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Officials strive to unite NU, city
By Brandon Schulte
Staff writer
It could be said that the UNL
campus provides everything a
student needs to survive. It offers
food, athletic events, plays and
concerts, but chances are students
will want to get away from the
campus once in awhile.
And the city of Lincoln is up
to the challenge.
“The campus is an essential
part of the community,” Lincoln
Mayor Don Wesley said. “With
the sense of energy the students
bring to the community, we need
to be hospitable to the university.”
The city of Lincoln has taken
strides in the past to be friendly to
students, faculty and staff. Those
gestures are important not only
for the enthusiasm that students,
faculty and staff bring to the city,
but also for the money they bring
to the economy.
“Twenty thousand people can
amount to a large portion of the
economy,” Wesley said.
“Individually they might not con
tribute much, but as a whole they
are a big part of the city’s econo
my.”
It is a winning situation for
both parties: Area businesses get
much needed revenue while stu
dents have an opportunity to get
away from the day-to-day rigors
of class work.
And the downtown area isn’t
the only avenue for student
it The campus is an essential part of
the community. With the sense of
energy the students bring to the
community, we need to be
hospitable to the university.”
Mayor Don Wesley
involvement throughout the city.
The Mayor’s office along
with the Parks and Recreation
Department have several plans in
the works to enhance community
entertainment for students.
One is to use the Pine Wood
Bowl, an outdoor amphitheater,
for concerts, said Lincoln
Recreation Manager Sandy
Meyers.
“We are exploring the use of
the Pine Wood Bowl at this time,”
Meyers said. “There have been
concerts there in the past, but the
city can’t put up the tax dollars for
a concert on its own. An outside
entertainment entity must foot the
bill.”
The Parks and Recreation
Department also maintains
Mahoney, Pioneers, Holmes Park
and Highlands golf courses. All
offer 18 holes and can be played
on a sliding fee basis.
On weekends nine holes will
cost $12 all day long, while
before 1:30 p.m 18 holes will cost
$ 18, while after that time it drops
to $16 a round.
Weekday peak times are
between 6 and 8 a.m. and 3 and 6
p.m. and will run $15 and $12 for
18 and nine holes respectively.
The rest of the day the fees are
$13.50 and $9.50.
Meyers said one of the most
popular places for students is
Holmes Lake. It offers the golf
course, sand volleyball, fishing
and picnic facilities.
Another of the city’s attrib
utes is its 75 miles of trails, which
are used for biking, hiking and
running.
The vibrancy that the student
body brings to the city can’t be
ignored, therefore the municipali
ty will do its part to enhance stu
dent life.
“The city is trying to build a
healthy downtown,” Wesley said.
“We want to make it the entertain
ment center, and the students
make that possible. The city will
do more to bring things to campus
that will make Lincoln a fun and
exciting place for students to be.”
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For the past 10 years, the
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Police and New Student
Enrollment have been working
together to make students and fam
ily members more aware of cam
pus safety.
Director of NSE Patrick
McBride said it was NSE’s and the
University Police’s obligation to
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“I’d say it’s the biggest concern
and the statistics would back that
up,” McBride said.
Alarmingly, a total of 4,944
acts of larceny was reported
between 1992 and 1998 - an aver
age of 706 per year.
But the number of reported
thefts dropped to 533 in 1998, by
far the lowest amount during the
time period.
Mylo Bushing, assistant chief
of University Police, said to avoid
high risk situations, students must:
■ become familiar with their
surroundings;
■ walk in well-lit areas at
night;
■ let roommates know exactly
where they are and when they will
be home;
■ protect all personal belong
ings by locking rooms and bikes.
“We have to reprogram a num
ber of students from small towns to
the idea to lock doors, even if
they’re just going down the hall to
see someone,” Bushing said.
Bushing added that students
needed to report any suspicious
activity or crime promptly.
“We’ll get calls on a theft two
days after the fact,” Bushing said.
“We can’t do much on that”
Bushing and McBride both
said they believed UNL was a safe
campus, but both still are con
cerned about students’ safety.
From 1992 to 1998, UNL has
had 10 first-degree sexual assaults.
But UNL is working toward
making a safe haven for all stu
dents on campus.
A total of 55 “blue lights,”
security stations equipped with a
telephone directly connected to
University Police, can be found on
nearly every comer of campus.
“There’s always been an issue
for women who might not feel like
they can walk as confidently as
they would like, on campus,”
McBride said.
