thursday, february 8, 1979
daily nebraskan
page 9
ROTC recruiters favor person-to-person approach
By Liz Austin
A picture of Uncle Sam pointing his finger with the
caption "I want you" may be a clever idea, but it doesn't
get recruits as effectively as personal contact, according to
a spokesman for the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines
Capt. Alfred Harris, Army ROTC officer, said the ef
fect of advertising posters and letters on recruiting is min
imal compared to "eyeball to eyeball" contact.
Harris said he recruits high school and college students
for the Army ROTC program.
It is important to talk to recruits in person, he said, be
cause he considers his job as much counseling as recruit
ing. Disturbance charges
dropped for students
By Val Swinton
Charges against most students arrested during a disturb
ance prior to the Oklahoma-Nebraska football game last
November have been dismissed in Lincoln Municipal
Court, along with a warning that similar incidents better
not happen again.
Charges against 10 of the 16 students arrested on Nov.
10 were dismissed while four others have court appear
ances scheduled for later this month.
Norman F. Langemach, Jr., the city attorney who
agreed to dismiss the charges, said he didn't take the ac
tion because he thought the cases against the students
were weak.
"I agreed to dismiss them to give them the opportunity
to keep their records as clean as possible." Langemach
said. But. he added a warning.
"I hope the word got around that our office and the
city will not tolerate this type of conduct. I hope now
they understand that the next time this happens. I pro
bably won't be as lenient."
Nine dropped
According to court records, charges against nine of the
10 students were dropped last week. Those students in
clude Curt Brown, Ronald Kobler, Richard Placzek, Jeff
Sharp. Richard Hergenrader, James Meyer, Matthew Bas
set i. Douglas Brooks and Donald T. Sheaver. Charges
against another student, Wade Morris, were dismissed Dec.
27th.
Four additional students will appear in court Feb. 27.
They include Andrew Peterson, Craig Meierhenry, John
Gilmore and Samuel Segnar.
Langemach said he had not decided whether charges
against them would also be dismissed. Most of the stu
dents were charged either with disturbing the peace or in
terferring with the duties of an officer.
Langemach said the he recognizes the importance of a
clean record for students job hunting after college, so he
agreed to allow the charges to be dismissed.
"I was just giving them a break," he said. "I don't feel 1
necessarily would have lost these cases had we gone to
court."
Disturbing the peace
Two other students, Michael D. Phillips and Michael J.
Zeis, pleaded guilty in Lancaster County court to reduced
charges of disturbing the peace and were fined S25 each
last November and December.
The arrests came during an impromptu pep rally early
on Friday morning before the home football game. The
rally, according to police, got out of hand when students
began throwing property, not owned by them, into a bon
fire on 16th street. The arrests were made as police tried
to clear the street.
According to Richard Placzek, one of the nine students
arrested from Sigma Alpha Epsilon, he and the other eight
students from the fraternity received a letter from the at
torney saying the charges had been dropped. They were
represented by Lincoln attorney John Guthery.
Placzek said he did not know why. "But I think we'll
be staying out of trouble for a while."
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A person may, for example, have more ambitions than
he is capable of handling, Harris said, adding that it is his
job to help a potential ROIC member realize this and to
help him make the right decision.
Word of mouth
Gunnery Sgt. J. D. Henry, a non-commissioned officer
in charge of Marine recruiting, said phone calls, letters and
advertising are methods used for recruiting, but the best
method is word of mouth. Those who hear of the program
from friends often come to the office to find out what the
Marines have to offer them , he said .
Capt. Wayne Stephens, Navy ROTC officer, said his
department actively recruits only through the UNL admis
sions office. When a student indicates an interest in the
Navy, the department will send an application for the
Navy ROTC and invite the student to "stop by the
office," Stephens explained.
"We don't get a lead on a person and head out to hus
tle them into the ROTC program or to persuade them that
the Navy is the only thing for him," Stephens said.
Financial enticement
Major Thomas Skinner, Air Force ROTC officer, said
his recruiting methods include word of mouth, through
friends, relatives and high school counselors and personal
visits to high schools and college nights.
According to Stephens, the ROTC programs also used
financial aid for college education as an enticement for in
terested students.
Financial aid includes scholarships competed for on a
national basis. Recipients of the scholarships receive free
tuition, books, fees and uniforms. A comitment to the
program does not have to be made until the junior year,
Stephens added.
Those joining ROTC on a non -scholarship program re
ceive S100 a month beginning in their junior year when a
final comitment is made
Recruits serve four to five years of active duty upon
graduation for both programs.
Because of the limited number of overseas jobs, the
promise of these is not used as a recruiting method, all
four representatives said.
Harris said whether someone goes overseas depends on
how well he does in the Army ROTC program, he grades
and his performance at camp.
Skinner said there are opportunities in the Air Force to
go overseas and travel, but there is no guarantee.
Henry said the only guarantee of an overseas job with
the Marines goes with the six-year program.
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