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•4 SPORTS Unbeatable bowl The Orange Bowl's ! Thursday I president hopes . . _ Nebraska doesn't 40/15 touch ground en route to Miami. of light snow. Pag. 7 pertty cloudy ra™ * and breezy._ Interviews with presidential finalists begin Candidate says research important By Mark Harms Staff Reporter As a member of the National Science Foundation’s board of directors, War ren Baker, a candidate for president of the University of Nebraska system, stressed the importance of research at American uni versities. Baker, president of California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo, Calif., was the second candidate to speak to the NU I--— Board of Regents Wednesday. Smith proponent of technology updates By Shane Tucker Staff Reporter Dennis Smith’s interview with the NU Board of Regents Wednesday morning focused on how universities should adapt to chancing times. Smith was being interviewed as one of four finalists in the selection of the fifth University of Nebraska president. Smith, 55, said universities would have to make changes in the coming years to accom My role on the NSF board provides me a con nection to the needs of re search universities,” Bak er said. Baker said without the efforts of the nation’s uni versities, the country would not be able to com pete in a global society. He said the benefits of research were not always apparent to the public. Baker 4 We, as presidents of universities, have to articulate how important (research) is,” Baker See BAKER on 2 Travis Heytng/DN ut!!lfiLPISV'S,S£!l!2ry sci®nce. "“ip;, gtky Fwjt holds a ferret that was staying overnight at the A-4 Animal ^£^L,0KrJLcJiSck'up- 5 H?1 an? N®*>ra,lia Wesleyan student Kathy Svoboda live in an apartment above the clinic and help take care of the animals. Pet project Nights at animal hospital prepare pre-vet students By DeDra Janssen Staff Raoortar_ People might expect college students to live in an animal house, but not an animal hospital. Cory Faust and Kathy Svoboda are gaining experience working in their field at A-4 Animal Hospital in Lincoln, and they get to live there too. Faust, a senior pre-veterinary science major at the University of Nebraska Lincoln, and Svoboda, a senior pre veterinary science major at Nebraska Wesleyan University, clean up after and care for the animals at the hospital. They clean up at night and feed the animals in the morning. They also administer prescribed medicine to sick animals and keep an eye on them at night. The two students take turns performing their duties on weekends. In return, Faust and Svoboda live rent free in individual bedrooms above the hospital with a common bathroom and kitchen complete with a TV, sofa, microwave, refrigerator and stove. The hospital pays for all utilities and pays the students a monthly stipend. ________ Faust and Svoboda assist doctors at thg* clinic in emergency situations at night and are free to observe or assist in surgeries and other medical procedures whenever they have free time. “It’s a real good experience,” Faust said. “The vets here are real easy to work for, and financially it works out pretty well.” Faust, who has worked at the hospital for two years, said he had learned valu able skills by observing doctor-client relationships and doctor-animal relation ships. One particular aspect of veterinary science Faust learned at the hospital was how to judge an animal’s character. “You can be handling a cat, and it’s fine,” Faust said. “And then all of a sudden something sets it off, and it goes haywire. It’s important to learn how to handle an animal for the vet’s safety and for the animal’s safety.” Faust and Svoboda said they also were gaining experience in animal-care procedure and technique. Svoboda, who began working at the hospital last summer, said she had assisted the veterinarian in treating a dog that had been hit by a car. She also helped during an emergency Caesarean section performed on a cat. David Schmitt, one of the veterinarians at the hospital, said he and his partner, Brad Gengenbach, had employed college students since 1988. The hospital used to be a part of UNL’s work study program, he said, but now it works in cooperation with UNL’s Job Placement Center. Schmitt said that by working for the hospital, students gained an idea of how a real veterinary clinic operated. Not only do students get to experience the medical aspects of working in a hospital, they also get to experience the business aspects, he said. Students also benefit by getting recommendations from Schmitt and Gengenbach when they apply for veteri nary school. But the students aren’t the only ones who benefit from the situation. “They keep us on our toes,” Schmitt said. “They keep things fresh for us by asking questions we wouldn’t normally have thought about. We keep relearning while we are trying to educate.” modate less state and federal funding as well as advancing technology. Serving as the executive vice chancellor of the Uni versity of California at Irvine since 1987, Smith said he had dealt firsthand with shrinking university budgets. Smith said $18 million was cut from his campus at Irvine. Smith The California Universi ty system lost $1 billion since 1989 — a sum that encompasses UNL’s entire budget, Smith said. See SMITH on 2 Bjorklund trial judge removes man from jury ►One of the five men on the jury was dismissed and replaced with one of the four female alternate jurors. Judge Endacott said more information on the dismissal could be released today. ►Prosecutor Gary Lacey showed jurors a letter to Candice Harms'parents sent by Bjortdund on Dec. 24, in which Bjortdund expressed regret about what happened to Harms. ►A handwriting expert testified that the letter's handwriting matched that acquired by a test . given to Bjortdund in September. ON graphic By Steve Smith and Alan Phelps Senior Reporters_ Controversy about a dismissed juror over shadowed testimony Wednesday dur ing the eighth day of Roger Bjorklund’s murder trial. Lancaster County District Judge Donald Endacott released one of the five male jurors from the trial during the lunch break. One of the four female alternate jurors stepped in, putting Bjorklund’s fate in the hands of eight women and four men. Neither Endacott nor attorneys would com ment on why the juror was dismissed, because they are under a supreme court order that makes it illegal for court workers to discuss jury members during a trial. Endacott said in a brief session with report ers that both attorneys agreed to the dismissal. “I have visited with counsel on both sides,” Endacott said. “At this point, all I can say is that the juror in question was released from the case by agreement of both sides.” The day’s session ended an hour and a half early when a female juror became ill. See BJORKLUND on 6 UNL student falls from third story bathroom window By Alan Phelps Senior Reporter A 19-year-old UNL student was in critical condition Wednesday evening after fall ing from a third-floor fraternity house Window. Jeffrey J. Knoll, a freshman from Ogallala, apparently fell from a Phi Gamma Delta bath room window just after 5:30 p.m. The window is above a parking lot behind the house at 1425 R St. Jason Sanders, Phi Gamma Della president, said he and the other house members weren’t sure why Knoll fell. “We don’t really know what happened right now,” he said. “We’re just hoping he’s all right.” Other fraternity members said Knoll had been alone in the bathroom at the time. See FALL on 6