Welcome grows to weekend extravaganza
FROM STAFF RgQRTS
It's known as the free stuff
free-for-all.
Students expect to come
home from Big Red Welcome
with their bags brimming with
pencils, pens, water bottles,
posters and other sundry
items.
But this year, the event has
grown from the evening
Sunday street festival to a
weekend extravaganza - com
plete with free food, free
movies and a lineup of enter
tainment.
The events begin Friday
night at 9 p.m. with a pep rally
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and wrap up Sunday night
with the annual street fair.
The events in between
include laser tag at the
Campus Recreation Center, a
midnight showing of four
movies at the Star Ship 9 the
aters, a pancake breakfast and
a multimedia dance on the
Nebraska Union plaza.
“Big Red Welcome has a
successful 14-year history of
greeting new students,” said
Pat McBride, director of New
Student Enrollment. “The pro
gram has evolved from
Freshman Friday in 1996 to a
weekend filled with activities,
which promote a sense of
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The pep rally will be held at
the Coliseum and will feature
appearances by Husker foot
ball players Keyuo Craver,
Matt Davison and other
Husker athletes. The NU Pep
Band and Spirit Squad also will
be on hand. After the rally, stu
dents will line up for a class
picture.
Also after the pep rally, stu
dents can get free food and
play laser tag at the Campus
Recreation Center. At mid
night, there will be a special
showing of four movies at the
Star Ship 9. One thousand tick
ets will be available.
On Saturday at 10 p.m., an
improvisational comedy group
will perform along with the
rock groups Casting Pearls and
Remedy. There also will be a
step-show demonstration and
a game of Family Feud. There
will be a multimedia dance at
10 p.m. and a pancake dinner
at midnight.
The annual street fair will
begin at 6 p.m. Sunday on R
Street between 12th and 14th
streets. It will follow the New
Student Convocation at 5 p.m.
in the Lied Center. The street
fair will include a concert by
Rubberneck.
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Friday
Pep rally
9 p.m.# the Coliseum
Featuring appearances by Husker
football players Matt Davison and
Keyuo Craver, John Cook, new head
volleyball coach, and Barry Collier, new
men's basketball coach, will also speak.
Laser lag
10 p.m.@ Campus Recreation Center
Along with laser tag, students can get
freefood and participate in other
activitiesuntl midnight.
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Midnight# the Star Ship 9Theatre
1311Q St.
Movies include Shanghai Noon, Big
Mama's House, U-571, Frequency,
Where the Heart Is and Erin Brockovich.
The first 1,000 tickets will be free; the
rest cost $1.75.
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Saturday
Union Events
10 pjn.f the Nebraska Union
An improvisation^ comedy group wiN
perform along with rack groups
Casting Pearls and Remedy.There will
be an NU version of Family Feud. There
will also be a step-show demonstra
tion. Hamada Entertainment will offer
a muMmedia dance throughout the
night
Free pancake breakfast
Midnight # Memorial Plan
Sunday
New Student Convocation
5 pm# the Lied Center for
Performing Arts
Big Red Street Mr
6 pjn. 9 R Street between 12th and
14th streets
There will be free information and
giveaways from local vendors, campus
organizations and the media. The
University Program Council wM
feature a concert by Rubberneck
in the Union Plaza beginning at 8 pjn.
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FROM STAFF REPORTS
Students seeking off-campus
housing can face several chal
lenges, including finding a good
landlord and deciphering the
But one task usually out
weighs the others: trying to not get
ripped off
Tb give students more help in
making their housing choices, the
student senate is revamping the
off-campus housing guide pro
vided by Commuter Services.
Right now, the guide offers a
listing of available off-campus
housing, which is updated weekly.
But the new guide will be
more comprehensive, with infor
mation about starting and aiding
a lease, tenant rights and utilities
service, said Joel Schafer, presi
dent of the Association of
Students of the University of
Nebraska.
Schafer said he hopes the new
edition will be ready in February.
Another possible addition to
the guide is a landlord approval
system, Schafer said.
Landlords will be asked to
comply with a set of requirements
determined by ASUN and Student
Legal Services, and if they do, they
will be deemed as providing;
approved housing.
Such requirements ma/'
indude having a landlord’s lease
reviewed and approved by
Student Legal Services and sign
ing on to a “Ttenantis Bill of Rights,”
Schafer said
The document may contain
basic rights to protect students,
such as the right to heating or the
right to have a service call
answered within a certain
amount of time, he said
Schafer said ASUN also will
track the number ofhousing com
plaints Student Legal Services
receives in the next year to decide
whether a landlord’s approval
should be reviewed
Sarah Siefkes, property man
ager at Claremont Park
Apartments, said she would be
willing to comply with ASUN’s
requirements to gain an approval.
Landlords’ leases must cur
rently fulfill requirements set by
the landlord Tenant Act, so most
leases should pass a review by
Student Legal Services, she said
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