ANSWER IS BLOWING IN THE WIND

Mark Mesarch, research/outreach specialist at the Agricultural Research and Development Center near Mead, shows Sen. Chuck Hagel remote sensing instruments used in carbon sequestration research conducted at the center. Hagel visited ARDC Aug. 17 for a briefing by several university researchers about the three-year project. It is exploring how agricultural land might be used to reduce carbon dioxide in the atmosphere by storing carbon in the soil.

No Scarlet Week Of Labor Day

The Scarlet will not publish the week of Labor Day because of the holiday break. The Scarlet will publish Aug. 30 and Sept. 13. Deadlines for both editions are noon seven days before publication.

How to Put Items on Reserve at UNL Libraries

UNL Libraries offer a service for professors and graduate assistants to place library books, personal books, journal articles, video tapes and other media on reserve. Reserve items are indexed under the name and course of each instructor.

Library books handed in for reserve will be filed by book title and not by author or the name of a chapter within the book. The libraries are not responsible for personal copies placed on reserve.

Love Library will place the following materials onto an electronic format: exams, lecture notes, student papers, government publications, one article from a journal issue, one book chapter.

Materials in a paper format will be scanned and entered onto the electronic reserve site on the IRIS home page. Items will be arranged by class and instructor. Students can locate and print reserve items outside library. Photocopied materials consisting of two or more articles from a journal issue or more than one chapter from a single book must have copyright compliance or meet the criteria under the fair use guidelines.

Instructors may also hand in a disk of material to be placed on electronic reserve. For information on how to do this, contact Gayleen Hill, ghill@unlnotes.unl.edu; Steve Sall, ssall@unlnotes.unl.edu, or Chanty Stovall, cstovall@unlnotes.unl.edu .

You can also link a personal Web page to the E-Reserve system. E-mail the URL with the class name, instructor and phone number to Hill, Sall or Stovall.

The Electronic Reserve section on IRIS is at: <http://www.unl.edu/libr/ereservs/home.html>.

A reserve list may take one to four business days to process.

Reserve materials will be removed one week after the session has ended unless the class is to be taught the next semester. Copyrighted items may not be renewed unless a letter of approval from the publisher is submitted.

Books owned by the UNL Libraries may be placed on reserve through our new electronic reserve form at http://libr.unl. edu:2000/cgi-bin/reserves_request.

The library staff can mail or fax a copy of the reserve request form. Call Stovall at 472-2556.

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Faculty Dance Club Gets Into Full Swing Sept. 22

If you enjoy a waltz, two-step, jitterbug or a Latin beat, you can enjoy an evening of ballroom dancing when the Faculty Dance Club begins its 87th season. The first dance will begin at 8 p.m. Sept. 22 in the East Union.

One dance is scheduled per month, September to April. Membership cost is $40 per couple per semester, or $60 per year. A non-member couple may attend one dance each year at no charge. Each dance is preceded by an optional 7 p.m. dinner by reservation. Live music is provided by a variety of dance bands. Membership in the club is open to members of the educational community and their friends.

For more information, or to make a reservation, call Don or Jan Hyde at 489-2319.

Take Care In Hot Environments

Environmental Health and Safety cautions all employees to work safely and responsibly, especially in the heat. Information about preventing heat stress is available on the EHS Web site at http://bifrost.unl.edu/ehs (enter the site, then click Subject Index, then Heat Stress).

There have been 54 accidents reported since the fiscal year began July 1; some involved heat stress. If you have questions about working safety, contact EHS or visit the Web site.

Change For Radiation Safety Training

Environmental Health and Safety Radiation Safety Basic Training classes will start at 1 p.m. on the first and second Tuesday of every month (as adjusted for holidays). September training will be the 11th and 18th because of Labor Day. No registration is necessary. A schedule for all EHS training classes is available on the EHS Web site at http://bifrost.unl.edu/ehs (enter the site, then click the link to Training Schedule).

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Credit Union Adds ATM To East Campus

The University of Nebraska Federal Credit Union announces a new ATM on East Campus. UNL faculty, staff and students are invited to use this new ATM in the East Union. There is no fee for Credit Union members to use this ATM. Call the Credit Union at 472-2087 for information on becoming a member or for a list of additional no fee ATM locations.

Ross Reception Aug. 30

The vice chancellor for research will host a reception in honor of Daniel J.J. Ross from 3 to 5 p.m. Aug. 30 at the University of Nebraska Press, 233 N. Eighth St., third floor. The reception recognizes Ross' 12 years of service to the Press. He has been director since 1995.

