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About The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 4, 1971)
NFMiF -tM JMToN ENBAl 'I V I This area is devoted to bringing in nationally known lecturers and speakers for major addresses and rap sessions with students and faculty. The ma or goal of the Speakers Committee (also known as Talks and Topics) is to provide the university community with speakers who are of current interest and whose appearance on campus is timely. Chairman is Dave Pankonin, 435-296". Listed below are descriptions of the 21 committees which are organized by the Nebraska Union Program Council. If you are interested in being a member of any Union com mittee, please leave your name in the Union Program Office, 128 Nebraska Union or Contact the committee chairman (who's name is indicated after each protect description) ART iff? MUSIC The Music Lending Library will open soon and students will be able to check our records from the Union's collection which contains everything from country and western to classical. The Art Lending Library is held once a semester and loans out paintings which may be kept by the students until the end of the semester. Chairman is Marcia Strand. 477-0997. Jazz and Java gives people an opportunity to share their music with others for free. It gives the chairman and her committee an insight into how you would go about getting into the field of group performance. Concerts are held every Friday afternoon in the South Crib from 3:30 to 5 p.m. Chairman is Dede Andros, 488 4891. MUM The World in Revolution Committee is now in the process of planning a conference to be held March 616. The theme is "Justice in America." Films, plays, musical concerts and speakers are being scheduled. Meetings are held on Tuesdays at 5:45 p.m. in room 237 Nebr. Union. Chairman is Dennis Berkheim, 432-0948. V7 Hyde Park is the means through which anyone and everyone can verbalize their opinions in a Thursday afternoon forum-type atmosphere. Debate on current topics is always informative and oftentime quite heated. Local and national speakers appear on Tuesday afternoons for Rap-In. Stimulating discussions and personal conversation are always prevalent at these informal rap sessions. Chairman is Bill 8eymer, 477-6440. The Model United Nations Committee is working this semester to promote the MUNI Conference to be held in January. Members of the MUN Committee can be involved in anything from speaking at the various living units to doing research for the delegations library. Emphasis will be placed on the conference itself in an effort to provide participants with a more complete MUN experience. Chairman "is Coleen Harper, 475-4281. .COFFEE HOUSE. Coffeehouse brings new talent to campus in f ive or $ix informal concerts each year. The 1 971 series will be moved from the Harvest Room to the South Crib in an effort to provide a more casual entertainment atmosphere. The charge will be one dollar and free coffee will be provided. This season entertainers all offer original talent in groups or as single acts. Chairman is Sonnie Schone. 432-3286. 'vlLniU 2) This area is interested in presenting a wider range of music to the campus. Not only will we present current rock groups concerts with the idea of being serfsustaining, but also are planning two free concerts provided by student fees which will accent blues and jazz. Chairman is Chris McElroy, 475-9363. TP7 irama This committee was formed to seek out and encourage dramatic productions of all kinds. We hope to bring many productions into the Union in . order to broaden student awareness of what's going on in theater in Nebraska. Chairman to be appointed. PAGE 6 SPECIALS The Soecial Films Committee brines a series of films each year to Sheldon Art Gallery. These are films which usually are not brought to the local theaters. The first film was "Yellow Submarine." Committee members do not meet regularly. Most meetings are held in the spring when they decide on the films for the next year. Chairman is Beth Malashock. 475-6133. fprei films The Foreign Film Society sponsors a film series held at 7 and 9 p.m. at the Nebraska Theater on alternate Wednesday nights. Sixteen international films with English subtitles comprise the series. Membership is based on a single subscription fee of S8.24 for students and faculty. The Foreign Film Committee is the functioning body behind the Foreign Film Society. Meetings are 4 p.m. Monday afternoons in room 237 Nebr. Union. Chairman is Doug Beckwith, 47S9647. s jiyiiyita;3BpYiY3cgyBf1 Weekend Hill:- Current Hollywood films are shown on Friday and Saturday evenings at 7 and 9 p.m. in the small auditorium at the Nebr. Union. Admission is 75 cents with student ID. Chairman is Pam Whitted. 475-6819. The All Campus Calendar is a monthly composite of events which are planned on both city and East campuses. Different organizations and agencies throughout the university are contacted each month in order to compile the calendar. Chairman is Van Bonneson, 434-0288. I Formed to further the impact and effectiveness of Union programming, the Campus Relations Committee performs various facets of the P R. and xfimunications cycles. Basic projects have been to work through personal contact with campus residents to informal rap sessions at various living units and to promote the Union as a true union for students. Chairman is Gary Kuklin, 475-4309. - JHL. Publications has been expanded this year to encompass work with all the media in the area as well as print. At this point, the main concern of this committee is working on a Union Calendar to be published every other week in the Daily Nebraskan. (See opposite page) Publicity for the Union Program Council Projects is another of the most important functions of Publications. Chairman is Jane Kid well, 475-7514. THE DAILY NEBRASKAN '1 The Display Committee was brought about to better utilize various areas of the Union building for the purpose of displaying different types of art forms. The committee draws from many sources outside as well as within the university community in scheduling the year long series of displays shown in the Main Lounge. Chairman is JoAnn Gartner. 47&6034. iHSSlEi Miss University of Nebraska is the local pageant and first step toward the Miss America pageant in Atlantic City. It is a Union sponsored activity and an opportunity f or U of N co-eds interested in pursuing the crown of Miss America. The contest will be held March 11-12. Chairman is Cindy Vondrak, 475-4123. STYLE ''Ih SHOWS This year the Union will be coordinating three free style shows the fall revue show, the bridal show and the spring fashion show. Members of this committee will be involved in planning the show, coordinating the models and working with the local stores who will be supplying the clothes and co-sponsoring the shows. Chairman is Gayte Evans, 475O015. Hostcss Members of the Union Hostess Committee are asked to help at various functions which occur in the Nebraska Union during the year. Before home games, host esses are provided in the Union to help visitors who are on campus for the game and in the past years have also helped at such functions as the President's Reception for the Chancellor. Chairman is Tricia Poese, 435-3238. This, the Union's newest program area, ts designed to include activities such as speakers, concerts, films, dances etc. which would parallel various students' interests in Black Heritage and Black Culture. The intention of UPC is that this committee will bridge cultural gaps that were underdeveloped in the other project areas. Chairman ts Derrick Johnson, 475-1041. RECREATION Activities such as tournaments, races etc are organized, run and promoted by the members of this committee. There may be tournaments planned for bridge, chess, table tennis, billiards, bowling or anything NU students show an interest in. Chairman to be appointed. MONDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1971 J a-