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IP O UTS_ A_!_i_ WEDNESDAY Spring development Mixing it up April 30,1997 The Nebraska football team answered a lot of ques- N-Da-Mixx, a new record store owned and op tions this spring as the Comhuskers look to return erated by former UNL student Kenneth Johnson, Can’t Drive 55 , to the top in the fall. PAGE 11 is bringing new music to Lincoln. PAGE 14 Wet and windy, high 55. Clearing tonight, low 35. * ' u \ ■ •3 v VOL. 96 COVERING THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA-LINCOLN SINCE 1901 NO. 149 __ii/-_,_•__ . ■/ \’ • - .. - S» Residents study area for change ] Thfpc, flood control I could alter campus, ; surrounding vicinity JT ' ‘ By Esin Gibson Senior Reporter Drastic changes in the quality of life at the £ university and in nearby neighborhoods could result from a city development study that Lin f coin residents discussed Tuesday. One concept in the Antelope Valley Major £ Investment Study would reroute traffic that en f dangers pedestrians from the City Campus area ffr by moving vehicles from 16th and 17th streets ■ "to 19th or 21st struts. Another concept would improve Lincoln's f flood control system so the area east of the Beadle Center could be developed. The area is new in a 100-year flood plain. Other concepts seek to improve the vitality of Lincoln’s older, core neighborhoods such as Malone and Clinton., Lincoln residents gathered at Lincoln High School Tuesday to begin screening concepts developed in the Antelope Valley study, which is scheduled for completion in January 1998. The study began last year to revitalize and to step up flood control in a 600-block area of Lincoln, which includes the University of Ne braska-Lincoln, Clinton and Malone neighbor hoods, downtown, Near South and North Bot toms neighborhoods, Antelope Park and Woods Park. Vitality efforts will begin by improving dan gerously inadequate flood control along the 100 ? year flood plain along Antelope Creek between | Holmes Lake and Salt Creek in Lincoln. The Army Corps of Engineers reports a 100 year-caliber flood would now cost Lincoln $20 million annually in damages, said Kent Seacrest, a Lincoln lawyer and member of the study’s ad Please see VALLEY on 8 Jiff Calderon/DN HALLIE STEVENS, Textiles Clothing and Design student at UNL, blends chalk with her hands after the class made chalk designs near the capital Monday. Design class chalks up final to outdoor art By Josh Funk Staff Reporter About 25 Design Essentials students took their final to the streets Monday afternoon by coloring the sidewalks outside die State Capitol with chalk. The final project for all of the students in the class was to select a piece of art or a design from inside the building, and determine how to bring that ait to the outside for all to enjoy. In preparation for the project, students had to research artists who create art in large environmental formats, and write up a plan to bring their design to the sidewalks outside the Capitol. All students presented their plans to their design class, and then the students voted on which design they wanted to create. On Monday, students worked on the south side of the Capitol using a simple geometric design taken from the 14th floor, dome and the floor by the elevators. - The design was the creatio&ef junior Jill Fanders, an elementary and es^:'childhood education major. ‘1 was totally shocked whep^design Was chosen,” Fanders said. “It’s just such a pice, supple, geometric plan that is easy to do.” / .7 , v!^:^ >' • ^ Designing the project wasn’t always easy. “When I was out taking measurements for my design, security tried to chase me away,” Fanderssaid. The idea for the project came from the course instructor, design graduate student Michael Mamp, whose inspiration came from the study of other artists. “I wapjed to do something to bring some ^ . of the aitou&fde.the building to the people,” Ai Mamp said. > iff Chalkers wi!H>e back out today and Thursday on the north and east sidewalks of the building as other Design Essentials stu dents take their finals. UNL recruits professors to stimulate diversity 4 Program proposes that visiting instructors may help r students find new vistas. By Lindsay Young Staff Reporter To offer specialized diversity-centered courses, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln | brings in instructors from across the nation dur I ing the summer. 1 The program is designed to bring a different f perspective to the students taking those classes. | This summer, four new courses will be taught by visiting instructors: Post World War II 1 America, Communication and Ethnic Groups, V Contemporary Black Social Movements and Slave Resistance in North America. The Multicultural Teaching Fellows Program was started four years ago in an attempt to bring graduate students, assistant professors and pro fessors to the university to teach summer courses. However, present faculty members may not have the expertise to teach the new courses, which are designed to bring a new perspective to the students on the course subject, said Suzanne Ortega, assistant in the graduate pro gram. The program works with departments to find a qualified individual who will bring a fresh per spective to the subject matter, said Keith Parker, associate professor of sociology and director of African and African American Studies. If a department is interested in offering a course, the program works with the department to bring a new person in to teach, using pro gram funds. “We let them (the departments) play the role. We help them out. It’s a collaborative effort,” he said. The program advertises itself to colleges and universities across the country to attract people who are interested in Lincoln and employment opportunities at the university, Parker said. Parker said it is common for institutions to have such programs as part of long-range re cruitment for the university. “It’s a wonderful program. It should bring a diverse group of faculty here in the summer,” he said. Ortega said participants in this program of tenretum. “Some are so well-received they have come back and have done something else for the uni versity,” site said. Thomas Calhoun, assistant sociology profes sor, was one of the first instructors to partici pate in the program. Calhoun came as a visiting professor from Ohio University three years ago to teach two courses — Race and Nationality and Advanced Minorities. Calhoun came through the program, but had - a yearly appointment — rather than a summer one — as a visiting scholar. - He is the only visiting scholar who has been recruited to be on UNL’s faculty, Parker said.- __ Ortega said one of the reasons instructors ' come from other universities is that the occa sion gives them an opportunity to teach about things that interest diem. This is something they can benefit from and enjoy, she said. That was one of the reasons Calhoun came. “It gave me the opportunity to teach the Please see SUMMER on 8 * - ■fevli