! Fine arts college called good for UNL
By Kara Korshoj
Staff Reporter
Some UNL students this fall are
finding themselves in a new college
— the College of Fine and Perform
I ing Arts.
Splintered from the College of Arts
I and Sciences earlier this summer, the
> new UNL college is about the size of
1 the College of Business Administra
i tion, including 600 majors and 71
faculty members. The college offi
cially became a part of the University
ofNebraska-Lincoln July 1.
Larry Lusk, associate dean of fine
arts in the College of Arts and Scienc
es and dean of the new college, said
I that because of the uniqueness and
growth of the fine arts department, it
deserved its own college.
The development of the new col
lege “signals the importance of arts as
a whole,” he said.
Both the University of Nebraska at
Omaha and the University of Nebras
ka at Kearney have a college devoted
to fine and performing arts, Lusk said.
In fact, Lusk said it was “peculiar”
that UNL lacked a fine arts college.
That factor weighed heavily in the
decision to create the college at UNL,
he said.
Lusk said the fine arts college was
a good addition to the university be
cause it would help the university in
getting grants and soliciting other
funds for the arts.
Lusk said some people had reser
vations about the new college be
cause they feared it would require
additional funding for the university.
But needed funds will be transferred
to the new college from savings of the
College of Arts and Sciences, he said.
Another new aspect of the college,
Lusk said, will be its focus on minor
ities.
Lusk said he planned to increase
campus awareness of minorities
through the college.
Art effectively spreads informa
tion about minority cultures, he said,
because it illustrates those cultures in
ways others can understand.
Lusk said the College of Fine and
Performing Arts had submitted a pro
posaiiouiNL s aamimstration to brine
different minority artists to campus to
work. He said he hoped the visiting
artists would further increase cultural
awareness among students.
African American musician Kahil
El Zabar already has been invited to
talk about his culture to UNL stu
dents. Zabar also will be involved in
University Foundations programs.
The College of Fine and Perform
ing Arts isplanning a gala April 22-24
at either the Lied Center for Perform
ing Arts or Kimball Hall. The grand
opening is April 22 at 8 p.m.
Singer Beverly Sills from the New
York City Opera will deliver the key
note address at the celebration.
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I Work-study job fair set for today
By Jeffrey Robb
Staff Reporter
Students who were awarded a work
study opportunity in their financial
aid package and are looking to cash in
will have their chance today.
Twenty-eight prospective work
study employers will be available from
9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Wick Alum
ni Center.
Students can pick up their authori
zation forms, interview with employ
ers and possibly be hired all in the
same day. The work-study program
allows financially eligible students to
work at campus-related jobs while
attending school.
This job fair is a joint project be
tween the Student Employment and
Internship Center and the college
work-study division of Scholarships
and Financial Aid, Emily Wilber, stu
dent employment specialist, said.
“It’s a good place for employers to
meet with students because most stu
dents coming are freshman and soph
omores who aren’t totally familiar
with campus,” she said.
The Student and Employment Cen
ter began posting job opportunities in
the job boards outside the center in the
first week of August. Wilber said
students often needed to use the boards
because the work-studyprogram was
mostly an individual effort.
But the fair gives students a chance
to leam about many of those opportu
nities in one place.
“Academic departments of differ
ent kinds will be there,” Wilber said,
“and different kinds of work experi
ences such as lab work, the library,
office work and a number of outdoor
services as well.”
Also, Jenell Severson, the assis
tant director for the Office of Scholar
ships and Financial Aid, will be on
hand to answer any questions.
Work-study employed about 900
students last year, Severson said.
Many students will just go back to the
jobs they had last year.
This year 1,677 students received
work-study opportunities, she said,
but not all will accept them In the
program, $1,600 is the highest amount
a student can receive. Students also
can’t work more than 20 hours per
week. The employers figure their own
hourly wage, which must be at least
$425.
Only those who were awarded
work-study will be eligible for the
positions offered at the fair. Wilber
said another job fair would be held in
the spring for all students.
Bumpy days in store
for UNL’s 501 Building
r South side, 10th
street renovated
By Stacie Hake I
Staff Reporter
The demolition of the 9outh side of
UNL’s SOI Building and subsequent
rerouting of 1 Oth Street could lead to
bumpy roads and inconvenience for
students and faculty, (me university
official said.
Larry Blake, UNL’s project man
ager of facilities management, said
the joint project between the Univer
sity of Nebraska-Lincoln and the city
of Lincoln began last July and should
be completed Dec. 3.
