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Thursday, january 23, 2014 volume 113, issue 080
living the legacy Students participate in service projects across Lincoln as part of MLK Week
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Jaden Cook jumps rope at the Malone Community Center while an audience gathers and counts the number of times she hops over the rope. Many of the audience members are volunteers from Africa, who are in the U.S. for five weeks learning about American democracy and civic engagement.
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Edson, a member of a group of students visiting the University of Nebraska-Lincoln from Africa, works with Damian Wilson at an afterschool program hosted by the Malone Community Center. Edson, who is from Angola, hopes to help bridge the gap between American and African cultures.
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Ivan, who is from Mozambique, tries to get a piggy back ride from Desmond Parks at the Malone Community Center’s afterschool program.
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Nick Banks, a senior communication studies major, performs in the MLK Week Poetry Slam on Wednesday night in the Nebraska Union. The poetry slam was open to anyone, and all poems addressed issues about Martin Luther King Jr.
UNL introduces carpooling program for faculty, staff Program offers lower-priced permits for two or more people at different addresses Kelli Rollin DN Staff and faculty can now cut their parking costs with a new carpooling program at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. The program is in the testing stages for faculty and staff, but COURTNEY CAIN | DN Director of Parking and Transit There is currently only one carpool parking permit spot Services Dan Carpenter said stureserved on campus. It is located on the north side of the Unidents could get the money savversity Health Center near 15th and Vine streets and is marked ing opportunity in the future, by a “carpool permit only” sign. too. With the carpooling program, two or more people are required currently limited to 25 carpoolWhen carpoolers can’t ride to sign up for a carpooling permit, which allows the cost to be together on a day for any reason, ing groups. Carpoolers are given an assigned space within an asa certain number of daily parkdivided among riders. signed lot or garage. ing permits For faculty, that means “We’re looking at how we are availOnce you paying a bit less than can have an alternative (to) evable with the $300 at most, instead get to a eryone driving singly to camcarpooling of the $592 price tag pus,” Carpenter said. permit. The certain price, for individuals. He said he wants to better permits are All rider vehicles people won’t want good for three maximize the use of the availare registered for the able parking space before more years, so they permit, and riders to pay.” building is done. The more parkcan carry have to register with ing garages and lots that are over from dan carpenter a carpooling group. built, the higher parking costs director of parking and other years Riders also must become, he said. if they aren’t transit services live at different ad“Once you get to a certain used. dresses. For example, C a r p e n - price, people won’t want to pay,” a husband and wife he said. ter said the growing number wouldn’t be able to buy a carpooling pass because they would of faculty and staff spurred the carpooling program, which is most likely carpool already. carpool: see page 3
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Junior nutrition and health sciences major Amanda Dinneen and elementary and junior special education major Sierra Weber use the Campus Recreation Center’s newest addition. The touchscreens feature a social media feed, calendar of events and other information about the rec center.
Digital display screens pop up throughout campus Lane Chasek DN New digital display screens are bringing the University of NebraskaLincoln another method to receive emergency alerts, such as the chemical smell that was reported at Architecture Hall on Tuesday.
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“That chemical smell alert was cleared quickly,” said Nate Morris, desktop solutions supervisor with UNL Information Technology Services. “But this incident shows how these digital signs give students a new way to receive emergency messages like this.” These digital screens have been in-
stalled at Memorial Stadium, the Campus Recreation Center, the College of Business Administration and other locations at UNL, and more locations will soon be added. According to Todd Lanham, coordinator for information technology at the Rec, the digital signage was installed at the Rec the Fri-
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