Laptops required for students
By Catherine Blalock
Staft Reporter
Third-year architecture students
will shell outafew extra dollars this
semester for another tool of the
trade—a few thousand extra dol
lars, that is.
They now are required to pur
chase laptop computers, something
College of Architecture officials
say is necessary few the future of the
field.
David Cronrath,chairman ofthe
architecture department, said UNL
was one of manv schools in the
nation that has hopped onto the
computer highway to stay ahead of
changing technology. Schools like
Massachusetts Institute of Tech
nology and Cornell University also
require students to buy laptops, he
said.
The laptop computers and soft
ware will cost students just less
than $3,000. Students eligible for
financial aid will receive money to
pay for the computers, Cronrath
said.
Mark Donohue, who teaches
design studio architecture, said the
computers would only benefit stu
dents.
“Computers ivill have a tremendous effect on
the way architecture is done in the future. ”
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MARK DONOHUE
Design studio architecture instructor
“Computers will have a tremen
dous effect on the way architecture
is done in the future,” he said.
That’s how several architecture
students see it.
“I kind of think it’s an invest
ment into my future,” said Ryan
Mimick, a junior architecture ma
jor.
A computer is just another nec
essary architecture tool like a pen
cil or triangle, he said.
Cleveland Reeves, another jun
ior architecture major, said the
laptops could be a great design tool.
“The cost is the only bad thing,”
he said. Reeves said he planned to
use student loans to pay for the
computer.
“By no means is it a simple pro
fession,” he said.
Junior Rebecca Anderson, who
is taking interior design classes,
said she didn’t like the require
ment, but said she realized the need
for it.
“I’m not real excited about it,
but in today’s world you need them,”
she said, “and I don’t want to be
behind when I graduate.”
Many students said they had not
purchased their computers yet be
cause they werewaiting for an Aug.
21 computer fair at Architectural
Hall. Students will begin using the
computers Sept. 18.
The Computer Resource Center
sells the required computers. Stu
dents may choose IBM or
Macintosh computers. IBM com
puters cost between $2,999 and
$4,599. Macintosh computers cost
between $2,480 and $4,420.
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time for UNL’s story,” she said. “So
people not only see the campus, but
they see some additional stories about
UNL that they might not normal ly have
access to.”
Interim Chancellor Joan Leitzel
appeared Monday on the station’s noon
newscast. Other university-related sto
ries are planned for the next few days,
Mabie said.
While Leitzel’s short interview ap
peared to go over without a hitch,
Mabie said remote broadcasts took
more work, which means more per
sonnel to keep things running smooth.
As she prepared Monday for her
first evening broadcast in the union,
anchorwoman Deb Col lins echoed that
sentiment.
“On a location like this, the people
behind the scenes are much more im
portant,” she said. “Those are the
Collins said her job would be easier
at UNL than at other remote locations.
The station brought its studio cameras
to the union complete with
TelePrompTers, a luxury not usually
available at remote locations.
After Wednesday’s 10:00 p.m.
newscast, engineers will strike the cam
pus set and move it to the State Fair
grounds. KOLN-TV (Channels 10/11)
will broadcast from that location from
Thursday until Sept. 3.
After 15 days away from home, the
show will go back to a refashioned
studio at 40th and W streets.
Shaw
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Shaw, a theater major, said she was
thrilled to be in front of the camera.
“It was exciting,” she said. “I’ve
been trying to get on TV for a long
time.”
A camera operator showed up at
her door at 8 a.m. and sat in on her first
class, Spanish. But Shaw said she;
didn’t think he was a big distraction.
“He thought be was getting on my
nerves,” Shaw said, “but that wasn’t
the case.”
Shaw, who would like to make it on
Broadway but will work to get a teach
ing certificate as a realistic backup,
said members of her family also were
interviewed for the segment. They
made it through OK, she said, except
“Mom was embarrassed because she
didn’t know what to say.”
All in all, Shaw said her first day
went well.
But she said, “I’m a little bit freaked
out about my Spanish class. It’s a little
over my head.”
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