College pets: Should they stay or should they go?
By Justin R»liw
Staff Reporter
Coming to college often means having
to say goodbye to beloved family members.
Mom, Dad, Sis ... and Fido.
Many students miss the loyalty and com
panionship of pets, but keeping them can
be difficult, especially for students who live
on campus.
The residence halls, many greek houses
and apartments have rules limiting the kind
of pets students may have. The rules are
intended to prevent problems sometimes
associated with pets — ranging from dis
eases, sanitation problems and allergies to
the risk that pets might escape or distract
others, said Jeff Jahn, a student assistant in
Neihardt Residence Center.
In the halls, residents are allowed to have
only pets that must be in an aquarium to
survive, Jahn said.
Most residents willingly follow this
policy, Jahn said. However, there have been
a few problems.
Jahn has encountered a tarantula, a cat
and a dog.
When a pet is discovered in the halls,
the owner is given a couple of days to find
a new home for the pet, he said.
People who live in greek houses and
apartments said pet rules varied where they
lived.
Sophomore Julie Bremer had mixed feel
ings about having to leave her St. Bernard
at home. Her sorority would allow her to
have fish, but not a dog.
“You wish you could (have a dog), but
you wouldn’t have time to take care of him,
and he wouldn’t like not being taken out
much,” Bremer said.
Some students have tried to keep more
exotic pets. Brendon Krick kept his 6-foot
Bermese Python in Theta Chi Fraternity for
four months.
Junior Steve Lovci, a member of Theta
Chi, said that at first some fraternity mem
bers were scared, but the snake seemed to
get along with everybody.
In fact, he said, most members seemed
to like the snake because it was a “babe get
ter.”
Eventually, the cost of feeding the py
thon rabbits and other rodents became more
than Crick’s student budget could handle.
Crick sold the snake in June to a fifth-grade
teacher who uses it as a classroom pet.
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Personalized plates make comeback
From Staff Reports_
The number of people who have
bought personalized license plates
has increased by 60 percent since a
$45 price decrease last year, said
Veronica Lueders, administrative as
sistant to the Department of Motor
Vehicles director.
In 1992, drivers throughout Ne
braska bought 15,473 personalized
license plates. In 1993 that number
increased to 21,015.
The price of purchasing a person
alized license plate decreased in July
1993 from $75 to $30. The Depart
ment of Motor Vehicles lowered the
price to get more people to buy per
sonalized plates, and therefore in
crease revenue, Lueders said.
The renewal fee on personalized
plates dropped from $35 to $30.
One can obtain a personalized li
cense plate by filling out an applica
tion, which can be picked up at any
county treasurer’s office or driver
testing location. People put their top
five choices on the application.
People can choose up to seven
characters. Those can include only
letters or numbers. Plates can’t re
semble government plates or be ob
scene, said Cindy Incontro, staff as
sistant for the Nebraska titles and
registrations office.
If a person’s choices are not avail
able, $2.50 is refunded for each
month left on the year’s registration,
or $30 for the year.
Lueders said plates can be pur
chased for individual use or for a gift.
A recent applicant demonstrated the
enthusiasm the plates have generated,
Lueders said.
“His initial application contained
28 ranking selection choices," he
said.
Some of the most popular requests
include one’s first or last name, some
thing relating to sports and anything
related to the Nebraska Comhuskers,
Lueders said.
POLICE REPORT
Beginning midnight Wednesday
8:41 a.m. — Area 20 lot at 14th Street
and Avery Avenue, broken window, $150
damage
10:44 a.m. — Rec Center, wallet taken,
$255 loss
11:54 a.m. — Cather-Pound-Neihardt
tennis courts, alcohol/consumption
12:42 p.m. — Nebraska Union, bookbag
taken, $256 loss
2:26 p.m. — 635 N. 16th St., bike tires
taken. $100 loss.
3:54 p.m. — Area 10 lot at Sandoz Resi
dence Hall, accident, $300 damage.
5:02 p.m. — 15th and U streets, mis
cellaneous.
7:41 p.m. — 415 N. 16th St., injury/sick
ness, person transported to Lincoln Gen
eral Hospital.
10:17 p.m. — neaoquaners, ronow-up
on trespassing, cleared by arrest.
10:17 p.m. — Headquarters, follow-up
on miscellaneous, cleared by arrest
10:65 p.m. — Seaton Hall, belated re
port of injury/sickness.
Beginning midnight Thursday
3:56 a.m. — Hamilton hall, accidental
alarm trip.
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ing a more sophisticated system, he
said.
The only public universities
ranked above UNL in the tiers are the
universities of Michigan, California
Berkeley and Virginia.
Only universities ranked in the top
half of the 200 universities were com
pared in Monday's ratings.
“It’s the academic
equivalent to being
ranked No. 1 in
football. ”
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GRAHAM SPANISH
UNL chancellor
“The kinds of things that we have
been perceived as doing well and
have moved us up in the rankings we
want to continue,” Spanier said. “We
can’t compete with Harvard when
they’re spending $25,000 per student
... and yet here we are not very far
behind with $2,000 in-state tuition.”
But even with the high ratings,
Spanier said UNL should not be
viewed as a university without need.
If anything, he said, it should indi
cate the university is growing and
deserves more support.
“My hope would be that the pepple
of the state and the Legislature look
at this type of survey and take pride
in it,” he said. “That is a very posi
tive comment on the value received
... at this university.
“I don’t think people make deci
sions about allocating funds to a uni
versity on surveys like this. But if they
wanted to, that would be fine.”
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8. SUNY at Binghamton
9. University of Washington
10. University of Iowa
11. University of Wisconsin at Madison
12. Rice University (TX)
13. Rutgers State U. at New Brunswick (NJ)
14. Univ. of Illinois at Urtoana-Champaign
15. University of Nebraska - Lincoln
16. SUNY at Buffalo
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18. Iowa State University
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