bacSMAool
ALL ’93 MODELS ON SALE
Huge selection of Cables & U-Locks
(■♦KLEIN
SPECIALIZED.
475-BIKE
/
Ananean Bicy'-i* TaCn&ogy
27th & VINE
Open 7 days a week
Located between city and east campuses
New senator requests fresh start
By Steve Smith
Senior Reporter
In his first speech as a Nebraska
state senator, Leo “Pat” Engel said he
wanted to put his district’s problems
behind and concentrate on the state’s
future.
The South Sioux City business
man was joined by Gov. Ben Nelson,
Secretary of State Allen Beermann,
Sen. Dennis Baack of Kimball, fam
ily and friends at the State Capitol
during his swearing-in ceremony
Wednesday.
Nelson appointed Engel last week
to replace first-year Sen. Kurt
Hohenstein of Dakota City.
Hohenstein resigned Aug. 10 after
being convicted of a felony theft
charge in Dakota County on the heels
of a four-month state investigation.
Hohenstein is waiting to be sentenced
as a federal investigation into his al
leged misconduct continues.
Engel’s district includes Thurston
and Dakota counties as well as por
tions of Burt, Cuming, Dixon and
Wayne counties in northeast Nebras
ka.
Engel said that by putt ing talk about
Hohenstein to rest, his district and the
rest of the Nebraska Legislature could
begin the long road back to restoring
their images.
“1 hope we can put the past behind
us,” Engel said. “I hope we can begin
to bring healing to District 17.”
During the speech, Engel pointed
out his grandchildren, who were sit
ting in the first row of the hearing
room and said they were a source of
inspiration to him.
“We have to be committed,” he
said. “We have to make opportunities
and leave legacies for the young.”
“I’m not going to make any great
changes,” Engel said. “But I’ll be
doing my part.”
Engel said many people asked why
he chose to take the job.
“I spend a lot of time and sleepless
nights asking that same question,” he
said. “Looking around, I realized I’d
been asked by people who had more
confidence in me than I thought.”
Nelson said he was “delighted”
with the new senator’s willingness to
serve the state.
“It will be easy for someone like
Pat Engel,” Nelson said.
Engineering
Continued from Page 1
have to spend some additional dol
lars, I would rather do it for students
or administration.”
- Blank said regents would receive
more information about the matter at
their Sept. 10 meeting.
Sarny Elias, associate dean for re
search in the UNL College of Engi
neering and Technology, agreed that
establishing another college at UNO
would go beyond the university’s
budget.
“We are aware that there is a need
for more programs to be delivered at
UNO,” he said. “But we don’t have
the resources.”
Besides, he said, Nebraska was too
small for two engineering colleges to
be successful.
“It’s better to have one college
with strong programs,” he said.
If UNO were to create another
college, administrators would end up
duplicating man> aspects of UNL’s
college.
But many Omaha businesses are
vying for a separate college. Walter
Scott Jr., chairman of Peter Kiewit
Sons’ Inc., wrote a letter to the regents
last week saying more than 50 busi
nesses in the state would support a
separate college.
David Sokol, president and chief
executive officer of California Ener
gy Co., said administrative duplica
tion could be avoided by having exist
ing UNO administration absorb the
functions of the engineering college.
And cooperation with area busi
nesses could also help defray new
costs, Sokol said.
“If there are additional costs, Oma
ha industry is prepared to make sure
costs aren’t borne by other taxpayers
in the state,” he said.
Sokol said industry supported the
separate college because it would at
tract qualified employees to existing
businesses and draw more industries
to the city.
Businesses relied on continuing
education programs to keep theii
employees updated on current engi
neering trends, he said.
“Omaha is developing substantial
ly more industries that require ongo
ing education for employees in engi
neering field,” Sokol said. “While
that’s been going on, the educational
opportunities have diminshed at the
Omaha campus.”
VER5ITY OF NEBRASKA
^cni ATF CANOfFS
' —■ J“
btroduang a winning team of peanut durable candies ta
red and white. A ddkiou.s new way to show your scIkm^ spirit!
- Pick up your FREE SAMPLE on campus this Friday
or around the stadium Saturday.
Smoke
Continued from Page 1
Bower said the class was run in
conjunction with the use of nicotine
patches, which were donated to the
university from the Lederle Pharma
ceutical Co.
jfril—'i_iL !K Jl'lSSilHJlUl IS
“All those who wish to use the
patch must go through a thorough
medical screening because it is a pre
scription drug,” Bower said.
“Unfortunately, all 250 of the
patches available to this class are all
used up or spoken for in the upcoming
sessions” Bower said.
SHOWYOUR
HUSKER SPIRIT
Broyhill Fountain L
6:30pm
PEP RALLY
TODAY
A new musical comedy
SEPT 2 - OCT 3
JOYO
THURL. ...
SUNDAY MATINEES AT 2:00 PM (Except SEPT 12 AT 7:30 PM)
Group sales available! For further Information call 488-6186
TICKETS AVAILA3LE AT THE DOOR OR AT
ncxrrr.AT
T/CJCC^
Sponsored by KLIN & liMC Spirit CLub
PREMIERES TOMGHT AT 7:30 PM!
In 1912, the Nebraska-Oklahoma rivalry begc"
... suddenly the playbook was missing!
UNL
In
STAGE!
Big Red
Party
Starting at 10:00 AM
and celebrating all das
Home (lame Saltmla)s
(ill Fired Up!
• Paitx with Kl I>/ the Music
Machine belute and alter the
game
•Sandwich & Hot Dug Stand
•I tee Red Balloons Popcorn
•I rcc Prizes
No ('oxer I'haigc
kaimirin Hotel - Dow ntow n
94h & "P"
I incoln, Nebraska 0X508
402/475-401 I