Creighton University - Bluejay Yearbook (Omaha, NE)

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John Groleau In the future, Father Lee Lubers, S.J., hopes to have the entire campus wired on the Creighton Satellite Network. Creighton Satellite Network, hooked up in over 300 campus locations, provides eight-channel service. photos by John Groleau Father Lee Lubers, S.J., tunes equipment for the Creighton Satellite Network atop the earth station. M ' irf Hffr ' niin Father Lee Lubers, S.J., makes repairs on a satellite Satellite dishes overlook the parking lot of the Ep- dish at the earth station, located north of the Alum- pley Business Administration Building, ni Memorial Library. 29 Creighton Satellite Network

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Creighton Satellite Network V-iampus television sets tuned in soap operas in Spanish, sewing lessons in French and full coverage of the U.S. House of Representatives. Under the direction of Father Leland Lubbers, S.J., Creighton Satellite Net- work is a student built and operated pro- ject consisting of five satellite dishes. CSN was hooked up in about 300 campus locations, providing eight-channel service. Catering primarily to language students, CSN offered three Spanish and three French channels. The system also included C-span (live coverage of the U.S. House of Representatives), Financial News Network (Daytime market reports) and a channel devoted exclusively to scrolled announcements and campus in- formation. Lubbers, a fine arts professor, began the project in 1981. He and a team of students built three homemade spherical antennae on the roof of the Sculpture Lab at 2102 Burt St. Lubbers said by December a signal was being received there and interest in the project grew rapidly. Transmitting the satellite ' s signal from the Sculpture Lab to the main campus was technically impractical because of the expense and the distance involved, so the entire system was transferred to the top of the Administration Building. However, interference from the downtown Northwestern Bell Co. Building scrambled and destroyed CSN ' s signal. Lubbers said. After looking for an adequate location on campus for the satellite dishes, the maintenance garage roof behind the library was selected. Students then constructed the Earth Station, the building that houses the operational equipment for CSN. Networks on the CSN system were car- ried without charge and with the permis- sion of the source and ar e not practically obtainable from locally franchised systems. Departments, school and offices of the university paid an installation charge to cover the cost of the hardware used in the operation, he said. Students are not charged as the dormitory pays the fee. 28

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To create more student jobs, En-, ironmenlal Ser- vices took over housekeeping responsibilities from outside contractors. Environmental Services A. student employment service was created to handle the responsibility of coordinating and expanding student employment opportunities on campus. The primary function was assisting students who wanted to work to finance their education. To create more student jobs, the university took over housekeeping respon- sibilities from outside contractors. Through the newly created department of Environmental Services approximately 80 part-time jobs were offered to students. Leo W. Munson, director of financial aid, said that although many colleges of- fer jobs to students to help them earn tui- tion dollars, Creighton is the first univer- sity he is aware of that is creating jobs by cancelling contracts with outside firms. The university minimized effects of financial aid cutbacks by providing more opportunities for students to obtain part- time jobs. Students interested in earning money to pay a portion of tuition and ex- penses applied for the campus jobs. They did not have to meet financial need criteria, Munson said. The responsibility for the new employ- ment service fell within the financial aid office. Steven F. Kowalski was appointed Student Employment counselor. Based upon a minimum 10-hour work week, the university estimated students could earn $536 per semester by working through the student employment service. The concept of employing students in positions previously staffed by outside contractors was first proposed by James R. Russell, director of Public Safety. Russell said his department successfuly employed 90 students in a variety of posi- tions during the past three academic years. 30 Carl Morello is the director of Environmental Ser- vices, a program which began this year. EnutTonmental Services