Discussion of the newly revised post-tenure proposal at Tuesday's Academic Senate meeting served as a prelude for a vote scheduled to take place on the issue next month.
The Academic Senate will vote in November on a proposal under which all faculty would be subject to a special review after receiving two consecutive unsatisfactory annual reviews.
A letter sent to faculty earlier this week from the executive committee of the UNL American Association of University Professors raised concerns about the proposal, and it encouraged all faculty to enter into the discussion to ensure that the document will serve UNL well in the future.
Some members of the faculty questioned the value of the proposal because UNL already has annual reviews of all faculty in addition to three-year peer reviews of faculty who are tenured but not fully promoted.
But several senators said that if the senate does not approve the proposal, faculty will lose the choice in what type of review policy is ultimately implemented at UNL. The Board of Regents is considering a five-year review policy that could be instituted thoughout the NU system.
From free pizza for students working on homecoming displays to an autograph session with former Husker quarterback Tommie Frazier, the Alumni Association offers something for everyone during 1997 Homecoming Week at NU.
The association will sponsor its first "Homecoming Pizza Pass" Oct. 15. Alumni and staff members will board Molley the Trolley to distribute free pizza and Pepsi from 8 to 10 p.m. to students working on homecoming displays across campus.
Oct. 16 marks the opening of the first Nebraska alumni chapter leaders' conference with 39 alumni in 21 chapters from California to Connecticut expected to attend. Sponsored by Valentino's, MBNA America and Misty's, the conference will focus on chapter leadership, programming, communications and membership with Friday sessions at the Wick Alumni Center, 1520 R St. Participants also will visit with Chancellor James Moeser and be introduced at the Alumni Association's homecoming celebration that evening.
The celebration, the association's fifth annual "Come On Home" gala, will be from 4:30 to 7 p.m. Oct. 17 in the Wick Center's Holling Garden. Highlights of the event include free food, courtesy of Valentino's and Pepsi, trolley tours of campus homecoming displays, door prizes, and appearances by the Alumni Pep Band, the homecoming court, Herbie Husker, the NU Spirit Squad and the Scarlet and Cream Singers. Special activities are planned for the children.
The event is free and open to the public, as is the association's final homecoming activity, a pre-game Husker Huddle Oct. 18.
The Huddle begins at 10 a.m. (or two and one-half hours prior to kickoff if game time is moved) at the Holling Garden. Entertainment will be provided by the Scarlet and Cream Singers and the Alumni Pep Band. Frazier will be on hand to sign autographs. Door prizes, free football programs to the first 75 attendees, free coffee and donuts, luncheon fare for a nominal fee and a cash bar complete the lineup for the Saturday event.
Health, fitness and safety will be the theme of events when the Jeep/Plymouth Collegiate Health and Fitness Tour takes up residence at the University of Nebraska during Homecoming Week.
The three-day event will run from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Oct. 14-16 in the grass loop east of Memorial Stadium and feature a mix of conventional wellness activities and wacky events to promote healthy lifestyles to UNL students, faculty and staff.
Some of the off-beat activities include a gladiator joust competition, a 20-foot high climbing wall and a Velcro fly wall. Interactive computer health and awareness games and mountain bike, baseball, football and soccer contests are scheduled. T-shirts, squeeze bottles, fanny packs and compact disc holders will be given away to some lucky participants. A sweepstakes for new cars from Jeep/Plymouth will round out the prize potential. The annual Homecoming Week Wacky Olympics will take place on the tour site as well.
The University Health Center will offer on-site cholesterol tests for $3, hemoglobin tests for $2, and flu shots for $8. The Office of Campus Recreation will offer therapeutic massages for $5 and comprehensive wellness assessments for $10.
Now in its fifth year, the Jeep/Plymouth Collegiate Health and Fitness Tour is the largest collegiate tour in the nation and visits 100 U.S. campuses. The event is sponsored by the Well Worth It Program, the Social Responsibility Committee, the University Health Center, Campus Recreation and the Homecoming Committee.
- Amy Cyphers
A visiting water policy expert will explain how a computer
simulator can help engineers and policy-makers get a better handle on allocating water resources in a special seminar at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
Norman J. Dudley is completing a three-year project to examine the proportional sharing of reservoir inflows, capacity and unregulated flows between environmental and consumptive uses. Dudley is a researcher at the Centre for Water Policy Research at the University of New England in Armidale, New South Wales, Australia.
