Shadows stretch across the snow south of Andrews Hall earlier this week after a storm dumped nearly a foot of the white stuff on campus and the Lincoln area. Take heart, weary Nebraskans: Spring officially begins March 21. (Photo: Richard Wright)
There will not be a Scarlet during Spring Break (March 27). Those wishing to publicize activities for the first week of April, should get their submissions in by 5 p.m. March 16 for the March 20 Scarlet. This is an extension of the regular deadline.
The Scarlet will resume its weekly publication schedule on April 3.
What's the best way to tackle a huge job? One bite at a time. That's just how NU Habitat for Humanity plans to build a house this fall-but we need your help!
Building a house takes a lot of resources. But just like any large task, breaking it up into manageable parts makes it seem more reasonable.
That's where Adopt-A-Job-and you-come in. All the tasks required to build our house have been subdivided into affordable parts. Here are some examples:
When you (or your group, department, office, etc.) agree to sponsor one or more jobs, you agree to provide the dollars required for those tasks. In addition, you have the opportunity to offer volunteers to work on the house.
The house will be built at 2286 Y St. - a short distance from either campus-and we hope to coordinate much of the initial building with 1998 Homecoming.
We hope your organization will be able to sponsor one or more jobs to build the NU Habitat for Humanity house. Help us build a dream for a Lincoln family.
Questions? Contact habitat@unlinfo.unl.edu.
With fiscal year-end approaching, the Purchasing Department reminds customers of the time frames involved in large-dollar equipment purchases. The following guidelines will help departments determine estimated time frames for major equipment purchases. Departments are encouraged to contact a procurement professional for specific information.
Purchases between $50,000 and $250,000: These purchases require time to write bid specifications, develop bid lists, issue the bids, receive the vendors' responses, analyze the responses, and recommend award. Written reports are made to the Board of Regents on these contracts.
Four to six weeks are required between receiving the requisition in the Purchasing Department and the time the purchase order is actually issued.
Purchases over $250,000: These equipment purchases require specific action and approval by the Board of Regents. The same procedures as stated above are followed, except the Board of Regents must approve the purchase before a purchase order can be issued. The process for items in excess of $250,000 will take six to eight weeks. This process is dependent upon regental agenda load and scheduled board meeting dates.
The following outlines the process for a major equipment purchase over $250,000 that required Board of Regents approval.
1. Originating Department, after proper departmental approval, sends requisition to the Purchasing Department for bidding.
2. Once the bidding process is complete, the Buyer prepares proper documentation and forwards this information to the Vice Chancellor for Business and Finance.
3. Vice Chancellor for Business and Finance prepares documents for the Chancellor's approval and forwarding to Central Administration for action/reporting to the Business Affairs Subcommittee.
4. If purchase if over $250,000 it will be placed on the Regents' Agenda for formal action.
5. Regents approval communicated to the Purchasing Dept.
6. Purchasing Department prepares purchase order, contract documentation, etc., for issuance of selected vendor.
The following guidelines generally apply regarding creation of purchase orders:
The UNL Parking Advisory Committee has created a web form to address safety concerns on the UNL campus. By using the following web site: http://www.unl .edu/park/img_nofr/park/img_sfty.html, safety concerns can be submitted directly to the Parking and Transit Services Office. Any thoughts, ideas, concerns should be sent to this web site so these issues can be addressed. The information submitted will be extremely helpful as they prepare for the next Safety Walk on April 4
Nike Swoosh Challenge will be March 14 in the Campus Recreation Center (pre-registration information call 472-3467, Andy).
On March 12 and 13 why not try a Treadwall - a stationary climbing wall? The Treadwall will be in the Campus Recreation Center both days. The Treadwall is part of the Nike Swoosh Challenge.
Campus Recreation's newest relaxation idea - imagine yourself enjoying the relaxing benefits of a 15 minute massage in the comfort of the Massage Therapy Treatment Room. You can remain fully clothed and sit in the massage chair (massage back, neck, arms). This is the perfect compliment to your noon-time workout regimen or any time of the day (allow 30 minutes). The cost is $10 (current NU students and Campus Recreation members), $15 (nonmembers). To schedule your appointment call 472-3467.
