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Big Red Welcome gives
new students some fun
By Thor Schrock
Staff Reporter
This week is packed with activities to intro
duce new students to the campus, community
and each other.
The university’s Big Red Welcome, with 15
events, kicks off today at 8 p.m. with the Crib’s
grand opening.
Long a favorite study spot in the Nebraska
Union, The Crib now will feature dance, club
and comedy nights. Other Big Red Welcome
events include separate greetings for commuter,
out-of-state and racial minority students.
But the real action begins Friday in die Bob
Devaney Sports Center at 12:45 p.m. when
Interim Chancellor Joan Leitzel will greet all
incoming students. Clubs and businesses will
have booths offering information and free sam
ples.
“It is an opportunity for us to reach the
incoming freshmen and show them our goods,”
said Terri Nielson, Nebraska Bookstore promo
tions manager.
The two-hour event will close with a drawing
for a videocassette recorder and camcorder to be
presented to two freshmen in attendance.
Later that day, students can get a little crazier
outside Nebraska Union. Fun Times, from 4
p.m. to 8 p.m., features a bungee run and boxing
in inflatable suits. The celebration continues
with a concert by the Comhusker Marching
Band in Memorial Stadium at 6:30 p.m.
Anyone up for a little action can visit the
Campus Rec Open House Activity Night from 7
p.m. to 10 p.m. at the Campus Recreation Cen
ter. Individual and team activities will be of
fered, as well as free prizes.
The Campus Religious Workers will sponsor
a picnic Sunday from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Cook
Pavilion in the Campus Recreation Center. Cam
pus tours will be given throughout the weekend.
For students in the residence halls, fun can be
had without leaving home. Hall Orientation
Teams will help students move into their rooms
and will organize entertainment and informa
tive events in^each hall.
“We help students by giving tours and setting
up activities to let them get to know people they
might not if they were on their own,” said Danielle
Beck, Neihardt HOTS Week organizer.
A complete list of all events was sent to
residence hall students last week. Aside from the
cancellation of the “spotlight tours” sponsored
by the Harper-Schramm-Smith complex and the
addition of a racquetball tournament to the
Cather, Pound and Neihardt schedule, it still
holds true.
Some of the events include a single-elimina
tion pool tournament, mud wrestling at the Abel
Sandoz complex, movies, dances, scavenger
hunts and picnics.
On Sunday from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m., Nebraska
Bookstore and KFRX-FM are holding a block
party — including free food — for all incoming
students on 13 th Street between 0 and R streets.
Chancellor search open-ended
From Staff Reports
The search for a new chancellor to replace
Graham Spanier may be complete by Jan. 1... or
it may not.
That’sthe date NU President L. Dennis Smith
told the search committee, headed by David
Sellmyer, to shoot for.
But Sellmyer said he couldn’t be sure a new
chancellor would be found by then.
“It’s hard to say if we’ll meet that goal,” he
said. “I suppose it depends on the candidate’s
personal situation.”
Spanier left July 12 to become president of
Pennsylvania State University. Joan Leitzel is
serving as interim chancellor.
The committee met last week and shortened
the list from more than 100 to 20 candidates,
Sellmyer said.
Committee member Sally Flint, manager of
publications and photography, said committee
members had been working throughout the sum
mer to find a new chancellor.
Committee members first recommended can
didates, she said. Then letters were sent to the
candidates asking them to send in applications
and resumes.
Both Sellmyer, a professor of physics and
astronomy, and Flint said committee members
didn’t seem to be specifically looking for some
one like Spanier.
Rather, they said, the committee is seeking
someone with good academic, scholastic and
management experience.
“We’re trying to find the best person we can
in this country for this job,” Sellmyer said.
