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I-team helps uninvolved students By Matt Woody Staff Reporter__ Students looking to get involved in activities or organizations on campus can find help from the I team. I-tcam Director Jennifer McClure said the group’s goal was to get more students involved at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. “Basically 90 percent of the stu dents who attend UNL do not get involved in student activities,” she said. “It’s the same 10 to20percent who get involved in all of the activ ities.” The I-team, which consists of 12 students, was establ ished during the summer by the Office of Stu dent Involvement. Student involvement should be an important aspect of college life, McClure said. “The university experience doesn’t just consist of academics,” she said. While a student’s involvement in campus activities may be unre lated to academics, McClure said, studies show activities often bene fit the student’s scholastic pursuits. To spread its message, the I team gives presentations to student groups on campus and to individu al students on request. University Foundations classes, residence hall groups and honors program stu dents have taken advantage of the 1-team’s services. McClure said the involvement team offered four main services: • presentations to let students know what activities arc available and why they should get involved; •one-on-one consultations with students; • consultations to match stu dent’s individual characteristics, skills and personalities to activi ties; • and designer workshops tai lored to fit the needs of specific student organizations. The work shops address subjects such as par 1 iame ntary procedure, eth ics or pro motion of events. McClure said all four avenues led to one goal—increased student involvement at UNL. “We don’t get them involved; we teach them how to get involved. We get them motivated and excited about it,” she said. Despite all of the options the I tcam offers to students and student groups, McClure said she was sur prised by the reaction to the team. “It’s been an amazing success,” she said. “The first day they al ready had eight presentations set up.” 1-tcam members were chosen on the basis of their involvement and on the variety of their involve ment experiences. McClure said members represented all groups on campus, including residence hall students, grecks, graduate students and international students. - it We don't get them involved; we teach them how to get involved. We get them motivated and excited about it. —McClure l-team director -tf - I-tcam member Shawntell Hurtgen said the variety of the group’s members added to its abil ity to get its message across. “We can enlighten each other,” she said. “Everybody is so differ ent, and when you have all these different people come together and try to send out this one message, it’s really interesting.” McClure said it was the variety in the backgrounds of the team members that helped the group the most. “Each has an area of expertise,” she said. Hurtgen, who has been involved with student government and Col lege Republicans, said she had giv en only one presentation so far. 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They also are hooked up to HuskerNet, an information system that allows com munication through computers. “Now you have proof positive that you can call me and complain any time you want,” Griesen said to stu dents at the opening. The rooms, which are converted residence hall rooms, also include new carpet, desk lamps and paper recycling bins. Complex Program Director Glen Gray said the computer rooms would help bring the University of Ncbras ka-Lincoln into the 1990s. “About a year’s worth of effort is coming to a head tonight,” Gray said in a telephone interview Monday. Gray said the rooms were designed to recruit and retain students in the residence hall system, help students academically and meet security con cerns about working in other campus computer labs late at night. All Pound and Cather residents will have a key to the computer rooms on theif respective floors, Gray said. Gray said he encouraged students not to leave the doors propped open or to lend keys out to nonresidents. He said on-call staff merfibers would be available to students when needed. The