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ff the Fee Allocations Board (FAB)
has its way, UN L students will be .
pay inn mr In ttirjer fjs; next
than ever before.
The board voted . Sunday to
recommend a $7.83 per student, per
semester increase in fees. It also ;
recommended that six programs no
longer be fee supported, according to
FAB chairman Dave Morrison. , " '
A full-time student now pays $51.50
per semester in fees. If approved, the
'increase Would be the first since 1968.
;' :,;Th9 ' board's . recommendation go
first to Ken'.ga&r, vice chancellor of'
, 4hki tu urn. cnanceiior
James., Z.umberge . before final
considerion by the Board of
., Regents.'.; ; .-.-'
' ;Accord)rs'g to Morrison, a $4.49
Increase is designated for the
University Health Center (UHC), 48
cents for the Nebraska Union, 91 cents
for the Recreation Dept. and $4.63 for
unallocated fees. '
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A FAB subcommittee had
recommended a $4 per student, per
semester increase for UHC, $2 for the
Nebraska Union, $1 for the Recreation
Dept. and $3 for unallocated fees.
"The only place we actually asked
a fee increase to increase services was
in the unaitoc&ftd cMegory," IVIorrison
sakl Tuesday, "everywhere else the
increase is needed simply to maintain
present . programs in the face of
Inflation." .,. ., ' y
He said the 43 cent increase per
student per semester for the Nebraska
Union is misleading because the Union
Program Council (UPC) now is being
funded separately.
According to Morrison, the board
also has recommended that $185,389
of the fees collected be allocated to
the A-1 funding category (covers UPC,
the Daily Nbraskan, ASUN and
student organizations.) .'
Such funding would depend on
approval of the proposed fees increase,
he said. Only $118,000 would be
available for the A-1 category if the
Increase is not approved, he said. .,
Forty-two student organizations
applied to the FAB for funding by
student fees. The organizations will be
contacted by mail by Friday as to how
much, if any, they have been
, appropriated, Morrison said.
Final approval of th
appropriations will be made by
Zumberge. Appeals by student
organizations must be made to the
: Council on Student Life.
The board also recommended that -fee
support for six programs be
discontinued because "they could be
self-sufficient or are organizations
which perhaps are not a legitimate
function of student fee funding."
- Programs recommended for
discontinuation of funds are the'
; Overseas Opportunities Center, the
Travel Flight program, the New ..
Student Program, - the Placement
Office, the Alumni Assoc. and the
Health Education Program.
"It's not that we have anything
against any of these . programs,"
Morrison said. "It's just that we felt
there are' probably better methods of
funding them."
According to Morrison, cutting the
six programs from fee support will
save $119,850. An increase in fees of
$10.51 would be needed if those
programs were left in, he said.
, By Rebecca Brite . ' ... . . '.',' "'.' .
For most Lincoln citizens, next Monday will be
simply the beginning of another working
week-possibly exciting, probably ho-hum and
nothing to think twice about. ,
. ' But for more than 20,000 UNL students. May 6 is
Black Monday, and its advent is dreaded almost, '
universally. May 5 begins a week of final exams at' . '
. U.NL.
Wondering how different students prepare for the. . .
week, a Daily Nebraskan reporter roamed the streets
and sidewalks of the city campus Tuesday and
questioned a variety of haggard,: bleary-eyed .
individuals, v.-. ' .; '
Answers to the question, "How c?o jots ttsidy for '
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appears to differ considerably from that of the
freshman. Of the more than 20 students interviewed, '
all of those in their junior and senior years said they
prefcrrred the "procrastination method," which. ;
involves putting off till the last minute everything
which should have been done earlier in the semester. '"
"I have a 'research project due in a' week, which .
was assigned at the beginning of the semester," one ,
senior woman said. "I'll probably start work on it .
over the weekend." , ' '
In contrast, most freshman students end soma
sophomores said they had kept up on course readirtg .
and projects fairly regularly through the semester..
However, one. freshman and two sophomores said
they were beginning to wonder if it was "really worth, .
the hassle. .. 1 . ' "
"It seems like I miss out on so much, busting my
ass over those books every night," the freshman said.'-.
The two sophomores concurred. ...
"I'm beginning to discover that I do just as well, if '
not better, on the exams that I cram for (as opposed ;
to those consistently studied for)' a sophomore
woman said. "So I'm starting to wonder if I shouldn't
just spend most of the year havfr,g fun."
