Friday, September 3, 1982
Daily Nebraskan
Page 3
Student gives information on health insurance
"A foot in the door" and a chance to think creatively
are two aspects of his new job as student health insurance
representative that Dave Ditman, a senior life sciences
psychology major, said he enjoys.
Ditman, 22, became the first student insurance
representative at UNL after the university's switch from
Mutual of Omaha to Keystone Student Insurance
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According to Stephen Blom, University Health Center
administrator, Ditman was "an excellent candidate."
Some of the reasons for selecting Ditman were his
experience as a health aide, his familiarity with the
health center and with student insurance, and his pleasant
personality and good speaking skills, Blom said.
His job involves answering questions about the new
Students' Group Health and Accident Insurance Plan and
marketing the policy.
Information about the new policy was mailed out to
pre-registered students, Ditman said,. He personally has
provided information to students by manning a booth
during general registration, speaking at various student
orientations and by talking with health aides.
"Really, I'm not selling it. The main thing I'm doing
is providing information. I think the policy sells itself,"
he said.
Officially, his job is 20 hours a week, he said, but the
newness of the policy is making his workweek a little
longer. He said he receives an average of IS students
a day in his office, room 103 in the health center, and
most of them buy the policy.
Ditman said he likes learning and using new skills and
working with new people.
"Its been real rewarding," he said, but he doesn't
foresee a career in insurance. "My interests are applying
to met school or graduate school."
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UNL technology inakes9 McRib
By Linda Liekhus
The creation of McDonald's McRib sandwich is a prime
example of how "fundamental research in the laboratory
can eventually get out in to the real world," a professor of
animal science at UNL said.
Robert W. Mandigo said although UNL didn't make the
product known as the McRib, it "made the technology
used by McDonald's" to make the sandwich.
UNL research developed the process of producing the
pork patty by investigating a variety of factors, including
the size of the pork flakes, fat content and salt level.
McDonald's then used this technology, along with "sug
gestions and guidance, from UNL," to create its McRib
sandwich, Mandigo said.
. The research at UNL began in 1970 to make "pork
more available to the institutional food market," Man
digo said, but the research also was needed to make a pork
product "to fit the needs of fast-food restaurants."
The military and some fast-food restaurants have been
the biggest users of UNL's findings. The McDonald's
product is the most visible, Mandigo said.
The McRib sandwich is being met with "good success
with the introduction of the product in all markets,",
said McDonald's Senior Area Supervisor Mark Benzinger.
He said the sandwich is being marketed in the Midwest
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The McRib won't become a feature of the regular
menu for about two years until' it has been thoroughly
test marketed, Benzinger added.
The Nebraska Union has also made use of UNL techno
logy by adding the Duke of Rib sandwich to its menu.
According to Ronald Pushcar, director of Nebraska
Union foot services, the Duke of Rib "uses the same tech
nology (as McDonald's) although we don't buy it from the
same company."
Pushcar estimated there are three companies mar
keting the pork product, which has become "5 percent
of the whole total sandwich business" at UNL's Union
Square.
The UNL pork research was funded originally by a
$85,000 grant from the National Pork Producers Council.
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