ByErinSchulte
Senior Reporter
The Coordinating Commission for
Postsecondary Education created a
new degree major for agriculture stu
dents during its meeting in Columbus
Wednesday.
Tlie commission created the degree
of bachelor of science in agriculture
veterinary technologist, a program
which had previously been available
as a two-year program at the Nebraska
College of Technical Agriculture in
Curtis, said Patsy Martin, communi
cations coordinator for the commis
sion.
Also during the commission’s
meeting, James Van Horn, vice presi
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dent for business and finance for the
University of Nebraska, presented a
proposal for a $95.2 million bond is
sue.
The money would be used to pay
for deferred maintenance at all four
NU campuses, and would be paid over
12 years, Martin said. The commis
sion did not take action on the pro
posal.
The commission granted the Uni
versity of Nebraska Medical Center
authorization to build an addition that
would house a new 1,500 ton chiller,
Martin said. The chiller will replace
an old cooling tower and service the
Lied Transplant Center when it opens.
The commission's next meeting is
Sept. 17 at the State Capitol.
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Husker race car plans announced
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logos. All income from licensed
products associated with the cars
will go bock to UNL, Byme said.
One-third of the money will go into
the general scholarship fund, one
third to an alumni-association
scholarship fund and one-third to
the Athletic Department.
That promise of financial sup
pert to both academic and athletic
programs made Moeser a believer.
“It's a beautiful thing fen: Dev
to do,” the chancellor said, “and it’s
going to benefit the university.”
Byme wouldn’t speculate on ex
actly how much the cars might
bring in for UNL, but he said
NASCAR-logo license sales are
larger than the sales of NBA or
NFL properties.
“We think the numbers are go
ing to be very impressive,” he said.
Alberts agreed.
“(NASCAR driver) Dale
Earnhardt was on QVC and made
just a ton of money in an hour” sell
ing merchandise carrying his name
and his sponsor’s logo, he said.
UNL already makes $3.5 mil
lion a year licensing the Husker
logo and other trademarks.
Bid Byrne thinks those numbers
could be higher.
Sales of products with Nebraska
logos increase rapidly as football
season approaches, Byrne said.
That sales boom continues through
the end of the bowl season in Janu
ary. The NASCAR season begins
in February.
“We see this as a unique blend
... to promote year-round interest
in the University of Nebraska,” he
said.
Alberts, who is sponsoring the
ears through the Trev Alberts
Foundation, is in his third year with
the Indianapolis Colts of the NFL.
He became a racing fan after go
ing to the Indianapolis 500 when
he was a rookie in Indianapolis.
Byrne has been a fan for a little
longer — he once worked in the
pits at a track in Idaho Falls, Idaho.
Although Alberts didn’t reveal
how much his foundation paid for
the sponsorship, he did say that
other sponsors would be brought in
to help.
I m not funding this car by my
self, the foundation is not funding
this car by itself,” Alberts said.
“That obviously wouldn’t be fea
sible.”
A NASCAR spokesman esti
mated the cost of a full sponsor
ship in the Winston Cup Circuit of
NASCAR at $4-$5 million a year.
No university funds are being
used to sponsor the cars.
UNL is currently trying to se
cure additional sponsors for the car,
but Byrne did not say whether more
sponsors had been found. A spokes
man for Adidas, the company that
supplies the Athletic Department
with shoes and apparel, said the
university had contacted Adidas
about co-sponso7 ship but that the
company had not reached a deci
sion.
With UNL now a player in the
stock-car racing game, it’s tough
not to wonder what’s next.
“I don’t want to give anything
away,” Byrne said with a grin.
“We’re a pretty forward-looking
group of folks.”
Nebraska’s entry into the
NASCAR circuit car will be un
veiled at the State Fair Block Party,
Friday, Sept. 6 at 9 pan.
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