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UNMC seeks donations for transplant program OMAHA (AP) — Nationally ranked or gan transplant programs at the University of Nebraska Medical Center could have a new home if a proposed $43 million center is built. The medical center will send project plans to the state Health Department within a month for a state review. Medical center officials want major gifts from private do nors and have obtained a $6 million fcd * eral grant. “The real story here is not brick and mortar, although that’s important,” said U.S. Sen. Bob Kerrey, D-Neb, who helped obtain federal funds. “It’s the expertise at the University of Nebraska Medical Cen ter.” The medical center’s bone marrow trans plant program for cancer therapy is 11 years old and has done 1.442 transplants, includ ing the largest number for treatment of can cer of the lymph system at any facility in the world. The liver transplant program is one of the six busiest in the United States. It will have been around 10 years next July and has performed 1,025 liver transplants. The team also has done 26 other types of organ transplants at the medical center * and 662 kidney, pancreas or combined-or gan transplants at Clarkson Hospital. About 75 percent of the patients come from states other than Nebraska or from foreign countries. A commitment to developing national excellence in specific programs began at the insistence of Dr. Charles Andrews, UNMC chancellor from 1983-91. He supported programs that could excel . rather than funding programs at equal lev els. That policy has been continued by cur rent Chancellor Dr. Carol Aschenbrener. Other things also have helped. Dr. Neal A. Vanselow, medical center chancellor from 1977-82, began a profes sional fees plan to compensate faculty doc tors. And the department of internal medi cine placed all of its doctors on salary, rather than basing pay on earnings from seeing patients. “These two things make it possible to reward people for doing the right things — research and teaching — as well as caring for patients,” said Dr. James Armitagc, di rector of the bone marrow program and chairman of internal medicine. The programs also arc known for an unusual sense of cooperation. About two years ago the bone marrow transplant program gave part of its seventh floor space to the liver transplant program. “They needed beds of their own," Armitage said. C. Edward Schwartz, hospital director, said, “In my 30 years at various hospitals I’d never seen anybody make such an offer. Hospital beds are like gold to a specialized program.” UNL graduate enrollment doubles at College Park GRAND ISLAND (AP) - Enrollment at graduate-level courses offered by the Univer sity of Nebraska-Lincoln at College Park has increased to 15 students, and that could help save the programs. Last year, six students were enrolled in six UNL graduate courses. The state Coordinating Commission on Postsecondary Education granted permission for the courses to continue for the 1994-95 school year but expressed concern about the low enrollment. “The commission advises that it will ap (>rove UNL participation in the center (Col ege Park) only if there is substantial improve ment in enrollments and/or efficiency,” said a July letter to University of Nebraska President L. Dennis Smith. College Park Director Rich Bringelson, College Park Board Chairman Jan Thayer and coordinating commission member Chris Peterson of Grand Island were pleased with the increased enrollment. “It’s definitely a move in the right direc tion,” Ms. Peterson said. The commission didn’t establish any spe cific numerical goals for UNL graduate courses at the education complex in Grand Island, but the improved enrollment is a good sign. Ms. Peterson said. “We are not required to look at enrollment until January.” Ms. Peterson said. At that time, the commission will have figures for fall and spring semester enrollment. The commission probably will be interested in overall graduate-level enrollment and the enrollment numbers for individual graduate classes, Ms. Peterson said. Ms. Peterson and Thayer attributed the larger UNL graduate enrollment this fall to better marketing. “Rich (Bringelson) has not had time to market the courses, because they’ve been so busy just getting set up,” Ms. Peterson said. “It shows what they can do in just a short amount of time.” Ms. Thayer said she thinks the institutions also are learning which graduate courses are in demand in central Nebraska Of the 15 students, one is enrolled in a mass communications class, which is part of the journalism program; six are taking classes re lated to engineering, including three people in a groundwater engineering class, two in principles of operations research, and one in applied physical metallurgy and design; and eight are in a contemporary nutrition class, which is part of the interdepartmental master's program in home economics. The graduate enrollment figures do not end with UNL, Bringelson said. There are 172 stu dents taking graduate courses from the Uni versity of Nebraska at Kearney, which puts the total graduate enrollment at College Park at 187 students. Bringelson said the 172 students enrolled in UNK graduate courses “is pretty consistent ,(with enrollment from past years). It’s been pretty steady.” Chambers to propose immigrant bill OMAHA (AP) — A state senator says he will