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SPORTS ROE First Bank champs A river runs along it September 8,1997 The Nebraska volleyball team won three match- A journey running parallel with Nebraska’s es including two dramatic five-game matches to Missouri River border reveals the state’s diversi- LET The Sun SHINE In win the First Bank Invitational. PAGES 8-9 ty and abundance. PAGE 12 Mostly sunny, high 86. Partly cloudy tonight, low 62. VOL. 97 COVERING THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA-LINCOLN SINCE 1901 NO. 10 JD&A/Spbcial to the DN MOTHER TERESA STUDIES the Bible In her Calcutta, India, home, which also served as headquarters for her order, the Missionaries of Charity. She died Saturday in Calcutta after a massive heart attack. She was 87. This photo was taken In 1993 by former UNL graduate and Dally Nebraskan photographer Al Schaben. Daniel Luedert/DN THE SUN SETS over a small rural Catholic cemetery In Northeastern Nebraska on Friday, the same day that Mother Teresa died In Calcutta, India. ... her work here >» *a. Mother Teresa’s spirit prevails for those who remember her acts By Kimberly Swartz Staff Reporter Mother Teresa, the Roman Catholic nun who dedicated her life to caring for the poor and destitute of the world, lives on in the hearts of many in the { Lincoln community. The Nobel Prize-winning nun died Friday in Calcutta, India, after suf fering a massive heart attack. She was 87. Mourners saddened by her death are finding comfort in the legacy of charity that she left behind. Lincoln Catholic Bishop Fabian Bruskewitz, who met Mother Teresa several times while working in Rome, said that she was a person of “genuine dedication.” “She gave her life to carry on God’s word and to help the poor,” he said. “I am saddened by her death but enriched by what she left to the world.” For 50 years, Mother Teresa worked with “the poorest of the poor,” Bruskewitz said, providing unselfish dedication and commitment to anyone Please see TERESA on 6 Software spending authorized ■ The Regents approved a bill that will give NU administration more computing power. By Erin Gibson Senior Reporter -.-— The University of Nebraska Board of Regents unanimously approved Friday spend ing $10.4 million on software that will create a more modern computing infrastructure for university administration. James Van Horn, NU vice president for business and finance, said the software would increase the administration’s efficiency by bet ter handling thousands of accounting, budget - ing, personnel and payroll transactions. - The software also could save taxpayers money by speeding state agencies’ interactions with the university, he said. “The amount of spending here is high, but it’s spending that’s going to pay off 100 times over,” said Regent Drew Miller of Papillion. The university will buy about $2.6 million worth of new software from the SAB Corp. and pay IBM Corp. about $7.6 million over four years to implement the software and tailor it to die university’s needs. Maintenance for the software will cost about $231,000. Van Horn said the software would save the university money by increasing staff produc Please see SOFTWARE on 6 RHA president plans to initiate mentor groups By Sarah Baker Assignment Reporter The University of Nebraska-Lincoln Residence Hall Association began its first meeting of the year with discussions of its goals for the new semester. The meeting was held ill the Nebraska Union. Ben Wallace, RHA President, said the group is going to begin working on its mis sion statement in the next week. “We want to try and lay out some of our goals for the year, as well as set some guidelines and standards for what we want to accomplish,” Wallace said. Wallace is planning to develop mentor ing groups for better communication Please see RHA on 3 Read the Daily Nebraskan on the $brld Wide Web at http://www.unl.edu/DailyNeb