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Internet Continued from Page 1 he said. So as the Internet gets busier, UNL users can expect more prob lems. “There are disparities in services that can be offered and those that cannot be supported,” he said. “We’re still trying to find the best way to provide service.” About two weeks ago, an e-mail “post office” in the Canfield Admin istration building was not function ing. Administrators’ e-mail piled up for about three days. Interim Chancellor Joan Leitzel, who receives about 40 e-mail mes sages a day, was affected by the back log. “I use e-mail more than the tele phone,” she said. After the problem was detected, she said, it was soon fixed, and her messages were sent. Leitzel has been using e-mail for about 12 years and said she was happy with UNL’s service. Public relations director Phyllis Larsen had a similar problem, but her e-mail was lost and never found. Larsen said at times she could send e-mail to other universities faster than she could to someone in her own department, which was a problem because she worked with a lot of deadlines. “I have a problem with e-mail about every three or four weeks where people aren’t receiving my mail,” she said. Sandy Tanamas, a junior business management major, said in an e-mail message that the most annoying prob lem was the difficulty dialing into HuskerNet in the evening. An attempt to dial in Tuesday night required 48 attempts. Bill Sesow, associate professor of curriculum and instruction, uses e mail to keep in touch with his stu dents. He requires them to e-mail him about their progress on practicums, he said, and students also can e-mail assignments. “So far, it’s not too bad,” he said. “We haven’t had many hitches. We’ve had a few here and there where sometimes students sent me stuff I didn’t get.” E-mail makes communication easier and cuts down on paperwork, he said. He receives about 30 mes sages a day and has been integrating e-mail into his classes for about three years. This year, Jones said, the Internet services on campus were grouped into Information Services. He said people were looking at how to make Internet communication between campuses and central administration easier. A group of UNL representatives went to the University of Minnesota to study its e-mail systems, Jones said. UNL also has a Campus Wide Information Systems group that works on designing the UNL web pages and Gopher information systems. As the information superhighway winds across the globe, UNL has to widen its highways to stay in the race. “It would be nice if we could expand the staff,” Jones said, “but that doesn’t happen here.” When the 5,000 UNL users have a problem, CRC has four helpdesk workers to handle their calls. While UNL is theoretically ready to compete on the international mar ket, Jones said, it lacks the revenue to support that venture. “We’re always looking for ways to cut costs,” he said. “I don’t have an answer at this point as to how it’s going to be handled.” Search Continued from Page 1 tee contacted Amacher about three weeks ago, he said, they asked him to respond to three questions if he was still interested. The questions were fairly generic, he said. “They asked me what was the role of a land-grant institution, what’s your management style, what’s your greatest accomplishments and great est problems you faced,” he said. Amacher said he has had experi ence at land-grant institutions and saw them as having great potential for the economic development of a region. Amacher also said he thought ath letics were important to a university’s well-being and advertising appeal. “First and foremost is learning,” he said, “but second is having a good time.” Diversity also is important to him, he said. When he arrived in 1992, he said he was shocked because there were only five black faculty members at UTA — a university whose old mas cot was the Rebel, symbolized by the Confederate flag. “I had a meeting with the African American faculty members, and when I only saw five in the room! said, ‘Is this a bad day?,’ and they said, ‘No, this is it.’” Amacher said he believed in affir mative action that sought out minor ity applicants but hired faculty mem bers based on their abilities and not their race. “If they’re the best, you hire them,” he said. “If they’re not, you don’t.” Amacher, a Wisconsin native, started his career as an assistant pro fessor of economics at the University of Oklahoma. He then became dean of the Col lege of Economics and Textile Pro gram at Clemson University in South Carolina. And in July 1992 he was named president of UTA, a campus with about 22,000 students. The UNL chancellor position opened after the resignation of Gra ham Spanier, who accepted the presi dency at Pennsylvania State Univer sity. Joan Leitzel, vice chancellor for academic affairs, is interim chancel lor. Leitzel declined to say whether she had been offered the position or if she wanted the position. Sellmyer would not say if the re maining candidates had been noti fied of their position on the list but said candidates had been notified in some form in the past. Aid Continued from Page 1 student loans at 30 percent, instead of 40 percent, with a 20 percent cap continuing in subsequent years. At UNL Tuesday, ASUN mobi lized its 100-mcmber freshman IM PACT committee to write letters, e mail or call their representatives to protest the cuts. ASUN President Shawntell Hurtgen said the push on Congress had been going strong. “We’ve been in contact with our representatives and encouraging them to think of the students when they vote,” she said. Earl i er in the month, A S UN passed a bill that asked government to keep financial aid in tact and reject the cuts. Because time is running out, Hurtgen said, ASUN has a sample e mail letter students can mail over the Internet. She also said students should in clude their parents in the letter-writ ing campaign. “We have to get as many involved as possible.” ______________11_1^___11_____________ at' 'B ^ RaFMfta Homecoming celebration inwvoay, wwuuqi x« Uve with 101.9/The EDGE -MM-MZjjl rlWI rVHSfl IKICSt g|Vw SMy< w vunukazts, 99v cocKtaHs -fr-* jft a, .. nhiihnmi ■TOliilWii “iMSIWip :'•; Friday, October 20 Live Music The FISHHEADS , Never ever a cover J (That means FREE) tj Which is to say, M© C©^@ffo Saturday, October 21 Pre-Game Festivities Watch the Big Game on our Big Screen. Post-Game Party with Paul Phillips. Take our bus to the WISH concert 1 Sunday, October 22 Burger Madness! $2.99 for a Burger & Fries 250 for your choice of cheese Always free pop refills 322 SOUTH 9th Street*476-8551 Custom Electronics and LucasFilm, The People Who Brought You “Star Wars” and “Raiders of the Lost Ark”, Bring You. Learn “How Movie Magic is Made on the Sound Stage”, a presentation by Lucas film’s Paul Matwly. You will see behind the scenes, the making of Jurasic Park, and what goes into the making of a THX sound track. Also see HDTV (High Definition Television), you’ve read about it, now experience it at Home Theater 95. Hear the latest in Dolby processing, Digital Dolby AC-3. Other industry experts will be on hand to demonstrate the latest in Home Theater equipment and answer your questions. ^CUSTOM flCmtONICS k56th & O Lincoln