VOL. 99 COVERING THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA-LINCOLN SINCE 1901 NO. 38
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Through its own success, the Husker volleyball
team has created a stronger bed of talent in the
state of Nebraska. PAGE 12
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Ch-ch-ch-changes
The Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery searches for
a new director, looks to expand its space and says
goodbye to the Ross Film Theater. PAGE 9
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■ The homecoming committee
chairwoman says her group takes
responsibility for Green’s actions.
By Michelle Starr
Staffwnter
Tom Green’s antics at Tailgate on the Turf last
Thursday have stirred some commotion on the
University of Nehraska-Lincoln campus.
The MTV star, who made a special appear
ance at last week’s homecoming pep rally, upset
some faculty, staff and students with his raucous
behavior.
But while many were offended, others said
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Green’s antics were to be expected.
The decision to hire the MTV star was a joint
effort between the UNL Athletic Department and
the ASUN Homecoming Committee. Though
apologies have been sent, there are still questions
as to how Green was paid and why he was select
ed for the pep rally.
Barry Swanson, assistant marketing director
of the NU Athletic Department, said the commit
tee chose Green because he “appeals to college
students.”
Chris Linder, Association for the Students of
the University of Nebraska homecoming com
mittee chairwoman, said her committee took
responsibility for Green’s actions.
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CURIOUS STUDENTS watch from a distance as a snake slithers on the ground in front of
Unra Library on Tuesday afternoon. The snake escaped unscathed but not without the
attention or stuoents.
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WHILE INSIDE THE Lil’ RED costume, MTV star Tom Green lies on top of Rick Schwieger,
HuskerVision production specialist, during the Tailgate on the TUrf pep rally Thursday.
Green’s antics at the pep rally have sparked controversy on campus and campuswide apolo
gies from UNL administrators, as well as a student.
Conference examines
By Margaret Behm
Staff writer
After Tuesday’s birth of the 6 billionth
baby was over, discussion began on the issues
surrounding the effects of world population
growth.
A press conference held Tuesday morning
discussed what kind of world the 6 billionth
human will live in and what the United States
can do to improve world conditions.
The conference was held at the Lincoln
Women’s Club.
“The first thing we need to do is realize
that we can all make a difference,” said Ayca
Ariyoruk, a UNL senior international politics
major. Ariyoruk is also the Secretary General
of Model United Nations.
Ariyoruk was one of the five speakers at
the conference that was put on by the Nebraska
Coalition on World Population and Resource
Depletion. The coalition is made up of 20
Nebraska organizations that want to address
population issues.
“The goal we have is to find creative solu
tions that are just and sustainable,” said David
Iaquinta, sociology professor and chairman of
the sociology department at Nebraska
Wesleyan University.
Iaquinta suggested that instead of putting
energy into stopping births, countries should
put energy toward working on improving
world issues.
Some of the issues he mentioned were the
status of women and the elderly and helping
rural communities become successful.
One concern of the coalition was how the
United States affects the environment.
According to the coalition, the greatest envi
ronmental threats come from the wealthiest
and poorest countries. The wealthy nations
consume more resources, while the poorer
nations destroy land and sell their resources
for money.
As a wealthier nation, some members of
the coalition felt that the United States should
do more to help out the rest of the world.
“As Americans, we have privileges, and
with those privileges we have responsibilities
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The goal we have is to
find creative solutions that
are just and sustainable
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we need to address,” said Pat Knapp, state
coordinator of the Nebraska Sierra Club.
One of the ways that the coalition suggest
ed that the country help out is to advocate
more funding to the United Nations.
“It’s not just a moral responsibility, it’s an
investment in less developed countries,”
Ariyoruk said.
Ninety-eight percent of world growth is
now occurring in developing countries,
according to the coalition.
Ariyoruk, who is from Turkey, said many
women in developing countries do not have
access to education or any alternative to mar
riage. That is why the birth rates are so high in
those countries.
She said that with more funding, the
United Nations could help those women have
more opportunities than to just get married
and have children.
Iaquinta also agreed that the United States
should offer more resources to the United
Nations.
“What an international embarrassment the
U.S. has caused in its failure to pay its dues to
the U.N.,” he said.
Iaquinta said that Americans think they are
the main support for other countries and that
America significantly puts resources into
helping developing countries. What
Americans don’t see is that other countries
give much more of their available resources to
the United Nations than the United States
does, Iaquinta said.
Another concern about population growth
is the effect on the environment. According to
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