His seminar will be at UNL's East Campus Union at 2:30 p.m. Oct. 22. It will examine how his computer simulation, called GESCCETOM, can help decision and policy-makers make the best choices on sharing scarce water between competing users. Dudley developed the simulator to help mitigate widespread stream and wetland degradation in Australia, but says the model is easily adapted to different environments and locales.
GESCCETOM (pronounced gesketom) is short for generalized environmental-social- commercial cost-effectiveness trade-off model.
Dudley has spoken widely on economics and natural resources, but is best known for his articles in international journals on decision aiding models and water resources management.
He earned undergraduate and doctorate degrees in agricultural economics at Australia's University of New England and is a former Senior Fulbright-Hayes Scholar at Montana State University.
At the University of New England's Centre for Water Policy Research, he specializes in decision making and property rights to aid water resources management under uncertain climatic conditions.
The seminar is sponsored by UNL's Water Center/Environmental Programs, School of Natural Resource Sciences and Department of Civil Engineering. For more information, contact Water Center/Environmental Programs communications specialist Steve Ress at (402)472-3305.
-Steve Ress, UNL Water Center/Environmental Programs, communications specialist
The power of ideas in the international market will be Richard L. Weill's theme Oct. 10 when he delivers the John T. Connor Distinguished Lecture Series in Accountancy and Finance at UNL.
Weill, president of MBIA Insurance Inc. in Armonk, N.Y., will speak from 10:30-11:25 a.m. in the CBA auditorium. His speech is free and open to the public.
MBIA is the largest financial guarantee insurance company and provider of investment management and municipal services to the public sector. It is listed on the New York Stock Exchange and is a component company of the Standard and Poor's 500.
Weill joined MBIA in 1989 and is on the corporation's board of directors. Before joining MBIA, Weill was a partner in the Omaha-based law firm of Kutak Rock for more than 20 years, specializing in municipal and corporate finance transactions and financial guarantee insurance matters. From the inception of the concept of municipal bond insurance in the late 1980s, he was involved with the entrepreneurial group that created MBIA and its predecessors.
Weill earned his bachelor's degree with high distinction in business administration at Nebraska (1964). He was a member of Beta Gamma Sigma honorary society and the Innocents Society. He attended New York University Law School as a Root-Tilden Scholar and was an editor of the Law Review. He graduate with honors in 1967.
He is a member of the American, New York and Nebraska bar associations and is a trustee of the University of Nebraska Foundation.
The Connor lecture series focuses on issues of interest to chief financial officers, professional accountants, educators and students. It is endowed by John T. Connor, chairman and chief executive officer of Transcrypt International Ltd. in Lincoln. It is presented by the finance department and the School of Accountancy in the UNL College of Business Administration.
Who was the man behind "Pickett's Charge" at the Civil War Battle of Gettysburg?
Edward G. Longacre, staff historian at the headquarters of the Air Command, Langley Air Force Base, Va., will try to answer that question in an Oct. 16 lecture at UNL. Longacre's talk, "Gen. George Edward Pickett, Confederate States of America: The Man behind the Myth," will begin at 7:30 p.m. in the Library Instruction Room on the second floor of Love Library, 13th and R streets. The lecture is free and open to the public.
As the leader of the most famous charge in American military history, George Pickett is well-known in name to anyone familiar with Civil War history. But Pickett's complex and contradictory personality is much less well-known.
Longacre, who earned his master's degree at UNL (1974), will attempt to explain the behavior patterns of this famous yet little-known and therefore little-understood soldier while stripping away many myths and misconceptions that surrounded his career.
A gallant leader who risked his life in many battles, Pickett failed to accompany his troops in the attack at Gettysburg that immortalized him. An incisive, quick-witted tactician whom many observers considered a born soldier, he nevertheless graduated at the bottom of his West Point class. A chivalrous Virginian who claimed to fight the war by a gentleman's code, he barely escaped prosecution as a war criminal.
Refreshments will be served following the talk, which is sponsored by the Civil War Roundtable of Lincoln and the Friends of the Libraries at UNL.
Gretchen Holten Poppler, history bibliographer at the UNL libraries, will demonstrate a recently acquired CD-ROM containing the Official Records of the American Civil War. The CD-ROM was a gift of the Civil War Roundtable of Lincoln.
