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friday, january 19, 1979
Police . . .
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The report suggests the possibility of moving the police
department into the 501 building on the west edge of the
campus. Recently the purchasing department moved to
that location, and the task force thought there may be
additional space in that building or in another area of the
university.
But Coffey said he doesn't hold much hope for relocat
ing the department, at least not in the immediate future.
He said, the request is not uncommon.
'This happens with a lot of departments," he said.
"They review the situation and say there's not enough
space."
Coffey said with the relocation of the purchasing
department in 501 , that building is full, and so are the rest
of the buildings on both the city and east campuses.
Oddly enough, one reason for the "space crunch,"
according to Coffey, is federal grants. He said when
certain departments in the university receive the grants,
they expand operations, taking up additional space.
Service Support Center
About the only hope for relocating the police depart
ment is a proposal for a Service Support Center, which
would locate all service departments in a central location,
Coffey said.
In their budget request to the Legislature, the NU
Board of Regents have submitted a proposal for program
statement development, includimg a request for $10,000
for a study on the feasibility of a Service Support Center.
However, out of 24 items requested for funding in the
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the study is ranked number 24.
Coffey wouldn't say if the low ranking might prevent
the study from being funded.
"1 won't second-guess the legislature," he said.
If the proposal for a service center, which has been
discussed for the past 15 or 20 ears is approved, the pro
posed location would be bounced by 16th St., Antelope
Creek, the Rock Island Railroad tracks and Holdrege St.,
Coffey said.
The study would include the feasibility of using exist
ing buildings in the area to house the various service
departments, including the police department, and if there
was a need for additional buildings, probably warehouse
or industrial-type structures would be constructed, he
said.
Regents recognize the need
But even if the plan proceeds according to schedule, it
would be at least three or four years before a service
support center could become operational. "But," Coffey
said, "I would say that by including this on the list, the
regents did recognize the need for continued planning."
The police department moved into its present location,
just north of Memorial Stadium, in 1971, according to
Cade.
Two and a half years ago, the trailor along the north
end of the department was added, and later a conference
room was also attached. Gade said enlarging the existing
structure might not be a good idea.
"That all along has been identified as a temporary
structure for us," he said. "It would be kind of foolish to
add on another part to the building."
Gade said the department can get along with the
present structure, "but there are so many more things we
could do with more space."
Need space in one place
Among other problems, there is a lack of storage space,
he said. Hyde House, west of the police department, is
being used for record storage.
According to the task force report, uniforms are being
stored under the West Stadium, and the department is
using space at the Nebraska Union for training classrooms.
The task force report also cites the need for interview
and holding rooms for suspects, conference and lineup
rooms and additional counter and waiting space for
customers.
Gade said if a decision was made to make the current
structure the permanent location for the police depart
ment, it would be acceptable. "Our concern is more
space," he said. "The feedback I get to this structure is,
once we move out, it will probably be torn down."
A meeting between his department and Coffey has
been set up for next Wednesday afternoon to discuss the
situation, he said.
As far as the alternatives are concerned, he said, "It
doesn't really make that much difference. I think the
attitude of the committee is, unless you ask, you may
never find out."
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more than $400 in interest or $400 in dividends and no
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Lounge living upsets
residence hall staff
By Shelley Smith
The residence hall staff was more upset that people liv
ed in lounges last semester than the people living there, ac
cording to housing director Doug Zatechka.
Zatechka, drawing his conclusions from a study on over
assignment in the residence halls, said people living in
lounges didn't mind living there as much as the staff dis
liked having them there.
He said the staff was not able to develop programs
dealing with topics such as orientation and community liv
ing because there was no meeting place.
"They felt by not having this place it hurt their ability
to develop their jobs to the fullest," he said.
However, Zatechka said not everyone who lived in the
lounges was happy.
Major problems
The study which surveyed the students and staff show
ed that major problems people had while living in the
lounges were the lack of phones the first few months of
the semester, inadequate clothing storage, and for some,
having to live there all semester.
Zatechka said he can "happily report" that this semes
ter there are no people living in the lounges because of 20
vacancies created b people dropping out. and graduating.
Plans to alleviate lounge living next year may involve
assigning three people lo the corner rooms of certain
halls, he said .
"They really are big enough rooms. Studies at Michigan
State, Iowa State, and the Universtiy of Georgia, proved
that people can handle living three to a room and in many
cases it raised those people's grade point average." he said.
Improve monitoring
Another solution would be better residence hall con
tract monitoring in the spring so the housing department
can better "guestimatc" how many contracts will be re
ceived during the summer, he said.
Currently any freshman who wishes to live in the hall
again next year will not be turned down. If sophomores
and juniors turn their contracts in early, they stand a good
chance of being re-admitted, he said.
"I don't want to say no to anyone. My goal is to ac
commodate as many students as possible."
Zatechka said no one has the correct answer to solving
the overassignment problem and diagnosing studies is the
easy part.
"Diagnosis is not too difficult. The hard part is asking
what are you going to do with it," he said.