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daily nebraskan
monday, november3Q, 1981
Doane Lincoln College hopes for more students
By Tom Shelton
A total student body of seven may not seem over
whelming, but it is a start, said Robert McCallister, dean
of Doane Lincoln College, a newly-opened branch of
Doane College of Crete.
McCallister said surveys taken by the Department of
Institution and Research at Doane College last February
indie? ed a need for an institution in Lincoln to provide
easy access to learning for those whose schedules make it
difficult to attend a conventional four-year university.
"We think with our eight-week terms and intensive
courses, we're providing something other institutions
don't offer," McCallister said.
Doane Lincoln College's first and only class was a pro
duction management course that started Sept. 26.
"We hope that the college will be able to offer two or
three classes for its next term (beginning Dec. 5)," he said.
The class now being offered is taught by instructors
from the Crete college and members of the Lincoln com
munity. It meets at the Lincoln Health Education Center,
4600 Valley Rd.
Tuition is higher than at UNL, but McCallister said the
quality of instruction and convenience of tune schedules
make up for the difference.
"With a small attendance, we are able to allow the stu
dents to arrange their own time schedules so they will oe
able to attend the classes," he said. "Obviously, once we
get a higher attendance, and we're hoping for about ou
students for each of our eight-week terms, it will oe
harder to be so flexible."
Doane Lincoln College was created to bring higher edu
cation to adults who have completed part ot their college
education and who need an alternative in order to con
tinue, McCallister said.
He said the college should be of particular interest to
housewives with children, community college graduates
and working people who seek advancement in their jobs
and cannot attend day classes because of conflicting
schedules.
Students must already have at least 30 college credit
hours to be admitted. Ordinarily, up to 66 credits are
accepted from approved associate degree programs. But
McCallister said prior learning can take a number of non
traditional forms including previous course work, docu-
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Husker's Choice, a new soft drink available in
vending machines at the Nebraska Union, is being
sold across Nebraska.
"The idea isn't a new one" said Richard Naus
lar, manager of the Seven-Up Bottling Company in
Lincoln. "Iowa has had something similar to it for
a while, and they call it Hawkeye Gold to promote
the Cyclones," Nauslar said.
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Classes in Lincoln will be offered on selected evenings
and Saturday mornings. The students will have a say in
the time schedule. A program leading to a bachelor's
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The college offers majors m business administration,
accounting and human relations. Studies in cultural herit
age and forces and issues in contemporary society, and the
natural world and scientific inquiry arc offered to supple
mcnt the majors.
McCallister said response to the college has been good
so far, but the problem has been in getting the word
around about what the college offers.
We've gotten a lot of response from people who hear
about the school from friends or people they work with,"
he said. "We've made contacts with 30 industries in
Lincoln who have agreed to convey information about our
college to their employees."
More students is what the college needs, McCallister
said. He said he has been encouraged by the number of
interested prospective students who have asked about en
rolling. Medians prompt study
Compact cars hitting concrete median barriers may
have a tendency to roll because of the shape of those bar
riers, according to a UNL faculty member.
"The barriers were designed for the larger cars common
10 to 15 years ago." says Ldward R. Post, associate pro
fessor of civil engineering. "But when a small car, especi
ally one with front-wheel-drive, hits the barrier at angles
greater than 1 5 degrees, its wheels climb the slope. This
tilts the smaller cars, making a rollover a serious possibli-
ty."
To prevent this problem, Post has designed a cap for
the barrier. Made from precast, reinforced concrete, the
cap angles out and holds the car down, preventing a seri
ous degree of tilt.
Crash tests conducted by Post and several graduate
students showed that the Vega and Honda test cars used
sustained a few small dents and paint scrapes. But Post
considers this minimal compared with the damage and po
tential injuries which would result from a rollover.
The caps add about 1 foot to the height of the barrier
and slant out to the same width as the barrier's base. After
holes are drilled in the existing medians, the caps would
be attached by metal dowels held in place with epoxy.
Post estimates the cost of such a project has good po
tential to be cost effective on highways with a high vol
ume of traffic.
The higher barriers also may help trucks and buses.
Because the percentage of accidents which result in
rollovers has been increasing. Post's study into possible so
lutions has been funded by the U.S. Department of Trans
portation. That agency is considering a request to rerun
the test, tins time using a van.
Religion lecture today
A University of Chicago professor of theology will pre
sent lectures today and Tuesday as part of the Atkinson
Theological Lectures.
Langdon Bilkey will speak on "The Modern Myth
about History: Our Civil Religion" in the Nebraska Union
at 7:30 pan. and "The Christian Understanding of Histo
ry" at Sheldon Gallery at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday.
The Atkinson Theoligical Lecture, sponsored by the
religious studies program in the College of Arts and Sci
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