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Albania Continued from Page 1 increase in private ownership,” Lee said. This increase has been mainly in the service industries: restaurants, Laundromats and taxi companies. Albania’s economic woes began 47 years ago, when Communistdicla tor Enver Hoxha took over. While Hoxha was in power, about 700,000 of Albania’s 3.3 million people were executed, jailed or exiled. r - Lee said that even though Albania was the poorest of the European na tions, with the average wage for work ers $10 to $12 a month, the country’s future looked bright. Albania reminded Lee of South Korea, the country he left 31 years ago, because it was able to rebuild its economy with skilled human re sources. Albania also ha^buman resources, Lee said, and has even more potential than South Korea because of its wealth of natural resources. Albanian university accepts book donations From Staff Reports Books are being accepted for shipment to the University of Tirana in Albania, said Robin Anderson, director of the Nebraska Center for Entrepreneurship. Many professors in the College of Business Administration have donated textbooks, although any type of books arc acceptable, in eluding children’s books. Anderson said donations should be made as soon as possible. The material is to be shipped by mid November. A S7,500 grant from the U.S. Information Agency will cover shipping costs. Those interested in donating books to Albania should contact the Nebraska Center for Entrepre neurship in CBA. Avery Hall renovation proposal put on hold Journalism college short on funding By Steve Smith Staff Reporter _ _ A proposal for renovating Avery Hall to make it more accessible to disabled students has been pul on hold, an official said. Charlync Bercns, assistant to the dean of the College of Journalism, said plans to install automatic doors on the west side of Avery Hal I were at a standstill because of a lack of fund ing. “We’re kind of in a ‘what now?’ situation right now,” Bcrcns said: The cost of the renovation — esti mated at S16,500 — is more than the College of Journalism can afford, Bercns said. A written request for funding to install the new doors has been sent to the chancellor’s office, she said. “We’ve kind of pul ilon the lapsof the administrators,’’ Bcrcns said. The doors arc needed because dis abled students must enter Avery Hall through a classroom, often while class is in session, she said. Security rcasonsalso prompted the proposal, Bcrcns said. The classroom contains new computers and is often left unlocked. Because the classroom is sometimes left unattended, there is a chance of theft, she said. Howard Parker, campus architect and manager of architectural and en gineering services, said the Facilities Management Department had drawn up a plan for improved accessibility that included installing automatic doors, demolishing one or two walls and some construction. The project, including knocking out the walls, would take two to three weeks to complete. The construction would cause little inconvenience to students and faculty, he said. • “The noisy work would only take two or three days,” he said. Parker said two entrances would be added: one leading past the class room and into the hall outside the room, and another to the Avery Hall auditorium. Berens said the College of Journal ism had requested making Avery Hall more accessible in the past, but the proposal before the chancellor’s of fice was the first written one. “This is the first one to gel on the drawing board,” she said. Berens said she hoped the proposal would be adopted soon, but she wouldn’t be surprised if the wail con tinued. “I hope the funding comes from somewhere,” she said, “but I know what the university is up against (fi nancially).” Family pledge of $2 million aids mission of law library By Mindy L. Leiter Staff Reporter The largest collection of legal materials in Nebraska, the Marvin and Virginia Schmid Law Library, was dedicated Wednesday. The Schmids have pledged S2 mil lion in support of the Law College, the largest gift to the college by alumni. Keynote speaker Mark Estes, presi dent of the American Association of Law Libraries, and Gov. Ben Nelson praised the Schmids for their contri bution. Estes said gills like the Schmids’ made the mission of law libraries possible. Nelson also extended his thanks to the Schmids, saying that the law li brary was a resource for all Nebras kans. “ThisgiftofS2millionallowsuslo improve the law library in ways that would otherwise be impossible,” he said. ‘‘People should pick up the slack and lake care that budget lightness docs not gel in the way of our educa tional mission, it’s for this reason that I am personally appreciative,” Nelson said. Marvin Schmid, a 1935 graduate of the College of Law, was the senior partner of the firm Schmid, Mooney & Frederick of Omaha until his retire ment. He was president of the Omaha Bar Association and president and director of the Omaha Chamber of Commerce. Virginia Schmid has been active in thcClarkson Hospital Service League Board, the University of Nebraska Hospital Auxiliary Board, the Omaha Playhouse Guild and the Ak-Sar-Ben Ball Committee. 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