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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.
