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About The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 12, 1996)
University regents to visit UNL, meet with students By Erin Schulte Senior Reporter Students can give the NU Board of Regents a piece of their minds and get a free lunch at the same time Friday. Regents will meet with University of Nebraska-Lincoln students at 11:45 a.m. at the Wick Alumni Center as part of their annual campus tour. They will spend the morning at UNL touring buildings, meeting stu dents and hearing presentations. At 8:30 a.m., the regents will meet with Chancellor James Moeser at the Canfield Administration Building. At 9 a.m„ they will meet with stu dents and faculty at the College of Business Administration. The regents will watch a presentation on student advising at 10:15 a jn. in Oldfather Hall Room 107 and will make their last stop before lunch at Love Library, where they will visit the Electronic Scholars Center. At their Saturday meeting, the re gents will hear a report on progress of design and development projects for the $37.5-million Information Sci ences, Technology and Engineering building at the University of Nebraska at Omaha. The board also will hear gender eq uity reports from all four campuses, including one from the UNL Chancellor’s Commission on the Sta tus of Women. Business items on the agenda in clude: —Authorizing the use of qualified university professional staff to perform architectural and engineering services for an Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources project with an es timated cost of over $100,000. —Approving the sole-source pur chase of a Toshiba Multipurpose An giography/Fluoroscopy Imaging Sys tem from Cassing Diagnostic Imaging for $450,000 for the University of Ne braska Medical Center. — Approving the service agree ment for a fixed MRI Scanner contrib uted by FONAR QUAD as part of a research grant to the Department of Radiology at UNMC. The board meets at 8:30 a.m. Sat urday morning in the basement meet ing room of Varner Hall on East Cam pus. Past Nebraska newspaper publisher grants $1.15 million gift to UNL From Staff Reports Journalism, honors and environ mental students will benefit from a $1.15 million gift to an NU fund-rais ing campaign from a former Nebraska newspaper publisher. Harold and Marian Andersen, co chairpersons of “Campaign Nebraska,” donated the money to support the Uni versity of Nebraska Foundation’s $250-million campaign goal. Andersen, former publisher and chairman of the Omaha World-Herald, and his wire, a UNLjoumalism gradu ate, marked $500,000 for the Univer sity of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Journalism and Mass Communica tions. The money will go toward pur chasing the college’s new home in the current Security Mutual Life Building, 200 N. Centennial Mall. 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And there is still the possibility that the university will not approve exclusive rights at all, he said. “That’s always been an option,” Main said. “We need to figure out what equals the consequence of giv ing up choice.” Another option, Main said, would be to have one location on campus that sold the opposite bev erage “for a a die-hard that had to have a Diet Coke instead of a Diet Pepsi.” Beverage companies with exclu sive pouring rights usually provide millions of dollars to ensure their products will be the only brand sold on campus. Recently, universities around the country have signed contracts with Coke for about $28 million and Pepsi for $14 million. Main said profits from the con tract would be pumped back into the university in the form of scholar ships, campus programs, improved facilities or technology. Student input is still being con sidered, Main said. “I’ve heard the side of the coin that addresses the lack of choice, and the flip side that says if there is significant benefit to be gained, it might be worth it,” Main said. “I heard one student say ‘If I was going to get a scholarship, I wouldn’t mind walking a couple blocks to get a Coke or a Pepsi.” Jim Griesen, vice chancellor for student affairs, was put in charge of collecting student opinions. Griesen said he asked the Bu reau of Sociological Research at UNL to conduct random phone sur veys with UNL students. About 400 students called last week were asked what their first preference would be among all na tionally-advertised soft drinks, wa ters Juices and sports drinks. They were then asked, “If you couldn’t get your first choice, what would you drink?” A similar 300 students was taken when the university was trying to decide what food franchise to put in the spot that currently be longs to Amigos in Nebraska Union. The pouring contract would not affect areas of the university like research, Main said. For example, 4f Pepsi asked the university to re search com syrup for its colas, and the university had pouring rights with Coke, the university could ac cept the Pepsi research grant and Coke could not interfere. . Main said he hopes to finish with the proposals and be ready to take a plan to the Jan. 18 NU Board of Regents meeting. A finalized con tract, if the university decides to take one, would probably not be drawn up until spring. ■- ^ -_ Plus, get a special store discount for bringing in your textbooks. ^ ____ __ _ Tksrs rcsffj is a diffitrsstc. i f IBE5MESI I ISBSUSSJBiftV I 13000 Street *47*0111 ::::: £ ¥$•<$