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Wednes August 28, i Jk Capitolgrains 3T M«tMillbr/DN SCULPTOR CHARLIE BEAULIEU of Seattle begins work on a sculpture of an Omaha World-Herald front page. A sand sculpture of the Nebraska State Capitol and other parts of the Lincoln skyline are in the background. '-:---:-----I There was no problem with faculty-owned guns, one official says; the issue is fairness. By Todd Anderson Staff Reporter i UNL’s ban of firearms on campus has been extended to faculty and staff, but don’t expect the number of faculty-owned guns on campus to decrease. The policy extension, signed by Chancellor James Moeser late last month, does not indi cate a problem of campus firearm storage by faculty, said Herbert Howe, assistant to the chan cellor. Rather, the policy is an issue of fairness. It will make faculty and staff abide by similar fire arm storage rules applied to students last year. The difference is that students living on cam pus are asked to store their firearms at the cam pus police station, while faculty and staff are simply being asked not to bring them. The ban extension came in response to a rec ommendation by the Task Force on Conduct Standards and Behavior Expectations appointed by former Interim Chancellor Joan Leitzel, Howe said. This summer, Moeser had said he was “ab solutely stunned” when he learned the univer sity did not have a policy regarding firearms owned by faculty and staff. Howe said faculty members also were sur prised that the University of Nebraska-Lincoln had no firearms policy for faculty and staff members because many other universities do. The original policy banning firearms on campus only applied to students, he said, while the extended policy affects everyone on cam pus, including visitors. UNL has had problems with guns on cam pus in the past. In 1993, student Art McElroy entered a UNL classroom with a gun and attempted to fire on a room full of students, but the weapon jammed. In September 1994, Gerald Schlondorff, a former UNL student, shot and injured Robert Please see GUNS on 7 Union Board details plans for additions, renovation By Matthew Waite Senior Reporter The Nebraska Union Board started off the new school year by discussing two changes that will be visible to students in just a few months. Union Director Daryl Swanson told the board about construction pians for the Nebraska Union expansion and the parking garage near Memorial Stadium. In the renovated union, Swanson said, the planned convenience store that was to be on the first floor will instead be moved to the expanded University Bookstore. “We’re disassociating ourselves with the convenience store,” Swanson said. That means the money from the store would go to the book store, not the union. The space originally set for the convenience store will now be storage for the union, Swanson said. Also, the Computer Shop, now located in the 501 Building, will be moving to the book store. Swanson said die union staff had mixed emotions about die move. “We didn’t wanrto run the computer store,” he said. He said the bookstore has said it was planning to expand store hours because of the change. Parking garage plans call for a bakery in the first floor of the garage in space already desig nated for commercial use. Swanson said the bakery in the garage would be similar to the bakery in the Nebraska Union. The bakery would neighbor an Athletic Depart ment-sponsored team apparel shop, he said. In other business, Swanson gave board mem bers a time line of when construction was go ing to begin on the union expansion: • In the first week of November, parts of the food court are going to be closed to begin as bestos removal. • In the first week of December, the second floor offices will be closed for asbestos removal. The offices wiJJ be moved to the ballroom. • Over Christmas break, the north entrance will be closed to begin asbestos removal. The entrance will remain closed until next Christ mas. Professor extends Internet knowledge to Brazilians Exposure leads to new globalization By Peter Marhoefer Staff Reporter Professor Mike Stricklin must have fallen victim to the Kiss of the Spider Woman in Brazil as a member of the Peace Corps in the ’60s. The UNL journalism professor re turned to Brazil this summer to spin die World Wide Web to the students and faculty at the State University of Piaui, a rural farming area. Stricklin and his wife, Choc, spent two years in Brazil as Peace Corps volunteers from 1966-68, teaching community planning and development to residents of Brejo Grande. Stricklin said the experience changed his life. He returned to Brazil to teach a course called, “The Internet, Commu nication Tools-for the 21st Century.” He taught more than 170 students, ranging in age from 11 to 70, about the Internet, which he calls “an un charted territory.” In Brazil, that de scription is especially true. The Internet is a new phenomenon in Bra zil, and has just recently made its way to the rural state of Piaui. Stricklin had to use Portuguese^the main language of Brazil, to teach the course. The speaking part wasn’t a problem, he said, but he left the writ ing to a teaching assistant. Stricklin said he believed Brazil was charting a course to become a world economic power. “Globalization is a buzz word now in Brazil,” Stricklin said. The challenge is Brazil itself, a country of 180 million that has an il ft Globalization is a buzz word now in Brazil" Mike Stricklin UNL journalism professor literacy rate above 25 percent. Still, Stricklin believes Brazil can become one of the great powers of the next century. As an elected member of the State University of Piaui faculty, Stricklin will return in May 1997 to continue teaching. Stricklin’s trip was just the first part Please see BRAZIL on 7 • ... ' -v v- ’ - - . MattMiller/DN PROFESSOR MIKE STRICKLIN shows a photo from the Seven Cities National Park in Piaui, Brazil Stricklin served as professor at the State University of Piaui last summer. «