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UNL students spurn ASUN projection input tsy Kristine Long Staff Reporter AS UN had hoped to gather student input for a five-year projection report for UNL at an open fonim Thursday night, but no students showed up to voice their concerns. The committee, however, still is researching areas that need improve ment at the University of Ncbraska Lincoln. Shannon Bradley, a senior interna tional business major, proposed the projection plan when she was an AS UN senator last year. The plan is designed to give uni versity administrators, the NU Board of Regents, the Association of Stu dents of the University of Nebraska and other student govern ing bod ies an idea of what students would I ike to sec change at UNL in the next five years, Bradley said. The projection committee is com prised of two ASUN senators, eight at-large members and representatives from the residence halls, the Office of Student Involvement, Campus Rec reation, the Intcrfratcmiiy Council and the Student Employment and In .. nernship Center. Each of the committee’s 22 mem bers is researching a specific area targeted for improvement. These ar eas include racial diversity and gen der issues, campus safety, parking, the classroom environment, career services, the Nebraska Union, the University Bookstore, student health and freshman orientation. The committee members will con duct research, get input from students and then write a report about what students would like to see done in each area, Bradley said. AS UN will approve each of the small reports, and they will be bound together in one book, she said. The book will be distributed to adminis trators, regents and other governing bodies and studentorganizalions, Bra dley said. "The best thing about th is report is that it will be made up of students’ opinions,” she said. Administrators may think students arc worried about UNL only for the four or five years they attend the university, Bradley said. This report should show adminis trators that students really care about the future of UNL, she said. Liz Healey, second vice-president of ASUN, said the next open forum for students to voice their concerns for the projection report will be at the East Campus Union during the last week of January. College plans major changes NU engineering to work toward more research By Susie Arth Senior Reporter_ The College of Engineering and Technology could be in for a major face lift, an official said. Stan Liberty, dean of the engi ncering col lege, said he had drafted a plan that would regroup depart ments, create new undergraduate and masters degree programs at the University of Ncbraska-Lincoln and the University of Nebraska at Omaha, and place a stronger em phasis on the research and outreach missions of the college’s faculty. The proposals were sent to all fac ulty mem bers Tuesday so they cou Id consider the new ideas, Liberty said. “The proposals arc not slam dunk type things,” he said. “They arc issues pul before the faculty for their consideration.” If the proposals arc approved by the fac ul ty, L i berty said, they wou Id be implemented in 1994. Liberty said he believed the changes would enhance economic growth in the slate and help it com , pctc in the global market. “We have a big burden to be catalytic in the state’s economy,” he said. Compared to other states, Lib erty said, Nebraska lags behind in the number of engineering faculty members as compared to its popu lation. Other slates, he said, have made a larger commitment to the engi neering profession. 77^se ideas were not put out just out of the blue. We’ve had much internal discussion, and I’ve seen a general willingness and maybe even eager ness to grapple with the issues. Liberty dean of College of Engineering and Technol ogy -ff " “And my perception is that it is ill-configured with the future needs of the state,” he said. Liberty said the proposed changes were so widespread that every engineering faculty member and student would be affected. A wider variety of courses would be provided for students to lake, he said, and all non-engineering classes would be eliminated. Liberty said he was uncertain how much money would be needed to implement his plans. However, he said, most of the money simply would need to be reorganized, and some could be generated by the college. Liberty said the proposals had received a favorable response. “These ideas were not put out justout of the blue,” he said. “We’ve had much internal discussion, and I’ve seen a general willingness and maybe even eagerness to grapple with the issues. Liberty ’s plan includes the fol lowing proposals: • Merging the construction en gineering technology and construc tion management programs into a single program offered both on the j Lincoln and Omaha campuses. • Adding a new baccalaureate program in construction engineer ing on both campuses. • Adding a new professional masters program in architectural engineering on both campuses. • Reorganizing the departments of construction management, con struction systems technology and civil engineering into a single divi sion, school or department of civil and construction engineering. • Merging the departments of industrial and management systems engineering and industrial systems technology into a single unit. • Exploring the possibility of offering a new undergraduate pro gram in aerospace engineering or engineering science. • Merging the departments of electrical engineering and electron ics engineering technology into a single unil. 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There is ... a reasonable expectation ... that we will be sensi tive to the spirit of (the Supreme Court’s) decision, namely that per sons in our pluralistic culture ought not to have thrust upon them religious observances foreign to their tradi tions.” Louden told members of the com mittee before Thursday’s hearing that he found it hard to bcl ievc some people were offended by graduation cer emony prayers. “To remove (prayers) takes away from the cultural and educational ex perience,” Louden said. McShanc said the issue was not prayer, but the form of the prayer. He pointed out that when God was men tioned during the in vocation and bene diction, Hindu students — who wor ship several gods — might feel ex cluded. “The issue is whether or not we can conduct services under auspices of the state without offending someone we have come to respect,” McShanc said. “1 do not wish to have my prayer life to be coerced into a generalized form, and neither docs anybody else. “It’s a position I cannot lake, and it’s a position I cannot support.” Outlook Continued from Page 1 portunitics. Students with majors that aren’t related to growing job fields still can find employment in those areas, he said. They just need to know where to look. Although there are fewer gradu ates in December than in May, Roulh said, they have neither an advantage nor a disadvantage over May gradu ates in finding jobs. Rodney Moore, assistant director of registration and records, said about 1,470 students would graduate this December. Last May, 1,927 students graduated. Roulh said liming was less signifi cant than academic success and ca reer preparation in searching fora job. Some graduates arc opting to goon to graduate school instead of trying their luck in the job market, Roulh said. But students should not make pre mature decisions about graduate school, he said. With the changes taking place in the job market all areas of study arccompctitivcand probably will remain that way, regardless of whether a job applicant has a graduate degree.
