The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current, November 08, 1988, Image 1
November 8,1988 University of Nebraska-Uncoln ___Vol. 88 No. 51 Bereuter banner gets complaints, but is permitted By Jerry Guenther Staff Reporter A blue banner that reads “Doug Bereuter Congress” hanging in the marquee north of the Nebraska Union had some people seeing red Monday. Daryl Swanson, director of the Nebraska Unions, said he received three phone calls Monday complain ing about the banner. ‘But as long as if is a recognized student organiza tion we don’t have any problems with it.' — Swanson “This isn’t a totally unusual situ ation,” Swanson said. Swanson said people usually as sume it is not possible for a political banner to be hung in a public display. “ See BEREUTER on 3 Penalties exist for late payment By Tom Koenig Staff Reporter . Students who don’t pay their tuition bills arc subject to fines or the hound ing of collection agencies, according to Robert Clark, director of Student Accounts at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Clark said many things can happen to stu dents who have failed to pay their tuition. A block, or hold as it used to be called, is placed on students that haven't paid their uni versity-related bills. When this happens, stu dents' transcripts will not be released, graduat ing students will not receive their diplomas and future enrollment will be denied. Clark said he encourages students to be prompt with their payments. Tuition and fees can be paid beginning the first day of the semester. Students who nave missed pre-registration and are registering Jan. 12 and 13 may defer their payments until Feb. 15 1989. ' - On approximately Ffcb. 3,1989, a statement of fees and tuition payments will be mailed to the local address snown on the students' aca demic record. If students have not received their statement by Feb. 8,1989, they should contact the Office of Student Accounts. # Payments must be received in the dursar’s Office before 4 p.m. Feb. 15 1989. If no payment has been made at that time, the student will be charged a late fee of $20. If no payment of all tuition and fees and service charges has been received by the Office of Student Accounts, the student’s registration will be turned over to a collection agency. Clark said that when follow-up letters have been sent to students and no attempt has been made by the student to pay the outstanding bills, the Student Accounts Office will give collec tion agencies the authorization to sue the stu dent. Tuition and fees for the 1988-89 school year are $48.50 per credit hour for undergraduates, $131.75 per credit hour for non-residents. Graduate students pay $64.50 per credit hour for residents and $156.75 for nonresidents. Students who have a guardian in charge of their finances should inform them of the due dates. Payment should include the students’ name and Social Security number. Clark said it is important for students to know that in the event of a missing or delinquent payment, he or she is still responsible for meeting the deadline. Masters Week presents alumni By William Lauer SuiT Rsponer Five distinguished alumni of the Uni versity of Nebraska-Lincoln will talk with students and faculty about their career and education experiences in conjunc tion with the Masters Week program Wednes day through Saturday. John Cooper, Donald Plucknett, Susanne Schafer, Ray Shepard and David Young will speak in classrooms on the UNL campus. They will discuss “how school helped them and what classes they would have taken to help prepare for the real world,” said Barb New comer, information representative for the University Information Department and coor dinator of Masters Week. Since 1963, inviting outstanding alumni to speak with students and faculty in classrooms has remained the format for Masters Week, Newcomer said. UNL deans arc asked to submit nominations of eminent alumni to participate in the pro gram, she said. The list is approved by the Innocents Society and the Mortar Board, spon sors of the program, and the final selection is made by the chancellor, she said. Cooper, a Scolisbluff native, is head of the solution chemistry section of the Naval Re search Laboratory in Washington, D.C. He earned a bachelor of science degree in chemis try and mathematics from UNL in 1967, a master of science degree and a doctorate in chemistry in 1968 and 1971. Plucknett is scientific adviser to the Consul tauve Group on International Agricultural Research for the World Bank in Washington, D.C. A native of DeWitt, Plucknett received a bachelor of arts degree in agriculture from NU in 1933, a master of science degree in agron omy in 1957 and a doctorate from the Univer sity of Hawaii in tropical soil science in 1961. Schafer, from Omaha, received a bachelor of journalism degree from UNL in 1974 and a master of arts degree in international affairs from Tufts University in Medford, Mass. She is a White House correspondent for The Associ ated Press and has worked as a journalist in Iowa, New York and The Netherlands. Shepard, a native of Lincoln, is president of the consulting firm Shepard Associates and an educational publisher. Shepard is a past presi dent of Scribner Laidlaw, a division of Macmillan Inc., and has held management positions with Houghton Mifflin Co. andGlobc Book Co. He received a bachelor of science in education from UNL in 1967 and an M.A.T. from the Harvard Graduate School of Educa tion in 1971. Young is a professor of classics at the Uni versity of California Santa Barbara and an internationally respected scholar of the Greek poet Pindar. An expert on Olympics and an cient Greek athletics, Young has served on the U.S. Olympic Committee and has been a dele gate to the International Olympic Academy. A native of Lincoln, Young received 8 bachelor of arts from NU in 1959, a master of arts degree in 1960 and a doctorate in classics from the University of Iowa in 1963. _ Young Shepard Cooper Plunkett A senator Survey: Parents worry about academic help 1 ..... .» !_.! > ... L U. ...... By Eve Nations Staff Reporter___ Parents of University of Ne braska- Lincoln freshmen were able to voice concerns during a recent phone survey con ducted by the UNL Parents Associa tion, according to Peg Johnson, direc tor of special projects for the office of the v ice chancellor for student affairs. The survey, which was conducted Oct. 18, revealed parents were inter ested mainly in UNL’s academic support programs. ‘The parents w ere concerned with advising, tutoring and how their child could get help,” Johnson said. The parents association attempted to call 533 paronts; 358 were reached. “A form was filled out as the par ents were called,” Johnson said. “If there was a prootcm or question mat the parent wanted followed up on, the form was sent to the appropriate place." For instance, she said, if a parent had a child in a math class and the parent thought the student needed a tutor, then the form was sent to the math department After the follow-up request was sent out, the report was to be returned UJ UIC d^utiauuil. w 111 uv JVin out to thank the parents for their par ticipation, Johnson said. Of the parents surveyed, 59 calls required follow-up inquiries, she said. The survey, according to Johnson, was mainly a public relations effort “It was done to determine if there were services that needed to be of fered or problem areas that UNL IIVVVIW IV W HTTIUV vt • OTIV The parents who were called weft randomly selected by a computer, Johnson said. “Part of the result was that, over whelmingly, the parents were terribly impressed that the university took the lime to call," Johnson said. “It helped show that the university cares about their children."