- Tom Simons
A visiting water policy expert will explain how a computer simulator can help engineers and policy makers get a better handle on allocating water resources in a special seminar at 2:30 p.m. Oct. 22 in the East Union.
Norman J. Dudley is completing a three-year project, "Examining the proportional sharing of reservoir inflows, capacity and unregulated flows between environmental and consumptive uses." Dudley is a researcher in the Center for Water Policy Research at the University of New England in Armidale, New South Wales, Australia.
His seminar will examine how his computer simulation, GESCCETOM, can help policy and decision makers make the best choices on sharing scarce water between competing users.
Dudley developed the simulator as a means of mitigating widespread stream and wetland degradation in Australia, but said the model is easily adapted to different environments and locales.
GESCCETOM (pronounced gesketom) is short for generalized environmental-social-commercial cost-effectiveness trade-off model.
Dudley has spoken widely on economics and natural resources, but is best known for his articles in international journals on decision-making models and water resources management.
He earned undergraduate and doctorate degrees in agricultural economics at Australia's University of New England and is a former Senior Fulbright-Hayes Scholar at Montana State University.
At the University of New England's Center for Water Policy Research, he specializes in decision making and property rights to aid water resources management under uncertain climatic conditions.
The seminar is sponsored by the UNL Water Center/Environmental Programs, School of Natural Resource Sciences and Department of Civil Engineering. For more information, call Steve Ress at 472-3305.
UNL will participate in a national teleconference and other activities this month to mark World Food Day. The 14th annual World Food Day teleconference features an international panel of experts that will examine what is being done to alleviate hunger for the world's estimated 800 million starving people.
The conference airs locally at the East Union from 11 a.m.to noon on Oct. 16. Registration begins at 10:30 a.m. Lunch and a discussion of food security issues follows the teleconference, along with a simulation exercise called "Living in the State of Poverty." Reservations are encouraged. Call the Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources International Programs at 472-2758.
"The teleconference will examine the state of global hunger and the stated goals of the Rome conference of world leaders to achieve concrete progress on behalf of the hungry, including those in the United States, where 30 million face the realities of hunger," said local teleconference coordinator Sue Miller, assistant to the dean of IANR's International Programs.
Other World Food Day activities involving the UNL community include an Oct. 12 CROP Walk; a "Shanty town" on City Campus Oct. 13-17; food waste management and recycling tours of the Nebraska Union and residence halls by recycling coordinator Dale Ekart Oct. 14; and a seminar at 2 p.m. Oct. 14, "Food, Population and Poverty in the Third and Fourth Worlds," by Robert Hitchcock at the Culture Center, 333 N. 14th St.
A food drive will run from Oct. 19-26. Food collection boxes will be available at UNL residence halls and greek houses.
World Food Day began in 1981 and is now observed in more than 150 countries. The day marks the 1945 founding of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
The 14th annual World Food Day teleconference is sponsored by the U.S. National Committee for World Food Day, a coalition of 450 private voluntary organizations. The event also is supported by FAO, the U.S. Agency for International Development and the U.S. Information Agency.
For a complete list of local activities, or to arrange for presentations or videos for classroom or organizational use, call Sarah Workman at 437-5178 ext. 40.
The University Association for Administrative Development will hold a brown bag lunch meeting at 11:45 a.m. Oct. 22 in the Stadium Press Box. A tour of the Stadium Drive Parking Garage will follow.
To reach the press box, enter the West Stadium Complex doors on Stadium Drive. Head to the right and take the elevator to the second level.
After lunch Tad McDowell will lead the group on a tour of the garage.
Much more than parking garage, the facility also houses the ticket office, the Huskers Authentic shop, the parking services office and a rooftop observatory.
Representatives will be on hand during the tour. John Anderson will answer questions about the ticket office, Russ Svoboda will field queries about Huskers Authentic and Don Taylor will explain the intricacies of the physics and astronomy department observatory.
NU Campus Recreation will offer personal training beginning in October. Try this personalized path to better fitness. Madonna has one - so does Stallone - but you don't have to be star to afford a personal trainer, especially at NU. Your first session and information packet are $20 if you're a Campus Recreation member or current NU student ($30 for nonmembers). Thereafter, the cost is $15 per session for students and members and $20 per session for nonmembers. Call Ashley Dodge at 472-3467 for more information.
