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Public relations sell UNL By June soDczyK Staff Reporter Through newspaper, radio and tele vision, UNL’s Division of News and Information is marketing the univer sity throughout Nebraska. Phyllis Larsen, director of public relations, said the primary job of the division was to act as a liaison be tween the University of Nebraska Lincoln and the professional media throughout the state. Larsen said the Division of News and Information was able to promote UNL’s image by supplying radios, newspapers and television with news that occurs on campus. The division also shares feature stories on professors, research and the university’s long-term projects, the qualities that make UNL a compre hensive research institution. The broadcast division’s main re sponsibility is to be in touch with television and radio stations through out the state. The broadcast department also pro duces “University Edition,” a weekly radio show about UNL carried by 20 stations across Nebraska. Radio sta tions also can call a news hotline number to obtain news from UNL. Video News Releases also are han dled by the broadcast division. Video News Releases are tapes of an expert at UNL, such as a professor, talking about a situation, plus footage of what actually is happening. The tape then is sent to television stations around the state to be used in their newscasts. This gives the station the benefit of having news without sending a reporter to cover the story. Jim Ballard, coordinator of elec tronic media, said one recent v ideo News Release focused on Randall Snyder, a professor in the music de partment who went to Korea to work with ancient instruments. Footage can be sent nationwide to television stations such as ESPN and CNN. Ballard said recent CNN cover age showed David Harwood, a UNL professor of geology, making geolog ical discoveries in Antarctica. An in terview was shot here, sent to CNN and aired on its newscast. Recruitment videos are produced by the broadcast department and sent to Nebraska high schools, as well as 400 schools outside of the state. One video recently won a Council for Advance Support of Education, or CASE, award. Lisa Schmidt, director of high school and college relations, said the video won the award because it reached a different variety of people, such as honor students and minorities. The video included good footage, a strong script and upbeat music to capture the audience’s attention. The print department of the divi sion concentrates mainly on news re leases. Larsen said the department contacted reporters who may have had an interest in a particular story idea, or the department staff would write the story and send it out to a reporter. Larsen said bad news on campus wasn’t handled any differently than good news. She said as much informa tion as possible was given about the situation. Larsen described the overall work of the division as pro-active. “We try to focus on all the aspects of the university, not just what takes place in the classroom.” Fee increase below inflation From Staff Reports The University Health Center re quested a less than 1 percent increase from the Committee for Fees Alloca tion Tuesday night. The request would mean $26,277 more in student fees during the 1994 95 school year. Kunle Ojikutu, director of the health center, said the funds would go toward the increasing cost of medical sup plies, pharmaceuticals and postage and printing. The. 87 percent increase also would help pay for the recent merger of the student counseling and psychological services into the center. Ojikutu said the center was shoul dering a $176,000 deficit within its $3.3 million budget. “The request for less than a 1 per cent increase is small compared to the 6 percent increase in the national health care inflation rate,” he said. Without the increase, Ojikutu said, the center may have to increase the cost of student visits. CFA will vote on the health cen ter’s request Thursday. Shawntell Hurtgen, CFA chair woman, said she expected the budget requests for Fund B organizations, which also include the Campus Rec reation Center and the Nebraska Unions, to go smoothly. “The Fund B organizations are professionally managed and do not leave many unanswered questions,” Hurtgen said. Commission Continued from Page 1 Seacrest said the commission ful filled its legal responsibilities with the least bureaucracy possible. He supplied a separate list of reso lutions for the future role of the com mission, including looking at new and expanding programs and making gen eral recommendations of long term key issues of finance. “The commission is already at work on