May 2, 1997



Final Blow

Construction crews use a wrecking ball to bring down the last pieces of the north facade of the Nebraska Union in preparation for an expansion project on the north end of the building. (Photo/Wright)


Scarlet Moves to the Web

This issue is the last printed Scarlet of the 1996-97 academic year. During the summer the Scarlet will be updated monthly (June 6 and July 11) on the World Wide Web http://www.unl.edu/scarlet.

It will resume its printed publication at the beginning of the fall term.

If you don't have access to the Web, computers on campus can be used during the summer. Internet access also is available at Lincoln City Libraries. For more information about campus access, call Theresa Jensen at 472-8486.

Microcomputer Lab Hours

May 10-18


Andrews Lab, May 10-18, closed
Ferguson, May 10-18, closed
Henzlik, May 10-11, closed
May 12-16, 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
May 17-18, closed
Selleck, May 10-11, closed
May 12-16, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
May 17-18, closed
Sandoz, May 10-18, closed

May 19-Aug. 14

Andrews, Monday-Thursday, 1 to 7 p.m.
Friday-Sunday, closed
Burr-Fedde, closed
East Union, closed
Ferguson, Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m. to midnight
Harper, closed
Henzlik, Monday-Friday, 7:30 a.m. to 4.30 p.m.
Saturday-Sunday, closed
Nebraska Union, closed
Neihardt, closed
Sandoz, Monday-Thursday, 1 to 10 p.m.
Friday, 1 to 5 p.m.
Saturday, closed
Sunday, 6 to 10 p.m.
Sandoz Lab closed during 3 week Pre-Session (May 10 to June 8)
Schramm, closed
Selleck, Monday-Thursday, 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Saturday, noon to 5 p.m.
Sunday, 6 to 10 p.m.

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

Gardeners Gala Tops Outdoor Events

Headlining UNL Botanical Garden's 1997 outdoor events is a "Gardeners Gala" in Maxwell Arboretum from 1 to 4 p.m. June 8.

Co-sponsored by the Nebraska Statewide Arboretum, the event will offer entertainment and gardening information. Using the arboretum collections, UNLBGA staff will present information on designing with perennials, growing rhododendrons and azaleas, selecting old fashioned roses, shrub pruning and planting techniques. Refreshments will be available, and local musician Chris Sayre will perform during the afternoon event.

Other season events include:

Alumni to Host Grad Receptions

Alumni associations of four University of Nebraska colleges will host receptions for graduating seniors and their parents May 9 and 10. UNL commencement exercises are May 10.

Graduation receptions to be held on May 9 include: On May 10, the College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources Alumni Association will hold a graduation breakfast at 7:30 a.m. at the beef barbecue pit at the State Fairgrounds.

UAAD Marks 35 Years

UAAD's 35th Anniversary Celebration will be at 11:45 a.m. May 21 in the East Union. All current and past UAAD members are welcome. The meeting will include past presidents' reflections on UAAD happenings during their terms, a roll call of the years, and UAAD/UNL trivia. Call Rosalee Swartz, 472-5234, for reservations.

UNOPA Meets May 13

UNOPA will meet at 11:45 a.m. May 13 in the East Union. The recognition luncheon will include the Rose Frolik Award and installation of the 1997-98 officers. Call Karen Green, 472-4688, for reservations.

Block Reception May 23

Don Block, a 17-year employee in Housing, will be honored at a retirement reception at 2 p.m. May 23 in the large continental dining room of Selleck Hall. For more information, call Selleck Maintenance at 472-1083.

It's Dead Week After All

Conoley Ospovat, left, and E. J. Green enjoy a game of hackey sack Monday outside the Canfield Administration Building.(Photo/Wright)


Meisenbach Reception May 21

A farewell reception for Terry Meisenbach will be from 2 to 4 p.m. May 21 in the East Union.

Meisenbach is the publications section leader in Communications and Information Technology in the Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources and a member of the faculty in Agricultural Leadership, Education and Communication. He will be a team leader for communication and information access in the Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service at USDA in Washington, D.C.

Meisenbach's last day at UNL is May 30.

Tharp Reception May 7

The School of Biological Sciences will host a retirement reception for Gerald Tharp, professor of biological sciences at 3:30 p.m. May 7 in the Manter Hall atrium. Tharp began his career as an assistant professor in zoology and physiology, which later became part of the School of Biological Sciences. He has worked at the university for 30 years.

