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Welcome events attract new students in big numoers By Justin Fisher _ _ Staff Reporter The success of this weekend’s Big Red Welcome exceeded past years, event organizers said. Lisa Schmidt, director of admis sions at the University of Ncbraska Lincoln, said this year’s Big Red Welcome was the “biggest and best ever.” Pat McBride, director of New Stu dent Enrollment, said about 1,500 students attended the All University Welcome, and about 3,000 came to the festival at the Bob Dcvancy Sjxms Center. He also said event organizers served 1,500 hot dogs Friday evening at the picnic by Broyhill Fountain. Deb Dohmen, the student organiz er of this year’s Big Red Welcome, said she credited the high attendance to increased publicity during New Stu dent Enrollment and in residence halls and grcck houses. Pledge educators from Delta Gam ma Sorority, Jessica Bettger and Megan Mullin, brought their new pledge class to the welcome to help the new students discover what the uni versity had to offer. One pledge, Karcy Vering of Colleyvillc, Texas, said, “All the en ergy makes me very excited for the football games to start.” UNL Chancellor Graham Spanicr and Andrew Loudon, president of the Association of Studentsof the Univer sity of Nebraska, tried to draw upon the energy Friday during their wel coming addresses. Both speakers stressed the impor -44“ All the energy makes me very excited for the football games to start. —Vering freshman -99 tancc of getting involved in campus organizations and getting to know university faculty and staff. The festival, held at the indoor track in the Devaney Center, offered students the opportunity to put Spanier and Loudon’s words to work. Stu dents could sign up to get involved in many campus activities. Ann Burnett, director of speech and debate at UNL, said the welcome was a “good opportunity to get our name out on campus.”_ But more important to many stu dents was the free stuff at the festival. Local eateries offered a taste of their food, and students made away with pens, cups and other goodies. A few students took home even more. Brenda Robbins of Burwcll won a stereo compact disc player in a draw ing. Twana Harris, a graduate student from California State University at Long Beach, said the welcoming ac tivities did a good job to “make people who are not from here feel welcome.” Shaun Sartn/DN Anne Homan, who coaches new members of the University of Nebraska ?re'll *??[?!: practices her rowing during Big Red Welcome on Friday .A bout 3.000 stude*"tsLft!Jehnd,^ the welcome held at the Bob Devaney Stoorts Center ve ty h0 d the welcome each year to help new students get acclimated to college life. mi: clash I I'OMB.IT BOI'K Should f Stay 0» Should I Go ** Hock I ho Cokbkh.'Ovki Dowofod By k’unk Know row n>ghl» mm The Clash THE THE INFECTED meiu+nf. ir^wctM) / HMrtMnO/ Sun* *»«< to 0mm Tn* Mwcy B«ai —nnrr ii I---' The The MEAT LOAF DEAD RINGER M Out/Tm Coma Cowa Mar Kor Bo* « U» f« KM touH VOuDon't Coma Ba<* BaaBBmBmlBBwJt nuBMuBBMMtllt Meat Loaf I MARY CHAPIN CARPENTER STATE OE THE HEART inctWog "ill HIM' HOW OO Nf VCR MM) IT $0 GOOD 01 JIT TIM TIM Slow COOWTHT OMtCT. 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Swanson said no plans to create bicycle regulations were on the park ing advisory committee’s agenda for this year. But the issue could re-emerge if students or faculty brought it up. “We would invite the interested community to bring it back on the table,” he said. Caublc said nc warned 10 see similar to one used at the Un i versity of Colorado in Boulder. At that school, bike racks arc brought to a few central locations near or on campus. The central location oHjikes makes them easy for police to protect from thieves, he said. Pol ice have had a hard time watching bikes that arc scattered and locked to signs, trees and build ings, he said. |VET T-SHIRT CONTEST! 1 Every Monday 10:30 p.m. 1823 "O” Street ,nocover_J