fine-tuning procedures," he said. Seacrest said Warner’s amendments were parallel to what the commission would like to see. The commission also was involved in LB954, which would change provi skrns in relation to review and approv al of specific programs and projects. The bill also focuses on adding gener al architecture as a graduate degree program. LB9S4 also was proposed by Warner, who said the bill would only reflect national changes and would have no fiscal impact. Cecil Stewart, dean of the College of Architecture at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, said the bill would bring architecture degrees in the same level as dentistry, medicine, and phar macy. ‘The CoordinatingCommission for Postsecondary Education should look on this as a technical change and nothing else,” he said. Halls Continued from Page 1 question.” Schumann said when the residence hall staff became aware of alcohol, they dealt with it. Schumann said the department of housing stated its policy during the summer to parents and students at New Student Enrollment. He said the policy also was stated several times after NSE. “We have it in black and white in the contract,” Schumann said. The Stu dent Assistants also go over the policy when the students move into the halls. “I think we make it very clear that alcohol is not to be on university prop erty," Schumann said. People tend to forget the law says alcohol consumption and possession is illegal if you are under 21, Schumann said. Disciplinary action is set up in the student code of conduct, Schumann said, but every case is different. “Every situation is dealt with on it’s own merit,” he said. Students can appeal decisions made by the housing staff to a judicial board established by the Residence Hall As sociation, Schumann said. Manning said the UNL police were only called in cases of resistance to discipline and disturbances. Katie said if she got caught, she wouldn’t worry too much about it. “It would probably affect me a little,” she said. "It would not cut down on my intake at all.” Katie said the policy in the halls was not that strict. She said some of the other people on the floor had been caught five times and were only threatened. Katie said the policy on alcohol in the halls would have to change for it to do any good. ‘1 think if it was more strict, like if you got caught once you’d get kicked out, (alcohol consumption) would get cut down a lot.” Police Report Beginning midnight Friday 8:24 a.m.—Injury/sickness, Military and Naval Science, one taken to University Health Center. 937 a.m.—Non-injury accident, W Street between 14th ana 16th streets, $2500 damage. 9:39 a.m.—Hit and run accident, area 20 lot Buck Bettzer Field, $200 damage. Idfh a.m. — Television stolen, 1548 S St., Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity, $300 loss. 1039 a.m.—Non-injury accident, Idlywild Drive and Holdrege streets, $1500 dam age. 1135 a.m. — Theft, 16th and Q streets, $30 loss, $30 damage. 1:15 p.m. — Dental equipment stolen, Denleu College, $875 loss. 2:55 p.m.—Puree stolen, City Campus, $20 loss. 3:59 p.m. — Camcorder stolen, Harper Hall, $1500 loss. 4:53 p.m.—Hit and run accident, lot 17U, 14th and R streets, $100 damage. Beginning midnight Saturday 5:06 p.m. — Window broken, Selleck Hall, $120 damaged. 10:36 p.m. — Vandalism/criminal mis chief, Schulte Field House, graffiti. 12:41 a.m.—Burglary, 1515 R St., jack et, wallet, CDs, VHS tapes stolen, $862 value, recovered. 1:20 a.m. — Burglary, 1425 R St. Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity, CDs, CD play er/misc. equipment, clothing, cash, phone stolen, $5425 loss. 2:45 a.m. — Gate arms broken, UNL Health Center, $25 damage. Beginning midnight Sunday 4:58 p.m. — Phone calls, Smith Hall. 5:12 p.m.—Accident, area 3 lot Harper Schramm-Smith, $1500 damage. 6:44 p.m.—Accident, area 3 lot Harper Schramm-Smith, $400 damage. ASUN requests opinions From Staff Reports UNL’s Strategic Plan and Vision Statement and ideas concerning bicy cle traffic on campus will be open for discussion at the ASUN meeting to night at 6 p.m. John Benson, director of research and planning at the University of Ne braska-Lincoln, and Rita Kean, chair woman of the UNL academic plan ning committee, will attend the open forum to field questions about the Strategic Plan. The Vision Statement sets forth long-term goals for UNL. The Strate gic Plan establ ishes the necessary steps to meet those goals. Members of the Parking Advisory Board also will attend the forum. They will discuss plans to limit unnecessary interaction between bicycle and pe destrian traffic on campus. 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