Professor trades classes
for administrative duties
By Paula Lavigne
Senior Reporter
After experiencing university life
as a student and faculty member, Ann
Mari May, an associate economics
professor, soon will sec it from an
administrator’s point of view.
May will sus
pend her work in
the classroom to
fulfill her new job
as faculty associ
ate to the chan
cellor for the
1994-95 school
year.
M I m looking
MaV forward to it. I
think it’ll be a really interesting year,”
May said.
After earning her doctoral degree
from Colorado State University, May
spent seven years at the University of
Nebraska-Lincoln as a professor.
“I had experience being a student
for a long time and experience being
a faculty member working for groups
such as the AAUP (American Associ
ation of University Professors),” she
said, “and it will be interesting to see
how administrators interact and kind
of look at things from a broader per
spective.”
Her new position as faculty associ
ate, May said, is an internship meant
to provide opportunities for people
who may not get adm inistrati ve expo
sure.
“What you mainly do is work on
projects,” she said. “You also simply
shadow the chancellor and sit in on
meetings and see how he spends his
time, how decisions arc made and
what factors arc taken into account.”
May said she hoped to see good
role models of administration while
— it
You also simply
shadow the
chancellor and sit in
on meetings and see
how he spends his
time, how decisions
are made and what
factors are taken into
account.
— May
associate economics
professor
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working with Chancellor Graham
Spanier. She said she also looked
forward to working on the various
projects already in progress.
“One will be the general education
program, and that will be interesting
to start working on implementation of
that,” May said.
Women’s studies and research is
another concern, she said.
“As a research institution, we can
offer undergraduates exposure to re
search,” she said. “For example, wom
en’s studies sponsored a program that
was put on by undergraduates writing
papers and presenting them."
She said her goal was to try to
implement these programs in colleg
es with few women faculty.
May said that while serving as
faculty associate, she would maintain
her job as associate director for the
Center for Great Plains Studies.
“I’ll miss teaching in the class
room, though,” she said, "but it’s just
for one year.”
May will begin her appointment in
the fall.
Engineering college up for vote
By Heather Lampe
Staff Reporter
A resolution that would oppose
an independent engineering col
lege in Omaha
will be voted on
at tonight’s
ASUN meet
ing.
Andrew
Loudon, presi
dent of the As
sociation of Students of the Uni
versity of Nebraska, said the reso
lution was the beginning of the
groundwork to stop the creation of
the proposed college.
Loudon said placing the college
50 miles away from Lincoln would
decrease the quality of programs
for University ofNebraska-Lincoln
students.
“It was only two years ago that
engineering students had to pay
increased fees to pay for the ac
creditation of the few engineering
programs offered at UNO.
“We should increase the classes
offered, but there should only be
one college,” he said.
ASUN also will discuss the need
for academic tutoring resources for
students because of the closing of
the Academic Success Center at
the end of this year.
Loudon said ASUN would be
gin collecting names and telephone
numbers of tutors who would be
available to students at Student In
formation Services.
Also on the agenda for tonight is
a formal request from ASUN to the
athletic department to stagger in
creases in future basketball ticket
prices.
Loudon said ASUN also would
request that, in the future, charges
for basketball and football tickets
be added to student tuition state
ments.
ASUN also will set the date for
the annual fall football student
migration game.
Bjorklund
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“If there is any doubt if the jurors
might have been influenced, and you
interview them and they say ‘no,’
you’ve taken care of the issue,” Potuto
said.
Endacolt has set hearings in Sidney
for May 5 and 6 to question jurors
about the ease.
Doug Smith, a member of the
Bjorklund jury from Sidney, said
Endacott’s actions did not influence
his decision in any way.
“I just think this is just a big waste
of taxpayers’ money,” he told the
Daily Nebraskan on Tuesday. “The
whole world must be going down the
drain if a judge can’t give someone a
hug.”
Smith said he was not influenced
by Endacolt’s prayer.
“I saw nothing wrong with him
saying a small prayer before we left,”
he said.
There was no question that the
judge and jury were fair to Bjorklund,
Smith said.
“As far as 1’ m concerned, Bjorkl und
got what he deserved,” Smith said.
“He didn’t give Candice Harms any
rights.
“There is absolutely no connection
between that prayer and the trial. I
based my decision on evidence, and I
am comfortable with the decision I
made.”
Smith said he thought all the jurors
felt the same way he did about the trial
and Endacott’s actions.
Janet Volkmer, also a member of
the jury from Sidney, agreed with
Smith and said Endacott had not in
fluenced her decisions.
“I feel I went in there with an open
mind,” she said. “I think everything
was very fair.”
Volkmer said the jurors had not
been notified by the court about the
motions and hearings in Sidney. She
said she heard about the motions from
the radio Tuesday morning.
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I saw nothing wrong
with him saying a
small prayer before
we left.
— Smith
jury member
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To Volkmcr, the new develop
ments came as a surprise.
“I thought this was all over,” she
said.
Volkmcr said she understood what
Bjorklund’s attorneys were doing,
despite her feelings about their ac
tions.
“Everyone deserves their rights ”
she said. “The defense attorneys arc
doing their job. They have to defend
him to the end.
“It’s not my place whether 1 agree
or not.”
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RHA officers are elected
From Staff Reports
There was nothing fishy about
Tuesday’s Residence Hall Associa
tion runoff election.
RHA Emotions
independent
candidates An
drea Casart and
Kris Larson, who
formerly ran for
the RHA positions
as the Fishheads
party, carried
/1 a / pcrccni oi residence nan votes
to win the executive ofTiccs.
The Alliance party, consisting of
presidential candidate James
Mackicwicz and vice-presidential
candidate Jim Wheeler, collected
28.52 percent the vote.
About 15 percent — 575 students
— of eligible residence hall voters
Train
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said. Bruce said he didn’t think alco
hol was involved in the incident.
The following students were cited
for second-degree criminal trespass
ing, a third-degree misdemeanor pun
ishable by a maximum of three months
in prison and a $500 fine: Martijn
turned out for the runoff election. Of
that total. Larson and Casart took 411
votes. Mackicwic/. and Wheeler re
ceived 164 votes.
Tuesday night’s residence hall elec
tion was the third attempt to elect
RHA officers.
Controversy and alleged campaign
violations nullified the first RHA gen
eral election on April 5. In the second
election last Thursday, none of the
fourcligible parties were able to bring
in the majority required to win.
Casart and Larson will take over
the RHA executive positions at the
next association meeting Sunday
evening.
The R HA election commission also
will hold a hearing to amend various
election bylaws Friday at 4:30 p.m. in
the Nebraska Union.
Wiliam, 21; William Weekly, 22:
Theodore Mizerski, 21; Vicki
Shcpardson, 21; Joseph Setter, 21;
Jerrold Stahnkc, 17; and Amy Cadle,
19.
Bruce said college and high school
students recently had been hanging
out at the location.
Officers will be patrolling the area
more often to deter students from
using the bridge as a hangout, he said.
$150°° off
If you live off-campus and want to come back to the conveniences of
on-campus housing next year, bring in this coupon and well give you
the form so you can take $150 off your bill next year.
For more information, contact University Housing, 472-3561
Attention
May Graduates
The DEADLINE for return of your
yetfow Commencement Attendance form is
April ZZ, 1994
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