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Summer Nebraskan, Tuesday, Juno 12, 1979
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At age 76,
UNL student
By Gordon Johnson
Soaring fuel costs spurs UNL
to reduce gasoline allocations
By Gordon Johnson The total number of miles put on by auto pool vehicles in
1978 was 3.9 million. In 1978 67 thousand more miles were
The University of Nebraska has already done everything driven by the auto pool vehicles with 3 percent less gas
it can to conserve energy without laying out a large sum of being used than the previous year, he said,
money, a check of University officials found. This savings has been brought about gradually by
Vice President of the Administration, William Erskine cutting down the engine size from v-8s to six cylinder,
said that the University is not presently having problems Cacak said. Minor savings have also been brought about
obtaining fuel, but that the major problem was soaring by thtfuse of radial tires on passenger vehicles and the use
of electronic ignition wnicn Keeps the car tunea up longer.
This has been a gradual change, said Joseph Pospichal,
director of support services, because the University can
not get rid of the older cars that are still serviceable to
replace the newer cars. Most cars are used for five years
before they are gotten rid of, he said.
Suggestions to ftoskens
Some suggestions made to NU President Ronald
Roskins by support service on how to save fuel included
mandatory car pooling for employees and staff members
going to the same place. This will primarily affect travel
between Lincoln and Omaha.
It was also suggested that the LincolnOmaha shuttle
bus be better utilized by employees when the time frame is
convenient. To make the shuttle bus service more
convenient one more run could be added.
Another suggestion involves eliminating department
behicle purchases especially when vehicles are purchased
just to utilize funds at the end of the fiscal year.
Policy statement
These suggestions along with others have been
presented to University officials who will write a policy
statement on energy which will be accepted or rejected by
NU President Ronald Roskins, Erskins said.
This policy statement will also cover the area of heating
photo by Gordon Johnson
Dr. Owen Sletten
fuel costs.
To help cut these costs the administration has been
pushing energy conservation of both buildings and
vehicles on university campuses since the Arab Oil
Embargo, Erskine said.
Although the University hasn't had a shortage of fuel,
the June allocation of gasoline for the UNL Auto Pool was
cut by 30 percent, said Mike Cacak, Manager of the Auto
Rental Pool.
Cacak said the auto pool has been getting around the
problem by cutting the amount of the average fill from 15
to 18 gallons to 12 gallons per day.
The auto rental pool has 154 sedans, 20 station wagons,
and 22 12 and 15-passenger vans.
Regular Prices
If the department renting the vehicle needs more than
the 12 gallons of gas in one day, they will be forced to get
their gas on the private market and pay regular prices,
Cacak said.
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Spending half days working in a public library may not
be the most exciting way of spending the day for one who
la listed in Leaders In American Science, but for one 78
year-old UNL student it fills it need.
a South Dakota one-room school, m-adea one through
eight Teaching was also his first real chance at serving cooling buildings.
others in a big way, .
Sletten started plugging away in 1923 when he taught in
a South Dakota or.e-room school, grades one through
eight Teaching was also his first real chance to serving
others in a big way.
As with the auto pool, steps have been taken to conserve
energy since the 1973 embargo.
Jim Hines, energy conservation officer for the physical
plant said the use of computer technology in saving energy
is his primary project at the present tune.
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However, Sletten'a success can not be said to be only 01 lfte wwaing well as the tunes the equipment is run.
centered over eyes that are sometimes blue and
sometimes green. His presence is enough to spark the
curiosity and wonder of those around him as if by the
process of osmossis, his curiosity is transferred to others.
Just because he has seven degrees ranging from a
Bachelor's in English and a Ph. D. in theology to civil
the result of his hard work.
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"I think the reason for my success is attributed to the
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eighth degree he is pursuing, a Ph. D. in educational
psychology, does not mean a great deal.
"I consider myself and ordinary person, but I want to
emphasize that an ordinary person can do things if they
plug away," he said.
Sletten started plugging away in 1923 when he taught in
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sletten may also be something of a romantic, as is seen
from the dedication of a text book he wrote "To Pearl, my
wife, the gem in my life."
The text book is probably the most important
contribution Sletten has made.
The book explains some equations which Sletten
formulated which cuts the time needed to figure
probabilities by as much as one-tenth. Sletten said he
figured od the equations in 1974. They can be used, he
said, by anyone with a 10th grade understanding of math.
That was his greatest contribution. The largest is
probably the 93 volume diary he has written over the past
63 years.
Computer use
Only 17 buildings are hooked up to the system, Hines
said, because the mechanical systems in the other
buildings are not designed so they can be used with a
computer.
Summer Nebraskan
The Summer Nebraskan is published weekly by the
University of Nebraska-Lincoln of Journalism during
eight weeks of the summer sessions. Summer
Nebraskan office is 112 Avery Hall, City Campus.
Telephone 472-3210.
Editor: Shelley Smith
Business Manager Rosemary Wiltsie
Reporter Gordon Johnson
Advertising Representative: Becky Caredis
Advisors: Jack Botts, Don Glover
School of Journalism Director: Neale Copple
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