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VOL. 97 COVERING THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA-LINCOLN SINCE 1901 NO. 116
Measuring up
Fifteen of UNL’s graduate programs ranked in the top programs nationwide.
The rankings included just the top schools for various programs, not all
programs in the country.
• Audiology (28th out of 56 top-ranked programs) - master's and doctoral programs
• Biological Sciences '96th out of 119) - doctoral program
• Chemistry (65th out of 88) - doctoral program
• Creative Writing (72nd cut of 94) - master s program
• Drama (48th out of 55) - master’s program
• Elementary Education 116th out of 23) - doctoral program
• Educational Psychology (24th out of 25) - doctoral program
• Vocational and Technical Education seventh out of 13) • doctoral program
• Fine Arts (89th out of 100) - master's program
• Law (second tier!
• Musk (60th out of 103) - master's program
• Physics (83rd out of 88) ■ doctoral program
• Atomic and Molecular Physics (16th out of 18) - doctoral program
• Psychology (71st out of 116) - doctoral program
• Sociology (51st out Of 58) - doctoral program
Jon Frank/DN
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UNL questions report
By Brad Davis
Senior Reporter
Administrators admit that students
will pay attention to the graduate
school rankings listed in the recent edi
tion of U.S. News and World Report.
But, they say, students should take
the rankings - in which 16 University
of Nebraska-Lincoln graduate pro
grams are listed - with a grain of salt.
Harvey Perlman, dean of the
University of Nebraska College of
Law. said the rankings did not provide
prospective students with the neces
sary information to decide which grad
uate school to attend.
The survey did not take into
account the quality of a school’s
instruction, faculty or curriculum,
Perlman said.
The magazine ranked NU in the
second tier of the nation’s law schools.
Although Perlman said he was
pleased with NU’s ranking, he still
signed a letter sent to prospective law
students, along with about 160 other
deans in the Law School Admission
Council, encouraging students not to
place too much importance on the sur
vey.
US News’s rankings can give stu
dents only a general idea about some
parts of a program, Perlman said.
Objective statistics, such as job
placement rates, the percentage of stu
dents who pass the bar exam and aver
age LSAT scores can give students an
indication of the quality of a law
school, but they can’t tell the whole
story, he said.
Perlman said some anecdotal evi
dence suggested that people have cho
sen to come or not to come to NU
because of the U.S. News rankings.
That’s a problem, he said, because
the criteria that separate the schools in
the rankings are arbitrary.
U.S. News weighs criteria differ
ently for each graduate or professional
school category listed. For law
schools, reputation counted for 40 per
cent of a college’s ranking.
Please see RANKINGS on 3
i
Cultures shared
at union bazaar
By Chad Ellsworth
Staff Reporter
A line of people patiently waited
to receive Mehndi, an ancient Indian
art form similar to applying a tempo
rary tattoo.
In another corner, three women
played musical instruments native to
Thailand.
Vendors lined the walls selling
homemade foods that reflected their
culture.
And, to every corner of the
Nebraska Union, the aroma of
gourmet foods and baked pastries
wafted past tasters’ noses.
The International Bazaar, which
crowded the union Wednesday at
noon, resembled an old-world mar
ketplace with arts, crafts, music and
food to suit almost any taste - includ
ing the taste of James Griesen, UNL
vice chancellor for student affairs,
who toted several plates full of food.
“The tandoori chicken is great!”
he said.
Cecil Howell, vice president of
diversity for the International Student
Organization, said people not only
enjoyed the food, but also appreciated
the people who prepared it.
“It’s wonderful,” said Cameron
Otopalik, a university visitor who
attended the bazaar. “Who says that
there isn’t any culture in Nebraska?”
“This is my third or fourth plate
full,” said Eric Marintzer, a senior
marketing major and former ASUN
president, as he shoved a fork full of
Su Boregi, a Turkish dish, into his
mouth. “I’ve enjoyed everything.”
Students in ethnic student associ
ations representing 1 1 foreign
nations prepared their countries’ tra
ditional foods for the bazaar. Prices
Please see BAZAAR on 3
Lane Hickenbottom/DN
WETINEE MATSATHIT, a junior economics major, tries on some ethnic clothing with some help from
Putik Burhanuddin, a sophomore finance major, during the International Bazaar Wednesday afternoon
in the Nebraska Union. The bazaar included ethnic music, souvenirs and food from around the world.
ASUN approves increase in student fees
■ Students will pay $33
more each semester, but
some individual budget
requests were not met.
By Jessica Fargen
Assignment Reporter
Next fall, UNL students will have
a daily reminder of increased student
fees when they see the new Nebraska
Union, complete with an art gallery
and more Student Involvement office
space.
Students will pay $33 more each
semester for benefits such as longer
hours at the Campus Recreation
Center. Some budgets, though, were
not met - which means tennis courts
in disrepair and fewer Crib events.
The $33 fee increase was
approved Wednesday by the
Association of Students of the
University of Nebraska.
Students will be paying $240 total
each semester next year unless
Chancellor James Moeser decides to
adjust ASUN’s recommended budget.
Administrators said they would
encourage the chancellor to keep stu
dents’ fees at $240 per semester.
The $33 consists of $20 needed to
pay back bonds funding Nebraska
Union construction. The $20 increase
was set by the NU Board of Regents
and could not be changed by the
Committee for Fees Allocation.
The remaining $13 was deter
mined by CFA’s recommendation,
this year’s lower student enrollment
and a standard 3 percent increase
added for administrative salaries,
which is not controlled by CFA.
Nebraska Unions
CFA took its biggest - and most
talked about - cut from the union’s
proposed increase.
Director of Nebraska Unions
Daryl Swanson asked CFA for a 9
percent increase but received only
about 3.5 percent. The unions
received an additional 6.5 percent to
pay for administrative salaries and to
make up for decreased enrollment.
CFA cut out 3.4 percent of the
union’s request, or about $66,000.
That money was supposed to make up
for lost revenue from a proposed stop
on union tobacco sales and money
from a lease with National Bank of
Commerce,'which the university
wants to keep.
Marilyn Bugenhagen, Student
Involvement director, said she didn’t
want the proposed budget reductions
to affect student services.
She wants the new offices to be
open until 10 p.m. To cut costs, CFA
recommended they stay open until 7
p.m., since it was questionable how
many students would use the office.
Although ASUN heavily debated
reinstating $19,000 into Student
Involvement’s budget for increased ser
Please see ASUN on 2
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