Monday, December 19, 1983
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By Vicki Iiuhga
This semester's final examination week schedule
is the least of three evils, says Maurice Baker, presi
dent of the UNL Faculty Senate.
"Ultimately, the problem is that Christmas is on
Sunday this year," Baker said.
Baker said the Faculty Senate, which adopts the
calendars three to five years in advance, had three
alternatives for this semester.
First, finals could have been scheduled Monday
through Friday as they usually are, but this year
that would mean finals Dec. 19 through Dec. 23,
with semester commencement Dec. 24.
Second, the senate could have started classes in
the middle of August and scheduled finals Dec. 12
through Dec. 16.
The senate chose the third option, which was to
have finals Dec. 16 and 17 and continue them Dec.
19 through Dec. 21. To make up for not having
regular classes Dec. 16, students used the Friday
schedule when attending classes on Nov. 23, the day
before Thanksgiving.
Before calendars are approved by the Faculty
Senate, they are proposed by a calendar committee
with representatives from UNO and UNL. Calendars
are proposed jointly because the NU Board of
Regents requested that both universities begin
classes, take breaks and take finals at the same time,
Baker said.
Baker said a schedule similar to this semester's
may be adopted again when Christmas again fall3
on Saturday or Sunday.
Baker said he has had fewer than 10 questions
and complaints about this semester's schedule, and
most of those were from organizations and the
press.
Virginia Corgan, assistant chancellor for Academic
Affairs, said she has received no complaints about
this semester's arrangement'
"There are too many other things to complain
about," Corgan said. "There are those students who
don't like exams, and they don't want to take them
no matter when they are scheduled."
Tim Ehlers, a UNL sophomore in broadcasting,
said he thought finals should not be held on Friday
and Saturday.
"It's best if you have the whole weekend to pre
pare before you zip into finals week," Ehlers said.
"Whether you go out drinking or stay home and
study is up to you."
Julie Montgomery, a freshman in elementary edu
cation, said although she had no finals on Friday or
Saturday, she thought the schedule created prob
lems for students who did.
"It upsets people who have finals on a weekend
because they have to take time off work," Montgo
mery said.
Jeff Kaski, a senior in architecture, said he did not
mind having finals on Friday and Saturday because
he was from Lincoln. Yet, he said, he would rather
wait and start them Monday.
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l ypical students may find
'you can't go home again'
Going home for winter break holds
many fond memories for me, especially
since I don't have to do it anymore. It's
not an easy time to be sure. Parents,
anxious to find out what college has
"done" to their children, view this as
the first real opportunity to exten
sively question the kiddies to find
out all about the immoral, illegal and
indescribable sins the parents are miss
ing out on.
Mike Frost
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Generally, there are two methods of
inquiry the college parent will take.
One is labeled the subliminal method.
As the name implies, here the parents
try to trick the student into volunteer
ing all the evils they have committed
during the semester. An example:
Mother: How's your breakfast, Dear?
Egbert: They're great pancakes, Mom.
Mother: Are they as good as the pan
cakes they serve in the dormitory?
Now at this point, Egbert has two
options. He can either placate his eager
guardians, or aggravate them. The lat
ter is easy to accomplish.
Egbert: I don't know, I'm always over
at my girlfriend's house for breakfast.
Another example: Usually I'm too hung
over to eat breakfast Why don't you
pester Dad for awhile?
Of course, there is no real purpose in
inciting such a row. However, many
visiting sons and daughters are forced
into taking this tact after their inquisi
tors fail to be satisfied with the more
innocuous responses. An example:
Egbert: Why yes, Mom, the dorm
pancakes are quite good.
Mother: Oh, and what's wrong with
my food?
Egbert: Nothing, it's
Father. That's all you can say, noth
ing? I spend $2,000 on tuition, and you
can't even bring yourself to be courte
ous to your parents?
On
Egbert: No, Mom, we sure dont get
eats as good as these.
Mother: You mean you don't eat?
Why don't you stay at home for col
lege? There's a very good community
college just a few miles away.
Egbert: No, Mom, it's
Father: How dare you contradict
your mother. I spend $2,000 on tuition
and all you learn is how to be snotty?
You can hardly win with subliminal
questioning. Things are no better with
the second line of questioning, either.
This method has been labeled by its
victims as the "Ask me another" proce
dure. Unfortunately, the questionee
has only two alternatives here: either
answer the question or move to another
state. The questioning goes something
like this:
Mother: So, Egbert, how are your
pancakes? Are they as good as what
they serve in the dormitory? (Note
here the use of the subliminal "ask me
another" approach.)
Egbert: The dormitory pancakes are
good, but not as good as yours, Mom.
(At least Egbert has learned some
thing from the last exchange.)
Father: Do you enjoy the dorms?
Egbert: Yes, theyYe very
Mother Do you like your classes?
Egbert: Well, my English class was
Father: Do you like English?
Egbert: As a language or as a (not
even sarcasm goes uninterrupted.)
Mother. WiH you get all A's?
Egbert: Well, it all depends on
Father: Have you gone out for any
sports?
Egbert: They don't have
Mother: Have you seen that nice boy
Jerry from high school?
Egbert: No, he joined
Father: Have you gone out on any
dates?
Well, you get the idea. What is the
best way to react to these situations?
Unfortunately, it's hard to put an end
to one of these sessions once the mo
mentum gets rolling. For example:
Mother: Have you changed party
affiliations?
Egbert: Stop, enough already! Let me
eat my pancakes in peace, please. It's
nice to be home again, but let's talk
about you for awhile. I'm not prepared
to answer every question about my
personal life!
Father: I pay $2,000 tuition and all
you learn is how to be snotty?
Egbert: No, Dad, it's just
Mother. Didnt you miss us?
Egbert: Of courseit's just that
Father: Did you have enough money?
Egbert: No, I
Mother: Did you dress warmly dur
ing the buzzard?
Egbert: Wait a min
Father: Did you go out on any dates?
Of course, there are many pleasant
things about winter vacation. Not the
least of which is, for three and a half
weeks, you're actually anxious to get
back to school and the world and
academia, where you can get some
respect and a word in edgewise. Right,
Egbert?
Egbert: Yes, as a matter of
Have a good break, everyone!
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