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Student Veterans President Rus Schalk . . . found UNL more diversified upon his
return from the service.
Vet group eases competition
"Many veterans are having a problem
competing economically and socially with
younger students whose parents are putting
them through college or are here on
scholarships," Russell Schalk, coordinator of
the Student Veterans Organization, said.
Most veterans have families to support and
have to work besides going to school, he
added.
Schalf first came to UNL in 1965 after
high school graduation, Returning later as a
veteran, he found that the University was
"not as diversified then as it is now."
According to Schalk, who has been
elected president of the organization for
next year, there are about 1 ,550 veterans on
the UNL campus, of which 1 10 are members
of the Student Veterans Organization. And
the membership is increasing. "We've picked
up 30 new members in the last few weeks,"
he said.
"In the past couple months we've
established ourselves as a service club, geared
mainly toward the veteran in bridging the
gap between students and administration,"
he said. He added that it is intended to be
sort of a liason group.
"We have been fortunate enough to
establish a tuition waiver in case a veteran
doesn't get his G.I. check in time," he said.
The Student Veterans Organization also
informs student veterans of available tutorial
assistance. "We can help them get
coordinated so there's not so much red
tape," Schalk said.
The organization is also in the process of
establishing an outreach program to deal
with emotional problems of the Vietnam
veteran. These men have seen things most
other people haven't, Schalk said. "Then
they come back here and people are down
on them because they were a part of it."
To provide counselling for these veterans,
the Student Veterans Organization has a
direct link with the human development lab
on UNL's East Campus.
Through the outreach program, the
organization is also to teach veterans who
aren't in school to let them know exactly
what their benefits are and encourage them
to return to school, he said.
According to Larry Mathine, another
member, the group is compiling a book
reserve. The veterans are asked to make a list
of the books they have that they would be
willing to loan, sell or give to other veterans.
The books will be indexed and a master
copy made, Mathine said.
The programs being set up by the
organization are aimed mainly at the
veterans. But according to Schalk, they can
be expanded to cover all students on campus
if they wish.
Union limits checks,
reduces Crib hours
Following spring vacation, the Nebraska Union Crib will
close Saturdays at 3 p.m. and remain closed through Sunday,
according to Mary Cannon, Union Board president.
The Union also will cash only one-party checks, said Larry
Emmons. Union business officer.
High labor prices and too few customers are two reasons
given by Cannon for the shorter business hours of the Crib.
"Once they (the Crib) lose the people from Saturday
morning classes, it's just not profitable to stay open," she said.
She said the Crib also was selling little food on Sundays.
However, a more pressing reason for the week-end closing is
the increase in food prices, she said. The Union Board received
a memo March 6 from Bob Richeson, food service manager,
saying that wholesale food prices have gone up 29 per cent,
Cannon said.
Because of this, food prices in the Union will be raised an
average of 10.6 per cent after April 2, she said.
The major reason for the change in check cashing policy,
according to Emmons, is a directive from the comptroller's
off ice forbidding the cashing of two-party checks.
"Another reason is that there is a monsterous collection of
returned checks," he said.
The county attorney's office handles all returned checks for
the Union and it refuses to handle two-party checks. The
Union loses between $300 and $500 a year on bad checks,
Emmons said.
If arrested for writing a bad check a student could be fined
not more than $500 andor be jailed not more than six
months.
The checks cashed by the Union amount to between
$5,000 and $8,000 a day, Emmons said. Of these, 13 per cent
are two-party checks.
Ethnic institute
studies minorities
The Institute of Ethnic Studies is a newly constituted
UNL department and is still in its formative state,
according to it's director, Ralph Vigil.
According to Vigil, ethinic studies explores those
factors and areas involving ethnically distinct minority
groups in society, including Mexican-Americans,
American Indians and blacks.
The Institute of Ethnic Studies is under the
administration of the College of Arts and Sciences, but
also draws many of its courses from Teachers College.
Currently, the only minor offered by the institute is one
in Afro-American studies, Vigil said, but the department
is evaluating, adding and changing the course curriculum.
Vigil said he believes this type of class will appeal to
those interested in ethnic studies, particularly those in
social sciences, humanities and teaching. "This
curriculum will increase their knowledge of minorities
and point out distinctive cultural differences," he
explained.
UNL law professor seeks school board seat
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by Andy Riggs
UNL law piofessor, Wallace M. Rudolf, has announced that
he is a candidate for the Lincoln school board.
Rudolf, alr;o president of the UNL Faculty Senate, said he
thinks his experience as a lawyer can help the board with cases
involving school law.
"I believe that if the school board had a lawyer on the
boaid they could function with more accuracy involving the
laws," he said.
Rudolf said he has had no involvement with the Lincoln
public schools, but has handled lawsuits for Grand Island and
York public schools.
He was instrumental in establishing the right of girls to play
basketball and to participate equally with boys in sports such
as golf and tennis in the Debbie Reed case.
Since 1970, Rudolf has served as a commissioner on
uniform state laws. He also has served on the State Parole
Board.
"I'm happy with the way the school board is being run
now, but I feel it needs to be speeded up," Rudolf said.
He said he believes the individual teacher should be able to
choose their own curriculum for their classes.
"In just a few years, the teachers won't have the problem of
overcrowded schools as it is now. I think that now is the time
to improve the quality of the education we have."
He said he thinks the problem stems from the junior high
level, when students experience a new way of teaching
without being adequately prepared for it.
Partially because of his interest in new educational ideas, he
is a teaching fellow in UNL's Centennial College. He also has
been active in developing inter-departmental curriculum at
UNL.
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