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About The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 14, 1996)
0< EhdScoH conies home for one last match By Trevor Parks Senior Reporter Against long odds, Lori Endicott got the chance to play one final time in front of a Ne braska volleyball crowd Friday night. She had a flight out of San Diego canceled and another delayed. She had to have a plane held for her in Phoenix. And she had to finish her trip in a bus on Highway 6. But Endicott finally did arrive in Lincoln — one hour late. Although match time was delayed from 7 p.m. to 8:25, Endicott and seven other mem bers of the U.S. National team played their ex hibition match against sixth-ranked Nebraska. “All these forces were against us to get here, but I’m glad we made it,” said Endicott, a two time All-American at NU and setter for the U.S. National team in the 1992 and 1996 Olympics. “It was a great night for me. “It was fun, and I was kind of nervous com ing in because a lot of people haven’t seen me play for a while, so I wanted to play well.” The 29-year-old native of Springfield, Mo., had one final chance to show the skills that started her on an eight-year journey as a player on the U.S. National Team. Although the U.S. National Team beat the Comhuskers 15-6,15-6, 15-9 Friday night, the crowd of 5,697 at the Bob Devaney Sports Cen ter was happy to see Endicott once again. Please see ENDICOTT on 7 Big Red blue bloods Photos by Scott Bruhn ABOVE: HOMECOMING QUEEN JENNIFER WILCOX, middle, gets a hug from homecoming queen nominee Kristin Whitted after the queen and king announcements were made at halftime of the Nebraska-Baylor football game. BELOW: JENNIFER WILCOX AND JASON BYNUM, homecoming queen and king, were crowned during halftime of Saturday’s football game. V: * Scott Bruhn/DN FORMER NEBRASKA ALL-AMERICAN Lori Endicott, a two-time Olympian, sets for the U.S. National Team Friday night in its exhibition match against the Nebraska volleyball team at the Bob Devaney Sports Center. Commission; More money needed for building repairs By Erin Schulte Senior Reporter Nebraskans have made huge investments in public buildings, and to prevent the buildings from losing value, the state needs to find extra money to keep them in good repair, the Coor dinating Commission for Postsecondary Edu cation decided Friday. Mike Wemhoff, facilities coordinator for the commission, told commissioners that taxpay ers have paid more than $1.2 billion for build ings on oampuses of public four-year universi ties and colleges. To prevent the buildings from deteriorating, about $12 million needs to be spent each year just on repairs. Right now, only about $4 million is avail able for repairs, he said. Public colleges and universities also need maintenance money. “We need $70 million every two years to keep the buildings just at a status quo, not to 44 We need $70 million ev ery two years to keep the buildings just at a status quo, not to improve ” Mike Wemhoff facilities coordinator i \ improve,” Wemhoff said. Jk Commission chairman Dick Davis asked if any campus buildings were maintained through private funds, so less tax money could be spent on repairs. Please see COMMISSION on 7 ACLU decides not to interfere with ban on nudity in UNK play By Erin Schulte Senior Reporter The American Civil Liberties Union will not file for an injunction to lift the ban on nudity in a play at the University of Nebraska at Kearney. Matt LeMieux, ACLU Nebraska Executive Director, said his organization had not discussed the decision with Jack Garrison, the director of the play, but that he had heard Garrison did not want the ACLU to intervene. LeMieux said ACLU Nebraska would abide by the professor’s wishes. “The director did not want us to fight for his first amendment rights,” LeMieux said. The play,.‘|fis Pity She’s a Whore,” did not originally include nudity. Garrison’s interpre tation of the scenes called for brief partial nu dity. UNK Chancellor Gladys Styles Johnston or dered the actors to perform clothed because she felt a moral obligation, she said. The play is scheduled to run Tuesday through Friday. LeMieux said although Garrison was a ten ured professor, Garrison thought he would be in danger of losing his job if the ACLU had intervened. The ACLU has no hard and fast rules about intervening in cases where someone doesn’t want help, LeMieux said. “In this case, we decided it was better for everyone if we abided by his wishes.”
