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ByKasotKehbkr
Staff Reporter
The Nebraska Union expansion
has already changed the building's
north face, but it’s also changing
the schedules of students navigat
ing the construction site.
But for many students, the
changes were long-expected incon
veniences that will lead to a better
union.
Since Jan. 22, students have
been using a maze of sidewalks
wrapped around the fenced-off con
struction site to walk to classes or
enter the building.
The new route is longer than
walking straight through the union
plaza.
For some, the change has been
inconvenient.
Ann Kontor, a freshman French
major, said the path winding
around union construction is a
hassle. She now adds an extra five
minutes to her schedule to get
around it.
For other students, getting into
the actual union building has be
come more of a challenge.
Mike Black, a senior health and
human performance major, said it
was more inconvenient.
“It was especially hard when the
union’s new entrance opened,”
Black said. “Then they put an aw
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ning up and it was easy to find it.”
Daryl Swanson, Nebraska'
Unions director, said the bright red
awnings of the new west entrance
were no accident.
“It was totally intentional,”
Swanson said. “We knew it would
have an attracting effect.”
Swanson also said wood chips
would be added to the landscape
surrounding the new west entrance
to solve what had become a muddy
mess after melting snow.
He said he thought students
were still concerned with the
union’s construction, but it was a
perfectly reasonable reaction.
I think it s human nature,
Swanson said. “You can’t put many
obstacles in front of people and not
expect them to change their hab
its.”
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Some students have proven
Swanson’s point by accepting the
changes as part of a larger goal.
Ann Landis, a freshman pre
medicine major, said she realized
the inconveniences now were nec
essary for a better union in the fu
ture.
If all phases of the Nebraska
Union expansion project stay on
schedule, Swanson said the project
should be done in a year and a half.
The last phase of the schedule
includes renovations of the union
plaza and building an outdoor wa
ter feature.
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ASUN votes 1
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to support I
tenure review
ByKaseyKerber
Staff Reporter
The Association of Students of the Univer
sity of Nebraska unanimously passed a bill sup
porting post-tenure review at its weekly meet
ing Wednesday night.
Government Bill No. 15 supported the “Pe
riodic Review of Fully Promoted Faculty” docu
ment, the written basis upon which tenured fac
ulty members will be evaluated.
The topic of post-tenure review has drawn
interest and controversy for weeks from the
Academic Senate.
Jason Bynum, first vice president of ASUN,
said there were questions and concerns about
the document at T\iesday’sAcademic Senate
meeting.
One concern pertained to a passage that al
lowed post-tenure review to occur more fre
quently than every six years when deemed nec
essary.
But ASUN President Eric Marintzer said
allowances were needed.
“It asserts the accountability on the post
tenure committee and the faculty members,”
Marintzer said.
In other ASUN news:
■ Government Bill No. 14 was passed, an
nouncing next year’s migration football game
against die University of Kansas on Oct. 25.
■ Government Bill No. 17 was passed after
being brought to emergency status. The bill
supported LB114, which would amend the Pub- 1
lie Accountancy Act of 1957 to ‘‘make various j
clarifying and updating changes developed
pursuant to interim study.” I
■ Government Bill No. 16 was passed, rec- 1
ognizing three student organizations: EXIT and
K.E.G., two ASUN election parties, and 20/20
Insight, a group promoting students’ awareness
of the visually impaired.