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By Jay Mulligan End Mark Tolfa
Dropadd is one of the most feared
experiences at UNL The process has
been described by some as having all
the finesse and timing of the Bay of
Pigs Invasion. Horror stories abound
of endless lines, mass confusion, frus
tration and near-fatal anxiety attacks.
All to drop or add a few classes. What
ever people call it, the only obvious
alternative to dropadd is to mind
lessly take whatever courses the regis
tration computer doles out.
Another exists, fortunately. JPeople
can avoid the most heinous experien
ces of dropadd by knowing what to
expect and how to use the system and
by thinking of it as a trip out of the
country.
First a little background: Dropadd
happens in two phases. The first, and
easiest, happens before the new sem
ester begins. It is also free.
Free dropadd takes place at Win
dow 5 of the Administration Building,
west of the Nebraska Union. Rem
ember those buildings they are the
airport terminals that you travel
through.
The second, and most confusing, phase
of dropadd takes place in the Neb
raska Union Ballroom after each new,
semester begins. It costs $5.
Some people have been seen there
weeping uncontrollably, as if left in the
baggage check-in stands by the people
who go through the process without
even breaking into a sweat. The cool
ones are the ones that are ready for it.
To get ready, people should know
their college's requirements. Study the
college's course bulletin. Know what
courses are required, their prerequi
sites and alternatives. Make a list of
these courses wkn the information in
the schedule of classes. It's all a little
bit like getting a super-saver ticket.
While students contemplate their,
schedule changes, they go to the main
concourse of the Administration Build
ing to get a time appointment card.
The card is the only ticket that will get
anyone in to dropadd in the ballroom.
(Don't worry, it's not a one-way ticket.)
Those without a time card will be ver
bally abused and, worst of all, sent
back to administration to get one.
Missing this connection can throw the
whole trip off if someone who got there
sooner with a ticket gets the course
first.
Prepared travelers have their drop
add forms, their passports through
customs, filled out with first priority
changes as they arrive at the aircraft's
ballroom door. The form can be changed
as needed through the flight. Prepared
students also have their checks made
out or their $5 ready. Doing these two
things alone will save dropadders up
to 15 minutes in customs.
The attendent at the door takes time
appointment cards and sends people
to the check-in-desk. The person there
will briefly look over the drop add
forms and send people to the cashier.
The cashier validates the dropadd
forms for the small fee of $5.
The next layover is when travelers
pick up their computer bubble sheets,
where yet another friendly attendent
will hand out instructions for filling in
all the little dote.
Most of the UNL colleges will have
advisors on duty (sort of like in Central
America) in the ballroom concourse to
answer any last-minute quest
ions. If the advisors can't help, consult
the walls as you would flight sche
dules. The walls will be papered with
computer printouts that list open
classes by department.
Travelers who can't find the classes
they need on the printouts shouldn't
despair, for their flight may not have
taken off yet. They only have to check
in with one of the friendly CRT opera
tors to see if there are any last-minute
openings. If not, it's back to the alter
native course.
' Next, have all forms checked by one
of the computer operators. If every
thing is all right, the computer forms'
go in the correct slot to be myste
riously digested as the dropadders
waltz into the baggage checkout room.
While they wait for thler new sche
dules, students relax, revel in how well
they handled their travels and laugh at
the people still in the cashier's line
fumbling with their checkbooks.
In a short time, if flights are on time,
yet another friendly attendant will
begin calling off names of the latest
batch of processed computer forms.
This means the revised class schedules
showing all changes made are ready.
Students who came through per
fectly next go to the final customs desk
for an entry authorization slip, which
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essentially is a ticket to class.
Next, students go to the checkout
station and have the nice person there
check everything over. Get copies! Just
in case.
Now, after all that, you've arrived.
Free dropadd dates include: June
12 to 1 5, 18 to 22, 25 to 20; and July 2, 3,
5, 6 and 9 to 1 1. It will take place at
Window 5 in the Administration Build
ing from 8 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. and by
phone from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. The free
dropadd phone numbers are 472
2094, 472-2093, and 472-2086.
Fall dropadd will begin Aug. 28.
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- Daily Nebraskan
Summer, '1984