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Commencement on Thursday, a final on
Saturday, and Friday's classes on
Wednesday. Sound confusing? It is.
The schedule for the 1983-84 academic
year may appear to be illogical, but it took
a lot of logical planning and consideration
to form the schedule.
The time classes begin, end and the
vacation dates are set by a university-wide
calendar committee, Tony Schkade,
assistant director of registration and
records, said. In 1978, the NU Board of
Regents set up the committee after the
merger of UNL, UNO and the Medical
Center systems. The three run on a
semester basis and must follow the
standards and dates set by the committee,
Schkade said.
The committee has to come up with
an acceptable calendar for all three
branches of the university.
1 "UNO is made up of commut ing
students, so it is moie affected by the
community," Schkade said. "They tr to
make their classes coincide with the
Omaha Public Schools schedule," Schade
said.
UNL has students from all over, so
scheduling considerations are dif ferent,
he said. It is a give-and-take situation,"
he added.
After the committee sets up the dates,
it is up to UNI. officials to set registration
and dates for finals.
"We start with Christmas and work
back," Schkade said.
The committee has certain guidelines to
follow: There must be five days for finals,
the last day of class must be five davs
before commencement, and there must be
J 5 Mondays, J 5 luesdays, 15 Wednesdays,
etc. in the class schedule, Schkade said.
After all of these things have been ,
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considered, 1 he final schedule is made.
"We had the same basic schedule six
years ago," Schkade said, livery six years
t lie first day of classes jumps a full week
because of the day change of Christinas
each year.
"They try to start classes in the last
week of August, but sometimes they'Ll
start in the third week," Schkade said.
After careful consideration, the
schedule is set so finals will be on Saturday
and commencement on Thursday. It wasn't
an error, but a few errors were made in
the schedule. Thanksgiving vacation is
Nov. 24 through 27, Thursday through
Sunday, not Wednesday through Sunday.
Geneial registration for second semester
is Jan. 1 1 through 13, Wednesday through
Friday, not Thursday through Saturday.
1983-84 Calendar
Aug. 24, 25 and 26 : General Registrat
ion. Aug. 2: First day of classes.
Aug. 30: I'iist day of DropAdd.
Sept. 7: Final day that adds are ac
cept yU.
Sept. 5 and 6: Labor Day vacation.
Sept. 28: Semester fees due.
Oct. 3 : Final day to apply for a degree
in December 1983.
Oct. 1 .1 : Mid-semester scholastic reports
due.
Oct. 21 : hist day to file drops and last
day to change to or from passno pass.
Oct. 24 through Nov. J 8: Farly regist
ration for Second Semester.
Nov. 23: Friday class schedule will
be followed to make up for Dec. 16.
Nov. 24 through 27: Thanksgiving
vacation.
Dec. 9 through 15 : Dead Week.
Dec. 16, 17, 19 through 21: Final
exams.
Dec. 22: First Semester commencement.
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A talking electronic bulletin board
and other engineering feats will be
exhibited Friday and Saturday at the
Nebraska Engineering CeniCi during the
Engineering Week open house.
The open house is the highlight of
the UNL College of Fngineering and
Technology's annual F-Week, whose
theme this year is "Engineers : Turning
Ideas into Reality."
Stephen Kahne, professor of systems
engineering at Case Institute of Tech
nology will be the featured speaker at
1 :3() p.m. Friday in the Nebraska Union.
He will speak on "Technological Illiter
acy for the Masses: The American Way."
The convocation is free and open to
the public.
L.W. Lehr, chairman of the board and
chief executive officer of 3M Corporation
will be the guest speaker at a banquet
for engineering students Saturday night.
A mouse-trap powered car race, a road
rally and a pig roast on Fast Campus will
also be part of this year's F-Week
activities.
The UNL Fngineering Alumni
Association will sponsor the first annual
UNL College of Fngineering and
Technology Alumni reception and
luncheon at 10:30 ajn. Saturday at the
Nebraska Union Centennial Room.
Major F-Weck Activities:
Wednesday
Pig roast picnic, 4 pjn. to 7 p jn., Fast
Union Ballroom. Admission S3 at the
door.
Thursday
Tau Beta Pi Tower of Power, 8:30 pjn.
to 10 p.m., Nebraska Fngineering Center
126.
Friday
Convocation - Stephen Kahne, speaker,
Nebraska Union. Pi Tau Sigma Mousetrap
Race, 2:30 p.m. to 4 p.m., Nebraska Union
Commons Area.
Saturday
Open house, 2 p.m. to 4 pjn., Nebraska
Fngineering Center. Banquet, 7:30 p.m.
to 10 p.m., Nebraska Center for
Continuing Fducation Omaha Room.
Admission S10. Tickets must be purchased
by Thursday from the main office of the
College of Fngineering and Technology.
Shorts
Archibald Cox, who was the special
prosecutor in the Watergate hearings,
will speak Thursday at 2 p.m. on
defamation and Friday at 10:30 a.m. on
privacy at the UNL College of Law.
Warren Neufeld, of the South Dakota
Department of Water and Natural Re
sources, will talk about "South Dakota
Water Law and Policy" at 3:30 pan.
Wednesday in the East Union.
Omaha attorney Don Fiedler will
portray the famous attorney Clarence
Darrow in a one-man act Wednesday at
7 p.m. at the College of Law. Darrow
won acclaim in a debate with William
Jennings Bryan about evolution. The
free event is open to the public, and is
sponsored by the UNL chapter of the
Association of Trial Lawyers of America.
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