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Nebraska's June-July drought hurt the Univer
sity. No one knows yet how much. But they're sure it
did. ,
Some students just won't be able to attend UNL,
Gerald Bowker, director of Academic Services,
said. ,
Traditionally, students who apply but decide not
to attend don't notify UNL of their decision, he
said. They just don't show up.
Annually about 75 per cent of the freshmen who
apply enroll, bowker said. If a head count the
second week of school shows :4a measurable drop
from that norm, the brought would certainly be a
reason," he said.
The Housing Office is closing four dormitory
floors because there weren't enough students to
fill them. Farm prosperity has affected dorm
occupancy rates before, some say. Some blame the
drought this year.
The director of scholarships and financial aids
said his office has heard from about five students a
week in August, who say they need more financial
aid that they had expected before the draught.
Jack Ritchie said he hasn't "come close to
talking to all those affected."
He, too, suspected most just wont show up.
The University sent representatives to the U.S.
Dept. of Health, Education and Welfare this.week
to ask for more federally supported financial aid,
Ritchie, said.
But research by the Nebraska Congressional
delegation indicates Nebraska would have a tetter
chance at the aid if the state had been declared a
disaster area by the President, he said,
And late August rains make that look doubtful,
he said.
Ritchie said'he expects a lot of students to ask
for more financial aid after school starts. He.
advixes them to come armed with new information
to indicate their families' crops and assets aren't
as large as they had predicted in spring.
National methods of computing financial need
have always worked against farmers, Ritchie said,
because the technique counts assets as much as
income and farmers' land, and machinery make
tnem appear Oh paper more able to finance a
college education than they are.
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Wednesday, august 21, 1 974
lincoln, nebraska vol. 98, no. 1
Minorities hit harder
by money problems
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Financial problems take
minority students out of
the University far more
often than they take white
students, according to a
study done this summer
for the Student Affairs
office.
Eighty-five percent of
the minority students con-
Sbecial edition
This is a special edition
of the Daily Nebraskan.
Regular publication will
begin Monday. The Daily
Nebraskan, with offices in
the basement of the Nebr
aska Union, publishes
every Monday,' Wednes
day, Thursday and Friday
that the University is In
session.
Editor-in-chief of the
Daily Nebraskan for the
fail semester will be Jane
Owens; news editor, Wes
Albers; associate news
editor, Becky Brite; and
managing editor, Dave
Madsen.
tacted by phone said
financial problems were
"part of the reason" they
left UNL. '
Additional reasons: one
got married, one moved
away, two quit because of
"ethnic problems," one
for academic problems,
and one because of "voca
tional indecision,''
The results are part of a
study done by James
Pinkney, a counselor and
researcher at the UNL
counseling center.
He warned against over
emphasizing the study.
He said he received the
names of 41 minority
students who attended
UNL during the past five
semesters, then left.
Of those, researchers
found only 15, he said.
Thirteen of them were
willing to participate in
the study.
"I am cautious with the
results because of the
small numbers I'm deal
ing with," he said.
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The National AAU Junior Olympics was om of the largest groups to use UNL dormitories
this summer.
orms - 'summertime hotels '
Large summertime con
ventions and youth pro
grams would be impos
sible for Lincoln without a
unique innkeeper: UNL.
This summer, as in
summers before, UNL
dormitories housed parti
cipants of conventions and
programs, according to
Glon Schumann, UNL co
ordinator for residence
hail administration.
"No other place in
Lincoln could accommo
date such large groups,"'
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Llncotn cartoonist J. Scott Stewart offers Ms icfsa of what UML students can expect this fall.
Schumann said. "The
University offers its dorm
itories so the city can
attract sizable conven
tions." First priority are sum
mer school students, he
said. Youth programs are
second, summertime Uni
versity seminars and
workshops are third. Pri
vate conferences are low
est. Dormitory use provides
rooms for conventioneers
only after local hotels are
full, Schumann said. The
University does not com
pete with them for lod
gers, he said.
Tii income aisu iinipa
defray costs to sudsnt
lodgers during the aca
demic year, he .said.
That is, until this year.
Rising operating costs
may cut into any profit,
this year, he said. The
Housing Office will know
in January whether the
practice Is still profitable,
he said.
The National AAU Jun
ior Olympics and national
roller skating contests
were two of the largest
groups housed in dormi
tories this summer.
About 1,400 AAU con
testants stayed in Abel
Hall Aug. 8-12. Aome of ,
their families stayed in
Harper Hall, as did 400
roller skating contestants.
(Continued on pajo 2)