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Checkout - For those who want to see the up close action of the local sports scene HIGHLIGHTS on SCORES FEATURES (of local sports) —1— CableVision ch. 57 • 421 -0330 HUSKER POOL CUES by McDermott ^ Available at t Union Rec. Roo owl, 4700 Dudley & Holdrej^e $275 wit with purchase pi pool at the UNL_Koom. FMJ2S5S3 HEADQUARTERS r~ WORTS BAR & GRILL and Irom all home Huskerga un™ in, ne aasff (402) 434-7777 "Open at 9 a.tn. on pfcwuanywek* on alt Coort Product* • VtildSaturday* ^ Game Days! ^ l Students speak via satellite By John Fulwider Senior Reporter The NU Board of Regents met Thursday with a group of college students — from 396 miles away. i-1 During a day NU Regents of presenta tions spon sored by the Institute of Agricultural and Natural Resources, re gents received a hands-on look at the VIU V VIOilJ \/A Nebraska-Lincoln’s distance learn ing technology. Video images were transferred via satellite between L.W. Chase Hall on East Campus and the Pan handle Research and Extension Center in Scottsbluff. The images were jerky, but easily recognizable. NU President L. Dennis Smith said the jerkiness would disappear when fiber-optic cable links were used instead of satellite links. And for Smith, the sooner the change occurs, the better. “Imagine trying to demonstrate a surgical procedure” with such video, he said. The students, all participants in the distance learning program, told regents how the program had ben efited them and shared a few con cerns. One concern was access to li brary resources, * especially for those pursuing graduate degrees, the students said. Joan Laughlin, associate dean of the College of Human Resources and Family Sciences, said the library’s Expanded Academic In dex, accessible by computer, helped a great deal. Students can search for journal articles they need, then call the li brary and request them. Library staff then photocopy articles and mail them to students, she said, providing fast turnaround. Laughlin said distance learn ing students were predominantly married females ages 31-50. They most often have children, she said, and come mostly from rural areas. A poll of distance learning stu dents showed that if distance learn ing were not available, 24 percent would find another program that didn’t offer as much content, and 56 percent would not take a degree program at all. “So we’re reaching students we would not reach otherwise,” she said. Regents Continued from Page 1 cal engineering major, said it usu ally took 10 to 15 minutes for an elevator to arrive. “It’s kind of a pain in the ass,” he said, “or you can walk up eight floors.” Even Paul Carlson, interim vice chancellor for business and fi nance, has had a personal experi ence with the slow elevators. “I helped my son move into the dorm, and that was not fun, either,” Carlson said. The cost to upgrade each eleva tor is about SI00,000, Schumann said. Housing receives about S300,000 a year for all major capi tal improvements, he said. That money is used to make minor el evator repairs. Instead of making yearly piece meal repairs, Carlson said the uni versity decided a complete, one time upgrade was more economi cal. The estimated $3.5 million bond issue that covers the upgrade also includes: • $900,000 for computer net working infrastructure in all UNL residence halls. This includes build ing base stations but does not include the wiring of individual student rooms. • $570,000 for dishwasher re pair. • $250,000 for asbestos re moval. Schlondorf jury to be selected By Jeff Zeleny Senior Reporter Jury selection is scheduled to be gin Nov. 27 in the case of a former student accused of shooting a Univer sity of Nebraska-Lincoln police of ficer last year. Gerald Schlondorf was charged with two counts of attempted second degree murder, assault on a police officer, making terroristic threats and four counts of using a weapon to com mit a felony. Police allege he fired nine shots at UNL police Officer Rob ert Soflin during a Sept. 12 chase. Schlondorf also was accused of shooting at a Lincoln police officer in a cross-town chase that began near State Fair Park and ended at the busy intersection of 27th Street and Ne braska Highway 2. Police arrested the 31 -year-old stu dent after a 20-minute standoff. No one else was injured in the incident. Deputy Lancaster County Attorney Joe Kelly said Thursday he expected the trial to last about two to three weeks. After the jury is selected, a defense motion on transferring the case to another jurisdiction because of exten sive pretrial publicity will be heard by District Court Judge Bernard McGinn. Schlondorf, who is represented by Public Defender Dennis Keefe, main tains he is not responsible by reason of insanity. Bond was set at $1 mil lion, but Schlondorf never posted bail. Schlondorf, originally of Clarks, Neb., was a senior criminal justice major during the fall 1994 term. Uni versity officials suspended him from school after criminal charges were filed against him. Soflin, a seven-year veteran of the university police department, was the first university officer to be shot in the line of duty. Lecture examines German him By Doug Peters Senior Editor It has been said that film provides a window on society. Monday evening, that window will be postwar Germany. Frank Stem, professor at the Insti tute for German History at the Uni versity of Tel Aviv, will speak Mon day about the portrayal of Jews in German film since 1945. The lecture, which will include the showing and discussion of several film clips, is the inaugural edition of the Henry Wald Lecture series. Stern will speak at 7:30 p.m. in the Bessey Hall auditorium. The Wald series is a newly en dowed, annual lecture conducted by the Judaic studies department. Stem, who is spending this year as a guest professor at Columbia Uni versity in New York City, has studied the status of Jews in postwar Germany throughout his career. Alan Steinweis, professor of his tory and Judaic studies at the Univer sity of Nebraska-Lincoln and orga nizer of the event, said Stem was a leading authority on the subject. Stem has long been an authority on the political status of Jews in post 1945 Germany, but recently, Steinweis said, his studies have be come more culturally based. “He’s using images of Jews in film as a way of getting at a broader con sideration of the way Germans have thought about Jews since 1945,” he said. Steinweis said the lecture should appeal to both film aficionados and those interested in Jewish or German history. The event is co-sponsored by the Judaic studies department and the Mary Riepma Ross Film Theater. Admission is free. Regents, student senate sponsoring luncheon From Staff Reports The NU Board of Regents and the Association of Students of the Uni versity of Nebraska will sponsor a luncheon at 11:30 a.m. today in the Wick Alumni Center, 1520 R St. Anyone is welcome to attend the free luncheon, which will last until about 1 p.m. At that time, the regents return to Varner Hall to conclude their monthly meeting. The NU Board of Regents is made up of eight members from cities across the state, and four student re gents from each of NU’s campuses. The student regents are the student body presidents of the campuses they represent. The board is the governing body of the University of Nebraska and is headed by President L. Dennis Smith. ' % Suzette & Victoria I TONIGHT! November 3 & Saturday, November 4 Dancing begins at 5:30 pm Coming Monday... "Mello-Jello," Lee Morgan, & Danielle