Image provided by: University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries, Lincoln, NE
About The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 27, 1987)
Friday, February 27, 1987 Page 6 Daily Nebraskan Ctiemistiiy students mix fop, work CD oi i o o o in to oc Q 2 N C o o u a T V) CO u m c Q w Ci. ANNUM atj.&qjn. & UQJQ3LIS 2047 "O" St. 435-7722 By Merry Hayes Staff Reporter Four years ago a handful of chemis try students drove a Volkswagen into a Hamilton Hall elevator to take a pic ture of it. It wouldn't fit. Last year some chemistry' students threw a watermelon out an eighth-floor window. sbteciftii-iE SURFACE it My u-w Wp do mostlv is work," said To fight boredom when waiting due Jeff Urbauer, a doctoral candidate in ing experiments, the students said biochemistry. thty mostly Play computer games, read He said chemistry undergraduates, and sleep, graduate students and lab technicians A group of chemistry students who spend many nights at Hamilton Hall would only be: identified as Merle, Burl, because it is easier to get their work Earl and Dave said they take breaks at done at night. Chesterfield's and sometimes even '. . i i A,tn return to the labs afterwards. Page Mehlhaff, a doctoral cand date Ear, sajd .. in biochemistry, said, 'There a e so lh rcquired to many interruptions during the day. At h m b, night I don't have to wait lor equip- Jhesterfielcrs cne(,ult ment and l uon t nave 10 iai io anybody." Mehlhaff said sometimes she will work on five experiments at once. "If anybody's in your way, everything completely falls apart," she said. Urbauer said he spends about 60 hours a week in the lab working on his dissertation. Another time some students took Mehlhaff said the time she spends in the furniture out of a professor's office the lab depends on her mood. and replaced it with couches. The stu dents were lounging on them when the professor came to work the next morning. These are just a few examples of what goes on in Hamilton Hall at night. When those lights are burning late in UNL's white skyscraper the chemistry students aren't necessarily burning the midnight oil. "When I'm in a bad mood, I come here a lot," she said. Merle said sometimes they throw, roll and slide things down the halls' and perform "stupid laser tricks with hundreds of thousands of dollars of equipment" and play with toy guns. "When I'm bored with the guns, I do research," Merle said. He said a lot of chemistry students sit around and "think of ways to make millions because they'll never do it as chemists." Dave said, "We get together for wine-and-cheese parties and discuss modern THISTRIPII PHESENTS - ' A MANUFACTURER'S DIRECT CLOTHING SALE 1 DAY ONLY! SAVE50-70 .CEI:NZA Men's Printed Novelty Tops & Scrubs NOWg Reg. 122.00 ADIDAS PONY NIKE PUMA TT. JERSEYS IVY LEAGUES & INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY SWEATSHIRTS Hswvd - yf - Oxto J CvnbrtcSgt Pnncnton Pvta Sortoonn Univ. cl Zurich J!3 IhCHEI r.j. S2s.cs) 99 MEN'S fi -i H C i j:u., yj IVEATERS Bulky Ski Sweaters Reg. $43.C0 MEN'S IZOO & Other Status Brand SHIRTS Stripes & Solids o s tz- J NOW J H Prfct, to 139.00 MEN'S OCEAN PACIFIC Long Sleevs Tas (Latest 3 4 4 Color Prints) IIPdctto$15.C9 LADIES' COTTON SWEATERS by Regatta Sport & Others OVERSIZE SKIMP LENGTH FROM 99 Reg. (2S.C0 PLENTY OF XWZ: THIS TRIPt! DENIM SKIRTS&SHORTS NOW S12.99-S14.99 Reg. S25.00-S48.00 Ledies' & Men's Slacks & Jeans Latest Styles NOW $9S9 Rfl. S35.OO-I45.00 LJ Pblmetb's JUNIORS' Oversize Jumbo Woven Shirts Stripes Solids -Jacquards CCSC Reg. $29.00 NOW WEN'S HEAVYWEIGHT RUG0Y SHIRTS By Le Tigro & Others - Stripes & Solids - now c; c Rag. S40.C0 90 3 3 0) o 3 a 3 ry I 2 5 G T3 3 CD I 23 M Ul o N SHOP FO SPRING- Safari & Tropical shorts & skirts-cotton sweaters- Lots More! 1 DAY ONLY! Friday, February 27 th 10:00 A.r.1. 7:1 .iii, NEBRASKA STATE FAIRGROUNDS EXPO BUILDING (ACROSS FROM DEVANEY CENTER) Bruce Kahn, doctoral candidate in problems like what chemicals are doing inorganic chemistry, said he spends so to the environment." much time in his lab that he gives his Burl added, "And we try to deal with home phone number to people he the hatred and rejection we experience doesn't want to talk to. as chemists." 1 - - 1 j " ; WWmi Iff Torri LauderDaily Nebraskan g"""-""""""- ' - : - - ,-vfs ; " -ISit 1 LOCATION THIS YEAR DON'T WALK TO ALL THE NIGHT LIFE. WITHIN 100 YARDS OF 9 CLUBS SPECTRUM DANCE THE NIGHT AWM AT FMKTS gatssy-s '-Ijfatb! . Terifor Razzes YSTEH FOB BEHCPSEBCLy3 MCAfS SUPERIOR ACCOMODATIONS Special PENROD Discount & I.D. Card Guaranteed Quad Occupancy POH'T GAMBLE WITH YOUR SPRING BREAK $$$$$$' S NO BACK TO BACK BUS PROGRAM CALL NOW!!!! DANCE THE NICHT AWAY AT FIRST 20 PEOPLE BUS OR ROOM ONLY Pon'l f aoletf t our vAiiceeiifuf eemetmoit in lh txta Camper eiaecu e' rovf Int. tntit etec.tf le aa f IMHOOJ. M N4M rou CJ Wtisr (NNOo iMurr rouKt 0 li IO;j Stallvn A OevloAa lecM. eta. 32031 Otlt kecele In CkAMNOON njtl HOI Ik. CO N MUMK Imm Ojyiene Fie. 3:01ft 1M World nmom "ifc.tlri Tenfoc ANYTIME PAN OR ROSS FOR TOUR PACKAGE irJFOnWATION CALL iii:tHM