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State News / Michigan State University East Lansing, Mich. (U-Wire) - A report made by the committee responsible for reviewing police action at the Munn field riot included results of a survey that found the banning of alco hol on Munn to be a “drastic mistake by university officials that may result in riots or unrest” The confidential report, compiled by die Department of Police and Public Safety Oversight Committee, which included the findings of the survey, con cluded that university and police offi cioia uiu uoi ut&c proper steps m uie events leading up to the riot The survey, titled “Student Attitudes Toward Alcohol Issues,” was given to 500 undergraduate stu dents in fall 1997, and asked their opinions regarding 50 hypothetical strategies to decrease binge drinking. Charles Atkin, chairman of the department of communication, helped create and administer the survey, which was facilitated by the Office of Alcohol and Other Drug Education in the Department of Student Life. “They wanted to find out how stu dents would react to strategies to reduce binge drinking,” Atkin said. He said die question asking about the elimination of alcohol from Munn field garnered the most lop sided response of any of the ideas. “Eighty-three percent of the students thought that that would be an unaccept able thing to do,” Atkin said. “Even though maybe only 15-20 percent of the students had ever set foot on the field itself on football days, they viewed tail gauiig uu munn as a suxieni ngnu Terry Denbow, vice president for university relations, was not aware of the report, but stood behind the deci sions of university officials regarding the alcohol ban on Munn. “The people who made die Munn decisions were aware of all the possible consequences of those decisions before hand,” Denbow said ;; ■: “The decision to close Munn to alco hol is still seen by die university as being the correct one” rmm.. " ' ' "■■■! Annie Aidinger ronflratlllation<; to the , qq« Megan McGargiU Stacie Anderson '-Ongratuiations to tne 1998 AUison Meier Erahn Bower New Members of Kristin Morphew Brittany Cohen Jessi Mouton Jaclyn DiGiacoma Kr^nn^ Stephanie Nielsen Sarah Ebers ivuppu ivuppu Jenny Norman Mandy Fickbohrn Denise Passmore Jami Frauen VJCIIIIIIICI Abbie Prentiss Mindy Glass l Jennie Riibe Wendy Hicks Ashley Sammin Coty Hollander Meghan Slattery Amber Ingram I Anne Soper Brooke Jambor * Lorie Stanford Becki Kling -fAV CaitUin StroUer Gabe Kroll ___1 Carrie Wiedel Amanda Lowery sf? Katie Wright Micaela McArdie ^T.n State* Welcome to the bond New Members!! Sarah Andes ; Shelley Joseph Christine Bader Alpha Chi Tiffany Kline I Katie Beers Omega Lindsay Lucey Sarah Boisseree Melissa Martinez Becky Broshears Aasta McCollery Alicia Danielson Colleen McCormelly Tracy Ernstmeyer Jennifer Munson Emily Gallagher Staci Navin Missy Georges Jenny Olsen Rachel Gildon ^ Kari O’Neill Jasmine Greiner Amber Oswald Leonna Griffin Nicole B. Peterson Missy Grehoviak Brittani Potadle Heather Hautzinger Natalie Quick Amy Higa Karen Reynolds Amanda Hurd AlissaVavra Gretchen Roemer Emily Hurd Becky Wiechman Emily Rosener Kristy Johannes Lisa Wilkinson Kim Stotts Lindsay Wright “To be or not to be, there was never any question/" if -rJhSf- ] —»•* •«ff I # - • mon to vote on exclusion policy ■ The Union’s director says the policy does not target homeless people. By Jessica Fargen Staff writer The Nebraska Union Board will vote tonight on a policy that would keep non-students out of some areas in the Nebraska Union after 6 p.m. The meeting is open to the pub lic and starts at 5:30 p.m. in the union. Under the policy, signs would be posted in the Crib, the unfin ished northwest study lounge and the unfinished basement billiard room and television lounge. After 6 p.m. those designated areas would be open only to stu dents, faculty members and staff of the University of Nebraska Lincoln. All people in the union would be advised to carry their student identification with them after 6 p.m. because they could be asked to prove their status. If someone failed to produce identification, they would be asked to leave the posted area. Nebraska Unions Director Daryl Swanson said he will have more information for the board and hoped to clear up misconcep tions about the policy. Student government passed