JAN20

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second straight slip

FROM YOUTUBE TO YOUTV

Husker women’s basketball faces second loss in as many weeks to No. 10 Ohio State PAGE 10

YouTube’s latest plan focuses on longer, more niche programming in attempt to mimic cable television PAGE 5

friday, january 20, 2012

volume 111, issue 084

DAILY NEBRASKAN dailynebraskan.com

Milliken asks Legislature to fund initiative Frannie Sprouls Daily Nebraskan

University of NebraskaLincoln President James B. Milliken announced his “Building a Healthier Nebraska” initiative to the Nebraska Legislature Jan. 18. This proposal requests $91 million from Nebraska’s cash reserve fund for projects in Lincoln, Omaha and Kearney. An additional $300 million will come from private donors, patient revenue and other sources, according to a UNL press release on Jan. 18. Milliken said education and job creation are high priorities for Nebraska and will help the state become stronger and more competitive. On Thursday, Gov. Dave Heineman said the legislature in Nebraska cannot afford to

pay the amount Milliken is requesting, according to a report in the Lincoln Journal Star . Heineman said the cash reserve needs to be rebuilt before using the money for onet i m e milliken funding projects. Milliken proposed four components to the initiative, two of which would affect students in Lincoln. The first project is building a new University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Nursing. This would replace the current building in Lincoln,

according to Juliann Sebastian, dean of UNMC’s College of Nursing. “We’ve been turning away qualified applicants to the Lincoln division,” she said in a phone interview. “With the shortage of nurses in Nebraska and a continued estimated shortage, we want to do our part and expand our space to accept more applicants.” The Lincoln division of UNMC’s College of Nursing has a total enrollment of about 250 students. With the new building, Sebastian said they expect to increase the total enrollment by 64 students during the next few years. The new building would also provide space for a more vibrant research program with more research faculty and new technology,

Sebastian said. “We see ourselves as having a research culture where students can learn as that science is developing,” she said. “As tech has expanded, we need very highly educated nurses whether it’s for diagnostics, therapeutic services or health education.” The second project proposed is to plan and design a new Veterinary Diagnostic Center (VDC) at UNL’s Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources. The current VDC is a 35-year-old building and is in good condition, said David Hardin, director of the School of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences. “We’ve simply outgrown the building,” Hardin said in a phone interview. “We don’t have any space left.” Hardin listed three reasons

for a new building. One relates to safety and another to the risk of cross contamination due to a poor ventilation system. “The third is simply the ability to expand and add new services to better serve the needs of the state,” Hardin said. The VDC provides diagnostic services, running lab tests on samples sent in from practicing veterinarians and from state agencies. In the summer, the lab does testing for the West Nile virus, he said. Livestock is also tested at the lab, Hardin said. The third project is looking for financial support for a cancer research tower at UNMC. With this tower UNMC would be able to become one of only 40 institutions in the U.S. to earn

AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH Construction causes noise, and parking problems for knoll residents

story by conor dunn | art by gabriel sanchez

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hen Allison Stock, a sophomore early childhood education major, took her first steps into the Knoll Residential Center she expected to enjoy the quiet suite-styled life she said she felt she missed out on her freshman year. Instead, the sound of buzzing, clanking and rattling from construction machinery greets Stock every morning. “It wakes me up,” she said, “and

of course once I’m up, there’s no way I can get back to sleep.” Stock is referring to the construction behind Knoll that began on Jan. 1. The construction is part of a project costing about $71.5 million that will replace Cather and Pound Residence Halls with two suitestyled housing buildings similar to the Knoll.

construction: see page 3

We see ourselves as having a research culture where students can learn as that science is developing.” Juliann Sebastian

dean of unmc college of nursing

a Comprehensive Cancer Center designation from the National Cancer Institute, according to the press release. The tower would host 98 labs and allow UNMC to add more faculty, receive more grant funding and have all of its researchers in one location. The final project would be

milliken: see page 3

Party Party brings the tacos New group enters ASUN race, red Solo Cups in hand elias youngquist daily nebraskan

A second political party will announce their entrance into the running for the Association of Students of the University of Nebraska elections on Friday. At 12:30 p.m. the Party Party will hand out tacos in the Nebraska Union while making brief announcements about its plans for the elections. “We’re going to be passing out tacos in red solo cups — it’s kind of our symbol,” said Kate Miller, a sophomore philosophy major and the party’s presidential candidate. “We’ll be giving out really quick announcements about our party and our ideology. We’re going to be making it about as long as it takes to eat a taco.” The party is making a distinct attempt to differentiate itself from Impact, who gave a similar announcement last week in the Nebraska Union. “We wanted to do something similar to Impact’s event, but also different, and we figured everyone likes tacos,” said Dillon Jones, a sophomore English major and the party’s candidate for external vice president. “We just

Party: see page 2 zepf/bartz page 4

tattoos page 5

Men’s BBall page 10

Binging on television

Iron Brush, helping hand

Different circumstances

columnists debate merits of watching tv marathons

tattoo parlor to offer day of free art for charity

Huskers prepared for Round 2 against No. 6 Buckeyes

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