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spirts * * e_ THURSDAT Comeback kids No dinner, just a movie January 16,1997 The Nebraska men’s basketball team rallies from Chris Farley’s performance as an unskilled war an 18-point halftime deficit to beat Kansas State rior in “Beverly Hills Ninja” looks to be one of FlAKM Out .. . _ 87-77 in overtime. PAGE 9 the film highlights of this semester. PAGE 12 Blowing snow, high 10. Clear tonight, low -5. m ' vf;.-u > El VOL. 96 UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA-LINCOLN SINCE 1901 II after lone I By Erin Gibson i - — , ■ University of Nebraska at Omaha Chancellor I Del Weber, 64, announced Wednesday he would U retire from his position June 30, after almost 20 f years at the university. Weber’s term was ‘ longest of any chancellor : UNO’s history. NU President r Smith said Weber has spen ! two decades buildingqual l ity at UNO, and will leav< the university well-prepara ~i for the 21st “I think tremendous job of building t UNO into a first-rate met ropolitan university,” Smith said. “He’s moved the campus forward quite dramatically.” Although he said he has enjoyed helping | UNO “come of age” since his start at the school I ■ in 1977, Weber said both he and the university will benefit from his retirement. “If you check your gut, something says, ‘Hey, it’s time,”’ Weber said. “I think the campus will benefit from a new infusion of leadership.” The Columbus native became the university’s chancellor after holding administrative positions at Arizona State University and Cleveland State University. He graduated from Midland Lutheran Col lege in Fremont in 1954 before earning his master’s degree and doctorate from the Univer sity of Nebraska-Lincoln. Regent Nancy O’Brien of Waterloo said Weber’s leadership has been crucial to UNO’s growth, especially in the controversial fight to bring the College of Information Science and Technology to the university. Weber said his greatest accomplishment at UNO was not a specific program or project, but an enhanced sense of campus pride that had de veloped during the last 20 years. And Weber is reluctant to take credit. “I didn’t create it,” he said. “It just happened.” But O’Brien said Weber can be credited with the higher level of prestige UNO now commands. “UNO has been very well served by his lead ership,” she said. “I’m certainly sorry to see Del retire.” 4, ■ Weber “deserves some time to call his own” after his long reign at UNO, O’Brien said. The timing of his departure will not impede current progress in enhancing the UNO campus and its programs* she said. Although Weber’s retirement as chancellor is permanent, he said his departure from UNO will only be temporary. Weber will take leave from UNO between July 1 and January 1998, afterward returning to the university as a spe cial assistant to the president. Smith said the university will now begin a na tionwide search to find a replacement for Weber. But finding a true replacement for the popu lar chancellor will be difficult, said university officials, including Brandon Steenson, speaker of the UNO student senate. Weber has been incredibly successful in mak ing UNO a more well-known university, Steenson said. ‘We love him.” « I think the campus will benefit from a new infusion of leadership.” Del Weber UNO chancellor ''f Jay Calderon/DN WIMEMASTER THi MOORE, left, aadowaef Jamas Jeffarasiaad hi frost of sea of the fotmenUng leMsss mi the sew complex that wHI house a wtoo-tastlag facility. Winery uncorked in Nebraska By Jim Goodwin Staff Reporter <v ____ \ RAYMOND—In a state where people would rather pop the top of a Budweiser than uncork the fruiti ness of a Fum6 Blanc, two entre preneurs are turning cornfields into vineyards. But don’t think for a moment it’s as hard as turning water into wine. : . t James Jeffers, owner of James Arthur Vineyards pfcar Raymond, said that as Nebraskans develop more so phisticated tastes, “wine will work into the picture.” With its first batches of honey wine and Nouveau next summer, James Arthur Vineyards will become the state’s second licensed winery. According to The Wine Institute, a trade organization representing more than 400 California wineries, Nebras kans consumed an average 1.5 gal lons of wine per person in 1995. Although that’s two and a half glasses below the national average, the statistic is of little concern to Jeffers and Tim Moore, who plan to market their wines only in Ne braska. To make the venture successful, Jeffers and his partner, Moore, are Please see WINE on 6 Nelson: Nebraskans should stress progress By Erin Schulte Senior Reporter Ever since the establishment of its unicameral Legislature, Nebraska has been a leader among states, Gov. Ben Nelson said in his State of the State address Wednesday. But to keep its edge, Nebraska must change its attitude, take risks and de velop new technology, he said. “The comfort zone is a place of no growth,” Nelson said, “a place that ai lows others to pass you by.” Nebraskans need to look at the state’s progress in a positive light, he stressed. “Progress is defined in terms of negatives,” Nelson said. “We hear about unemployment and not about those who are employed ... we hear about government inefficiency and waste but not about individuals, orga nizations and agencies that are work ing together to save taxpayer dollars.” Please see STATE on 6 Moeser to decide soon on vice chancellor post By Erin Gibson Senior Reporter One man’s decision is all that re mains in the choice of die second-high est administrator at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. The search committee for the new senior vice chancellor fen: academic af fairs has completed interviews and made a recommendation to Chancel lor James Moeser, said Dale Forster, chairman of the search committee, Wednesday. “The committee reached a remark able level of consensus” on one candi date, Forster said. “The ball is in the chancellor’s court now.” The chancellor will soon decide who will be the second-highest mem ber of the UNL administration, Forster said. The 12-member search committee began its search last summer and chose four final candidates last December af ter hosting a series of off-campus in terviews, Forster said. The final four candidates were invited for on-campus interviews at the end of last semester. Candidates Harvey Perlman, dean of the UNL law college, and Richard Edwards, dean of the University of Kentucky College of Arts and Sciences, were called back for a second round of interviews, Forster said. - Other final candidates are RisaDeen Palm, dean of the University of Oregon’s College of Arts and Sciences in Eugene, and Daniel Fallon, profes sor of both psychology and public af- .1 fairs at the School of Public Affairs at - the University of Maryland in College Park. The search committee has submit ted to Moese'r comments on the strengths and weaknesses of each can didate, Forster said, but he could not rule out any candidates for the posi tion. The vice chancellor position has been vacant since Joan Leitzel resigned to become president of the University of New Hampshire in Durham last sum mer. 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