a bill last week voicing its opposi tion to the proposed union policy. Swanson said many people have assumed the policy is a 24 hour policy, which it is not. People have also assumed it affects all areas of the union, he said, and that it specifically targets transients, which he said is not true. “We are not just talking about homeless people and transients,” he said. “We have had difficulties with other persons such as groups of junior high students late at night,” he said. He said recently a student was threatened by a non-student late at night in the union. An increased number of drunk people in the union at night is one of the reasons for the 6 p.m. cutoff time. “That kind of behavior does threaten people’s safety; that’s not our perception of safety,” he said. “It’s a real problem as far as we’re concerned.” Swanson said the board could amend the policy, pass it as is or not pass it at all after discussion. Although the union is a public place, students pay for it almost exclusively with their fees, Swanson said. “If students don’t feel comfort able in the union at all times, I have a prior obligation to them over members of the public.” New Members of Delta Gamma Carmen Bailey Michelle Medina Jessica Beard /S\ Erica Meents Julie Boyer ^vSuzanne Minarick Katie CJesHk^^l^Megan Mullinix Meganiuler M pPCaura'Wlerson Lisa Evans Nicole Peterson Stephanie Foulk|&A Sara Portis Sara Heinrich April Reins Amy Highby Jill Rippen Michaela Jacobs |i!f Kristin Sasso EmHy Jorgenson fyaCora ScheUjA parab Kelling jLgyKatie Shamblia rldcrMalin6 ^mLindsay«wd« Heian^aimschrek yf^j^miiy^uon^y TarawjrKk^ J \ jPHpniw,li Anna MarShfdL JWPWolfe Jamie Maser^X I award given to student ByAnneHettz Staff writer Carrie Pierce classifies herself as a modest leader. So it shouldn’t be a surprise that when Pierce wnn the OntstanHina Student Leader Award at the National Convention for Student Alumni Associations, the first thought that came to her mind was “No way.” Pierce, a senior advertising major and vice president of the Student Alumni Association, won one of the top three honors at die annual conven tion Aug. 27-30 in Madison, Wis. About 1,100 students attended the convention, 25 of them from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Student Alumni Association. „ “We gain a lot by going to these conventions,” Pierce said. “I am hon ored to be granted this award. It makes me want to work harder for the group” Pierce said the association’s main focus is to show that UNL alumni sup port die students and to encourage stu dents to do the same after graduating. Currently, Pierce is working on developing a group of alumni that "would interact with students on cam pus. “I’m working towards my goal of integrating alumni and students more because that’s so vitally important,” Pierce said. “Without alumni, we would not have support.” Pierce said the Alumni Association works on forming a rela tionship between the UNL students and alumni “There is always more that stu dents could be doing to learn more about the alumni,” Pierce said. As vice president of the associa tion, Pierce is in charge of organizing the six main committees: Homecoming, Student Enhancement Fund, Senior Sendoff, Masters Week, Distinguished Scholars’ Day and Public Relations. Pierce said she is more of a behind-the-scenes person, so winning the top honor was surprising. Shelley Zaborowski, Pierce’s MWTAUVij UV1J/VW UVUUUUiV Jl AVIVV XVI this award. Zaborowski said she was not surprised with the result. She said Carrie won the award because she’s such an outstanding leader for the group. “I knew she was deserving of this award,” Zaborowski said. “Carrie is so hard-working and dedicated. People look up to her fra: her leadership.” Zaborowski said because the Student Alumni Association is a group comprising many student lead ers, Pierce’s award proves that she’s a leader among leaders. “The Alumni Association is very lucky to have her involved in their organization,” Zaborowski said. Zaborowski added that Pierce is more than a leader. Though she works hard and is dedicated to the organization, Zaborowski said, Pierde always is willing to help otters, making ter an f excellent role model for students. | “She’s very sincere. She does it because she loves to do it,” Zaborowski said. “That is her most admirable quality of all.” I 1 --— .■>
