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
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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.”
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