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friday, September 4, 1981
lincoln, nebraska vol. 107 no. 1 1
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Daily Nebraskan photo
These file boxes, containing student projects and
faculty evaluations from the defunct Centennial
program, have been sitting in a public lounge for
three weeks.
Bleachers provide
space for students
By Ward W. Triplett III
Students who requested reserved football tickets after
the supply ran out are likely to find a place inside Memor
ial Stadium after all, ticket office personnel said.
At noon Thursday, the UNL Sports Information Office
announced the bleachers in the southwest and southeast
corners of the stadium would be used to seat about 400 of
the 547 students who signed waiting lists last Friday after
noon. The remainder of those students will assume tickets of
those who have either cancelled, dropped from full-time
to part-time status since last semester or have turned in
tickets on their own.
"We were mainly concerned about the students on that
list," said Helen Ruth Wagner, ticket office manager.
"We're just glad to get them into the stadium," she
said.
The first 147 students who signed the waiting list will
be given priority on reserve seats. The students who are
left in the bleachers will be in a reserved section, which
will drop the cost of a season ticket from $30 to $15.
The bleacher seats had been reserved for children's
groups or other special interest groups on a game-to--game
basis in the past. But when student tickets ran out,
Wagner said, there was no where else to go.
"We can't take tickets away from students who already
had them. We can't take any away from season ticket
holders, nor could we take any away from the visiting
team. This came out in discussions, and it was the best
idea," she said.
ASUN President Rick Mockler said the solution was
"as good as can be expected."
As far as a long-term solution goes, I just hope we can
work out a system in the future where there's some
accountability," Mockler
Ticket salesperson Jean Walcott said she didnl think
the unexpected shortage could be blamed on any one fac
tor. "There are just a variety of things that contributed,"
Walcott said. She mentioned increased interest, duplicate
IDs, and married student purchases.
Students who were denied tickets last Friday can buy
tickets Sept. 14 through Sept. 16. They will be told where
their seats are and how to get to them, Wagner said.
"Hopefully, they'll all come in as soon as their sche
dules allow them to," Wagner said. "I think they'll be just
as happy as we are to have this thing resolved."
Wagner said there will be meetings on how to prevent a
ticket shortage next fall.
"There are a number of little things that have been
brought up, and we'll look at everything," she said.
In the meantime, Wagner said the office is getting re
funds all the time, and said she was positive everybody on
waiting lists could be helped.
Centennial records left unlocked
By D. L. Horton
No one seems to know why student records and pro
jects from the defunct Centennial program, some dating
back 10 years, have been sitting in unlocked file cabinets
in a public lounge for at least three weeks.
The records include student and faculty evaluations,
grade reports and in some cases personal journals, short
stories or other projects, according to Kevin Menefee,
a former Centennial student.
In a phone conversation with acting vice chancellor for
academic affairs John Strong last week he said he was not
aware files were left unprotected. He said if they were
official records that could be used to establish credit for
courses, he would have them moved.
"I'm going to repossess them and get them moved over
here (to the administration building) in about five
minutes," Strong said.
Strong said he expects no problems establishing credit
using Centennial hours because there is a record of the
course in the student's file with the administration.
Student records were still sitting in open file cabi
nets in the Neihardt Residence Complex at noon Thurs
day. No instructions given
Bob Fuller, who directed the Centennial program dur
ing its last year, said he was never given any instructions
from the administration on what to do with Centennial
records or equipment.
Fuller said office equipment was doled out to depart
ments within the university but no satisfactory solution
was found for student records. The records were moved
to a locked supply room in the Centennial area and left
there for the summer.
Several plans were proposed to the administration to
ensure records would be safe and accessible to students
needing to clarify their record, Fuller said. One plan in
cluded housing the records in Fuller's office and training
his secretary to use the filing system so students could
obtain their records.
Fuller said responsibility for records was transferred to
then vice chancellor of academic affairs, Ned Hedges,
when Fuller's term ended in June. When Hedges left that
office all plans for the safety of Centennial records fell
through, Fuller said.
"There was no indication they had any concerns with
Centennial after spring," Fuller said. "It's a classic exam
ple of the contempt in which the university holds its
undergraduate students. The first thing they do is put
important records in a public lounge. It certainly shows
you where the priority of the university is: a faculty
office is more important than students' records."
Fred Holbert, professor of criminal justice, said his
department moved into Centennials's old office space the
week before classes started. Holbert said the area had been
cleared but he added he had seen the files and assumed
they were Centennial-related. He said he did not know
who moved them from the locked supply room. Holbert
said the department was moved so quickly that no one
remembers who did what.
Files missed
Ray Coffey, UNL business manager, said the moving
crew that cleared the Centennial offices was instructed to
take the files to a warehouse for holding.
Coffey said the moving people simply missed the files.
The files were not where the moving crew had been told
they would be and consequently they did not get moved.
He said he did not know who moved the files from Cen
tennial offices, but added someone in Centennial should
have been responsible for seeing they were safe.
Jim Sterling, UNL inventory manager, said his people
moved the files from the locked supply room to the pub
lic lounge. He said they didn't pay any attention to what
was in the file cabinets. Sterling said personnel from the
Department of Criminal Justice told the movers to put
Centennial things in a corner of the lounge.
Coffey said the records will be moved to the warehouse
today. He said Vice Chancellor John Strong's office would
probably make the final decision on what to do with
the records.
The records could be of vital importance to students
trying to establish credits for graduation, according to
Betty Carpenter, former Centennial fellow.
She said all negotiations for providing a way of access
to students who need to use their files "fell flat." The
administration refused to worry at all about it, she said.
"We felt like we were beating our heads against the
wall towards the end," Carpenter said.
She said the records were kept separately to prevent
problems in receiving credit for Centennial courses.
Getting credit difficult
Jamie Krutz, a former Centennial student, said receiv
ing credit for Centennial classes was difficult even last
spring when Centennial still existed.
"I went through a lot of hassle between Bob Fuller
(Senior Fellow) and the senior check people," Krutz said.
Krutz said that because his file was still available and
there was still a Centennial representative, he received
signed documents to prove he had completed the work.
Strong said Thursday that after this he wants "to make
sure we have our hands on them (the files) and have them
safe."
Strong said he expected the records to be held in
storage by his office for about a year and then probably
disposed of.
Campus copy service neglected
By Hollie Wieland
Copying a document is an instructor's alternative to
putting something on reserve 'in the library, said Ray Cof
fey, but that does not explain why instructors are using
commercial copying services rather than the University
Printing and Duplicating Service when copies are needed.
Coffey, business manager for UNL's department of
business and finance, said the university's printing service
is quite elaborate with capabilities including color printing
and binding equipment.
The Centrex and football programs are examples of
publications the printing service is able to produce, said
Coffey.
Materials copied at the university printing and service
can be charged to instructors' departments, so price can
not be the reason for lack of use, said Coffey.
Even with prices taken into consideration, the univer
sity's costs are cheaper at three cents a page and five cents
for a page copied on both sides.
Kinko's advertises four-cent single copies and eight
cents for copies on both sides of a paper.
"Basically the copying charges just recover costs of the
center things like ink, paper, staff salaries, maintenance
and depreciation on the machines," said Coffey about the
university's copying costs.
Coffey said location does not provide an answer for in
structors taking materials to be copied to commercial ser
vices. He said copying services are available at several "satel
lite stations" located on the second floor of Burnett Hall,
first floor of Henzlik Hall and in the basement of Nebras
ka Hall.
"We are very concerned with copyright requirements,"
said Coffey, "Extracts used for an individual are one
thing, but reproducing and selling copies to students is
something totally different."
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