The building’s reconstruction will
cost S209.000 and include a new fire
escape, elevator shaft and a south
side entrance. The reconstruction was
needed to put in the new 10th Street.
Both UNL and the city wanted the
street put in to decrease traffic in the
area.
Blake said workers rerouted 10th
Street to ensure pedestrian safety.
“We’re trying to avoid having stu
dents having to cross the rauroad
tracks,” Blake said. “Also, it will
smooth tire traffic flow around cam
pus.”
The new route will divert heavy
student and football traffic around
campus ami away from areas where
many students and other pedestrians
will be.
After the project is completed, 10th
Street will wind around the back of
the 501 Building and connect with the
nearly completed pedestrian bridge
located over the railroad tracks. The
new entrance will be on the south side
of the building.
The west parking lot and a small
portion of the south parking lot near
the building will be eliminated, Blake
said.
In addition to these plans, Blake
said a cul-de-sac, or circle drive,
would be placed in front of the 501
Building. The rest of the original 10th
Street, up to the overpass, will be
landscaped and covered in grass.
Blake said the construction ami
rerouting caused the loss of 10,000
square feet in the 501 Building.
That loss led to a tight fit for the
remaining occupants of the building,
Blake said.
Rick Costello, manager of the
Computer Shop, located in the 501
Building, said the space used for the
shop’s warehouse was limited.
“We had a lot of space here that we
needed, and (the city) took it away
from us,” Costello said. “Everybody
puts up with construction „. but it’s
just very cramped quarters right now.
“It’s an inconvenience, but no
body’s to blame,” he said. In addi
tion, Costello said some business pro
fessors had to move their offices into
the 501 Building because of construc
tion at the College of Business Ad
ministration. These professors have
smaller offices than before.
Costello said that cramped condi
tions weren't the only inconviencc at
the 501 building.
The building has no running water.
Building occupants have to use bot
tled water from the basement and
restrooms in other university build
ings across the street.
But Blake said a lot was being done
to make the proper repairs.
“What we’re hoping to do is make
a temporary connection so we can use
the toilets on the lower level. We’re
kind of working around excavation
and it’s kind of tough,” he said.
The restrooms will not be in oper
ation for another two or three weeks
he said. .
But the construction was not in
convenient for everyone.
Sally Wise, UNl/s Academic Sen
ate president, said the senate moved
its office away from the construction
to a new location at 1227 R St.
“It kind of worked out better if we
got out and somebody used our place ”
Wise said. “Actually, we’re more iu
the center of the campus so we’re
quite pleased.”
Wise said the senate offices might
not return to the.501 Building when
construction stops.
But Blake said the 501 building
occupants who decided to stick the
construction out have been very un
derstanding about the mess.
The people in the building have
been very cooperative. We’ve had
some complaints of odors in the build
i ng, like smoke... but that’s it,” Blake
said.
Vine Street
traffic jams
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to end soon?
By Lisa Sickert
Senior filter
Temporary relief is near for de
layed drivers and frustrated pedes
trians crossing the intersection of
17 th andVine streets, Clark
DeVries, UNL’s mechanical engi
neer for facilities management,
said.
Judds Bros. Construction Co.,
contractors for the Beadle utilities
tunnel project, would like to finish
17th Street’s two right-turn lanes
and the straight-ahead lane in time
for the start of the Nebraska State
Fair Sept. 3.
All of the lanes will be open on
17th street from Sept. 3 to Sept. 13,
said DeVries, who is project in
spector for the tunnel. Workers wdl
pave and open the two straight
lanes at 16th and Vine streets by the
end of this week.
Workers plan to concentrate on
the west side of the 17th street
tunnel until after the fair closes, he
said. UNL Police ChiefKen Cauble
said traffic waa “pretty backed up
because of the construction, and it
would remain that way for awhile.
Rain ami the removal of an un
derground petroleum storage tank
delayed the completion of the in
tersection projects and the parking
lot at 17th Street, DeVries said.
“There are always unknown
underground utility lines, and they
are not always where you think
they are, so the tunnel needed to be
redesigned to avoid them,” he said.
University officials had hoped
to have the work completed before
classes began, he said.
Once the tunnel connection is
done, DeVries said, it will make
the Beadle Center affordable to
operate. The connection also will
be used to distribute facilities to the
northeast side of campus in future
developments.
Feb. 22 is the planned comple
tion date for construction of the
entire tunnel project. The intersec
tion part of the project should be
completed by Sept. 13.
