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By Mordh Synovcc
The UNL Recreation Dept. offers iporting equipment
and a variety of programs, ranging from tennis and belly
dancing lessons to canoe trips, for students, faculty and
staff during the summer sessions.
The UNL Recreation Dept., 1740 Vine Street, is
designed to serve students and their recreational interests,
according to Daniel SteHer, director. The recreation dept.
is supported by student fees and by equipment rental fees.
. Scheduled activities this summer include: canoe trips
to the Calamus and Dismal. Rivers in Nebraska, a
climbing seminar on East Campus followed by a climbing
trip to South Dakota; a backpacking trip to Wyoming's
Teton Mountains; a Rocky Mountain trek and a "Summer
Time is Fun Time" program June 17.
In addition, ' the recreation dept has scheduled
informal tennis, swimming, social dancing, belly dancing
and Scuba classes. ,
Most of the 70 per cent to 80 per cent of the students '
who participate in recreation programs during the regular
academic year are those involved in the department's
intramural program, Steller said. However, because of the
smaller enrollment and the limited time many summer
school students spend on campus there is no intramural
program during summer sessions, he said,
We have tried to have an intramural program before in
the summer, but it fell flat on its face," Stellar said.
The service provided most by the department during
the summer is equipment rental, Stellar said. Basketballs,
Softball equipment and tug-of-war ropes can be checked
out by students who have a valid student I.D. Rental fees
for other equipment range from fifty cents each 24 hours
for golf clubs and golf bags to 18 dollars per week for
canoes. Summer school students can also purchase
hunting and fishing licenses from the department without
paying the 25 cent fee charged off-campus.
The recreation dept. increases its supply of sporting
equipment as students show a growing interest in a
particular sport, Stellar said. Equipment is paid for by
student fees and rental fees.
Students failing to return equipment or damaging
equipment is not a common problem, he said, but he cited
an instznee where someone had melted, a tent by trying to
cook in it.
"Stolen or damaged . equipment hurts students by
limiting what we have to offer them because it takes time
to repair or replace materials," Stellar said. .
Students who feel there is something missing in UNL's
recreation programs are welcome to suggest new ones,
Stellar said.
. "A girl came to the office once and said sh went to a
school were belly dancing was offered. So we arranged a
belly dancing class and about 25 people took it the first
time it was offered," Stellar said. He added that the best
way to meet different interests is to find out what they
are. One way of finding out is listening to students'
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A policy effective this summer will regulate use of
tennis courts, he said. Because tennis is increasing in
popularity and more students will be using the courts,
players will be allowed one hour per court.
Tennis courts at Cather-Pound and Harper-Schramm-Smith
residence complexes on City Campus and north of
the Dental College on East Campus will be open this
summer. Supervisors will be on the courts from 6 p.m. to
10 p.m., the prime hours for using the courts, Stellar said.
Students may use the Men's Physical Education BIdg.
and the weight room at the Coliseum during the first
session and other Coliseum equipment during the second
session. Abel IlaliV pool also open during all summer
sessions.
Building hours are 2 p.m. to 5:30 p.m., Monday
through Friday, for the Men's Physical Education BIdg.
. and the Coliseum and 3 pjn. to 5 p.m., Monday through
Friday, for the weight room.
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The empty lot at 1 4th and R streets is the site of a
proposed landscaped parking lot for Union Insurance
Company, 14th and Q streets.
Union Insurance plans to use the lot to increase
off-street parking for its employees, according to
Dean Fletcher, executive vice president for the
.company. .
- Fletcher said the parking lot would be landscaped
and that as many trees as possible located on or near
the lot would be saved. Union Insurance also has a
30-car. landscaped lot at 13th and Q Streets.
The architect's rendering of the finished lot has
not been completed, Fletcher said, and Union
Insurance plans to consult with Dale Gibbs, UNL
architecture professor, about the project.
Although the university is concerned with land use
along R Street, the landscaped lot would be an
acceptable way to use the space, said Ray Coffey,
assistant UNL business manager.
Union Insurance purchased the lot in March, 1976,
from the. Nebraska Book Company. Fletcher said
plans for the parking lot were discussed because "the
house that was there looked bad", and because the
company agrees with the university's concern about
the appearance of the area. The house was torn down
two weeks ago. The area between Q and R streets
bordering the UNL campus is a transition zone
between the downtown and campus areas, said Ron
Wright, UNL business manager.
Record summer enrollment expected
This year's UNL summer enrollment may exceed last
year's total of 14,472, a record high, according to William
Sesow, assistant director of summer sessions. '
During the three-week pre-session which ended Friday,
1,862 students were enrolled compared with 1,763 in
1975. Figures for the eight-week session, a small program
conbining the pre-session with the first five week session,
are 481 this year compared with 471 in 1975.
"According to figures available from -presession and
pre-registrations for the five-week sessions, we anticipate
similar to slightly higher enrollment figures this year,"
Sesow said.
Exact figures for total enrollment are not available
because students are still registering for sessions, he said.
General registration is July 9 for the second five-week
session. ;
UNL offered its first summer session in 1 892. Students
could earn six hours of credit in a six-week session. Since
then the summer sessions calendar has been revised several
times and students have attended summer classes of varied
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combinations and lengths. Sessions lasting nine, four,
three and two weeks were offered in 1930.
The present calendar pattern of the three-week, two .
five-week and eight-week options was started in 1 973.
Enrollments generally increased from 1892 through
1971, with the exceptions of the depression years, World
War II years and the 1960's. In 1972, enrollments
declined for the first time in 10 years.
"Summer sessions administrators maintain a phflosphy
that any student should be able to work toward a degree
during the summer," Sesow said. "Summer sessions play
an integral part in the continuing academic year." .
" Planning summer sessions is a year-round process which
includes reviewing budget requests from' deans and
department chairmen, selecting courses, reviewing data,
hiring faculty and printing and circulating an information
bulletin, Sesow said. "
He said it is important to make the bulletins available
as early as possible. Getting the bulletin out late could
result in a slump in enrollment, he said.
Approximately 1400 courses are offered during the
summer in a comprehensive program designed to meet
student demands, Sesow said. Courses are selected on the
basis of requests received, availability of faculty to teach
specific courses and a course's past performance.
"We try to project what student interests will be,
consider new programs and changes in departmental
requirements and plan courses students want to take,"
Sesow said.
Taking courses during a shortened time period has
some advantages, Sesow said. Some instructors feel they
do a better job in the summer, that there is more
flexibility to test new ideas and to conduct workshops
and field work, he said.
Students' jobs don't generally interefere as much-with
classes during the summer and student-teacher contact is
better, Sesow said.
Three hours' credit can be earned during the
pre-session and students may take six hours during each
five-week session for a maximum of 1 5 hours.
About 65 per cent of summer school students are also
students during the regular academic year, he said. The
summer student population also includes graduate
students, full-time educators returning to take additional
courses and businessmen who audit courses rather, than
register for credit, Sesow said.
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