Drop/Add part of UNL thrill
This week while I wasted my
time sleeping, going to class
and just watching the snow fall,
some of my more fortunate peers were
tackling a more exciting task: Drop/
Add.
My blood boils with envy when I
think of them rising early to trudge
through the snow and stand in line and
stand in line and stand in line. I would
have liked to have been there too, but
I finished my dropping and adding
' during finals week.
To arrange my classes for last se
mester, I went five limes! I’m a regu
lar!
So imagine how upset I was when
my schedule came back exactly as I’d
requested it.
What would I do? What would the
people at Drop/Add do? Would they
still go on without me? Who would
answer when the woman at the front
of the room mispronounced my name?
They might think I’m hurt — trapped
in a tiger pit or residence hall elevator,
screaming, “Let me out! I need to get
into Children’s Lit!”
This isn’t fair, I thought. It just
shows that you can’t count on any
thing in life. Just when you think
you’ve got the whole world figured
out, along comes some efficient ad
ministrator orclevcrcomputcrtobring
the facade tumbling down.
But I was still in control. I promptly
changed my minor, thus scrambling
my schedule and restoring my inner
peace.
It took me nearly an hour with the
Spring Schedule to revamp my plans,
but I didn’t mind. Heck, I was happy!
This was the life I’d grown to love
at UNL, a life of confusing require
ments and end less hassles. BUT,noth
ing is impossible.
I
I go to Drop/Add
every semester. It’s
as much a part of
my back-to-school
experience as buy
ing books and sob
bing uncontrollably.
You just have to learn the game.
I know the Drop/Add procedure
like the back of my hand. Better,
even! I have invested more time and
talent in Drop/Add than in most of my
classes. It should be offered as a ma
jor.
In ihc past I have gone to East
Campus for ihc first and most hectic
day of Drop/Add. The word on the
streets is the lines are shorter and you
gel out faster. Until finals week, I had
never stayed on City Campus for the
first day of Drop/Add.
My friends and I figured that if we
went an hour early, we’d be near the
front of the line. After all, who was
going to venture out into the freezing
rain earlier than 6:30 a.m.?
Ten jilliori other people, that’s who.
The line looped around the hall
way, went up a few flights of stairs,
dipped in and out of dark corridors.
We found one hallway where the line
spiralled into itself like a cinnamon
roll, or—as my friend pointed out—
one’s small intestines.
We finally found the end of the
line, or one of the ends of the line. It
kind of reminded me of buying U2
tickets last summer, but the line was
eight times as long and half as orga
nized.
I thought the Drop/Add operation
could learn a lot from the Zoo TV
tour. They could pass out those brace
lets the day before with a sheet stat
ing, “This bracelet does not guarantee
you a time card. It just guarantees a
place in line.”
About 7:45, the line woke up and
began snaking down the stairs, in and
outofhalls, over the ri ver and throug h
the woods, to a window where a cheer
ful man handed out time cards.
Everyone in line was taken care of
in about 15 minutes! Even for a hard
ened Drop/Add veteran like me, that
was good time!
Next came my favorite part of the
Drop/Add, the game-show part, when
everyone rushes into the ballroom,
races to fill in the bubble sheets and
then sits in the studio audience to see
i f they get a red (you ’re a big winner!)
or a blue (try again) schedule notifica
tion.
“Rainbow Rowell, come on down!
Don Pardo, tell Rainbow what she’s
won!”
“Well, because she filled in her
student number wrong, she gets to
start over! But, watch outcontestants,
because when she’s done all of her
classes will be clo-o-osed!”
There’s no fun in getting all of your
classes the first lime around. That’s
not exciting. And if there’s one thing
I’ve learned from my years in Lin
coln, it is to cling to any scrap of
excitement you can!
Rowell is a junior news-editorial, adver
tising and English major and a Rally Nebras
kan columnist.
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This could be the start of something big! Worlds of Fun is searching for the
Midwest’s most talented singers and dancers to appear in our 1993 show pro
gram. Performing at Worlds of Fun is the perfect summer job for students. If
you work the entire season (six days per week in the summer, and weekends in
the spring and fall) you can earn over $7,000!
“All the Worlds a Stage" at Worlds of Fun, from our
lively 50’s-60's rock revue, STAX OF WAX, to our
spectacular new Broadway-styled production at the
Tivol Music Hall. Performing at Worlds of Fun is
fun, and it can be that important First Step. More
than 1.3 million Worlds of Fun visitors are waiting to
discover YOU!!!
AUDITION INSTRUCTIONS:
If you are a singer, please sing one verse and the
chorus of two contrasting styles of song; one up
tempo and one ballad. Sing any type music you
enjoy; rock, gospel, show tunes, etc. (no rap.) If you
are a dancer, please prepare a jazz routine. Please
limit your material to no more than three minutes in
length. (No jobs are available for dramatic actors or
instrumentalists.)
You must provide vour own accompaniment,
whether it be a pianist or a cassette tape. We will
provide a cassette deck and a piano.
THE CLOSEST AUDITIONS:
• LINCOLN, NEBRASKA
Tuesday, January 19:
The Cornhusker Hotel
333 South 13th Street
5:00 p.m. (Registration closes at 7:00 p.m.)
• KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI
Saturday, January 23:
The Park Place Hotel, Shoshone/Cherokee Room
1601 North Universal Ave.
(Off I-435 at Front Street, one mile south of
Worlds of Fun)
10:00 a.m. (Registration closes at 4:00 p.m.)
• KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI
Saturday, January 30:
The Holiday Inn Crowne Plaza, Seville Room,
4445 Main Street. (Just north of the Plaza.)
9:00 a.m. (Registration closes at 4:00 p.m.)
For more information and a complete audition
schedule, contact the Worlds of Fun Show
Productions Department, at (816) 454-4545, Ext.
1350.
Worlds ot^un
•w KANSAS CITY 1,
1/14/93 - 2/14/93
GM Underwriters' Student Insurance policy for
Spring/Summer Semesters starts January 14, 1993.
Policy brochures are available by mail or at UHC Busi
ness Office. The insurance works in conjunction with
your Health Center fees, so it is important to make
sure you have paid these fees as well as your insur
ance premium.
Premiums are:
1/14/93 - 8/24/93
Student Only □ $238.00
Students Spouse □ $893.00
Student, Spouse, S Child □$1,182.00
Students Child □ $525.00
(EachAdditionalChi|d_<_B_^^iy^|i$291i00_
This Is the only option open at this time. Summer
session students may take advantage of a summer
policy starting 5/24/93. All policies will expire 8/24/
93. Premiums may be paid at the UHC Business
Office or mailed directly to the company. NO CASH
PAYMENTS PLEASE!
For further information on University Health Center
services/fees, please contact the UHC Business Office
by calling 472-7435.
I UNL I
vs.
Missouri
Come watch the Huskers splash their
way to victory against
the Tigers!
Sat Afternoon 1
Jan. 16,1 P.M. ____
Bob Devaney Sports Center
Admission
$2.00 - General Public
Free - UNL students with I.D.
For ticket info - call (402) 472-3111
Thanks
to - - Meet Sponsor.
January 25,1993
7:00 p.m.
Nebraska Union Centennial Room
Admission: UNL Students - Free
w/ID, Public-$3
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