Regular Spring Semester facility hours resume Monday, March 30, 1998.
Businesses that want to establish a World Wide Web site can learn how through a new noncredit distance education course at UNL. The course, "Web Site Development: Design, Build and Maintain Your Own Site," runs March 19 through June 4 and is co-sponsored by UNL's Engineering Extension, Cooperative Extension and the Division of Continuing Studies.
The 12-week course will cover the steps required for putting a business on the Internet. Participants will learn how to design, build, publish and maintain a web site. Topics include getting sites recognized by Internet search engines, holding a web browser's attention for longer site exposure, listing sites on bulletin boards and marquees, providing a direct link for customers to the business, managing site size and graphics, developing secure web sites and editing, proofing and troubleshooting web sites.
The course is open to marketing managers, consultants, administrative assistants, small-business owners and anyone else interested in designing and maintaining a web site.
The course features interactive satellite sessions March 19, April 16 and June 4 at sites throughout the state. Call 472-0400 for information on the site nearest you.
The remainder of the course will be completed using materials delivered via CD-ROM and Internet. Each week, participants will complete assignments on their own computers at times convenient to them. Instructors will be available via e-mail and during scheduled telephone help hours to assist with individual problems. A chat room will give participants additional opportunities to ask questions and receive assistance.
At the completion of the course, participants' web sites will be published free on the Internet for three months.
Trish Cieslik and Jeff Wilson, engineers specializing in web design at University of Nebraska Engineering Extension, are the course instructors.
Cost of the course is $349 per person, which includes Microsoft FrontPage software and manuals, instructional CD-ROM and resource notebook and three months of Internet publication of the web site. For more information or to register, call the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Division of Continuing Studies at 472-2175.
The Experience of Infant-Toddler Centers in Italy Reggio Emilia and Pistoia, a two-day conference, will be April 20 and 21 at the Clifford Hardin Center for Continuing Education.
Italy is a country increasingly recognized for its high-quality, family centered care and education for children younger than 6 years, including children with disabilities. Their publicly provided centers for infants and toddlers are called asili nido (safe nests). Reggio Emilia and Pistoia, two cities in northern and central Italy, are renowned for their outstanding and innovative programs.
This two-day conference offers opportunities for participants to meet with the leading administrators who founded and built the infant-toddler programs, which serve children 9 months to 3 years old. Participants will learn about and see (through videos and slides) the physical environments, curriculum strategies, organization, philosophies and policies underlying the approaches used in Reggio Emilia and Pistoia.
For registration information, contact the Division of Continuing Studies at 472-2175.
The International Eyeopener Breakfast will be at 7:30 a.m. March 18 in the East Union. It will feature Bob Kuzelka, assistant to the director, Water Center/Environmental Programs, School of Natural Resource Sciences. Kuzelka will discuss "What's Down Under Down Under?"
Faculty, staff and students and the public are welcome. Call the International Programs Office at 472-2758 for reservations.
"Assessing the Performance of Graduate Teaching Assistants" is the subject of a Teaching and Learning Center session at 1:30 p.m. March 19 in the Selleck Hall private dining room.
The goal of the session is to help TA supervisors, graduate chairs and other faculty members interested in TA training and development think about ways to make assessment more effective.
To register, contact the Teaching and Learning Center at 472-3079
The Prairie Schooner Reading Series will present author Frank Conroy, reading from his work, at 7 p.m. March 17 in Westbrook Recital Hall.
Conroy, this year's College of Fine and Performing Arts Distinguished Artist/Scholar, is director of the prestigious Iowa Writers' Workshop. He is the author of three books: a novel, Body and Soul, a volume of short fiction, Mid-Air, and an autobiography, Stop-Time, which was nominated for a National Book Award. Conroy has been the recipient of fellowships from the Guggenheim and Rockefeller Foundations, and the National Council for the Arts. He is the former director of the Literature Program at the National Endowment for the Arts. His work has been widely anthologized, and has appeared in The New Yorker, Esquire, GQ, Partisan Review, Harpers, Vanity Fair, and The New York Times Magazine.