Severa Reception June 4

The Housing division will host a retirement reception for Jan Severa from 2 to 5 p.m. June 4 in the Continental Dining Room at Selleck Quadrangle. Severa has been with Housing for 26 years.

Franklin Seminars

Franklin TimeQuest Seminars, at a reduced rate for faculty, staff and students, will be offered May 16, June 26 and July 23 in the East Union.

Seminars run from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Registration fee is $149 ($85 for those with a Franklin Planner). Those interested should sign up as early as possible so that their Franklin planner can be ordered and arrive before the workshop. To register call Gina Matkin at 472-4454.

Purging Your Files?

If you are, call Dale Ekart in the recycling office, 472-6099, to arrange pickup of discarded paper.

Earth Day Gleanings

In observance of Earth Day last week, three faculty-staff volunteers and nine students carried garbage bags with them to collect their own throwaways. The faculty-staff volunteers discarded 33 pounds of waste and the students discarded 23 pounds. Recycling coordinator Dale Ekart said that of the 56 total pounds, 49 were recyclable and the rest was trash.

Ekart also said that student volunteers picked up trash in the Harper-Smith-Schramm area April 19 and produced 133 pounds of material, about half of which was recyclable.

Campus Rec Hours

Campus Recreation's annual shutdown for maintenance and repairs will be May 11-17. During this time, expanded hours at the College Activities Building on East Campus will be available. The College Activities Building will be open May 12-16, 6:15 a.m. to 10 p.m.; May 17, 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. It will be closed May 11 and 18.

The Campus Recreation Center will re-open at 9 a.m. May 18.

Memorial Day weekend hours follow:

Campus Recreation Center College Activities Building

Heart Walk

The American Heart Walk, a nationwide fund-raising event will begin at 8:30 a.m. May 10 at Pioneers Park. For more information or to enter the walk, stop at Campus Recreation or the Campus Activities Building at East Campus or call the American Heart Association at 474-1353.

Watershed Lecture

"Watershed/Landscape Dynamics in NRCS," a Natural Resources Conservation Services panel discussion, will be at noon May 8 in the East Union.

Panel members will include Carolyn Adams, director of the Watershed Sciences Institute; Tom Weber, Northern Plains Region Watershed Technology Team; and Michele Schoeneberger, National Agroforestry Center, UNL.

Cancer Researcher to Discuss Nitrates

A noted University of Nebraska Medical Center cancer researcher will speak on potential health hazards of nitrates in drinking water in a special seminar at UNL May 9.

Sidney Mirvish is a former deputy and associate director of the Eppley Institute for Research in Cancer at Omaha's UNMC. Some of Mirvish's current research for the institute has focused on nitrate links to certain cancers.

Mirvish's Lincoln seminar appearance is at 3:30 p.m. on May 9 in Room 199, Plant Sciences Building on UNL's East Campus.

"Specifically, I will be talking about possible adverse effects of nitrate in drinking water on infant methemoglobinemia (also known as blue baby syndrome) and formation of nitrosamines in the body. I will also discuss a possible nitrate link with a certain form of lymphoma," Mirvish said.

Nitrosamines are cancer-causing compounds produced by reacting nitrite with amines, Mirvish said.

He has spoken widely on various cancers that may be linked to high nitrate intake and advocates eating fresh fruits or vegetables five times a day as a help in warding off these possible nitrate-linked cancers.

"There are some things you can do to help avoid certain kinds of cancer and one of them may be not to drink water with more than 10 parts nitrate per million parts of water," he said. Ten parts per million is the current government safety standard for nitrates in drinking water.

The special seminar is being sponsored by NU's Agronomy Department and the Water Center/Environmental Programs unit. For more information, call Steve Ress at 472-3305.

Reprinted Welsch Booklet Available

Roger Welsch says it's foolish on the Plains to consider rainfall in terms of averages. Averages are the least likely occurrences. The extremes, on the contrary, determine feast or famine, boom or bust, and have also produced the best of Plains folklore: that most famous yarn, the tall tale.

"Perhaps the essence of water is not so much to be measured in inches and gallons as in hope, agony, drought and flood," is another of Welsch's observations in the introduction to an essay by the Nebraska folk humorist first published in 1978 and now available again from UNL.

The Summer It Rained: Water and Plains Pioneer Humor, a 13-page booklet, was published when Welsch was an adjunct professor of English and anthropology at UNL. This collection of tall tales on water and its absence in Great Plains history recently was reprinted by UNL's Water Center/Environmental Programs and Conservation and Survey Division, both units of the Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources.

