Wednesday, April 2, 1986
Daily Nebraskan
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One of the best parts of working in
the Nebraska Union is the students,
union employees say,
Whether they meet students daily
while serving them food at the Union
Square or have contact with them only
occasionally to help plan events, em
ployees said working at the union is
different from any other job.
Story by Jonathan Taylor
Photos by Mark Davis
Not all of the more than 50 union
employees get to meet students every
day. But busboy Dan Dolan has been
talking to Union Square and Crib
patrons for the past five years.
While cleaning up after students, he
makes several acquaintances each year.
And although he can't remember all
the students' names, Dan said he can
place just about everybody's face and is
good enough friends with a few to
Above, Orley Cookson, a union food service employee,
takes time during his lunch break to read the Bible in the
basement lounge. Teri Herbel, left, and Duke Schneider
work the counter at the Union Square.
receive gifts such as buttons, and a
shirt from members of Farmhouse fra
ternity. When Dan missed a couple of months
work because of illness, students asked
about him and sent cards telling Dan
they missed him, said Millie Leach,
Union supervisor.
It was nice to be missed, Dan said,
but the feeling is mutual.
"When anybody goes (graduates), I
cry," he said. "I miss them."
Betty Vodehnal has been the Nebra
ska Union's cash and ticket manager
for 20 years. Although she infrequently
has direct contact with students
helping run ticket sales for concerts
and shows she said she sees enough
to know how students have changed
over the years.
During the late 1960s and 1970s,
those who came to college were still
unsure of what they wanted to do,
Vodehnal said. Now, she said, students
have "more direction."
For Union Square cashier Duke Sch-
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neider and his supervisor, Leach, stu
dents provide a working atmosphere
unavailable anywhere else.
"It's different from any place I've
ever worked," Schneider said, despite
Union Square's similarities to other
fast-food restaurants.
Leach said it is the small talk at the
restaurant counter that leads to friend
ship between employees and student
regulars.
Schneider, who is a UNL graduate
student, agreed, saying that the influx
of more foreign students at UNL since
he was a student here in the 1950s has
made for a "cosmopolitan atmosphere"
on campus.
Schneider also noted that UNL stu
dents seem to study harder than they
did when he was an undergraduate
student.
"They're a pleasure to serve," Leach
added, citing many students' honesty
especially those who always seem to
come up a little short when paying for
food.
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