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Welcome Back Arts & Entertainment ■ Comhusker Marching Band, Page B1 Sports ■ NU offense to be powerful, Page Cl PAGE 2: Altman quits White House post August 18, 1994 HuskerVision gives stadium a fresh look By Mitch Sherman Senior Reporter The Nebraska football players aren’t the only people who have been working in Memo rial Stadium to prepare for the upcoming sea son. Since last season, almost $5 million worth of improvements and renovations have been made to the home of the Comhuskcr football team. The most noticeable change is the installa tion of two 17-foot-by-23-foot Mitsubishi Dia mond Vision screens. One screen is in the southeast comer of the stadium, and the other is in the northwest corner. The screens, which have been dubbed HuskerVision, will show every play of each game live. “We arc going to show every play, and if time permits, we’ll show every replay, too,” said Joe Selig, Nebraska’s assistant athletic director for facilities and events. Selig said the Big Eight Conference had set standards that prevented teams from showing controversial calls in most situations. But no other Big Eight schools have video screens; therefore, no precedent has been set. Selig said Nebraska planned to show every replay, controversial or not. “We feel that we arc safe in that area if we go ahead and show every replay,’’ he said. In addition to the HuskerVision screens, 88 additional closed-circuit, 27-inch televisions will be in place throughout Memorial Stadium. See STADIUM on A8 Sorority rush proceeds without pomp By Paula Lavigne Senior Reporter No decorations, no extensive parties and no endless pageantry accompanied what normally is a week of elaborate fanfare and celebration. The Panhellenic Association at the Univer sity of Nebraska-Lincoln decided to simplify Rush Week 1994, which began Sunday. Soror ity women emphasized conversation and per sonal interaction in the four days of parties during which they chose new members. About 550 women went through rush this year. Mary Gordon, a member of Alpha Phi Soror ity and overall rush chairwoman.said the chang es stemmed from a National Panhellenic Coun cil recommendation to scale down the produc tion and to focus instead on personal relations. “We don’t need to hide behind decorations and skits,” Gordon said. “We want more con versation instead of a big show." Gordon said sorority women decided learn ing about the rushees was more important than worrying about house decorations. This year, each sorority can have only one skit and can’t use excessive decorations, she said. Instead, she said, sorority members were See SORORITY on A15 Hall aboard! Jew wajier/ursi Freshman Anne Kennedy unloads her car in front of Sandoz Residence Hall and organizes her room this week. Students participating in sorority rush, like Kennedy, were allowed to move in earlier than other residents. UNL campus housing alive with activity as students move in By Brian Sharp Senior Reporter Todd Anderson has a room with a view. It took a while to get there, however. The line for the elevators at Schramm Residence Hall extended almost out the door of the hall Tuesday afternoon, and the 10 flights of stairs weren’t appealing to him. ‘‘There’s a lot of people,” Anderson said, dragging his black-and-white striped . futon chair oft the elevator and into his room. “It’s busier than I thought it would be.” Anderson, who is from Norfolk, met his roommate, Jesse Preuss, for the first time that afternoon. Before that, they had only talked on the phone. The room already was filled with Preuss’ belongings: refrigerator, carpeting, bookshelf, boom box, the usual residence hall furnishings. After 1 1/2 hours, Pruess’ move was complete. Or at least it was all in the room. “It’s going to be fun.” said Pruess, who came Tuesday from Lindsay. “I’m ready to move. I’m not ready for classes.” Tuesday was the first official movc-in day for the university residence halls. Those going through sorority rush got an early start, moving in beginning at S a.m. Sunday. Anne Kennedy was one of the first students through the door at Sando/. Residence Hall. Make that Kennedy, her three aunts, one uncle, twp grandparents and one friend. Add two cars to haul the crew and her belongings from Omaha, and the move was finished in a little irtore than an hour. Kennedy, who had been awake since 6 a.m., waited in the hall and took a breather Sunday morning as her uncle laid carpeting in her room. “I feel really lazy,” she said. “But at this point, I don’t know what to do.” Down the hall, Lindsay Kruger was arranging her new home. “I’m at that ‘I don’t care’ stage,” Kruger said. “I’ve been packing for too long.” She had finished loading her stuff at 2 a.m. Sunday back in Fremont. Then, after getting less than four hours sleep, driving to Lincoln and lugging her stuff to her room, she had to start thinking about sorority rush, which started that night. See HALLS on A9 Students hit hard by tuition increases at four NU campuses By Matthew Waite__ Senior Reporter Sophomore Lance Thamish is like many University ofNebraska-Lincoln students. He has loans piling up, two part time jobs and not much money com ing from home. Like many UNL stu dents, a 7 percent tuition hike hits Tharnish wncrc it hurts — his wallet. “If poverty is the ground, then 1 am the dirt on the bottom of my shoe ” he said. “I have about 10 cents to my name.” Thamish, a chemical engineering major, said the 7 percent increase in tuition, which was approved this sum mer by the University of Nebraska Board of Regents, came at a bad time. He discovered that he would be receiv ing $400 less from his Pell Grant this year. “It means less free time p^ecause of work), going out to cat with friends, stuff like that,” he said. “I’m still hoping for the old Powerball to come in. “Somebody’s got to win.” Joe Rowson, NU spokesman, said the increase would bring tuition for UNL resident undergraduates from $64.50 a credit hour to $68.50. Increases at other NU campuses were as follows for resident under graduate students: • University of Nebraska at Kearney students nay $55 a credit hour, up from $52.25 last year. • University of Nebraska at Oma ha students pay $62.50, up from $59 last year. • University of Nebraska Medical Center tuition rose about 6 percent to 10 percent per credit hour, depending on the individual student’s field of study. Thamish said that with less money coming in and more money going out, he would be forced to take out more loans. And he’s dreading the day he has to pay the loans back. He said he thought the increase would pay for high administration salaries and green space. “1 don’t think it’s really ncces sary,” he said. But Randy Haack, NU budget di rector, said that wasn’t the case. The tuition increase will generate an estimated $4.7 million in new rev enue for the NU system, Haack said. He said some of the money would go to ongoing expenses, such as sala ries andbenefits for faculty and staff. Another $2.7 million would go to instructional improvements, includ ing computer facility upgrades and See TUITION on A9
