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BETSY GABB, head of the interior design program at UNL, shows a piece of
handmade miniature furniture that was recently donated to the university.
The pieces include a chess board, cigars, glasses and food.
UNL receives tiny furniture
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reputation it will bring, represents a ter
rific recruiting tool,” he said. “No other
college in America is connected to a
collection like this.”
Gabb said the other three similar
miniature collections worldwide are
housed in museums: the Winterhur
Museum in Delaware, die Chicago Art
Institute and a miniature furniture
museum in Kansas City, Mo.
UNL was chosen to receive the col
lection because Kruger wanted it to
remain in Lincoln and to be open to the
public, Rohman said. Kruger also
attended UNL from 1931 to 1934.
The collection will be housed in the
Eloise Kruger Gallery in Architecture
Hall West. The gallery, now under con
struction, will open March 1. The col
lection will be on permanent public
display during Architecture Hall’s nor
mal operating hours.
“We think this collection will be a
valuable asset not just for die college,”
Steward said, “but for the entire com
munity.”
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CFA shrinks UPC budget bid
By Jessica Fargen
Assignment Reporter
The University Program Council
did not get exactly what it asked for
Thursday night from the Committee
for Fees Allocation.
UPC submitted a request for
about an 8-percent increase in its
funding, the bulk of which would go
toward multicultural programming.
The council was granted only a 1.7
percent increase.
UPC asked for an additional
$8,000 for a multicultural fund, but
that money will have to be taken from
other UPC events such as concerts or
lectures.
“There is a lot of fat in this bud
get,” said C.F. Simmons, CFA vice
chairman.
Several members agreed and said
UPC money had been “rolled over”
from the fall semester and extra
money may remain again this year.
Mike McQuistan, CFA member,
said CFA was concerned that the
same people were attending events
and some of those events with low
attendance had high costs.
“About 9,000 students attended
events last year, but there are over
20,000 students on campus that all
pay fees,” McQuistan said.
But Dan Anderson, UPC program
ming secretary, said big spring events,
such as MTV’s Loveline and a co-spon
sorship with the Lied Center for
Performing Arts, would be costly projects.
Anderson said the vote was frustrat
ing because UPC again may have to
refuse groups that want help paying for
events.
The UPC/Lied Center’s request
also passed at the requested 3 percent,
for an overall budget of $99,120.
Kendall Swenson, CFA chairman,
said it is a tough year for allocations
because of expected student fee
increases to cover costs of the Nebraska
Union project. The allocations given
Thursday were “generous,” he said.
“We need to be conservative and
think of all the students that are pay
ing money.”
Binders catch fire in truck wreck
By Josh Funk
Senior Reporter
A potentially toxic cloud of smoke
hung over Interstate 80 Thursday morn
ing after two semitrailer trucks collided
near the U.S. Highway 77 interchange.
A semitrailer truck loaded with beer
from a Lincoln-based distributor was
merging onto 1-80 from U.S. Highway
77 around 8 a.m. when it was rear-ended
by a Canadian-based semitrailer truck
carrying school binders.
The beer truck was sent careening
across the westbound lanes before it
jackknifed and came to rest, partially
blocking the eastbound lanes, said Bill
Jarrett, Lancaster County sheriff chief
deputy.
As tiie truck from Canada slid out of
control, the engine caught fire before
finally coming to rest across the west
bound lanes.
The fire spread quickly from the cab
to the truck’s cargo of plastic three-ring
binders.
There was initial concern the burn
ing plastic would create a hazardous
cloud of smoke, and evacuation of the
area was considered, Jarrett said
After unsuccessfully attempting to
douse the fire with water, firefighters
used foam, Jarrett said
Firefighters were forced to use a back
hoe to break apart the trailer to get at the
fire, which was then quicldy contained
A passenger in the binder truck
reported minor injuries, but she refused
medical care at the scene.
Both the eastbound and westbound
lanes of 1-80 were closed all Thursday
morning until the wreckage could be
cleared
Both directions were open by noon.
Adoptees’ safety at issue
By Joy Ludwig
Staff Reporter
Children who have been separated
from their parents - either those who
have been adopted or who remain in
foster care - may have a new system in
Nebraska to protect them.
The state will make sure children in
foster care will not be returned to their
parents unless their well-being can be
guaranteed.
If passed, LB 1041 would make
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Nebraska law meet the requirements set
up by the federal Adoption and Safe
Families Act of 1997 passed in
November, which would also give die
state money to pay for a larger workload
for social workers.
As financial incentives, the govern
ment plans to provide states $4,000 for
each adopted child and $6,000 if die child
has special needs, said Sen. Gerald
Matzke of Sidney, who introducedthebilL
Matzke said the bill should be
passed quickly to help provide safety to
children dealing with foster care and
adoption issues as well as help expedite
courtroom processes.
“Most importantly, the purpose of
this bill is to protect the health and safe
ty of the children who have been
neglected and to bring safety to those
who have been adopted,” he said.
Matzke highlighted a section of the
bill that he said makes sure the courts
don’t reunite children with parents who
may subject them to “torture, chronic
abuse and sexual abuse.”
In all, there are 3,508 children in state
foster care homes. Implementation of the
bill could make the adoption easier and
quicker, thus reducing that number.
“The bill should allow 700 of those
kids to find a safe home and be adopt
ed,” Matzke said.
Another proponent, Jessie
Rasmussen, director of Health and
Human Services, said she supported the
bill because it would “insure permanen
cy for children” who otherwise might
not have a place to call home.
She said die bill would make it easi
er forjudges to terminate the rights of
abusive parents whose children may
have been in foster care for long periods
of time and make them available for
adoption.
Doug Johnson, a juvenile court
judge, said he wanted to see the bill
passed because it would make the cur
rent judicial process easier.
He said he would like to see the
courts “acting in the best interest of the
child” when determining reunification
with the parents or when putting a child
in foster care.
“After all, we are in the children
business,” he said. “We must look
beyond foster care and plan for the per
maneney of the child”
The discussion also brought up sev
eral concerns including how to quickly
initiate the federally mandated timeline,
hire additional workers to handle the
increased workload and possibly hire
separate juvenile judges to make the
decisions.
Lancaster County Attorney Gary
Lacy also suggested selecting one to
four people to serve as referees, as
Omaha currently does, to help hear the
cases and make decisions that a district
court judge would approve.
If passed, the bill would take effect
and start protecting children this year,
Matzkesaid
