EDITOR
Doug Kouma
OPINION
EDITOR
Anthony Nguyen
EDITORIAL
BOARD
Paula Lavigne
Joshua Gillin
Jessica Kennedy
Jeff Randall
Erin Gibson
DN Quotes
OF THE WEEK
“She’s a success story of Latinos but
even more for women because she came
from the barrio (Mexican neighborhood),
and she moved up quickly. She is quite a
role model for women.”
— Chandra Diaz, MASA president, on
Lt. Col. Consuelo Castillo Kickbusch of San
Antonio, the highest-ranking Latina officer
in the U.S. Army
“She’s kind of been my third leg.”
—Nebraska offensive guard Aaron Tay
lor, regarding his wife Brandi
“The goal is to bring people together,
to get people to know each other and to
have fun doing it.”
— Andrew Poltz, chairman of Greek
Week activities
“There’s no question that offensive
football takes timing, more practice and
more execution.”
—NU Coach Tom Osborne
“1 wouldn’t say I’m real popular (with
prisoners).”
— Ken Jones, corrections officer at the
Nebraska State Penitentiary
“The girls just dominated the field at
this tournament, but they have been able
to dominate wherever they went this year.”
— NU Coach Bill Straub on the Ne
braska women’s bowling club’s second na
tional championship
“When we display the amount of trash
that a person uses in a week, I think it may
change some people’s habits. I hope it will
reinforce the idea of reduce, reuse and re
cycle on campus.”
— Dan Ulrich, coordinator of Week’s
Worth of Trash
“I don’t think we’ll ever see that again
where an athlete comes in and does the all
around for every meet of her career.”
—NU Coach Dan Kendig on senior gym
nast Shelly Bartlett
“It’s like moving a battleship.”
— Walter Weir, NU assistant vice presi
dent and director of information services, on
the difficulty of quickly implementing Lotus
Notes at UNL, because of the university’s size
“There is a fine line between being pre
pared and the state crying wolf and scar
ing people unnecessarily.”
—Gov. Ben Nelson on the possibility of
spring flooding
“Hanne has as much potential as any
player in the country right now.”
—NU Coach Robin Krapfl on freshman
golfer Hanne Nyquist
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Mehs ling’s
VIEW
Smoke Myth
There can be little question that
the current trend of tobacco manu
facturers accepting culpability for
some of the damage their products
cause is a landmark event in this
nation’s history.
While many unresolved issues
remain, such as the acceptance of
the damage caused by secondhand
smoke, the fact that these companies
are even considering settlement is
noteworthy in and of itself.
Part of the problem in resolving
these issues is the confusion of myth
and fact among the general public
regarding tobacco-related illness.
While Mr. Mehsling’s editorial
cartoon of the Marlboro Man (DN,
Thursday), in which the character
expresses surprise that litigation,
rattier than cancer, will apparently
spell the end of his career, is
moderately humorous, it is a also a
classic example of the propagation
of myth.
As health care providers, such as
our own Dr. Curtiss over at the
health center, can tell us, the
original Marlboro Man, a heavy
smoker himself, has already had his
fate decided for him. He died years
ago — of lung cancer.
Eric Odgaard
graduate student
psychology
Noteworthy Notes
Students at UNL will begin to see
benefits from the recent purchase of
Lotus Notes within the next fiscal
year. The current UNL plan ad
dresses implementation of Lotus
Notes in three initiatives: 1) Elec
tronic Mail, 2) Groupware for
i
DN
LETTERS
Matt Haney/DN
university functions and services and
3) Groupware for instructional use.
The first initiative, enhancements
for electronic mail and directory
services for students, is already
underway. This upgrade plan
includes two phases. The first phase
is to implement access to electronic
mail using a web browser client and
popmail servers. This upgrade also
includes enhancements to directory
services allowing improved access to
mail addresses on campus.
This improved directory system,
integrated with the popmail services,
will eliminate having to address
someone by the cumbersome
numerical system currently in place.
It is expected that these changes will
be implemented for the fall semester.
Students will see a vast improve
ment in the mail system using
popmail, the new directory and web
browsers.
The next phase is to evaluate
using the Lotus Notes mail servers
as the popmail servers, while
maintaining the browser interface. A
key issue in implementing an
electronic mail solution is that all
capabilities must be available in the
public computer labs and at a
reasonable cost for the students.
The second initiative of the UNL
Lotus Notes implementation is to !i
develop groupware applications that
can be deployed over the World
Wide Web to simplify administrative
services. Using a web browser, a
student will be able to complete an
online address form, for example,
which can then be electronically
routed for authorizations. It is
expected that during the fall
semester, students at UNL will begin
to see benefits from new Lotus Notes
applications developed to deliver
several online services.
The third initiative deals with
instructional use. Individual colleges
and faculty drive the tools and
methods used to deliver instruction
in the classroom. Some faculty and
colleges are already using Lotus
Notes in the classroom setting, and
it is expected that others will follow
as curriculum dictates.
University instructional technol
ogy support services, through our
instructional technology programs
and facilities will continue to work
with those faculty and colleges as
they begin exploring the Lotus Notes
uses in the classroom.
Finally, Information Services is
establishing an ongoing dialogue
with student leaders and has already
begun'discussion to address the
technology needs and concerns of
students— including issues such as
Lotus Notes and the new technology
fee.
Kent Hendrickson
associate vice chancellor
Information Services
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