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Advice offered on locations to eat, shop, play
By Brian Sharp
Senior Reporter
Eric Zenoni grew up in a town of
27,000.
Then he came to the University
of Nebraska-Lincoln, in a town of
about 200,000.
“The biggest thing for me was
the change to the big city,” Zenoni
of Laramie, Wyo., said. “All the
choices, places to go, things to eat.”
m Taco Bell, 4500 O St., 245 N. 13th St.
■ Amigos, Nebraska Union
■ Burger King, Nebraska Union
■ Lazio’s, 710 P St.
■ La Paz, 321 N. Cotner Blvd.
■ TGI Friday’s, 210 N. 48th St.
■ Applebee’s, 3730 Village Drive
■ Los Mendoza, 1400 N. 48th St.
■ Thai Garden Restaurant, 215 N. 14th St.
Candace Payne grew up in
Schaumburg, 111., a suburb of the
Chicago metro area, which has a
population of 8 million.
She, too, came to UNL.
“(Lincoln) is very slow,” she
said. “There’s not as much to do.”
Both are seniors this year—
Zenoni majors in architecture, and
Payne majors in human develop
ment. Both offer different advice on
how to survive in the big city —
make that the semi-big city.
Zenoni has found many Lincoln
places that help make the most of
his small budget.
“Taco Bell is the universal
cheap,” Zenoni said. “Grab a bunch
of tacos for a couple bucks and go.”
Tor clothes, Zenoni recommends
the 1/2 Price Store, located at 46th
and Vine streets. But peruse your
purchases, he said, because some
times there’s a reason they’re such a
bargain.
Also, be sure to shop around for
school supplies, he said.
“The University and Nebraska
bookstores will get you pretty good,”
he said. “Otherwise, everything is
pretty much equal (in pricing).”
Payne said she didn’t go out
much for fast food. Instead she
recommends Lazio’s, 710 P St., and
TGI Friday’s, 48th and O streets.
She doesn’t spend much time
looking for clothing bargains either,
she said. She said she usually just
went out and bought.
Gateway Mall’s International
Limited Express and The Gap in
Omaha are her clothing stores of
choice, she said.
shopping
around:
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■ 1/2 Price Store, 4600 Vine St.
■ TJ Maxx, 400 N. 48th St.
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„ Gateway Mall, 6100 O St.
The Gap, Omaha
Keith Krockcr of Lexington —
population 8,000 — graduated in a
high school class of 112. He will
graduate this year from UNL with a
degree in mechanical engineering.
“You can’t beat Taco Bell or
Amigos for the price,” Kroeker said.
“But I like to take dates to nicer bar
and grills, like Lazio’s or
Applebee’s.”
The best way to find the bar
gains, he said, is to ask around.
“It’s good to find out from other
people,” Kroeker said. “There’s
always people who’ve done it
before.”
Dominic Cicalcse came from the
East Coast. He was 30 minutes from
Boston, one hour from Providence,
R.I., 15 minutes from Cape Cod,
Mass., and then there always was
the beach.
“There was a lot of adjustment to
make as far as the volume of events
that take place (in Lincoln),” said
Cicalcse, a senior agricultural
education major.
Students still can find a lot to do,
he said, if they look for it. -
“The Lied Center is a tremen
dous value,” he said. “I don’t think
students take advantage of it.”
UNL’s Lied Center for Perform
ing Arts offers many plays, musicals
and other performances at prices
that sometimes run around $4, he
said. Free plays arc always offered
at the theater in the Temple
Building, and $3 movies and
wceklong movie festivals are free on
campus at the Sheldon Art Gallery,
he said.
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supplies:!
■ Nebraska Bookstore, 1300 Q St.
■ University Bookstore,
Nebraska Union
■ Wal-Mart, 4700 N. 27th St.
■ Target, 333 N. 48th St.
■ used bookstores
“There are a lot of things at the
university that I don’t think students
take advantage of,” Cicalcse said.
Shopping for bargains in Lincoln
is relatively easy, he said. It is a
town on two ends, he said. One is
for the high-priced, and one is for
the penny-pinching.
It doesn’t take long to find your
niche, he said.
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Suggestions given to help groom
new students for the UNL world
By Joel Strauch
Senior Reporter
Freshmen coming to UNL will
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versity upperclass students are ready
to offer helpful advice.
Brenda Coto, a junior English
major, said freshmen would have to
learn self-reliance.
“You have to depend a lot more
on yourself in college. In high
school, it’s a lot easier to just find
out answers, but in college, you
have to develop your own skills.”
Daniel Prekker, a senior busi
ness management information sys
tems major, said the degree of free
dom was one major difference be
tween high school and college.
“In college you have the free
dom to be able to do what you want
to do, to not go to class and what
type of classes to attend,” he said.
“But make sure you go to class,”
Prekker said. “It’s real easy to skip,
and the people who get good grades
are the ones who go to class all the
time.”
Eileen Gibilisco, a senior ele
mentary education major, said col
lege life presented students with
many more liberties.
“Nobody tells you what to do,”
she said. “If you want to cut classes
it’s up to you,” she said. “In high
school, you got in trouble, but in
college you don’t.”
Gibilisco also offered advice
about how to do well in classes.
“You need to be able to take
accurate notes,” she said. “That’s
about 90 percent of the secret.
“Study groups are also... impor
tant. You need to get with people
from your class that you can relate
to and rely upon,” she said.
Coto said incoming students
needed to keep an open mind in
their classes.
“New students will find a lot
more perspectives in college than
in high school. You can learn a lot
by listening and participating in
your classes,” she said.
Prekker, who used to live in the
residence halls, had some advice
about life there.
“As long as you have a good RA
(resident assistant) or SA (student
assistant), dorm life is kind of fun,”
he said. “You meet a lot of people.
These upperclass students also
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junior English major
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had some lips about getting to cam
pus and getting around on campus.
Coto said she rode a bike or took
the bus.
“If more people would use pub
lic transportation, the prices would
go down. Too many people drive to
campus,” she said.
Prckker said parking on campus
was a hassle.
“Students should walk or bike,
especially if they I ivc in the dorms,”
he said.
Gibiliscorccommcndeddriving
but discouraged buying a parking
permit.
“Don’t buy one of those stupid
permits; go for the metered spots,”
she said. “They’re just gypping you
anyway.”
The students also provided sug
gestions for those new students who
will be working while they arc go
ing to school.
Prekker said he always had
worked at least part time while
taking classes.
“Work ing 20 hours a week would
be the top amount I would recom
mend,” he said.
Gibilisco said students should
remember to keep school a priority.
“Try not to work more than you
study. You’re here to go to school,
not to work ‘til 1 o’clock-in the
morning,” she said.