Friday, September 7, 1834
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Frosh honors courses challenge superb students
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Despite the title, UNL honors
courses are no tougher than other
college courses, according to one
UNL adviser.
Doug Neitzcl, assistant direc
tor of admissions and advising,
said honors courses are "more
intensive but not more difficult."
Neitzcl said some students may
hesitate to enroll in honors
courses because they have heard
that the courses arc harder.
"Neitzcl advises incoming fresh
men on their clas3 schedules.
Honors courses are open to stu
dents who score at least 29 on the
'American College Testing exam
or rank in the top ten percent of
their graduating class. He said
valedictorians of very small high
school classes may enroll in
honors courses even if their cum
ulative ACT score is below 29, but
still acceptable.
Of the 600 to 700 freshmen
invited to enroll in honors courses
each year, Neitzel said only about
200 of these enroll in the courses.
Neitzcl said honors courses of
fer students several advantages.
The courses provide an oppor
tunity for research, and the
chance to work with professors
who are "masters of the topics
they are teaching," Honors courses
also give students an opportunity
to work with other students who
have similar interests and abili
ties, he said.
Honors courses are offered in
UNL's history, political science,
mathematics and English depart
ments, but Neitzel said most of
these honors programs end after
the first semester.
The College of Agriculture "has
a fairly sophisticated, compre
hensive honors program," Neitzel
said. In that program, professors
select students during their first
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semester of college and outline
an advanced program for their
college education. The professors
continue working with the stu
dents until their degree Is com
pleted, he.said.
UNL English professor Maureen
Honey said she has high expecta
tions of all her students. She said
she doesn't think freshmen in
regular courses are "significantly
different" from those in honors
courses. However, she sa'.d, honors
English courses usually attract
people who enjoy writing and
reading.
Honey said she is "freer to assign
demanding reading" to students
in honors' courses.
Honey currently teaches English
100H, an honors course covering
five types of literature. She said
the reading list is "a little more
difficult but not wildly different"
from the reading assigned in other
Eng'ish 100 courses.
Generally, honors students are
"more confident about their under
standing of the texts," she said.
She attributes this to the stu
dents' past academic success and
their enjoyment of the classwork.
Discussions "roll along more
easily" in honors courses, Honey
said, but that's not a rule. "Some
honors courses are just as lack
ing in discussion, as regular
courses," she said.
Honey said she has no prefer
ence for teaching honors courses
over regular ones because "every bill becomes a law." focus on grading tougher, Eastin
class has its own uniqueness." However, not all students come said they defeat the purpose of
However, the professor had no away from honors courses with the course. She said some honors
difficulty deciding what she likes positive feelings. professors drive awey students
best about honors courses. She Elizabeth Eastin, a sophomore who must maintain high grade
said she particularly enjoys read- English Dathcta?vmjJor.s2M she point averages. These students
ing the students' papers. They think3 the purpose of an honors fear getting a bad grade because
teach me things," she said. course is to learn more and delve ot taking the "harder" course.
Teri Sperry, a 20-year-old Jun- more deeply into discussion topics.
ior from Wallace, said she took
105II and 107H in the English
department and 100H in political
science when she was a fresh
man. Sperry said she was "a little
scared" by the honors courses at
first, but found they weren't as
difficult a3 she had expected
Honors courses proved to be
more interesting than regular
courses, she said. The reading
requirements were more challeng
ing and "more thought and style
.was expected from writing " she
said. Although she found the
courses moretteerssuniingSperry
said she didn't mind the extra
work because she enjoyed the
courses.
"For the most part," Sperry
said, "the instructors knew that
the students were highly moti
vated and were there to learn."
Professors presented more in
tellectually stimulating material
than in regular courses and didnt
spend as much time on the bas
ics, Sperry said, particularly in
her political science class. She
said the class discussed govern
ment issues rather than "how a
Eastin said that if she had
taken a regular course instead of
one of her honors classes she
might have received a better grade.
Honors courses mean "more
work, but that's why you took
The materials in her honors
class were good, she said, but
sometimes the emphasis was mis
placed." Eastin said she had a "good
experience" with the other honora
course she took as a freshman.
"There was more emphasis plac-
them," she said. If professors only ed on learning than on grades."
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A person was arrested Wed
nesday on suspicion of filing a
false police report.
UNL police received a report
that a checkbook was stolen from
Love Memorial Cooperative on
East Campus. After an investiga
tion, police allegedly found the
report to be false.
The arraignment date is Sept
20 in Lancaster County Court.
The following incidents were
reported to UNL police between
12:10 a.m. and 11:29 p.m. Wed
nesday. 12:10 am. Person reported
to be loitering around Sculpture
Garden near Shel-don Memorial
Art Gallery. Person was gone when
police arrived.
1:58 a,ra. Smell of smoke
reported at 1 1 15 N. 16th St Police
think smell was caused by a f!o
rescent light fixture.
1 2:03 p.m. Stolen check-book
reported at Love Me-morial Co
operative on East Campus. After
investigation, the person was ar
rested on suspicion of filing a
false police report
2:48 p.m. Wallet reported
stolen from a locker in the North
Field House.
4:09 p.m. Two-car accident
reported in Parking Area 10 near
the Engineering Complex. No in
juries were reported.
5:23 p.m. Wallet reported
stolen from a locker in the Coli
seum. 7:45 p.m. Sscsriiy tlsn re
ported sounding at Brace Physics
Laboratory. "
7:50 p.ra. Alleged theft re
ported from a car near Mussshl
Hall on East Campus. Suspect
was arrested. '
9:13 p.m. Noise disturbance
reported at Eroyhiil Fountain
near Nebraska Union.
1 1:23 p.m Hit-and-run acci
dent reported in Parking Area 23
at 14th and Avery streets.
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