Also, don't forget the Wellness Services program that offers a personal fitness program and nutrition assessment for only $15 (for students and Campus Recreation members). To schedule your appointment, call 472-3467.
NU Campus Recreation has arranged for nine free skate nights at the Ice Box for current NU students and Campus Recreation members. Non-members can skate for $5.
The first free skate night is from 9 to 11 p.m. Oct. 19.
Skates are available to rent on site or from Campus Recreation. To rent from Campus Recreation, stop by the Center between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. on Sunday in the Outdoor Adventures area. Cost is $1.50/ per person per day for skate rental. Current NU students and Campus Recreation members must bring their NU I.D. card to skate for free. The other eight free skate nights are: Nov. 2 and 16, Dec. 7, Jan. 18, Feb. 1 and 15, March 1 and 15. All skate sessions run from 9 to 11 p.m. For more information, call 472-3467.
A TimeQuest seminar, "Increasing Productivity Through Value-Based Time Management," will be from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Oct. 22 in the East Union and Nov. 12 and Dec. 9 in the Nebraska Union.
Registration costs $149 ($85 if you already own a Franklin Planner). This is a substantial savings off of the public seminar rate and is offered at a reduced rate to UNL faculty, staff and students only. If interested, sign up as early as possible to order the Franklin Planner and accessories before the workshop. To register or get more information, call Gina Matkin at 472-4454.
- "Czech Women in Nebraska: Willa Cather and Bozena Nemcova," by Dr. Mila Saskova-Pierce at 7 p.m. Oct. 16 in the Nebraska Union.
In Czechoslovakia Willa Cather's portrait of Antonia was hailed as the symbol of the new Czech womanhood and the new American womanhood. It is against the background of the portrayal of Czech woman by Bozena Nemcova, the famous writer, that this assertion can be understood.
- Film, "Journey Through Hell" at 7 p.m. Oct. 30 in the Nebraska Union. The film tells the story of a Czech family dealing with the death of a child. English subtitles.
- "Political and Economic Developements in the Czech Republic," by Petr Ondrusek and Milan Stuchlik at 7 p.m. Nov. 13 in the Nebraska Union. Petr and Milan are Czech exchange students from Moravia.
The political and economic situation in the Czech Republic became quite complex. The Czech Crown has become a target by speculator on the international market, Moravia (the Eastern part of the Czech Republic) suffered enormous damage from floods. Europe is in economic recession. The presentation explores how all of these events are reflected in the economic situation of the Czech Republic.
- "Czech Folk Music and Dances" by LuAnne Anderson at 7 p.m. Dec. 4 in the Culture Center. Anderson spent three weeks in the Czech Republic studying Czech music and dance. Bring comfortable shoes so you can try few steps. The demonstration will be followed by a Christmas Party.
The College of Fine and Performing Arts has an apartment for use by visiting artists. The apartment will be available from Nov. 8 to Jan. 24. The apartment is near City Campus and is available for use by other units during this time.
Call Ron Bowlin at 472-2997 for more information.
The upcoming century change will have a serious impact on many computer systems. The symptoms are varied and may appear before Jan. 1, 2000. The key to overcoming the Y2K problem is for you to become aware and get involved.
What can you do to protect yourself and your department from this problem? Start by participating now in campus discussions regarding the Year 2000 problem. Consider subscribing to the y2k-L Listserv, and research the Web, or check out UNL's year 2000 Web page, http://www.unl.edu/year2k.
The Year 2000 Task Force meets every month in the Nebraska Union. Faculty and staff are invited to attend these meetings. Check out UNL's Web page or watch the Scarlet for dates and times.
UNL's Year 2000 coordinator is Gary Aerts. Call 472-7690 or e-mail him at gaerts@unl.edu.
The Teaching and Learning Center will host "Web Pages for Large Classes" Oct. 14. The session will start at 8:30 a.m. in 124 Henzlik and move to the New Media Center at 9:30 a.m. Bev Benes, Nutritional Science and Dietetics, will be the facilitator.
Come and see what some instructors on campus are doing for their classes in cyberspace. Instructors will showcase their class web pages using the computer technology in Henzlik auditorium and the New Media Center. Discover new ideas for your class and gain enthusiasm for using the Web.
