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Thursday, April 12, 1984
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Vol. 83 No. 136
Club to provide 'complete look at franchise '
In recent months the College of Bus
iness Administration started a Fran
chise Studies Development Center, fall
courses in franchise and a student
franchise club.
The month-old Franchise Club will
have its first public meeting at 7 p.m. in
the CBA lounge.
The featured speaker for the club
will be UNL alumnus Fran Loetterle.
Loetterle is a recently retired group
vice president of Ramada Inn. Loette
rle currently is working with CBA to
develop the Franchise Center.
The Franchise Club was formed to
help students learn more about the
intricacies of the franchise business,
said club President Mike Harrigan.
"We're trying to give students as
complete of a look at franchising as we
can," Harrigan said. "Well have guest
speakers, seminars, internships, scho
larships and group meetings and inter
actions." The Franchise Club, formed in mid
March, was the idea of Bob Justis and
his small business management class.
"We discusssed it in class one day,
and several of us became interested"
Harrigan said. "Wp all got together and
'we've gone through the ASUN proce
dures in order to get the club recog
nized." The club has approximately 20 mem
bers and, Harrigan said, members hope
to double the membership by next
year.
Justis said the club provides stu
dents with a chance to learning more
about the world of franchising.
"It's down right exciting what's hap
pening here (UNL) with our involve
ment in franchising," Justis said. "I'd
encourage any student who's inter
ested in franchisors or franchisees, or
anyone who may ever want to start a
franchise to join the club."
The club's internships will be con
ducted over the summer and will at
tempt to give students a variety of
work-related experiences in franchise.
"We've contacted the franchises, and
we've explained to them that we want
the student to gain experience in sev
eral aspects of the business," Harrigan
said.
Loetterle, who has been at UNL off-and-on
since September 1983 said that
franchises are the wave of the future in
business.
"In 1983 franchises accounted for
one-third of all retail sales in America,
and that figure's growing," Loetterle
said. "It's an exciting field to study."
Loetterle said franchising offers the
chance to work with people with les3
risk of business failure than other
small businesses.
"The success rate of franchises is
considerably higher than for other
small businesses," Loetterle said. "Fran
chising also allows you to work with
entrepreneurial types, and I think
they're exciting people to work with."
Loetterle's talk will cover four basic
points. He will discuss what a fran
chise is, and how franchising affects
the economy. He also will describe
what a good franchiser's package con
tains. Loetterle will also speak on the
expectations of a franchisee and will
finish by discussing his career in business.
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Panel debates issue of handgun use
By Stscie Thomsa - 'v
A panel discussion titled "Tired of Living in Fear?
Women Thinking About Guns," presented opposing
viewpoints on the issue of women owning guns
Tuesday night at the Family Service Counseling
Center, 1133 H St.
Debbie Alicen, moderator for the discussion, said
the panel was formed as a response to the fact that
there is a growing number of women buying hand
guns. Alicen said she thought women bought guns
because of the increase in sexual assaults in Lincoln
during the last one and one half years.
Kim Koluch, a Lincoln police officer and panel
members, said she is confortable with the idea of
women owning handguns as long as they know how
to use them. Koluch stressed the importance of
regular practice to stay proficient, with using a
handgun after the initial training. She also said if a
woman is going to keep a handgun in her home, she
should keep it unloaded, under lock and key, with a
safety latch, and with the ammunition in a separate
place.
"I don't think any loaded gun has a place in the
home," Koluch said.
Karen Gulbranson, co-owner of the All-Seasons
Shooting Eange, 4713 Hartley, said she keeps a
loaded handgun at her headboard. Gulbranson said
there has been a proven decrease in sexual assaults
in cities with highly-publicized programs to educate
women on the use cf handguns. -'
Gulbranson said there is danger in' not being quick
enough with a handgun because the attacker may
be able to take it away.
"Criminals know more about cur guns than we
do," Gulbranson said. Gulbranson said women must
practice using their handguns regularly.
"Once acquainted with your gun, you have to
continue to treat it as a friend," she said.
Jo Ellen Polzien, who has a doctorate in community
and human resources, said she opposes all handguns.
"Unless you are prepared to murder, then you are
a fool to have a gun," Polzien said.
Polzien said the United States has 1 0,728 murders
by handguns in 1 979. Fifty-five percent of all murders
in the United States are among people who know
each other, Polzien said.
"If they didn't have those guns, and if they weren't
so casual about getting them, those murders wouldn't
happen," she said. T
Jean Gilbert, a member of Nebraskans for Peace,
said women should be prepared to deal with an
attacker if they are confronted. Women can do this
by acknowledging danger in the streets and in the
home; and considering ways they would like to
respond if confronted.
' Women . should develop physical,-: mental and .
spiritual stengths to be ready to respond, she said.
Gilbert said women maybe able to ward off attackers
by doing the unexpected, such as suddenly walking
toward someone who has been following them, usin
geye contact, firm body language, a strong voice and
refusing to play the aprt of the helpless victim.
Koluch also said there are ways of handling an
attack other than by using a gun. ;
"If we're talking about protection, I think there's a
lot of steps to take before you have to go out and buy
a gun," Koluch said. '
Accidents with guns happen too easily and too
often, Koluch said.
UNL recycling
io ASUN project
By George Phillips
ASUN has announced a program to make UNL the
first major university to effectively recycle all of its
waste paper. . ...
, . The program would be the first comprehensive
program by a state university, Chancellor Martin
Massengale, said.
Wyoming University, a private college, has a sim
ilar program, said former ASUN Vice President Reg
ina Rogers.
The program expands on the paper recycling that
already is done on campus, said Tom Hansen of
Citizens for Environmental Improvement.
Currently, paper is put in desk containers and
dumped into recycling barrels at large paper depos
itories on campus. CEI, a nonprofit organization
which has promoted recycling since 1970, picks up
the waste paper barrels and transports them to a
recycling company.
For the program to be a success, colleges and
campus organizations must participate, Rogers said.
The goal of the program is to recycle 8V6 tons of
paper a day and save the university $20,000, Hansen
said.
The recycling program is Phase II of ASUN's effort
to clean up the campus. Phase I was the litter
reduction program.
Bud Dasenbrock, UNL director of grounds, said
litter clean-up time was reduced by 500 hours last
year. Over the past four years, it has been reduced
by 4,000 hours, Dasenbrock said.
It costs the University 1 cents to pick up a piece
of trash, Dasenbrock said.
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George Foreman talks about boxing
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Crossword 18
Editorial...;. 4
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Off The Wire 2
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