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More choosing summer school, officials say — J Willllll Senior Reporter More and more students arc foregoing fun in me sun for the classroom, University of Ne bf£ska'L‘nc°ln summer session registration officials said. Liz Grobsmith, director of UNL’s summer sessions, said the number of students enrolled in summer classes has grown slightly in the last couple of years, and she expected that trend to continue. In 1991, a total of 15,388 summer classes were requested. In 1992, that number rose to 15,482. Grobsmith said summcrcnrollmcnt had been steady for about a decade, with class registra tion growing slightly every year. Students slock in summer sessions has gone up recently, Grobsmith said, because of smaller sections. “Students are getting a little more of the professor’s attention during the summer,” she said. “It’s quite a bit different than in the fall or spring.” Grobsmith said summer school alsoattractcd a lot of students who were working their way through college/ “Studcntsarc working more these days,” she said. “They’re only taking 13 hours in the fall and in the spring, on the average. They need to make those hours up somewhere, and summer courses arc the first place they look.” Earl Hawkey, UNL’s director of registration and records, said students have relatively few problems getting their classes during the sum mer compared to fall and spring semesters, when Drop/Add is often necessary. Grobsmith said admission limits for sum mer class sections were somewhat more lenient than in the fall and spring semesters, making it easier for students to get the c lasses they needed. “If a class is overfilled by, say, one or two students, then we’ll most often ask the profes -44_ During the summer we get a lot of people here who aren’t here during the spring and fall semesters. —Hawkey director of registration and records -ft - sor to accommodate those extra students,” Grobsmith said. “If it’s really overregistered— by several students — we’ll usually create a new section. “It’s kind of a balancing act for us,” she said. “Some sections don’t fill at all; others arc filled right away." Hawkey said students wanting to accelerate their education, nontradilional students and teachers working toward master’s degrees, are the main students taking summer courses. “During the summer we get a lot of people here who aren’t here during the spring and fall semesters,” he said. Hawkey said UNL’s laid-back environment during the summer months was another reason why some students stay in town. “The relaxed (summer) atmosphere on cam pus attracts students who want to get a leg up on their classes,” he said. Grobsmith said preregistration isover for all summer sessions, but general registration is still a possibility for students who wish to take classes this summer. For the presession and eight-week session, general registration will take place May 14. General registration for the first five-week session is scheduled for June 3 and 4 and July 9 for the second five-week summer session, she said. Students can also register late for summer courses. A late registration period will be of fered, accompanied with a small fine. The presession late registration date is May 18; the eight-week session’s late registration date is scheduled for May 20; the first five-week ses sion, June 9; and the second five-week session, July 14, Grobsmith said. UNL summer session classes requested The number of summer classes requested has slowly increased with the trend projected to continue - J _ similar _ 15,482 rtw I 15.388 ^ r-;—Zl/ DN graphic POLICE REPORl Beginning midnight Thursday 10:37 a.m. — Verbal distur bance, Selleck Hall. 10:59 a.m.—Equalizer stolen, parking lot at Harper Hall, $60. 12:20 p.m. — Person intoxi cated, Cathcr/Pound halls. 3:14 p.m. — Person injured, transported to University Health Center, circle at 15th and S streets. Beginning midnight Friday 2:26 a.m. — Light poles dam aged, Love Library, S80Q. 7:19 a.m. — Hit-and-run acci dent, parking lot at Burr Hall, $600. 8:10 a.m. — Purse stolen, Vet erinary Basic Science Building, $26. 12:13 p.m.— Burglary, Sigma Alpha Mu Fraternity, 733 N. 16th St., $ 170 loss, $50 damage. 1:46 p.m. — Walkman stolen, Love Library, $150. 2:17 p.m.— Hit-and-run acci dent, parking lot at Harper Hall, $200. 2:27 p.m.— Vehicle damaged, parking total Harper Hall, $150. 3:55 p.m. — Bike stolen, Ar chitecture Hall, $258. 