To register, contact the Teaching and Learning Center, 472-3929 or e-mail teaching@unlinfo.unl.edu.
As part of Injury Prevention and Care and Masssage Therapy Week Oct. 20-24, information booths will be set up in both the Campus Recreation Center and the East Campus Activities Building.
On-site chair massages will be from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Oct. 18 in booths outside the stadium before the Nebraska-Texas Tech football game and from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Oct. 24 in front of the Coliseum before the Nebraska-Baylor volleyball game.
The fee will be $5 for 5 minutes and $7 for 10 minutes.
Chair massages will also be available from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Oct. 24 and Nov. 14 in the Nebraska Union at a cost of $1 for 5 minutes.
Instructional classes will include:
A special Purchasing Card Training session will begin at 1:30 p.m. Oct. 17 in Room 41 in Filley Hall on East Campus. Additional sessions have been scheduled for 1:30 p.m. Oct. 16 and 30, and Nov. 6 in Room 125A, 1700 Y St. Call Darla Huff at 472-5050 to register. Space is limited.
International and Domestic Taxes changed Oct. 1. The International Tax change went into effect Aug. 13, 1997, for travel on/after Oct. 1, 1997. For all international sales a $12 International Departure Tax will replace the current $6 International Departure Tax. In addition to the International Departure Tax, a new $12 International Arrival Tax will be assessed for all tickets with international transportation ending in the United States, with the exception of transportation from within a 225-mile buffer zone, including certain Canadian and Mexican cities.
For tickets issued on or after Oct. 1, the U.S. Customs Fee will decrease from $6.50 to $5. The U.S. Customs Fee is assessed for travel from any international point into the United States and Puerto Rico.
For all domestic sales made on or after Oct. 1 to a non-rural airport, a 9 percent U.S. Domestic Transportation Tax will replace the current 10 percent U.S. Domestic Transportation Tax. According to the new legislation, the U.S. Domestic Transportation Tax will change annually. In addition to the 9 percent U.S. Domestic Tax , there is also a completely new tax. For all domestic sales, a $1 per person per segment Flight Segment Tax will be assessed. The term "domestic segment" means any segment consisting of one take off and one landing.
This week's episode of Outdoor Nebraska features a fishing trip with
Gov. Ben Nelson and a success story about Nebraska's Canada goose
restoration program. Outdoor Nebraska airs at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 16 on the statewide Nebraska ETV Network and repeats Saturday morning at 8 a.m.
In the first feature, Outdoor Nebraska follows Gov. Ben Nelson as he goes fishing at Lake McConaughy with local angler Neil Smith and Omaha World Herald outdoor writer Larry Porter. The trio experiences some great walleye fishing during what is being called a banner year for fishing in Nebraska.
The second feature highlights one of the wildlife management success stories of Nebraska. The state's Canada goose restoration program has been so successful, that earlier this summer the captive breeding flock of Canada geese at Sacramento-Wilcox Wildlife Management Area was disbanded.
In the "Wilderness Workshop" segment, Dick Turpin demonstrates proper use and safety techniques for tree stand hunting. In the "Nature Walk" segment, viewers will learn the secrets of lightning bugs. And in this week's "Nebraskaland Moment," viewers can ride along on a riverboat cruise near Indian Cave State Park.
Outdoor Nebraska is produced by the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission in association with the Nebraska ETV Network. The series is co-hosted by Mark Nelsen and Ralph Wall, producers for the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission.
Christine Pappas, Loren Eiseley scholar and advocate, is this week's guest on Roger Welsch &, when the interview series airs at 8:30 p.m. Oct. 17 on the statewide Nebraska ETV Network.
Welsch comments, "Loren Eiseley was one of Nebraska's most respected poets and thinkers. I was on my way to visit him once to acquire his library for the University of Nebraska, but he passed away before I could meet him. I'm the poorer for it. My guest this week is Christine Pappas, who is devoting a good deal of her energy and resources to the study and advocacy of Eiseley. If you haven't encountered Eiseley and his work before, make the time this week to learn a little bit about him."
Roger Welsch & is a production of the Cultural Affairs Unit of University of Nebraska-Lincoln Television for broadcast on Nebraska ETV. The weekly series is underwritten by Aliant Cellular, Omaha Steaks and Read All About It! Bookstores.
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