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Pioikr FRIDAY J I I III M / “1^ *T“ J ^ ^1A J | WEATHER: ^%y—| Y^ I ~T~ 4>^ Today - Mostly sunny and \ I I ^ B ^ B V I not quite as cold. Northwest 1 >CL/1 dOIVcll 1 «x«tw -. COVERING THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA SINCE 1901 VOL. 95 NO. 54 „, rQ^ 1_ — - ■ ■■ - November 3, 1995 Quest for chancellor nearing end By Jeff Zeleny Senior Reporter A list of finalists for the UNL chancellor position — that could include a former NU campus administrator —will likely be given to President L. Dennis Smith within a week. A number of candidates were recently in terviewed by the search committee, chairman David Scllmyer said Thursday. The committee will discuss the candidates, he said, and a list of finalists will be publicly submitted to Smith. The University of Nebraska-Lincoln has been in search of a chancellor since Graham Spanier became president of Pennsylvania State University in September. The 13-member search committee has been tight-lipped about its progress. Joan Leitzel, Spanier’s senior vice chancel lor for academic affairs, has led the UNL cam pus in an interim position since August. She has declined comment on her interest in be coming the permancnLchancellor. Smith said Thursday that he would make a decision as quickly as possible once he received the list of candidates. He will then recommend a candidate to the NU Board of Regents, who will approve or deny the candidate. Throughout the week, there has been specu lation on campus that a short list of perhaps three to five candidates has been compiled, but Smith said he hadn’t seen it. “I don’t think a short list exists,” Smith said. The Daily Nebraskan confirmed this week that a former UNL administrator was one of the candidates being seriously considered for the position. Roy Arnold, provost and executive vice president at Oregon State University, said he had been nominated for the chancellor post. Arnold, who worked at the University of Nebraska for 20 years, spoke to the Daily Ne braskan from Chicago, where he is attending a food technology conference. “I think it would be inappropriate for me to make any comments,” Arnold said, but during a 15-minute telephone interview added that he was pleased with his nomination and would enjoy coming home to Nebraska. “Since I’m a graduate and I spent a number of years there, it’s a place that I would like to return to,” he said. “It’s certainly a very com fortable environment. “But at the same time, I have a job that is providing me a challenge. I’m not out there looking for another position.” Arnold said he had been nominated for the Nebraska position by outgoing Oregon State President John Byrne. See CHANCELLOR on 2 Painting joy Travis Heying/DN Senior Traci Olson paints an aquatic scene Wednesday afternoon on the wall of an eating area at the Crisis Nursery, a 24-hour emergency shelter for infants. Olson’s surface design class, taught by visiting Professor Liz Shea, was invited to create murals for the nursery. See story on Page 3. Women’s group proposes boycott By Melanie Brandert Staff Reporter The Nebraska National Organization for Women issued a statement this week encour aging people to boycott Nebraska football cor porate sponsors because of violent incidents involving players. The group encouraged anyone angered or frustrated by recent events to shun businesses, including Cellular One, FirsTier Bank and Valentino’s. It also encouraged people to contact the sponsors, NU football coach Tom Osborne, Athletic Director Bill Byrne and other Univer sity of Nebraska-Lincoln officials. “They need to put pressure on the univer sity, UNL officials. Coach Osborne and corpo rate sponsors to let them know this kind of be havior is intolerable,” said Madeline Popa, Nebraska NOW coordinator. The statement lists players who have been charged with offenses ranging from disturbing the peace to misdemeanor sexual assault over the last year. It includes NU I-back Lawrence Phillips, who was found guilty of assaulting former girl friend, NU basketball player Kate McEwen. Osborne — who banned Phillips from the team Sept. 10, the night of his arrest — an nounced last week that the junior from West Covina, Calif., was back on the team. Popa said a pattern of rationalizing violent behavior by players had been created by Osborne and other UNL officials. Though some players have been prosecuted and convicted for offenses, she said the sanc tions imposed have been minor compared to the severity of their actions. “It’s important for people to realize there arc certain laws of human decency,” Popa said. “Athletes who cannot control themselves off the field should not be allowed on the team. “The university should have a zero toler ance policy.” Byrne said he had always shared concerns regarding issues on violence against women, but the athletic department already had dealt with the incidents of violence concerning play ers. “We have dealt with the problems,” he said, “and we continue to deal with them.” Byrne said he did not agree with NOW’s assertion that Osborne and other UNL officials have tried to rationalize players’ violent be See BOYCOTT on 2 Kegents to upgrade elevators By P?ula Lavigne Senior Reporter The NU Board of Regents could help students reach the top faster next - - xl_A._ NU Regents jvai - uiw ui their residence halls, that is. The board is scheduled to ap prove $1.8 mil lion for elevator upgrades in all seven high-rise residence halls at the University of Nebraska-I.in coin. The board will meet today at 8:30 a.m. in Varner Hall. Glen Schumann, assistant housing director for maintenance, said the upgrades include: — Bringing elevators into compli ance with the Americans with Dis abilities Act by lowering button pan els and putting numbers in Braille. — Meeting latest fire service re quests and installing emergency phones. — Replacing mechanical technol ogy with computer technology for faster, more reliable service. The elevators, which were in stalled almost 32 years ago, have de teriorated, he said, and breakdowns in a complex like Abel-Sandoz occur about four times a week. The repaired elevators would re duce breakdowns, Schumann said, and move students faster between floors. And as the number of students who want to live in residence halls in creases, some students say the change will be a big relief. Carrie Littlewood, a freshman bi ology major, was waiting for an el evator to take her to the 13th floor of Abel this week. She repeatedly limit; HmilHilUIUf'If MtSItMlltfl!! pushed the button in frustration. “This one doesn’t go up to the 13th floor,” she said, pointing to the eleva tor on her right, “and this one goes straight up to 13 without stopping at any other floor.” When she tried to take the eleva tor to the basement one day, it went all the way up to the 13th floor with out stopping and then went back down to one, she said. She ended up walking to the base ment that day. Littlewood’s elevator came after about five minutes, and she and about 13 other people crammed themselves in. The elevator started beeping and suddenly dropped a foot, shook and slowly rose back to floor level. One girl screamed, and a few students got off and waited for the next one. Jim Butler, a freshman mechani See REGENTS on 6 Chancellor Johnston remains in Kearney From Staff Reports University of Nebraska at Kearney Chancellor Gladys Styles Johnston will be staying in Nebraska for now. Johnston was turned down Thurs day for the presidency of Oregon State University. After more than two hours of dis cussion, the OSU Board of Higher Education chose Paul Risser, presi dent of Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, to fill the top spot. Risser will take over for John Byrne, who will step down in December after 12 years as president of OSU. “Paul Risser is a Westerner come home,” said OSU Chancellor Joseph Cox in a statement. “His scientific scholarship is outstanding. ... He brings to OSU a distinctive career in educational and science administra tion.” Risser was chosen after a six month search that drew at least 100 candidates. Johnston and University of Mary land President Rita Colwell were the other two finalists for the position. Both would have been OSU’s first woman president. Johnston has served as UNK chan cellor since 1993. She was on the OSU campus in Corvallis, Ore., Thursday to meet with students, faculty and staff before the board met with her. She was un available Thursday night for com ment.
