Minorities given UNL intro
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Photo by Gail Folda
Jimmie Smith III headed the program to
acclimate freshmen minority students.
By Susan Guffey
A minority student came to UNL with
what can become a giant handicap.
Minority students are indeed the
minority less than 3 per cent of the
student body and the usual
I'm-a-freshman-I'm-lost syndrome can
mushroom beyond the normal orientation
stage.
To help avoid disappointment and
failure resulting from misunderstanding and
misinterpretation, the UNL Office of
Minority Affairs sponsors a special
introduction to the campus. For three days
hjt week, 55 minority freshmen most of
them Nebraskans toured the university and
its services
For the first time in the program's
three-year history, Campus Security
officials met with the group to explain
everything from traffic tickets to dorm
security.
Jimmi Smith III, acting director of
Minority Affairs, called the Campus
Security sessions a "chance to get rid ot
misconceptions on both sides.
"Many of these students have a history
of bad relationships with police," Smith
explained. "We want to minimize clashes
here by showing both the police and the
students what each side can expect."
Financial problems often heighten the
sense of difference a minority student feels
at the University, Smith said. So talks on
how to manage a budget to make the
grants, loans and scholarships stretch also
were part of the program.
"Because of financial pressures, an
individual sometimes performs certain acts
he would not normally perform," Smith
said. He added that there were frank
discussions of understanding one's reactions
to academic letdowns.
Program participants apparently were
happy with efforts to help acquaint them
with the campus.
"This orientation helped bridge the gap
between high school and college," said Dale
Hayes, a computer science freshman. "It's a
big change."
NU interim tours include Europe, Russia and Africa
For the third consecutive year, NU
is offering study tours and charter
flights for UNL and University of
Nebraska at Omaha students during
the winter break, according to Cheryl
Long, program associate for NU
Flights and Study Tours.
Long said this year's tours will
include France, Italy, Germany and
Britian. She said the Wesley House is
sponsoring a study tour to Russia and
there also is a study group planned
for Africa.
For students planning to attend
any of this year's study tours, there
will be an orientation session in early
December. At the season, prospective
travelers will receive basic
information about the countries,
passports, visas and currency, Long
said.
According to Zoya Zeman,
program coordinator for NU Flights
and Study Tours, anyone interested
in taking a tour next year also is
welcome to attend the session.
The flights to Europe will range in
cost from $450 to $600, Zeman said.
That estimate is based on present
figures available from the airlines and
is subject to change, she said. Zeman
said that if the charter planes aren't
completely filled, the cost per
student probably will go up.
For students who may want to
take advantage of the charter flight
but don't want to take a course,
there will be a limited number of
seats for flight-only reservations,
Long said. She said students taking
courses will be given priority.
Plans for the study trip to Russia,
sponsored by the Wesley House, has
been planned under the direction of
Mel Luetchens, she said. According to
Long, persons wanting information
on the tour to Russia should contact
Luetchens at the Wesley House or
call 432-0355.
The study tour to Africa is part of
a nationwide study group tour whidi
will leave from New York. Loikj wid
students wanting to apply for the hip
should see Oyekan Owomoyis.j,
assistant professor of EiHii:;h,
Andrews 353, or call 472-3191,
before Sept. 10.
For further information on the
European tours, students should
contact Long in the Flights and
Study Tours office, Nebraska Uniun
204.
for a discount
The Associated Student Ko-op (ASK) is a
buyer's co-op open to any student, staff or faculty
member at UNL It was initiated by members of
ASUN, but is incorporated separately as a
non-profit corporation.
ASK membership cards with name, picture,
birthdate, social security number and signature are
sold by ASK and the card enables a person to
receive discounted prices at participating
businesses. In addition, ASK cards may be used a?
ID's to prove legal age (for this reason two forms)
of identification are necessary when purchasing
membership cards).
Businesses who are interested in University
patronage have agreed to offer discounts to
members of ASK and these members in turn will
probably patronize these stores to realize the
savings. By increasing sales these merchants are
able to sell at a lower price, passing these savings
on to ASK members.
ASK is a non-profit corporation which operates
autonamously from ASUN, so none of the money
from the $5 membership fee goes to finance
student government. One-fourth of the $5 goes
toward Ko-op advertising, which is another
incentive for businesses to join the Ko-op. The
remaining money goes towards Ko-op expenses and
future development of the Ko-op's own stores.
Cards will be sold in the Union from 9 a.m. to 4
p.m. during the first two weeks of school. Cards
will also be sold on dormitory floors and in Greek
houses in the evenings.
20 area businesses
H & A SKELLY
347 North 27th
10 parts & labor
312 on gas
Kramer's Greenhouses
10th & Van Dorn
20
Lutfiyya's
Glass Menagerie
10
Runza Drive-Inn .
Glass Menagerie (only) luo
Howell Memorial Theatre 50(5 ticket
12th & "R" Streets discount
12th Street Garage
Glass Menagerie
100 on mixed drinks
JB Big Boy
701 North 27th
10
Wine Art
433 South 13th
10
Treck Photo
1700 "O" Street
10-50
Daily Nebraskan
Union 34
25 on classified
advertising
Backstage Limited
Glass Menagerie
5
Pit Stop Garage
11th & B
25 parts
50 hoist rental
Bloom's Typewriter
323 North 13th
10 on new
machines
Interiors Diversified
132 S 13th
57o of furniture
Heads Together
Glass Menagerie
10
Paul's Liquor
2202 "O" Street
4-10
Rental Guide
1033 K St. 475 4102
10
Schaak Electronics
Glass Menagerie
varies with item
Water Bed Company
1032 "P" Street
10
Art World
Gateway
107o except
on net items
Pizza Hut
14th and '
Q" Streets
10 on pizza
Pizza Hut
2435 S 48th
10 on pizza
Pizza Hut
4601 "O" Street
10 on
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