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BASEBALL from page 1
the new complex. They make up a
. small number of donors who want
* their gifts to go specifically to athlet
ics.
“Donated money is always highly
designated,” Smith said.
“There are a mixture of people
who have donated solely to athletics
and a large number who give only to
academics.”
Wilson also expressed concern
about the use and advertisement of
alcohol and tobacco at the stadium.
Bill Byrne, NU athletic director,
said alcohol would be prohibited at
the complex during university
events.
When the Northern League pro
fessional team occupies the stadium
during the summer, there would be
no prohibition, Byrne said.
The installation of Tri-Vision
screens would allow advertisements
for alcohol and tobacco to be hidden
during university events, Byrne said.
If approved by the Lincoln City
Council, construction of the complex
would begin next spring or summer.
It will take a year to complete the
project, said Scott Lewis, associate
vice chancellor for business and
finance.
“We anticipate the first pitch to
take place on March 1, 2001,” Lewis
said.
Both the baseball and softball
teams are scheduled to have double
headers that day.
The City Council is set to vote on
the project today.
The Railroad Transportation
Safety District must also approve a
pedestrian connector to the
Haymarket and the acquisition of a
railroad right-of-way.
It is set to vote Tuesday.
New schools get support
SCHOOLS from page 1
Some opponents of the bond say it
will raise property taxes, and the
schools could be built for less. Others
are not comfortable with the proposed
school designs.
McRoy praised the students for
“showing the community how serious
you are.”
“You can’t get anywhere sitting at
home bitching,” McRoy said. “You’ve
got to get up and do something. And
you are.”
Ted Larson, a Lincoln Southeast
High teacher, said student support
showed the bond was important.
“Most adults think they know
what happens in high schools after
watching the movie ‘The Breakfast
Club,”’ he said.
Larson told a story about why he
felt the school bond should pass.
Larson said his wife, who teaches
at a Lincoln alternative high school
for students who do not do well in
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Regent Don Blank from McCook
said he is excited about the project.
“I know we have to work out the
details, but it appears we are on the
track of building a very good com
plex.”
Board endorses
education initiative
PLAN from page 1
teacher training a top priority and
increase teacher evaluations by
peers.
The State Board of Education
hopes to get a clearer idea of what
students need to be prepared for
post-secondary education.
By increasing communication
between the college and universi
ty boards and the State Board of
Education, teachers could get a
better idea of what classes are
missing that would make students
more prepared, said Bev Peterson,
president of the State Board of
Education.
“It would help us understand
better when you say your require
ments are four years of English,”
Peterson said. “What do you want
in those English classes?”
The initiative also will allow
the governing boards to collect
and share data about a wide range
of issues affecting education.
Finding out why prospective
teachers drop out of teaching pro
grams in college or why young
teachers leave the occupation
after just a couple of years, is
information the two boards could
seek out and share with each
other, Smith said.
“There is a database nationally
that we have access to that gives
us figures on why students stay in
the program or why they drop
out,” Smith said. “One advantage
of this partnership is that we can
get access to this data.”
Regent Chuck Hassebrook of
Walthill said he supports the com
munication and cooperation the
initiative provides.
“I think there is a lot you can
do with more information,”
Hassebrook said. “If something’s
not working we can go back and
look at how we can fix it.”
The next step in the process is
to get agreement from the State
Board of Education and then form
a steering committee with repre
sentation from a variety of groups,
Peterson said.
The steering committee will
then determine what actions need
to be taken to realize the initia
tive’s goals.
Smith said he was optimistic
about the initiative and the prob
lems it will solve.
“This develops a plan of a
working relationship we’ve never
had,” Smith said. “Until now
we’ve been in a reactive mode. We
need to get in a cooperating
mode.”
mainstream schools, recently had a
student transfer to her class from
another Lincoln high school.
“He said he loved the atmosphere
of high school. He loved the clubs, the
extracurricular activities,” Larson
said. “But in the classroom, he felt
invisible.”
Larson said the new schools
would provide smaller classrooms ’
and enable teachers to give students
more individual attention.
Ed Zimmer, Lincoln school board
president, said the students were the
best symbol of why new schools were
needed.
“We don’t build buildings for the
sake of piling up materials,” he said.
“We build buildings for students.”
Zimmer said he appreciated the
students’ support even though they
would not reap the benefits of the new
schools, which will be completed in
2003 if the bond passes.
“My 10-year-old will thank you,”
he said.
Student
dragged in
rail accident
TRAIN from page 1
Although he was apparently
unconscious during the accident,
Jurgens woke when medical personnel
arrived, Beggs said.
Beggs said officers on the scene
reported Jurgens was “extremely
intoxicated” at the time of the acci
dent.
Laura Fuchf said she heard a
metallic sound coming from the train
tracks near her home at 1311 N. 14th
St. Fuchf, a secondary education
major, said police cars remained at the
scene of the accident until about 3 a.m.
Beggs said he did not know where
Jurgens was going or coming from or
why he stopped and sat down on the
railroad tracks.
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