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Smith Hall cries: 'Wherefore art thou, oh, night watchman?' by MARSHA BANGERT Nebraskan Staff Writer "It was a moonless night and the air was frigid and the rain came tumbling down . . ." "Suck wat my song, aa I waited one- early Saturday mora for the night watchman of SmraY EuuV Cathy Santa Luca, a ninth floor resident of Smith, wrote in Toe Pyramid," the Bar per Sdiramm-Smfik ( H.ST.S.) newsletter. Santa Luca was. left waiting in the cold rain because the H.S.S. complex, has one- night watchman lor . three dorms after 2:31 ajiu Stationed in Schramm HaO, he only ao jeurni te the other two halls once every 20 minutes, ae cording te Linda Hamilton,. Smith Hall vice-president H.SJS. is. the only dorm con plex seriously questioning the night watchman program under its first year of Housing Office supervision. Residence directors and dorm presidents who were interviewed at the other three complexes on city campus reported that few students have complained about their programs. Because of the physical set up at Abel-Sandoz, Cather Poo ad-Women's Residence Halls and Selleck, residents can enter all dorms in the com- Abel-Sandoz sponsoring fall games Abel-Sandoz residence halls are sponsoring a fall tournament this Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Individual floors will compete in games against each other with the winning floor to receive a trophy, ac cording to Gail Hudson and Mike Barret, co-chairmen of the event. Games will ranee from tricy cle and gunnysack races to a waterballoon fight. The Abel Sandoz swimming pool will be used for a goldfish fishing con test and a log rolling con test. A slave sale will be held Thursday night Money raised in the slave sale will he used to finance a Christmas party at the Whitehall Home for Children, said Hudson. TC3AYI November U WILDUFE RU4 with rYcdtfCtr Deo Jay Enise LOVE ICXAXY Moth 4s39 pja Iwlos tiiWpja. Ikaots oa Wo of Poor plexes through one Watchmen In these complexes make rounds or do light maintenance won, but are anally by the entrance to let residents in at any time. However, at H.S.S. the dorms are not connected by any halls or walkways. Residents must enter each building through a separate doer. AH complex doors are locked by 1:30 a.m. oa week nights and 2:99 a.m. on Friday and Saturday night. Pound and Warners Residence Halls lock: their doors at midhigW. Smita Hall is also locked at midnight, but a night hostess is oa duty until 2:30 a.nu. After that, a resident must wait up to 28 minutes for the night watchman eta t l o n e d at bd&stc Interviewing the Interviewer te an important step to select ing your career. And because we're one of the wofld'a largest Insurers, Stats Farm iatarvittr Is e good war to STATE .4 Ml IW Schramm to let her Into the dorm. "Residents pay te live here, but they cant get in," Mary Recker, Smith's graduate assistant, charged. She called the watchman system "a Beax aa far - aa security lor the complex is concerned Any person ea the inside of the. dorm can easily open at door te let someone enter, she assertecL "One watchman cannot be in three halls at once," Recker said: "The security is com pletely negated.'" Ely Meyerson, director of the Housing Office, admitted that "without doubt three men could cover the buildings better than one; But be added that tha duty of his office was to form a reasonable plan considering Interviewing isn't just a chance to display your talents. It's a chance to get information about employers. Don't waste it. Ask questions. To help you we've listed some things that could affect how much you enjoy your future job. And finding work you enjoy is what it's all about. 1 Do you have a training program? Describe it. 2 What specific responsibilities are trainees given? 3 What percentage of your management . . . are products of a training program? come from a specific area or school? hold graduate degrees? 4 What percentage of your management openings are filled from within? 5 If I join your firm and decide to change fields, can it be done within your firm? 6 What's the cost of living and the housing situation where I'd be employed? 7 Does your company have any additional benefits such as cost of living adjustments, employee group life and medical insurance, company-paid retirement plan? 0 How does your company's size and growth compare with others in your industry? 9 What is your company doing in the way of public service? 10 How does your employee turnover rate compare with other companies? 11 There must be some negative aspects of the job you're offering. What ere they? in vestige to a numberof career fields. Right now we havo op portunities In accounting, actuarial science, claims, lectronicdata processing. in vestments law, management TXRtt INSURANCE COMPANIES An Equal Opportunity Employer UHHL PWaa. KMrt. Slllam. C1M. w mwmmm V hV. imiWM. i . yv . , . . WW MM Mr mm. MUH WiMwUi, V. Muiiixw, U. Horn Olllcm Mowmlsytoa, 1U. both the level of security for and the cost to the dorm com munity. He alse agreed with Smith Hall residents mat one wat chman in Schramm is not. as. convenient aa a watchman ui each residence hall would be. "But hew convenient should we make it for everybody?" he asked. "This depends on the . per cent of the community in volved. It's a problem of cost and need.' Meyerson announced that his office has. been counting students who come in after 2:30 a.m. When the watchman system; was set up in Sep tember,, the theory was that their number was few, he add ed. If, after the study is com pleted, "it seems appropriate v and underwriting. Our re cruiter will be on your campus November 18. 19Q. Arrange an interview through your Placement Office. Then bring your questions. ft WImIm H.v VI. T-..L- tl- . m Ai. 9nnM Ko, i:W. S,il. An. (.'.( . 'r- - , - inj wiiiii - v.waiiiqnint CI. . minmii, to go back to the students, the Housing Office win do so, ac cording to Meyerson. But, he continued, if more watchmen are needed, the students "will have to bare more of th cost" "It's Important to realize that the night, watchman hasn't limited students' access to the building," Meyerson said. "A resident has as much freedom as ever, in fact, more since ha knows that someone is wat ching his belongings when he is gone." Santa Luca disagreed. "We have dispensed with hours only on a partial basis when we are still required to. meet so meone's rules. The dormitory living, situation should provide for independence and individualism." MAT! fAIM INtUIANCt j m. - ' lit VVmII.A. ('.111. ViaJariuk. U. 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