Enrollment
By Jennifer Groen
Staff Reporter
Preliminary registration figures
show that enrollment at UNL is slight
ly lower than last semester.
According to Earl Hawkey, direc
tor of registration and records, 77
fewer people registered for classes
this semester at the University of
Nebraska-Lirtcoln. -
“This is less than one percent, so
we are essentially at the same point as
last year,” Hawkey said.
Hawkey said UNL’s enrollment
had been steady for the past two years
he had been working for the universi
ty.
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the process easy for all concerned.
“It should be... much less stressful
than strapping a guy to a chair and
•running a bunch of voltage though
him,” Elmer said.
LB600 was introduced in the 1993
session by Elmer and was held over to
this session. In the Judiciary Commi t
tee hearings last year, Sen. Ernie
Chambers of Omaha attempted, and
failed, to kill the bill.
Elmer said he knew there were
senators that abhorred the death pen
alty, and he expected them to vote
against LB600. But for those who
weren’t sure on the issue, Elmer said
he expected something different.
“If you think we can provide a less
stressful way to execute an individual
who has been sentenced to the termi
nation of his life, I would expect your
support," Elmer said.
Chambers said he opposed the bill
on the grounds of his own principles.
“There is no way that killing by the
state can be made attractive enough
for me to support it, unless that meth
od would be old age,” Chambers said.
He said he opposed the death penalty
in any and all cases.
Elmer said 22 states used lethal
injections as the means for execution.
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“The people in Nebraska are in
credible," he said, “The students are
veiy enthusiastic."
Wilson said UNL had been includ
ed in the publication since its incep
tion in 1991—a trend that was likely
to continue.
“If we do this every year for 100
years, Nebraska would be in it every
year,” he said.
James Griescn, UNL vice chancel
lor for student affairs, said he wasn’t,
surprised by the attention the publ ica
tion gave to UNL.
“We enjoy a good national reputa
tion here/ he said.
He said more and more students
had become interested in UNL.
“We are drawing more students
because of our reasonable cost,”
Griesen said.
He said the curriculum at UNL was
equal to any other school. Many grad
uates ofUNL go on to pursue graduate
degrees at other prestigious schools.
“Our best students compete well
with any other students around the
country," Griesen said.
Griesen said UNL would continue
to improve with the implementation
of tougher admission requirements.
Keith Benes, president of the As
sociation of Students of the Universi
ty ofNebraska and a senior communi
cations studies major, was one of four
UNL students the magazine inter
viewed.
He said that during the interview
he was asked everything from “Are
you a Nebraska football fan?" to "Have
any professors been a strong influ
ence to you in your college career?”
“What they try to do is give a
personal touch to the book,” Benes
said.
He admitted that when he was look
ing for a college following high school,
he didn’t want to go to UNL. But he is
happy about his decision.
,rI can’t imagine going to school
anywhere else, he said. “I’ve had a
great experience here.”
slightly down from fall
Graduate student registration in
creased by 142 from last semester and
jndergraduate registration decreased
oy 219, Hawkey said.
Merlin Lawson, dean of graduate
studies, said there had been a steady
increase in graduate enrollment every
/ear for the last five years.
Graduate enrollment has dramati
cally increased because a growing
number of people are realizing that a
master’s degree increases their in
come potential and gives them better
job security, Lawson said.
“Recent studies have showed that
people with master’s degrees earn $1
million more in a lifetime than people
with only a bachelor’s degree,”
Lawson said.
Undergraduate registration, how
ever, was somewhat lower this se
mester than last.
Hawkey said a decline in high
school graduates was one reason tor
the decline in UNL’s undergraduate
enrollment.
Hawkey said the small decrease in
enrollment didn’t surprise him.
“We expected it to be down slight
ly because we had our largest Decem
ber graduation ever,” he said.
At winter graduation, UNL gradu
ated 122 more students than in De
cember 1992.
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