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New work-study procedures allow students to pick jobs By Natalie Weinstein Staff Reporter New procedures in the work-study program may be causing some confu sion. John Beacon, director of the Of fice of Scholarships and Financial Aid at the University of Ncbraska Lincoln, said that in the past his office automatically has matched students to campus positions. Beginning this semester, students who receive work-study as part of their financial-aid package must find jobs themselves, mainly through the part-time job board in the Nebraska Union. Only about one-third of the au thorization notices have been picked up from the financial aid office. The notices arc needed before students can interview for work-study jobs. Work-study has been offered to about 3,000 UNL students for the fall and spring semesters, Beacon said. About 1,200 so far have rejected the offer, he said. As of Thursday afternoon, about 603 of the remaining 1,800 students had picked up their authorization notices. Students who reject work study still can receive the work-study money as part of their student loans. But students who don’t work must pay back that money. Beacon said he isn’t sure why more students had not picked up their authorization notices. Some might be waiting until they have more time to apply for jobs, he said. Others might not even realize that there is a change in the procedures, Beacon said, even though everyone was notified by mail. Forty-four UNL departments took part in a work-study job fair Aug. 24. All eligible students were notified about the fair by mail. “The response was disappoint ing,” Beacon said. The new system is supposed to benefit students, campus employers and financial aid office workers. Beacon said students now can find jobs they arc interested in, instead of having to accept randomly assigned positions. Thus, campus employers arc more likely to have qualified students working for them, such as chemistry majors, instead of English majors, working as chemistry lab assistants. Financial aid office workers also benefit by having to do less work. Work-study allows students who applied by ihe March 1 deadline to cam up to SI,500 -- another change. Previously students could only earn up to SI,000. “I want them to take advantage of this,” Beacon said of the eligible students. The program benefits students in two ways, he said. First, the money students cam as part of work-study will not count against students as income on next year’s financial-aid need assessment. Second, students can graduate owing less money, he said. ■ ,,^0^ This coupon is worth 4^o0 I i *&* $20.00 I ^ on your 1st and 2nd plasma donations (within 6 days). ^ Earn cash while you study. For more information call the "Friendliest Staff in Town". ! 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Ed Ragatz of the Lincoln Police Department said that in the past, officers used their own bikes for nighttime undercover projects. The deparunent hasn’t kept specific records on how many times bikes were used in Lincoln police operations, he said. Cities like Seattle have bike patrol units that ride daily, Ragatz said. These unit officers sport matching uniforms and use spe cialized bike gear, he said. Ragat/. said uses of the new bikes by the LPD arc in the plan ning stages. He said he still wants bikes used for nighttime projects, but is think ing about having officers patrol the downtown area and parks during Andy Manhart/Dally Nebraskan ihc day as well. “Bicycles have a whole gamut of uses (for the department)," he said. Ragatz said the decision to use the bikes will be left to each of the four patrol area supervisors. Potential demonstrators discouraged by fear of breaking the law, activist says By Michelle Cheney Sl«ff Reporter Many people have trouble voicing their convictions against abortion because they are afraid of breaking the law, an anti-abortion activist said Thursday. Denny Hartford, chairman of the Omaha Christian Action Council, told about 50 people that the fear of being civilly disobedient may pre vent some Christians from demon strating in anti-abortion activities. Speaking at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Law on East Campus, Hartford said he has been arrested for praying on the steps of the Supreme Court and for praying across the street from abortion clin I ics. . Hartford said he thinks his actions arc an example of a defense of neces sity. He said this defense holds that potentially illegal activities arc con sidered acceptable if they contribute to a greater end. Hartford used the example of sav ing a girl from a burning house. He said he might have to break and enter to save her, but he would not be charged for any crimes because it would be necessary to commit a crime for the greater good of saving a life. He said saving an unborn child is a necessary and good end to achieve. This is why he considers his anti abortion activities to be a defense of necessity. This defense usually is unaccept able in court for anti-abortion demon strations, Hartford said. He said some laws that rarely are enforced in other cases are used against pro-lifers. For example, he said, he was pray ing across the street from an abortion clinic with two other people when he was arrested for not having a parade permit Hartford said picketing and sit-ins interrupt the status quo and police like to stop small demonstrations before they snowball. In a post-speech interview, Hart ford said violent protests arc wrong. He said he would not condone activi ties such as bombing abortion clinics. --, VIGIL from Page 1 Awareness was the goal of the vigil, said Nanci Rivenburg,a Uni versity of Nebraska-Lincoln stu dent and vigil organizer. “1 don’t want people to be able to forget violence,’' Rivenburg said. The vigil, originally scheduled for Aug. 31, was postponed by or ganizers so the link to the murder of J. Eric Jones would not be as close, said Dave Whitaker, a UNL student and organizer of the vigil Jones was shot Aug. 27 at a Lin coln party. The crowd was a mix of homosexuals, heterosexuals. blacks and whites. “We were trying to avoid mak ing him into a martyr," Whitaker said. ''Having a death so close to home finally made people get off their butts and do something/’ Riven burg said. Karen Eckery, a counselor at the Rape/Spouse Abuse Crisis Center, told the group that hatred and violence continues when people laugh at a racist joke or make fan of homosexuals. “When you leave here, take the message that we will not accept the violence/’ Eckery said. John Taylor, chairman of the Coalition for Gay and Lesbian Civil Rights, encouraged all par ticipants to lobby for a hate-crime bill that is pending before the U.S. Senate. _ The bill will be voted on this month, Taylor said. The bill, if passed, would re quire the U.S. Justice Department to gather statistics on violent chines, Tavlor said. The statistics would make it possible to pass additional legislation against vio lent crimes, he said. REGENTS from Page 1 design a recruiting strategy and de velop a pool of candidates. The association's services cost $19,800 plus expenses. A search generally lasts four to six months, Stead said. Sharp said Leadership Develop ment Associates’ services also in clude a pre-search study. The firm charges $800 a day per professional person working on the study. r™1 --- The firm’s services generally cost between $16,000 and $22,000, he said. All of the consultants said more extensive pre-search studies last longer and add to the cost. Following the meeting, Blank said that while a consultant will be needed for the presidential search, none of the presentations convinced him that an outside consultant is needed for the internal analysis. Any internal analysis would have to last longer than a few days, Blank said, which is how long most of the consultants had said the normal pre search study would lasL But Blank said he agreed with a point Sharp made in his presentation - that an outside consultant can pro vide an objective opinion in such an analysis. The Computing Resource Center Is offering free micro computers seminars to UNL faculty, staff, and students. The seminars will feature an introduction to Microsoft Word on the Macintosh. Beginning midnight Wednes day Sept. 6 - 2:53 a.m. — Three males re ported prowling vehicles parked in Areas 1,2 and 20 near 1820 R St No arrests. 11:06 a.m. -• Hit-and-run, non injury accident reported in Area 39 near Vet Basic Sciences. $400. lli44 a.m. - Microwave oven stolen from Phi Delta Theta fraternity, $88. 2:34 p.m.~ Bookbag reported stolen by University Bookstore in Nebnuka Union, $100. 5:59 p.m. - Seat covers re ported stolen from vehicle No reservations. Macintosh sections are limited to IS. Macintosh seminars will be held in Henzlik microcom puter lab. Microsoft Word on the Macintosh Tuesday., September 12 3:00 - 4:30 p.m. Wed., September 13 3:00 - 4:30 p.m.
