Tuesday, June 10, 1986
Daily Nebraskan
Masses off youngsters swarm
to UNL campus for activitie
By Linda Bendixen
Staff Reporter
Mark Honnor, a former pitcher for
UNL and baseball camp counselor,
lives on the 13th floor of Abel Hall, and
on Sunday night, a junior high school
student approached him, complaining
of a stomach ache.
When asked if he felt sick, the stu
dent said he wasn't sure, but maybe a
call home would make him feel better.
The boy was homesick.
Homesickness is just one of the
many, yet usually minor, problems that
coordinators and counselors will face
this week when more than 1900 junior
high and high school students invade
the UNL campus. Activities this week
include Boys and Girls State, baseball,
football, and swimming camps
and the All-State Fine Arts Conference.
Housing arrangements are coordi
nated by Michele Cole, assistant direc
tor of UNL housing. Cole said UNL, in
cooperation with the city of Lincoln,
works to arrange conferences for var
ious groups throughout the summer.
She said that UNL offers room and
board and conference facilities at a
lower rate than hotels and motels. The
rates vary depending on the services
offered, such as linen and food service.
In addition to mass housing, the
campus provides conference and sports
facilities, and a casual environment for
the visiting groups.
Bob Stine, Amy Dickerson and Sue
Kelly, UNL summer directors, coordi
nate housing in the residence halls for
the groups. Under their command are
25 conference assistants who live in
Smith Hall, but stay in different halls
with the various groups and their camp
counselors. This week, Stine is expect
ing 1933 visitors.
With all of these students come a
number of services and probably
problems. Included in the services are
cafeteria food service, game rooms, the
Abel Hall swimming pool and, of course,
the snack bars. Abel snack bar man
ager Judy Weichman says that during
the conferences the snack bar does big
business. "If we can push them in and
out, we can make over $400 in a day,"
she said. The snack bar is open for only
two hours, from 8:45 a.m. to 10:45 a.m.
The front desks at the residence
halls are heavy traffic areas. Confer
ence participants went through about
$300 in change Sunday evening, the
first day of Boys and Girls State and
athletic camps.
And to prevent possible problems
with these dormitory newcomers, the
conference directors hold safety meet
ings with the groups. They present the
expectations of the housing depart
ment and explain possible repercus
sions if the expectations are not met.
Still, there are problems.
Due to the size of some of the cam
pees, such as some football campers,
the elevator is limited to nine, and only
nine people. When over-loaded, the
elevator will stall, leaving a long walk
up the stairs. To prevent this, the ele
vators are turned off during the two
hour rush of students in the evening.
Apparently, many students have ne
ver been exposed to lock and key and
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of lost keys, students are provided with
a piece of string to tie the key around
their necks.
Parents seem to be concerned about
leaving their children alone in the
dormitory. They check at the desk, ask
about the facilities and explain any
special medical concerns their child
ren may have. For extra reassurance, a
24-hour security guard is posted on
first floor.
Fadi Sauma is one of those guards.
Sauma says that aside from sneak outs,
there are relatively few problems invol
ving the high school students. "They
scream a lot, but they're no real trou
ble," Sauma says noting that in com
parison with the college students, the
high school students are more respect
ful to the guards. "They probably think
we're cops."
Overall the students, while explor
ing the UNL campus and enjoying their
respective activities, are pretty orderly
and veil mannered. They know that if
they get out of line the repercussions
could be extreme. They could be sent
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Noonan is 20 years old, but Carkoski
said that doesn't necessarily mean that
the Lincoln Police Department has to
issue Noonan a citation for being a
minor in possession of alcohol.
Lincoln laws state that minors may
be in a drinking establishment after 9
p.m. as long as they are over 16 years
old and are not consuming alcohol.
Minors under the age of 16 may also
be in a drinking establishment after 9
p.m. if they are accompanied by an
adult and are not drinking alcohol,
Carkoski said.
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