5:04 p.m. — Backpack stolen, University Bookstore, $119. 7:38 p.m. — Hit-and-run acci dent, gravel parking lot at Haipcr-Schramm-Smith, $70. 9:12 p.m.—Person intoxicated, transported to detoxification center, Nebraska Union. Beginning midnight Saturday 1:02 a.m.—Disturbance, 1245 R St. 1:50 a.m. — Person walked on vehicle, parking lot at Sandoz • Hall. $150. 3:23 ajm. — Soap in fountain, Brovhill Fountain, $100. 1:22 p.m. — Purse stolen, Ne braska Union, $130. 1:47 p.m. — Vehicle keyed, parking lotatHarpcr-Schramm Smilh, $250. 2:08 p.m. — Carpel damaged, Abel Hall. 8:45 p.m. — Tree stolen, Schramm Hall. « 10:59 p.m. — Verbal distur bance, parking lot at Harper Schramm-Smilh. . Beginning midnight Sunday 2:14 p.m. — Harassment, Love Library. 3:15 p.m.—Trespassing, Poul try Complex. 7:02 p.m.—Bike stolen, Sandoz Hall, $335. 7:57 p.m. — Vehicle damaged, parking lotat Sandoz Hall, $70. 9:21 p.m. — Two males fight _ t NSE leaders ready for incoming freshmen Student guides wrap lip months of intense training By Jeffrey Robb Staff Reporter_ After months of intense training, the 1993 team of New Student Enroll ment leaders is ready to educate thou sands of incoming freshmen about being a student at the University of Ncbraska-Lincoln. The NSE program was created to help incoming freshmen adjust to life at a large college. NSE also helps students pre-register for classes, gives campus tours and answers the ques tions of students and their parents. “We need to make people aware of the services offered and the things available to new students... We give tips andlnsight so that the transition to college is easier,” said Stacy Brandi, an NSE leader. ' “We need lo make the students com tollable and let them know that they made the right decision,” Brandt said. This summer’s NSE leaders made the decision lo become leaders last October. Pat McBride, director of NSE,said 115 students applied for the NSE leader positions. Each applicant had to an swer four essay questions. After the essays, the applicants were screened by individual colleges, which nar rowed the field to 56 people. Of those remaining, at least one student from each of UNL’s colleges was chosen as a representative, McBride said. The rest were chosen based on the percentage of new stu dents that entered each college the year before. In the end, 26 students were hired, and then the training began. This semester, NSE leaders took Educational Psychology 496, also known as ihc “New Student Enroll ment Orientation Leader Training Internship.” The course is worth three credit hours, McBride said. He said in the past few months the leaders have learned to guide campus tours, to speak in public and todiscuss with people the possible problems they could encounter as new students at UNL. McBride said that for NSE leaders todo their jobs well, they must memo rize mountains of facts about UNL so they can answer any of the questions people might have. ' As summer approaches, the lead ers arc perfecting their new skills, McBride said. The final step in their education calls for them to break into groups of four to seven and organize a skit that would help new students better understand problems on cam pus. As the training comes to a close, McBride said that this NSE leader group prepared very well. “They’re better prepared than the year before,” he said. But with all this preparation, NSE leaders still have problems perfecting the backwards walk necessary to guide a campus tour. Many leaders from past years said that stumbling or run ning into things on campus was the only obstacle that NSE training couldn’t help with. Suzanne Gish, an NSE leader from last year, said leaders couldn Tal ways rely on students to tell them when they were about to hit something. “Students arc always quiet at the beginning of the tours,” Gish said. “They’re loo timid to speak up.” She said she almost backed into a concrete column on one tour. Tour guides narrowly averted tumbling over shrubbery countless times, she said. McBride said that for somebody to walk backwards, they needed to prac tice doing it for a long lime. “Thai’s usually the big story at the end of the year,” he said. . y 4 i. Looks like a; Vivarin night. It's 10 PM. You've crammed for finals all week. Took two today. And now you've got to pack an entire semesters worth of Philosophy into one take-home exam, in one night. But how do you stay awake when you're totally wiped? Revive with Vivarin. 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