The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current, October 08, 1976, Page page 7, Image 7
fri7,cctc!;:rO, 1073 Un iy operators. Next to tLrj teoirity cor.trcl panel are t green and a red u!ephcr.e linked to 911, LinccLi'j cri?trsi enwncy number. S&e izH errrrncy csTs always arc given prbnty. Unfvcrsty colors s&o hanil? faccrn fc3 lcr2-di2ncc caHi cn tl TATS tc3 I-t JiichdH iJ. County extension stents or faedty members of an cztzzts univtnity afH-ite c this, g cil, and ihs operators connect them with fce Ferson they wast. The lldp line service has been incor porated into the university operator's duties this year, and this has led to some interesting questions, the operators said. Stnrgeon, a university operator for six years, said she was once asied if a gun wO go off on the moon. Another person asked where you can donate your body after death. Dorothy Johnson, a five-year veteran university operator, said she is often asked "how do yea freeze this-cr how do you cook that." University operators said they don't try, to answer the questions, but instead direct the callers to faculty members or depart ments that seem most likely to be able to answer the questions. Cat Stolen said she was stumped once when a man called and asked her to settle a dispute he and his wife were having about how to set a table properly. It was noon and everyone was cut because UNL departments close from 12 to 1 pjn she said. "So 1 told him how I set my tahJe," she added with a Iauh. . l!ichalecki said the busiest parts of the operator's day are from 9:30 to 1 1X0 ajxand from 1:30 to 3 :CO pxi. Snowy days are'the busiest days, Stur geon said, llany students call h to see if classes are cancelled, and operators "aren't able to handle all the calls," Michalecki said. V" nebiratlca fe fnrstrsti : Tfc? first week of general registration is frustrating, Johnson said. None of the operators are allowed to take off during that time because of the increased work load, Michalecki added. Dut university operators "try to be help ful at all times," she said. "They take a great deal of pride in their work." Mkhalecki said that the operators realize that although a question may sound tHy to them, it is serious to the person who is calling. Although some callers are very abrupt and "in a hun ,"" most are extremely pa tient, Michalecki said. Students are usually understanding, she added. This year, students were given the opportunity to become university opera tors on a part-time basis. Some of the stu dents are working through the work-study . program. - Professional university operators work eiht-hour shifts, but students work around their class schedule, t'iehalecki said. ExperEnen-t sscccsfd The experiment with student operators has been "very successful" Michalecki said, and the center plans to continue using students. "Eut we are particular about whom we hire," she said. An operator must relate well to people and be courteous and plea sant, she said. - Ve can train them for other things, but we can't change their personality," Mkhalecki said. A3 student operators are given on-the-job touring. Of - 23 university pera tors, II are students, although not I J are . part-time, Michalecki said. The cenUrhas always had some students who worked full time, usually during the night shift, she said. . Campus poll could determine Black-oriented entertainment More and better block-oriented enter tainment WEI be brought to UNL this year if a poll distributed by the Kack Activi ties Committee reaches a majority of uni versity black students, said Joyce Jones, committee chairwoman. The poll is being conducted to deter mine entertainment preferences of blacks, Jones said. The poll will give students a chance to voice opinions on their educa tional, cultural and entertainment choices, she said. . . ' , Black Activities, a committee of the Union Program Council (HFC), is planning a major campus activity this semester, Jones said. Poll results wi3 be used to de termine who the committee will sponsor atUNL Polling will continue through Satur day at a booth in the north lobby of the Nebraska Union. Jones urged all black stu dents to complete the questionnaire. The poll covers four entertainment area? rock groups, speakers, group presen tations (such as drama troupes and dance companies), and a section for suggestions. The Black Activities Committee has compiled several ideas for possible black entertainment, including speakers such as Coretta King and Angela Davis, and rock group B.T. Express and the Crown Heights Affair. All those programs could be brought to UNL under the Black Activi ties budget, Jones said. Jones said she hopes to tabulate the re sults of the poll this weekend &nd begin work Monday on a Black Activities pro gram. 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