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page 2 daily nebraskan thursday, august 31, 1978 Students resigned to drop-add difficulties administrator Despite long lines and closed sections, very little trouble has been reported with this year's general regis tration and drop-add, according to university officials. Anthony Schkade, assistant director of registration and records, said students have had difficulties because of the unusual amount of sections closed. Nearly 2,000 of the 5,000 courses offered were filled after pre-regis- tration, he said. Some of these courses include all freshman English, Coldest beer in town jvu u uviis a Fine selection of wines engineering and accounting classes. Many physical edu cation courses and introductory modern language courses are also closed. Schkade said, adding that a number of graduate courses have been closed, which is rare. Sections have been added to some of these classes to ease the load. Schkade said courses with a double enroll ment have been split in half but many of the enlarged sections are open early in the morning or late in the afternoon with labs on Saturday. In spite of the undesirable times, students are signing up for courses when they can get them. According to Bursar James Wickless, 2,038 went through drop- and add late registration as of Tuesday noon. Workers in administration said there have been few incidents involving people trying to get through the drop add line without paying the $5 fee, a common problem in the past. Arlene Salter, a worker, who is in charge of signing student forms, said students have been "very congenial." She could remember only one student who was upset. "He had already gone through the process twice and paid twice. He didn't want to pay a third time," she said. Schkade said he saw the small number of complaints as a change in the students' general attitude. fin Excellent First Impression Starts With a Super Hairstyle. Try Us. GUYS-EI Toro will take good care of you. We feel it is our obligation to tell you how to care for your hair. If we don't, we haven't done our job properly. ROFFLER FRANCHISEE LOWER LEVEL DOUGLAS III BLDG. 13th & P St 477-9555 477-5221 GRLS-Try the "No-Name" Beauty Salon. The "No Name" stylists first consider the size and shape of your head, plus the texture of your hair, to help you decide the right cut for you. I). Ay LOWER LEVEL DOUGLAS III BLDG. J 13th &P St 474-4900 "The tone of students is a lot less emotional," he said. "They are less excited about closed courses." Schkade said some students wonder why they must pay a $5 fee after classes begin when others go through the process at no charge In the summer. "The reason is that we are disseminating information to more places," Schkade said. "In the summer the infor mation goes directly to the computers so much less staff is needed." Alumni House drip-proof Hie UNL Alumni Association members were pleasant ly surprised when workers began tearing the roof off the Alumni House in early August. "We didn't know we were getting a new roof until they started tearing the old one off," said Jack Miller, executive vice president of the Alumni Association. He said the original roof was 40 years old and needed to be replaced. "It was time to get that done. If it hadn't been done before this winter we would have had some serious leak age." Miles Tommeraasen, vice chancellor for business and finance, said the new roof cost about $6,000 and was paid for out of state money, not university money. daily nebraskan Publication No. 14480 Editor in chief: Carla Engstrom. Managing editor: Betsie Am nions. News editor: Tamara Lee. Associate news editors: E.K. Casaccio and John Minnick. Night News Editor: John Ortmanri. Layout editor: Liz Beard. Entertainment editor: Casey McCabe. Sports editor: Jim Kay. Photography chief: Ted Kirk. Art director: Jack Raglin. Magazine editor: Amy Lenzen. Magazine managing editor: Mary Jo Howe. Copy editors: Jill Denning, Deb Emery, Kim Hachlya, Lynn Paustian, Sue Schaecher, Deb Shanahan, Margaret Stafford, and George Wright. Business Manager, Jerri Haussler. Production Manager: Kitty Policky. Advertising manager: Denise Jordan. Assistant advertis ing manager: Pete Huestis. The Daily Nebraskan is published by the UNL Publications Board on Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday during fall and spring semesters, except during vacations. Address: Daily Nebraskan, Nebraska Union 34, 14th and R streets, Lincoln, Neb. 68588. Telephone: 472-2588. Material may be reprinted Without permission If attributed to the Daily Nebraskan, except material covered by a copyright. Second class postage paid at Lincoln, Neb. 68501. KING OF BEERS ANHEUSER-BUSCH. INC ST LOUIS , j"v n : ;-n, (am) getting mu6 . ' o i a: w m 4 vsussy short stuff Love libraiy is sponsor ing a tour at 3 pjn. today. 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