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December 16, 1988___University of Nebraska-Lincoln Vol. 88 No. 77
More drop/add students may strain system
By uavKi Holloway
Senior Reporter and
Lee Rood
Senior Editor
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ncrease in students expected logo
ough drop/add second semester could
l an extra burden on the university
computer system next week, according to
Robert Reid, associate director of registration
and records.
Reid said last year 8,159 students went
through second semester drop/add. This year,
he says he expects around 8,400 students to
participate.
Reid said from the results of the early regis
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(ration, more students had incomplete sched
ules this year than last.
“it appears to me that there were fewer
spaces being offered in certain classes,” Reid
said. ‘ There was not enough supply for (he
demand.”
That demand has caused Reid and people in
his office to be “cautiously optimistic” about
drop/add, which begins Monday and ends
Thursday. Hours for drop/add will be from
from 8:30 a.m. lo 4:30 p.m.
“In our meetings with the computer net
work and representatives from other depart
ments including JUNO, the accounting people
and other on-line users, they expect normal
activity that week,” he said.
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The university s computer system is cur
rently working at 85 to 90 percent capacity,
Reid said..
‘ Definitely with our activity, wc will push
that up close to the 100 percent maximum, ’ ’ he
said.
“But wc are going on the assumption that
we will be able to handle 2,400 students a
day,” he said. “At least that’s as many time
cards wc are handing out. It is certainly a peak
processing time for us.”
Reid said the computers theoretically could
create some real hassles for students if it be
comes overloaded.
“Wc could lose the students requests for
drops or adds, there could be delays in getting
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their revised schedule to them, and there could
be just back-ups or long lines at the stations,"
he said.
• Drop/add also will held on East Campus
Monday and Tuesday from 8:30 a.m. to noon at
the Animal Science building.
Time cards will be required for Monday and
Tuesday drop/add, Reid said. He said students
will be able to pick the time cards up at window
111G in the administration building.
“We are anticipating a full house,” Reid
said. “The earlier they pick up a card,the more
classes they will have to chose from on the
floor.”
Reid also warned that drop/add is only being
offered four days this semester, compared to
the five days that were offered last year.
commission
cancels club’s
liquor license
By Victoria Ayotte
Senior Reporter
Mingles will continue busi
ness as usual, even though
the Nebraska Liquor Con
trol Commission voted Wednesday
to cancel its liquor license, said Terry
Schaaf, the attorney for Mingles.
Schaaf said Mingles, a nightclub
at 826 P St., will request reconsidera
tion of the license cancellation from
the commission. If that reconsidera
tion is denial, Schaaf said he intends
to appeal the decision in Lancaster
District Court.
The appeal process will last
months, Schaaf said, and Minglescan
operate during that time. Schaaf said
he has not filed the appeal yet, but
that he has 20 days to do so by law.
“The operation will remain just as
it is until the appeal process is
ended,” Schaaf said.
Mingles has had six convictions
for violations since 1981, according
to the commission. Mingles was pre
viously known under other names,
such as Stooges, but has always re
mained under the ownership of
Starship Enterprises.
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operating as Mingles for two years,
the liquor license always remained
under the name of Starship Enter
prises so all convictions counted
against it, according to a commission
spokesman.
The commissioners voted
Wednesday that Mingles permitted
immoral activity during a Sunday
teen night when a Mingles bouncer
allegedly told a Lincoln teen-ager
that he would let her in without prov
ing she was 16 if she would lil t up her
T-shirt.
Schaat said there was no wrongdo
ing by Mingles.
“Mingles did absolutely nothing
illegal,” he said. “The commission
didn’t like what happened, but it
wasn’t wrong by law.”
According to Schaaf, the commis
sion said it was “not sure what im
morality is, but we know it when we
see it.”
Schaaf said Mingles was only
convicted of one violation for minors
in the establishment this year, al
though there have been four charges
this year for which Mingles was
found not guilty.
He stressed that Mingles has
, served more than one million people
[ in the last 10 years.
“Sure, Mingles has had more vio
lations, but they have had more cus
tomers,” he said. “You have to put
that in perspective.
“It isn’t necessary to say where
there’s smoke, there’s necessarily
fire.”
One lawful conviction a year
“isn’t that severe a record” for an
establishment that has served as
many people as Mingles, he said.
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Fewer business graduates threaten industry
By Lynn Schwebach
Slali Reporter
Too many business students arc
competing for a limited num
berof entry-level, “fast-track”
management positions, according to
a management professor at the Uni
versity of Nebraska-Lincoln.
Phillip Hall, assistant professor of
management, said that “for any one
financial analyst position there are 25
assistant manager positions for retail
stores or fast food restaurants.”
Larry Routh, director of the Ca
reer Planning and Placement Center,
said employers arc more concerned
with the baby bust, or the declining
number of young people.
Routh said the baby bust could
hurt business because baby boomers
are approaching retirement age. The
number of business college graduates
arc declining, he said, while the
demand for business graduates has
been increasing. Retiring baby
boomers probably will cause an
greater need for such graduates, he
said.
According to Routh, employers
look at demographics, and they can
estimate how many 19-year-olds will
attend college in seven years by
knowing how many 12-year-olds are
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Lack of space
for research
spurs concern
By Victoria Ayotte
Senior Reporter
Increased research activities
have led to a “critical” space
shortage, said John Yost, vice
chancellor for research and graduate
studies.
“The opportunity we’ve had to
substantially increase research ac
tivities . . . has created a great chal
lenge and even a critical situation in
regard to space needs,” Yost said.
Robert Furgason, vice chancellor
for academic affairs, said he, loo, is
concerned about the space problem.
Furgason said he secs a real problem
i w uh lull tiling the “substantial’*
space requirements of the research
initiative.
This spring, the Nebraska Legisla
ture supported Gov. Kay Orr’s re
search initiative and appropriated $4
million for University of Nebraska
research, $2.8 million of that going to
UNL. However, Yost said, this re
search money accounted for more
projects and faculty, not more space.
“Space simply cannot be elimi
nated from that equation,” Yost said.
“It’s reached a point where our re
search activities are outstripping our
space facilities.”
urNL i_nancenor Martin Masscn
galc said that UNL is able to enhance
its storage space, “it’s going to be a
limiting factor in our research initia
tive.”
Yost said the areas targeted for
research, such as biochemistry, are
facing space shortages right now.
“We’re operating at capacity
without question,” Yost said. He said
he gets “continual requests" for
more space.
Specifically, Yost said, physics in
Bchlcn Physics Lab and chemistry in
Hamilton Hall will run out of space in
two or three years. The type of facili
ties needed in these labs are “vastly”
different than a decade ago.
“We’re dealing with obsolete
equipment and aging facilities,” he
said.
University of Nebraska Medical
Center Chancellor Charles Andrews
added: “You can’t do 1988 research
in 1915 buildings.”
Yost said the Nebraska Center for
Advanced Technology is one place
where research in biotechnology and
biochemistry can go, but even that
will not solve future needs for space.
The center might free up some
space in Hamilton and Manter Halls,
he said.
The space problem is one that has
come to light in the last year, Yost
said.
“Our main concern has been with
obtaining the kind of support needed
for people and programs,” Yost said.
“As we sec this happening, (with the
research initiative) then all of the
sudden, we become aware this is
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