The Water Center originally published the collection and is a major sponsor of the annual Nebraska Water Conference, for which the reprint was prepared.

A dollar from each booklet sold will benefit the Nebraska Water Conference Council, which organizes the annual water conference.

The book costs $2, plus $1.25 for shipping and handling. Nebraskans should add state and city sales tax. Send orders and checks payable to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Map and Publication Sales, Conservation and Survey Division, 113 Nebraska Hall, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln NE 68588-0517. To order multiple copies call CSD at 472-7523.

Ask Human Resources

Question: Can you tell me about requirements for departments to advertise positions?

Answer: This policy was implemented to increase transfer and promotional opportunites for employees who have gained experience and professional growth at UNL. It applies to managerial/professional and office/service positions, and it gives departments three options for advertising position openings:

Working together with Human Resources, departments may choose to advertise the position:

1. Within the department only. Advertisements must be circulated and/or posted within the department for at least one week. Applicants who apply for such a position must be current regular employees (part time or full time) hired through the UNL competitive search process. Temporary employees may not apply for these positions.

2. University employees only. Advertisements are placed on the U-Job Line and noted as being open to university employees only. Applicants must be current university employees (temporary or regular).

3. External. These positions are advertised in a variety of ways, including the U-Job line; professional journals; and local, regional, or national newspapers as determined appropriate.

(Note: Departments that lack equitable distribution of ethnic, racial and gender representation are restricted in their use of this policy. Inquiries should be directed to Human Resources (472-3101) or Affirmative Action (472-3417).

Human Resources Events

The following events are sponsored by the Department of Human Resources. For a complete listing of Spring 1997 events sponsored by Human Resources visit their web homepage at http://www.unl.edu/unlhr/ hrhomepage.html.

New Employee Orientation
May 6, 9 a.m., Nebraska Union;
May 22, 1:30 p.m., Nebraska Union.
Call the UNL Employment Office at 472-2120 or the main UNL Human Resources Office at 472-3101 for more information. All UNL employees are welcome. Registration is recommended but not required.

Communicating with Others
Offered May 14, 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. in the Nebraska Union, the one-session workshop is designed primarily for non-supervisory personnel to help participants become more effective when interacting and communicating with others. Registration is required and enrollment is limited. Call Human Resources at 472-3101.

CDV Brown Bag
The Child Development Venture brown bag, "Your Child's Summer Safety at Home," will be offered May 20 from noon to 1 p.m. in the Nebraska Union and May 22 from noon to 1 p.m. in the East Union. Through a video, handouts, and discussion, participants can learn how to avoid making one of the nearly 8,500 emergency room visits each year for youth under age 21. Presented by Don Siffring, injury prevention coordinator, Lincoln-Lancaster County Health Department. This event is sponsored by the CDV and the Department of Human Resources. Registration is not required.

New Employee Orientation
June 10, 9 a.m., Nebraska Union;
June 26, 1:30 p.m., Nebraska Union.

Welcome New Employees
April 1997


Tim Akers, Facilities Management

Mary Batterson, Assoc. Dir. - Cedar Point

Bradley Brown, Athletics

Gary Busch, Jr., Telecom. Center

Tammy Collins, Ctr. for Leadership Dev.

Ray Chesley, Info. Svcs. - Computing

MaryLu Dughman, Athletics

Helen Fankhauser, Info. Svcs. - Computing

Roy Feess, Housing

Bee Gatlife, DCS

Rita Ann Gill, Ctr. on Child., Fam. & Law

Ann Gomez, Info. Svcs. - Univ. Libraries

Marcy Isaacson-Crist, Biological Sciences

Kristi Jensen, TV

Jamie Longwell, Psychology

Leighsa Myles, Facilities Management

Julie Noffsinger, Biochemistry

Julia Peterson, Wick Alumni Assn.

Caleb Pew, Campus Rec

Cynthia Roth, Press

Brett Sain, Housing

Judith Santos, Housing

Abdelkader Sarroub, Housing

William Schaefer, Facilities Management

Vicki Schlegl, Food Sci. & Tech.

Lee Spatgen, East Union

Laura Steffen, Mgt. Entrepreneurship Ctr.

JoAnn Strick, Multi-Cultural Affairs

Corrie Svehla, Info. Svcs. - Computing

Aaron Taylor, Comm. & Info. Technology

Jay Terry, Athletics

James Terry, Facilities Management

Terry Thelen, Facilities Management

Stacy Umbenhauer, Civil Engr.

Jay Wenther, Animal Science

Morris Weyers, SEREC

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