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vcj5 a late night, end you're not up
to much Intellectual activity. You
stare into space and let your mind
wander.
The professor sees you. He
knows you're bored. He knows
you're not listening.
Doc3 he care? What does he
really want?
It depends on the teacher and
the class, said Herbert Howe, UNL
professor and chairman cf the
psychology department.
"Some faculty give fewer
opportunities for students tc
participate. Their idea of hew a
class should run is 50 minutes of
non-stop lecture," Howe said.
But most professors prefer two
way talk in the classroom, Howe
said. They're bothered when
students sleep, and even hurt
when they leave half way through
class, he said.
Student participation often tells
a professor how well he's teaching,
Howe said.
"Almost without exception, it's
the only way you can find out if
students know what's going on,"
he said. A bunch of blank locks
are a hint to plan more effective
lectures, he said.
Students and professors agree
that class size end level make a .
difference in student
participation.
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' "Big Brother is watching you."
In George Orwell's "1984," Big
Brother meant the govemment, which
kept constarit watch over its citizens
by using sophisticated electronic tech
nology. No one could escape, Big
Brother's watch&l eye, and unapproved
statements could cost people their
lives.
Although 1034 passed without Big
Brother, seme observers warn that tech
Eder, if raisassd, codd produce a
sttuatioa sirdlar to the one described
The Legislature on Wednesday rp
proved 23-17 a resobtion of intent that
would partially repay Commonwealth
Savings Co', depositors if it clears two
more hurdles.
Ths resolution, desired and re-q-;:;.ted
by Gov. Bob Ksrrsy, mill offer
d realtors S20.5 million to revive ths
I d:fur.ct institution and will return 50
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Jay S. Hobgood, assistant
professor of geography, has 14
students in one upper-division
class and about 120 in his 100
level class,
"Obviously, there's a lot more
interaction in the smaller class,"
he .said.
Sophomore Randy Koehlmoos
said most cf his engineering
classes meet in large lecture
groups. Unless a question is very
important, Koehlmoos said, he
usually saves it for the recitation
meeting.
Even in large lectures, some
professors get a lot of student
input, Koehlmoos said. Others try
and fail, he said.
in "1884."
Stanley Liberty, Dean of the College
of Engineering and Technology at UNL,
said he thinks technology can be a tool
of improvement or destruction, de
pending on how, people use it.
Liberty said the responsibility for
technology's use rests with the con
sumers, not the inventors. Technologi
cal advances must continue, he said,
regardless of possible detrimental uses .
cf that technology..
Liberty used fire as m example.
When cavemen first discovered fire,
they prcbsbly knew it cml i be used to -burn
people and .houses, he said. Fire
tant Morris Miller's reorganization plan,
currently being drafted,. must be ap
proved by Lancaster. District Court
then approved by 80 percent cf deposi
tors before it can be implemented, if
either body rejects it, the appropria
tion will go directly to depositors
instesd cf to Ccmnonwealth. "
Kerrey and State Baking Director
'Eager Beverage will head a depositors'
meeting tonight at the Devaney Sports
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"Sometimes they'll just lecture.
and ask questions, at the end . . .
Everybody just sits there," he said.
A good large-group discussion
includes a planned but flexible
lecture that allows students to
break in with questions,
Koehlmoos said.
Most small classes are in upper
division courses and include
mostly majors, Hobgood said.
Majors usually are more interested
and willing to participate
than ncn-majors who take large . '
introductory courses to fill
requirements, he said.
Sophomore Julie Brower,an
elementary education major, said
she speaks up more in her smaller
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has been used for those purposes over
the centuries, but that doesn't mean
people shouldn't use it, he said.
Liberty, who supports the creation of
a high-tech research center in Nebraska, .
siid American universities need to'
teach students to use technology
responsibly. Liberty said he would iike
to see courses dealing with the ethical
questions cf technology included in
the' liberal arts curriculum.
Today's students will be tomorrow's .
technology ussrs, and they should be '
aware of the ethical questions involved,
Liberty Esid.
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Senators adopted an amendment to
the resolution which states that the
Legislation intends to wcrk.cn farm,
problems as-weil as Commonwealth.1
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classes than she did in large . ,
freshman sections. Class siza is :
one factor. Better knowledge of .
the subject is another, she said.
"You're more assured with what
you're talking about," she said.
"You feel like your input is more
meaningful."
In any class, Brower said, her
willingness to speak up depends
on how comfortable the professor
makes her feel. In one
introductory class last semester,
the professor recognized and
called on only a few "smart ones,"
she said.
"I was like nobody in there,"
she said. . -
Some professors try to learn
Kerrey 'plans to raise
bank's corporate taxes
". '. By Bred Giflbrd .
'EerJar Reporter
Gov. Bob Kerrey said Wednesday
he plans to request a bill that would
..'raise corporate income taxes on
' Nebraska banks and financial insti
tutions to recover money the state
lost in a tax loophole...
The institutions received about
$24 to 80 million in tax refunds after
a January 1C3 U.S. Sis.preme Court
decision that prohibited taxation of
federal investments by banks. Eer-
rey called the refunds a ,lwksMi"
that will ts "hard to get back."
, Kerrey's proposal calls fsr banks
.to pay higher taxes fc? f.ve cr six
years until the bciar.ee b retrieved.
He sdd he had wanted the baaks to '
repay the money voluntarily. But
since he has seen no indieiiion that
they will, Kerrey's last c; t;::iv;a3 to
raise taxes, he saja.
If banks hail
Kerrey saia, the money wciaa have
been pledged to a corporaticn that
would extend credit to farmers who
ney recovered via the tax in
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students' names. Hobgood usually
gives several quizzes instead of
hourexams, so he can learn names
as he passes back papers.
Other professors wait for
students to introduce themselves.
Brower said She appreciates a
teacher's effort to get to know her.
But she rarely tries to meet her
professors outside of class even
.hen she needs help.
Koehlmoos doesn't seek out his
professors, either "unless I
have a discrepancy ever a grade,"
he said. He has argued a grade
only once, h wasn't changed, but,
Koehlmoos said, he found out why
-it was lower than expected.
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crease will not automatically go to
such a corporation, he said. He
would like the state to do some
thing about the credit crunch con
fronting farmers, he said, but no
program has been conceived to alle
viate that problem.
In other matters:
Kerrey said he has asked all state
agencies to design a policy requir
ing all employees to wear safety
belts. But, he said, that doesn't
niesn he favors the mandatory seat-
k
belt bill sponsored by several sena
tors.
The seatbdt bill "might be pre
mature," Kerrey said,
Kerrey said he doesn't know
whether he mill sign the bill if it,
gets to his desk. He will allow the
director of the state Department of
Motor Vehicles to testify in favor of
the "till, he said.
The governor said he v.:J i-::ve ,
the selection cf a new Benc:f.t2s
state chairman up to the Kclrark
Democratic Party. ICemy rfi he
neither will endorse nor irt:nir?
of the candidates.