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September 9,1987University of Nebraska-LincolnVol. 87 No. 11
Cup Wars
An unidentified fan, right, in the east section of Memorial Stadium winds up to
throw a plastic cup in a cup fight. Two fans hide under their chairs. The fight
started in the fourth quarter of Saturday’s Nebraska-Utah State game in the
southeast section, then moved to the northeast section where students built a
Mark Davis/Daiiy Nebraskan
long chain by putting the cups together. The chain was approximately 125-feet
long and when it started to break, the cups were thrown in clumps, causing
many people to leave the stand.
Health Center
use increases
By Lisa Twiestmeyer
Staff Reporter
More students are using the University Health
Center, according to statistics from the third
annual Campus-Wide Student Health Survey.
The survey, conducted last spring, polled a
random sample of 303 students on their health
status, health practices and health center use,
said Dr. Gerald Fleischli, medical director of the
health center.
Greg Barth, systems manager at the health
center, said one of the main reasons for the
survey is to receive data from students who do
not use the health center. Barth said that
although an in house survey of patients is done
twice a year, it only gives information on stu
dents who received treatment there.
“We want to know the input of the people who
don’t come here, and why,” Barth said.
The survey indicates that the number of stu
dents who use the health center has increased
more than 10 percent in the past three years. In
1987, 53.8 percent of students polled had used
the health center in the last year, compared with
47.9 in 1986 and 41.1 in 1985.
An upward trend also showed in the percen
tage of students who felt their visit had improved
their health, from 52.1 percent in 1986 to 66.9
percent in 1987. More students — 96.3 percent
— also said they would use the health center’s
services again, up 3.1 percent from last year.
Of the 46 percent of students who did not use
the health center, 4.3 percent said a previous
bad experience at the health center kept them
away. Dissatisfaction also was expressed among
3.7 percent of health center users who said they
also would not return. Barth said negative feel
ings like those are a mayor concern at the health
center.
“If a small number of people are dissatisfied,”
Barth said, “they tell their friends and the
number multiplies. Small incidents can then
cause a negative perception."
But, Barth said, the number of dissatisfied
students is not on the increase. Overall, he said,
there is a positive perception of the health cen
ter’s services.
Less than one percent of students surveyed
said the health center was more expensive than
services in the outside community.
"It’s important that students recognize that
the health center costs less," Fleischli said.
"Some students do not realize just how much
medical services cost in the real world."
Students surveyed suggested better advertis
ing of services and less waiting time for
appointments were the main areas of improve
ment needed at the health center.
UNL Vice Chancellor Yost
to transfer to Washington
By Dorothy Pritchard
Senior Reporter
John Yost, vice chancellor for research and
dean of graduate studies at the University of
Nebraska-Lincoln, said professional opportuni
ties and a desire to return to his home state
persuaded him to accept a position at a Wash
ington university.
John Yost will become the vice president for
academic affairs at Western Washington Univer
sity in Bellingham, Wash., effective Nov. 1. Yost
said it was a difficult decision to leave UNL,
where he has worked for 20 years.
"I wanted to make a contribution to a devel
oping institution, and that’s how 1 would charac
terize that university,” Yost said.
“It’s never easy to leave an institution for
which you have a great deal of loyalty and affec
tion," Yost said. “But change is an important
part of life. Part of what I call the rhythm of life.”
Yost, 52, said he is optimistic about the future
of research at UNL. But despite a commitment by
Gov. Kay Orr to spend $60 million for research
over the next five years and a proposal for an
information-engineering computer link between
UNL, Dartmouth College and Prairie View A&M
University in Texas, Yost said the time was right
to leave.
“It’s better to leave at a time when things are
positive . . . rather than leaving frustrated, dis
contented and unhappy,” he said. "That’s cer
tainly not my situation.”
Yost said salary was not a factor in his deci
sion to resign. His "total compensation pack
age” at WWU is comparable to his $80,500 UNL
salary, he said.
WWU is not a research university in the same
sense that UNL is, Yost said, but his duties will
be similar. He will have the same responsibility
in administration, research and teaching plus
some aspects of student affairs.
‘‘It will be a great challenge,” he said.
Yost praised his colleagues at the university.
‘‘It’s a great privilege to serve (Chancellor)
Martin Massengale,” Yost said. ‘‘He has an abso
lutely selfless commitment to serve this in
stitution."
Yost was named vice chancellor for research
and dean of graduate studies at UNL in 1986
after serving that position on an-interim basis for
10 months. With a strong belief that the offices of
graduate studies and research should be "inter
twined,” he played an integral part in combining
the two offices and was the first person to direct
the newly joined departments. He also was
instrumental in developing interdisciplinary
□ centers at UNL, such as
bringing the biochemis
try departments on East
Campus and City Cam
pus together under one
department.
Yost also served as
assistant to the UNL
chancellor, interim aca
- demic vice chancellor and
associate to the chancellor.
His teaching and research specialties include
the history of ideas, the late Middle Ages, the
Renaissance and Reformation Periods, the his
tory of Christianity and historiography. He edited
a book of essays, "Facets of Theology and Ethics
in Contemporary Religious Thought," and has
published several other scholarly journals.
Yost received a bachelor’s degree in history
from Washington State University, a master’s
degree from Stanford University, a master's
degree from the Harvard School of Divinity and a
doctorate from Duke University.
Yost and his wife, Linda, also a native of
Washington, have two sons, Chris, 22 and Jeff, 19.
Franchise Club to have Burger King interns
By Linda Bendixen
Staff Reporter
Burger King will give some Univer
sity of Nebraska-Lincoln students some
thing more than a place to eat.
Through an agreement with the Iran
chise studies program, at least one
UNL student each semester will be a
franchise intern at the Burger King in
the Nebraska Union, earning money,
practical experience and possibly col
lege credit.
The internships are offered to stu
dents in the franchise class through
the International Center for Franchise
Studies.
ICFS opened its doors in January
1984 and began its First class in the fall
of that year. ICFS programs include the
Society of Franchising, the Interna
tional Franchise Association Educa
tion Committee, an Executive Advisory
Board, a comprehensive resource library,
the Franchise Club, the internship
program and the franchise class.
The class is taught by Cheryl Bab
cock, executive director of ICFS. The
class, a 400/800 level elective, incorpo
rates information from other business
classes such as Accounting 201/202,
Marketing 841 and Business Law.
“The class takes all the information
from the principal classes and brings it
all together in one class," Babcock
said.
In a franchise, an independent busi
nessman pays the franchise an initial
fee followed by monthly royalties. In
return, the franchiser provides a
trademark or logo and an established
product.
“People know what to expect from a
franchise," Babcock said. “If you are in
Dallas and want a burger you go to a
Burger King or McDonald’s. Betty’s
Burger Barn may have the best burgers
in Dallas but you don’t know that. You
know what to expect at McDonald’s.”
Babcock said 5.6 million people are
employed in franchises. Franchising
accounts for one third of all retail
sales. This figure is expected to rise to
one half by the year 2000.
"it’s the wave of the future,” Bab
cock said. And, she said, UNL is a
leader in this wave.
“UNL is the only nuyor university
with franchise programs — the only
one that teaches a franchise class each
semester for credit," Babcock said.
The franchise class evaluates poten
tial franchise businesses. Groups of
three to four students are assigned an
actual client to evaluate on manage
ment policies, on-going advertising,
finance and accounting and business
opportunities.
The clients are required to talk to
the student groups for at least one hour
each week or two and to be available to
the groups by telephone. Student groups
are given access to the clients’ busi
ness records. All information released
by the company is kept confidential.
The only cost to the company is its
time.
The class, along with the Franchise
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