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NU environment needs changes, official says Progress made toward improving climate for women By Andy Raun Staff Reporter The University of Nebraska’s cen tral adm inistration and campuses have made strides toward improving gen der climates for women, but they still thavc a long way to go, officials told the NU Board of Regents Saturday. The regents called for the re ports to be pre sented during the regular monthly meeting. ivlary Beck, associate professor of animal science and chairperson of the UNL Chancellor’s Commission on the Statusof Women, told the board in her report that some progress had been made toward fulfilling recom mendations that thccommission made in 1991. New programs and initiatives that have come about as a result of the recommendations arc “welcome and long-sought,” Beck said. But they must be strengthened and expanded over time it UNL’sclimate for women is to become “less chilly,” she said. Beck pointed to the hiring of new women administrators, a new senseof commitment to ensuring campus se curity, more effective information gathering on sexual assaults occur ring on campus, future implementa tion of new procedures for handling sexual assault and disc rimination com plaint;-, and other developments as evidence of progress. For 1992, Beck said, the commis sion is making a new set of recom mendations that includes increasing efforts not only to hire but also to retain women in faculty, staff and administration positions. Accountability for carrying out the university’s gender-related policies needs to extend to the departmental level, she said. Beck praised UNL Chancellor Graham Spanier for his part in pro moting gender equity. Spanier said he was proud of achievements made since the com mission was established. Neale Copplc, former dean of the UNL College of Journalism, and Wilma Crumley, Copple’s former assistant, reported as part of a special assignment that although few women occupied top-level NU administra tive positions, there was increasing concern for and support of gender equity at that level. Mary Bruning, chairperson of the University of Nebraska at Omaha Chancellor’sCommission on the Sta tus of Women, said significant progress had been made on her cam pus in the last 18 months, but that gender inequity still was widespread in a variety of respects. Betty Bcckcr-Thcyc, chairperson Of the UNK Chancellor’s Commis sion on the Status of Women, pointed to increased awareness of sexual ha rassment problems and the advent of a bigger role for the affirmaliveaction officer on her campus as positive changes. Carol Aschcnbrcncr, chancellor of the NU Medical Center, said gender equity issues were especially impor tant on her campus because they also involved the interaction with patients whose progress could be impeded by inappropriate behavior or altitudes of faculty or students. Interior design students to switch colleges in fall By Nicole Sheets Staff Reporter The proposal to move interior de sign majors from the College of Home Economics to the College of Archi tecture has reached final approval. The proposal, which was initialed last spring by administrators, staff and students, was reviewed and rec ommended in late November by the Academic Planning Committee. Fi nal approval was then made by Chan cellor Graham Spanicr. Spanicr said plans for the transi tion would continue through July and would go into effect next fall. “This move is not based on fi nance, but rather what is best for the students,” Spanicr said. With the move, juniors and seniors who arc already in the interior design program and who wish to graduate with an architecture degree after May 1993 will have tocomplctc additional requirements. Freshmen and sophomores in the interior design program, along with incoming freshmen, will transfer to the College of Architecture begin ning July 1, 1993. A recent poll of interior design students indicated that they favored the move and believed architecture core courses would give them valu able experience. Karen Craig, dean of the College of Home Economics, said she had mixed feelings about the move and she hated to lose the students. “There is no right or wrong with this move. It is an OK move for the students, but there will be some gain and some loss,” Craig said. “Archi tecture is more technical and the stu dents will lose the human dimension and color and textile influence from the home economics college.” The move will not be a total loss for the home cconom ics col lege, Craig said. Some interior design courses will remain in the college, and the move will offer a chance to expand new programs, Craig said. Joseph Luther, associate dean of the College of Architecture, said his college was happy with the change and anticipated no transitional prob lems. Interior design students arc eager to transfer, and the architecture stu dentsalsoarc excited about the move, Luther said. “This move is a great opportu nity,” Luther said, “not a problem.” More emphasis will be placed on architecture in core classes after the transfer, Luther said. Prc-interior de sign requirements will be about the same as prc-archiicclurc requirements, he said. “The College of Architecture of fers a different environment and great resources,” Luther said. “Architec ture leans more towards design, which is the direction that interior design is taking now.” - NEWS BRIEF- - Health center to close over break The University Health Center building will close at 4 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 23 for the university’s holiday closedown. There will be no medical or tele phone service at the health center until it resumes normal hours on Jan. 4,1993. Student fees do not cover any health services during the closedown. The health center recommends students remaining in Lincoln make appointments for medical problems at the Lincoln Family Medical Group, 7441 O St., 488-7400. 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