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visory committee. A 100-year flood
is one so large, it’s only probable
every 100 years.
“We can either vyait for it to
happen, or we can deal with it
now," Seacrest said.
Lincoln’s Antelope Creek can
' now cany less than a five-year fre
quency storm, he said.
For UNL, the city’s poor flood
control hinders campus develop
ment, said John Benson, UNL di
rector of Institutional Research and
Planning.
The area between the Beadle
Center and its nearby tennis courts
lies in the flood plain. The univer
sity cannot develop that area until
the flood danger is alleviated, he
said.
But the study’s most compelling
element for UNL may be its con
cepts to redirect dangerous traffic
from campus, Benson said.
“We need to get the high-speed
traffic out of the cento of campus,”
Benson said.
Both Benson and Kim Todd,
UNL landscape architect, said they
approved of the idea to divot 16th
and 17th street traffic north of R
Street to 19th or 21st street.
Todd said the move would help
pedestrian and bicyclist safety on
campus, and would provide a logi
cal dividing line between the uni
versity and its neighbors, the
Clinton and Malone neighbor
hoods.
Rick Wallace, director of the
NAACP Lincoln branch and study
advisory committee member, said
die neighborhoods want such a di
viding line.
The. areas, which have been
plagued with high-crime reputa
tions, want to stop university
spillover and strengthen their sense
of community, Wallace said.
But the neighborhoods also
need centers to provide vital ser
vices, including health, recreation
and education, he said. Such ser
vices are now scarce or lacking in
such older, poorer Lincoln neigh
borhoods.
Seacrest said the lack of services
has partly resulted from those
neighborhoods being left out of
Lincoln’s rapid economic growth,
which accelerated by 30 percent in
the 1990s.
“While growth and opportuni
ties have come to Lincoln, they
have often not found their way to
its inner core,” he said.
This must change, he said. Sev
eral solutions featured in the study
include creating “warp around”
community centers.
In these solutions, schools and
churches could help provide ser
vices the oldest Lincoln neighbor
hoods lack.
The buildings would open their
libraries and computer labs to the
public, sponsor adult education
courses and job training and teach
English as as second language
courses. Schools and churches
could also sponsor health, dental
and mental health-care facilities
and provide child care.
One concept seeks to expand the
UNL Campus Recreation Center
and open the facility for public use.
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Todd said UNL has a huge stake
in such community revitalization
plans because its quality of life de
pends heavily on the health of sur
rounding areas.
“It’s kind of one of those ‘so
goes the neighborhood’ issues.”
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things I care about,” Calhoun said.
Ortega said the program, now in its fourth
year, has been successful.
Because of the program, at least four new
minority faculty members have been hired and
courses have beat taught in special topics in a
wide range of departments, including English,
anthropology, chemistry and history, she said.
Those are specialized courses students
would not get otherwise, Ortega said.
Calhoun said the exposure to different view
points on the subject matter in these courses
can benefit students.
“If you have a specialty in race relations it
doesn’t matter if you’re black, blue, green, red
or yellow,” he said. “It provides exposure to
different kinds of perspectives.”
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Researcher finds Nebraskans
who have made Time covers
By Jim Goodwin
Staff Reporter
Nebraska is an incubator of talent and te
nacity, and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln
has played a significant role in the develop
ment of its residents, according to researcher
EA. Krai.
After months of combing through archives
and reference material, the former English
teacher has amassed a list of about 400 Ne
braskans who have been nationally recognized
for various endeavors. The individuals were
either bom or lived in the state.
He’s even tracked nine former UNL students
who appeared on the cover of Time magazine.
UNL has contributed to the education of
many of these current and former residents, and
Krai wants students to understand the impor
tance of their stories.
Young people need to understand that you
can come from Nebraska and excel in what
ever you do,” Krai said.
Encouraging Nebraska students with ex
amples of their successful predecessors has been
a driving force in Krai’s research, he said.
In relaying his inspirational message, Krai
uses the cover of Time magazine as a simpli
fied measuring device for rating prominent
people.
Those featured by die magazine have ac
complished levels of occupational success that
others also should strive for, Krai said.
Nine former UNL students and one former
UNL instructor are among the 37 Nebraskans
Krai has found to have appeared on the
magazine’s cover.
The instructor, Gen. John J. Pershing, was
also a World War I commander, author and
1932 Pulitzer Prize winner.
The former students and some of their no
table accomplishments are:
■ George W. Beadle, geneticist and 1958
Nobel prize winner.
■ Herbert Brownell Jr., U.S. Attorney Gen
eral and presidential adviser.
■ Lloyd M. Bucher, naval officer.
■ Johnny Carson, comedian and TV show
host.
■ Willa Cather, author and 1923 Pulitzer
Prize winner.
■ Sandy Dennis, actress and 1966 Acad
emy Award winner.
■ Johnny G. Goodman, golfer and 1933
U.S. Open champion.
■ Samuel McKelvie, Federal Farm Board
member, publisher and Nebraska governor.
■ George F. Warren, economist and presi
dential adviser.
Although Krai culled the 10 Nebraskans
from his list of more than 400, their connec
tion to UNL probably best served current UNL
students because it showed them their poten
tial for prominence, the researcher said.
“When you have an outstanding person near
you or in your community, it inspires others to
do well themselves,” Krai said.
Each of the more than 400 noteworthy in
dividuals satisfied some of the following crite
ria: ~
■ me person was a pioneer in a neia, a
founder, inventor, developer, creator, opinion
maker, significant leader, record holder, per
former or major philanthropist.
■ The person was listed in reliable, repu
table national references or publications.
■ The person had reached a certain magni
tude or longevity of accomplishment.
.v ■ The person was recognized by peers else
where or received major national awards or
honor. * ■ . v
Kral said he expected to find as many as
100 more acceptable Nebraskans before com
pleting the list next fall.
At that time Krai plans to begin writing a
manuscript outlining each of the individuals.
Tentatively titled the “Biographical Dictionary
of Nebraskans Distinguished Nationally,” the
bode also will list biographical information and
suggest further readings about the individuals.
Until then, the researcher said he is quite
satisfied learning about current and former
Nebraskans who not only have had an impact
on their peers but younger generations of Ne
braskans as well.
“When you study successful people, it’s ex
citing,” Krai said. “Young people need these
types of role models. That’s how you expand
your confidence.
“What I’m doing is giving people a start to
further research their favorite Nebraskans.”
