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Jerry Hodakowski races for the Special Olympics on a stationary bike.
Groups sponsor
philanthropy for
Special Olympics
By Becky Keasling
Staff Reporter
The UNL Police are working with cam
pus fraternities and sororities to sponsor a
philanthropy called “Racing for Special
Olympics.”
The Campus Recreation Center donated
four stationary bikes for the event. The bikes
are stationed at Broyhill Plaza.
Members ofgreek organizations, the UNL
Police and various administrators and fac
ulty hope to complete the goal of 135 hours
of bike riding.
“It’s going really well, and we just hope
that the weather stays nice so we don’t have
to move inside,” said Matt Jedlicka, Interfra
temity Council president. “The campus po
lice rode all day Sunday, and each fraternity
and sorority are doing three-hour shifts.”
So far, the event has raised $1,000 for
Special Olympics.
For 10 years, law-enforcement agencies
of Nebraska have been sponsors for the
Special Olympics. UNL Police approached
the greek system about working together this
year for Greek Week, which is taking place
this week.
“Since this is the 10th year, the campus
police decided to do something extra for the
cause,” said UNL Police Officer Brian Scusa.
Many students have become involved in
the event.
“I decided to do it because it makes the
whole campus look good, and it’s nice to get
involved,” said Beta Theta Phi member
Randy Eastman. “I rode for half an hour, and
I had a great time.”
The bike-a-thon, which began Sunday,
will run from 2 p.m. to 10 p.m. through
W ednesday. In case of rain, the event will be
moved to the main lounge of the Nebraska
Union. Everyone is welcome to participate
or make a donation to benefit the Special
Olympics.
New process
may decrease
ethanol costs
By Angie Schendt
Staff Reporter
Researchers at UNL have found a way to
help cut production costs for ethanol, but they
say it is too early to tell if the improvement
would lower gas prices.
Ethanol is produced in three ways: wet
milling, whole- kernel milling and dry milling.
The new process uses different equipment to
turn starch to gelatin. Currently, starch is turned
to gelatin with jet cookers — long tubes using
high levels of moisture.
The energy required for the old process can
be expensive.
But costs could be reduced by using extrud
ers instead of jet cookers, the new research
shows. Extruders turn starch to gelatin at much
lower moisture levels, which require less en
ergy.
“The work we have done initially shows the
outcome is real similar,” said Daryl Grafelman,
a former UNL graduate student who helped
research the project.
If ethanol companies decide to pass on their
potential savings to gas companies, consumers
could end up saving a few pennies, Grafelman
said.
A 50-million gallon dry-milling plant could
save $300,000 to $500,000 annually in operat
ing costs by using the new process, said Mike
Meagher, a chemical engineer in the food sci
ence and technology department. Meagher also
worked on the research project.
He said the new technology might even help
to make the ethanol industry viable without
government subsidies.
Making the technology available to industry
is his chief aim, Meagher said.
“We’re working with some people in York,
but nothing solid has been set up,” Meagher
said.
York is the site of an ethanol plant.
“This is technology that works in my opin
ion,” he said. “If we can help the ethanol indus
try, we’re also helping corn producers.”
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Lincoln teens visit UNL
for campus comparison
By Brian Jensen
Staff Reporter
UNL is reaching out to more
Lincoln high school students than
ever.
The new and improved New Stu
dent Enrollment program is now de
signed to invite to the University of
Nebraska-Lincoln eleventh graders
from all Lincoln high schools who
have not decided on a college.
“This program has been going on
for about four years, but this is the first
year every Lincoln high school has
participated,” said Mark Davis, an
assistant to the director of New Stu
dent Enrollment.
Students stay from 7:45 a.m. to
about 1:45 pjn. and participate in
numerous activities. They begin with
a welcome admission program with
guest speakers. Next, they can visit a
classroom and eat at the residence
halls. A campus tour and a panel dis
cussion conclude the visit.
“Our purpose is comparability. We
try to show the features of UNL that
set us apart from the other colleges,”
said Pat McBride, director of New
Student Enrollment.
So far, Northeast and Pius X al
ready have participated in Rocket Day
and Bolt Day. Names are complimen
tary with the mascot of each school.
The remaining days are Lincoln East
Spartan Day on April 7, Lincoln High
Link Day on April 12 and Lincoln
Southeast Knight Day April 21.
“We only allow 150 students from
each school. It is on a first come, first
serve basis of those who are inter
ested,” Davis said.
NSE will continue its regular tours
for anyone interested throughout the
school year, McBride said.
NSE days for incoming freshmen
students who plan to attend UNL will
take place June 8 through July 8 and
July 17 through August 3. During this
time students will tour campus and
sign up for fall classes.
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Distance estimate that the average
customer’s monthly phone.bill is about
$18.
Theresa Trujillo, a freshman biol
ogy major at the University of Ne
braska-Lincoln from Roselle, 111., said
she would appreciate lower long-dis
tance rates—no matter how small the
percentage.
Right now, Trujillo would appreci
ate long-distance service, period.
“I have my long-distance turned
off right now because I can’t pay my
phone bill,” she said. “I made about
two long-distance calls per day.”
Trujillo’s average monthly phone
bill is about $90. A 2.3 percent sav
ings would mean a lot to her, she said.
Trujillo lives in the residence halls
and is billed by UNL Telecommuni
cations, which is served by Lincoln
Telephone Long Distance.
She said she wished she could use
AT&T for all her long-distance calls
because the rate she paid at UNL was
too high.
“My parents have AT&T, and it’s
cheaper for them to call me than for
me to call them,” she said. “I’m a
student here. They should keep rates
comparable to other companies.”
But Lucas Tobler, a freshman
chemical engineering major from
Cheyenne, Wyo., said a 2.3 percent
decrease wouldn’t affect him much
because his average bill was only $9.
His parents set up a toll-free num
ber for him to call them.
“Most of my friends have bills up
wards of $30,” he said. “So I’m pretty
lucky.”
