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
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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.
He’s also planning a summer trip to
Scandinavia.
“It’s time to step down and let
somebody else take over,” Schrader
said.
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