Grant to finance more
pre-veterinary advisers
By Erik Unger
Staff Reporter
A $6,500 grant, awarded to the pre
veterinary advising center at UNL, will
finance the addition of four peer advisers,
an official said.
Norman Schneider, an associate profes
sor of veterinary science, said the grant was
approved by the New Partnerships in Agri
culture and Education and would finance
the $1,000 stipend each peer adviser was
given every year.
The advisers, who must be undergradu
ate veterinary science majors, include Traci
Doeschot, the senior peer adviser, sopho
mores Wendy Brant and Shelley Summers,
and freshman Lora Hafeman.
Schneider said the students were chosen
from 14 applicants and had undergone ex
tensive training and apprenticeship programs
through the biological sciences advising
center.
Schneider, who is in charge of all advis
ing, said he expected the peer advising to
help students.
“It’s nota costly operation for the benefit
we get out of it,” he said. “More students
will have access to advising when they want
it.”
The number of veterinary science ma
jors is growing, he said.
“It is probably one of the top three most
popular majors in the College of Agricul
ture Sciences and Natural Resources,” Sch
neider said.
When Schneider first came to the Uni
versity of Ncbraska-Lincoln in 1990-91, he
said, 75 students were involved in veteri
nary sciences. Last year, that number rose
to 150 students, and 250 students now need
advising.
Schneider said he was the primary ad
viser for 125 of the students who attended
UNL. He also is a co-adviser for 125 stu
dents from Chadron State and Wayne State
colleges, as well as students from all Ne
braska community colleges.
“Now we have more students than I can
handle alone and do an effective job,” he
said. “I can’t handle 250 students and stay
involved in recruiting and retention activi
ties.”
Schneider said he also would pass some
of the recruiting duties to the peer advisers.
They will be involved in recruiting and
retention programs, Red Letter Day, giving
tours and talking to parents as well as per
sonal advising, he said.
He said the increase in funding only
could help.
“If it continues to be funded and contin
ues to grow in Nebraska’s interest... we
will have more qualified students selecting
lifelong careers in the veterinary field,”
Schneider said.
He said the increase also would help
Nebraska fill the positions at the College of
Veterinary Medicine at Kansas State Uni
versity. UNL docs not have a college of
veterinary science, so Kansas Stale allows
UNL veterinary students to finish their degrees
there, at in-slate cost. One-fourth of UNL’s
prc-vctcrinary studcnLs study at Kansas State
after finishing at UNL, Schneider said.
The program will be financed yearly, and
Schneider said he hoped the program’s success
and the increase in the number of students
would convince the dean to finance the
program again next year.
He said the Nebraska Veterinary Medi
cal Association had agreed to finance one
student’s stipend next year.
Publications Board selects
next Daily Nebraskan editor
By Adeana Leftin
Senior Editor __
The Publications Board voted unanimously
Wednesday to select Chris Hopfensperger as
editor of next year’s Daily Nebraskan.
Hopfensperger, a junior news-editorial major,
told the board his qualifications laid in his three
years of experience on the Daily Nebraskan
staff. He was a sports staff reporter for one year
and a senior staff reporter for another year.
This year, Hopfensperger made the transi
tion to the news section as night news editor
and associate news editor.
He said the experience had helped him
understand the strengths and weaknesses of the
paper and what should be changed or kept the
same.
“I can answer many of the questions about
pulling out the paper because I have asked
them,’’ he said. “I know some of what can and
docs go wrong because I have created some of
the messes and fixed others.”
The other applicant for the editor position
was Kim Spurlock, a sophomore news-edito
rial major.
Spurlock said she thought she could help the
Daily Nebraskan belter represent the needs of
all University of Ncbraska-Lincoln students
and increase cultural diversity on the staff.
Spurlock was one of many students who criti
cized the Daily Nebraskan for printing a photo
of the arrest of a black football player.
Bill Vobcjda, publications board chairman,
urged Spurlock to apply as editor again as a
junior and asked Hopfensperger to listen to her
suggestions.
Hopfensperger said increasing staff diver
sity and creating a more congenial working
environment would be two of his goals.
“This semester has very painfully pointed
out the lack of diversity on the staff at the DN,”
he said. “Next year’s staff needs to recruit
minority students for both reporting and edit
ing positions.”
