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Turning Japanese
The Japan Festival filled out the Nebraska Union's
Centennial Room last night with a veritable plaza
of food dance and ethnic celebration. PAGE 8
FRIDAY
October 16, 1998
On Cloud Nine
Mostly cloudy, high 78. Breezy tonight, low 63.
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Matt Miller/DN
BRIANNE HINZ, a freshman psychology major, paints the lawn display in front of the Alpha Tau Omega Fraternity house Tuesday night. Work
continued around the clock for much of the week while projects were being completed.
Displays are a 24-hour task
By Veronica Daehn
Staff writer
Amid a clutter of wood paintbrushes and an
old couch stood a sweaty crew of builders from
Sigma Nu Fraternity late Tuesday night.
From the front lawn came sounds of pound
ing hammers, power tools, and laughter. The
men worked tirelessly toward their ultimate
goal - building a front yard spectacle to win this
year's homecoming yard-display competition.
Yard displays become one of UNL's most
visible homecoming icons. They attract the
attention of ogling game-day visitors and local
television stations.
Greek chapters and residence halls spent
much of the week working on homecoming dis
plays illustrating this year's theme: “Cherish the
past; continue the excellence."
Along 16th Street and R Street, music
poured from speakers as greeks worked to fin
ish - or guard - their works of art throughout the
nights. Even at 5 a.m., members could be seen
dancing, sipping hot chocolate concoctions or
playing football in the street.
A group of judges will determine the win
ners today, who then will earn points toward the
homecoming spirit trophy, announced at half
time of Saturday’s game.
Sigma Nu member Justin Koranda, a
sophomore general studies major, said chapter
members have been working on their project
since Tuesday morning.
Sigma Nu, along with Phi Gamma Delta
Fraternity and Delta Gamma Sorority, cooper
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ated on a display that included paper models of
former Coach Tom Osborne and Coach Frank
Solich, Koranda said.
“It's fun, and it's a good time,” Koranda
said.
Mollie Kerkahove. senior accounting major
and co-chairwoman of the homecoming yard
display committee, said Abel and Neihardt halls
were the residence halls constructing displays.
In the past, the groups had to abide by
spending limits. Because of the difficulty of
keeping track of money spent, there is no
spendmg limit on the displays, Kerkahove said.
Chad Horsham, a senior art major and Delta
Upsilon Fraternity member, said his chapter
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Husker game competes with fall break
ByIevaAugstums
Staff writer
Students will have to choose
Saturday between showing their
Husker spirit arfa|aaking a long
weekend. ■/
The University of Nebraska
Lincoln’s homecoming game is
Saturday at 6 p.m. It originally had
been scheduled for 11:30 a.m.
Saturday also is the first day of
the university's fall break.
“I was shocked when they
moved the game.” Joel Wiegert. a
junior economics major said. “It
seemed really strange to me to
move Homecoming.”
Athletic Director Bill Byrne
said the university did not decide to
move Saturday’s game.
“The decision meets a Big 12
contractual agreement with Fox
Sports Net and the university,”
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Bjfri&Clements- th* Big 12
Conference assistant media rela
tions director, said by contract, the
ABC television network gets first
choice on games it wants to broad
cast. The network is allowed to
determine a broadcast with at least
six days notification prior to kick
off, he said.
On Oct. 5, which was the first
day of the 12-day advance notifica
tion agreement, Clements said
ABC did not choose to broadcast
the Nebraska-Kansas game.
Fox Sports Net, which has sec
ond pick of the games ABC does
not take, decided to broadcast the
game.
A R $yi?ie,said. Fox Sports Net noti
fied the department Oct. 5 of the
change.
“I’m sorry some students are
upset, but we were not allowed to
pick,” Byrne said.
Wiegert, who is also a Beta
Theta Pi Fraternity member, said
the time change caused discrepan
cies with homecoming events his
fraternity planned. Beta Theta Pi
members organized their parents'
and alumni weekend around
Saturday’s game, he said.
“We had to restructure the day’s
events,” Wiegert said. “Parents
planned on coming down in the
morning and leaving at night. Now
most will have to spend the night in
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Ed tyorrow, Nebraska Alumni*
Association assistant director of
alumni relations, said most Alumni
Association events can be resched
uled easily around game times.
“The late game time allows us
to complete the day's events,”
Morrow said. “Most events, like
Husker Huddle, are flexible
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UNL meets
requisites
set by bill
By Josh Funk
Senior staff writer
UNL got an A on its federal government
report card that came in the form of a higher edu
cation bill signed into law last week.
The bill, with provisions cov ering issues such
as financial aid and campus rules, sets many
requirements that the University of Nebraska
Lincoln is already meeting.
"Analysis shows that UNL is wav ahead of the
curve nationally.” Chancellor James Moeser said.
"The other schools are still catching up.”
In some cases, prov isions in the bill w ill
enable the university to do more.
"This bill won't change the wav we do busi
ness." said James Gnesen, vice chancellor for stu
dent affairs.
President Clinton signed the higher education
bill into law' Oct. 7. saying its passage represents
how Congress should work.
l ne most publicized parts ot the bill deal with
financial aid issues, though the bulk of the sever
al-hundred page document addresses other issues
such as making college accessible to low-income
students, campus security and binge drinking.
But the real test of these reforms will be how
Congress appropriates money for them next year,
Gnesen said. It also will take time to work through
the full text of the bill to understand the impact of
all the provisions.
Included in the provisions UNL is already
meetmg are new requirements to keep higher edu
cation accessible to students from all incomes.
Four years ago, the NU Board of Regents
approved a tuition-assistance grant program. The
$500 grants are awarded based on both academic
merit and financial need to help fill the gap
between federal aid and family contribution.
Griesen said the regents expressed concern
that the university was pricing students out of the
market, so they budgeted $500,000 for the grant
program each year for the next two years.
The bill also included requirements dealing
with campus security and judicial records, but
UNL, as a public university, already adheres to
open record and meetmg laws, Griesen said.
Campus police share their daily logs with the
media and provide relevant case information.
Some related provisions would also allow the uni
versity to notify parents when minors break the
law, and student judicial proceedings could be
ODened.
But UNL already notifies parents of students
living in residence halls through a behavior con
tract signed by students when they move in. But
the bill lets the university notify the parents of stu
dents not living in residence halls.
In the area of binge drinking and drug viola
federal require-,
; issue, Griesenj
UNLs efforts to reduce binge drinking just got
a shot in the arm this year with the award of the
$700,000 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
grant.
Another provision of the bill could strip finan
cial aid from students with drug and alcohol con
victions.
Other parts of the bill, such as the creation of
new grants, could become important later after
Congress appropriates the money next year.
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