ASUN votes on garage today
By Melanie Branded
^taft Reporter
ASUN will vote today whether to
approve a bill opposing the construc
tion of a proposed parking garage
that would be located east of the Ne
braska Union.
University of
Nebraska-Lin
coln administra
tors proposed the
site as part of a
plan to provide
needed parking
for commuter stu
dents and visitors.
The site has been strongly opposed by
members of Alpha Phi Sorority, which
is located next to it.
Andrew Loudon, president of the
Association of Students of the Uni
versity of Nebraska, said he could
understand the arguments of both
those who supported and those who
opposed the construction.
Loudon said he favored construc
tion of the garage, because the pro
posed site was the only location that
would pay for itself.
According to a parking study com
pleted in November, the estimated
$5.1 million project would require a
bond of $5.7 million to pay for the
garage, with annual payments of
$556,000.
An independent parking consult
ant estimated that anticipated rev
enue for the garage at that site would
be $582,000, which exceeds the re
quired payment.
Loudon also said he would support
the garage if it benefited commuter
students.
“The senate needs to take an up
or-down vote on this,” he said. “They
need to say whether or not UNL stu
dents need this parking garage.”
However, Loudon said he was un
sure whether the proposed parking
garage actually would pay for itself. If
it exceeds its budget, he said, student
parking fees would probably be used
to pay for the difference, and that
would add to students’ financial bur
den.
“I need to be convinced that stu
dent parking fees won’t be used in
building a garage that won’t benefit
students,” he said.
Loudon said he also questioned
the rationale of building a parking
garage near a former faculty parking
lot that was converted into green space
last year.
“It doesn’t make sense,” he said.
“The student body deserves an expla
nation from administrators.”
Regardless of the senate’s deci
sion, Loudon said he would present
his position to the NU Board of Re
gents at Saturday’s meeting.
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Committee to find dean
to be chosen by Friday
From Staff Reports
A search committee to select a
dean for the College of Engineer
ing and Technology should be in
place by Friday, a university offi
cial said.
A1 Kilgore, associate vice chan
cellor for academic affairs, said
appointments to the committee
were still being made this week.
Members would come from both
the Lincoln and Omaha campuses
and from the Nebraska engineer
ing community, he said.
Kilgore said he expected the
committee to have 15 members.
Stan Liberty was forced to step
down as dean of the college follow
ing his five-year review in Decem
ber.
Liberty had said his forced res
ignation was tied to the debate over
whetherthe University ofNebraska
should create a separate engineer
ing college in Omaha.
In September, NU will name a
search committee to find a replace
ment for Gary Schwendiman, who
stepped down as dean of the Col
lege of Business Administration in
November, Kilgore said.
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was too expansive and took priority
over academic and budget concerns.
Citing the resignation of former
Engineering Dean Stan Liberty, Allen
said Spanier was encouraging quality
faculty members to resign.
Because of this, Allen said, the
UNL Committee of Concerned Pro
fessors wanted to remain anonymous.
“... Graham Spanier, by his ac
tions, has generated a great deal of
fear among those who do not agree
with his personal philosophy and
agenda,” the document stated.
None of the committee members
came forward, but those who opposed
the committee’s position did.
Gargi Roysircar Sodowsky, asso
ciate professor of educational psy
chology, said she was disgusted that
Allen supported the document.
A majority of the faculty support
Spanier, she said, because his social
changes improved academic accuracy.
“He’s showing respect and equal
ity,” she said, “and can hire good
professors into a friendly, open atmo
sphere. Much of human advancement
and knowledge comes from this so
cial change.”
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existing buildings and to plan a new
engineering building. More faculty
and upgraded equipment would would
provided with that money.
Another $2.2 million would be
spent to complete a construction
project at the UNL campus.
— The establishment of a state
wide engineering board that would
oversee engineering education. Smith
told the commission that he was se
lecting members for that board now.
The cost to NU would be $10,000.
Smith said his recommendations
should not affect NU’s budget re
quests for the Legislature.
“All things simple become com
plex,” he said.
Money for the projects would come
from benefits not claimed by NU
employees, Smith said.
The state usually puts that money
back into the general fund, but Smith
said he was asking if NU could keep
those funds.
He said the state must approve this
move in order for the current NU
budget to remain the same.
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