Expedite Payments By Charging Airfare To UNL

Employees are reminded that only one employee expense form is allowed per trip. Thus when employees charge travel to personal credit cards, they must carry the airline charges until the trip is completed and the single form is submitted. This situation can be avoided by charging air travel directly to the university by providing the appropriate cost center when the reservation is made.

Air Force ROTC Boosts Stipend

Air Force ROTC will increase the monthly stipend for cadets, effective Oct. 1. The new legislation providing for the increase also allows for increases as cadets progress in the program.

Col. William L. MacElhaney, Air Force ROTC commander at UNL, said the new stipend will "give each cadet more money in his or her pocket and it will help increase interest in the benefits of participating in the ROTC program."

The Department of Defense will implement the program in two phases across two years, but the first year's improvements are the most dramatic. Before this change, cadets were entitled to a $200-per-month stipend, regardless of their position in ROTC.

The new stipend is $250 for freshmen and sophomores, $300 for juniors and $350 for seniors. The second phase is effective Oct. 1, 2002, and increases the monthly payment for sophomores to $300, juniors to $350, and seniors to $400.

This increase means students could collect up to $14,000 during their participation in the Air Force ROTC program.

"This stipend is in addition to the Air Force ROTC scholarship program, which offers qualified applicants anywhere from $3,000 per year up to full tuition scholarships, and the annual book allowance of $510," MacElhaney said. "Air Force ROTC offers great scholarship and training opportunities, made even more attractive with the stipend increase."

For more information about Air Force ROTC, visit its Web site: http://www.afrotc.com.

Nebraska Food Manufacturers Exhibit at State Fair

Nebraska food manufacturers and the UNL Food Processing Center have joined to exhibit at the 2001 Nebraska State Fair. Food manufacturers will display products and hand out samples to visitors in State Fair Park's University of Nebraska building.

The UNL Food Processing Center provides business, marketing and technical assistance to Nebraska's food industry. The center also offers the Food Entrepreneur Assistance Program, designed specifically for people with products or people wanting to develop a food-manufacturing business.

Many Nebraska food companies will show a variety of products, including jellies, cheesecake, cookies, beef, ice cream, coffee, ostrich meat, sauces and dressings, sunflower seeds, popcorn and a number of other items. Visitors can sample products and learn about Nebraska's diverse food industry.

The Fair runs Aug. 24 through Sept. 3. The hours of the University Building during the State Fair are from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sunday-Thursday, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Labor Day (Sept. 2).

Companies participating: J & M Jumbo Poultry, Ainsworth; Shades of Grain, Aurora; Bluestem Herb Farm, Beatrice; Michal's Fine Foods, Inc., Firth; HR Poppin' Snacks, Gibbon; Ozark Mountain Specialty Foods Inc., Grafton; Shenandoah Star Specialities, Henderson; Hill's Sunflower Seeds, Holiday House, Oriental Secrets, Outlaw Spice Company, Purjava, The Heartland's Finest, all of Lincoln; Hollman Foods, Minden; Roberts Dairy Co., The Cookie Artist, both of Omaha; A.J.'s All Purpose Seasoning, Ord; BKH Popcorn, Phillips; Western Brand Snack Foods, St. Paul; and Papa's Peppers, Valley.

In addition to the Food Processing Center, the following companies and groups have donated funds and resources to support this event: HyVee Food Stores, Nebraska Soybean Board, Lincoln; IAMS Petfood, Aurora; Nebraska Turkey Growers' Association, Gibbon; Meadow Gold Dairies, Lincoln; Roberts Dairy Co., Westin Inc., Omaha.

International Affairs Supports Change in Student Tracking System

Officials with the office of International Affairs are backing a congressional proposal to abolish a nationwide tracking system for international students studying in the United States.

Legislation introduced to the House of Representatives in July would end a 1996 government-mandated program to monitor all international students and exchange program participants in the United States.

According to NAFSA: Association of International Educators, each year Nebraska welcomes more than 3,300 foreign students, who contribute nearly $56 million to the state's economy. Nationwide, more than 500,000 international students last year contributed more than $12 billion to the economy.

Karen Cagley, international student and scholar adviser at UNL, said that if the monitoring program continues, Nebraska stands to lose.

"Parts of this law could affect the local economy because other English-speaking countries are much more actively recruiting international students and do not have the barriers that the U.S. is putting into place, therefore decreasing the numbers of international students coming to this country and to Nebraska," Cagley said.

NAFSA executive director Marlene Johnson says the reporting requirements harm the country's ability to attract foreign students.

"We must focus on breaking down - not creating - barriers to their ability to access U.S. higher education," she said.

Colleges and universities have long been required to maintain international student information and provide it to immigration officials upon request.

