friday, September 29, 1978
daily nebraskan
page 9
Neikardt resident, 12 years old,
says college life 'not normal'
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Photo by Jerry McBrido
Haying the piano is one of many pastimes for Michelle Schumaker, who is living
with her mother, an artist -in -residence, in the Neihardt Residence Center.
RHA to consider
money for speakers
A $1,000 contribution to Union Program Council's
Talks and Topics committee for political and ideological
speakers was proposed last night to members of the
Residence Hall Association as part of its 1978-1979
budget.
RHA president Bill Skoneki said the contribution was
originally his idea and was included in the budget after
discussions with Talks and Topics commitee members,
ASUN President Ken Marienau and other executive
member of RHA.
Skoneki said according to information he has re
ceived, the contribution, which is from refrigerator
rentals, would not conflict with the Board of Regents'
ruling which restricts student fees from funding speakers.
"This could be viewed as a way of subverting the
system," he said, "but it seems terrible to call bringing in
different points of view subversive."
Other budget proposals include $350 for publicity and
support of All University Fund money raising projects.
A trivia bowl, penny drive and non-computer dating
service are being considered as possible residence hall
activities which also would raise money for AUF.
These budget proposals will be voted on at the next
RHA meeting on Nov. 12 to give members time for
discussion with hall residents.
In addition to fund raising projects, RHA has
established committees to study dormitory room and
board rates, the RHA constitution and to investigate
the costs of installing cable television in the residence
halls.
RHA also is considering the establishment of a Hall
Judiciary Board to replace the Housing Hearing Board.
The present eight-member board contains four
student representatives and serves as the appeal board for
disciplinary actions taken by residence directors.
The proposed board would serve the same function but
would be made up entirely of students with one faculty
advisor.
By Mary Fastenau
Michelle Schumaker is 12 years old,
going on 20.
Strumming her guitar in a lounge corner
in the Neihardt Residence Center, where
she lives with her mother, she looks 12, but
her quick wit and charm say she must be
older than that.
"I am not old enough to be a college
professor," she said, "but old enough to
know better."
Michelle's family is full of college pro
fessors. Her father is chairman of the philo
sophy department at the University of
North Carolina and her mother, an artist-in-rcsidence
for the Centennial Educational
Program, wiii be teaching at UNL until
Oct. 21.
Michelle admits she is not quite ready to
be a college student.
Her sparkling eyes, framed by her long
brown hair, seem to laugh as she talks
about what it feels like to be "in college."
Young and short
"I feel short," she said with a noticeable
Southern drawl. She also gets tired of
people asking, "Aren't your a little young
to be a freshman?"
There is no such thing as a "normal
day" for a 12-year-old in a world of 20-year-olds,
she said.
"A normal day, if tnere is one, consists
of having to go to school, do homework
and go wait for supper."
She said there were some problems with
doing junior high homework in a college
atmosphere. One night she was studying
while there was a disco in the lounge right
next to her room, which created some
problems.
Michelle uses the lounge to play the
piano or her guitar which, she said, cost her
"an arm, a leg and two picks."
Most of her spare time is spent reading.
She reads just about anything, and is
currently absorbed in two Agatha Christie
novels.
She has contemplated writing a book,
but has never "gotten anywhere" with the
idea.
Star Wars dance
She has, however, shown her creative
talent in a Star Wars dance presentation
which she and her best friend, directed,
wrote, starred in and produced.
She is unsure of what she wants to do
with her life but plans to merge two of her
loves into an Englishdrama major.
She has been in quite a few dramatic
productions including "South Pacific" and
"Magic to Do."
"I perform every day," she said.
'The whole world is a stage," she said
she jumped onto the low table that sat in
front of her.
From the table she hopped to the floor
and lay on her back, explaining her actions
with a dramatic sigh.
"It is like as the world overturns," she
said.
"But you can't use that, she added as
she popped into an upright position, "It
has been copyrighted."
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