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on agenda for senate
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“This idea has already been pro
posed at the University of Nebraska
at Kearney, and students, staff and
faculty are in favor of it,” he said.
The senate will also discuss the
newly revised post-tenure review
proposal.
Darrell Nelson, dean and direc
tor of the agricultural research divi
sion and chairman of the post
tenure review committee, said he
thought the new draft would be
well-received by the senate.
“I think the primary issues that
were raised by the senate have been
addressed in this latest draft,”
Nelson said.
Faculty had questioned the
review process, he said, and wanted
to make sure the review process was
fair.
Nelson said this proposal is still
a working draft, and the Senior Vice
Chancellor for Academic Affairs
Richard Edwards would most likely
consider any more questions on
it.“There is always the possibility
that more changes could come up at
the meeting,” Nelson said. “There
were a number of issues that faculty
had with previous drafts, and those
were taken into consideration and
added to the proposal.”
If the senate approves this pro
posal, it will be sent to University of
Nebraska-Lincoln Chancellor
James Moeser.
Upon his approval, it will be
sent to NU President Dennis Smith
and the NU Board of Regents for
their consideration and approval.
Computer lab support
faces nationwide decline
SALT LAKE CITY (U-WIRE) -
Students going to computer labs at
university campuses may be finding
it more and more difficult to get
help.
The Information Technology
Association of America recently sur
veyed large and medium companies
and found one out of every 10 com
puting jobs at information-technolo
gy companies is unfilled because of
a nationwide shortage of suitable
workers.
Colleges and universities may be
having the toughest time in the
shortage.
The primary concern among uni
versities is having adequate comput
er lab support, the Sept. 5 issue of
The Chronicle of Higher Education
stated.
Fewer students are getting com
puter science degrees. In 1986,
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about 42,000 people graduated with
computer science degrees in the
United States. But in 1995, only
24,404 people went through com
puter science programs, the U.S.
Department of Education said.
The lesser number of students in
the computer science field may be
the least of university worries.
Universities also must compete for
well-educated lab technicians in the
tightening market.
Many technicians are finding
that using their talents in corporate
America is much more lucrative.
David Hoisve, division head and
manager of microcomputing at the
University of Utah, said he doesn’t
necessarily look for someone with a
degree.
ITe- said he needs people in the
labs who can really do things, not
just manage the lab.
Correction
In the Monday issue of the
Daily Nebraskan, the front page
graphic was incorrect. Those seat
ed in section 12, rows 67 to 79, and
in row 41 of sections 13,14 and 15
were the spectators whose views
were obscured by other fans stand
ing on bleachers below them. They
did not stand on stadium bleach
ers.
Clarification
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of the international organization
of which the local chapter,
Scholar’s Keep, is a part.
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the Calontir army that is recruited
for the Battle of Pennsic.
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Group to fight beef’s image
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■ Funding new research in devel
oping E. coli-resistant beef and in
other means of fighting the bacteria.
But Schroeder said the problem
facing Nebraska beef “certainly is,
No. 1, a public relations problem.”
Because a “very small portion of
1 percent” of all beef processed is
contaminated, “we’re hardly seeing
the consumer at high risk,” he said,
adding that Nebraska’s beef recalls
have been overplayed in the press in
relation to the problem.
Nebraska’s recent E. coli woes
began Aug. 12, when Hudson Foods
recalled 20,000 pounds of frozen
ground-beef linked to an E. coli out
break in Colorado.
On Aug. 25, Hudson Foods
recalled 25 million pounds of ground
beef produced in its Columbus plant.
As a result, Burger King dropped
Hudson as its main supplier and IBP
bought the Hudson plant.
Last Friday, BeefAmerica
recalled more than 443,000 pounds
of ground beef.
Although a rumor that South
Korea could ban imported Nebraska
beef looms over the state’s $4.3 bil
lion industry, it remains Nebraska’s
largest, accounting for one of every
seven private-sector jobs in the state.
Nebraska also exports more beef than
any other state nationwide.
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Beef is. not the problem. Food is not the
problem. E. coli is the problem, and that is
what will be the enemy.”
Ben Nelson
governor
Although Nebraska is the
nation’s largest producer of beef, E.
coli is a problem nationwide, and rep
resentatives who comprise the new
committee will come from many
states besides Nebraska, Schroeder
said.
All 17 beef companies and groups
that met Monday said they were will
ing to provide funding to combat E.
coli with new research, he said. Any
new research will be a multimillion
dollar and multiyear effort, and will
result from a nationwide collabora
tion of the beef industry and state and
national government.
The beef industry now has a com
bined budget of $80 million for
research, industry promotion and
lobbying.
Nelson said the USDA also has
shown interest in increasing funding
to step up E. coli research efforts
nationwide, and he plans to meet with
top agency officials next week
regarding new research, its inspec
tion and its continuing investigations
of Nebraska plants.
But he avoided committing new
state funds Monday to research the
bacteria.
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Nelson s^id he had talked briefly
Monday with NU President Dennis
Smith, who is an expert in biotech
nology, regarding possible locations
and experts to conduct new genetic
research to find E. coli-resistant beef.
The University of Nebraska
Lincoln’s Beadle Center could be a
prime location for new biotechnology
research in E. coli prevention and
control, Nelson said.
Smith was not available for com
ment Monday afternoon on possible
NU research.
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