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November 9, 1987
__ University of Nebraska-Lincoln
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Vol. 87 No. 53
Student
transfers
dropping
Credit transfer problems,
poor farm economy cited
By Lee Rood
Senior Reporter
The number of students migrating
to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln
is declining because of the state’s
economy and difficulties in transfer
ring credits, officials say.
According to Ted Pfeifer, director
of Academic Services and the Office
of Registration and Records, the
number of undergraduate students
transferring to UNL has dropped 14
percent since last year.
One reason for the drop is the poor
farm economy, Pfeifer said.
Many students want to stay home
near area community colleges or trade
schools because they can’t afford a
four-year college anymore, Pfeifer
said.
Other students have had difficulty
with service and communication
when they try to transfer their credits
to UNL, he said.
I he number of transfer students at
the undergraduate level dropped from
1,043 last year to938 this year, Pfeifer
said.
While Pfeifer said he and other
university officials are trying to tum
the numbers around, quantity is not as
important as quality, he said.
“I am not worried about numbers as
much as service to the students of
UNL,” he said.
Pfeifer said two UNL administra
tors have been working especially
hard to find all the available informa
tion for a book which will outline all
transferable credits from community
colleges to UNL. The book will be
available in April.
After researching 600 to 700 files,
Barbara Boettcher, assistant director
of admissions, said she concluded that
the transfer student needs improved
communications between the student,
UNL and community colleges.
Many limes students change their
academic interests as well as their
learning institution, so it’s hard to
transfer all the credits students would
like to, Boettcher said.
“When people change their aspira
tions, they get caught in a crossfire,”
Boettcher said.
Transferring credits successfully
depends on the area of study,
Boettcher said.
Associate degrees in arts and sci
ences from community colleges often
transfer credits to UNL, she said.
Ellen Baird, associate vice chan
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Roaches trouble hall food service
Ward Wllliama/Dally Nebraskan
Jerry Kapke of Lystad's Pest Elimination Services looks
for bugs under the Harper/Schramm/Sm ith food service
salad bar Friday night. Kapke said he would ''rather
deal with rats" because “sometimes they're a little more
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By Amy Edwards
Senior Reporter
More than just students have
been enjoying the food at Harper/
Schramm/Smith food service
lately.
Roaches have been seen several
times in the cafeteria, according to
Nancy Bauman, a freshman Eng
lish major.
“At first I thought the com
plaints were just rumors,” Bauman
said. “But then I found a live roach
in my french fries.”
Bauman said she complained to
food service workers at the resi
dence hall, then took the complaint
to the food service director at Sea
ton Hall.
People in the office told Bau
man she should walk to Scllcck to
eat if she didn’t like the food in
Harpcr/Schramm/Smith.
“I’d rather just get out of the
food part of my housing contract,”
Bauman said. “Why should (stu
dents) have to pay for food they
don’t eat.”
Doug Zatechka, director of
housing/food service at the Uni
versity of Ncbraska-Lincoln, said
he is aware of the complaints and
the severe roach problem in
Harper/Schramm/Sm ith food serv
ice.
The food service is doing every
thing within environmental safety
regulations to get rid of the prob
lem, Zatechka said.
Twelve people from a contract
chemical company, Lystads Pest
Elimination Services of Lincoln,
were in the complex Wednesday
night for five hours removing any
possible food substance that might
attract roaches, Zatechka said.
Company employees returned
Friday, and Zatechka said they
would be in as many times as nec
essary to solve the problem.
Zatechka said he is not trying to
defend the fact that roaches are in
the cafeteria and said he empa
thizes with students who don’t like
the bugs. He said that although
“everything possible” is being
done to get rid of the problem, “no
method is 100percent when you’re
dealing with roaches.”
The department is working with
the contract chemical company
and the UNL entomology depart
ment to get rid of the roaches.
Roger Gold, head of the ento
mology department, said warmer
than-usual weather this fall has
kept more roaches around.
Gold said students who are
trying to get out of their housing
contracts are using the roaches as
an excuse. He said the problem
isn’las bad as students think. When
he went to the food service, Gold
said he didn’t see any evidence of
roaches plaguing the cafeteria.
Gary Hosek,foodserviceevalu
ation officer at the State Health
Department, said food services are
inspected every six months.
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Women injured
in car accident
By Amy Edwards
>cmor Reporter
Three women were injured in a
iwo-car accident Sunday afternoon.
Lt. Ron Bruder of the Lincoln
Police Department said Lectla T.
Nelson, 720 S. 30th St., was driving
erratically west on Vine Street when
she hit a car and drove across a yard
into the basement of an abandoned
house at 2744 Vine St.
Bruder said Nelson was having a
diabetic reaction at the time of the
accident.
The car Nelson hit, driven by Cor
rine M. Carey of Nebraska City, spun
around facing east in the westbound
lane of Vine Street, Bruder said.
Nelson was taken to St. Elizabeth’s
Community Health Center, along
with Carey and her passenger, Jo
sephine B. Smith of Nebraska City.
Nelson sustained bumps and bruises,
while Carey and Smith sustained stiff
necks, Bruder said.
St. Elizabeth’s would notcommcnt
on the victims’ conditions.
Dotti KristDally Nebraskan
A car crashed into a house at 27th & Vine Sunday afternoon when Leetta T. Nelson lost con
trol of her car.
Employee numbers lag in hall food services
By Terri Hahn
Staff Reporter
A shortage of student employees
and sagging morale are still existing
problems at the University of Ne
braska-Lincoln residence hall food
services, said Douglas Rix, assistant
director of UNL housing/food serv
ices.
Residence hall food service needs
about 40 or 50 more part-time student
employees, especially during the
noon hours, he said.
Rix said he is unsure why students
don’t want to work in housing food
service.
“It seems as if during the last eight
to 10 years students have put working
last on their lists,” Rix said.
Competition for grades and con
cern about long-range goals could be
among the reasons lot students’
change in attitude, Rix said. Students
are not as w i 11 i ng to put in the hou rs for
part-time work as they have been in
the past, Rix said.
Terry Picper, a full-time food serv
ice employee at Scllcck Quadrangle,
said in the three years he has worked
there, he has seen students start the job
and then later find their schedules
conflict with the job.
However, he stressed that manag
ers arc flexible and try to schedule
work around classes.
“They try not to let the job interfere
with their education,” Picpcr said.
Picper said food service work is not
stressful.
“Sellcck is a great place to work,”
he said, adding that the other employ
ees are good people to work with.
Rix said the shortage of employees
makes it tough on those now working
at the food service.
“The lunch hours arc hit the hard
est,” Rix said. “Students try U) schcd
ule their classes early in the day and
usually do not have much free time
over the noon hour.”
The employee shortage didn’t af
fect the success of an all-Nebraska
dinner because it was an evening meal
and student employees arc easier to
find for that shift, he said.
Rix said the food service is looking
at options to solve the shortage prob
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