NU begins minority
by H. J. Cummins
The University is beginning
to make some kind of
commitment to minority
students, according to the
newly-elected chairman of the
President's Advisory
Committee on Mexican
American Affairs, but Simon
Orta said Chicanos still "suffer
from a stereotype at many
places, including the
University."
Orta also said he thought
the University has been "very
lax" in preparing teachers to
teach minority students.' Spanish
should be required for all
teachers, he added, since
Mexican-Americans are the
second largest min6rity group
n this country.
"Eighty-five per cent of the
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One hundred and eighty-six
musician-students of UNL have
been selected by Director Jack
Snider through auditions to
compose the 1971 edition of
the Cornhusker Marching
Band.
Snider said the band's busy
schedule calls for pre-game and
halftime appearances at all
home football games.
The Cornhusker Band will
also host Band Day on Sept.
25; it will appear on national
television during the
Thanksgiving Day
Oklahoma-Nebraska clash on
Nov. 25 in Norman, Oklahoma
and also during the Colorado
game on Oct. 30.
Leaders of the 1971 band
are Drum Major Steve
Klintberg of Laurel who takes
over the post from his brother,
Jeff, who has led the band the
past two seasons. Assisting
Klintberg will be Eric
Hornbacher of North Platte
and John Crotty of Auburn.
Diane Tangeman of Omaha
will be the solo twirler for the
third straight season. Wayne
Brinkman of Lincoln will serve
j OaHuate assistant to Snider.
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Chicanos in the Scottsbluff
high school drop out of
school," he said, "because the
teachers are very insensitive in
recognizing their needs."
The small number of
Chicano students at the
University, 45, "is proof the
University has made no effort
in recruiting Chicano
students," Orta said.
"They're doing more
recruiting from abroad than
here in the state," he said.
Orta, himself a doctoral
student in the History and
Philosophy of Education, said
the committee will be
primarily concerned with
recruiting Mexican-American
staff at UNL, curriculum
changes "to make education
relevant to the Chicano
experience," and bringing to
the attention of the UNL
chancellor any case of racial
ethnic discrimination.
Formed out of a March
meeting, the 14-member
committee will also "be glad to
visit other schools" reporting
discrimination, Orta said.
Also out of thatMarch
meeting came . a list of 10
recommendations, five of
which the University has
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"We've found new needs,"
Orta said, "but I think the
important things (from the list
of 10) were carried out." 1
The Spanish Department
will probably add a Chicano
instructor to its staff second
semester, Orta hopes, "since
the Romance Spanish taught
here is somewhat irrelevent to
the Chicano's language."
"And President Soshnik
had already made a
committment to a 'History of
Mexico and the Southwest'
course for the history
department," he continued.
The committee is also
hoping for two new courses
patterned after the current
'"Black Experience in
America," one for Chicanos and
one for Indians, Orta said.
If offered, Orta added, a
Chicano and Indian should be
hired to teach the section of
their respective minority
groups.
The University has hired a
counselor for Mexican
American students, Orta said,
but he said he regretted that Jo
Renteria works out of Student
Affairs' Special Services rather
than the counseling center.
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Since the University's only
Chicano staff member, Ralph
Grajeda, left to become State
Coordinator of the
Mexican-American Cultural
Program, the committee hopes
that by 1972 some Chicanos
will be on the full-time staff of
instructors-mainly dealing
with ethnic studies.
Orta quoted a letter from
Arts and Sciences Dean Melvin
George: "We now have
available some limited funds
for hiring faculty members in
ethnic studies.
"We will undoubtedly want
to use some of these funds to
hire a new staff member with a
background and interest in
Chicano studies."
Orta is meeting with Dean
George today to discuss it
further.
Born in Poteet, Tx., Orta
graduated from Southwest
Texas State College in San
Marcos, in 1960. While
supervising Teachers Corps
personnel in Winnebago, Nebr.,
and later as Superintendent of
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Schools at Macy, Nebr., Orta
earned credits towards his
Masters degree which he was
awarded in 1970.
His undergraduate major
wis Spanish; his Masters degree
from UNO was in Urban
Education, with "emphasis on
Chicanos and Indians," Orta
said.
Before he came to
Nebraska, Orta taught high
school Spanish in his home
town, where he participated in
pilot projects of Headstart in
1964 and one with children of
migrant workers.
Living now at Air Park West
with his wife and four children,
Orta is going to the University
with a full fellowship from
Training Teachers of Teachers
(TTT) program.
Upon graduation, Orta said
he hopes "to work in state
departments as a consultant on
problems dealing with Chicano
education.
"I hope my degree will
provide me with a key to open
many doors for my people."
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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1971
THE DAILY NEBRASKAN
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