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Butch Ireland/Daily Nebraskan Jim Davis, assistant manager of inventory, stands in Warehouse One on East Campus. Faculty and staff economize with surplus office equipment By James M. Lillis Staff Reporter University of Nebraska faculty and staff can save money on office and classroom equipment by using surplus equipment from the UNL inventory department. Jim Davis, assistant manager of the inventory department, said that in the last couple of years the used equipment has become a neces sary alternative for furnishing of fices and classrooms. “There has been a greater em phasis on reuse of the equipment,” Davis said. “A year ago, we couldn’t recycle a wooden desk if we wanted to.” Used equipment has become more popular because of the finan cial difficulties at the university. The equipment is free, Davis said. Every Wednesday,the inven tory warehouse on East Campus is opened up for university faculty and staff to browse through, he said. The only cost to the faculty members is for delivery of equip merit, if necessary. The used surplus equipment ranges from desks, chairs and fil ing cabinets to computers and typewriters, to old-fashioned ra dios and and lab equipment. “Once we got a 2,000-pound safe,” Davis said. Faculty and staff from the agronomy, English, ROTC, grounds, psychology, athletics, printing and duplicating depart ments, the state museum and trac tor testing lab often get equipment from the inventory warehouse. Thomas Myers, curator of Morrill Hall, said that without surplus equipment from the inven tory department, the museum would “hardly be operational.” “We would only have a third of the furnishings we have now. Tre mendous savings,” Myers said. Faculty and staff aren’t the only ones who can use the equipment, Davis said. “We have public sales four limes a year,” he said. Davis said the next sale will be sometime in January or February. Broderick Thomas gets trial postponed; no contest plea expected, attorney says From Staff Reports Nebraska defensive end Broderick Thomas was granted a postponement of his trial Monday for allegedly re sisting or hindering arrest on Aug. 24. Hal Anderson, Thomas’ attorney, said the trial will be Tuesday, Dec. 1. Thomas Ijad pleaded not guilty to the charges, but plans to change his pica, Anderson said. Anderson said he understands that Thomas will plead no contest. Nebraska coach Tom Osborne said he already has taken care of the matter with Thomas. “That whole matter was handled two months ago with Broderick,” Osborne said. Osborne said Thomas ran stadium steps after practice for two days be cause of the incident. Low ridership still endangers City, East night bus service BUS from Page 1 Patrick Barrett, assistant manager for UNL’s auto pool, said he would like to see the service used. “It’s there for the students," he said. The university is billed $22 an hour, Barrett said. The auto pool sends the bill to the Association of Students of the University of Nebraska, which subsidizes the service after the 25 cent student fare is deducted, he said. “It’s not cost effective for the scrv ice,” Barrett said. The number of students using the night bus service will probably con tinue to decline next semester, Barrett said. ASUN President Andy Pollock said the student senate will decide the fate of the service and explore alterna tives at a meeting to be held at a later date. “If we arc not out of money, I want to continue (the service),” he said. An ASUN survey taken last spring indicated a high student interest and need lot the, bus service at night. Plant director needed Schrader's retirement sparks national search By Gretchen Boehr Staff Reporter The search for a new physical plant director at the University of Ne braska-Lincoln will begin after Thanksgiving, John Goebel, vice chancellor of business and finance, said Monday. The physical plant’s previous di rector, Harley Schrader, 62, retired Oct. 30. Schrader was director for 15 years and a physical plant employee for 21 years. Goebel said Schrader was an inte gral member of the UNL community. “He had talents that will be very difficult to replace and will be indeed sorely missed,” Goebel said. Schrader said he’ll miss the univer sity. “I’ll miss the association with people and the things you can see accomplished,” he said. The physical plant director over sees campus construction projects, custodial services, campus energy conservation, renovation and two power plants. An 11-member committee, drawn from a cross section of the university, will evaluate the applications re ceived for the position and then inter view candidates, Goebel said. The search committee will consist of representatives of the physical plant, students, regents and faculty members. The director’s position was adver tised in newspapers in surrounding states such as the Dcs Moines Regis ter, the Kansas City Star and The Chronicle of Higher Education. “We compete nation-wide for this position,” Goebel said. The director position requires a degree in engineering or a related field and relevant upper-level management experience. Goebel said he hopes to fill the position sometime after Jan. 1, 1988. “We don’t want to move loo slowly, but we want it to be a deliber ate effort,” Goebel said. John Amend, assistant director at the Physical Plant, said a new director shouldn’t be too hard to break in. “It’ll be different, but not really hard,” he said. Schrader said he will spend his time participating in civic activities, including Crime Stoppers and the Lincoln Chamber of Commerce. He will also spend time traveling and pursuing his hobbies, which include woodworking and stained glass, he said. Schrader said he will leave Satur day for a 10-day vacation in Florida. 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