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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
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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
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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
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