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VOL. 99 COVERING THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA-LINCOLN SINCE 1901 NO. 15 SPORTS Peek-a-Polk After sitting behind Jay Foreman for two years, Nebraska linebacker Carlos Polk is ready to make a name for himself. PAGE 9 HE A Honky-Tonk Near You Montgomery Gentry brings its in-your-face, honky-tonk flavored country to Guitars and Cadillacs this weekend. PAGE 11 Mostly sunny, NU officials promote new anti-drinking ad campaign By Kimberly Sweet Senior staff writer The names of NU President Dennis Smith and UNL Chancellor James Moeser will appear in upcoming editions of national news papers such as the New York Times, Los Angeles Times and USA Today beginning today. The University of Nebraska officials’ names will appear along side those of officials from 113 colleges and universities sponsoring a series of national adver //- tisements designed to pro mote awareness about binge -• We cannot assume; drin&dswm contain a that binge drinking is necessarily a '^tys^goffaM nrndurt nf . cony is such a bad thing? uj what’s an occasional riot? universities. We ?r'even * li',1J„assflt between friends? said an have a number of th5t^a”this week in J the New York Times. people who come The ads> which are \ scheduled to begin running here as binge in 17 major newspapers 0 around the country today, drinkers” were designed to escalate the fight against binge Tom Workman drinking to a national level, Communications director !?ld Tom . Workman, for NU Directions Commun.cat.ons Dnector _ for NU Directions. While work has been done to fight high-risk drinking on the campus level, Workman said there hasn’t been as many efforts to stop the problem when it starts - which is often before college. “We cannot assume that binge drinking is necessarily a product of universities,” Workman said. “We have a number of people who come here as binge drinkers.” With that reality in mind, the National Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges in partnership with the Kellogg Commission on the Future of State and Land Grant Universities came up with the ad campaign to educate parents on how to stop the problem before it starts. Please see ADS on 8 Fewer barriers help ease preparations for gameday By Dane Stickney Staff writer As the Nebraska football team makes its final game preparations for its home opener on Saturday, university officials are making plans to deal with the influx of people and cars. Butch Hug, director of events for the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Athletic Department, said crowd control should be easier this year because con struction work around the stadium is fnostly complete. “It’ll be lots better this year because there’s not as much construction,” he said. “There aren’t as many barriers to work around. There were more problems to deal with before.” Despite the stadium renovations, Hug said he expected things to follow standard procedure. “Things will be pretty much routine,” he said. “We have a new group of people with the skyboxes, but things will pretty much be the same.” Students looking to validate their tick ets for sale to non-students will have to do so at the northwest comer of the stadium near Gate 8, Hug said. Tickets were previ ously validated at the ticket office, but the location has been moved because of safe ty procedures. Hug also encouraged fans to not stand on the bleachers during the game. “We encourage the students to stand the entire game, but we ask that they stand down on the footwells instead of the bleachers,” he said. Hug said fans should try to arrive early to the stadium and use caution when driving. The stadium will open 90 min Please see HUSKERS on 8 ■■ Nate Wagner/DN FRESHMAN MATT STOUFFER showers his muddy body after an intramural mud volleyball game Wednesday night. The mud volleyball tournament will continue Sunday at 1 p.m. at the Vine mud pits, 20th and Vine streets. * \ _ afr Former fraternity houses UNL offices Tau Kappa Epsilon's vacant home renovated ByJillZeman Staffwriter Finding year-old food in die freezer at the former Tau Kappa Epsilon Fraternity house was one of the many challenges workers encountered while transforming the building into die new home for many university offices. The former fraternity house, 420 University Terrace, now accommodates Summer Sessions, International Studies, Academic Senate and International Affairs. The last office to move in was International Affairs, which moved Wednesday and Thursday. Peter Levitov, associate dean of international affairs, said International Affairs was originally scheduled to move in August, but renovations weren’t complete. The office postponed moving until after Labor Day to have an easier transi tion for international students who had grown accustomed to heading to the old offices at 1237 R St. , The renovation of a framer fraterni ty house was a formidable task, Levitov said. The entire interior needed a facelift, including the removal of year-old food left in the freezer. More substantial changes included a new roof, an eleva tor, new windows raid new carpet Levitov said the revamped facilities and newer building are a definite advan tage. Another benefit is that everyone works on one floor, whereas previously they occupied three floors. Levitov also said the new location is closer to residence halls, fraternities and sororities, making it more convenient for students. But along with the good comes the bad, Levitov said. The new office is on the east side of campus, making it far ther from bmldings such as Architecture Please see MOVING on 8 Read the Daily Nebraskan on the World Wide Web at dailyneb.com