The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current, April 20, 1978, Page page 7, Image 7
thursday, april 20, 1978 daily nebraskan page 7 Program... Continued from Page 6 Many devices like the communication board are design ed by Dr. David Cochran, UNL industrial and manage ment systems professor. Cochran said all the engineering professors have been helpful in designing the necessary devices. Technicians also have been a help, he added. The things disabled people need either are glaringly simple or so complicated they are impossible to build, Cochran said. Brad Thiel, a vocational placement specialist, helps dis abled persons when they want a job. Thiel said disabled persons must prove themselves in other areas when they want a job. One of the most important things is for them to take small steps, Thiel explained. A person must aim for an at tainable goal and then set another after that one has been reached, he said. For example, he told about a woman who worked as a teacher's assistant and did weaving in a small Nebraska town. The woman decided there was more of a market for her weaving and she became self-employed and marketed her product, Thiel said. Bomb threats costly pranks for firemen Despite two bomb threats in the last two weeks. University Police has no policy for handling bomb threats, according to Capt. Robert Edmunds of University Police. The two bomb threats, one in Oldfather Hall and one in Hamilton Hall, both were hoaxes. Edmunds said that al though University Police has no bomb squad, they are prepared to deal with these situations. All University Police offi cers have been trained to evacuate and search build ings in case of bomb threats, Edmunds said. "But there is no hard and fast rule to follow during bomb threats," he said. "We must respond to differ ent situations in different ways." The building's location, type of occupancy and time determine what is to be done in case of a bomb threat, he said. Edmunds said that when a bomb threat is received the police immediately call the Lincoln Fire Depart ment and the Environment al Health Department for as sistance. Then the threatened building is evacuated and a floor-by-floor, office-by-office search is carried out, Edmunds said. If a bomb were found, Edmunds said, a fire depart ment disposal unit would be brought in, he said, and if there was time, experts from the State Patrol or the Army would be brought in. The threats at UNL turned out to be pranks costly pranks. "Every time this happens we call the fire department and everytime the fire department brings its trucks out it costs the taxpayers money." Edmunds. "What we are most con cerned with is what if we send our equipment out to investigate a prank bomb threat and a real emergency comes up." Boettcher said. "All bomb threats must be taken seriously, but if we are out looking for some bod) 's prank and miss a real emergency it could cost es. That's the expense we k at." he said Teacher probation nonexistent By Cindy Coglianese Contrary to popular belief, there is no such thing as academic probation for UNL instructors, according to Russell Meints, director of the School of Life Sciences. "It's just a figment of students' minds," he said. Meints explained that during his 15 years at UNL he never has been aware of any type of academic probation. Ned Hedges, vice chancellor of academic affairs, said it is a popular misconception that a professor who fails a large number of students is placed on academic probation. "Students probably get the idea from the proba tionary period," Hedges said. He explained that when professors ae hired they "go through a probationary period that does not ex ceed seven years." At the end of this period a professor is evaluated for tenure or reappointment. Hedges explained that this is not a punishment period. "You could call it a waiting period or whatever," he said. We happen to call it, in academia, a proba tionary period." Al Dittmer, UNL Ombudsman, said if a student does have a question concerning a grade he should try and reach an agreement with the instructor. "Let's face it, that doesn't always work," Dittmer said. "In that case the student should go over the in structor's head to a department chairman or dean." Dittmer said that this recourse could lead to subtle incriminations against the student if the instructor learns that the student has filed a grievance against him. If all else fails, Dittmer advises students to wait un til they receive their final grade report and then appeal it to the department appeals committee. "The committee has the right to change the grade up, down, or leave it the same," he said. He said that if a student prepares himself well he will win his case. The student should use a class sylla bus, papers and tests as evidence. 01 our biggest sale of the year. noon o midnight today and tomorrow special Saturday finale noon to 7:00 LuuDCaJlrDDCo UVLI ave TU Best Ck ance ToS on your Spring and Summer Wardrobe Everything from oes to Duits; -Dr esses to Blou ses! TTdqe Epitope Sco,de HbfOcbstt north U4th l. VtSK