elping others through Help Line
By Carolyn Mountjoy
School of Journalism
Most people have a desire to
help others, but few people can
do it day in and day out.
Ken Maguire is one person
who helps people everyday.
Weekdays from noon to 5
p.m., during second summer
session, Maguire will be sitting
in a dormitory-turned-office
building on the campus
answering calls on Help Line.
Surrounded by a set of
college catalogs, a list of
graduation requirements,
dictionaries, desk
encyclopedias, almanacs and
other reference materials,
Maguire is able to answer
almost any type of question.
The Help Line office also
has a listing of all UNL
students, their phone numbers
and addresses.
Maguire joined the Help
Line staff a year ago. This
summer he will be manning
Help Line alone.
"Most of the calls I get are
for telephone numbers or
inquiries about registration,
financial aid, faculty
information or other general
information concerning
school," Maguire said.
"However, many of the calls
have been of a personal nature
and many of the calls have
been of a general nature
involving non-school related
subjects," he said.
Clean water
ETV subject '
"Ten Years to Clean
Water" the nation's goal to
clean water through state and
federal controls-is the subject
of a television program on
Nebraska's water pollution
problems July 13 at 9 p.m. on
stations of the Nebraska ETV
Network.
Repeat broadcasts will be
seen July 15 at 3:30 p.m. and
July 25 at 6 p.m.
The purpose of the program
is to alert Nebraskans of
subjects to be covered at a
forthcoming state public
hearing on rules and
regulations governing the
issuance of permits to anyone
who discharges waste into state
waters.
The hearing is being held by
the State Department of
Environmental Control on July
27 at the Radisson Cornhusker
Hotel at 9:30 a.m.
During "Ten Years to Clean
Water," J.L. Higgins and
Dennis Lessig, officials of the
State Department of
Environmental Control, will
answer questions posed by a
live studio audience.
More than 75 representative
of industry, municipalities,
agriculture, environmental
agencies are being invited to be
in the studio audience in
addition to professional
engineers and private citizens
interested in water pollution.
Students, faculty . . .
Students, faculty,
housewifes and business call
Help Line with questions.
Maguire said that Help Line
has a record of being able to
answer 95 percent of all
questions asked.
"One time a local radio
station held a quiz contest and
Line is funded through
work-study.
Though Help Line is not
connected with the counseling
center, it doos work closely
with the center, Maguire said.
"Many people call in for
advice on personal problems.
We refer then to counselors in
the counseling center.
However, some people are not
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the secretary called in to verify
the answer," he said.
"Another time someone
called in with a question and
Help Line called the Lincoln
Journal for help in answering
the question. It turned out that
it was the Lincoln Journal who
was calling us," Maguire said.
A native of New York City's
Bronx, Maguire received his
bachelor's degree in
psychology from lona College
in New York. In July, he will
receive his master's degree
from UNL in educational
psychology. He currently is
working toward his doctorate
degree in counseling.
Suggested in 1969
Russell Brown, former dean
of student affairs, suggested
UNL start an information
service in the fall of 1969.
During the regular school year
Help Line is a student affairs
project. This summer Help
seeking specific advice. They
just need someone to listen to
them," Maguire said.
The director of Help Line is
Don Holm. During the regular
school year. Holm has four or
five undergraduates and
graduate students working with
Help Line.
Soft spoken
A soft spoken person,
Maguire feels that no call
should have preference over
another call.
"Everyone has the right to
the same type of helpful
service as anyone else," he said.
"Today someone may call in
with a question of a general
nature concerning the
University," Maguire said.
"Tomorrow or next week, that
same person may he in a crisis
situation needing the help of a
sympathetic and concerned
person. If I can give
satisfactory help in the first
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Few prank calls
Maguire said that the Help
Line has received a few prank
calls. He added that Help Line
does not prejudge whether the
call is a joke or not.
"A call may come in which
some people would regard as a
farce," Maguire said. "But the
caller may not be joking at all
and really needs the help and
service Help Line is able to give
him."
"One time," Maguire said,
"Help " Line . received a long
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men, who were drinking in a
bar down there had a bet on
what the UNL, colors were.
Rather than keep arguing as to
who was right, they called Help
Line for the answer."
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