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About The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current | View Entire Issue (Sept. 15, 1999)
I --200§ CALENDARALL FORA "GOOD CAUSE"! Native “Nebraskans” Tracey Anne George and Kerri Jo George, M.D. are ready to bring the New Year with a “bang”!! Established Actress _ and Model, Tracey Anne and Doctor, Kerri Jo are getting the show on the road!! All for a good cause!! Loving animals and concerned about the care of abused, S neglected and homeless animals has made the decision of giving part of the proceeds to the ASPCA an easy one. Anrv^arino at “T 97731*1 V’ Sept' 17th in the evening |/\ppednng dl l^ctZ,Z,cUl S Sept. 18th before and after the big game • ■ - ' i Lane Hickenbottom/DN ALAN LOSCHEM stretches to reach the far comer of a Nebraska Union window he’s cleaning Monday. Roy’S Window Service, Inc., the compa ny Loschem works for, cleans windows on most UNL campus buildings. , , , . . .. ■. . I-^L- ..... ■ _ -m *V: r I - If',"; - M; k _I Union Board decides to research lab usage ■ It is not yet clear whether more labs would be worth the cost, board members said. By Aimee Green Staff writer Researching the use of existing computer labs was the topic of the Union Board’s second meeting of the ^ semester. spoke with Linda Roos, manager of f user education at Information Services, and Tom Eads, assistant " manager of computer labs at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, about how students were using the labs. After much discussion on the merits of adding more labs, the board decided that spending at least a semester studying the usage would be the ideal action. This followed the board’s recom- > mendation at its last meeting that more stand-up computer terminals be added to the Nebraska Union. More stand-up computers, the board decided, might decrease the number of students using the sit down computer lab for non-academ ic purposes. § Eads said 50 percent of students using the sit-down computer labs don’t use them for homework. Usage for these labs has been heavy during the day, he said, but after 5 p.m. many of the computers are not in use. This made it uncertain whether additional labs would be worth the cost, board members said. Eads said consultants have been taking a head count in the labs every half hour during peak times. In the future, they will also keep track of how many students wait in line to use the computers. The statistics may allow a better prediction of how a new lab would be used and if it is a problem that needs to be addressed. Unions Director Daryl Swanson said there possibly could never be enough computers. “Maybe demand for computers in the union is an insatiable demand,” he said. Whether the demand could be filled or not, the board agreed the subject should be studied on a long term basis before any decisions were made. ' Union Board will meet again Sept. 28 in the Nebraska Union. The group meets every other Tuesday.