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September 29,1995 I
Regents plan
to approve
UNL projects
By Paula Lavigne
Senior Reporter
After years of debate, UNL buildings that
need a face lift should start showing some
signs of cosmetic change.
The NU Board of Regents is scheduled
today to approve budgets and choose archi
tects for six renovation, repair and expansion
projects at the University of Nebraska-Lin
coln.
Three of the larger projects include the
renovation of Burnett Hall, the expansion of
Nebraska Union and the remodeling of the
Walter Scott Engineering Center and Nebraska
Hall.
Although debate previously has surrounded
the projects, Jim Van Horn, NU vice president
for business and finance, said regents should
approve them without controversy.
The projects cleared their tallest hurdle this
spring, Van Horn said, when they received
funding from the Nebraska Legislature.
“After this, we’re actually going to start
seeing some changes,” he said. “These projects
have been in the planning stages for a long 5
time.”
Students won’t see many changes to Burnett
on the outside, he said, but the building’s 16
classrooms will be closed for asbestos removal
in May 1996, Substantial construction should
be done by August 1997.
Construction on the Walter Scott Engineer
ing Center and Nebraska Hall should begin in
May 1996 and be completed by October 1997,
Van Horn said.
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Resolution
to determine
NU research
By Paula Lavfgne
Senior Reporter
The NU Board of Regents will vote today
on a resolution that will determine if academic
research should be limited to Nebraska inter
ests.
A resolution by Regent Charles Wilson of
Lincoln states that the university already does
research that serves Nebraskans, and it should
not be limited from pursuing other research.
A previous resolution, which was later with
drawn, by Regent Drew Miller of Papillion
stated that research funded by Nebraska tax
payers should go only toward serving Nebras
kans.
Miller said he withdrew his 19-page resolu
tion because Wilson’s resolution was better
written and because he agreed with most of
Wilson’s points.
Miller said he planned to add amendments
today that would back up certain parts of his
original resolution, including a limit on re
search and creation of a citizen advisory coun
sel.
Wilson covered an important aspect in his
resolution, Miller said, by separating the mis
sions of individual campuses.
Wilson said it was impossible to outline a
single mission for NU. The University of Ne
braska-Lincoln must fulfill its role as a land
grant university, he said, while the University
of Nebraska at Omaha, the University of Ne
braska at Kearney and the University of Ne
braska Medical Center must have a different
balance of teaching and research.
Wilson said the first priority of any NU
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On the rocks
JaffHaUer/DN
Officer Michael Bassett keeps watch outside Iguana’s while on bike patrol Saturday night.
By JeffZeienyv,
Senior Reporter
As bartenders tap draughts of beer in
doWutown Lincoln taverns, chaos is spill
ing. Over the counters onto the streets.
Almost every night of the year, the whirl
ing blue and red emergency lights reflect
off bar windows. College students stand
and gawk at the police cars, fire trucks and
ambulances that come to a screeching stop ..
in the middle of 0 Street. But most continue
on their bar crawls, not caring or discover
ing what the ruckus is.
> In a one-year period, police responded to
790 calls in 19 bars frequented primarily by
college students, a Daily Nebraskan inves
tigation discovered.
Mix testosterone with alcohol, police
ray, and the fights, assaults and disturbance
cads begin to stream in.
If the violence erupts inside a bar, police
are likely to cite owners for a tavern viola
tion —which puts a black marie on the bar’s
liquor license. If the fight moves onto die
street, police trace the alcohol back to where
it was sold.
Either way, bar owners and employees
are responsible for their customers’ benav
ior. ...
“If you take these people who you have
served to a high level of intoxication and
shove them out the door, we have a problem
with that,” said Lincoln police Capt. Jim
Peschong.
“There is real risk factor, someone will
be killed.”
Police responded to 256 calls at
Kaboom’s, 11110 St., in the past year. The
dance club generates more complaints than"
any downtown Lincoln bar.
“Alcohol is being served irresponsibly at
Kaboom’s,” Peschong said. “We can’t con
tinue to have people getting beat up. It’s
been going on entirely too long. It’s time for
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