Conroy's visit is sponsored by the College of Fine and Performing Arts and the Creative Writing Program. It is free and open to the public.
The UNL College of Arts and Sciences' Family Research and Policy Initiative is sponsoring a series of lectures by five distinguished scholars who will address a number of critical research and policy questions related to the relationship between economic forces and child and family well-being. All lectures begin at 3:30 p.m.in the Nebraska Union and are free and open to the public.
The lecture series, "Children, Families, and the Economy: New Challenges, New Research" will begin on March 16 with a presentation by Daniel T. Lichter, professor of sociology and director of the Population Research Institute at Pennsylvania State University, titled "Children in the Crossfire; Reforming Welfare or Reforming the Poor?"
Other presentations in the series will be the March 31 lecture, "African-American Adolescent Girls in High-Poverty Neighborhoods: The Protective Role of Mothers and Fathers," by P. Lindsay Chase-Lansdale, associate professor at the University of Chicago; April 13, "The Science and Politics of Child Poverty" by J. Lawrence Aber, director of the National Center on Children in Poverty ; April 20, "Economic Pressure in Families" by Rand D. Conger, professor of sociology and director of the Center for Family Research in Rural Mental Health at lowa State University; and on April 27, "Marriages Under Economic Strain: How Couples Cope with and Adapt to Financial Hardship" by Ted L. Huston, professor of child development and family relationships at the University of Texas.
This lecture series is co-sponsored by the Center on Children, Families, and the Law and the Departments of Sociology, Psychology, and Communication Studies.
For additional brochures or more information please contact Chris Wiklund at the Center on Children, Families, and the Law,472-3479.
Gerald Vizenor, the most prolific Native American writer of the 20th century, will speak at the annual Abraham Lincoln Lecture Series April 6-9.
Vizenor will present a series of four lectures titled Fugitive Poses: Native American Indian Scenes of Absence and Presence, all of which will begin at 7:30 p.m. on consecutive nights in the Great Plains Art Collection, 215 Love Library.
Vizenor's visit is sponsored by the University of Nebraska Press, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln departments of anthropology and athletics, the Center for Great Plains Studies, the College of Arts and Sciences, and the Native American Studies Program. Vizenor's appearances will culminate in an open reception in the Great Plains Art Collection immediately following the last lecture Thursday evening.
Vizenor is a professor of American Studies and Native American Literature at the University of California, Berkeley. He is the author of over twenty books on Native histories, literature, and critical studies. His second novel, Griever: An American Monkey King in China, won an American book award. His paternal family are Anishinaabe of the White Earth Reservation in Minnesota.
Begun in 1995, this annual Abraham Lincoln Lecture Series aims to remind the citizens of Lincoln and beyond of the principles that Abraham Lincoln championed: education, justice, tolerance, and union. Each year the University of Nebraska Press invites a noted scholar to deliver a series of lectures, cosponsored with other University of Nebraska departments. In addition, the Press publishes each year's lectures in a single volume. Published this March, Fugitive Poses: Native American Indian Scenes of Absence and Presence will be on sale, along with several other books by Vizenor, at the reception following the final lecture.
"Russia's Rocky Road to Freedom" will be the subject of the E.N. Thompson Forum on World Issues at 3:30 p.m. April 9 in the Lied Center. The speaker is Hedrick Smith, Pulitzer Prize-winning former New York Times correspondent.
Smith provides an insightful look at the current state of affairs in Russia. From its fragile democratic institutions to its "cowboy capitalism," remarkable changes are taking place. The masses continue to grumble even as the small, new, rich elite make enormous amounts of money. In addition, the media of the old Soviet Union faces great challenges as it learns to operate in the new democracy.
The last free skate night at the Ice Box is from 9 to 11 p.m. March 15.
