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CORRECTION: In a story about the Nebraska volleyball team, (DN, Sept. 11) Terry Pettit was misquoted in a drop quote. The quote should have been attributed to Houston coach Bill Walton. The Daily Nebraskan regrets this error. WEATHER: INDEX Tuesday, considerable cloudiness and cool, with a 30 percent chance of shpwers and a high in the low- , nj__e, o to mid-50s. Cloudy Tuesday night with a 30 percent Friitnnai ./i Arts & Entertainment'.'.'.'. 7 a 30 percent chance of showers in the morning, but Snorts 11 becoming sunny in the afternoon with a high around r.iaUifiartc.if 60. A warmi ng trend later this week with highsinthe . 70s Thursday to the 80s by Saturday. _ Vol. 89 No. 1~1 Ecological concern causes increased class enrollment By Lisa Bolin Staff Reporter A greater concern for ecologi cal issues may account for an increased enrollment in natu ral resources classes at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln this fall, said Gary Hergenrader, head of the De partment of Forestry, Fisheries and Wildlife and the Nebraska State For ester. Enrollment in some classes has increased by as many as 40 students. The oil spill in Alaska, global warming and tropical deforestation are all issues facing the public today, Hergenrader said, but students proba bly are concerned with ecological problems in Nebraska as well. “These problems are not only worldwide,” he said. “We have our own problems at home. We have to worry about the quality of our groundwater and the effects of the Two-Forks Dam on wildlife.” Hergenrader said an increase in available natural resources-rclated jobs also accounts for more students enrolling in such classes. New jobs are being created and longtime-vacant positions are being filled, he said. Hergenrader said he attributes the greater job opportunity in the field to a change in administration concerns. Administrators have set different pri oritiesfrom the past because they are responding to current public con cerns. Statistics provided by Hergen rader show: Natural Resources 100: Introduc tion to Natural Resources has 92 stu dents enrolled for the fall semester as compared to 50 to 60 students in past fall seasons. Natural Resources 101: Orienta tion to Natural Resources currently has 66 students enrolled compared to past enrollment in the 40s. Forestry, Fisheries and Wildlife 211: Wildlife Biology and Conserva tion has 45 students compared to past enrollment in the 30s. Forest, Fisheries and Wildlife 323: Resources Policy currently has 35 students compared to past enroll ment in the 20s. Hergcnrader said it would be help ful if everyone knew the basics in dealing with ecological problems. “There is a little saying'in the natural resources field,’’ he said, ‘“everything in the environment is related to everything else.’ It’s very general, but very true ... sometimes we haven’t really appreciated that.’’ Hergenrader said the increased interest has prompted plans for an introductory natural resources class concerning water, which he said he hopes will be offered in the depart ment within the next year. Committee adopts plan to handle demand for reserved parking By Jerry Guenther Senior Reporter The Parking Advisory Com mittee adopted a proposal designed to handle all UNL students’ requests for reserved park ing during an emergency committee session Monday afternoon. Lt. John Burke, parking adminis trator of the University of Nebraska Lincoln Police Department, said the proposal has been officially approved by the committee, but is still subject to approval by administrative offi cials. The emergency session was needed to accommodate the higher than-expecled demand for reserved student parking, he said. Burke said he hopes that final approval will come today. “We really felt we had a responsi bility to provide reserved parking for all the requests we had,’’ he said. Under the proposal, Area G, north of Cather Hall, will be changed to reserved student parking. Previously, the lot contained half reserved spaces, half residence hall spaces. Burke said the lot will be available to 100 commuter students and 42 fraternity and sorority students who have requested and paid for reserved parking. The lot will be operated by a gate on the Vine Street entrance, he said, and will be accessible only by com puterized cards. Burke said he expects the gates to arrive and be installed in about two weeks. Until then, he said, a parking cadet will be stationed at the entrance to notify students of the change. Signs also have been posted and police have begun calling residence hall students whose cars they see parked in the lot to notify them of the change, he said. Burke said students from the Cather, Pound and Neihardt resi dence halls who have purchased re served parking will have 49 