UNL observes World AIDS Day
By John Fulwldf
Staff Reporter
Working the World AIDS Day
booth on Thursday had a special
meaning for Amy Bornemeier.
“I had an uncle who died of AIDS
two years ago,” the junior biological
sciences major said.
“If I can hand out one condom and
one ribbon today to increase aware
ness and keep one person from hav
ing unsafe sex tonight, that makes his
death and life worthwhile,” she said.
More than 600 red ribbons and
more than 350 “Love Safely” pack
ets containing condoms and sex in
formation were handed out at the
booth in the Nebraska Union. More
than $60 also was raised for the na
tional Names Quilt project.
Staffers at the booth kept busy as
people came by to sign the quilt piece.
It will be shipped to Omaha in the
fall of 1995 to become part of the
Names Quilt. Staffers estimate more
than 150 people signed the quilt.
At the booth, a flier from the Ne
braska Department of Health said that
in Nebraska:
• 563 persons with AIDS have
been reported as of September 1994.
• An estimated 5,000 persons are
infected with the human immunode
ficiency virus.
• About 30 percent of persons
with HIV were infected while they
were teen-agers.
• Women and teens are experienc
ing the greatest increase in HIV in
fection. >
Michelle Haggerty, a sophomore
secondary education major, stopped
by the booth to pick up a ribbon.
AIDS became real for her, she said,
when a family friend died of the dis
ease in her small hometown of
Spalding.
Daryl Swanson, director of the
Nebraska unions, was supportive of
the day.
“I don’t think there can be too
much awareness,” he said. “Too
much awareness is a good thing.”
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Jan Wahl picks up a rad ribbon on Thursday dttho World
AIDS Day booth In tho Nebraska Union.
Renteria fund-raising efforts reach $4,300
From Staff Reports
Fund raising to assist the family
of Francisco Renteria has reached a
total of $4,300, but officials say they
still have a long way to go.
Rick Wallace, chairman of the
fund-raising committee, said the pro
jected goal was $10,000. Committee
members expect to reach that amount
by late March, he said.
Renteria died Oct. 1 following a
struggle with police. The committee
is raising money to help the family
pay for the funeral and other costs
resulting from the death, Wallace
said.
The Renteria family has 40 mem
bers in Lincoln, he said.
“Our purpose is not to raise dol
lars pertaining to the legal fees,”
Wallace said. “We don’t have any
thing to do with legal or political
matters.”
Cathy Maestas, president of the
Mexican-American Student Associa
tion, said a dance held on Saturday
at First Avenue raised $1,125. Two
community action groups, Groupo
Future and Groupo Amistad, put on
the dance, she said.
MASA also has been collecting
money to aid the family.
A fund-raiser banquet at the
Cornhusker Hotel is in the works for
early to mid-February, Maestas said.
A definite announcement should be
made within the next two weeks, she
said.
Maestas said people also were
talking about putting together a raffle
sponsored by area Mexican restau
rants.
Wallace said the banquet would
include an auction with items donated
by community members. Lincoln
residents have said they wanted to
help, he said, but they didn’t know
how.
Task Force Findings
Proposed short-term goals for the next budget biennium:
fJ Expand master's programs, primarily in the Omaha area, while
enhancing such offerings statewide where 30 percent of the
practicing engineers live. This includes night classes, courses,
courses on TV, computer and expanded statewide locations:
$375,000.
fJ Expand scholarships, seek more high-ability students, women
and minorities through a major marketing effort: $165,000 a year.
f£J Increase Omaha undergraduate courses; use TV teaching more;
hire more Lincoln faculty to lower student-facultyTatios; add
construction and environmental engineering options; seek
industry help: $400,000.
O Establish two-year pre-engineering programs at other selected
two-year and four-year colleges, and make transfer to NU easier:
$44,000.
O Initiate plans for an independent Omaha college, with six more
faculty immediately, a founding dean and support staff, and three
civil engineering faculty from UNL: $1 million.
The task force report also recommended improvements in
physical facilities with an immediate cost of more than $4.5
million, including equipment.
CJ Long-term goals for the next three to six years could include
continued expansion statewide of graduate programs, including
more two-year and four-year transfer programs at other schools, at
a cost of about $2 million.
Long-term goal highlights:
O Attraction of more students to Lincoln with more faculty: no
cost given.
CJ Construct an engineering complex in Omaha as funding is
available: $25 million.
O Completion of work toward an independent UNO college
would come only if there are sufficient students, faculty and
resources assured within the next three to six years.
Engineering
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• expand industrial extension
services to Nebraska manufactur
ing and processing companies, at
no additional cost.
• correct deficiencies in facili
ties at UNO and UNL to meet
space needs for expanded pro
grams, estimated at $4.6 million.
• establish a partnership be
tween engineering education and
Nebraska industry, at no cost.
• establish a statewide Engi
neering and Technology Coordi
nating Board, estimated at $ 10,000
per year.
• proceed with short-term ac
tions leading to the establishment
of an independent engineering col
lege in Omaha, estimated at $1
million.
In the short term action for es
tablishing a separate college in
Omaha “a goal remains that un
necessary duplication be avoided.
However, the need for any college
of engineering to have a minimum
core program .. makes some du
plication necessary,” the report
states.
A decision to establish a sepa
rate college would require a three
to five-year commitment, it says.
The report gives this outline of
a separate college:
• engineering technology pro
grams only at the bachelor’s level.
• access to appropriate doctoral
programs provided by the Univer
sity of Nebraska-Lincoln for
Omaha engineering students
through the NU Graduate College.
• a partnership between the col
lege and industry.
The report also provided seven _
long-term goals, as follows:
• continue to hire faculty to ex
pand master's and continuing edu
cation programs, expecting Omaha
undergraduate growth, estimated
at $2 million.
• expand Omaha bachelor’s de
gree programs and marketing ef
forts, in select areas, which is in- ,
eluded in the above $2 million.
• continue to improve under
graduate and marketing efforts at .♦
UNL, undetermined cost.
• build an engineering complex
in Omaha to meet expansion
needs, estimated at $25 million.
• develop library support for
the Omaha campus, estimated at
$356,000.
• expand industrial extension
services beyond manufacturing
and food processing, at an unde
termined cost.
• bachelor’s and master’s en
gineering degrees available in elec
trical/computer; mechanical; civil/
construction; and industrial/manu
facturing.
The last program would address
a specific need in Omaha, but pri
ority should be given to the first
three “core programs.”
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Star City
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Bangert said she heard about that
program at a conference and decided
to tiy it in Lincoln.
In the past, she said, some inter
active activities were incorporated in
the Star City Parade. In one activity,
children painted a Christmas card on
the street before the parade, she said.
That activity will be offered again this
year.
Other parade highlights this year
include a new Santa Claus float,
which is 49 feet long, 14 1/2 feet wide
and 12 feet tall, Bangert said.
A 60-foot Bozo the Clown balloon
also will make its debut, she said,
becoming the fourth balloon featured
in the parade.
Bangert said it would be a chal
lenge to get the balloons under the
new skywalk across O Street between
12th and 13th streets.
Another parade highlight will be
the marriage of Lincoln residents
Lisa Ahman and Kendal Stairs. The
couple will be married in the staging
at 10th and S streets before the pa
rade. After the ceremony, the couple
will appear in the parade riding
Molley the Trolley, she said.
“It looks like it will be a good pa
rade,” Bangert said.
