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After July 1 , the State University of Nebraska
(SUN) program will depend on tuition and any
state financing it receives for further
development, according to Milton Hassel,
development director,
SUN is an experimental project Rising various
media, including television, to offercollege study
to people in their homes.
SUN has requested $157,00011 state funds
for the 1975-76 fiscal year, Hassel said. Since
SUN started its pilot program seven months ago,
it has been supported by the Edna McConnel
Clark Corporation and other smaller foundations
and tuitions, he said.
Presently there are 1,073 Nebraska residents
registered in the SUN program. The sixteen
nonstate residents enrolled live in Council Bluffs,
Iowa.
700 registered
Hassel said 700 people were registered for the
first SUN courses, accounting and psychology,
which started in September and October 1974.
In March, the second session of SUN courses
started. Only 357 people registered for the
second session, which offered "Consumer
Experience" and "Making It Count" in addition
to accounting and psychology, Hassel said.
' Hassel said he blamed the decline in
enrollment on the dates of the second session. It
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runs from March to July and would include the
summer months, which, he said caused a number
of people to wait until fall to take SUN classes.
He also said economic conditions may have
hurt. He said 700 of the registration forms sent
out were not returned.
Still registering
Hassel said because people can register for
courses anytime froto March to July, registration
forms are still coming in. He said the income tax
rebate may also affect the number of those
registering for the courses. Some are waiting for
the money to enroll, he said.
A Lincoln Journal article reported the
program's growth was the result of nonresident
participation. Hassel said that is incorrect and the
article may have been referring to SUN's
outgrowth, the University of Mid-America,
whose members are Nebraska, Iowa State,
Kansas, Kansas State and Missouri.
"This would account for the number of
nonresidents mentioned in the Journal article,"
he said.
Hassel said there will be more courses offered
this fall. SUN officials now are evaluating
proposed courses which could include American
literature, composition and political science. The
exact courses will be announced at the end of
April, Hassel said.
Storm strands 4-H singing
group during vacation tour
Despite a blizzard which stranded the 4-H
Outreachers in Alliance, the singing group
completed their Panhandle Spring Tour during
Spring vacation.
The tour, scheduled for March 24 to 27, was
extended through March 30 ,when the
unexpected spring blizzard trapped members in
Alliance homes.
The group's bus, with several members
aboard, left Lincoln Monday morning and picked
up addi-ional members along Interstate 80,
according to Outreachers' cochairman John
Mcllargue.
Oshkosh first
The first performance of the tour was in
Oshkosh Monday and the group stayed with host
families in Sidney Monday night. Tuesday, they
performed at all six Sidney public and parochial
schools.
Tuesday evening the 40-member group
traveled to Scottsbluff, where they sang at
Nebraska Western College, performed from the
Scottsbluff television station and taped a TV
program to be broadcast later in the week.
Wednesday, the group sang at Gering Junior
High and Morrill Junior High, then traveled to
Alliance, where they sang at the junior high and
at a Consumer Education meeting. Later that
evening they gave a public performance in
Alliance.
The tour was completed and members were
planning to leave for'Lincoln Thursday, but the
"Blizzards of '75 Part II" delayed their plans.
Snowed in
According to Marcia Dientsfrey, 4-H student
adviser and Outreachers member, city and farm
families in Alliance hosted the singers Wednesday
evening. Several members awoke Thursday to
discover they were snowed in several miles from
town, she said.
"Another girl and I were snowed in north of
Alliance and snow plows couidn't get the road
cleared," Cheryl Ilinze, Outreachers
cochairwoman, related, "so we were rescued by a
helicopter."
The singing group, a volunteer organization,
draws its membership from the university 4-H
club. The Outreachers perform about one or two
times a week and practice about twice a week,
Mcllargue said.
"Our music is varied to appeal to assorted
groups, or we can plan a program to present to a
specific interest group," Mcllargue said.
Album released
Pass It On, the groups' recently-released
album, contains a variety of music, he said. The
album, available from the 4-H office or any
group member, was released in March and
features group and solo cuts of assorted popular,
traditional and patriotic songs, Mcllargue said.
"Being a volunteer organization, we depend a
lot on student interest and enjoyment to keep"
people involved," Ilinze said. "The most
rewarding part is the response we get from
audiences-they really participate in our
performances."
According to university 4-H club and
Outreachers sponsor Glen Krohn, the group
charges only for transportation when they are
asked to perform.
"On our tour we went to several places which
wanted us to perform and they split the costs,"
Krohn said. "Members stayed with host families
in each town, so costs were minimal."
The Outreachers have traveled to Washington
D.C. and performed for 4-H gatherings and
numerous conventions throughout the state in
their seven years, according to Krohn.
The group's next performance will be at the
Burr Hall RHA Week program Monday,
Dientsfrey said. The Outreachers will also
perform on the Morning Show Wednesday and
will travel to Manhattan, Ks., for the National
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