monday, february 27, 1978
daily nebraskan
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Student security guards now patrol classroom buildings
UNL students prowlinu about camous buil.liniK :.i
night, may be caught by classmates.
Campus buildings now arc being patrolled at night by
nine or ten part-time student security officers instead of
commissioned officers, according to Sgt. John Burke, co
ordinator of student security.
The system began because of vacations, days off and
sick leave left university police shorthanded, Burke said.
The system is similar to the one coordinating student
security officers in the residence halls. Student officers
have checked resident's keys and patrolled the hall floors
since 1972.
'The ones (building officers) we have now are exper
ienced officers in the residence halls . . . some of them are
criminal justice majors," Burke said. They average about
two years security experience, he said.
Previously, the city campus was divided into three dis
tricts and Last Campus into one.
"It got to the point that sometimes we'd have one of
ficer downtown and one on Hast Or.ipus," Burke said.
"It was quite a job to get to a building once."
Under thestudent security system, there are four smal
ler districts on city campus and two on Hast Campus.
"When we get a full staff, the buildings will get covered
more often and more thoroughly hopefully three or
four times a night," Burke said.
Officers check for locked doors, fire hazards, mainten
ance problems and unauthorized people in the buildings.
The student officers' uniforms are different than the
commissioned officers and residence hall security people,
but they carry the same two-way radios.
"If there is a disturbance, it would be just like in the
residence halls," Burke said. "If they have time to contact
one of the cruise officers by radio they would do that.
"Naturally, if they needed to step in and assist some
body, they would. But not at the risk of themselves bein
hurt."
Student officers cannot make arrests but act as wit
nesses for regular cruise officers, Burke said. The student
officers handle all reports except those for major offenses,
he said.
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Photo by Mark Billingsley
Student security guard Cooper Hanson shines the
light during his rounds of UNL city campus buildings.
FAB gives graduate group new life
By Mary Fastenau
The Graduate Student Association will reactivate
since it was given funds by the Fees Allocation Board at
its Feb. 24 meeting.
The board granted the Graduate Student Assocation
$82 to use as "seed money" to publicize the organization.
Suzy Prenger, a graduate student, said the group was
caught in a "vicious circle" because the organization has
been considered inactive since January 1977. She said
they needed the money to publicize the group's reorgani
zation. The Graduate Student Association is a resource from
which the university takes graduate students to serve on
various committees. The group will be concerned with
inequality in teacher assistants' salaries, graduate student
tatus and the basic rights of these students.
The money was allocated from the contingency fund
with the provision that it be used before July 1 , the date
that was set after the NU Board of Regents' decision to
transfer allocation powers to ASUN.
In other business, Godfrey I dozien, president of the
African Student Association, requested S800 for an Afri
can Week and a final party for his organization.
The request was not granted. FAB chairman Nate
Eckloff said the board did not think the money would
reach a large number of students, a factor FAB must
consider.
He also said the contingency funds were to be used in
"emergency situations", and the African Student Associa
tion was not in danger of disbanding if money was not
allocated.
The board also granted deadline extensions for budget
requests. These extensions include the Cultural Affairs
Committee to March 2, the University Health Center
Unions to March 13.
Jack Guthrie. FAB adviser, said he thinks the board
was justified in demanding criteria for fees allocatioi
next year.
The board did not reach a decision.
The next FAB meeting will be March 9 at 7 p.m. in
the Nebraska Union.
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Student officers initially are assigned with an experi
enced campus security officer. Burke said. "Some of them
have been out on their own and clone fairly well," he said.
Besides better security, the program also saves the uni
versity money.
"We could get live student officers for the price of 'our
or three commissioned officers," Burke said. "It's on" of
the top paying part -time jobs on campus."
The students receive $2.95 an hour.
The officers find the job "a change of pace," from
working in the residence halls, said Cooper Hanson, a stu
dent officer.
Although (lunthcr I'cistc said he prefers working in the
residence halls where there is "a little more action," he
agreed there is "less of a chance of falling asleep in the
buildings."
Hie officers said they preferred student security work
over other part -time employment.
"It beats waitrcssing," said Debbie Larkin. "You don't
have a supervisor riding your back all the time if you do
your job right."
The three said they schedule classes so they can catch
up on sleep in the mornings or afternoons. Hanson and
l eiste said they are considering law enforcement careers
as a result of their jobs.
The program still is on a trial basis and will be evaluat
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