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August 27, 1985
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Vol. 85 No. 3
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By Todd von Kampen
Senior Reporter
Despite a slight drop in enrollment,
UNL is not losing as many students as
other colleges and universities, UNL
officials said Monday.
Harry S. Allen, UNL director of insti
tutional research and planning, said
official enrollment figures for 1985-86
should show another small decline.
Enrollment has declined from a peak of
25,075 students in 1982 to 24,789 in
1983 and 24,228 last year.
These figures (en
rollment) don't mean
a lot because declar
ing a college doesn't
indicate how much
teaching is going on
in that college.'
Hsrry S. Allen
A national trend toward smaller high
school classes has taken its toll on
enrollment, Allen said. Many other
schools, however, have lost more stu
dents to decreasing youth population,
said outgoing Dean of Student Affairs
David DeCoster.
"We must be doing something right
in attracting the same number of stu
dents as against the dramatic decline
in the pool of graduating seniors not
only in the state but throughout the
country," DeCoster said.
Although UNL enrollment was sup
posed to show a net drop over the last
five years, Allen said the number of
students actually rose 2.5 percent from
1979-80 to 1984-85. The number of stu
dents in business administration,
engineering and journalism, as well as
the number of graduate and unde
clared students, went up during the
period, he said.
Rising educational costs and Neb
raska's weakened economy also have
contributed to falling enrollment, Allen
said. But the number of credit hours
taught in many UNL colleges has risen
as enrollment dropped, he said. Credit
hours generated in the College of Arts
and Sciences, which lost 540 students
between 1979-80 and 1984-85, rose from
124,100 to 128,900 during the same
period.
"These figures (enrollment) don't
mean a lot," Allen said, "because
declaring a college doesn't indicate
how much teaching is going on in that
college."
To keep its numbers steady, Allen
said, UNL has concentrated on high
school recruiting and programs that
encourage its present students to fin
ish school. Recruiting among high school
students is "progressing quite a bit,"
he said.
UNL provides several services that
have helped convince students to stay
in school, DeCoster said. In addition to
financial aid, good counseling services,
career guidance and student activities
can help make university life more
attractive, .
( "Those are the kinds of things that
contribute so much to the retention
factor," he said.
Allen and DeCoster agreed that
enrollment will begin to rise again
when today's grade-school students
reach college age. But enrollment
numbers are unlikely to reach the
peaks of the post World War II "baby
boom" years, according to Allen.
"It'll be a small boom more of a
whimper," he said.
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Phi Delta Theta alumni asked the Lincoln City Council to designate their house, 1 545 R St., as
a historical landmark,
Fraternity alumni ask council
to declare house a landmark
UNL's Phi Delta Theta Fraternity
alumni requested at a Monday City
Council meeting that its property and
house be designated a historic land
mark. The designation, if passed by the
council, would establish a resolution
allowing for a preservation easement,
said Mike Rierden, an attorney repres
enting the fraternity. . -
"The preservation easement would
protect and secure the building (fra
ternity house) from any facial devel
opment deterring from its historical
and architectural significance," Rierden
said.
Through the resolution, the Housing
Corporation, which consists of Phi
Delta Theta alumni, can contribute
money for the restoration under a tax
shelter without the property value of
the house increasing.
The Harris House was the only other
case where someone has applied for
historical landmark status, Rierden
said. The Phi Delta Theta House quali
fies to be a landmark because of its
architectural and historical signifi
cance, he said.
Rierden said the city council will not
vote on the ordinance until next week.
Meanwhile the resolution, which is
pending upon the ordinance vote, could
come up for vote at the executive ses
sion Monday night.
Current members rent the buildings
from the housing corporatioa
Mike Carter, the fraternity presi
dent, said the housing corporation and
Rierden are making every effort to gain
the historical status.
"It's out of our hands and is com
pletely up to the alumni," Carter said
of the push for historical status.
He said current members of the fra
ternity can see that the housing corpo
ration would get some tax breaks on
improvements inside the house.
Tim Burke, the social chairman of
Phi Delta Theta fraternity, said, "It was
a positive move made by the alumni
that can only serve to benefit all inter
ested. I'm looking forward to some new
carpet."
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Student assistants' jobs offer rewards
Mark DavisDaily Nebraskan
Abel Hall student assistant Gordon
Hitchcock.
Student assistants may have more responsi
bilities than other students who live in UNL
residence halls, but they dont' want to be
treated any differently.
Judith Anne Dysart, an interior design major
from Carmel, Maine, said she doesn't feel like
an authority figure. She said she finds it excit
ing and enjoyable to deal with her fellow
students.
As an Abel 12 SA, Dysart said, she has
"learned to be more tolerant of others."
That changed quickly when she became an
SA last semester. Now, she said, she opens up
to other people and is much more outgoing.
Interacting with other students is the best
part of her job. Yet sometimes interaction can
be the worst part, especially when she has to
report hall residents for disobeying university
policies, Dysart said.
Although she said she doesn't consider
enforcing the rules the main part of her job,
Dysart often must confront other students with
noise, visitation and alcohol violations.
"When I'm confronting it (a violation), I
wish it hadn't happened," she said. "It's my
least favorite part of the job."
Although not all students look at SA's as
symbols of authority, Dysart said, "some people
just don't care for authority."
"There are those incidents where people are
just gonna hold it against you," she said.
The first time she confronted someone,
Dysart said, she was "a little nervous of what to
expect" from the students.
"It's all part of learning and growing and
teaching people responsibility as well," she
said.
Although she doesn't like reporting people
to university officials, Dysart said, she enjoys
working with other students. Constantly meet
ing new people and interacting with other stu
dents teaches her a lot about herself, she said.
Gordon Hitchcock, also an Abel 12 SA, said
SA's have few frustrations, but they can be
reduced by the acceptance of other students.
When he has to discipline students for
breaking the rules, he said, he looks at the
situation differently than he used to.
"I don't feel like I'm coming down on them,"
Hitchcock said. "I look at the situation and try
to decide how he or she might best learn some
thing from it. I want them to get the most from
their experience."
Although communication among residents
is important on a hall floor, he said, SA's learn
various psychological theories to help them
deal with possible personality conflicts.
"We are trained to watch very closely for
anyone's change in behavior that might be a
sign that they are having some problems that
they are not talking about," Hitchcock said. "If
they (residents) begin to withdraw into them
selves when they have otherwise been outgo
ing, then that may be a sign that they are
having some problems."
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