Two football players arraigned
By the Associated Press
Two Nebraska football players were charged
Wednesday in connection with a fight at a
house party that sent some members of the
school’s baseball team to the hospital.
Lance Gray, 21, pleaded innocent to assauli
and trespassing,City Attorney Bill Austin said.
Lancaster County Judge Jack Lindner set an
April 16 trial date for Gray, a walk-on line
backer from Oswego, N.Y.
Todd Gragnano, 20, pleaded guilty to tres
passing and was fined $ 1 (X). He is a scholarship
quarterback from Fountain Valley, Calif.
Five other players have been cited in the
Feb. 21 incident and were set for arraignment
later this w'cck.
Police said a group that included some base
ball players forced two football players to
leave a house party when they refused to pay
for beer. The two came back later with other
members of the football team and a fight broke
out, authorities said.
Six members of the baseball team and one
former player were injured. Some were taken
lo the hospital.
Nebraska football coach Tom Osborne kicked
two of the players off the team. The others face
suspension of part or all of spring practice.
Nebraskan
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Managing Editor Kara Wells John Adklsson
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Officials to increase price
of Nebraska football tickets
By Kristine Long
Staff Reporter_ _ _
The price of Nebraska football tickets will
rise slightly next year, a UNL official said.
Gary Fouraker, assistant to the athletic di
rector for business affairs, said the price of
student tickets would rise from $7 to $8, and
public tickets would rise from $18.50 to $20.
Faculty will be able to buy two tickets at a
reduced price of $16 instead of one reduced
ticket for $ 10 and one at regular price, Fouraker
said.
The primary reason for the price increase is
that Nebraska will play only six home games
instead of the usual seven this year, he said.
But, he said, the prices will not go back
down when Nebraska plays seven games the
following year.
Joe Selig, UNL ticket office manager, said
the number of students purchasing tickets had
dropped by 50 percent over the last 10 years. I n
1982,16,337 students bought tickets compared
to 8,075 in 1991, he said.
“1 speculate that the typical student is just
different than 10 years ago,” Selig said.
Fouraker said price was not the main reason
students were not buying tickets.
“It’s not so much the price, it’s that students
are involved in jobs,” he said.
Scan Gatz, a senior finance and economics
major, said, “I’m a bartender, and I usually
work during the games. It would be a waste of
money to buy tickets.”
Some students also may channel their money
toward basketball instead of football.
Melanie Bills, a sophomore secondary edu
cation major, said, “I’d rather buy basketball
tickets because the games are scattered through
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Season ticket lottery
scheduled for April
From Staff Reports
The lottery for 1992 student season
football tickets will be April 6-10, said
Cindy Bell, assistant ticket manager.
Applications may be turned in each
day from 8:30 a.m. to4 p.m. at the South
Stadium Ticket Office.
Only full-time students arc eligible to
apply, but student identification is not
needed. All students, regardless of regis
tration status, arc eligible to apply for
tickets after April 10 until Aug. 25.
The price for the six-game package is
$48 for regular student tickets and $128
for spouse tickets.
out the week, so they won’t interfere with my
job on the weekend.”
Deb Hegcmcislcr, a junior actuarial science
major, said she did not buy football tickets just
because she enjoyed basketball more.
“Also, I can enjoy the football game just as
much in front of the TV,” Hcgcmcistcr said.
Sclig said more students were working to
pay their way through college, and “the time
they work is the lime we’re playing football.”
A study by a marketing class in the spring of
1989 found that many students also did not buy
tickets because they were non-transferable.
Tickets now arc transferable through vali
dation, but sales still have not increased, Sclig
said.
Church begins lenten lunch series
From Staff Reports
The Annual Lenten Lunch series for fac
ulty, staff and graduate students in the UNL
community began Wednesday at St. Mark’s
On-Thc-Campus Episcopal Church, 1309 R
St., with a brown-bag luncheon fellowship at
11:30 a.m. and formal program at about 12:05
p.m.
The series will continue next week with Dr.
Ervin Goldcnslcin, professor emeritus of the
UNL Teachers College.
The theme for this year’s scries is “How My
Mind Has Changed.” Weekly speakers each
will address the question of how their personal
convictions, priorities and values in both pri
vate and professional life have changed over
recent years.
Each session will allow time for discussion
with the speaker, and will close by 1 p.m.
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