Severe Weather Instructions Announced

When severe weather leads to questions about cancellations on campus, UNL faculty and staff should listen to Lincoln and Omaha broadcast media for details. Information will be available on most radio stations including KRNU (90.3), KFOR (1240 AM), KLIN (1400 AM), KFAB (1100 AM) and by television on KOLN-TV channel 10 or 11 on cable).

Every effort will be made to have closedown information in the news media by 6 a.m. for day classes and by 2 p.m. for night classes.

In severe weather, one of the three messages will be broadcast:

1. All classes are canceled and all offices and clinics are closed at UNL. Only those individuals occupying positions designated as essential during weather closedowns should report to work.

2. All classes and clinics at UNL are canceled, however all other business will be conducted as usual. Therefore, all personnel should report for work.

3. UNL is open and all activities will be conducted as usual.

These announcements will apply to all university units housed on the Lincoln campuses.

Personnel designated as "essential" will be notified of that status by their supervisors.

Further information about weather closedowns can be addressed to the Office of Public Relations (2-2211) or the university switchboard (2-7211). Questions about compensation for hours worked in such situations may be addressed to the Human Resources (2-3101).

Last Scarlet Is Dec. 15

Those submitting news or calendar items to the Scarlet should note that the last Scarlet of the year will be published Dec. 15. The Scarlet will resume publication Jan. 12.

Those submitting calendar information, announcements or brief news stories are reminded to send those items to the attention of Diane Taurins, editorial assistant, at 428 NH (0525), telephone 2-8518, fax 2-7825 or e-mail dtaurins@unlinfo.unl.edu

All other inquires and correspondence should be directed to the editor (2-8513) at the same address.

Barbara Jordan to Speak at Dec. 16 Commencment

Former Congresswoman Barbara Jordan will deliver the commencement address and receive an honorary doctor of laws degree at the UNL commencement exercises at 9:30 a.m. Dec. 16 at the Bob Devaney Sports Center. Joan R. Leitzel, UNL interim chancellor, will preside over the ceremony. About 1,300 students will receive degrees.

Jordan began her public life in 1966 when she was elected to the Texas Senate, becoming the first African American woman elected to that body. She was named outstanding freshman senator during her first year in office and was elected president during her final year.

In 1972, she was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, where she was an advocate for civil rights and was instrumental in the passage of key amendments to the Voting Rights Act. As a member of the House Judiciary Committee, she called for the impeachment of then-President Richard Nixon.

Special seating will be reserved for guests with disabilities. Sign language interpreters for the hearing-impaired will be in section B-12 on the west side of the concourse level of the Devaney Center.

Violence in the Workplace Presentation Dec. 14

The office of the vice chancellor for business and finance will present "The Fury from Within: Preventing Violence in the Workplace," presented by the Sane and Sober Theatre of Chicago at 2:30 p.m. Dec. 14 in Bessey Hall auditorium. Representatives from the Employee Assistance Program will be present to answer questions. Call 2-3101 to register, space is limited.

Tickets Available for King Breakfast

Tickets are available for the third annual Freedom Breakfast at 7:30 a.m. Jan. 12 at the Cornhusker Hotel. The breakfast celebrates the Martin Luther King Jr. national holiday, which has as its theme "Passing the Torch, Igniting the Vision of a New Generation."

Keynote speaker for this year's program is Joel Gajardo, executive director of the Hispanic Center of Lincoln and a consultant on Latin American and human rights issues.

Tickets are $12.50 per person and reservations are required. Previous years' Freedom Breakfasts have sold out.

To make reservations, contact the secretary in the African American and African Studies program at 2-2099.

The Freedom Breakfast is co-sponsored by UNL, the city of Lincoln and the Lincoln Interfaith Council.

Holiday Mail Delivery Schedule Announced

Campus mail delivery will be following a holiday schedule beginning Dec. 22.

Mail will be delivered Dec. 27-29 between 7 a.m. and 9:30 a.m. at the following locations: Nebraska Hall Mailroom, 201 Andrews, Administration Building Mailroom, Love Library (west dock), Nebraska Union Mailroom, C.B.A. Mailroom, University Press, Hamilton Hall Mailroom, Manter Hall Mailbox, Oldfather Departmental Offices, 217 Avery, 202 Ag Hall, Plant Science Mailroom, 101 Dentistry, 135 Varner, and Agricultural Communications Building.

