UNL quintet honored to play in D.C.
By Julie Sobczyk
Senior Reporter
Members of the UNL Brass Quintet received
a high honor that landed them in Washington,
D.C., earlier this month.
Last fall, U.S. Sen. James Exon chose the
group to play at the grand foyer of the Kennedy
Center for Performing Arts to celebrate the
center’s 25th anniversary.
Exon cleared his selection with Larry Mallett,
director of the UNL School of Music.
Mike Nass, a senior music performance
major, said the trip was one of the best he had
ever taken.
“It was very exciting,” Nass said. “The
Kennedy center is one of the premier fine arts
centers in the nation.”
Each state is allowed to send groups to play
at the center this year for the center’s 25th
anniversary.
Nass, a trumpet player for 12 years, said the
best part of the trip was being at the Kennedy
Center*
“I don’t know how I ever could have truly
“/ don’t know how I ever could
have truly prepared to play
there. I’ve never played in
front of anything that large
before. ”
MIKE NASS
senior music performance major
prepared to play there,” Nass said. “I’ve never
played in front of anything that large before.”
The quintet — formally known as the Star
City Brass—has played together for more than
a year, which is one reason why it was chosen.
“We’re older and experienced,” Nass said.
“We also do some jobs outside the university,
like weddings and things.”
As the quintet played, he said, about 30
audience members sat and listened, while many
others walked through. Rob Lubbers, a junior
music education major, said although he had
been to Washington before, the trip was still
exciting.
“It was just incredible,” said Lubbers, who
has played since the fifth grade.
During free time on the two-day trip, the
group toured Washington, including stops at
the Smithsonian Institution, the United States
Holocaust Museumand the Washington Monu
ment.
“We saw President Clinton from like 150
yards away,” Nass said. “That was more than I
bargained for.”
Although the trip was exciting, not all went
well.
“The flight was very bumpy,” he said. “I
don’t know if the pilot was inexperienced or
what, but the flight was very rough. I was getting
airsick.”
Lubbers said they had another problem when
one of the horn players lost her return plane
ticket.
“We’ve had our hard times, but one thing
that keeps us together is that we’re playing as a
team,” he said. “We’re respecting each others’
opinions.”
Companies claim to erase bad credit
From Staff Reports
Looking for a quick fix to bad credit?
There’s no such thing, Nebraska Attorney
General Don Stenberg said Thursday.
Stenberg said a number of “credit repair”
companies have surfaced across the country
and in Nebraska, claiming to erase bad credit
reports for a fee. Stenberg warned Nebraskans
to avoid companies that make such claims.
The attorney general’s consumer protection
division has received several reports of compa
nies offering to “repair” credit reports for fees
ranging from $50 to $1,500.
But according to Stenbcrg, no amount of
money can clean up a bad credit report.
“If consumers have a poor credit history,” he
said, “they simply have to wait for time to pass
to clear up the report. Credit repair companies
can correct genuine mistakes or outdated infor
mation that may appear in a report.
Credit reporting bureaus can legally report
accurate negative information for up to seven
years, and bankruptcy information for up to 10
years, Stenberg said. Credit repair companies
cannot erase this information, he said.
Under Nebraska law, credit services organi
zations cannot: “Make or use false or mislead
ing representation in the offer or sale of the
services of a credit services organization, in
cluding guaranteeing to erase bad credit ...
unless the representation clearly discloses that
this can be done only if the credit history is
inaccurate or obsolete.”
Stenberg encouraged Nebraskans who have
questions about credit repair companies to con
tact the consumer protection division of the
attorney general’s office.
Audi to speak
at graduation
From Staff Reports
A national writer and editor with 20
years of service to UNL will deliver the
commencement address Saturday.
Robert Audi, a University ofNebraska
Lincoln philosophy professor, has writ
ten and edited publications relating to
ethics, theory of knowledge, philosophy
of mind and philosophy of religion.
His publications include “Rationality,
Religious Beliefs and Moral Commit
ment,” “Practical Reasoning” and “Ac
tion, Intention and Reason.”
Most recently, Audi served as editor in
chief of “The Cambridge Dictionary of
Philosophy” and “The Journal of Philo
sophical Research.”
He has received grants from the Na
tional Endowment for the Humanities to
direct institutes and seminars nationwide.
Audi received his bachelor’sdegrce in
philosophy and English from Colgate
University in 1963 and received his doc
toral degree in 1967 from the University
of Michigan. He was awarded an honor
ary doctorate from the University of
Helsinki in 1995.
Audi has taught at UNL since 1973
and is the Charles J. Mach Distinguished
Professor of Philosophy.
About 1,900 students will receive their
degrees at the 9:30 a.m. ceremony in the
Bob Devaney Sports Center.
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Regents debate new plan
to fund building upkeep
By Julie Sobczyk
Senior Reporter
A new plan to fund deferred main
tenance projects at all NU campuses
was unveiled Saturday at the April
meeting of the NU Board of Regents.
Jim Van Horn, NU vice president
for business and finance, told the board
that issuing $95.2 million worth of
revenue bonds would provide the
money for urgent building repairs.
“One advantage of doing this is we
avoid the further deterioration of our
buildings,” he said. “We’ll get im
proved facilities.”
The money would also help fund
updating libraries for information tech
nology, Van Horn said.
If the university issues bonds now,
he said, the interest rates will be 5.25
percent.
“That’s a very, very low debt bur
den,” Van Horn said.
NU President Dennis Smith said
he supported the concept.
“Even assuming we arc extremely
faithful, buildings wear out, and the
ncedsofbuildings change,” Smith said.
The regents unanimously approved
a proposal to let Smith begin discus
sion with state government officials
about issuing bonds.
“We have to remember that these
buildings are assets of the state,” said
Regent Rosemary Skrupa of Omaha.
“It’s important to maintain these as
sets. We’ve been on the ostrich farm
with our heads in the sand when it
comes to this.”
But Regent Charles Wilson of Lin
coln was hesitant to agree to the plan.
“The advantage is we get done
sooner,” Wilson said. “The disadvan
tage is we have to pay interest. Every
year is a tough year. If you do this, we
are locked in, and that money has to
come from somewhere.”
Regent Chairman Don Blank of
McCook said some type of action
needed to be taken soon regarding
uWe have to remember
that these buildings are
assets of the state. We've
been on the ostrich farm
with our heads in the
sand when it comes to
this. ”
ROSEMARY SKRUPA
Nil regent
deferred maintenance.
“We should call it ignored mainte
nance, because that’s what it is,” Blank
said.
The board also received copies of
the six-year capital plan for building
maintenance.
At the top of the list is the Univer
sity of Nebraska at Omaha’s building
for the Instituteof Engineering, Infor
mation Science and Technology.
The projected cost for that build
ing is $37.5 million.
The list’s top priorities arc:
• Fire and light safety for all cam
puses, at about $7.4 million.
• UNO’s Allwine Hall renovation
at $5.6 million.
• UNO’s Arts and Sciences Hall
renovation at $5.6 million.
• UNL’s Richards Hall at an esti
mated $8.5 million.
The regents will vote on these pri
orities at their June meeting.
In other UNL business, the board
approved:
• Discontinuing the educational
specialist degree in vocational educa
tion and health, physical education
and recreation.
• Increasing high school indepen
dent study course tuition by 3.7 per
cent.
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