Campus Recreation is sponsoring this event which is open and free to current NU students and Campus Recreation members (be sure to bring your NU I.D. card). Others can skate for $5.
The 1998 Women's Leadership Conference is March 14. Sponsored by Student Involvement, Women's Center, University Housing, Teachers College, College of Human Resource and Family Sciences and Multi-Cultural Affairs, the conference occurs at the Wick Center.
This year's conference, "Writing Herstory: Leaving Your Mark" boasts a keynote presentation by Brenda Council, a past mayoral candidate for Omaha and UNL alumna, as well as six workshops and a performance by Nebraska Endowment for the Arts Grant recipient Pippa White. White's perfomance is a one-woman, one-act play exploring the various roles that women have.
Topics covered will be include: the importance of having women in leadership roles, finding strength in adversity and communicating across cultural ties and boundaries and many more
Registration begins at 8:15 a.m. and the conference runs from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Admission for the conference for UNL students, faculty and staff is $3 in advance and $5 at the door. All others are $5 in advanced, $7 at the door. Registrations can be picked up in the Student Involvement Offices on City and East Campus as well as the Women's Center.
Questions may be directed to our website http://www.unl.edu/sinvolve/wlc or to Molly at 472-8143.
The 3rd annual For The Health of It festival will highlight wellness issues for faculty, staff and students from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. April 1. Admission to the festival in the Nebraska East Union is free. The festival is sponsored by the University Health Center, Campus Recreation and Student Involvement. Kara Pfingsten, assistant director for Campus Recreation-East Campus Recreation, is overall chair of the event.
Among the 25 booths will be representatives of the American Cancer Society, American Heart Association, the city's Bureau of Fire Prevention and UNL's Employee Assistance program. Eye, speech and hearing tests will be offered at no charge. Body composition and a cholesterol screening tests cost $3 each. There is no pre-registration or preparation required for any of the tests.
This year's festival will be larger than those of previous years. Campus ministries will be represented this year for the first time, to recognize the integration of spirituality within wellness. Healthful snack food will be available, and there will be prize drawings and other giveaways.
In conjunction with the For Health of It festival, adult CPR classes are scheduled the same day. These require pre-registration, by calling Campus Recreation at 472-3467 (city campus) or 472-2479 (east campus). Adult CPR, offered from 8 to 11:30 a.m., costs $12; Adult Recertification, offered from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., costs $5.
For more information, contact Pfingsten at 472-2479.
-Meg MacDonald, Public Relations
The Center for Great Plains Studies presents its 22nd annual interdisciplinary conference, "Health & Lifestyle, Sport & Recreation on the Great Plains," April 2-4.
Featured speakers are Cheri Becerra of Nebraska City, Olympian, Paralympian, and a member of the Omaha Tribe; Trevor Hancock, M.D., Public Health Consultant from Ontario, Canada; and the Honorable Alan C. Page, associate justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court and former professional football player for the Minnesota Vikings and the Chicago Bears.
This symposium explores the demographics of Plains peoples' health and lifestyles and presents such diverse research to scholars and nonscholars in a three-day conference at the Cornhusker Hotel and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln city campus.
People today are more aware and concerned about the affect their lifestyles have on their health. They are more involved in sports and recreational activities and are developing interests in historical comparisons.
Co-sponsors of the conference include: Nebraska Humanities Council and Popular Culture Association, and at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln: African American and African Studies, Department of Athletics, Department of Health & Human Performance, Department of History, College of Law, Native American Studies, UNL Research Council, and Teacher's College.
For more information or to register, contact the Center at (402) 472-3082 or e-mail <cgps@unlinfo.unl.edu>. The registration fee is waived (with the exception of the luncheon) for all UNL undergraduate and graduate students.
See the complete program on the center's webpage: http://www.unl.edu/plains/1 998symp.htm.
Researching and writing grant proposals will be the focus of a five-day, hands-on University of Nebraska workshop April 27-May 1, 1998.
The Grantsmanship Training Program will be at the Lancaster Extension Education Center, 444 Cherrycreek Road. It offers novice and experienced grant writers assistance with determining program needs, developing budgets, identifying funding sources and completing a grant proposal.