stalls reserved for them on the east side of See PARKING on 5 11 i'"ii ji .n i in tfE5»SS!5S?N^f,«k«n JMeph Akpon, a poHbcel science graduate student, displays Ekto masks whsch he has collected at tiie Nigeria;i Students Association exhibition. He also collected seven others ton the University of Nebraska State Museum which are now on display. Nigerians display native crafts By Eve Nations Staff Repo ru t Students walking through the Nebraska Union this week will be able to get a sampling of the sights and sounds of Nigeria as the Nigerian Students Association starts its week-long display of native arts and crafts. Joseph Akpan, association president, said the crafts displayed are from all regions of Nigeria. “All the items are made in Nigeria and have been donated from Nigerian students,” he said. “We have masks from the south ern region and things from all the rest of the regions. I . Linda Schreiner, an assistant box office manager at the Lied Center, bought one of the many necklaces displayed. ”1 think this gives us an oppor tunity to see things from other 'countries,” Schreiner said. “It’s beautifully handmade and the craftsmanship is wonderful.” Denise Campbell, a sophomore English major and the publicity as sistant for the Cultural Center, agreed that die display increased cultural awareness ”1 think things like this are im portant so that you don’t isolate yourself from other cultures,” she said. Along with the crafts display, Akpan is showing four videos that depict traditional lifestyles in Ni geria. The video subjects include a typical Nigerian wedding, cere monial dances, secret society ritu als and traditional dances. Along with raising awareness of other cultures, the association also is trying to raise money for its organization through the sales. “We have very few Nigerian students here and it is important that our organization doesn’t fall apart,” Akpan said. Akpan is concerned primarily with preserving the organization’s voice to its government and help ing Nigerian students with pass ports and scholarships. “These things are difficult if we are not organized,” he said. More nontraditional students are attending UNL By Lisa Bolin Staff Reporter — ccording to a University of Nebraska Lincoln researcher, the number of non trad it tonal students returning to higher education is increasing - especially the num ber of women. Deanna Eversoll, director of evening pro grams and lifelong learning services at UNL. said the 1988 enrollment for students older than 24 years of age was 2,144 compared to the 1981 enrollmentof 1,445. About 60 percent of nontraditional students are women, she said. Eversoll said that since 1981 she has been surveying graduates from UNL who are over 30 and who successfully have completed a degree. Eversoll said she surveys graduates over 30 because they are likely to be nontradi tional students who have not gone to school continuously. Approximately 65 students older than 30 completed degrees in 1981, the study showed. In 1988, this number increased to about 107. The study shows that women re-enter UNL at an older age than most men, she said. In 1988, Eversoll said, the number of returning women between the ages of 35 and 39 almost doubled. Eversoll said she attributes the increase to greater social support for women to attend college. Most women in the age category have waited to complete a degree after raising a family, she said. The average time between entry and re entry into college for both men and women is 11 years, she said. Both men and women returning to school most often report “married” as their marital status, Eversoll said. The “single” category, she said, is the second highest for men, and “divorced” is the second highest for women. The graduates report several reasons for having returned to higher education, Eversoll said. The most reported reasons are job promo tions and “unfinished business,” she said. According to the study, a higher number of May and December Undergraduate Degree Graduates older than 30,1981-1988 120l- 107 90 60 30 0-1_ _ 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 Source: Evening Programs & Lifelong Learning Services, UNL. (*all figures approximate) nontraditional students are employed full time, and family income is the main source of financ ing higher education. Largely because of full-time employment, 56 percent of nontraditional students are en rolled in evening classes, Eversoll said. Twenty percent reported themselves to be pri marily evening students, she said. John Bruce/Daily Nebraskan The study includes three parts, Eversoll said. The first part is mailed to nontraditional graduates after completing a baccalaureate degree, she said, and focuses on how and why those graduates completed the degree. The second part, Eversoll said, is mailed to See STUDY on 6