Computer upgrades take time
By Todd Anderson
Staff Reporter
Students who want an upgrade in
technology in the computer laborato
ries in the Nebraska Unions will have
to keep waiting.
Theresa Jensen, facility and con
sultant supervisor for Information Ser
vices, said the computer laboratories
with the highest priority for upgrades
were those with the most security.
Computer laboratories in Selleck
Quadrangle and Sandoz Residence
Hall have higher priority than those
in the Nebraska Unions and the Cul
ture Center because they were at
tended by consultants, Jensen said.
All of the 13 computer laborato
ries on both campuses arc on a three
year rotating schedule in which the
newest computers are passed along
until, theoretically, every computer is
upgraded, she said.
This is the second year of the rota
tion after a tuition increase that pro
vided continuous funding for new
equipment, Jensen said.
Several laboratories, including resi
dence halls and the Nebraska Unions,
have been upgraded since the rotation
plan started.
This summer, Information Services
plans to shuffle computers between
Burr Residence Hall, Selleck Quad
rangle, Andrews Hall and the Ne
braska East Union.
Jensen said the planned card-swipe
entry system in the Nebraska Union
lab would improve security in the
laboratory.
Daryl Swanson, director of Ne
braska Unions, said the card-swipe
entry system had been installed and
would begin running Thursday night.
A valid student identification card
will be required for entry after normal
union hours, he said.
The system, which will monitor
and keep track of all entries, will al
low students to use the computer lab
in the union 24 hours a day.
The same kind of system cannot be
installed in the Nebraska East Union,
however, because the lab is on the third
floor, Swanson said.
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Better computers
for Culture Center
not on priority list
By Todd Anderson
Staff Reporter
Bee Yian Choo has been try
ing to do something about com
plaints she’s been receiving.
Choo, the programs assistant
at the Culture Center — which
is part of the Nebraska Union —
has been running into problems
trying to solve students’ com
plaints about old computer
equipment in the Culture
Center’s lab.
The computers there have not
been updated in five years, she
said, and only 10 to 15 students
use them each week.
The lab has three Macintosh
SE computers, one printer and
two terminals hooked up to an
external modem used for access
to e-mail.
The computers are slow, she
said, and Netscape is not avail
able.
Students are turned off by the
age and lack of reliability of the
computers, she said.
Choo said she contacted In
formation Services first to sec
what changes could be made.
“They told me the Culture
Center was not a priority lab.”
UNL liaisons will rub
elbows with the world
By Todd Anderson
Staff Reporter ~~
UNL students have the chance
to hobnob with some of the world’s
most renowned leaders and media
tors in the Netherlands this summer.
The University of Nebraska-Lin
coln is one of 10 U.S. schools cho
sen by the Institute for International
Mediation and Conflict Resolution
for participation, said Cody
Shearer, president of the nonprofit
organization.
The IIMCR will select students
from the 10 universities to partici
pate in a month-long symposium
put on by the Institute of Higher Eu
ropean Studies at The Hague in the
Netherlands beginning in July, he
said.
Faculty from the institute and
guest speakers will conduct the
courses and seminars focusing on
international affairs, law and busi
ness, Shearer said.
Participants will discuss issues
involving environmental problems,
trade policies, legal disputes, hu
man and civil rights issues, as well
as conflict and peacekeeping, he
said.
UNL was chosen because of its
academic standing in the region,
Shearer said.
“We could have just stayed
within the Ivy League, but we
wanted to make sure we had a fair
geographic distribution,” he said.
UNL offers programs in both in
ternational relations and European
studies, making it a natural choice,
he said.
Selected students will have the
chance to work with world leaders,
as well as with 100 students from
15 nations, Shearer said.
“If students want to make the
summer of 1996 the ultimate net
working and career catapulting ex
perience of their young lives, this
program is a must,” he said.
Participants will tour not only
the world organizations located in
The Hague, but also some through
out Europe, the International Court
of Justice, the International Mon
etary Fund and the headquarters of
the European Union.
“Our institute believes that it is
vitally important to pass on the les
sons that have been learned in a
number of recent negotiations to the
community of younger students
who will be the leaders of the world
of tomorrow,” Shearer said.
Need-based scholarships are
available upon request. Students
can request more information or an
application by calling the organiza
tion at (202) 828-0721, or by writ
ing: IIMCR, 2001 S St., N.W., Suite
740, Washington D.C., 20009. Ap
plications are due April 15.
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