Opposites Attract
This weekend, the Huskers and then
winning streak meet the Aggies and
their losing streak. SPORTS, PAGE 16
n The Fast Track
The Sidetrack tavern has been pack
ing in Husker fans for almost 25
ulonT 1/ic years. A&E, PAGE 9
Vol 99, Issue 145
Culture Center frustration aired at forum
” It is first and
foremost a place for
students of color. It’s
a place to call home
- a place to be.”
Reshell Ray
assistant director of Student Involvement
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Officials discuss reluctance to make needed improvements to center
By Kimberly Sweet
Staff writer
Talk of the future of UNL’s
Culture Center dominated a forum
held by the Chancellor’s Commission
on the Status of People of Color on
Thursday.
Those who attended the forum
expressed their frustration about the
lack of a plan to improve the center,
which has been deteriorating in the
past few years.
“It seems like we are sitting on
our hands and waiting for something
to happen,” said senior business mar
keting major Eddie Brown. “No one
knows the plan; no one knows the
timeline.”
James Griesen, vice chancellor
for student affairs, said indecision
about what to do with the building
has prevented any action.
The building needs a new heating
and air-conditioning system, as well
as miscellaneous repairs.
But Griesen said the possibility
of commercial development of the
property the Culture Center sits on is
making officials hesitant to invest
large amounts of money to improve
the building.
“It’s very premature to say there is
any (business) interest,” Griesen said.
“But we do have hopes the block may
be better used.”
Griesen said he would rather see
the university build a new Culture
Center in the parking lot between the
Nebraska Union and the Wick
Alumni Center.
In the past, repairs that would
have made more rooms in the build
ing usable have been put off because
of the recent construction and reno
vations of the Nebraska Union,
Griesen said.
After union construction costs
exceeded the original budget, money
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To the extreme
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CLARE CRANDELL, a fifth-grader at Belmont Elementary School, practices Thursday with her Capital Soccer Association team, the “Under Eleven
Gold Extreme,” on UNL*s East Campus. Jerry Llss, the team’s volunteer coach, said the team practices every Tuesday and Thursday.
Building will help unite
Teachers College faculty
By Kimberly Sweet
Staff writer
Faculty, staff and administrators
of the Teachers College work each
day with their departments scattered
in various campus buildings.
But by July 2001, members of
the college will move into their new
home - a three-story, collegiate
Georgian-style building that will
bring five of die six departments into
one complex.
Members of the college who
reside in Bancroft Hall are anticipat
ing the move-in date when they will
occupy the Teachers College build
ing currently under construction
between Mabel Lee and Henzlik
Hall, at 14th and Vine streets.
The new building will connect
the two, allowing for easier travel
and more interaction between the
different departments, said James
O’Hanlon, dean of the college.
“This will allow us to centralize
our services more and do things in a
more efficient way,” O’Hanlon said.
The ceremonial ground-break
ing for the building was April 4. But
construction on the building began
last November, said F. Woods
Haecker, the project manager for the
new building.
The building is scheduled for
completion on July 2,2001.
Faculty and staff of the educa
tional psychology and educational
administration programs will move
as quickly as possible into their new
quarters when they get the go-ahead,
said Toni Santmire, interim chair
woman of educational psychology.
Special education and commu
nication disorders will remain in the
Barkley Memorial Center on East
Campus.
After the two departments leave
•• This will allow
us to centralize
our services
more.”
James O’Hanlon
Teachers College dean
Bancroft Hall, the building will be
demolished
Money for die $10 million proj
ect came from money allocated to
the university for deferred mainte
nance projects. The Nebraska
Legislature approved LB 1100,
which gave die university money to
renovate the buildings, in 1998.
The Love Library renovation, as
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—— J
Devaney’s
widow put
others first
By Lindsay Young
Senior editor
Pat Devaney remembers when her
mother and best friend, Phyllis, was
watching an Eddie Murphy monologue
on the television.
Pat Devaney said she remembered
thinking she wished her mother, widow
of the former NU Athletic Director and
Football Coach Bob Devaney, didn’t
have to hear Murphy’s “filthy language.”
But her mother sat quietly through
the show and then said: “Actually, that
guy has a lot of truth in what he’s say
mg.
Phyllis Devaney saw through
Murphy’s words and listened for the
essence of his message.
She saw people for who they were,
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Professor,
63, dies
of cancer
■ Alexander “Bob”
Peters noted for his work
in aerodynamics.
ByjHlZeman
Staff writer
Members of the UNL community
were dealt a loss Tuesday as a professor
known for his work with aerodynamics
and his love of flying died.
Alexander “Bob” Peters, 63, died
April 18 altera 14-year battle with can
cer.
Peters served as chairman of the
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
mechanical engineering department
from 1975-85 and as a professor of
mechanical engineering through the
fall 1999 semester.
He left behind a list of accomplish
ments within the engineering field,
including perfecting the radar-reflec
tive camouflage cloth manufacturing
process, resulting in a $ 14 million start
up contract.
He also perfected curing on Gulf
War chemical warfare gloves.
David Lou, chairman of the
mechanical engineering department,
said Peters made outstanding contribu
tions to the university throughout his
tenure.
“He was a man of higher principle
and was very dedicated to his profes
sion,” he said.
Peters’ students enjoyed his classes
- he was sometimes demanding but
always thorough and organized, Lou
said.
“There’s no question about it - he
had quite an effect on the students,” he
said.
Lawrence Ehlers, a retired mechan
ical engineering associate professor,
said Peters was outgoing and easy to
work with.
“He was a very good person,” he
said.
“People looked up to him, he had a
good technical mind and was fair to his
students.”
Ehlers and Lou both mentioned the
impact Peters had on the university.
“It’s a real loss to the department,”
Ehlers said. “He was very well-respect
ed.”
Lou said: “He will be greatly
missed.”
Peters’ hobbies went outside work
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