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Wednesday, September 9, 1981
daily nebraskan
Two students make business
of tucking freshmen into bed
By Laurie Ihm
Tony Clouse and Meri Brunke were sit
ting in the Nebraska Union on the first day
of school, when Clouse got an idea for
making money.
"I wish I could go around tucking in all
the freshmen," he said. Brunke thought it
was a good idea, and the two decided to
become business partners.
Although more people have expressed
an interest in the service than have used it,
business has gradually been picking up to
about one "dorm call" a night, they said.
Clouse is a junior majoring in elementa
ry education and Brunke takes classes in
Teachers College but has not declared a
major.
The tuck-in partners dress for the occa
sion by wearing pajamas as they tuck fresh
men into their beds with a teddy bear (at
no extra cost) and read a bedtime story
from the Adventures of Winnie the Piwh.
The freshmen are shown comical pic
tures to keep them alert and interested.
The pair does not try to make their cus
tomers fall alseep, they said.
The process takes less than a half-hour
and costs $5. Cocoa costs SI extra.
"Tony usually tucks in the women,"
Brunke said. She said she has as much fun
tucking in the men.
Some requests have been interesting,
Brunke said. She received a phone call
from an Omaha man, who asked her to
tuck in his niece who just started attending
the university, she said.
Another request was from eight fresh
man roommates, who said they were lonely
for a bedtime story, she said.
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Learning opportunities given
to those entered in program
By Leslie Boelistorff
About 20 UNL students arc participat
ing in this semester's Experiential Learning
Opportunities program, the project's
coordinator said.
Experiential learning allows students to
earn college credit for volunteer work,
Luann Krager said.
Krager said the program is part of a
larger program called Training and Voca
tional Guidance, a Teachers College pro
gram. Both programs are funded by a grant
from the vocational guidance division of
the Nebraska Department of Education.
The course allows one hour of credit for
three hours of volunteer work per week
over a semester.
The project works through the Depart
ment of Educational Psychology and
Measurements at the Teachers College, but
Krager said they try to work with the
College of Arts and Sciences.
Monty Sellon, a junior majoring in life
sciences and pre-med, said he is participat
ing because the program will help him gain
experience and find out whether the career
he's considering is what he really wants.
Sellon said he will be working as an
internpatient representative at Lincoln
General Hospital this semester.
Krager said experiential learning differs
from other internship programs because it
provides opportunities for educational
psychology in the teacher's college; it is
not as intensive as other internships; fresh
men and sophomores can easily participate;
and career counseling is offered with the
program.
"I'm a career counselor of sorts," said
Krager, who has a master's degree in psych
ological counseling and spent four years as
a career counselor.
After students fill out experiential learn
ing request forms, Krager said she talks
with them to discover their interests and
career plans. Then she consults her list of
agencies and contacts them. The students
must set up their own interview.
Gaining experience is the major reason
most students join the program, she said.
Many majors, especially pre-professional
ones, require a big commitment from stu
dents and this program is one way they can
gain more knowledge about possible
careers, she said.
"It's a good opportunity to know you'll
like it, before you have to do it," said
Renee Johnson, a freshman physical edu
cation and elementary education major
who wants to participate in the program.
Bob Brubacher, a junior meteorology
major, has found a weekend job at the Nat
ional Weather Service office. He went with
a friend to find out about the program.
"It'll look nice on the resume," he said.
A freshman pre-vet major said she decid
ed to join the program after attending her
adviser's meeting.
"He asked how many students had
experience with livestock, and a bunch of
hands went up. Then he asked how many
students had experience in a veterinarian's
office, and some more hands went up. I've
only worked in a kennel, and I decided i
needed some more experience," Hilary
Nieberg said.
Despite its dependence on government
grants, Krager said the program is stable for
the 1981-82 school year.
She said it is not too early to get involv
ed for next semester, and it may be
possible to participate yet this semester.
Drug could be model
An anti-convulsant medication is being
studied by NU Medical Center investigators
as a possible deterrent to the formation of
breast cancer.
Dr. Henry Lemon and colleagues in the
Colleges of Medicine and Pharmacy are
monitoring changes in the level of estrogen
and other sex hormones in women who
take dilantin for control of neurolgical sei
zures. . Lemon, a professor of internal medi
cine, said previous research has shown
dilantin's possible role in the reduction of
breast cancer.
Lemon said although dilantin may not
be an appropriate anti-cancer medication,
it could serve as a model for the develop
ment of other drugs that could accelerate
hormone metabolism in women who run a
high risk for breast cancer.
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