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SPORTS Hardabura way here NU gymnast Jason Hardabura spent some time on the ski slopes before deciding to go to gym nastics full time. PAGE 9 A & E A brand new invention? Ice is back but he doesn't sound too fresh. From MTV to the Royal Grove in less than a decade, Vanilla Ice is still looking for respect. PAGE 12 WEDN IS »AY February 3, 1999 A Warmer Welcome Partly cloudy, high 50. Cloudy tonight, low 29. Photos by Heather Glenboski/DN ABOVE: CONSTRUCTION WORKERS Ron Taylor and Frank Ramirez discard broken bricks at the Capitol. The Mark One Waterproofing and Restoration Company is working to preserve the outside stone sculptures on the building. RIGHT: CONSTRUCTION WORKER Ron Rhynard chips away the interior bricks from the side of the Capitol building’s north steps. The bricks had expanded from water damage and caused the stone sculpture blocks to crack. Project aims to fix woes from wear By Dane Stickney Staff writer The state of Nebraska is in the midst of a $20.6 million project to repair the Capitol from the wrath of Mother Nature and sandblasts. The Nebraska State Capitol Masonry Restoration Project is an eight-year endeavor aimed at restor ing the exterior and structure of the Capitol Building. Project Manager Mike Rindone said the project is divided into five stages. Work is currently being done on the first three stages, which involve renovating the tower, dome and win dows. In the final two stages, work ers will refinish the base of the building, Rindone said. “The object of the project is to stabilize the exterior stone elements of the building,” Rindone said. “After 60 to 70 years of Mother Nature, the building is showing stress.” The capito! shows many visible signs of deterioration, Rindone said. “Many cracks and stone prob lems are visible. There are also sev eral issues within the building that have to be dealt with,” he said. Moisture penetration is a major concern, because the cracks in the limestone exterior are causing dam age to both the inside and outside of the Capitol. “The plaster around the inside of the windows is bubbling,” Rindone said. “It turns fluffy and eventually deteriorates. This has been an ongo ing maintenance problem that we are trying to correct.” Rindone said the front steps and wing walls are also suffering water damage. Both the steps and the walls have to be dismantled, so their respective foundations can be adapt ed to better handle the moisture. Other goals for the exterior of the Capitol are to replace many chipped windows and try to stabilize the Please see CAPITOL on 8 Kerrey gives his support to meat bills By Shane Anthony Staff writer Before a room packed with suits and seed-corn caps, debate opened Tuesday on a series of four bills aimed at meat-packing companies. The Legislature's Agriculture Committee heard from meat packers, farm organization representatives, sev - eral state senators and US. Sen. Bob Kerrey on LB832. LB833, LB834 and LB835, which would impose various restrictions on meat packers. Debate covered a host of economic issues that farmers and packers face. Several peo ple who testified spoke specifically about labeling meat products and price reporting. Kerrey said if Nebraska and other states pass the legislation, it will send a strong message to Washington that fed eral action is needed. Nebraska’s bills could help Congress “get it done and get it done right." he said. The view from Washington. D.C., he said, shows two economies - the farm economy and the rest of the econ omy. Surpluses in the rest of the econo my have caused much rejoicing in Washington, he said. For that reason, he said, states like Nebraska must tell the rest of the country about agriculture's plight. "You have to present pretty force fully and pretty repetitively that what's going on in agriculture is unique,” he said. The bills would prohibit packers from purchasing contract livestock without specifying a delivery date; require them to report prices paid, num Please see KERREY on 8 UNL’s Master Plan expands greek row ByIevaAugstums Senior staff writer The goal of some university offi cials is to unite the UNL greek system while providing City Campus with a more pedestrian-friendly living envi ronment. Greek row is to expand under the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Master Plan. The plan involves six pos sible future greek living sites in the next 25 years. “The Master Plan recognizes greek row as an important component to our City Campus,” said John Benson, direc tor of UNL Institutional Research and Planning. “It’s a very important part of student life. We want to keep it that way.” The existing greek row, located on 16th Street from Vine to R streets and on R Street from 14th to 17th streets, would be expanded east along R Street toward the Beadle Center. Benson said the expansion would add to the already linear historic district of the campus. “We are interested in enhancing greek row,” Benson said. “The dynam ics of the area are too strong.” Greek Affairs Director Linda Schwartzkopf agreed. “Traditional greek row hasn’t really changed,” Schwartzkopf said. “It is a u This plan is not set in stone. It can be amended and changed whenever we see it necessary ” John Benson director of UNL Institutional Research and Planning historic part of this campus.” Possible future sites for greek hous es include the corners of 16th and R streets and 17th and R streets, as well as four locations along R Street between 17th and 19th streets. Benson said those greek houses wishing to move closer to the recog nized greek row will have the option to do so in the future. However, one sorority house may not have a choice. As a way to make City Campus more pedestrian-friendly, the Master Plan calls for a grassy corridor that would replace Vine Street and extend from Memorial Stadium to the Beadle Please see GREEKS on 8 Read the Daily Nebraskan on the World Wide Web at dailyneb.com