Mail will be delivered to the following locations on Dec. 27 and 29: 1100 Seaton, 101-1 Westbrook, Behlen Mailbox, 1700 Y Street, 115 Ferguson, Burnett Mailboxes, 118 Henzlik, Health Center, 105 Home Economics, 235 Chase Hall, Animal Science Complex Mailroom Reception Center, 203 Beadle Center, Food Industry Complex Mailboxes. Faculty and Staff in buildings with no mail service can pick up mail at 1820 R, West Dock, between 6 and 9:30 a.m. on the dates listed. A University I.D. card must be presented. Off-campus mail, excluding single-piece mail, will be processed during the holiday close-down by prior arrangement only. Normal schedule will resume Jan. 2.

Service Awards for 1996 at Nebraska Union Feb. 15

The employee service awards presentation for 1996 will be Feb. 15 at the Nebraska Union. Selection sheets have been mailed for those with 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35 and 40 years of service in 1996. Previous regular service at any of the other university campuses will count toward your service date. If you have not received a selection sheet and feel you are eligible, please contact Michele Strickler, 2-3101, in the Department of Human Resources.

Alumni Association Awards Nominations Sought

Faculty and staff are invited to submit nominations for the annual UNL Alumni Association awards recognizing outstanding achievement. The awards include the Doc Elliot Award, Distinguished Service Award, Alumni Achievement Award, Young Alumnus Award, and Family Tree Award. Nomination deadline is Jan. 15. To receive an award nomination form contact Marc Shkolnick, Director of Alumni Outreach at 2-4221.

Drohman Reception Dec. 15

The School of Biological Sciences will honor Glen Drohman with a retirement reception from 3 to 5 p.m. Dec. 15 in the George W. Beadle Center Atrium. Drohman is retiring on Jan. 31 after 41 years of service as Greenhouse Manager.

Conservation and Survey Aids Needy Families

Since 1988, the Conservation and Survey Division has bought gifts for needy families and individuals during the holidays.

This year's gifts will go to Friendship Home, which has been chosen the past two years. Friendship Home is Lincoln's shelter for women and children who are homeless due to domestic violence. Its residents often arrive at the shelter with little more than the clothes on their backs.

Participation in the division's program is voluntary. The division has a list of items or kinds of items the residents of Friendship Home need. Conservation and Survey members buy or donate gifts that will be given to the home shortly before Christmas.

For further information contact Charlie Flowerday (2-7533) or Karen Stork (2-7530).

Love Library Announces Special Holiday Hours

Patrons of Love Library are reminded that library hours will limited during the holiday season, as follows:

Through Jan. 28 -- MFA Biennial -- exhibition of work in all media, including painting, sculpture, photography, ceramics, and prints by graduating students in the University's MFA program.

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Program Features Agronomy Research

A variety of UNL research activities will be featured at the Agronomy Highlights 1995 program Dec. 19 in Lincoln. "Balancing Soil and Water Quality and Crop Production" is the theme for a mini-symposium, part of this year's program at the Cornhusker Hotel. The program begins at 8:15 a.m. and runs through mid-afternoon.

There is no fee for attendance, but participants must register by Dec. 12. For more information or to register contact JoAnn Collins at 2-2811.

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Nebraska Public Radio to Offer Holiday Readings

The Nebraska Public Radio Network will broadcast a selection of Readings for the Season by Nebraska authors during the month of December.

Each Sunday, host Lora Black will present encore presentations of short works of Bess Streeter Aldrich and Willa Cather that have a holiday theme. Works to be presented during this portion of NPRN's Readings for the Season include "Star Across the Tracks" (Aldrich), 4 p.m. Dec. 10; "Bid the Tapers Twinkle" (Aldrich), 4 p.m. Dec. 17 and "Christmas on the Prairie" (Aldrich), 4 p.m., Dec. 24. "A 'My Antonia' Christmas" from Cather's My Antonia concludes the Lora Black readings at 4:30 p.m. Dec. 24.

A reading by Nebraska poet William Kloefkorn of his short work, "The Coldest Christmas" or "How Do You Start a Reindeer?" will be broadcast at 4:15 p.m. Dec. 13 and again at 4:15 p.m. Dec. 25.

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UNL Puts Earth Science into Hands of Students

IANR News Service

Junior high school students participating in a UNL program to enhance earth-sciences education converged on the UNL campus recently to discuss concepts and their application to the environment.

