AMATEUR PAWN ‘Pawn Stars’-inspired shop sells everything from used computers to premium tobacco PAGE 5
POLL RANKS NU VOLLEYBALL BEST IN COUNTRY Coach John Cook says results won’t affect team’s play PAGE 10
wednesday, october 26, 2011
volume 111, issue 045
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OLDEST TRICK BOOK IN the
LIBRARY FACES LIMITED OPTIONS FOR DESPOSING OLD BOOKS. story by frannie sprouls | photos by jon augustine
Class sign-up fixes aim to reduce wait time Riley Johnson Daily Nebraskan
Maly said she feels appreciated throughout the year. “They’re very considerate each year; you get to know some of the students real well,” Maly said. “I have international students working for me. I bring them out into the country so they can see things besides the city.”
Inside the new College of Business Administration advising office at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, five students waited for the next available adviser, degree audit and homework in hand. A busy advising office is the first sign of registration season at UNL. The focus for improving enrollment this year was decreasing waiting times in advising offices and staggering registration days by grade level. That way, older students can get into their needed classes for graduation. The five students in CBA would have occupied every available chair in the center’s previous location, said D’vee Buss, assistant dean of the College of Business Administration. In its new location, the advising center has taken several steps to reduce congestion in its waiting area, allowing students to make advising appointments, opt for a cellphone notification when an adviser becomes available or take advantage of the additional seating, Buss said. Also, the center allotted specific times for each class, senior through freshman. So far, according to Buss, the changes have paid off. “You don’t see massive amounts of people, and you don’t see people standing in line,” she said. Priority registration for next semester kicked off Monday for graduate students and seniors, with the period ending Nov. 8. But the process established to speed up enrollment is sometimes confusing, with some younger students allegedly registering before more seniors. While it might appear some students have registered ahead of their class appointment, Earl Hawkey, UNL director of Registration and Records, said that’s not the case. Some class registration periods run backto-back. Hawkey said that might create a scenario in which freshmen register on the same day as sophomores. Ultimately, the format for class registration isn’t meant to punish freshmen, he said. Instead, Hawkey said the format helps those with few options secure the classes they need and stay on track to graduate on time. Hawkey said while theoretically the ability to enroll every student at once exists, it doesn’t make sense from a practicality standpoint and puts too much pressure on students and advisers. Spacing registration times
RHA Week: see page 3
registration: see page 2
Aaron Hill, a junior business administration major, searches for a book for his film studies class in the basement of Love Library North on Oct. 25. The library’s collection experiences a great deal of wear and tear over the year, according to Joan Barnes, development and outreach librarian, but the library has a variety of options to help retain the books before recycling them.
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ome people pack unwanted books in cardboard boxes and store them in the attic or basement, while other books gather dust sitting on bookshelves. Some send unwanted books to Goodwill or donate them to local libraries. University of Nebraska-Lincoln libraries do not have the same options. UNL Libraries houses more than 3 million books, according to the UNL Libraries “About” page. “All of our libraries are pretty packed with material,” said Joan Barnes, a development and outreach librarian at UNL. “Our storage facility on East Campus is 80 percent full.” With that, many books in the library collection books go unused, begin to fall apart or are just out of date. Shelf room becomes limited. So what is done to make more room on the shelves? The choice to donate is not available, because the books are state-owned property, Barnes said. The quality of some books is also an issue. “Donating something that’s falling apart to charity is not going to help the charity,” she added. Because books are not donated anywhere, another option is to recycle them. “It’s necessary to do this to create room for volumes of new information,” Barnes said. Shipping unwanted books somewhere is more costly for UNL Libraries. Its budget is used for acquiring books, not for shipping, Barnes said.
But recycling books is the last option when it comes to making room on the library shelves. The actual number of recycled books is small. Librarians take other steps before choosing to recycle a book: looking at the book condition, determining if there are new editions and the possibility of repair. Spines of books fall apart, the paper becomes brittle and mold sometimes develops on books. Roddy Humeniak, the lead preservation technician at UNL Libraries, has seen all kinds of book damage, ranging from dogs chewing on books to people spilling coffee to the use of duct tape. “Tape is the worst thing you can do to a book,” Humeniak said. She repairs about 100 books per month and has seen her fair share of beat-up books. Older books are placed in micro-climate boxes, which protect the book’s spine and protect the book from humidity, light and temperature. Microclimate boxes help slow down deterioration. “If we can repair (the books) early, we can keep the books from microclimate boxes,” Humeniak said. If pages are crumbling or the book is unusable, she checks the five-state area to see if the book is available there. She also checks with librarians to see if the book is worth preserving. “They might see something I don’t see,”
books: see page 2
Roddy Humeniak, lead preservation technician for UNL Libraries, demonstrates the measuring process that she and the preservation staff use for each book before ordering the micro-climate boxes that protect older books from further wear. Humeniak said it’s important for the micro-climate boxes to be a tight fit so that the fragile books don’t bounce around inside when handled.
Residence Hall Appreciation Week shows thanks Elias youngquist daily nebraskan
College students are messy. With late nights of homework, jobs and extra-curricular activities, hygienic living spaces can get lost between stacks of old pizza boxes and the piece of lint that is slowly gaining a consciousness. Luckily for students, teams of maintenance workers and custodians work tirelessly to keep the halls, bathrooms
and lobbies of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s buildings clean. This week, from Oct. 24 to Oct. 28, is Residence Hall Appreciation Week, aimed at recognizing those responsible for the behind-the-scenes work that occurs on a daily basis for the benefit of UNL students. Throughout the week, students made sure to thank maintenance workers, residence hall workers and many others with
posters, notes and the occasional verbal “thank you.” Though residence halls’ methods of recognition vary, most share the same schedule. Monday was dedicated to recognizing facilities workers and Tuesday was for dining services. Wednesday is Residence Hall Government and Student Leader Recognition Day, followed by Residence Life Recognition Day and Central Housing Recognition Day.
columnists page 3 & 4 student life page 5
Despite the dedication of the week to the cause, many workers are unaware of the occasion. “We were getting all these thank yous and a beautiful sign from the staff and we didn’t know why,” said LuAnn Maly, the custodial supervisor for Knoll Residence Center, Selleck Quadrangle and Kauffman Academic Residential Center. Despite her department being unaware of the week,
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