Building honors alumni
New journalism college location named for Andersens
ByIevaAugstums
Senior staff writer
UNL student journalists have
learned in the rooms of Avery Hall for
25 years.
But beginning in fall 2001, instead
of walking across campus, students will
walk downtown and study in Harold
and Marian Andersen Hall.
The University of Nebraska
Foundation announced Friday its plans
to name UNL’s College of Journalism
and Mass Communications’ new home,
the Security Mutual building at 200
Centennial Mall, in honor of Harold
and Marian Andersen of Omaha.
Harold Andersen is former publish
er and chairman of the Omaha World
Herald Co.
“Harold and Marian Andersen have
been longtime friends and supporters of
the University of Nebraska,” said NU
President Dennis Smith.
“Naming the College of Journalism
and Mass Communications building in
their honor is a fitting way for the
University of Nebraska to express sin
cere gratitude to them.”
NU Foundation President Terry
Fairfield said the building was named
for the Andersens to commend their
long history of leadership and support
of the university and its graduates.
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“It’s an honor for the NU
Foundation to have this building named
for the Andersens,” Fairfield said.
“Their dedication to the university is
exemplary.”
Harold Andersen graduated from
University of Nebraska’s Teachers
College in 1945 and minored in jour
nalism. Marian, his wife, graduated
from NU’s journalism school in 1950.
As longtime supporters of the uni
versity, the Andersens have lead
Campaign Nebraska, the foundation’s
comprehensive fund-raising effort that
has attracted more than $500 million in
private support.
Marian Andersen became a trustee
of the NU Foundation in 1974, follow
ing the footsteps of her father, C.
Wheaton Battey, who was one of the
first trustees of die foundation.
In 1984 she became the first woman
to be elected chairman of the NU
Foundation board of directors. Harold,
her husband, was elected chairman
seven years later.
Both Phi Beta Kappa graduates of
NU, the Andersens have been recog
nized for their many diverse civic and
community efforts, statewide and city
wide in Omaha.
Harold Andersen said he was
pleased to assist the college and the uni
versity in the acquisition of the Security
Mutual building.
“We are particularly interested in
the College of Journalism and Mass
Communications because of my life
long career in journalism, the fact that
Marian is a journalism graduate of
UNL and because the free press contin
ues to be an essential part of the fabric
of a free society,” he said
In addition to their service to the
foundation and the university during
the last four decades, the Andersens
have made more than $1.5 million in
gifts to the NU Foundation, supporting
programming and projects university
wide.
They have attracted more than $ 1.9
million to assist the NU Foundation in
purchasing the $2.5 million building.
“We are delighted of this partner
ship with the university,” Marian
Andersen said. “We are honored to help
continue journalism academic opportu
nity.”
UNL Chancellor James Moeser
also said he was pleased with the part
nership.
“The ability to improve the academ
ic facilities for students of journalism
and mass communications is an excit
ing opportunity to create a state-of-the
art learning environment,” Moeser said.
“We are grateful to Harold and
Marian Andersen for providing the
leadership that enables the university to
prosper and grow.”
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Rugby racks up money
for Special Olympics
By Sarah Fox
Staff writer
The UNL men’s rugby club raised
almost $1,000 for the 1999 Special
Olympics World Summer Games at a
rugby match in South Sioux City on
Friday night.
The game was a rematch of last
fall’s championship game between
South Dakota State University in
Brookings and the University of
Nebraska-Lincoln, said Judd Davis,
senior environmental studies major.
This year the rugby team, which
beat SDSU consists of about 30 mem
bers. The team decided to raise money
at the game by selling T-shirts,
because one member, senior criminal
justice major Adam Beltz, is a Special
Olympics soccer coach.
The team also collected money for
the Olympics through donations.
IBP meat packing company, the
rugby team’s sponsor, helped with the
fund-raising.
“We took the idea to them, and
they sponsored it,” Davis said.
The team sold $10 T-shirts with a
rugby photo on the back and IBP and
Special Olympics logos on the front.
Along with the goal of raising
money, UNL also wanted revenge on
South Dakota State, who beat UNL
last November, Davis said.
“The last game was in about 3
inches of mud in Brookings (S.D.),”
Davis said. “It was freezing cold.”
