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
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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.
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THE SUN SETS over a small rural Catholic cemetery In
Northeastern Nebraska on Friday, the same day that Mother
Teresa died In Calcutta, India.
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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
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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
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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
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