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daily nebraskan
thursday, September 3, 1981
National SAA meeting
to be on East Campus
The 1981-82 Student Alumni Association Nat
ional Convention will be at UNL Sept. 1 1 through
13 on East Campus.
Students from California to Maine will attend the
convention, according to Allan Steckelberg, public
relations chairman for the convention. lie said 170
students are expected.
Greg McCormick and Jan Stahn, members of Ne
braska's SAA, attended last year's convention in
Clemson, S.C., where they made a successful bid for
the convention in Nebraska this year.
Steckelberg said this is Nebraska's first SAA con
vention. Winning the bid had a great deal to do with
Nebraska's central location, he said.
"Harvest of New Ideas" will be the convention
theme. Topics will be career contacts, image of an
organization and public relations. Seminars will be
presented throughout the weekend.
Different SAA's will present the seminars,
Steckelberg said, because each SAA has its indivi
dual strong points.
New requirements cause tuition loss
An expected decline of
one percent in the number
of non-resident students will
cost UNL $250,000 in tui
tion fees this year, accord
ing to James Knisely, UNL
comptroller.
Alan Cerveny, whose of
fice handles UNL student
status changes, said the ma
jor change in residency re
quirements is that students
must live in Nebraska six
full months prior to the first
day of class instead of one
year.
Cerveny, assistant direc
tor of admissions and advis
ing, said the number of ap
plications received for in
state status has dramatically
increased compared to a
year ago.
"If all that apply are
granted residency, it will cut
down the university's tui
tion income," Cerveny said.
Cerveny said the student
must live in Nebraska for six
months continuously. If a
student goes home for the
summer he will not be con
sidered a resident.
Cerveny said students
must file for residency; it is
not automatically granted.
Students must provide four
documents to prove they
have been living in the state.
Cerveny said these can be
canceled rent checks, a Ne
braska drivers license, car
registration, or checking or
savings account records.
The deadline for filing
for residency has been
changed to Sept. 1 1 . In the
past requests were accepted
well into the semester, Cer
veny said.
Requests must be made
in the semester the student
wants to be considered a
resident.
Cerveny said if students
have questions on their eli
gibility, the Office of Ad
missions has a pamphlet on
the new requirements.
Split-rail fence temporary feature
The temporary split-rail
fence between Andrews Ilall
and Burnett Hall was built
to keep people off the grass
until a diagonal sidewalk
can be built, said Kim Todd,
UNL campus landscape
architect.
Wilbur Dasenbrock,
Grounds director, said grass
between buildings wears
down when cooler weather
begins.
Todd said people don't
realize that walking on the
grass will wear it down.
Diagonal sidewalks will
eventually be built between
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B00C POWELL (Former American
Baseball Great): Koichi here has
been giving me a new angle on
baseball. It seems the game's a
little different in Japan.
KCICm NUMAZAWA (Former
Japanese Baseball Great):
000G: That's right. The field is
smaller over there.
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D00C: Well, now that you men
tioned it, I guess you guys are
kinda smaller. Does that mean
you drink Lite Beer 'cause it's less
tilling?
KQICKI. i-f &iaiRt;
C0CS: Tastes great? That's why I
drink it, too! I guess we have a lot
more in common than I thought.
CCCS: Me? I'm too big to play on
a Japanese team.
Shortstop?! Very funny.
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Mueller Bell Tower and the
split-rail fence, Todd said.
The straight sidewalks will
remain there as well, she
said.
The problem with the
area is that students walk
diagonally to and from resi
dence haUs and straight
from building to building,
Todd said.
Dasenbrock said money
for sidewalks has not been
available for three years.
The grounds department is
looking for donations to
build the sidewalks, he said.
"We are getting by the
best we can,M Dasenbrock
said.
Classes full,
fewer dropping
this semester
Fewer students dropping
classes and teacher "over
selling1' their courses have
left course enrollments bul
ging at the seams, said Ted
Pfeifer, director of Registra
tion and Records.
Judging by the way drop
and add lines moved last
week and his communica
tions with students, Pfeifer
said a larger number of clas
ses are closed this semester
compared to previous se
mesters. Three students, who
needed to be admitted into
closed classes, have contact
ed Pfeifer this semester.
Normally, he said, only one
student a semester would
have this problem.
Pfeifer said he believes
there are many students
who have added classes, but
are unable to get in because
there is not enough room.
Pfeifer said that some
instructors oversell their
courses trying to maximize
space. An instructor will in
crease a class size by 2 per
cent to 10 percent, antici
pating a similar decrease
through drops, he explain
ed. This positive action is
practiced by large depart
ments, like accounting or
math, which will oversell
their classes in the spring
when they have a chance of
more drops during the
summer, Pfeifer said.
Instructors can refuse en
trance to a student who
added a class if there is no
available space, Pfeifer said.
Although there is no
printed policy, Pfeifer said,
"practicality governs the
university position," and
students who added a class
during the scheduled add
period, should be admitted
if there is room.
Pfeifer said a $5 refund
will be available to students
who added a class but were
denied admittance due to
overcrowding.