A group of 48 eighth-grade students from Raymond Central Junior-Senior High School, north of Lincoln, took part in four workshops on earth science sponsored by the Nebraska Earth Science Education Network, a university-wide program that puts UNL earth science faculty in touch with secondary school earth science educators.

Researchers in the UNL Conservation and Survey Division led workshops on a range of earth science topics. Workshops were offered on Nebraska's water by Dave Gosselin, research geochemist and NESEN project manager; Nebraska's geologic history by Marvin Carlson, research geologist; optical properties of selected gemstones by Roger Pabian, research geologist; and soils and fluid migration by Francis Belohlavy, research and soil scientist.

Sue Frack, earth science teacher at Raymond Central and organizer of the workshop, said she got the idea after attending a series of NESEN workshops last summer for earth science teacher. She was so impressed with the hands-on educational experiences and the teaching abilities of the CSD presenters that she wanted her students to take advantage of a similar educational format.

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Interesting Professors Sought for Magazine Profile

An upcoming article in UNL's alumni magazine, Nebraska, will profile UNL professors who have interesting/unusual/silly/unique hobbies and interests. If you are one these persons, or if you know of someone who would make an interesting subject for this profile, please contact Jana McGuire at 2-8519 or email jmcguire@unlinfo.unl.edu.

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'Frontline' Examines Working Families

For millions of Americans, the high-paying permanent jobs they lost during the 1980s and early 1990s have been replaced by low-paying temporary jobs. The drop in wages and loss of security have dramatically affected Milwaukee families profiled in "Living on the Edge," a special episode of Frontline hosted by award-winning correspondent Bill Moyers. The program will air at 9 p.m. Dec. 12 on the Nebraska ETV Network.

Moyers and filmmakers Tom Casciato and Kathleen Hughes began documenting the trials of the Milwaukee families for a critically acclaimed 1991 documentary, "Minimum Wages: The New Economy." That documentary followed families after the principal breadwinners suffered devastating job layoffs, then chronicled their struggles to find new jobs, feed their families and hold onto their homes.

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Telecourses Offered As Part of New 'Distance' Program

Fully accredited college-level courses in algebra, Spanish, sociology and economics, among others, will be offered beginning Jan. 15 through "Going the Distance," a collaborative educational project of Nebraska Educational Telecommunications, 12 Nebraska colleges and universities and the Public Broadcasting Service.

The "Going the Distance" project enables remote learners to earn an associate of arts degree through distance learning, with limited time spent on campus. Nebraska is one of 22 pilot sites involved in this national initiative.

For more information contact 2-9333, ext. 326.

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The American Ballet Theatre production of Mikhail Baryshnikov's The Nutcracker airs as an encore performance at 9 p.m. Dec. 24 and 2 p.m. Dec. 26.

ETV Serves Up Feast of Holiday Programming

The Nebraska ETV Network is offering new celebrations and encores of favorite programs to mark the holiday season on public television. Among the holiday offerings are:

Toast the New Year with The Richard Tucker 20th Anniversary Gala, airing at 8 p.m. Dec. 31. This double anniversary celebration marks the 20th year of the annual telecast of the event on public television. The 90-minute extravaganza, named in honor of the great American tenor Richard Tucker, includes selections from Les Pecheurs de Perles, Turandot, Cavalleria Rusticana, Carmen and La Forza del Destino.

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Plight of Girl With Rare Cancer Focus of 'Statewide'

An 11-year-old Lincoln girl appears to have beaten a rare form of cancer that typically kills its victims within 15 weeks.

The medical miracle that saved Chanel Jenkins-Todd as well as her prognosis for long-term recovery will be examined in the "Perspective" segment on Statewide, the Nebraska ETV Network weekly news series, scheduled for broadcast at 1:10 p.m. Dec. 10.

Statewide correspondent Brad Penner reports that Jenkins-Todd is one of just 35 Americans who has been diagnosed with renal medullary carcinoma. More than four months after being diagnosed with the cancer, Jenkins-Todd is now tumor-free and considered in remission, thanks to an innovative course of chemotherapy she received at the Children's Hospital in Omaha. However, doctors say she still needs a bone marrow transplant to assure her long-term health.

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Program Offers Gardeners a Chance to Get Head Start

Autumn is almost over and winter is hard on its heels, but it's not too early to start planning your spring garden with Jerry Baker, America's master gardener. Back-to-back episodes of A Jerry Baker Gardening Special will be broadcast at 11 and 11:40 a.m. Dec. 10.

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