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Bart Schroeder, a UNL sophomore who is studying Chinese, uses one of the computers
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Students’ e-mail free
By Erin Schulte
Staff Reporter
With the cost of stamps rising
higher and higher and mail creep
ing through the clogged university
postal system, students this year
' may be wishing they could avoid
"snail mail” to friends and family.
This year, the university will be
offering free electronic mail ac
counts to all students, a service that
had previously cost students $10
per semester.
Electronic mail, or e-mail, is
basically typing a letter or message
on your computer terminal, which
is then sent through a modem, which
works much like a telephone line,
to another e-mail account anywhere
in the world.
The university has installed a
newer, larger system this year to re
place the overloaded Herbie e-mail
system that has been used for the last
few years.x
“We’ve saturated (the system) we
have now,” Guy Jones, director of
technical services for the computer
resource center, said. “The new sys
tem should continue to grow for about
18 months.”
When the system is full, it will
again need to be expanded or a new
computer will need to be purchsed,
Jones said.
Digital Alpha 2100 may sound less
user-friendly than Herbie, but will
provide students with a larger, faster
computer and software system to run
their e-mail accounts.
And although the system won’t cost
students a dime, it set the university
back $ 150,000plus networking and
on-line costs, Jones said.
JoAnn Lietzel, the vice chan
cellor and interim chancellor, con
tributed the moriey in a lump sum ^
to the computer resource center to
purchase the new system.
The Digital Alpha 2100 is be
ing installed the week of June 2,
and will be tested by the end of the
month, although student e-mail
accounts will not be on the new
system until this fall.
The actual program that the
computer runs will be the equiva
lent of the Herbie system.
Although it may look a little
different on the screen, differences
are being corrected by taking
Herbie software and installing it
on the Digital Alph$ computer.
Discover
Nebraska Repertory Theatre
This Summer!
Csit 011 & Hot Tin Roof by Tennessee Williams
directed by Constance McCord
June 14-24 — Howell Theatre
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
a musical by Rupert Holmes
directed by Carl Beck
July 6-16 — Howell Theatre /
I Hate Hamlet by Paul Rudnick |j
directed by Kent Paul
July 20-30 - Carson Theater
New Theatre Festival
June 17 & 18; July 16 & 17
Wagon Train Project
June 23 & 26; July 9 & 10
Studio Theatre
Box Office:
(402) 472-2073
12-3 Mon. - FrL/3 hrs pn*«a<
12th and R Streets. Lincoln. NE
University Theatre
Season 95-96
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To Gillian on
Her 37th Birthday
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Fool for Love
Fall Dance Concert 95
The Glass Menagerie
On Stage
Temple Building 12th and R Streets, Lincoln, NE
September through April
Box Office: (402)472-2073
College of Fine and Performing Arts
Department of Theatre Arts and Dance
Bookstores in Lincoln
give bookworms a treat
By Greg scmck
Staff Reporter
If you like to read books, then
Lincoln’s the place for you, and you
are not alone.
For its size, Lincoln is a virtual
haven for books, boasting over two
dozen new and used bookstores, many
carrying tens of thousands of titles as
well as other items and services.
Barnes & Noble, 5150 O street, is
Lincoln’s newest bookstore. They of
fer over 100,000 titles of new books in
a huge variety of categories.
Barnes & Noble also boasts a large
children’s section and newsstand, as
well as an in-store coffee shop and
music section that specializes in com
pact discs.
Padded chairs and tables are also
provided for customers to encourage
them to sit and read books they might
potentially buy.
Bames & Noble is also the parent
company of another Lincoln book
store, B Dalton, located at 6100 O
street, Gateway Mall.
Bookseller Sue Steenson said be
sides the over 25,000 titles, B Dalton
offers convenience.
“Just being in a mall is our unique>
feature,” said Steenson.
Besides also offering calendars,
books on audio tape and magazines,
Steenson said B Dalton has a large
section of computer books.
The bookstore with the most loca
tions in Lincoln is Lee Booksellers.
Their largest location is at the
Edgewood Center, 56th street and
Highway 2, while die other two loca
tions are at the East Park Plaza, 66th
street and O street, and at the Piedmont
Shops, Cotner street and A street.
Lee Booksellers may be best known
for their large magazine rack with over
1500 magazines.
Bookseller Kevin Oliver said cus
tomer service was Lee Booksellers
best advantage.
“Our ability to get practically any
book in three to five days, when it
takes most stores a couple weeks” is
the key to Lee Booksellers success,
said Oliver.
The three separate locations gives
them the ability to combine
Edgewood’s 100,000 titles with East
Park’s 75,000 titles and so on to find
specific in-stock books for custom
ers.
The East Park location also boasts
The Coinery which is “probably
Lincoln’s best coin shop,” said Oliver.
Many people prefer to buy used
books instead of new, due to the rising
cost of new books, said Helen Bratt,
owner and operator of The Paperback
Exchange, 2714 North 48th street.
Bratt said her store carries “mostly
used books but we carry also some
brand new best sellers.”
Like many used book stores, The
Paperback Exchange buys and trades
for store credit for used books. Books
cost half of cover price, but only one
fifth of cover with credit.
“We recycle,” said Bratt of the
circulation of books through her store.
“It’s a two-fold system to people.”
Bryan Peterson, owner of A Novel
Idea, 118 North 14th street, said they
keep over 30,000 titles on the two
floors of his store.
“We have an independent, non
corporate feeling and people tend to
like a friendly atmosphere,” said
Peterson.
Peterson said they carry a full range
of books as well as a selection of used
comics and role-playing games.
Ed Bates, owner of Page One, 206
North 13th street, said his bookstore
of over 30,000 titles specializes in
literature books.
Bates said he buys literature books
at 25'per cent of cover price and sells
them at 30 per cent, keeping more in
stock than other bookstores.
Bates and Peterson said like Bratt,
they get all of their books from the
general public, customers who want
to sell or trade their old books.
So whether your interests lie in
new or used books, Lincoln definitely
has a variety of bookstores for
everyone’s needs.
Have fun
Earn credit
UNL music ensembles are open to all university students,
regardless of academic major. You can find registration info, for all
music groups on page 67 of the First Semester '95-'96 Schedule of
Classes. For more information on the groups below,
please call 472-2503.
Concert Band Jazz Ensembles
Oratorio Chorus University Chorale
University Orchestra University Singers
Varsity Glee Club Wind Ensemble
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