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About The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current | View Entire Issue (April 5, 1972)
Chinese students to hold festival The UNL Chinese Student Association wiH sponsor "China Night," a cultural exposition, Saturday, April IS at 6 pjm. in the Nebraska Union Ballroom. The evening will begin with a banquet of Chinese food followed by a Chinese variety show. Tickets for the event are available at a Union booth. Counseling staff ex services pands The University's counseling center in Seaton Hall is worried not enough students we coming in to take advantage of its services. So center staff members are beginning to go to the students now, and they've opened up a new East Campus office as a starter. "We're trying to retch more people,' explained Phil Blakeley, a psychological counselor. v'ln the past it's been, 'You come in and see me "Now we're trying to meet the University's needs where they are." So the center is expanding on an experimental basis, Ciakeleysaid, and not just to East Campus, but also to UNL's dormitories. The counselors have begun conducting "life planning workshops" with dorr i6ry residence directors and student assistants. The workshops are aimed at teadhing the dorm leaders to do some counseling of their own right in the living units. Blake ley and another counselor, Gail Dunning, began keeping office hours on East Campus three weeks ago. "We felt we weren't reaching as many students on East Campus as we wanted to," Blakely said. Dunning pointed out that of about 60 students per week who visit the City Campus center, only one or two are from the College of Agriculture. "We're only seeing 20 per cent of the students we should see from there " he said. So for the last few weeks Blakeley and Dunning have been visiting East Campus dorms and deans, advising them of the hew service. Blakeley said fee office operates on a "VTaac-in" procedure ftSondxy through Thursday from 1 p.m. to 4:33 p.m., ?S2 Hall of Youth. He said East Campus students may also make an appointment through the City Campus office. The major focus of the center is on vocational counseling, Blakeley said. don1! nave much to do with students transferring around within a department,w he explained. We serve the student who is just completely lost He said the center can also deal with personal problems, such as dating, and academic problems dealing with study habits or test anxiety. The center is experimenting this semester with a test anxiety reduction program involving group therapy, Blakeley said. "We're doing a lot of experimentation this year," he explained, "At the end of the semester we'll evaluate all of our new programs and decide which ones to continue next year." p-7 .3ncnase.,,siyrat v JWrtTHE ft HIIiiihi..lip.mum man ill ui. n.i I. Illim III ' HI I II . m .1 ') A. WhemnofhvehavelaidtoTe Quiet waters by night Ohivy sails aresonpe Comewakeme Take Tine from thenesf JimvrueSpheeris "WWW i 1 With words and music, let JimmieSpheens &-f take you away. m He will "be appearing i inconcertSdthere - is also his debut Columbia album, Jimmie SoheerisMlsle of View.'" Jimmie is a singer and songwriter whose music is lled with warmth and beauty. Let nim take you away. On Cdu-nim Records ' H2? flits M . . . TICKETS: 'S40-SS0 (TAX '(MCU) PURCHASE TICKETS NOW AT: CRANDEIS, MILLER A PAINE, OCATUTOVVN AND GATC1VAY STORES, TREAS URE CITY2 umiCLAUD tkUQ DIRT CHEAP MAIL ORDERS ACCEPTED T-iO' PERSON A L;CHECKS JIMMIESPHEEMIS iff Jm-i. .j 'own You can see JimmieSpneeris at Pershing Auditorium on April 7 -at & :00 p.m. DIRT CHEAP RECORDS A DISCOUNT RECORDS ttii -r iiami virritui .... . V .v: WEDNESDAY, APfTIL 5,1972 PAGE 7