computer rooms were expect ed to open at the beginning of the semester, but a delay in obtaining equipment and software postponed the opening, Gray said. Gray said he hoped students appre ciated the convenient computer rooms. “1 think it’s great,” he said. “I think people are fired up.” Lisa Hayford, ajunior speech com munications major and Pound resi dent, said she was excited about the computers. “It’ll be nice for oeoplc like me who don’t have their own computer or typewriter,” Hayford said. “This way I’ll have a place to go on my own floor to work on papers and stuff.” World Food Day observances stop at UNL From Staff Reports “Biodiversity and Food Security” will be the focus of the World Food Day observance Friday in the East Campus Union. The observance, which runs from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. will feature lec tures on climactic changes and food security, population and biodiversity, and economic development, biodiversity and women. The afternoon will feature a brown bag lunch and discussion and a tele conference. The teleconference, which begins at 1:30 p.m., features Jose T. Esquinas Alcazar, secretary of the FAO Com mission of Plant Genetic Resources; Geoffrey Hawtin, Director-General of the International Board for Plant Genetic Resources; Sally Mackenzie, Associate Professor and Director of the Genetics Program, Purdue Uni versity; and Hope Shand, Research Director of Rural Advancement Foun dation International. It will be moderated by Miriam Hernandez, General Assignment Re porter for CBS television station. Police Report Beginning midnight Monday 2:29 a.m. — Burglary, 1345 R St., $1,750 loss, $100 recovered. 4:19 a.m. — Injury/sickness, 17th and R streets, person transported to University Health Center. 10:11 a.m. — Car accident, Harp er-Schramm-Smith, $165. 10:33 a.m.—Burglary, 426 N. 16th St., $150. 1:19 p.m. — Bike stolen, Cather Residence Hall, $380. 5:28 p.m. — Bike stolen, Delta Upsilon Fraternity, $325. 8:06 p.m. — Necklace stolen, Cather Residence Hall, $>150. 6:42 p.m.—Air let out of tires, Burr/ Fedde Residence Halls. Beginning midnight Tuesday 10:58 a.m. — Larceny, University Health Center, $85. 11:12 a.m.—Car accident, Animal Sciences Building, $500. 12:56 p.m. — Vandalism, criminal mischief, Reunion, $150. 1:23 p.m. — Vandalism, criminal mischief, 14th and Avery streets, $50. 2:48 p.m. — Hit-and-run accident, Lincoln, $50. 11:24 p.m. — Person fainted from exhaustion, refused medical help, Sandoz Residence Hall. Beginning midnight Wednesday 12:57 a.m.—Bike stolen, Architec ture Hall, $320. 12:26 p.m. — Bike seat stolen, Avery Hall, $90. 1:48 p.m.—Calculator stolen, Ne braska Hall, $300. 2:08 p.m. — Car window broken, 19th and R streets. 5:39 p.m. — Bike stolen, Bancroft Hall, $255. 9:06 p.m. — Roofing rolls stolen, College of Dentistry, $100, recov ered. 9:28 p.m. — Hood ornament sto len, Nebraska Center for Continu ing Education, $25. Beginning midnight Thursday 12:39 a.m. — Assault, 1400 Q St. 12:47 a.m. — Threatening phone calls, Harper Residence Hall. 1:56 a.m. — Assault, 519 N. 16th St. 2:33 a.m. — Assault, 426 N. 16th St. 2:33 a.m. — Threatening phone calls, Sandoz Residence Hall. 8:17 a.m. — Lunch pail, Carpenter Nebraska Educational Telecommu nications Center, $8, recovered. 11:38 a.m.—Window broken, 601 N. 16th St., $75. 11:50 a.m.—Window broken, 19th and U streets, $50. 3:28 p.m. — Wallet and contents stolen, Nebraska Campus, $20. 3:53 p.m. — Radio antennae sto len, 17th and R streets, $20. 4:05 p.m. — Tresspassing, suspi cious party, Hamilton Hall. 5:23 p.m. — Coat stolen, Harper Residence Hall 1010, $450. 6:59 p.m. — Larceny, Administra tion Building, $10. 9:00 p.m. — Person intoxicated, Cather Residence Hall, transported to Detox. Beginning midnight Friday 6:48 a.m.—Theft from auto, Cather Residence Hall, $65 loss, $150 dam age. 12:10 p.m. — Purse stolen, Ne braska Union, $300, all recovered except for a checkbook. 12:44 p.m.—Forgery, checks from above case. 1:57 p.m. — Bike stolen, 1548 S St., $260. 3:51 p.m. — Coats stolen from auto, Chi Omega Sorority, $505. 11:31 p.m. — Person intoxicated, Nebraska Union, transported to Detox. Beginning midnight Saturday 3:34 p.m. — Bike stolen, Triangle Fraternity, $440. 7:35 p.m. — Car stolen, Smith Residence Hall, $1,000.