April 25, 1997



Facelift

Dust flies as workers take down the north facade of the Nebraska Union last week in preparation for construction of the north addition to the building. The map below shows the location of a projected public access tunnel (diagonal lines) that will be in place in the northwest section of the building by May 12. Corridors in the south part of the union (dotted areas) will remain in use throughout the construction period. (Photo/Wright)





Last Scarlet May 2

The last Scarlet of the 1996-97 academic year will be published May 2. During the summer the Scarlet will be updated monthly on the World Wide Web http://www.unl.edu/scarlet/. It will resume its printed publication at the beginning of the fall term.

Job Opportunities

Due to unavoidable changes in the Scarlet production schedule, job listings will no longer be featured in the Scarlet. Those seeking job information may call the Job-Line at 472-2303 or the Department of Human Resources-Employment at 472-2120.

Jobs also are posted at sites on campus, including bulletin boards in Administration, Andrews, Burnett, Hamilton, Henzlik, Manter, Nebraska Hall, Nebraska Union, Oldfather and Seaton on City Campus; Ag Hall, Animal Science, C.Y. Thompson Library, East Union, ETV, Nebraska Center, Plant Sciences and Veterinary Basic Sciences on East Campus.

Information also is available on the Human Resources web site at http://www.unl.edu/unlhr/ hrhomepage.html.

Youth Day Camps

Husker Kids Recreational Day Camp will be held in weekly sessions from June 9 to Aug. 8 at the Campus Recreation Center. The camp is for children entering 2nd to 5th grades. Fun and active days of recreational activity, including swimming, will be offered. The Youth Recreation Day Camp for youth entering 6th to 8th grade will be on the same weeks. Registration space is limited. Call Campus Recreation at 472-3467 for more information and a registration form.

Natural Resource Sciences School Subject of Meeting

A joint faculty/staff meeting on the School of Natural Resource Sciences will be from 1:15 to 3 p.m. May 2 in 116 L.W. Chase Hall, East Campus. The interim director's position will be discussed and an update on the school will be given.

Czech, Slovak Scholar to Visit

Jaroslav Opat, director of the Masaryk Institute in Prague, will visit UNL and UNO April 26-28. Opat will deliver a lecture from 6 to 8 p.m. April 27 at the UNO Alumni House. This event includes dinner and is open to all UNL faculty, staff and students. Cost is $6.50.

Following a 1 p.m. luncheon April 28 at UNO's Milo Bail Student Center, Opat will travel to Lincoln to meet with faculty and students at 4 p.m. in 1107 Oldfather. At 7 p.m. April 28, Opat will present "Czech and Slovak Democracy, a Historical Perspective," in the Nebraska Union.

Reservations for the April 27 dinner can be made by calling Mary Woita at 595-2381. For more information on Opat's visit, call Mila Saskova-Pierce at 472-1336.

Uplifting Sight

Scaffolding reveals where workers are constructing a new elevator on the west side of the Walter Scott Engineering Center. The elevator is part of a $2.2 million renovation project, to be completed this summer. (Photo/Wright)


Natural Resource Symposium April 30

Small Tract Land Management for Natural Areas is the focus of the 17th annual Natural Resource Symposium April 30 in the East Union.

The symposium is free and open to the public from 8:30 a.m. to noon. Topics and presenters include: The symposium is sponsored by UNL's Range Club, Soil and Water Resources Club and the Wildlife Club. Co-sponsors are the Center for Grassland Studies, the Department of Forestry, Fisheries and Wildlife and the Department of Agronomy, all in NU's Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources. For more information call Kolby Wykert at 420-2413 or 472-1583.

Internet Cruising

The next Cruising the Internet session will be "What's New at UNL Libraries" at 9:30 a.m. April 29 in the East Union.

UNL Libraries is working with four other universities to create the Agricultural Network Information Center distributed database available on the Web. UNL Libraries is contributing the Plant Science database and has been updating IRIS to a Web interface.

Call Communications and Information Technology at 472-5630 for more information. Registration is not required.

Libraries Request Summer Addresses

Those planning to be away from their primary address this summer are asked to provide their summer mailing address to the UNL libraries. If this is not possible, patrons should make arrangements for someone to check their mail and have access to any library materials they may have checked out. Materials may require renewal during absences, and books may be recalled for use by another patron. If items are not returned by the new due date indicated on the blue recall card, fines will be assessed. All library users, including faculty and staff, are liable for this type of fine.

Series Receives Seven Emmy Nominations

Reading Rainbow, the long-running PBS series that motivates 5- to 8-year-old children to read on their own, has been nominated for seven 1996-1997 Daytime Emmy Awards.

Reading Rainbow airs at 10:30 a.m. Monday through Friday on the Nebraska ETV Network and at 10 a.m. Saturday and 5:30 p.m. Thursday on EduCable, the cable television service of the Nebraska ETV Network. The popular series is a production of GPN/Nebraska ETV Network and WNED-TV, Buffalo, N.Y., and is produced by Lancit Media Productions, Ltd., of New York City.

