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about Fulbright scholarship
From staff reports
Students who want a firmer
grasp on international experience
have a chance to tighten their grip
today and Wednesday.
The Fulbright Association at the
University of Nebraska-Lincoln and
the Office of International Affairs
are sponsoring workshops for stu
dents interested in applying for
Fulbright grants.
Workshops will be held today
from 3 to 4 p.m. in the Nebraska
East Union and on Wednesday from
3 to 4 p.m. in the Nebraska Union.
The Fulbright Program - one of
the government’s best scholarship
programs - provides students sup
port for study at foreign universi
ties.
Its aim is to foster understanding
among nations through educational
and cultural exchanges.
More information about the
Fulbright Program can be found at
http://www. iie. org/fulbright.
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Electoral Commission
doles out final penalties
By Margaret Behm and Jill
Zeman
Staff writers
After spending months of planning
and dollars upon dollars on advertising
and campaign materials, student elec
tion groups still have to shell out a few
more bucks.
Members of the Electoral
Commission met Monday to decide
how much each party should be charged
for infractions committed during the
Association of Students of the
University of Nebraska election.
A total of $ 170 was handed out in
fines for this year’s election, and the
money will go to benefit NU on
Wheels, said Marlene Beyke, ASUN
director of development.
Election violations are reported by
individuals or members of the Electoral
Commission, Beyke said.
Members of A-Team were fined
$20 for banners hanging from fraternity
houses with incorrect wording, $5 for a
banner that is still displayed at the
Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity house
and $25 for fliers placed on cars.
The group was also fined $5 for a
poster with incorrect information that
U I’m going to hunt down that person
in Harper. They owe me five dollars.”
Joel Schafer
ASUN president-elect
was hung up in Harper Residence Hall.
Joel Schafer, president-elect from
the A-Team party, said members of A
Team did not create or post the sign.
“I’m going to hunt down that person
in Harper,” Schafer joked. “They owe
me five dollars.”
Members of the Empower party
were fined a total of $35: $30 for having
campaign posters at polling sites for the
general election and $5 for a poster at a
run-off election polling site.
Empower presidential candidate
Heath Mello said he didn’t think his
party should be fined for the infraction.
“It didn’t help us; we lost,” he said.
“Obviously we shouldn’t be fined.”
Impact was fined $30 for two sepa
rate infractions of incorrect wording on
posters and banners.
Duff was given a $5 fine for a poster
displayed at the Abel-Sandoz polling
site and the Fishpond party was fined
$20 for incorrect wording on campaign
material, causing it to drop out of the
race before the election.
David Koesters, independent candi
date for the College of Journalism and
Mass Communications senate seat, was
fined $25 for a poster at a polling site
that also did not contain correct word
ing.
This year’s fines per party were less
than in the past two years.
In 1999, a total of $100 was equally
charged to the two parties involved,
Focus and Voice.
The two parties running in 1998,
Vision and Commit, received a total of
$133 in fines.
Todd Franzen,director of the
Electoral Commission, said the com
mission was as fair as possible.
“We didn’t try to be biased,” he said.
“We considered all the factors involved
and determined the fines from there.”
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Fetal tissue researcher
named Fulbright scholar
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of Alzheimer’s and Parkinson's dis
eases.
Even though there has been intense
discussion over the use of fetal tissue in
the research of neurodegenerative dis
eases, Gendelman said it has not affect
ed the portion of his research that uses
the tissue
“I’ve come to do a job here in
Nebraska,” Gendelman said. “I was
hired to establish a world-class research
center in the study of the brain.”
In doing this, Gendelman said he
relies bn a number of different research
techniques to determine how to fix a
damaged brain.
The use of fetal cell research is sim
ply one of those tools, he said.
Upon coming to Nebraska,
Gendelman said he weighed the facts
about the research carefully.
“I don’t have a problem with this,”
he said. “I looked at it very carefully
when I came.”
Gendelman said he followed his
integrity, guidelines, laws and God
when pursuing his research.
Now, the fight is beyond him, he
said.
“If the people feel what I am doing
is wrong, it is for the Legislature to
decide,” Gendelman said.
If the State Legislature decides to
end the use of fetal tissue in research at
the medical center, Gendelman said he
would leave the state and pursue his
research elsewhere.
So would others, he said.
“What scientist would ever come to
Nebraska if one of their research tools
is thrown out by the Legislature?”
Harold Maurer, chancellor at
UNMC, said Gendelman’s being
named a Fulbright researcher reflected
positively on the research being done at
the university.
“This is certainly another strong
validation of the outstanding research
being done by Dr. Gendelman and his
colleagues,” Maurer said in a state
ment.
Because Nebraska is among the
states with the highest percentage of
people above 85 years old, Gendelman
said he hopes he can bring back helpful
research to Nebraskans from his eight
month stint in Israel.
“We’re dealing with a problem that
is of great importance to this state,” he
said.
Aerospace engineer to talk
about Challenger explosion
By Tony Moses
Staff writer
An engineer who predicted the
explosion of the space shuttle
Challenger will speak tonight in the
Nebraska Union.
Roger Boisjoly will speak at 7 p.m.
about the Challenger explosion.
Boisjoly worked for Morton
Thiokol, the company responsible for
designing the faulty part that lead to the
Challenger’s explosion.
Boisjoly, who had more than 25
years of experience as an aerospace
engineer at the time of the explosion,
warned NASA and Morton Thiokol
about the faulty design several years
before the explosion.
NASA and Morton Thiokol ignored
the warnings and continued to use the
(faulty design for space shuttle flights.
“He begged them to hold things
off,” said Constance Walter, communi
cations director for the College of
Engineering and Technology at UNL.
“He also struggled to find a solution to
the problem.”
Boisjoly will also speak about engi
neering ethics and responsibilities today
at 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. in the
Beadle Center.
The events are being sponsored by
the College of Engineering and
Technology at UNL.
Boisjoly was awarded the Prize for
Scientific Freedom and Responsibility
by the American Association for the
Advancement of Science.
Despite his many warnings,
Boisjoly watched die Challenger launch
on January 28, 1986, with the faulty
design.
“He had to watch it explode,” Walter
said. .