsnspsrgsr Night News Editors Kathy Stelnausr 472-1766 - Mika Lewis *..^aMaflin^dl,or *55* K,fn°pp Kimberly Spurlock Assoc News Editors Adeana Leftln Kara Morrison Assoc J^ews Editor/ Wendy Navratll Art Director Scott Maurer Prf.w.I; d!?9 V??.Ch - General Manager Dan Shattll Editorial Page Edi or D onne Searcey Production Manager Katherine Pollcky . 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