Python's Cleese Narrates 'Mockumentary'

When John Cleese of Monty Python's Flying Circus turns his talents to a travel documentary, the result is a tour de farce titled To Norway: Home of Giants!, airing at 7:30 p.m. May 1 on the Nebraska ETV Network.

No aspect of Norwegian culture escapes Cleese's wit. From foods that "smell and taste as though they were prepared in the Viking era itself and left to mature over a thousand years," to the decidedly non-peaceful methods used to choose winners of the Nobel Peace Prize, To Norway: Home of Giants! says everything that can be said about this mysterious, almost Arctic country.

The Nebraska ETV Network is a service of Nebraska Educational Telecommunications. Complete listings are available on the World Wide Web at http://net.unl.edu.

Holocaust Remembered in Quirky Special

Nathan and Sally Birke, two Holocaust survivors from Lodz, Poland, are the focus of "Browsing Through Birke's," an hour-long documentary airing at 5 p.m. April 27 on the statewide Nebraska ETV Network.

Following a byzantine route through Germany, Czechoslovakia, France and Canada, the Birkes ended up in Lowell, Mass., where they started a small clothing store in 1947. Birke's Department Store soon became the place to outfit your family in fancy clothes with barely perceptible blemishes - seconds - for next to no money.

The documentary juxtaposes the Birke's extraordinary and ultimately tragic past with the ironic absurdity of the way business was conducted at their store.

'Statewide' Examines Shortline Railroads

Railroad lines abandoned by major railroads have been put back into use by small, start-up "shortline" railroad companies, providing rural areas with an economic shot in the arm, according to the "Perspectives" segment airing on Statewide, the Nebraska ETV Network's weekly magazine at 8:30 p.m. May 2.

The program, which repeats at 7 p.m. May 3 and at 1:30 p.m. May 4, also provides up-to-the minute news reports from across the state and other features of interest.

Welsch to Visit with State Forester

Nebraska state forester Gary Hergenrader is this week's guest on Roger Welsch &, when the interview series airs at 8:30 p.m. April 25 on the statewide Nebraska ETV Network.

"When you think of Nebraska's landscape, what comes to mind? Prairies? The Platte River? Chimney Rock?" Welsch asks. "Don't forget forests. It's a sure bet that Gary Hergendrader doesn't forget. Join us for a conversation about trees, wildlife and how it's all a part of our good life."

Special Follows Journey of Nellie Bly

On Jan. 25, 1890, the world waited for a young reporter named Nellie Bly to arrive back home. For 72 days, as she jumped cargo ships, trains, tugboats and rickshaws, newspaper readers followed her progress in one of the most publicized journeys of all time. Never before had anyone - man or woman - circled the globe with such speed, outdoing the "record" of 80 days set by Jules Verne's popular fictional character, the legendary Phileas T. Fogg. The journey would make her famous.

In "Around the World in 72 Days," airing at 8 p.m. April 28 on the Nebraska ETV Network, The American Experience paints a portrait of a remarkably ambitious woman who, in an era of Victorian reserve, would become a household name by doing things a woman wasn't supposed to do.

Narrated by David Ogden Stiers, the program is one of many Nebraska ETV Network programs that have "gone national" in recent years. Christine Lesiak produced and directed with Mel Bucklin.

"At a time in history when women's sphere was the home and children, Nellie Bly extended that sphere to the entire world, and became a symbol of American pride and power," said Lesiak, who also wrote the program.

By the time Bly embarked on her famous trip, she had already made a name for herself as one of Joseph Pulitzer's top reporters, documenting the lives of America's growing underclass. Her exploits titillated readers and earned her a reputation for fearlessness.

Ask Human Resources

Question: I plan to hire some temporary and seasonal employees for the upcoming summer and also to fill in for vacationing employees. What are the regulations that govern the hiring of 16- and 17-year-olds?

Answer: Youths aged 16 and 17 may work at any time for unlimited hours in all jobs not declared hazardous. Hazardous occupations include: working with explosives and radioactive materials; operating certain power-driven woodworking and metalworking tools; operating bakery, meat-processing, and paper products machinery; operating most power-driven hoisting apparatus such as non-automatic elevators, fork lifts, and cranes; most jobs in slaughtering and meat-packing establishments; most jobs in excavation, logging, and sawmilling, roofing, wrecking and demolition; operating motor vehicles or working as outside helpers on motor vehicles; and most jobs in manufacture of bricks, tiles, and similar products.

UNL also has an educational incentive program that provides work/learning opportunities for 14- and 15-year-olds. These positions have restricted hours and require prior approval from Human Resources.

Your questions about any of the above issues or about any employment-related matters should be directed to Human Resources, 472-3101.

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