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SUNDAY PAPERS Sbe JJeto Jjork States the Denver Post Bes Jttmnes Register (Thitaso (Tribune izi A 815 S. 11th St. rVL/ILdll ^3 lVJ/\ Sun Hr* 7:30-6:00 475-4720 Grab all your comics, games, animation & Magic the Gathering at COMIC WIRLD 233 N. 48th Suite Q between the Target and Super Saver. 468-6066 'MOO-VOLOUS Special ft <V ^ Buy one single dip cone or dish and get 1 the second single dip cone or dish at half price. I a ^ UNL Dairy Store ■coupon Expires August 31,1994 38th & HOLDREGE James Mehsling/DN UNL folks to ride buses for free Parking Services to help distribute StarTran passes By Matthew Waite _ Senior Reporter Starting this fall, StarTran bus services throughout Lincoln will be free for all UNL students, faculty and staff. Mike Cacak, manager of trans portation services, said the Univer sity of Nebraska-Lincoln signed a $228,000 contract with the city to provide free service to those with a student/staff identity card and a bus pass, which is provided by Parking Services. The change came after the uni versity allowed its contract with Good Life Coaches bus service to expire. Cacak said. Good Life pro vided transportation between East and City campuses. StarTran has added a new route to replace the service between the two campuses. Cacak said the free StarTran service was more expensive than the contract with Good Life Coach es, because the university would lose $50,000 in revenue from the 200,000 passengers a year who pa id to use the Good Life service. Each passenger had to pay 25 cents to use the service. But the expanded service was worth the extra money, he said. “We* ve had a lot of parents call and say that will make a difference in their decisions (about students bringing a car to school)," he said. Parking Manager Tad McDowell said students would get a bus pass when they purchased their parking permits. Those who do not buy a permit can pick up a pass and a StarTran bus schedule at the Nebraska and East unions, he said. Parking changes Parking lots on both East and City campuses were paved or resur faced this summer, and a parking lot north of the Nebraska Union was turned into a green space. More than $260,000 worth of asphalt was used to pave four lots: one west of the Lied Center for Performing Arts, one behind the Abel-Sandoz residence hall com plex, one at 17th and R streets and a new lot between the Law College and the Barkley Memorial Center on East Campus. Lots at the southwest comer of 17th and Vine streets and west of Mussehl Hall were resurfaced, he said. With the resurfacing, striping and crack-filling projects, Mc Dowell said parking services ac complished much, including the creation of new parking spaces. “Once you stripe a lot and make people park in a certain space, you don’t have people parking all over, and you can fit a few more cars in," he said. Other parking spots were creat ed south of the Beadle Center at 19th and Vine streets, McDowell said. Paying the bill Cacak said all the money used for the improvements, including bus services, came from the park ing service’s money that was bud geted last year. No money for the projects came from the parking permit fee in creases that went into effect this semester, he said. A new parking fee plan approved last March changed the rate struc ture, doubling the cost to park in some lots. The extra revenue from that change was unavailable until July l,Cacak said. He said his office must get ap proval from the NU Board of Re gents, the Nebraska Coordinating Commission for Postsecondary Education and the Nebraska Legis lature before construction could begin. Cacak said some projects were delayed for as little as three months and some for as long as nine months while the university got approval for the projects. “It’s not that people arc drag ging their feet," Cacak said. “It’s just the time line.” Attitude change Parking service officials hope thechanges willhelpdispel rumors of scl 1 ing too many park i ng permi is and reduce criticism of bad parking conditions. McDowell said. McDowell said most accusations of overselling were unfair. When people see a full lot, he said, they think the lot must have been over sold. But each permit allows stu dents to choose from several park ing lots, he said. “(People then) get the percep tion that there is horrible parking on campus,” he said. He said many parking hassles would end if people parked at less crowded lots and used a shuttle service that the university provid ed. “1 urge people to look at that option rather than waiting in line (for a parking space),” McDowell said. Class to teach students learning techniques oy Brian anarp Senior Reporter Most students never learn how to learn. That’s where Ken Kicwra coincs in. Kicwra, an associate professor of educational psychology, will teach a study skills course. Educational Psy chology 109, in the fall. “There is this assumption that stu dents know how to learn,” he said. “And the assumption is so prevalent that some look at a course 1 ike this and think it’s remedial.” Kicwra was director of the Aca demic Success Center for five years until it closed last spring because of budget constraints. The center pro vided academic workshops, studying tips and tutoring 1or students. “If you ever asked any student on campus who really taught you how to learn... the student would say, ‘Well, no one really,’” Kiewra said. Ed Psych 109 is a continuation of a similarclass—which had 13 sections and enrolled more than 300 students — offered through the center. The new class has one section with 50 students enrolled so far. Students in the new class will be taught methods to manage their time and to write, study and take lecture notes. “The average student records 30 percent of lecture notes,” Kiewra said. “Some freshmen record as little as 10 percent.” Kiewra said research had shown that students had only a 5 percent chance of recalling information that wasn’t in their notes. “There’s a real gap here,” he said, “and a lot of students don’t recognize that gap.” Even if the notes are there, Kiewra said they still might not be of much good. The outline form used by most students is ineffective, Kiewra said. It forces students to concentrate on indi vidual pieces of information without connecting their relationships, he said. For the class to be effective, he said, students need to practice what they learn even after the class is over. Previously, he said, several gradu ate students were on staff to assist students. Now none are; Kiewra will go it alone.