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Van Horn named VP. By Jeff Zeleny . Senior Editor ---- ■ w ames C. Van Hom will be rec I ommended to the NU Board of • P Regents to become the vice presi dent for business and finance for the University of Nebraska, NU Presi dent Martin Massengale announced Wednesday. Van Hom is expected to be con firmed Saturday at the regent's monthly meeting. He has held the position of interim vice president since May 1992, when Alan Seagren va cated the position to return to a profes sorship in the UNL Teachers College. “We conducted a thorough, na tional search for a person to fill this crucial position," Massengale said in a statement, "and we interviewed a number of outstanding candidates." Joe Rowson, director of NU public relations, said three candidates made the final cut for the position. Dr. Rich ard L. Margison, associate vice presi dent for business and finance at the University of Illinois and Roy M. Merolli, vice president for finance and administration at Easton Con necticut State University were final ists. Van Hewn said he has known about the permanent position since Mon See VAN HORN on 2 Student recovering from accident By Jeff Zeteny fifty ummer renovations at the Delta Upsiion fraternity house turned into tragedy last week for Eric Lindvall. Lindvall, a member of the frater nity, became pinned under-1, MX) pounds of diywall sheets after trying to get into his room Sunday, June 6. The fraternity is undergoing con struction, and was not occupied* by students at the lime of the accident. Construction workers rescued him after being pinned against a wall for 13 hours, police reports said. Lindvall, 20, a junior secondary education major, was listed in fair condition Wednesday at Lincoln Gen eral Hospital. He was upgraded from critical condition and moved from the intensive care unit to modified inten sive care, nursing supervisor Kathy Peregrine said. Kevin Hervert, a senior advertis ing major and Lindvall’s roommate, said Wednesday that Lindvall’s con dition was improving. Family, friends and fraternity brothers nave been by his side con stantly since the accident, Hervert said. i- ' “He has a lot of close friends in the house and also from Kearney,” Hervert said. Lindvall lost his left leg below the knee in the accident, Peregrine said, but the chances of saving his right leg were good. Tim Umshler, an American Fam ily Insurance casual-field clawwwt- - aminer, said Wednesday that Robison Construction of Lincoln was remod eling the fraternity house. “We do insure Robinson Construc tion and we are making an investiga tion,” he said. “It’s too early to tell if there will be a claim.” Hervert said the state of shock Lindvall’s family and friends felt last week was diminishing, but they were still finding it hard to believe the accident happened. “They are just coming out of the initial stages of shock,” he said. “I just felt like he’s going to walk in any minute and tell me what to do.” Lindvall was the Delta Upsilon summer rush chairman, and Hervert said he will try to remain active in rush. “We’re going to try to gel him involved as much as possible,” he said. for graduates nal starting salaries for students who graduated between -- * - 31,1993, compared to 1991-1992 Numbers era estimates of II jduetes who were offerejl Jobs by recruiters. Souroe:Colt#ga Placement CouncU't Salary Smvay. March 1993 Scott Monroe/DN Family, academic life balanced By DeOra Janssen Staff Reporter Imagine being a teacher, stu dent, wife, mother and com muter. Sharon Kuska does them all. r~r Kuska, an assistant pro fessor in the College of Ar chitecture at the University of Nebraska Lincoln, re ceived her doctorate degree in civil engineering from UNL in May as her husband and three children watched. Since 1988, Kuska has pursued her doctorate degree, and it hasn’t been easy, she said. “It’s tough, but you can make it,” Kuska said. “It can only make you a better person; the light at the end of the tunnel isn’t a train,” she said. Kuska received her bachelor’s of science and architectural studies from UNL in 1982 and her master’s of science and civil engineering fronu UNL in 1984. In 1986, after she married her hus band Galen, Kuska accepted a job at UNL as an assistant professor of ar chitecture. Kuska said she started working toward her doctorate in 1988, but she had to put it on hold until 1990 to have her three children: Casey, 5, Allee, 4 and Megan, 3. “I kept having to drop my classes," she said. But from 1990 to 1993, Kuska balanced her family life, job and studies. Kuska said that she would spend the day at work from 8 a.m. until about 4:30 p.m. Then she would make the one-hour drive home to See KUSKAon3 I_------— ■ ■' -- Graduates face lower salaries By Mindy Letter Staff Reporter Students preparing to graduate from the University of Ne braska- Lincoln in the future might face a two-tiered problem after receiving their diplomas. According to a recent report by the College Placement Council, jobs found through recruiting have Seen slim. And those fortunate enough to be offered a job should not plan to see much of an increase in starting sala ries from last year. They also might see a decrease in starting salaries, depending on their degree and field they enter. While the inflation rate continues to grow, Larry Routh, UNL’ s director of career planning and placement, said the job market remained static for those who have recently gradu ated or are soon planning to graduate. The job market for graduating se niors is “tougher and more competi tive” than it has been in years, Routh said. “An ad in the paper with a basic bachelor of arts requirement and not a very narrow description of required skills will draw 200-300applications,” Routh said. “Employers are easily receiving as many as two times the applications as they would three or four years ago.” KOUUl SalU UIC ugmw JW for graduates are because of conser vative hiring practices of Fortune 500 companies, coupled with the disman tling of numerous positions. “With the downsizing of the mili tary, you have military people in the job market looking; then you have part time and temporary workers who want full-time work,” Routh said. Routh said the recent growth of people in the job market has not left gradu ates unemployed, but has left them underemployed in jobs with few ben efits and low pay. “Unemployment still has not See JOBS on 2