Gary C. Bergman, unit leader for the Lancaster County office, said that the workshop is unique because it's taught by a grant writing expert and provides the opportunity for individual participation.
"The training addresses the programs and needs of the registered participants," said Bergman, a former workshop participant. Last year's workshop attracted participants from all across the state, he added.
Those with proposals in progress are encouraged to bring them to the workshop. Information about researching grant sources on the Internet and follow-up support also are provided.
The workshop is hosted by The Grantsmanship Center of Los Angeles. The center has trained more than 65,000 people in grant-related programs since being founded in 1972. It is the world's oldest and largest trainer of staff in nonprofit organizations.
Registration is $595 per person, with a $50 discount for additional registrants from the same organization. Early registration is encouraged as class space is limited to 25 participants. A second workshop may be offered if the first one fills up, Bergman added.
Send payment to: Program Registrar, The Grantsmanship Center, P.O. Box 17220, Los Angeles, Calif., 90017.
"The cost is a small investment for the benefits received by organizations through time saved in grant preparation and the potential for ultimate success," Bergman noted.
Contact TGC at (800)421-9512 or Bergman at (404)441-7180 for further information.
The April workshop is sponsored by Cooperative Extension in NU's Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources.
- Cheryl Alberts, IANR news writer
Using music to promote multiculturalism in the classroom will be the focus of a University of Nebraska workshop March 20-21 at Maxey Elementary School, 5200 S. 75th St.
The workshop, "Instructional Approaches Using Multicultural Music," is part of a human relations training program aimed at K-12 classroom teachers as well as vocal and instrumental music specialists.
Marvelene Moore, author of "Making Connections: Multicultural Music and the National Standards," will present the workshop. Moore, the chairwoman of the music department at the University of Tennessee, has studied at the Jacques-Dalcroze Institute in Switzerland, the Orff Institute in Germany and the Kodaly Institute in Hungary.
The workshop will explore the use of music in the classroom to understand the contributions of other cultures. The course may be audited for $87 or taken for one university credit hour for $139. Reservations are preferred by March 13.
The course meets human relations training requirements for teacher certification renewal.
Did you know that the University produces more than 3,000 tons of trash each year? Have you heard about the floor at Selleck Quadrangle for music majors only? Do you know how to make ice cream in a bag? If you'd seen a recent episode of "Life Nebraska Style" you could say "yes" to all these questions.
"Life Nebraska Style" is a weekly, half-hour television magazine that spotlights interesting people and activities at the University of Nebraska. It's jointly produced by UNL Public Relations and IANR's Communications and Information Technology's Electronic Media unit.
This week on "Life Nebraska Style":
"Life Nebraska Style" airs at various times throughout the state. Here's where you can find it in your area:
Alliance, channel 8, Monday & Tuesday 1 p.m.; Beatrice, channel 9, Tuesday 5:30 p.m.; Broken Bow, channel 38, Tuesday 2 p.m. and Friday 11 p.m.; Columbus, channel 8, M-F 10 a.m. & 7:30 p.m.; Crete, channel 10, Wednesday 7 p.m.; Grand Island, channel 6, Monday 2 p.m., Tuesday 12:30 p.m., Wednesday 10:30 a.m., Thursday 5 p.m., Friday 5:30 p.m., Saturday and Sunday 12:30 p.m.; Hastings, channel 3, Monday 10 a.m. and Tuesday 8 p.m.; Hebron, channel 20, M-F 6:30 p.m.; Ithaca, channel 13, Monday noon, Thursday 4 p.m. and Sat. 8 a.m.; Lincoln, channel 21, Monday 11 a.m., Wednesday 8 p.m., Friday 4 p.m. and Sunday 6 p.m.; McCook, channel 17, Tuesday 7 p.m.; Norfolk, channel 2, Tuesday 1:30 p.m. and Wednesday 10:30 a.m.; North Platte, channel 18, Tuesday 6:30 and Thursday 10 a.m.; Omaha, channel 23, Monday 9:30 p.m.; West Point, channel 17, Wednesday 11:30 a.m. and Friday 3:30 p.m.