But educators claim current plans send an unwelcoming message to international students by singling them out for monitoring. Educators also say the program would require costly overhauls of university information systems, and that the program's application fees and added paperwork place an unacceptable burden on applicants.

"While we regret that a tracking system for international students and scholars has been enacted, we are encouraged by the recently introduced bill to repeal this system," said Peter Levitov, associate dean of international affairs at UNL. "Whatever the outcome, UNL will continue to be a strong advocate for international educational exchange."

Aug. 25 To Be Busy Day On, Near Campus

By David Fitzgibbon, University Communications

In 24 years as housing director at UNL, Doug Zatechka has never been as concerned about move-in day as this year.

The folks who operate the university's 2,500 residence hall rooms normally have moving day down to a science. Street lanes are closed next to the halls to create loading zones and extra parking is available.

But this year, there are major conflicts the weekend before the Aug. 27 start of fall-semester classes.

The Nebraska State Fair will be under way just north of City Campus. An even bigger conflict is the unusually early kickoff of the Cornhuskers' football season on Aug. 25, which will have tens of thousands of football fans converging on campus at the same time many UNL students would be moving into their residence-hall rooms.

As a result, there will be no parking or extended loading zones available near City Campus residence halls on Aug 25. University Housing has mailed a letter detailing the problem to all students registered to live in the residence halls.

"We anticipate unusually large numbers of people on the campus, significantly higher automobile congestion on city and campus streets, an almost total lack of parking in proximity to the residence halls, and multiple trips from distant parking lots to move belongings into your hall," Zatechka said in the letter.

Zatechka recommended the following courses of action to students:

Move in Aug. 23, 24 or 26 if at all possible. Loading zones and parking will be more readily available on these days. The residence halls open at 10 a.m. Aug. 23. Hall desks remain open until midnight each night for check-in.

If Aug. 25 is the only alternative, arrive on campus only after 6 p.m. Earlier in the day, parking will be extremely difficult and game-day enforcement is very strict, with towing and heavy fines likely.

Some 4,700 students live in UNL's residence halls. The Saturday move-in difficulties will not affect those checking into the residence halls located on East Campus.

According to UNL Greek Affairs, students living in sorority and fraternity houses will be moved in before Aug. 25 because of prescheduled greek events.

What's Happening Because of the Nebraska State Fair and the Huskers' first football game, Aug. 25 will be a busy day on and around City Campus. UNL's housing department is encouraging students to plan their move-ins to the residence halls on Aug. 23, 24 or 26. For more information, call University Housing at 472-3561.

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Big Red Welcome Is Aug. 26

New students will be welcomed to UNL at the annual Big Red Welcome event on Aug. 26, the day before fall semester classes begin.

At 11:30 a.m., students enrolled in the University Honors and University Foundations programs will meet in the Lied Center to participate in a summer reading assignment program.

All new students are invited to attend the New Student Convocation at 5 p.m. in the Lied Center. Speakers will include Ross Thompson, professor of psychology and member of the Academy of Distinguished Teachers; Chancellor Harvey Perlman; and Nathan Fuerst, Association of Students of the University of Nebraska student government president.

A welcome festival and picnic with free food and soft drinks will begin at 6 p.m. on R Street between 12th and 14th streets. University departments, student organizations and local businesses will have booths to welcome students to the university.

Grants Train Teachers To Use Distance Learning Technologies

The Nebraska Educational Telecommunications Commission approved 19 Telecommunications Training Grants totaling $168,967 to help teachers in local districts better use distance-learning technologies.

Combined with $172,059 in matching funds put up by the grant winners, Nebraska will invest $341,026 in training teachers to use distance learning technology.

Distant learning technologies include the World Wide Web, Internet-based video, video conferencing, CD-ROM, videotape, video streaming, learning portals and interactive television. Telecommunications Training Grants will provide educators with the skills needed to take advantage of these resources.

The grants also will enable front-line educators to make better use of local learning networks that connect schools and school districts within different regions of the state. These distance-learning "pods" allow districts to retain local control and keep costs low by sharing resources.

Funding for the grants was provided by the State of Nebraska.

Symposium In Virology Sept. 7

Faculty, staff and students are invited to the Symposium in Virology, sponsored by the Nebraska Center for Virology, from 8:15 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Sept. 7 in the Nebraska Union Auditorium. The symposium is free but participants must register by Sept. 3.

The Nebraska Center for Virology combines the expertise and facilities of Nebraska's leading biomedical research institutions: UNL, UNMC and Creighton University. The center was formed to establish a nationally recognized center of biomedical research excellence by linking the virology programs of these three institutions and attracting to Nebraska promising new investigators with similar research interests.

