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.
Students who become acutely
i II or suffer injuries should go to the
nearest hospital.
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