Everyone grows older. More people are living longer today than ever before. America's over-65 population is expected to double by the year 2030. To provide some insight into the process of aging that everyone must cope with, EduCable, the cable television service of the Nebraska ETV Network, will broadcast three specials airing the evening of March 15.
"I Was Young, Now I'm Wonderful," airing at 6 p.m., marks life's milestones-fond memories of youth when life was full of possibilities and challenges; the teenage years concentrating on fascination with the opposite sex and wanting to grow up; the experiences and lessons learned in fighting wars, along with home life after the war; middle-age when people begin to experience discomfort due to changing, aging bodies; and finally the examination of the "golden years."
The joys and complication of living longer are felt not only by elders, but also by their children, who often become their parents' caregivers. "Aging Parents: Planning for the Future," airing at 6:30 p.m., provides useful information on managing the challenges of role reversal and caring for parents. The program explains how to move beyond denial and fear-typical emotional responses to signs of aging-to planning.
"Our Parents, Ourselves," airing at 7:30 p.m., is a solutions-oriented look at the joys and problems of aging in America. The hour-long program explores the growing impact of caregiving on the American family and the potentially staggering impact on our society as the Baby Boomer Generation reaches middle age.
The story of the most significant expedition in American history and of the extraordinary friendship between two exceedingly different men will be told when Lewis and Clark: The Journey of The Corps of Discovery returns for an encore broadcast on the statewide Nebraska ETV Network, beginning at 2 p.m. March 15.
Gary E. Moulton, a professor of history at UNL and editor of Lewis and Clark's journals, was a key consultant on the production.
Their journey began a legacy of exploration that stretches all the way to the modern space program, and became one of the greatest adventure stories in American history. "This film is about a bond of friendship that was second to none between the two very different personalities of Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, and about a voyage that made us the continental nation we are today," says Ken Burns, filmmaker. "But perhaps the big star of the program is the land itself and its extraordinary beauty."
As he has frequently done in other projects, Burns has used well-known voices to portray his characters, in this case, to read from the meticulous journals kept by Lewis and Clark and some of their men. Also included are extensive use of archival material, such as paintings, maps, drawings and pages from the Corps' journals, letters, government documents and oral-tradition stories from various Indians tribes.
While many people dream of a white Christmas, the Nebraska Public Radio Network is hoping to gather the green on St. Patrick's Day - hoping that diners across the state will go out to eat on March 17. That's when restaurants across the state take part in the fourth annual "Dine Out for Public Radio."
So whether you order corned beef and cabbage or any other entree from any of the restaurants participating in this year's event, 10 percent of your table's tab will go to support NPRN programming. For a complete list of participating restaurants call toll-free 1-800-290-6850, in Lincoln call 472-2200.
Dine Out for Public Radio Participating Restaurants 1998: Columbus, Glur's Tavern and Little King Restaurant; Fremont, Andy's on First; Norfolk, The Uptown Eating Establishment; Bennet, Mamasitas; Ainsworth, Our Place Steakhouse and Lounge; Bassett, Bassett Lodge & Range Cafe; Broken Bow, Lobby Restaurant; Grand Island, Nathan Detroit; Hastings, Taylor's Steak House; Kearney, The Cellar Bar & Grill; Waco, Hunters Lounge & Keno; Eustis, The Eustis Pool Hall; McCook, The Dutch Oven Bakery; North Platte, The Depot Grill & Pub; Paxton, Ole's Big Game Steak House & Lounge; Chadron, The Olde Main Street Inn; Gering, The Giggling Gourmet; Gordon, Hacienda Restaurant & Lounge; Lakeside, Cattleman's Restaurant & Lounge; Lincoln, The Blue Heron Wine Bar & Bistro, The Grotto, K's Restaurant, The Mill, Mo Java Cafe, The Oven, The Pantry Restaurant (South), The Renaissance at the Cornhusker & Waldo's.
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