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friday, november9, 1979
lincoln, nebraska vol. 103 no. 53
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ueneiai regis
next semester
tratioii later
By Mary Kay Wayman
Because UNL will be shut down for a two week
semester break, general registration will be later this year
and could cause some "minor, not major" inconveniences,
said the Dean of Academic Services.
Gerald Bowker said general registration is usually held
pn the Wednesday, Thursday and Friday preceding classes.
'There's no way we can have general registration on
those three days now,' he said. "It would be a physical
impossibility to set up.'
General registration will be Friday, Jan. 11, Saturday,
Jan. 12, and Monday, Jan. 14, from 8 ajn. to 5 p.m.
Bowker said it usually takes five days to organize
general registration. The campus will not open for second
semester until Monday, Jan. 7. v
'There are about 400,000 cards that have to be pre
pared," he said. "It's normally a five-day process to get
them all sorted and set up."
"It could be very inconvenient for people and we don't
want it to be," Bowker said, "I'd hate to have someone
come here on Friday and find out we can't help them
until Monday "
Bowker said registration on the first day of classes
could cause problems when students attend classes they
are not officially registered for.
"We want to encourage students to early register," he
said. "If we can get students to early register that will help
us." ., ..
Bowker said 3,000 students normally go through gener
al registration during the three -day period. .
"If we can cut that number down by one or two
thousand we hopefully can handle it on the first two
days,' he said. '
Each semester 85 percent of UNL students early regist
er, he said, adding that no more than usual have pre-regist-ered
so far this semester.
N Early registration for next semester ends Friday, Nov.
16.
He said a "really key group" he would encourage to
early register are the "about 2,000" graduate students
who usually go through general registration .
Another group which might run into problems caused
by the two-week shut-down could be new students,
Bowker said. If they haven't registered by Dec. 14, he
said, they could be stopped until Monday of general regi
stration. The Dec. 14 "deadline date" should be observed by
other students as well, he said. Some students have holds
on their registration, he said, for reasons such as unpaid
library fines, parking tickets or non-payment of tuition. If
these holds are not cleared by Dec. 14, the students will
have to wait until Monday to register, he said.
"Stqdents that 'have special concerns related to the re
gistration process ought to check early on it before they
go home," Bowker said; adding that this includes students
who wish copies of transcripts, grades, or who have
applied for financial aid.
-Bowker said the schedule changes will not affect a large
number of students. . : ;
"Only 3,000 out of 20,000 students will be affected by
this," he said. ' , .
"It's not a crisis but we'd like the students to think
ahead. If they come Dec, 21 , we're not going to be here,"
he said.
Some
students
call
takeover barbaric
By Wayde Wrich
The takeover of the U.S, Embassy m Iran is considered
I barbaric by three UNL Iranian students who expressed a
I differing viewpoint from the students' opinions that
I appeared in Wednesday's Daily Nebraskan. ,
! Kian Afiatooni, Ali Shadlu, and Mehrdad Shahabi said,
j 'The Shah-committed -lot of- crimes and -killed -a bt-of
I, people but the problems should be talked out between
j -y-governments." j ; ";y:r'jr'i-:-,;
! A handful of UNL students eathered on the north
steps of the state capitol Thursday to protest the
holding of U.S. hostages in Iran, Page 6.
The students said Iran should worry about its own
problems. "The Shah is out, that is what we wanted," -they
said. "So now they should forget about him and try f
to rebuild the country," ; i "
The students said one of the major problems with Iran
is its concern with the past. 'The present government
always sticks to the past, when they, should look in the
future."
Afiatooni, Shadlu and Shahabi said they have much
respect for Khomeini. "He was the leader of our revolu
tion, but he is a religious leader not a political leader,"
they said. "And everybody knows religion and politics
don't mix."
The three students said they cannot blame the United
States for their hatred of the Iranians. "If the tables were
turned, we would have the same feelings," they said,
United Press International has reported protests by
Iranian students in Houston, Kalamazoo, Mich.,
Columbus, Ohio, San Francisco and Philadelphia.
UPI also reported that some Washington Congressmen
urged the government to deport all Iranian students from
the United States.
Rep. Tom Evans, R-Del., said any Iranian student who
takes part in a "violent demonstration" should be "put on '
the first boat back home,"
Sen. Barry Gold water, R-Ariz., said on the Senate floor
Tuesday the United States should deport the Iranian
students and his call was endorsed at that time, by Sen.
Howard Cannon, R-Nev.
Afiatooni, Shadlu and Shahabi said they are happy to
be in the United States. "We would not be here if we
didn't want to," they said. "We hope we can learn about
your culture and hope that you can learn something about '
our culture."
With nearly 60,000 students in the United States,
Iranians constitute the largest bloc of foreign students in
America.
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Photo by Maggi Golon
A 1 frU fl i PTM The picture is pot new nor are the controversies that
fllLUflVlloIU surround it. Today's issue of Fathom, the Daily Ne-
braskan magazine supplement, looks at a familiar
problem from some new perspectives. Stories deal with
alcohol, its use, abuse and status on the UNL campus.
Bulletin board arsonist(s) sought
01
Simanti won't be free: a UNL psychologist says Erwin
Charles Simants will be held because of public opin
ion PS 2
Hometown comedienne: T. Mamie Vos offers a brand of
humor that doesn',t fit the mold of most comics . Paje 8
Look out Inez: Van Zandt says Huskers defense will make
you mad PSe 10
By Betsie Amnions
A University Police representative said Thursday that
there are no leads in four apparently related arson inci
dents occurring at Oldfather Hall earlier this week and in .
October.
Police Investigator Robert Fey said each incident in
volved the burning of bulletin boards on first floor Old
father Hall.
According to police records, the first reported fire
occurred Oct. 10 between 12 and 1 p jn. Fey said the per
son who submitted the first report also said a similar inci
dent happened about a week and half earlier, but was
not reported to the police.
The other reported incidents took place Tuesday and
Wednesday of this week. Reports said the Tuesday fire
could have been Ignited anytime between 12:30 a jn. and
4:15 p.m.
The Wednesday report, submitted at 5:50 pjn,, said a
bulletin board was bumed between 8:30 am, and 9:05
ajn. that day. It was discovered In the southwest comer
of the first floor by a student going to class at 9 am.
Police took photographs of that board and kept two
matches as evidence, Fey said,
In each Incident, he said, the culprit set fire to
announcements hanging from the boards, resulting in
heavy damage to the cork center and slight damage to the
board's wooden frame.
No suspects or witnesses have been traced to any fire,
he said, but added that he thinks only one or two persons
were involved.
Damage to each bulletin board is estimated at between
$20 and $90, depending on which parts were burned, Fey
said.
The incidents will be treated as arson, not vandalism,
Fey said.
'This isn't just petty vandalism, as some people think,"
he said. 'We're dealing with someone who intentionally
started a fire."
Fey said he thinks the person or persons who started
the fires had one of two motives.
It may have been a spontaneous error In judgment, he
said, or someone taking out frustrations at professors,
tests or inantimate objects on the building.
Fey also said he doubts that this is tome tort of group
prank, committed for fun.
He said the penalty for arson depends on the decree of
the crime. In his opinion, he said, then incidents qualify
as 3rd degree arson, involving damage to property.
The maximum penalty for 3rd degree arson is 5 years
In prison, a $ 10,000 fine, or both, he said.
University Police are conducting an active investigation
into the fires, Fey said. Although presently there are no
leads, he said there is still the possibility of someone be
coming angered if the incidents continue.
Anyone who has any information about the fires Is
asked to contact the University Police Department at
Avery Ave. north of Memorial Stadium.
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