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Consultant OK’s women’s climate CLIMATE from page 1 to make decisions in the athletics world. It would help the public view the department as an equal-opportu nity department for men and women, and would help foster respect for women athletes. ■ Designate a person in the Ath letic Department to handle initial complaints of harassment. The person would serve as a liai son between the department and the university. He or she could then make sure discipline and investigation of serious complaints, including assault, were handled by the university instead of the coach of the accused. ■ Include in the student-athlete handbook summaries of policies and procedures concerning harassment. ■ Make public the university’s re sponse to Ledbetter’s report and its action on included recommendations. Ledbetter will return to Brown University today, where she serves as vice president and legal counsel. She had not billed the university for her services TViesday, but UNL planned to pay her $1,500 a day for six days, plus other expenses involved in completing the study. Ledbetter said she planned to do nate much of her fee to the Athletic Department for women’s sports. American Heart frs Associations^^ Fighting Heart Disease and Stroke ^Want to fly? Or manage lots of people & lots of $? Want to excel, and be part of a team? Want to serve your country? Want benefits, good pay, & job security?^ S00Checkout Air Force ROTC Opportunities Night! Wedn., April 9th, 6 p.m. Military & Naval Science Bldg, 2nd floor (14th & Vine) Free pizza, soda, and info! 472-2473 ! Join the Husker Football Recruiters Students, help the Husker Football team and coaches recruit student-athletes. Call Curt at 472-3116 by April 15 for details and to set up an interview. Johnson, Shoecraft among 6 candidates to advance to City Council election ELECTION from page 1 successful representation of Lin coln residents on the City Council. “I’m not afraid to vote on the issues,” she said. Even with the large portion of votes for both incumbents, returns for the other four candidates appear to indicate a close race for the up coming general election. Carol McShane, with 13.6 per cent of the returns, placed third in the primary race. However, Jeff Fortenberry, Wayne Hart and David Hunter were not far behind with 11.7 percent, 10 percent and 9.7 percent respectively. McShane attributed her election success to her stand against the sale of Lincoln General Hospital, as well as her support ofhigher wages for Lincoln firefighters. “This city is concerned about the mayor and the city council wheeling and dealing without con sulting the people,” she said. 66 This city is concerned about the mayor and the city council wheeling and dealing without consulting the people.” CabolMcShane City Council candidate Hart credited his successful showing in the primaries to voters’ concerns about and his support of more public safety programs and public health facilities as well as an examination of current city planning and zoning regulations. The returns indicate, he said, that voters approve of “prudent ap proaches to matters of govern ment,” he said. Two candidates, Jeff Fortenberry and David Hunter, 1 could not be reached for comment about election results. Unofficial results late Tuesday night showed 16.5 percent — 20,352 — of all Lincoln’s regis tered voters cast ballots for the pri mary election. Smith pushes senators to approve NU funding -——“ * * By Erin Gibson Senior Reporter * Senators who vote to put off main tenance of University of Nebraska buildings will be making a decision similar to putting off a car's oil change for years, NU President Dennis Smith said TUesday. “If you do that long enough, some - thing bad happens to the engine,” he said at the Lancaster County legisla tive breakfast in Lincoln. Smith urged the state senators of Lancaster County to approve full fund ing for NU initiatives in the Legisla ture. The university is in a period of massive change, he said. NU needs funding to purchase and teach new technologies, to develop distance learning courses for nontraditional and place-bound students, to prevent tuition hikes and to compete for the brightest students, Smith said. The university has requested funds that would allow NU to take maximum advantage of technology available to enhance teaching and learning, Smith said. Right now, the university offers only a few distance-learning courses, most of which are in business and en gineering, he said. With ample fund ing, courses will soon be taught in every subject using the Internet, in teractive television and video conferencing. The bond initiative to pay for de ferred building maintenance also needs full funding, he said. The ini tiative will make 16 deteriorating NU buildings on all four campuses safe for students and faculty. An amendment proposed to a leg islative bill would eliminate the need for bonds and would provide the M What we want to do at the university is solve the problem Dennis Smith NU President state’s half of the $105 million initia tive up front, Smith said. He said he did not care if the reno vation funds came from bonds or up front funding. “What we want to do at the uni versity is solve the problem,” he said. Sen. DiAnna Schimek of Lincoln said up-front funding, taken from the state s revenue surplus, would save $40 million in long-range costs. Smith reminded senators that state support of the university has decreased steadily for years, he said, and every dollar lost in state funds raises each student’s tuition by $3.70. Instead of charging more tuition, the university should be increasing the number and amount of scholarships provided to students, he said. “I’m tired of losing our best stu dents” to neighboring universities, he said. Jim Griesen, UNL vice chancellor for student affairs, said Iowa State of fers free room, board and tuition to any National Merit Scholar. Nebraska does not have the money to do so, he said. Smith said the university wanted to help students become life-long learners, but that mission is expensive. 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