VOL. 99 COVERING THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA-LINCOLN SINCE 190 J - NO. 12
SPOUTS
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More than a hat
With the help of Meghan Anderson’s four goals on
Friday and solid play from Amy Walsh on Sunday,
die NTJ soccer team remains undefeated. PAGE 12
AAE
Jump & Jive
Despite the lofty scientific reference in the title of
their new album, “Meson Rey,” The Ernies promise
to make audiences dance tonight. PAGE 15
TUESDAY
September 7, 1999
Not-so-Strmke Weather
Partly sunny, high 85. Cleairi^^night, low 55.
Plastic: the
good, the
bad and
the debt
By Kelly Romanski
Staff writer
Junior pre-med student Solomon Abawi
signed up for his first credit card on the
University of Nebraska-Lincoln campus his
freshman year.
He filled out the application, and as is the
case with most credit card offerings on cam
pus, he grabbed his free T-shirt.
He still has the shirt, but he had to sell his
car to pay off his credit card after spending too
much money during spring break last year.
“We took that car to South Padre Island,”
he said. “And I
so you'll know
what you can afford.
-Pay your b» on time every
mixih.
-Live by the simple rule: if you
can't afford *, don't charge it
-Always pay more than the
minimum due or just pay off die
entire balance.
-Merest charges are added
when you don't pay your biN in
fun.
-Know your credit card interest
rate, statement due date and
credit limit.
-Fees are charged if you pay
late and/or exceed your credit
limit.
-If you have trouble paying,
seek help before debt gets out
of hand.
-A poor credit history can hurt
your chances of getting an
apartment, car loan and could
affect your chances of getting
a new job.
-Before you move, notify the
card issuer of your new
address.
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MattHaney/DN
used my card
way too
much.”
Before
considering
selling his car,
he thought of
going to
Harris Lab
oratories Inc.,
“but I didn’t
want to have
hormones
injected,” he
said.
A b a w i
was originally
going to work
hard to pay off
his credit card
bills, but he
decided it
would take
too long.
He decid
ed the quick
est money
would come
from the sale
of his car.
Aoawi nas
found ways to compensate for the loss of his
wheels.
“I have a motorcycle, and my roommates
take me for groceries when it gets cold,” he
said.
Abawi’s parents wouldn’t help him out, but
he said he didn’t want the help.
“They had the attitude, you got yourself
into it, you get yourself out,” he said.
Abawi cut up his cards six months ago.
“Those finance charges and late fees kept
compounding, and it can ruin your credit rat
ing,” he said.
Abawi possibly could have benefited from
a new Web site - www.creditalk.com.
With warnings such as “It’s not free
money!” the site offers advice for first-time
credit card users.
The United States Student Association and
Mastercard International Inc. formed the site,
which has information such as whether to
Please see CREDIT on 6
UNL adjusts to budget cuts
■ The elimination of 77 staff
and faculty positions has resulted
from the reallocation of funds to
priority areas.
By Kimberly Sweet
Senior staff writer
It’s been a month and a half since the NU
Board of Regents released a report detailing how
the University ofNebraska will handle its budget
shortfall.
But after the reallocation of more than $9 mil
lion and the elimination of more than 130 posi
tions systemwide, UNL is starting to feel the
effects on its campus.
For the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, the
reallocation meant moving more than $4.6 mil
lion to support campus and universitywide prior
ities that weren’t funded when the Nebraska
Legislature approved NU’s 1999-2001 biennium
budget last spring.
The $4.6 million was garnered by not filling
faculty and staff vacancies and looking for ways
to run UNL more efficiently.
UNL eliminated 77 staff and faculty positions
through retirement and attrition. No faculty in
tenure or tenure-track positions were lost, said
UNL Chancellor James Moeser.
Some positions were cut to increase adminis
trative efficiency.
Mail distribution services lost employees,
and jhe UNL employment office was left with
only a skeletal staff, Moeser said.
The Nebraska Forest Service office lost one
office member. State Forester Gary Hergenrader
said his office is trying to compensate for the loss
by using a recording to answer the phone.
Faculty members also have more responsibil
ities around the office because of die loss, he said.
“(The office worker) just left a week ago,”
Hergenrader said. “We’re kind of falling behind.”
Diane Wasser, a member of the University of
Nebraska Office Personnel Association,said it
was too early to tell what the loss of staff positions
will do to offices campuswide. UNOPA is a
group that represents staff members’ needs on
campus.
Please see FUNDS on 6
Heather Glenboski/DN
MIKE SHAMBAUGH-MILLER, a doctoral candidate in geography and a geography instructor, speaks to about 40 people at a rally outside the
Nebraska Union on Friday afternoon. The rally was held to let people give their opinions about parking on campus.
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(The administration
is) creating a crisis
with parking so
students and
faculty will be
forced to accept
any proposal in a
few years.”
Gregory Theriot
graduate student
Parking plan protested
By Eric Rineer
and Josh Knaub
Staff writers
About two dozen students and
staff members gathered outside the
Nebraska Union on Friday after
noon, holding picket signs and ban
ners to protest the most recent park
ing plan proposed by university offi
cials.
Increasing permit rates, fewer
parking spaces and what some
coined an unreliable shuttle service
were issues addressed by protesters.
Picketere waved signs reading
“Reliable Shuttles by 2000,”
“Where Would Jesus Park?” and
“Why Drive?” to students passing
by between classes in front of
Brqyhill Fountain.
Mike Shambaugh-Miller, a
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
geography instructor and graduate
student, led the rally. He attacked
UNL Parking and Transit Services
for its overselling of student passes
this semester.
“The numbers just don’t add
up,” said Shambaugh-Miller
through a megaphone, referring to
the 10,000 permits sold in spite of
there being 7,500 spaces on campus.
The main issue discussed
throughout the rally, however, was
the proposed price increases of stu
dent, faculty and staff permit rates
over the next several years.
James Main, assistant vice chan
cellor for business and finance, out
lined the proposed increases last
week during a presentation to the
UNL Parking Advisory Committee.
Main also outlined the universi
ty’s goals for die next 12 years.
Those plans included eliminat
ing more than 10,000 parking
spaces on the City and East campus
Please see PARKING on 7
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