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RTS iring ball starts Nebraska football team began the first of 15 spring practices on Monday at Memorial Stadium. PAGE 7 *&E Star time Most people don’t think of ‘Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star” as classical, but a concert performance should shine some light on the subject. PAGE 9 TUES IAY April 1, 1997 No Fooun’ Typhoons today, high waters. Apocalypse tonight, low survival rate. VOL. 96 COVERING THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA-LINCOLN SINCE 1901 _ Matthew Waite/DN JAN BEHRINGER says she comes to visit her son Brook and her husband Warren in the Goodland Cemetery two or three times a week. The father and son, friends until Warren’s death In 1982, are buried side by side. Faith helps mother grieve Jan Berringer waits for family reunion Editor’s note: This week the Daily Nebras kan will focus on the stories of those who grieved over the death of a loved one. Each story shows how family and friends dealt with their grief. The stories may be an inspiration or bring under standing to those who are grieving or may someday face a similar situation. 6t I can't stand not having him here. I miss him a little more each day." Jan Behringer mother By Matthew Waite Senior Reporter GOODLAND, Kan. — For Jan Beninger, " She misses her husband. She misses her firm SfiA mi««M h#>r mntk*r C)ip kac lnct all Berringer’s life story is both wrenching and uplifting, filled with humor and loss. It also is a story of unshakable fait SflEKlhe starbgtpe ihe, her fa ^rpund her draw from the power i A tragic hero The Berringer family name is known mostly for their son, brother and nephew Brook Berringer. His name is revered in Ne braska football lore — arguably a religion among the most faithful followers. Brook Berringer was, for a short time, the most well-known back-up quarterback in the country. To Husker fans,he was the tall . boy from Kansas who stepped in when he was needed, led the Huskers to seven victo 1Ar tn wL,. ,-vT Computer fees push tuition up next year By Erin Gibson Senior Reporter Student fees will increase by $2 per credit hour next fall to support upgrades in technol ogy available to students, a university official said recently. The technology fee will increase another $2 in fall 1998, and one more dollar by fall 1999, said Kent Hendrickson, associate vice chancel lor for Information Services at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. The new technology fee will pay for updated and additional computers in labs—200by next * plus extension of computer lab hours, b3WpS®NP8j| and more technic&pppoftlbr *** students, Hendrickson said. Morethan $1 million will be generated by the $2 fee in academic year 1997-98, he said. ’ . When the fee reaches $5 per credit hour, it could raise about $3 million annually for technology spending on campus, he said. This fall, UNL colleges and libraries will get 28 percent of the total funds raised, and UNL will hold the rest centrally for universitywide projects. Updating computers in student computer labs is a priority project, Hendrickson said. All 200 new computers should be installed in student computer labs by the first school day of the fall semester. Hendrickson said his office will borrow funds for the computers until fall fees are collected. Most of the 200 computers will replace older models, he said, so new space may not be added Please see TUITION on 6 Group attains new heights during break By Amy Keller Staff Reporter Twenty-on Friday night, would stretch what any tripto the beach would do. The college group from the Lincoln Berean Church spent their spring break rock climbing and biking in Moab, Utah. Those who wait on the week-long trip ranged in experience from beginner to advanced. “We didn’t have any injuries, but we did have one guy sprain his ankle playing Frisbee,” said Shannon Sovereign, a senior exercise science and • wellness major at Nebraska Wesleyan Univer Please see TRIP on 6 Read the Daily Nebraskan on the World Wide Web at http:/lwww.unl.edu /DailyNeb