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Women speak out on gender issues at UNL By Jeff Zeleny Staff^Reporter More than 30 women shared testi monies about their treatment at the University of Ncbraska-Lincoln in an open forum on gender issues Thurs day. The women spoke on personal dis crimination, harassment and equal opportunities at UNL, as well as child care and campus safety. Mary Beck, chairwoman of the Chanccilor’sCornmission on the Sta tus of Women, said the forums were the only way women could express their conccmsanonymously. Thccom plaints given by the women wcrccon fidcntial. “We will not reveal names,” she said. “There is a lot of restraint by the people who are speaking, but there’s a lot that we’re hearing.” Beck said the testimonials didn’t surprise her. Although Beck said she was pleased with the attendance, she said more students should have partici pated. The forum, sponsored by the com mission, was the second one of the week and specifically addressed con cerns of East Campus faculty, staff and students. The first forum on Wednesday focused on City Campus issues. The information from the forums will be included in the commission’s report to the NU Board of Regents on Dec. 12. Joan Gilbrcth, a family and con sumer sciences graduate student at U NL, said a ch iId-care program should be available to students and univer sity personnel. “I feel there needs to be something - 44 i was real surprised to learn there was only one woman dean on campus. Students have a variety of interests, and they need to see women in those positions. Gilbreth UNL graduate student -ft - located on campus,” she said, “but I don’t think (parents) should pay for it. Having it available is a good start.” Claudia Price-Decker, the commission’s president-elect, agreed and said child care was a priority. A survey will be conducted to deter mine how much a child-care center would be used, she said. Gilbreth said she also would like to see improvements in campus safely. For example, she said, more lights should be added to sidewalks and parking lots on East Campus. Although Gilbreth is new to the university, she said she was disap pointed by the low number of women faculty members at UNL. “I was real surprised to learn there was only one woman dean on cam pus,” she said. “Students have a vari ety of interests, and they need to sec women in those positions.” Beck said the regents’ report also would mention incidents of sexist lan guage being used at UNL. “Our language is a large part of socialization problems because of the long-term generic ‘he,’” she said. Recruiter says uncertainty leads to exciting outcomes By Neil Feldman Staff Reporter_,_,_• During this year’s presidential cam paign, polls could determine where voters stood only by asking a wide range of questions in an unbiased manner, a recruiter for Gallup Orga nization Inc. said. “It is always important to be care ful that the interviewer does not lead (the person being interviewed) to ward one particular candidate,” Steve Holland said. Holland spoke on the election poll ing process Thursday night at Ncihardt Residence Hall. Gal I up predicted the final outcome of the campaign within several points of the actual result, Holland said. “We were very pleased with our results,” he said. “Our final poll was off on (George) Bush by only one point and a few points on (Ross) Perot and (Bill) Clinton.” Gallup, which worked closely with US A Today and the Cable News Net work throughout the campaign, came closer to predicting the final result, than any other polling company, Hol land said. The organization randomly tar geted registered volcrsand tried to get a representation of race and gender, Holland said. “A problem we encountered was the tendency for females to answer the phone,” he said. “Quite often, we would have to make extra calls to attain an accurate view of the popula tion.” Although Holland said conducting polls was an “exciting and unique experience,” the final week, when Clinton surged ahead of Bush by a rather large margin, was the most fascinating part of the polling pro cess. “It was quite interesting to observe how 6 percent of the population who were undecided suddenly opted to vote for Clinton,” he said. “That’s what’s great about this business — you never know what the outcome will be.” Harms Continued from Page 1 “I called a few weeks ago to ask them about their rates, and they said they’d donate the space,” he said. “We were all ready to pay for the space, but we didn’t have to.” Church said Imperial charged $425 a month for billboard adver tising in Lincoln and $540 in Omaha. “Thai’s a lot of advertising rev enue they’re giving away for this cause,” Sears said. All eight billboards will be up by the end of January, Church said, and will remain up indefinitely. - it — We’ll have them up for as long as they’re needed. Hopefully, they won’t be up for very long. —Church director of Imperial Outdoor Advertising -99 ~ “We’ll have ihcm up for as long as they ’ re needed,” she said. “Hope fully, they won’t be up for very long.” Another organization — Sheridan Lutheran Church at 3700 Sheridan Blvd. — also is donating its time to help in the search for Harms. The church is sponsoring a soup supper from 5 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Sunday at the church. The dinner is free, but participants are encour aged to make donations to the Harms Family Assistance Fund, which helps pay for flyers and other advertising promoting awareness of the disappearance. 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