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Variety of activities
planned by Hall
Orientation Teams
By Veronica Daehn
Staff writer
The residence halls are not just a place to
sleep anymore.
Again this year, the Hall Orientation Teams
have scheduled a variety of activities to keep
their new residents busy during opening week
end.
Jason Ball, campuswide HOTS coordinator,
said volunteers have put in more than 35 hours
planning and organizing the activities.
“They’ve put a lot of effort into it,” he said.
While Ball expects all activities to be suc
cessful, he is looking forward to one in particular.
Pancake Man, a campus favorite last year,
makes his return to the Harper-Schramm-Smith
Complex courtyard again this year,
“He’s entertaining, and he feeds you,” Ball
said, noting the way Pancake Man flips the cakes
in the air and onto the students’ plates.
The free breakfast will be held Saturday from
8 a.m. to noon.
Melanie Mitzel, HOTS coordinator for HSS,
agreed that Pancake Man is a highlight.
More than 500 people attended last year, she
said.
Mitzel also is looking forward to the HSS
dance on Saturday night that will be held in the
complex’s tennis courts. That, too, is always well
attended, she said.
Ball said events like the ones being held tfiis
weekend are important for new students to
attend.
“Most students are from out of town,” he said,
“and it’s intimidating at first, especially when
we’re filled to capacity.”
The activities provide a good place for stu
dents to meet each other, Ball said, which is not
always easy to do as a new student.
Mitzel agreed these activities help promote
crucial student interaction.
“The activities help relieve tension and create
friendship the first week,” she said. “We want it
to be easy on everybody.”
Mitzel has been working on the program
ming throughout the summer, and her staff of 26
student volunteers has put in many hours this last
week.
“It’s been really great,” she said. “Everyone’s
been working really hard. We’re psyched.”
SCHEDULE
Friday
2-3 p.m.: information session at Abel
Sandoz
1-5 p.m.: game night/karaoke, popcorn and
pop at Abel-Sandoz
1- 3 p.m.: campus tours at Cather-Pound
Neihardt
7-9 p.m.: game night in the Neihardt
Residence Center blue TV lounge
9:30-11:30 p.m.: movie in the Neihardt blue
TV lounge
5 p.m. to midnight: HSS lockout in HSS
courtyard (picnic, music, pool, snow cones, cot
ton candy, movie in Harper TV lounge)
All day: campus tours
Saturday
2- 3 p.m.: mud volleyball and information
session at Abel-Sandoz
7-8 p.m.: snowcones at Abel-Sandoz
8 p.m.: UPC, NU Directions-sponsored con
cert at Abel-Sandoz
2-4 p.m.: CPN sand volleyball at Selleck
Quadrangle Courtyard
5-7 p.m.: CPN barbecue in the Neihardt
courtyard
8 a.m.-noon: Pancake Man in the HSS court
yard
8 p.m.-midnight: dance at the HSS tennis
courts
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The activities help relieve
tension and create
friendship the first week.
We want it to be easy on
everybody.”
Melanie Mitzel
HOTS coordinator
8 p.m.: movie, chips and pop in Burr
Residence Hall
4-8 p.m.: Selleck picnic
Sunday
9 p.m.: Burr dance at Pla-Mor
1-4 p.m.: Selleck ice cream social
6-8 p.m.: Big Red Welcome on R Street next
to the Nebraska Union
Monday
6-8 p.m.: HSS coffee social in courtyard
6 p.m.: Burr Water Wars
Tuesday
8 p.m.: HSS ice cream social in the snack bar
Construction may hinder campus parking
By Josh Knaub
Staff writer
UNL students should find near
ly the same amount of parking
spaces as they did last year, univer
sity officials said.
An entire red permit lot was lost
because of the construction of the
Esther L. Kauffman Academic
Residential Center, but a temporary
lot has been built on the mail east of
Memorial Stadium to replace the lot
and ease parking strains.
Minor changes in parking have
resulted in the loss of fewer than
100 parking spaces, said Janies
Main, vice chancellor for university
services.
Sherryl Chamberlain, assistant
director of parking services, said
City and East campus student park
ing spaces total 7,500,
Construction may hinder stu
dents holding perimeter, or purple,
permits. Work is being done on the
14th Street railroad crossing north
west of the Harper-Schramm-Smith
Complex.
The crossing is closed to pedes
trian and automobile traffic and will
not reopen until Aug. 27.
Chamberlain said the regularly
scheduled parking shuttle bus,
which stops at the New Hampshire
Street lot isolated by construction,
would provide transportation
around the closed crossing.
Students must show StarTran bus
passes before boarding the shuttle.
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R Street will affect parking later this
year, Main said.
About~150 spaces will be lost.
Those affected by the loss will park
in the lot behind Cather, Pound and
Neihardt residence halls.;
Another solution being dis
cussed by administrators is offering
free parking at a remote, location for
some residents of Caffier, Pound
and Neihardfe.
the weekend would be offered
free parking on East Campus
and a weekend shuttle bus ride
to access their vehicles. h
Those who still do not Itave .
' a permit and wish to purchase a
commuter, or green, pass will
have to wait.
Chamberlain said the com
muter permits are-sold out. No
new permits will be issued
unless permits are returned by
students.
Other types of permits are
still available.
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wide search to replace McDowell, Main
said, and will accept applications for anoth
er month before starting the interview
process.
Sherryl Chamberlain, assistant director
of parking services, will handle many of
McDowelPs responsibilities in the interim.
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