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Although Jane, Joan and Janice Hruska always will have similarities because they are triplets,
mey Aacn remain tneir own uniqueness.
Sisters ' semester schedules,
like lives, come in triplicate
By Gene Gentrup
Senior Editor
A few months ago on a farm near
Ulysses, a set of identical triplets
decided individually what courses
to take during their freshman years
at UNL.
Only when they received their
registrations from the university
were the three women reminded
that some things just don't change:
Their schedules were identical, and
all were registered in the College of
Engineering and Technology.
Ever since grade school, Jane,
Joan and Janice Hruska have taken
Endowment brings Sheldon closer
The Sheldon Art Gallery recently
came a step closer to reaching its $5.5
million goal of building an addition
when it received a $250,000 endow
ment from a former Lincoln resident.
Charles Rain, who died Aug. 26, left
the money to the NU Foundation, said
George Neubert, Sheldon director. .
Rain designated the endowment to
help finance an addition and to main
tain some of his artwork that also will
be donated, Neubert said.
Part of Rain's art collection will be
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the same classes in the same class
rooms. The young women will take
courses this semester in theater,
math, chemistry and engineering
mechanics.
Despite the similarities in their
class schedules, the three said that
college calls for major changes in
their relationships.
"We decided it was time to
separate a little," Janice said, refer
ring to their similarities.
They are the 10th, 11th and 12th
of 13 children who attended David
City High School. Brothers Matt and
Joe are also UNL students, and sis
exhibited at Sheldon from April 1,
1986, through May 25, 1986. The exhibit
will include shadow box constructions.
Rain studied at the Chicago Insti
tute of Art and for several years in
Berlin, Paris and Vienna, Neubert said.
The Sheldon addition will be dedi
cated to Rain and his sister Charlotte,
Neubert said.
Plans for the addition have been
underway for about four years, he said.
A model of the proposed addition cur
rently is displayed in the gallery.
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ter Ann lives in Neihardt Hall,
where the triplets live. The four sis
ters live on separate floors.
The triplets plan to enter engineering-related
fields, but their
individual interests are far-reaching.
Janice said her interests include
laser technology or fashion. Joan
said she hopes to enter mechanical
engineering, science or math. Jane
is an engineering major, but she
said she hasn't chosen a specific
area.
Joan said the triplets' interests
reflect the family's personality.
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The NU Foundation will campaign to
raise additional private funds for the
project, he said. But when the addition
will be built "depends on the universi
ty's priorities," Neubert said. The addi
tion will include a student research
center for 20th century American art.
The $250,000 endowment will not
enable Sheldon to increase its operat
ing hours, he said, because it was not
designated for the operating budget.
Last spring, UNL Chancellor Martin
Massengale cut Sheldon's operating
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By Karen Shoemaker
Staff Reporter
UNL students who received warning
notices about scholastic probation
should take heed, say UNL admissions
officials.
The warning isn't a waste of ink, but
one step toward suspension from the
university, said Alan Cerveny, assistant
director of Admissions and Advising.
Many students think they can't be
kicked out of the university, Cerveny
said. But if students fail to meet UNL
academic standards, they can be
suspended.
Being on scholastic probation for
three consecutive semesters means a
student is eligible for suspension.
Fifteen percent of all freshman and 7
percent of all undergraduates were
suspended from UNL in June. Cerveny
said that is an average number for the
spring semester.
Although the numbers sound harsh,
the system is fair, said Mary Jane
. Visser, coordinator of academic
standards.
"Our system is a very compassionate
system," Visser said. "Even though we
have strict guidelines, we review the
individual."
Guidelines for suspension are varied
and complicated, Visser said. The longer
a student is in school, the stricter the
standards become.
'We encourage students
to come in and talk to
us when they are put
on probation, but we
don't force them to.'
Visser
Freshmen generally have problems
aajusting to college life, she said.
Homesickness, meeting new friends
and adjusting to life away from home
all can affect the student's school
work.
to goal of new addition
hours. The NU Board of Regents recom
mended the action because the Ne
braska Legislature decreased appro
priations to the NU operating budget.
Sheldon is now open from noon to 5
p.m. Tuesday through Saturday and 2 to
5 p.m. Sundays. The gallery formerly
had opened at 10 a.m. weekdays.
Neubert said earlier this summer
that the gallery also might have to close
an additional day because of the budget
crunch.
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Because of this, first semester
freshmen are given a "grace period."
During this period, the standards are
more lenient, Visser said.
A first-semester freshman can have a
grade point average as low as 1.0 and
still avoid suspension, Visser said. But
at the end of the second semester, the
GPA must be at least 1.6.
Sophomores must have a 2.0 GPA to
avoid suspension, she said.
"There is an amazing grapevine out
there about what are grounds for sus
pension," Visser said.
Because decisions are made on an
individual basis, she said, it is hard to
generalize about the standards.
"We encourage students to come in
and talk to us when they are put on
probation," Visser said, "but we don't
. force them to." . .
Talking to an adviser in Admissions
and Advising is the only way students
can find out what is best for their situa
tion, she said.
When suspended students come to
the office, advisers work with students
to get them back into school, Visser
(said. Students on probation are told
'what they need to do to avoid suspen
sion. "Ours is an earn-your-way-back-in
system," Visser said.
Unlike other schools that allow sus
pended students to return to classes
after one year, UNL requires students
to solve their probation problems before
they are allowed back into regular
classes.
By taking correspondence courses
and summer school, students can bring
their grades up. And when they recog
nize and resolve the problems that con
tributed to their suspension, the uni
versity will consider reinstating the
student, Cerveny said.
"We look to see what is the min
imum requirement to remove the sus
pension,". Cerveny said.
"Afterall," Visser said, "the role of
the university is to graduate students,
not to kick them out."
The chancellor's move also increases
admission prices 75 cents at the Shel
don Film Theatre to $3.75 and reduces
film theater programming to four nights
a week.
Film cuts will affect all three major
film series: the Sheldon Film Series,
UPC Foreign Films Series and the Eng
lish department film studies series.
University officials said the changes
in operating hours will have the grea-
test impact on off-campus groups who
schedule tours at Sheldon.