Om graduata student professed to ba a
wholehearted supporter of the procrastination ;
method. - "
"Ihe only course I've studied for regularly this
semester is one in which I had to turn in weekly
assignments," he said.
A junior and a first semester senior were the only ' v
upperclassmen interviewed who disagreed with their
fc!!c.v;' doraiV)cit uf ptucrasiiriisuon. - ; ;
"You just don't learn as much by cramming," the -senior
said. "And I really question the idea that you
can make just as good grade by cramming."
The junior, an engineering student, agreed. ' i
ressure s on
"Maybe they can get away with, it over there (in
', the College of Arts and Sciences), hut you just can't
make it in a professional field unless you keep up
v with the work," he said.
All the students Interviewed were asked whether
their study habits took any peculiar turns during
' finals preparation. Almost all said the increased stress
produced some idiosyncrasies in study methods.
.The smokers in the group said , their csgaret
'7 'consumption increases by anywhere from to two
, packs 8 day. Chain-smoking seemed to crop up during
particularly heavy study sessions.
: "Especially when , I'm typing," one graduate
student said. "I always have a cigaret burning in the
eshtray by the . typewriter, end sometimes I have
"til go through as many as three big packs day
during finals.
, "Juicyfruit is my favorite," she added, "but I'll
chew Doublemint in a pinch." .
Another graduate student said he often talks to
himself while studying, end "I Writs little notes to
myself on any scrap of papr I can find. I usualiy lose
them, but it helps to write things down."
One junior woman said that, as finals near, she
becomes "a compulsive listmaker."
"I have to sit down every two or three hours and
write down all the things I. have to do for the next
; two or three hours, or I get completely lost," she
; said, with a slightly ragged edge to her voice.
The use of. "speed," or amphetamines, to stay
, awake while studying , has nearly disappeared,
. according to four seniors who have been at UNL at
least three years.
"It used to be, in the dorm, that everyone was
' strung out on diet pills for two weeks straight," a
senior woman said. "Now most people I know just
use No-Doz or Vivarin.
"I prefer yoga, myself," she added.
The four seniors also agreed that, since the
University changed to shorter semesters and more
concentrated final exam weeks two years ago,
pressure during finals has increased considerably.
"It's easier in the spring, I guess," one man said.
"You know that once those exams are over, you've
got three months to lie around in the sun and never
look at a book. , ,
. "Unless, of courje, you're going to go to summer
school," he 8dded.
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carpools
set up
v Following the leads of legislators and
employes at the Capitol, DHL has set up
a carpooling system. Originally initiated
by the Nebraska Jayeees, the Energy
Conservation Carpooi Operation (ECCO)
is a movement by local citizens to dear
congested streets ami conserve fuel.
"When we became aware of the .
program being carried on, at the Capitol,
we thought we'd try to put one into
effect here," said GaN Gade, director of
Campus Security end Traffic.
Gadi ssIJ t &tmut 4,C0.' liners,
txpfa!n!rt3 tht'. 'crpool cpsratfon, mi
forms were sant.ut to Unhttuiy faculty
trd staff.
"Two thousand psopSa responded,"
'said flay Coffey, assistant' business
manager- of tusintis and finance; ,
we finished the
only 1,101 forms
"however, when
computer processing
were valid.
"There were a lot of simple errors
made on the data to be programmed. For
example, 150 forms lacked addresses, so
wa were unable to send the printouts
back," Coffey said.
Tha printouts showed the names and
phone numbers of 1 other ' .interested
carpoolers who live In the recipients'
neighborhoods and park in the same area
st UNL
Gada said the program now would bo
left up to ptople who received printouts.
Gad said there are two Incentives for
car poolers to consider besidfj high p$
prices: reduced cost when sharing the
ity
to
price of a $25 parking permit and priority
ror oesirabie parking spaces given
carpools.
Coffey said a similar carpcoi program
also had been considered for students. At
the same time forms were being sent to
University faculty and staff, a booth
advertising a separate student carpooi was
.set up in the North Union.
"if I was a bit disappointed with the
adult carpooi, this second attempt was
disastrous," Coifey said.
"We placed an ad in the Daily
ficbrakan and two meter maids were in
the booth for three mornings. Out of
20,000 student on this campus, do you
know how many were interested in
caroool mo?" ha Kkft
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