daily nebraskan
tuesday, October 20, 1981
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By Ward W. Triplett III
Jay Petersen had just stepped out of his seventh floor
Harper Residence Hall room Sunday night when a loud,
echoing sound caused him to pause.
"I thought somebody had tossed some trash cans full
of bottles down the trash chute" said Petersen, a sopho
more from Ogallala. "Those type of things happen a lot,
so I didn't think anything of it and just kept on going."
The sound was an explosion that destroyed a toilet in
the floor bathroom. State Fire Marshall Jim Winters said
laboratory tests would be needed to determine the cause
of the explosion.
Winters said the incident involved explosives a little
larger than normal size firecrackers that could be sub
merged in water and still go off.
The explosion occurred about 7:45 p.m. and most of
the residents were on the floor at the time. One of them,
freshman Mike Janssen, said he saw someone after the ex
plosion whom he'd never seen on the floor previously.
"I was in my room when I heard this big noise," Jan
ssen said. "I walked into the bathroom and saw all the
pieces on the floor. I went up to the S A's door (student
assistant) and this guy was already knocking on it. He told
me he was going to the bathroom when it happened."
Janssen said he didn't see the person anymore. He and
others described him as being "white as a sheet" while he
was there.
Another resident, sophomore Scott Yonker, said he
was in his room directly across from the bathroom en-
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trance when he heard someone "tearing out of the bath-
room." , , .
"I first thought that a bunch of 6uys were running
around as usual. Right after than I heard a door slam, and
then something blew " Yonker said.
Winters said the explosion was extremely dangerous.
"If someone had been walking by it (the explosion),
they would have very easily been seriously hurt," Winters
said.
Pieces were scattered in all directions from the stall.
Some of the smaller chunks flew more than 15 feet away.
Winters said UNL police investigator D. Petersen inter
viewed most of the floor residents for additional evidence
Sunday night.
After an emergency floor meeting, Winters said the stu
dents were cooperative, and his office would need their
help to stop any similar future actions.
'This is the third time I've been out here in a week,
and it's getting a little ridiculous," Winters said. "These
guys are the ones that have to live here, and they know
more of what's going on than we do. We're going to have
to have their help in stopping whoever's doing this."
Winters and Petersen said they could not yet determine
if the type of explosive that started fires in a Harper
trash chute last weekend was used in the Sunday ex
plosion. Petersen said it was the most extensive damage to uni
versity property that he had seen in his three years with
the UNL police.
Budget cuts
don't affect
work study
UNL's Work Study pro
gram has not been affected
by Reagan administration
budget cuts, said Doug
Severs, assistant director of
scholarships and financial
aids. Severs is also in charge
of work study. "Work study
has not been cut and I don't
think it will, because it is a
popular program," Severs
said.
Work study is a federally
sponsored program that
employs students with fi
nancial need so they can go
to school. Severs said stu
dents apply for the program
like any other financial aid.
Severs said about $1.1
million was allocated for the
work study program this
academic, year and summer
sessions. The federal
government supplied about
$800,000 and UNL
appropriated the remaining
money.
"Between 800 and
1,200, maybe even more,
students are involved in the
program," Severs said. The
students work as many
hours a week as they can,
depending on their
schedule. Wages range from
$3.35 to $5 per hour, de
pending on the type of job,
and what skills the student
has, Severs said.
The work study program
tries to place the students in
jobs that interest them and
use their skills, Severs said.
About 900 to 1,000 stu
dents work on campus, and
about 20 students work off
campus, Severs said.
He said the number of
participants in the work
student program is greater
than it was five years ago,
but the number has remain
ed steady over the last two
years.
"We have had many stu
dents go on to full-time jobs
by participating in the pro
gram," Severs said. "Getting
job experience was not the
main, purpose of the pro
gram but it is an asset to the
financial aid gaLned. If any
student would like to dis
cuss the prospect of going
on to a full time job by
participating in the pro
gram, we would be glad to
talk to them."
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