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RHA votes against paper towels. By Corey Russman Staff Reporter The University of Ncbraska-Lin eoln Residence Hall Association voted to support the removal of paper tow els from residence hall floor bath rooms Monday night. Matt Hammons, RHA president, said the resolution, which passed 17-5, clarified RHA’s stance on the issue. Housing officials have the final say on the policy, Hammons said. Jason Adams, national communi cations coordinator for RHA, said th is was the first time RHA had taken a solid position on the paper towel is sue. Heath Kramer, senate speaker,said, “We arc all grown-ups, have had around 13 years of education, were taught when and how to wash our hands, and we don’t need a paper towel there to tell us to wash our hands.” Scllcck President Brent Gaswick said RHA members should ask them selves if they wanted paper towels reinstalled for health reasons or merely convenience. Paper towels are not required for sanitary reasons, he said, so there is no need for them in resi dence halls. „ „ The RHA resolution slates that removal of paper towels would climi natc 60,000 square feet of waste gen erated by the residence halls. Re moval of towels also would reduce vandalism in the halls, the resolution stales. In the past, students have started fi res with the paper towels and clogged drains with them. The resolution also said that re moving paper towels would not con tribute to the spread of disease. Furthermore, other Big Eight schools do not use paper towels in residence halls, the resolution said. In other business, RHA considered a bill that would require fliers to be sent to each residence hall room in forming residents that paper towels have been restocked only temporarily l bccauscoftheShigcllaoutbreak.RHA | decided to postpone action on the bill, i Spanier Continued from Page 1 “I think the only reason she agreed to see me was because she knew I wanted to talk to her about her work and notabout Hemingway,” she said. Although Spanier has a strong interest in Hemingway, she said she was concerned with getting ac quainted with Gcllhorn. “It’s a rare privilege to be able to talk to a living writer about his or her work,” she said. But Spanier’s main focus remains on Hemingway’s works. She is a member of the Hemingway Society, a group of 125 scholars from several countries who meet every other summer for confer ences on the writer. Spanicr joined the group in 1990. conferences in Boston and Pamplona, Spain. Pamplona, Spain. Spanicr also just became a member of the editorial board of the literary journal “Hemingway ^ Review.” Even though Spanicr has devoted a lot of lime to studying Hemingway, she said she wanted to concentrate on Boyle and Gcllhorn for now. Both of these writers are excit ing, Spanicr said, and she is having fun getting to know them. Recruitment Continued from Page 1 money was used primarily for the recruitment of “under-represented ethnic minorities,” such as African American, Hispanic and Native American students. However, Gricscn said, minority students at U NL also can receive other aid, such as Regents scholarships. About 150 minority sludentsapply for scholarships at UNL annually, Gricscn said, and only seven or eight of those students get scholarships through the endowment funds. An other 15 minority students receive some kind of assistance, he said. IfUNLhad more money available, Griesen said he wouldn’t necessarily want it pul toward competition with other institutions for academically gifted minority students. “Frankly, there are a lot of other needy (minority) students around who could benefit from scholarships,” he said. “If we had another $5(),(XX), that would be great, but I’m not sure I’d want it dumped on trying to get the glamor students. “I’d much rather take that same amount and put it toward helping 15 or so students from the next tier, who could do as well or almost as well at Nebraska.” The main problem UNL has with recruiting top in-state minority stu denis, Griesen said, is competing | against more attractive offers from i other schools. “Money talks,” he said. “If stu- I dents from this state have a chance to 1 gooff to the Ivy League on a free ride, there’s not a whole hell of a lot we can do about it.” But East Coast institutions aren’t the only schools that give UNL offi cials headaches. “In the Big Eight, I would say that Kansas, Kansas Slate and Iowa State can all offer better packages than us,” Griesen said. “When Iowa Slate of fers a free ride, and we can only offer S3,(XX), that’s that. “Students arc going to go wher ever the bottom line is the cheapest for them.” AIDS Continued from Page 1 dents outside the art department dis played their works. Palomo said the coalition was “deeply concerned” with AIDS aware ness. “We need to lake a stand against AIDS and show people we can unite and do something about this plague that affects cvery body,” Palomo said. “Until people realize that it’s everyone’s disease, nothing’s going to happen. But it wc can come together un der a happy pretense and raise money for something that’s very unfortunate for many people, wc can maybe bring about AIDS awareness,” he said. The funds raised will notbccountcd until outside donations are collected, Palomo said. No dollar goal was set for the fund raiser, he said. The real goal, he said,, was to spread awareness. ‘‘Wcdon’t think that thcrc’sa mini mum you can set on donations — no donation is too small,” Palomo said. Health center representatives took donations in a box that said, “United for the cause — for AID S, for human - ity” at the d(K)r and distributed litera ture on AIDS prevention. Palomosaid the proceeds would go to the Ameri can Foundation for AIDS research, which is located in Los Angeles. Janet Crawford, head of commu nity health education at the health center, said she thought the exhibit was a unique way to promote AIDS awareness and to show off student artwork. ‘‘It gives the student artists a chance to exhibit their work,” she said. “It’s a nice tie-in to be able to promote awareness,as well as student projects.” I DaVinci's Continued from Page 1 building were finalized. “We have a longer-term plan for that building, but the ideas arc not yet fully developed,” Carpenter said. Benson said that if the interna tional affairs office was forced to vacate the building, the office would be offered alternative space elsewhere. - it I just wish that I didn’t feel this way about it — that we’re losing a part of our history. Woodcock manager of Da Vinci’s -ft “ Carpenter said the university had decided that the park would replace DaVinci’s. -1=1 ----- I Jeff Woodcock, manager of DaVinci’s, said he did not agree with the university’s plans for a park. “I just wish that I didn’t feel this way about it— that we’re losing a part of our history,” he said. Marsha Mueller, a junior theatre major, said she was disappointed about the closing of the restaurants. “Now wcactually have tocross the street to get food,” she said. didn't." I - — I I I Every Tuesday I 9 p m. I 1823 "0" Street I NO COVER ■ —i — — — — — _ —J — I Come Kick Up Your Heels UNL Rodeo Club Benefit Dance Featuring Full Choke State Fair Park Grand Stand $4.00 per person $3.00 w/ Student I.D. Minors Welcome Oct. 28 _ 7:30P.M. - 1:00A.M. ..1 With the purchase of a Medium Fry & Medium Soft Drink. UNL Student Union only. g Expires October 31, 1992 your way... ! 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