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The times they are ahanglng. Even in UNL residence
halls, '
Six years ago, visits from the opposite sex were care
fully directed under the cautious guidelines of residence '
hall regulations, the thought of flashers and streakers
terrorizing the halls was beyond imagination and the won
derful convenience cf the Validine card had not yet de
buted In the cafeterias.
UNL, Wesleyan
sponsor NMUN
Students from UNL, Nebraska Yesleyan, other
midwest celiacs and area high schools wCl meet at UNL
Feb, 9 through 12 for the 10th annual Nebraska Model
United Nations (NMUN), said Shari Patrick, NMUN
chairwoman.
The event, patterned after the United Nations, is
sponsored jointly by the Nebraska Union Program Council
and Nebraska Wesleyan. It wCl be in the Nebraska Union,
Participants form delegations representing countries in
the U.N., she said. They study the economic and political
policies of those countries and devise resolutions to solve
. world problems, . '. '.
Patrick said NMUN wO meet both in committees and
General Assembly. James Howe, Senior Fellow from the
Overseas Development Council in Washington and a UNL
graduate, wl deliver the keynote address the first
evening, she said. : -,
Abo, Patrick said, U.N. delegates from Ghana,
Singipcre and Pakistan will attend NMUN to assist the
student delegations.
Registrations for NMUN are "a little behind" the
number at this time last year, according to Patrick, She
said two-t!irds (70) of the countries in the U.N. are '
represented so far.
However, Patrick said applications have been "corning
in fast for the past five days" and she estimates that 400
students wCl participate.
She scid there are still important countries left to be
represented. Most cf the Western European countries have
delegations, but th ire many African countries need-'
ing representation, she said. V
The African countries are important because they are
one of this year's discussion problems, she added,
Patrick said .additional staff members are needed to
fill secretarial positions. NMUN has about 30 staff
members from UNL and Nebraska Wesleyan, she said.
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Thousands of students have come and gone throughout
these' six years, but only one has weathered all the
charges. Eehrooz Emam -holds the record for the current
UNL student with the lowest tenure in the residence
halls having six years experience to his credit,
Emam, 24, is a residence assistant at Selleck Quad
rangle, He has lived in every city campus residence hall
complex except Abel-Sandoz. "I have enough friends over
there, I guess I feel like I live there too, Emam said,
Emam's six years of residence hall living have included
several positions of authority. He.lived at the Neihardt
Residence Center the semester the International House
program was initiated.
Following stays at Centennial College and Cather Hall,
Emam was hired as a student assistant (SA) for second
floor Cather. He received his bachelor s degree in Archi
tectural Studies in the spring of 1975.
Emam began his graduate studies as program advisor
for Centennial College, where he resided for one year be
fore assuming his position at Selleck. He earned his mas
ters degree in architecture last summer and will complete
work on his masters in civil engineering this spring.
1 Since Emam was hired by the Office of University
Housing four years ego," he has been exempt from in
creasing housing rates. In the six years Emam his been
enrolled at UNL, housing rates have risen from $940
per year to $1,225.
Cafeteria food has been one constant in the changing
years of Emam's campus dwelling, he said. The rea
son they (students) complain a lot is they get used to it
(the food) and tire of it," Emam said of residence hall
meals. - -
He said the summers he lived off-campus have taught
him to appreciate the quality and variety of residence
hall meals.
"I guess living in a dorm has been part of my educa
tion," Emam said. Working with students and trying to
create a community within a residence hall has been a
valuable lessen, he said, adding he prefers the smaller size
and close-knit atmosphere of Selleck and Neihardt to the
other residence halls on campus.
Following his graduation this spring, Emam will return
to his home town of Tehran, Iran. Although he is uncer
tain of his plans, he said he will not live in a dormitory.
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By Anne Go-others . .
International House may be one of those things that
lives up to its name.
It is a place for foreign and American students to live
together and learn about other cultures, according to
Dania Inguanzo, head resident at Interactional House,
This year 63 students live in the "house" actually the
first two floors of Fser Hall in the Neihardt Residence
Center, Each foreign student lives with an American
student, said Inguanzo. -
. Students must v apply to live in International House,
although there are usually only enough applications to
fill the House, Inguanzo said.
International House writes to high schools and has an
open house in the spring to tell people about living in
International House, she said.
Most foreign students say they hear about Internation
al House through friends who have lived there or through
; the Foreign Student Office, added Inguanzo, .
Students from Hong Kong and Taiwan make up the
largest groups living at International House. No European
or Scandinavian students livejhere, Inguanzo said, adding
she did not know why European students did not apply to
live there.
Housing payments are the same as other residence hall
payments and the rooms .are about the size of
Abel-Sandoz Residence Hall rooms with a large window,
Inguanzo said.
She said that although 'all the -students speak English
at the International House, learning to speak it all the
time and be understood is an adjustment.
Piper Hall stays open for vacations so students have a
place to stay for $3.75 a night, she said, and there is
a kitchen in the basement for students to use.
Many of the students travel in the United States
during Christmas vacations or go home with their
American roommates for Christmas, she added. -
International House has programs incuding dinners
with foods from a certain country. Entertainment and
discussions about that country follow dinner, Inguanzo
said. .
She said she sees the need for "people to be with their
own kind." Many students have close friends of their own
nationality, she said, but it has not become a problem in
not getting to know other students. '
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