The weather wasn’t much better
Friday, but UNL managed to squeak
out a win, 15-8, in the last minute of
the game.
Davis said he expected about 700
people from Nebraska and South
Dakota to attend the match, but only
about 150 people showed up.
“It was pretty drizzly and raining
out,” said Jim Fitzpatrick, a sopho
more advertising major.
The Special Olympics World
Games, an Olympics for mentally dis
abled children and adults, will be held
June 26 to July 4 in North Carolina.
About 7,000 athletes from 150 coun
tries will compete in 19 sports.
Fraternity gets charter
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accomplished.
The Great Plains regional presi
dent Felix Schumberg and Pike
members from Creighton University
and the University of Nebraska at
Kearney conducted the inspection.
Feller said the presentation was
passed by a unanimous vote. After
that, the focus shifted to planning the
chartering ceremony.
About 250 people attended
Saturday’s banquet held at Top of the
Rock above Rock ‘N Roll Runza,
14th and P streets.
Those in attendance included
Pike members, their parents and
dates, as well as UNO, Creighton and
UNK chapter members.
The international president of Pi
Kappa Alpha, Tom Handler, gave the
keynote address.
Judge John Hendry, Chief Justice
of the Nebraska Supreme Court, also
spoke about his experiences as a
founding father of the NU Pikes in
the 1960s.
“(Receiving our charter) was a
mixture of emotions,” Crouse said.
“It was a big sigh of relief, but also
really exciting. It is the highest point
of my extracurricular life so far.”
The fraternity’s next goal is to
acquire a house.
A housing committee has been
established to promote finding a
house, Crouse said, but no further
advancements have been made.
“(Finding a house) is the ultimate
goal,” Feller said.
Right now, Pi Kappa Alpha holds
its meetings in the Nebraska Union.
After putting in 30 hours of work
a week to prepare for the weekend,
Crouse said he was relieved it was
over.
“It was a long road,” he said. “At
times, it didn’t seem like we were
going to get there, but we pulled
together and were successful in the
Climbers scale new peaks
in weekend competition
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lot of fun.”
The climbers contended for prizes
of climbing gear and T-shirts.
But the competitors were attracted
to the climbs for more than the prizes,
said Jon Godsey of the professional
staff at campus rec’s Outdoor
Adventures, who teaches the climbing
class offered by UNL.
“In climbing, the competition is
more targeted toward yourself,” he said.
“Climbing is definitely a self-improve
ment sport.”
Reese agreed.
“It’s a never-ending pursuit. You can
always find something harder.”
Godsey compared it to a perfor
mance.
“It’s kind of like vertical ballet,” he
said. “It’s mentally challenging and
physically challenging. I think that’s
what brings a lot of people to it.”
The competition was divided into
male and female sections at the begin
ner and intermediate levels. An
advanced level was offered, but no
advanced climbers signed 19.
Members of the Climbing Club
started setting up the routes for the
competition Monday and finished
Saturday morning. The routes were
given point values ranging from 100 to
800 points in 50-point increments.
Climbers scored a route by com
pleting it without falling. The top three
route scores were totaled for a climber’s
final score. /
Climbers were allowed as many
attempts as they wished within a five
hour period. Each climb had to be com
pleted within five minutes of starting it
Flashing a climb, which is complet
ing it on the first attempt, earned
climbers 25 bonus points.
The first-place winners were
Michelle Woods in women’s beginner,
Bill Barret in men’s beginner, Missy
Taylor in women’s intermediate and
Mark Wittland in men’s intermediate.
The wide variety of routes allowed
all climbers an opportunity to find
something right for diem.
“There’s a little bit for everybody,
for every level,” said sophomore archi
tecture Kyle Hansen, vice president of
the Climbing Chib.
Climbing has caught on rapidly at
UNL, he said.
“The amount the wall is used has
doubled this year over last year,”
Hansen said.
Climbers can be certified to use the
campus roc climbing wall by taking the
level-one safety climbing class offered
by campus rec on Mondays, Thursdays
and Saturdays.
With the proper training, climbing
is not an unusually dangerous sport,
Hansen said.
“It’s as safe as driving a car,” he
said. “As long as you are a smart
climber, you’re not likely to get hurt.”