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Books sold to make way for new ones From Staff Reports Love Library will empty its storage space today and take the show on the road. “It’s one day only. If they, don’t get over today, it’s tool late,” said Judy Johnson, head of acquisitions for the Univer sity of Nebraska-Lincoln librar ies. Johnson said books currently in storage would be sold from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. today outside un der the library link. Books of all subjects are for sale during the annual event, Johnson said. Hardcover books are $1, with paperbacks selling for 50 cents and music scores for 25 cents. Most of the books were gifts to the library, she said. Many of them are duplicates ordon’t meet the needs of students and fac ulty. “We’ve got lots of mysteries, and that’s not something we teach here at UNL,” Johnson said. A few books on sale are old books no longer in use. And the library desperately needs space for new books, Johnson said. Profits from the sale will go into a fund for new books. Unsold books will be taken to the Lincoln-Lancaster Depart ment of Corrections, which has no budget for reading material for the inmates, Johnson said. Materials not taken by the corrections center will be picked up by the Salvation Army. i . 'I't.. * f. jit; ' t r ■ ■ ■ • •*' • Interior design program gets accreditation By John Fulwldw Staff Reporter The UNL interior design program, which moved to the College of Archi tecture last year, recently got a seal of approval from accreditors, the program’s coordinator said. Betsy Gabb said the six-year ac creditation showed that the program was moving in the right direction. Previously, the program had earned only two- and four-year accredita tions, she said. “Our students... have the opportu nity to be more competitive in the job market,” she said. “We’re the only accredited program in the state.” She said one reason the program received a longer accreditation was that the quality of student work had become stronger. The program also earned the longer accreditation because of the move to the architecture college, she said. The College of Architecture has facilities that were not available in the College of Home Economics, she said. University of Nebraska-Lincoln Chancellor Graham Spanier moved the interior design program from the former College of Home Economics into the architecture college on July I, 1993, Gabb said. The program was moved because architecture and interior design are similar disciplines, she said, and be ing in the College of Architecture provided interior design students more opportunities. Accreditors from the Foundation for Interior Design and Research an nounced earlier this year that the newly placed college had met all the require ments in available facilities and re sources, curriculum, the quality of student work, the availability of sup porting courses, the support of fac ulty in related disciplines and cultural opportunities. “We prepared for the accreditation during the fall semester of ’93. We had to submit a report to the accredit ing agency,” Gabb said. “They vis ited campus during spring of’94. And then that all has to go back through channels, so we just received word as school opened this year.” Gabb said the accreditation pro cess required a lot of paperwork and even more digging. The program had to prepare a written report and show student work, she said. “They establ ish guidel ines for any undergraduate program in the coun try, and so we needed to meet or exceed all ofthose guidelines in order to receive full accreditation,” she said. Gabb said the program had no prob lems with the transition, and the stu dents didn’t have to go through the normal hassle of changing colleges. “There’s been no trouble with that transition at all; in fact it’s gone very smoothly... Because it was done as a group and because the associate dean here ... was committed to making it happen as easily as possible for the students, it did,” she said. But not every student chose to change colleges. “Most of the interior design ma jors chose to change colleges. There were a few... no more than five who had the option of finishing the degree as it was in the College of Home Economics,” Gabb said. Amy Schweers, a senior interior design major, was one of those five. Schweers decided not to switch be cause of her scholarship. “There was going to be no money available forme to pay for my school ing, where I have pretty much every thing paid for in the College of Home Economics,” Schweers said. The interior design classes and pro fessors have not changed. But the students now can take professional electives in the College of Architec ture that more directly relate to their major, Gabb said. For students who were not around when the change occurred, it is a I ittle harder to get started. “The requirements forgetting into the College of Architecture initially — as a freshman, or whatever — are more stringent than they were in the College of Home Economics,” she said. “Our students ... have the opportunity to be more competitive in the job market. We're the only accredited program in the state." ■ BETSY GABB coordinator of the UNL interior design program The minimum high school grade point average is higher for the Col lege of Architecture, and some of the high school course requirements are different as well. Gabb said she was enthusiastic about the new opportunities both in terior design and architecture majors would have. “I think the move to the College of Architecture... will provide an oppor tunity for both sets o f students to gai n an appreciation for the other disci pline, to see the similarities and the differences, to have the opportunity to work- on some team projects — much as they would in their profes sional work.” Teens arrested in connection with shootings By Brian Sharp Staff Reporter Two 14-year-old boys were ar rested in connection with a shooting spree in west Lincoln on Monday afternoon, police said. Sgt. Ann Heermannofthe Lincoln Police Department said police still were investigating the incident Tues day and were considering filing more charges. Another 14-year-old boy may be cited in the case, she said. Police gave the following account of the incident, which occurred be tween 3 p.m. and 4 p.m. Monday: Five rounds were fired into a soc cer ball in a home at 1600 Van Dorn St. The ball had been placed in the middle of the floor of a downstairs room. The owner of the house realized something was wrong when glass started breaking. Three rounds were fired through a basement window on the west side of the home. The bullets lodged in a center wall. Police investigated the house later and discovered that two other rounds had been fired at the west side of the house and into a bedroom. Total dam age was estimated at $190. At 1610 Van Dorn St., the scenario occurred again. Three rounds were fired at a back door, two rounds into the west side of the house and five rounds into an upstairs bedroom. Damage was esti mated at $330. The shootings then continued on Burr Street. At 1601 Burr St., the owner woke to two popping noises. One of those pops was a bullet that went through a window on the southeast comer ofher home. At least two rounds were fired at her residence. The last report came from 1640 Burr St. Owners of the residence found two bullet holes in the side of their home and called police. Heermann said the two boys were arrested for vandalism and discharg ing a firearm within city limits. They were cited and released to their par ents, she said. For University of Nebraska students, faculty, and staff only — / v' l FREE, ANONYMOUS TELEPHONE SCREENINGS FOR CLINICAL DEPRESSION 1-800-200-1875 If you... •don't enjoy going out with your friends anymore •feel hopeless about the future •can't concentrate and have difficulty making decisions •and just feel sad all the time i ...you may be suffering from clinical depression, a medical illness which can be successfully treated. 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