UNL greeks’ goodwill pays off
oy Mine Lewis
Staff Reporter
UNL sorority and fraternity
members raised about $130,000
during the past two years.
Then they gave it away.
Greeks at the University of Ne
braska-Lincoln contributed the
money—along with about 30,260
community service hours — to
groups such as the American Can
cer Society, the American Lung
Association, the American Heart
Association, Easter Seals and the
Special Olympics.
Mark Rinehart, public relations
chairman for the Interfratemity
Council, said during the 1992-93
academic year, creek system mem
bers raised $63,000 and worked
about 18,260 volunteer hours.
“We think (the figures) would
be something people would be in
terested in hearing about,” Rinehart
said.
To raise the money, fraternities
and sororities hold athletic compe
titions and other philanthropic
events, he said.
Many greek organizations also
do volunteer work that is not in
tended to raise money, Rinehart
said.
Before the NU-Colorado State
football game last Saturday, UNL
GREEK CONTRIBUTIONS
In the past two years UNL sorority and
fraternity members raised about
$130,000 and worked
30,260 community
service hours.
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Chancellor Graham Spanier pre
sented a symbolic check to chari
ties on behalf of the UNL greek
system.
Darin Behara, coordinator of
greek life at Oklahoma State Uni
versity, said he was unsure of the
exact amount of money or commu
nity service hours contributed by
greek students at his university.
“It’s pretty close to2,500 hours,”
Behara said.
Representatives from the Lin
coln City Miss ion, the Folsom Chil
dren’s Zoo and the Lighthouse ac
cepted the check on behalf of all
charities.
UNL’s greek system is made up
of 28 fraternities and 17 sororities
with a total membership of about
3.800 students.
The philanthropic efforts ofUNL
greeks are comparable to those of
other greek systems.
Becky Reed, assistant director
of student development and soror
ity adviser at the University of
Oklahoma, said Oklahoma frater
nities and sororities put in about
19.800 community service hours
and raised $43,000 during the 1992
93 academic year.
Alabama to get auto plant, Nelson says
By Alan Phelps
Senior Reporter
German automaker Mercedes
Benz probably will locate a new plant
in Alabama, not Nebraska, Gov. Ben
Nelson said Wednesday.
“Naturally, we’re disappointed if
that turns out to be the case,” he said.
Mercedes-Benz officials planned
a press conference in Alabama on
Thursday. They are expected to an
nounce Tuscaloosa County as the site
for the $300 million plant, which will
employ 1,500 people.
Nelson said Nebraska faced an
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uphill battle because of transportation
costs involved with shipping most of
the cars produced at the plant back to
Europe.
If Mercedes-Benz had planned to
keep more of the cars in the United
States or ship them to the Pacific Rim,
Nelson said. Nebraska would have
overcome the transportation issue.
“That’s the way it works,” he said.
Nebraska, Alabama, North Caroli
na and South Carolina made bids for
the plant. Nebraska lost out to South
Carolina in competition for a BMW
plant last year.
Nelson spoke by phone from Wash
ington, D.C., where he was leading a
National Education Goals Panel meet*
ing.
Nelson said he was pleased that
Nebraska was a finalist in the compe
tition for the plant. The national and
international exposure, he said, will
propel the state into consideration for
other plants.
“You can gqout and give away the
farm or the store to get one of these
plants,” Nelson said, but the governor
said he didn’t want to do that.
“1 believe we would’ve been suc
cessful except for the distribution of
the product,” he said.
ASUN fails to override
veto on park resolution
By Becky Becher
Staff Reporter _
ASUN senators failed to override
Wednesday a veto on a resolution
opposing the creation of a park north
of the Nebraska Union.
The Association of Students of the
University of Ne
braska said they
would study the is
sue before taking
further action.
The resolution
was a response to
UNL Chancellor
Graham Spanier’s
proposal to replace the parking lot
north of the union with a grassy area.
ASUN President Keith Benes said
he opposed the green space, but ve
toed the resolution because it did not
address all areas of concern, such as
cost and safety.
Several senators agreed the resolu
tion was not complete and a new one
should be written.
Senator Doug Oxley said the reso
lution, which was written hastily, did
not address the most important con
cerns of the issue. He said safety, cost,
opportunity cost and long-term cam
pus planning needed to be addressed.
Benes said he did not think it was
appropriate to sign the resolution be
fore Wednesday s open forum, where
students expressed their views on the
green space proposal.
Deb Silhacek, arts and sciences
senator and forum organizer, said the
forum went well. Judging by student
feedback, she said, students agreed
with ASUN’s opposition to the green
space.
In addition to the fomm, ASUN
senators said they would be gathering
student feedback on long-term strate
gic planning for the entire campus.
John Benson, director of Institu
tional Research and Planning, pre
sented UNL’s 10 and 20-year plans to
senators.
Benson said one of the long-range
goals was turning UNL into a ‘‘pedes
trian-friendly campus.” To accom
pl ish this on city campus, Benson said
traffic would be discouraged from
using 16th and 17th streets as through
streets. Parking would be moved to
the outskirts of campus, he said.
An internal shuttle would be used
to move students, staff and visitors
around city campus, he said.
This goal was part of the 20-year
plan, which Benson said would be
phased in over a number of years.
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States when European and Asian com
panies start relocating to Mexico. This,
they say, will endanger American
economic interests instead of promot
ing them.
However, proponents say such in
vestment will improve the Mexican
economy, which will eventually ben
efit the united States when Mexico is
able to afford more U.S. imports.
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NAFTA advocates also argue that
U.S. trade with Mexico is currently
one-sided and not to America’s favor.
Free trade currently exists only for
imports from Mexico.
As negotiations continue and ideas
continue to be thrown around Wash
ington, the debates and complexities
persist.
Oliver Farres, Mexico’s consul
general in Chicago, said recently that
if NAFTA passed, it would require
compromises by all sides.
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