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Double Life
Main Street Cafe pulls double duty
as both a bar and a diner.
A&E, PAGE 9
His Way
Nebraska Coach Barry Collier
wants discipline to be a major part
Vol 99, Issue 140 of the Husker system
SPORTS, PAGE 16
Moeser leaving for North Carolina
In a move that surprised many, UNL chancellor takes top spot at UNC
By Kimberly Sweet
Staff writer
The search will soon be on to fill
the top position at UNL, as
Chancellor James Moeser is expect
ed to publicly accept the head posi
tion at the University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill this morning.
Three university officials con
firmed rumors Thursday night that
Moeser had been appointed head of
the university after the UNC Board
of Trustees held an emergency meet
ing behind closed doors that morning
to discuss personnel matters.
“It’s true; he is the next chancel
lor of the university,” said James
Griesen, vice chancellor for student
affairs at UNL.
The UNC-system Board of
Governors is set to meet today in
Chapel Hill. It is expected they will
appruve ivrueser s
appointment and
then make the
announcement at
an 11:30 a.m.
(10:30 CDT)
press conference.
Moeser could
not be reached for
Mnacor comment
moeser Thursday night.
Griesen said a call from Moeser
informing him of the decision came
as a surprise to him. He said he was
unaware Moeser was being courted
by UNC - ranked No. 27 in the most
recent edition of U.S. News and
World Report.
Herb Howe, associate to the
chancellor, also confirmed Moeser’s
decision to take the position at North
Carolina was final. He wouldn’t
comment on how long he knew
Moeser was a finalist for the posi
tion.
The news came as a surprise to
those contacted Thursday night, after
finding out Moeser would be taking
the North Carolina position - not the
University of Florida presidency
position he announced more than a
week ago he was a finalist for.
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University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
- Public university
- Founded in 1789
- Undergraduate popula
tion: 15,291
- U.S. News and World
Report ranking: 27
- Research institution
Source: U.S. News and World Report
Melanie Falk/DN
Research funds
subject of panel
■ The merits of privately
funded research at schools
debated at symposium.
By CaraPesek
Staff writer
Schools seeking private sponsor
ship for their research may be engaged
in a “race to the bottom,” one speaker
told UNL students and faculty mem
bers Thursday.
Another speaker countered her,
saying that privately sponsored
research can be beneficial to universi
* ties, private companies and con
sumers.
Jennifer Washburn, a New York
City-based journalist, and Howard
Bremer, a patent attorney, debated the
merits of corporate-sponsored
research projects at public universities.
The debate was part of the
Capstone Symposium titled “The
Kept University vs. The Autonomous
University.”
The symposium celebrated 100
years of graduate education, research
and creative activity at UNL.
Washburn, co-author of the article,
“The Kept University” which explores
problems with corporate-funded
research, said privately funded
research may be harmful to academic
freedom at public universities.
For example, she said, 98 percent
of industry-fimded studies reflect pos
itively on the product being
researched. Non-industry-funded
studies reflect positively on the prod
uct only 79 percent of the time.
Furthermore, faculty members
who conduct privately sponsored
research may be offered stock or pres
tigious positions within the private
corporations.
“Money comes with strings
attached,” Washburn said.
Washburn said she was worried
about the effect the trend would have.
“I’m concerned that universities’
own research agendas will succumb to
industry and the demands of the mar
ket,” she said.
She said she was afraid colleges
and universities will eventually aban
don basic research and focus only on
applied research contracted by corpo
rate sponsors.
Bremer, an advocate of the
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Former Husker Wiggins
sentenced to probation
By Michelle Starr
Staff writer
Former Husker wingback Shevin
Wiggins was given 18 months proba
tion Thursday for contributing to the
delinquency of a minor.
Terry Dougherty, Wiggins’ attor
ney, said though Wiggins, 24, was in
the wrong place at die wrong time,
he did not make sexual contact with a
14-year-old girl on July 25 or 26,
1999, nor did he have a prior crimi
nal record.
Lancaster County District Court
Judge Karen Flowers said because
Wiggins didn’t have a prior criminal
record, and this seemed to be a one
time event, he did not deserve to be
incarcerated.
I ' I “The events
of that night,
whatever they
may have been,
l were out of your
character, Mr.
Wiggins,”
Flowers said.
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ment.
With the probation, Wiggins
avoided a possible sentence of one
year in jail and a $1,000 fine for the
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