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monday, january 15, 1978 daily nebraskan page 13 DelayedVDTs worthwhile5 By Liz Austin A delay ln acquiring Video Display Terminals for UNL's School of Journal ism will be worth the wait, according to Neal Copple, the school's director. VDTs are computer systems which are growing in use in newsrooms across the nation. Such a system does away with many time-consuming steps in writing, editing, and typesetting material used in news papers. Copple said the school's original goal was to raise $100,000, and have the term inals by the middle of last semester. But Copple said the committee formed to ad vise the school on its purchase of VDTs contended that $100,000 would not buy the kind of system needed for a school of its size. The committee, consisting of Lincoln Journal Editor Joe Seacrest, Grand Island Independent Publisher Dave Belilis and Mc Cook Daily Gazette Publisher Allen Strunk, advised the school that a larger, more up dated system was needed, Copple said. All three newspapers use VDTs. New Goal The goal now is to raise $200,000 and have the system by next fall, Copple said. The school would like to get enough terminals to supply two kinds of systems, Copple said. One system would be what a middle-sized daily newspaper would use and the other what a smaller newspaper would use. "It is important the student have exper ience with botn kinds of systems," Copple said. Copple said $85,000 in private monies has been raised so far. The Gannett Found ation contributed $40,000 and the Stauf fer Foundation $10,000. The other $35,000 came fro a source Copple pre ferred to leave unnimed. Copple also said he has an application from a foundation, which he also preferred not to name, to match the $85,000 already raised. A larger system will be useful in serving more than just students interested in news paper work, he said. The system will be flexible enough to serve students in other journalism sequences, such as broadcasting, and will be helpful in graduate programs, he explained. No new courses No new courses will be created to teach students about VDTs, but instruction will be integrated into existing courses. One such course is typography, which is being revised into a modular course next semester, Copple said. When the VDTs ar rive one of the mods will be learning to use the terminals, he explained. Copple said the goal is for students to learn the system as early as possible. "By the time students are taking advan ced reporting and editing classes we want them to be as comfortable with the term inals as they are with a typewriter. But that is pretty much of a dream considering the amount of equipment they will be dealing with." V(((B!!OUAc1 1235 Q St. II this week only shop now for big savings 20 off-all ski shop merchandise! up to 50 off selected skis, boots, & clothing you.iflC FOR DISCRIMINATING SKIERS ... WHEREVER THEY MAY BE. SALE ENDS JANUARY 20th Committee considers final list The committee charged to find a re placement for former Vice Chancellor for Business and Finance Miles Tommeraasen is now considering a final list of candidates, according to the com mittee chairman. Wilma Crumley said the committee selected the candidates by the Dec. 18 deadline. She would not release the names on the list. Tommeraasen resigned last semester. A HACK TdD 0t!L SIPlCCOALL I " JWEBSTER'S J ENCYCLOPEDIA OF DICTIONARIES 0T& GM&AMD NOV. 12 PSCTCONAKEIS IN NE It's WEBSTER'S ENCYCLOPEDIA OF DICTIONARIES Now, all in one volume, you can have at your fingertips Webster's Dictionary, a Crossword Puzzle Dictionary, a Bible Dictionary, a Legal Dictionary, a Rhyming Diction ary, a Medical Dictionary, a Book of Familiar Quotations, Scientific Terms, Synonyms, Antonyms, and Homonyms, a Music Dictionary, an Outline of U.S. History, and an Atlas and Gazetteer. It contains over 1250 pages and is printed in an enlarged type for easy reading. Originally published at $2450 mm. mm PEN ILMDIL i 1135 R 432-OTH