The symposium will include formal presentations and a poster session at the end of the day. Speakers include virology scientists Lynn Enquist, professor of molecular biology, Princeton University; Kamel Khalili, director and professor at the Center for Neurovirology and Cancer Biology, Temple University; Edward Mocarski Jr., professor of microbiology and immunology, Stanford University; and Lee Ratner , professor of medicine, division of oncology, Washington University.

For more information or to register, call Jolene Walker, symposium coordinator, at 472-4560 or e-mail jwalker5@unl.edu.

UNL Inks Agreement With Florida School

UNL Chancellor Harvey Perlman signed an agreement Aug. 7 with Florida A&M University to become a partner in the FAMU Graduate Feeder Scholars Program.

Under the agreement, UNL will attempt to recruit talented minority students to the University of Nebraska and will reserve three to five admission or financial aid packages annually for qualified FAMU graduates who will pursue advanced degrees.

FAMU created the program in 1987 to gain access for qualified FAMU students into doctoral degree-granting institutions, and to increase the number of African-American and underrepresented minorities in graduate education.

The agreement will be similar to the exchange program created with Alcorn State University, another historically black university.

Multimedia, Tech Classes Available

Information Services offers classes for multimedia software throughout the year in 163 Mabel Lee Hall. Workshops run for two hours and cost $20. One-hour sessions are $10, and Blackboard introductory courses are free. Payment is due upon registration; refunds are allowed up to 48 hours in advance only. To register, call Sheila at 472-9050, or register in the 501 Building, room 118. Reservations are required.

• Introduction to Blackboard: 1-3 p.m. Sept. 6; 1-3 p.m. Sept. 19; 1-3 p.m. Oct. 15; 10 a.m. to noon Nov. 15.
• Using Assessments and Test Pools in Blackboard (NEW): 2-4 p.m. Sept. 10. Blackboard experience recommended.
• Introduction to Dreamweaver 4: 10 a.m. to noon Sept. 14.
• Adobe Photoshop Elements (New): 11 a.m. to noon Sept. 20.
• Basic HTML/Composer: 10 a.m. to noon Sept. 25. This workshop is $10.
• Intro to Photoshop: 10 a.m. to noon Oct. 2.
• PageMaker: 1-3 p.m. Oct. 4.
• Photoshop Tips & Tricks: 10 a.m. to noon Oct. 9. Photoshop experience required.
• Intro to Flash 5.0: 2-4 p.m. Oct. 11.
• PowerPoint 2001: 10 a.m. to noon Oct. 18.
• From Shutter to Photoshop: 1-3 p.m. Oct. 30.
• Premiere 6 (New): 10 a.m. to noon Nov. 2.
• Adding Rich Media and Interactivity in Dreamweaver 4 (New): 1-3 p.m. Nov. 7.
• Creating interactivity with Flash 5.0 (New): 2-4 p.m. Nov. 20.
• Putting PowerPoint Presentations on Blackboard (New): 11 a.m. to noon Nov. 27.
• Blackboard Tips & Tricks: 1-3 p.m. Nov. 29. Experience required.
• Streaming Audio and Video: 2-4 p.m. Dec. 4.
• Web Graphics: 10 a.m. to noon Dec. 6. (Photoshop experience required).

Applications Accepted For Associate VC Position

UNL invites applications of current tenured UNL faculty for the position of associate vice chancellor for research. This is a special academic-administrative appointment on a 12-month basis, with a 0.75 FTE.

The AVCR will play a major role in encouraging and facilitating faculty to apply for and secure external funding. This person will supervise UNL research compliance services and serve as the research standards officer.

As part of the management team of the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research, this person will also:

• Participate in team building;
• Develop research initiatives;
• Conduct grantsmanship workshops;
• Network with funding agencies.

Required Qualifications: Terminal degree, demonstrated record of scholarly achievement and success in attracting external grants.

Preferred Qualifications: Research administrative experience including budgetary experience.

Applications will be accepted from current UNL faculty members and will be reviewed beginning Sept. 15.

Interested candidates should forward a letter of interest, an up-to-date vita and names/addresses of three references. If the position is not filled through the campus-level search, a national search will be conducted.

Please e-mail nominations and applications to UNLresearch@unl.edu or mail to: AVCR Search Committee, Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research, 302 Canfield Administration, Lincoln, NE 68588-0433.

The University of Nebraska is committed to a pluralistic campus community through affirmative action and equal opportunity. We assure reasonable accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act; please contact Sharon Walin at 472-3123 for assistance.

That's Katharine Houghton

Due to incorrect information from a source, the actress who appeared in Guess Who's Coming to Dinner as depicted in a photo in last week's Scarlet was misidentified. Her name is Katharine Houghton.