Tuesday, June 25, 1985
The Nebraskan
Page 3
Man takes
By Cynthia Hutchinson
Staff Reporter
Ed Dorsey has met thousands of col
lege students. But he's not a professor.
He has ensured that thousands of stu
dents have reached home safely on
weekends and breaks. But he's not a
guardian angel.
Dorsey, 65, manages the Greyhound
bus terminal in downtown Lincoln. He
has been with Greyhound for 45 years,
but on July 1 he's selling his last ticket.
Students who rush into the terminal
at 3:30 to catch the 3:30 bus to Omaha
probably don't notice the slightly
stooped over, gray-haired gentleman.
But Dorsey has quietly gotten thejob
done since he started working for the
bus company as a part-time night jani
tor in 1940. When he took the job he
was taking business classes at UNL
But he moved up fast at Greyhound and
because of his marriage cut short his
college plans.
Because of his patience and meticu
lousness, Dorsey has moved up fast in
his business.
Jo Bergman, who has worked at
Greyhound since February and whose
father worked with Dorsey for 34 years,
said. "He's a human computer. He
knows how to get as close as possible to
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terminal manager for 45 years,
will retire July 1.
any town in the country. He has mas
sive doses of patience. He'll stand
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the schedule forward and backward."
Dorsey said that most students want
the cheapest and quickest route home
while elderly people have more time to
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Most of the students taking the bus
are local, Dorsey said, traveling to pla
ces like Omaha, Grand Island and
Kearney.
All of those short trips add up, he
said. He estimated that student busi
ness amounts to 10 to 15 percent of
Greyhound's yearly revenue.
Working in the terminal is "interest
ing," he said. "A kook getting kicked
off a bus causes a little excitement, but
most of the students are easy to deal
with."
Dorsey said his duties do not allow
him to personally get to know his cus
tomers. He knows some of the regulars
by sight though. When Greyhound sold
bus tours in the 1950s, Dorsey said
contact was more personal.
He won't miss dealing with the
"kooks" when he retires. He plans to
use his woodworking skills and "do
things around the house."
And he won't miss any more Big Red
football games on Saturday afternoon.
He's had tickets in the North stadium
since 1966.
Dorsey is not making a big deal
about retiring. Ms. Bergman said, "He's
the kind to keep it quiet. But 45 years is
too long to let it slip by quietly."
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RATORS
Contracts
Two contracts with Digital Equip
ment Corporation to bring nearly
half a million dollars of computer
equipment to UNL were approved by
the NU Board of Regents in a Friday
morning telephone conference call.
One contract, for' $360,916, is
designated for academic computing
equipment for the UNL Computing
Resource Center. The other will
bring administrative computing
equipment to the Printing and
Duplicating Service and the Div
ision of Continuing Studies for
$122,083.
The other contract will allow eas
ier use of videodiscs for computer
assisted learning, improve comput
ing tools for students and faculty
Nitrates...
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Dr. Gary Keefer, assistant professor
of civil engineering, has plans to re
search the process of chemical precipi
tation. But he has not done so because
of a lack of funds. But, a UNL graduate
student is planning to do some non
funded research this fall. Once he finds
a proper catalyst for the chemical reac
tion and other background material,
coordinators of the project will apply
again for funding next year.
Chemical precipitation is a process
where a form of iron is added to the
water. This then becomes the solid iron
hydroxide. The nitrates will then be
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and provide a link between the cen
ter and other computers on campus,
according to Center Director Dou
glas Gale in a Saturday Lincoln Star
article.
The less expensive contract will
provide two mini computers to ease
paperwork problems at both the
Printing and Duplicating Service
and the Division of Continuing
Studies.
Action was delayed by the Regents
to replace the telecommunication
system at the University of Nebraska
Medical Center and the University
of Nebraska at Omaha. The contract
with American Telephone and Tele
graph Information Systems would
be for $1.25 million.
removed from the water.
This process was examined about
twenty years ago, and it was deter
mined that it was not economically
feasible, Keefer said. "But that was
before the pressure to remove the
nitrates started," he said. "We want to
modify the process.
Other project include one by Dr.
Martha Gilliland, who has developed a
computer model which simulates well
fields along the Platte River south of
Grand Island. The model simulates
what happens to those fields in terms
of nitrate contamination of different
river levels.
Vet school...
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White said he "vaguely" knew what
the four options were.
"They have to do with what state (to
have the cooperative vet school with)
and the extent of the clinical develop
ment," White said.
Fifty percent of the funds for capital
construction of the cooperative vet
school, would be available from the
federal government, White said, if the
state supplied the other half.
The state legislature appropriated
no funds for the cooperative vet-school
concept, due to the recent budget cuts,
White said.
"The budget crunch is the biggest
drawback we have," White said.
There is some private support for the
vet-school concept, he said.
The livestock industry is still very
supportive of the cooperative vet-school
despite no state aid, White said.
Nebraska Stock Grower's Association
at its annual meeting earlier this month
passed a resolution supporting this
concept, and encourages the NU Board
of Regents, the governor, and the state
of Nebraska to help until it becomes a
reality, White said.
"The need for a college of veterinary
medicine has been recognized for over
50 years," White said.
Nebraska has a $4.2 billion livestock
industry, the fourth largest in the
nation, White said.
"Veterinary medicine is the forearm
of the livestock industry," White said.
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