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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.
Marvin Schmid thanked the audi
ence for the honor of the dedication
and said that he and his wife had fell
a lifelong commitment to UNL.
‘‘We may have left campus but we
never left the university,” he said.
“It’s a great honor to have our
name on the doorway.”
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