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By Lsny Lutz
Nebraska migrants, who annually, follow the Corn
hudcer footbsH team to warmer climates, will be breaking
into new territory this year when they go to Houston for
the Astro-Cluebonnet Bowl. The city, sixth largest in the
United States, will host Nebraska fans for the first time,
focusing around the game with Texas Tech University
Dec 31.
Although the game will be the biggest attraction for
many fans, it is not all Houston has to offer. Located
861 miles almost straight south of Lincoln, the former
capital of Texas covers nearly 510 square miles.
Within the boundries pf the city are a variety of cul
tural and historic sights that should appeal to Nebraska
Plains dwellers.
The Astrodome, sight of the bowl game, is termed
one of the eight architectural wonders of the world. It
has a seating capacity of 60,000 and is the world's first
fully enclosed athletic stadium for baseball or football.
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for UNL libraries
The schedules for Love and C. Y. Thompson Libraries
for the rest of the month are:'
Dec. 5 to 1 6-730 a jn. to midnight.
Dec. 17-7:30 aja. to 5 p.m.
Bee. 18-10 ajn. to 5 pja.
Dec. 1 9-1 :30 p jn. to midnight.
Dec. 20 to 22-7:30 ajn. to midnight , .
Dec. 23-7:30 ajn. to 5 pja.
Dec 24 to 27-Gossd.
Dec. 23 to 30-7:30 a jn. to 5 pxi.
Dec 3 1 to Jan. 3-Qosed.
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It is located on a 60-acre complex called Astroworld,
which also contains an amusement park, which is closed
until April.
The average Houston daytime temperature during this
time of year is SO degrees. Daily sunshine is almost
guaranteed by the National Weather Service.
Houston is 41 feet above sea level and 50 miles from
beaches on the Gulf of Mexico. The city is connected to
the Gulf by the inland Ship Channel and is served by the
Port of Houston, third largest in the United States.
Tour boats are available for excursions on the channel.
The boats accommodate about 100 passengers. Some
commercial companies offer deep sea excursions.
Two of Houston's popular tourist attractions, however,
are ,easy on the budget. The Astrodome conducts public
tours daily for $2." Hours begin at 11 ajn., and 1 and 3
p.m. i
Another attraction, free of charge, is the Lyndon B.
Johnson Space Center, 25 miles southeast of Houston.
The center is home for NASA's manned space craft opera
tions and is open seven days a week to the public from
9 a.m. to 4 pjn.
Other historical interests include the San Jacinto
Battleground, a 460-acre park on Houston's channel, the
Alabama Coushatta Indian Reservation 70 miles outside
of Houston, and a regional history museum and the battle
ship Texas.
Cultural attractions include fee Houston Sumphony
Orchestra, 25 major art institutes, fine and contemporary
arts museums, botanical gardens, an arboretum and a zoo.
Other attractions include an 18-year-old drinking age,
bars with nude dancers, Las Vegas4ype entertainment
reviews and numerous theaters and restaurants.
, The Busch Bird Gardens, featuring a free tour of the
brewery and tropical birds in a natural environment,
and the Sea Arama Marine World offer other diversions
for the tourists.
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n positions sonduncBd
Rex Scline will be news editor and Pete Mason will be
managing editor for the DM!y Nebrssksn next semester,
newly-appointed Editor-in-Chisf Sandy Mohr announced.
Ron Ruggless and Larry Lutz complete the senior edi
torial team as associate news editors, t-lohr said.
Seline, a junior journalism mrjor from Omaha, has
, been a Dmfy Ndttczksn assackte news editor for two
semesters and served this fall as managing editor of First
Down, the football program. lie was a BzOy Nebrsskan
reporter for three semesters before, becoming an associate
news editor.
Mason is a senior journalism major from Yarmouth,
Maine. He has been a copy editor at the Ddly Nebrsskan
for two semesters and is a fiction and layout editor for
Alicorn, the UNL undergraduate literary magazine.
Ruggless, a junior journalism major from Atkinson,
has been associate news editor for a semester. He has
also been a reporter and copy editor. He won a William
Randolph Hearst spot news reporting award last spring
for breaking the story of the selection of Roy Young as
UNL chancellor. "
Lutz has been a Daily Nebrsskan reporter for two
semesters. He is a senior journalism major from Lincoln.
Mohr also announced that Terri Willson, a senior
journalism major from Lincoln, will be editor of ThJrd
Dimenz&n. Wilison also was a Dsily Nebraskan reporter
for two semesters.
Sharon Armstrong, a senior journalism major from
Omaha, wiH be night news editorr Mohr said. Armstrong
has been a Daily Nebraskan reporter for one semester.
Applications for sports, entertainment and layout
editors for next semester are due today. Reporters, copy
editors, columnists, photographers, artists and book re
viewers must apply by Thursday.
Applications are available and must be turned in at
the Dally Nebraskan office, Nebraska Union 34.
Mohr said applicants should sign up for an interview
time when they apply and bring samples of their work
to the interview.
Foreign students aided by course
By May Jo Pitzl
A UNL course is helping foreign students ease the
transition to living in the United States, said Ed Nemeth,
associate professor' of history and philosophy of
education.
The course, a special section of Introduction to
Modern Education 131, is one of the few of its kind in
the country, according to Peter Levitov, coordinator of
International Educational Services.
. Cultural shock is natural and affects all foreign
students as they try to adjust to the American way of life,
Nemeth explained. The class gives foreign students at
UNL a chance to get a grasp on America, he said.
Nemeth stressed that 131 is not an indoctrination
course, although "85 per cent of the tludsnts have been in
the VS. about two weeks before taking this course."
TZst course'
The course has been offered as a pilot this semester
through the Extension Division. It will be incorporated
into the regular curriculum of the History and Philosophy
of Education Dept. next fall, Nemeth tv. .
Response to the course has been favorable, he said.
About 25 studetns from a variety of foreign backgrounds
are enrolled. ' .
Lectures, field trips, and "learn by doing projects
are used in course instruction, he said.
A lecture series on cultural life in the United States
has brought guest speakers from various UNL departments
and Lincoln to Nemeth's class. Topics include religion,
art, music, education and social structure in America,
ile'sza he plans to add a formal lecture on politics,
but "I didn't fed equipped to handle it" for this semester.
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"We've talked a lot about cultural adjustment,
Nemeth said. "Cultural shock is a major concern. We hit
cn this iifct in the beginning.
i Is said he is shle to pve the students fa his dzu a time
tpan whn the shock eff ect wlhit them.
Ffcii trips, such u cne to the state fair, were contact
ed to help
The course tees a-gnments and quizzes and many cf
the lectures and technical instructions printed m
have httn vilcctzrtl for student review, Nepeta t.
No texts are used in the course. Nemeth expand tat
the reading material has been handouts rewritten in
simplified English.
The special section of 131 is financed from the budget
of the History and Philosophy of Education Dept.,
Nemeth said.
Computers have also been used several ways for the
class, he said.
Diet check
One computer program available to the , foreign
students runs a diet check. Students, enter information
about their diet on a terminal and receive a printout with
the nutritional value of their meals, he said. -
Another computer program develops the students
colloquial vocabulary by teaching slang. The program
gives the students "a feel for this stuff," Nemeth said, so
they won't have a fear of xhng when it appears.
Foreign students attending UNL must meet a minimum
English requirement, "which usually is very snmimal,"
Nemeth said. Formal Engliii courses are included within
their ckss schedules.
Students in 131 are graded for their work, Nemeth
sail . " :
"1 try to grre them a little bit of every teaching method
I know" he sail,' so students can airpt to the various
teaching techniques they wHl encounter in their classes.
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