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
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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