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thursday, nosnr,her 4, 1973 PCQ3 2 dcily ncbresksn Cartoon celebrity Ralph moving up in real world By Barbara Lutz Ralph is alive and well and moving to St. Louis. Ralph, the cartoon character who was elected UNL homecoming king in 1975, is the brainchild of Ron Wheeler, a 1976 UNL graduate. For three semesters on the Daily Nebraskan editorial page, Ralph, along with his little brother Herbie, his girl friend Mary Beth and other campus celebrities, expressed the feelings of supposedly typical mid-American college rtudents. Wheeler, who majored in business administration, is taking Ralph with him to -the Ralston Purina Co. in St. Louis, Mo., Jan. 3. Wheeler is the third person in the last year to be hired for the corporate training program at Purina, he said. His job will include "creative work" in the advertising, art or public relations departments. Although he is moving to St. Louis, Ralph may soon be seen in campus news papers across the country, he said. Wheeler and UNL student Bruce McMorris are creating a campaign to sell the Ralph comic strip to 200 campus newspapers. McMorris is the Daily Neb raskan assistant advertising manager. The strip can be adapted for editorial use or advertising with a sponsor, Wheeler said. The strip would be sold in three pack ages, he said, for biweekly, weekly or four time a week papers for a 13-week period.- "It sounds good on paper," Wheeler said, but it isn't a career While at UNL, Ralph was seen on T shirts and in advertisements as well as comic strips. Last summer. Wheeler did freelance work but channeled most of his efforts into looking for a job. The job search made "good food for the comic strip," he said. He is not concerned with dollars and cents, but with the quality of his artwork and "some fun on the side," he added. Ralph has a lawyer but has never been syndicated by a national firm. However, Wheeler said he has more control without ' syndication. A syndicate is very money-oriented, he said, and less concerned with development. r. rr . u n Duve says UNL is leader in solving parking problems By Mike Patten Persons in the parking coorinator business are few and far between, accord ing to John Duve, UNL Campus Police parking coordinator. Because of the few people in the busi ness, Duve said they need to have workshops to provide new ideas to solve parking problems. He recently attended one such work shop in Bloomington, Minn. " "It doesn't help me much to go out and talk to somebody on the street about park ing problems," he said. Duve said UNL's parking program is "very advanced," but he did get some ideas from the workshop. UNL has ideas "Most of the institutions that are at these conferences are gaining ideas from us," he said. Duve said there are a number of things about the UNL parking situation that make it better than most schools. He said UNL handles its football game parking better than most schools, and even better than professional football teams. The collection method for parking fines at UNL isn't used in many other places, he said. Most schools use academic holds to get their parking fines paid. "I think many universities realize that there may be some legal limitations in holding a students grades when they have indeed paid for the academic services," he said. $53,C30 saved In eliminating the academic hold, Duve said UNL has saved about $50000. He said this is because UNL no longer has to pay several offices to make the system work, UNL also is ahead of other universities in the way fines are paid, Duve said. At UNL fines must be paid in 30 days. Duve said this prevents students from discovering at the end of the semester that they have accumulated large amounts of fines. "We've had people taking out substantial loans just so they can pay the fines and attend the next semester of school " he said. daily nebraskan (fin in G! i Editor-irvchief: Theresa Forsman. Managing Editor: Randal Biauvelt. Newt Editor: Sandy Mohr. Associate Newt Editors: Ron Rugglessand Rex Serine. Layout Editor: Lii Beard. Entertain ment Editor: Michael Zangari. Sports Editor: Pete Wegman. Third Dimension Editor: Nancy Stohs Night .News Editor: Kim Shepherd. Photography chief : Tad Kirk. Copy Editors: Chock Beck, Nancy Oark, Pete Mason, Gail Smith and Randy Wright. Business Manager: Jerri Haussler. Adver tising Manager: Gregg Wurdeman. Assistant Advertising Onager: Bruce McMorris. Produc tion fcSansgar: Kitty Policky. The Daily Nebraskan is published by the UNL Publications Committee on Monday, Wednes day, Thursday and. Friday during the fall and spring semesters, except during vacations. Address: The Da;ly Nebraskan. Nebraska Union 34. 14th and R Streets, Uncoln, Neb. CS4C3. Telephone (432) 72-2CC3. Copyright 137S. the Daily Nebraskan. Mater ial may be reprinted without permission if ttrgjuied to the Daily Nsbraskan, except mat erial cowered by another copyright. Second class postage paid at Lincoln, Neb. DK ft x f . " ' . - V- r ; - bo- J 1 - T UNL also excels is its free-flow parking system, Duve said. In a free-flow parking system, permits are issued to certain area lots, but not to specific parking places. Parking choices Duve said this prevents one lot from filling up while a lot next to it remains empty. He said UNL has 6,500 parking places, and more than 10,000 permits issued. ln most cases we are . able to ao ommodate that many vehicles," he said. The free-flow system allows an individual choices as to which lot he wants to park in, Duve said. Another area where UNL excels in its appeals process, he said. At UNL, all appeals are treated alike. He said some universities had one process for faculty, another for students and something else for staff. UNL's rhino boot policy is different than that of most schools, he said. Other schools have it, but dpn't use it like UNL does, he added. Duve said the rhino boots are paid for by the persons who find them on their car. A 55 fine is charged to have the boots removed. Duve said other schools simply , add a surcharge to the.price of a parking permit to pay for the boots. At UNL, the initial parking fine is half of what it is elsewhere. If this fine isn't paid within 5 days it doubles, Duve said. "Those individuals that are willing to come in and pay their tickets at the $5 rate ($10 after five days) and save us the addi tional cost of processing reminders and tracing those vehicles down, should be given a discount," he said. M f 4 . ( t y I X Photo by Kevin Higley Former Daily Nebraskan cartoonist and recent UNL graduate Ron Wheeler, right, is pictured with a mock-up of Ralph, a cartoon character that made Wheeler known to many students. n lilJL juiilJ (7U ml n n, Contact your campus repg for grest service. JOHN JACUPKE 435-3253 TOLI NEAHY 432-7751 8 1976 Jos. Schtitz Etntisj Conpjnjr. ar.i r;r!i. L----- -