thursday, april 20, 1978
daily nebraskan
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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.
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