Student’s effort provokes change ( oy *em Bamsey Staff Reporter Student opinions matter, even at a school as large as the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Because of one senior’swillingness I to complain about a UNL housing policy change, that change will now af fect only those who :tSSS enter the residence halls after this se mester. Glen Schumann, acting director of UNL Housing, said a policy had been in effect for three years that students already living in the halls would pay the same rate as long as they lived there, even if hous ing increased its rates. Previously, returning students who graduated in December—thus living RESIDENCE HALLS in the halls for just one semester — still received half that discount. But housing decided that begin ning next fall, students graduating in December would no longer receive the returning student discount. The reason for the change was eco nomical, Schumann said. Housing was forced to turn away more than 120 students last fall, he said, but 33 stu dents graduated and left the halls in December, leaving their rooms open. So housing lost money by turning away 33 students who would have stayed all year. “With our current policy, we are essentially giving up $40,000,” Schumann said. This change in policy was origi nally intended to affect everyone, re gardless of where they stood in school. But Rainbow Rowell, a senior news editorial, advertising and English ma jor, refused to let housing break its promise. “Rainbow, whom this policy di rectly affects, was very instrumental in moving us toward our current policy change,” Schumann said. Rowell, who will graduate in De cember, said she was frustrated when she discovered she would not receive a discount for staying in the halls next fall. “I felt like housing had made a promise in their advertisements that I would never have to make a higher payment for living in the dorms,” said Rowell, the Daily Nebraskan manag ing editor, “and now they were break ing their promise just because they could.” Rowell wrote a letter to housing and later spoke with Schumann. Both actions helped change the policy, she said, and it made her feel better. “Writing the letter and speaking with Schumann made me realize I’m not a helpless student caught up in a swamp of red tape,” Rowell said. CRC head to leave improved system i-rom aian nepons Doug Gale has been director of thq UNL Computing Resource Center for 11 years. Now, he is moving on. Gale has accepted the position of associate vice president for informar tion systems and services at George Washington University. He will leave the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in July. The move will allow Gale and his wife, Henrietta, to advance in the field of computer technology, he said. Henrietta Gale is a programmei analyst in the NU College of Den tistry. In his time at UNL, Gale said, he has seen many changes. When Gale arrived at UNL, there were no microcomputer facilities on campus; now there are more than 300, Mainframe access on campus also has improved, he said. “We’ve improved the availability of computer technology for students in many areas,” he said. “Now, we are fully networked to allow mainframe access.” He said his main goal for the new position was to advance George Wash ington University into the first tier of universities using computers in infor mation processes. The quality of the UNL system that he will leave behind is high, Gale said, and students should feel good about their resources. “We are in good shape here, and UNL is very competitive in the tech ndtogyTield,” he said. “I see no limit to the growth of computingresources.” IS-to *• • >