again propose legislation next year to protect immigrant work ers recruited to Nebraska. Sen. Ernie Chambers of Omaha said the measure would require em ployers whose work force is more than 10 percent non-English speak ing to absorb some costs related to out-of-state recruitment efforts. Employers who bring workers from more than 500 miles away also would have to provide return trans portation if the employee decides to leave the job within four weeks. A work-site interpreter and case worker to help find community ser vices for workers also would be re quired. “These people are exploited for economic purposes,” Chambers said last week. Measures sponsored by Chambers in 1991 and 1993 failed. Critics said the legislation would place an undue burden on businesses. Chambers has said state and fed eral lawmakers should look into the recruitment of south Texas residents by Midwest meatpacking and pro cessing companies. Workers in those industries are covered by federal safety, discrimina tion and minimum wage laws, but recruiting practices arc not as closely scrutinized. Teen drug use increases SCOTTSBLUFF (AP) — More teen-agers arc using drugs, but there is hope younger children might avoid drugs if prevention efforts continue, officials said af ter reviewing a survey of youths. The survey in Scotts Bluff and Banner counties was sponsored by Educational Service Unit No. 13. It was conducted in July by the Buffalo Beach Co. in Lincoln. Answers from 990 students in the eighth, 10th and 12th grades were compared with similar sur veys done in 1987 and 1990. The survey showed the percent age of students who had used al cohol in the past year increased from 54.3 percent of boys in 1990 to 59.6 percent this year. Among girls, it increased from 50.9 per cent in 1990 to 54.3 percent in 1994. the new Pizza Hut carryout i i AA AA Get 2 Medium Pizzas 5AJ UU with your Choice T¥l¥V of 2 Toppings Make Them Both Specialty Pizzas for $2 More _ ast. ■*' * PHOP—ne urtte. • dwign.. >id»mir» o«Pgza Hut. Inc c 1904 Ptra Hu» Inc. City Campus East Campus 239 N. 14th St. 2340 N. 48th St 6414 “0” St J75-2658 466-5533 464-7774 ^ ■-1 ! V"®6 ! fora Medium Charge _ Get any large pizza for the price | of its equivalent medium pizza | _ at regular menu price. . I Dine-ln or Delivery | ■ C 13 I I I J r i Medium 1-topping Pizza FREE! with the purchase of a Large Specialty Pizza at regular menu price. Your choice: Supreme. 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Janovy served as interim director for the museum in 1984 until Genoways was hired in 1986 Janovy has served on the UNL faculty since 1968 Court Continued from Page 1 organization's constitution. This month, the International Student Organization council and the Association of Students of the University of Nebraska both passed a revised version of the organization's constitution. Park also asked the court to decide whether the new election should be limited to candi dates from the April 7 election or whether it should be open to new candidates Park has said the court’s decision to rule the first election invalid was wrong, because election rules were followed in accordance with the constitution ariowith tradition. He also has said the student court was bi ased because Mohammad Shahin, who brought the case to the student court, was an ASUN member at the time Earlier this semester, Shahin resigned his membership in ASUN for reasons unrelated to the case. International Student Organization Presi dent Boon Lee Lim, who retained his position as a result of the court's decision, also was an AbUN member. Lim is an AbUN graduate senator and chairman of the international stu dent committee. Shahin, who lost in the invalid presidential election, said he filed the case against Lim because Shahin thought the first election was unfair. Shahin. a graduate student in industrial engineering, said he proved in court that one person voted twice during the election and other voters took ballots away from the elec tion table, returning them later. He said he also proved that an authorized person was stand ing by the election table asking voters to vote for Park Shahin also said the court was not biased. “I don't know how he can say that it was biased.” he said. “The legislative branch does not control the judicial branch at all " Shahin said he would comply with the court's latest decision calling for a new elec tion by Nov. 4. He said he had not decided yet whether he would run for president in the new election. Lim said the International Student Organi zation would follow the court’s order and hold a new election by Nov. 4. Nebraskan Editor j«(f Zaleny Night News Edilors Chris Hsln 472-1766 Doug Kouma Managing Editor Angle Brunkow Heather Lampe Assoc News Editors Jeffrey Robb Dave Vincent _ , , _ _. Rainbow Rowell Art Director James Mehsllng Opinion Pape Editor Kars Morrison General Manager Dan Shattll _ Wim Ednor Deb McAdams Production Manager Katherine Policky Copy Desk Editor Mike Lewis Advertising Manager Amy Struthers Sports Editor Tim Pearson Assi. Advertising Manager Sheri Krsjewskl Arts A Entertainment Editor Matt Woody Publications Board Chairman Tim Hedeaaard, 436-6296 Photo Director Klley Christian Professional Adviser Don Walton, 473-7301 _ FAX NUMBER 472 1761 , ,41080) by the UNL Publications Board, Nebraska Union 34.1400 R St.. 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