Harris Labs gives ‘great figures’ for time
By Kelli Maggiore
Staff Reporter
“Spend a few days at Harris and
leave with a great figure.”
Contrary to the image that this
advertising slogan might conjure,
Harris is not a new health resort
and figure is not referring to physi
cal shape, but money. But good
physical condition is a prerequisite
to get into Harris.
Harris Laboratories is a clinical
research laboratory where studies
of prescription and over-the
counter medications are done on
study participants.
“The drugs being used have
previously been studied in humans
in other countries,” said Bob
Marshall, marketing manager, life
sciences at Harris Labs. “From the
chemistry of the compound, we
usually know what will happen.
You are safer taking medication
here than at home.”
Marshall stressed that at Harris
they “are not looking at drug effi
cacy (if the drug works) but the
basic pharmacology, or the effect
on living organisms.”
“What we are concerned with
are blood levels: absorption, reten
tion, and elimination rate of the
drug,” he said.
Thus, frequent blood draws are
part of each study, which may be
unfortunate for those who fear
needles but want to earn money.
Phil Gosch, a junior political
science major at the University of
Jett Reiner/Daily Nebraskan
Nebraska-Lincoln, is one of those
people.
“I’ve gone in twice, taken the
physical, but have never gone back
for the studies,” Gosch said.
“Although the money would be
great, I have an aversion to needles
and farsighted nurses.”
Even Carol Meyerhoff, the re
cruiting services manager respon
sible for recruiting possible study
participants, admitted having had
“needlephobia.”
“Since I recruit people, I fig
ured I needed to know what it was
like (to take part in a study.) I
couldn’t look at the blood draw. I
didn’t even want to go through
with the physical, but it was a piece
of cake. If I can do it, anybody
_ _ _ n
can.
Money is a major incentive for
participation. Earnings range from
$100 to $2,000, depending on the
length of stay at the laboratory.
UNL senior Charlie Liakos, a
math/actuarial science major, has
completed four studies at Harris
and earned a total of $1,350.
“It’s relaxing as can be,”
Liakos said. “It’s the most stress
free time you can have. The money
can’t be beat.”
During a stay at the lab, frpe
time can be spent in recreation
areas, playing pool and video
games, in TV lounges or out in the
courtyard.
“You have all the time to do
things, get caught up. I wrote two
papers,” said senior psychology
major Jamie Winter.
The process of becoming a
study participant begins with a
phone call, where recruiters like
Meyerhoff screen a person ’ s medi
cal history, registering those who
fit the criteria needed.
“We need a fairly uniform
population-homogenous,” Mey
erhoff said. The studies have vary
ing age and sex requirements, and
some studies are only for smokers
or non-smokers.
From there, possible partici
pants come in for a physical exam.
At this point, they are given de
tailed information about the medi
cation and what to expect.
Marshall advises potential partici
pants to take that opportunity ‘‘to
ask questions, take a look around
the facility, talk to the staff.”
Most studies are for men. Be
cause of pregnancy liability, stud
ies involving women usually re
quire them to be surgically sterile
or post-menopausal, even though
pregnancy tests are given to
women during the physical exam.
A stay at Harris Laboratory is
required in most studies so as to
administer die necessary tests and
control food and medication in
take, with most of the studies being
conducted on weekends so as not
to interfere with school and work.
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Ticket checking I
going smoothly I
after rule change I
By C J. Schepers
Staff Reporter
The new University of Nebraska
Lincoln student football ticket sys
tem is operating “rather smoothly ”
according to Joe Selig, ticket man
ager of the UNL Athletic Ticket Of
fice.
During the system’s kick-off Sat
urday, Selig said, gate personnel had
no problems checking IDs for the
Nebraska-Northern Illinois game
‘ ‘To my knowledge, things did not
bog down,” Selig said.
With the new system, UNL stu
dents — for the first time - now can
legally transfer their tickets to other
part- or full-time students or even
non-students.
The old method allowed only the
student who owned the ticket to use
it. I
Owners ot student tickets must
present their full-time photo IDs or
traditional IDs.
Selig said students also can trans
fer their tickets to other full-time
students, but non-owners must pres
ent their full-time IDs at Gate 21 for
full-time verification. Those with
traditional IDs must present some
type of photo ID as well.
Students who want to transfer
their tickets to a part-time student or
non-student must pay the difference
between the student and public price,
and have the ticket validated by the
Athletic Ticket Office, he said.
This season, the price tag of a
student ticket is $7 versus $18.50 for
the general public. The difference of
$ 11.50 would have to be paid at time
of validation.
The ticket price for the Nebraska
Oklahoma game is the only excep
tion, he said, because of the higher
$25 public rate. That raises the differ
ence to $18.
Students can validate their tickets
the week of the game on Wednesday
or Thursday, or game days from 9 to
11 a.m.
Only ticket owners can have their
tickets validated, he said.
According to Selig, 250 student
tickets were validated for the Ne
braska-Northern Illinois game on
Sept. 9, and slightly more than 100
full-time students were admitted with
other students’ tickets at Gate 21.
The total number of student tick
ets sold this season is about 9,7(X), he
said.
Selig said gate checkers will meet
Saturday before the Utah game as a
follow-up to last week’s smooth pro
cedure.
“We will be monitoring the situ
ation,” he said.
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graduates one year after graduation
and concentrates on the support those
students had received from family,
employers and the institution.
The final part of the study is con
ducted five years following gradu
ation, she said, and focuses on what
education does for life satisfaction.
An average of 60 percent of non
iraditional UNL graduates respond to
the survey each year, Eversoll said.
Most people are eager to “tell their
story,” she said.
Eversoll said she began her study
in 1981 because she felt there was a
need for research that focused on the
successful degree completion by
nontraditional students.
The information supplied by non
traditional graduates is helpful in
encouraging and counseling adults
who consider returning to higher
education, Eversoll said.
Graduates give new returning stu
dents realistic advice, Eversoll said.
“New students are told that it is
not easy, and not to expect it to be a
piece of cake, but that returning to
school is well worth it,” she said.
Some graduates have reported not
being accepted by traditional-age
students as one of their greatest fears
in reluming to school, she said. Many
also have reported having made some
strong relationships, Eversoll said.
Despite the difficulties, more than
90 percent of respondents reported
they would make the same choice it
they had to do it over again, she said.
