monday, february 4, 1980
lincoln, nebraskavol. 104, no. 15
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KrageiTOTdls donation epsets Macks
By Kent Warneke
The donation of 1 ,300 South African Krugerrands to
the NU Foundation has caused an uproar among UNL
black students, according to the ASUN first vice president
and the national and international coordinator of UNL .
African People's Union.
Hubert Brown, ASUN first vice president, said NU's
acceptance of standard currency from a racist country like .
South Africa is an outrage and a slap in the face, to the
black students on the UNL campus.
The 1,300 Krugerrands, worth about $1 million, were
donated to the NU Foundation during the past week by
1923 graduate James Coe and his wife, Jessie, of Phoenix.
Hodari Sobabu, national and international coordinator
of the African People's Union, said he is. appalled at the
lack of respect UNL has shown to 'black students and is
calling for the immediate return of the gold.
Understand need
"We understand the need for contributions and we
have nothing against the donor personally," Brown said.
"But the coins stand as a symbol of South Africa, which
wealth is a result of the misuse of blacks." j
' Brown said the black population is the majority in
South Africa, but lives on 13 percent of all the land in
crowded townships.
The structure of the apartheid government in South
Africa is aimed at the prevention of equality for blacks.
Any act designed to change any social activity is defined ,
as communist, he said.
Brown added that he would like to see UNL divest
from corporations with holdings in South Africa.
' State Sen. Ernie Chambers , pO)maJiaaisjb has a resolu
tion in - the Ugislaturtf-cafliffbr-thertte,--t fhirrgr
Chambers declined to comment on his resolution.
African People's Union "
Sobabu said the African People's. Union will approach
foundation Chairman Woody Varnery Monday to voice its
opinion. Varner and foundation President Harold Haynie
declined to comment. . .
Sobabu said if satisfactory results are not reached-
'Student machine f
helps fund Josh
The machine that powered Josh McDowell's Lincoln
visit was not fueled by a slick Madison Avenue advertising
agency, but by sheer student enthusiasm, according to
McDowell. lr
All publicity is centrally printed and advertising ideas
are shared in a promotion manual given to sponsoring
- organizations, but the fund-raising, legwork and advertis
ing, are entirely done by students, McDowell said,- .
"Because I'm a Christian, they (students) can't use
student funds, or university funds," he said.
Kirk Conger, a member of Campus Crusade for Christ
and lecture series coordinator, said members of the four
sponsoring religious organizations solicited all the funds
for McDowell's visit.
4,At least half of our money came from the students
themselves," he said, referring to out-of-pocket
"contributions. The other half came . from Christian
businessmen and churches, he said.
Conger estimated that the entire cost of McDowell's
three-day stay in Lincoln, including all advance publicity,
totaled about $5,500.
' McDowell said that he was paid about $350 for his
three-day engagement.
'That doesn't begin to cover my expenses," he said.
The rest of the money raised by the students pays for
publicity and rental fees, he said. He added that all profits
from his books and films go into a fund that pays for his
office and travel expenses, as well as his staff.
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to be used more efficiently . . . Page 2
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less than spine-chilling Page 12,
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through Varner, they will approach NU President Ronald
Roskens and the Legislature. Sobabu said if the university
would not return the gold to the donor, then the organi
zation probably would be satisfied with the immediate
sale of the coins.
'This thing won't go away-it's an issue that has to be
resolved," Sobabu said. "People don't realize it is our
brothers and sisters that are being tortured by the racist
and barbarian government in South Africa."
Vice President Brown said black students have as
strong feelings against South Africa as Jewish people
would against a Nazi.
"If we are to hold true to ideals of equality for all,
then the apartheid government of South Africa is against
those ideals," Brown said. "And those coins are a symbol
of the defiance of those ideals."
"... ; Photo by Mike Sweeney
"Into the 80s," a weekly Monday section addressing college student concerns, continues this week as the
Daily Nebraskan takes a look at the controversial drinking age issue, LB221 .
Will the bill pass? Will the age be raised to 20 or 21? What will campus life at UNL be like in the 1980s if
the bill passes?
These questions and more are discussed in today's "Into the 80s" section on pages 7-10.
Josh devoted to changing world
By Debora Hemminger '
and Mary Jo Pitzl
"I want to change the world," Josh McDowell said in
an interview Thursday,
McDowell is a Christian activist who spoke Wednesday
in the Nebraska Union and at Pershing Auditorium Thurs
day and Friday nights.
' McDowell, whose home is in a Dallas suburb, has been
traveling for 17 years speaking to audiences in 42 coun
tries on topics such as the resurrection of Jesus Christ,
sex and existentialism. He relates his topics to the Bible.
McDowell receives more than 1 ,000 invitations a year
to communicate his message.
McDowell has a staff of 20 to coordinate his speeches.
Three staff members research. To promote his speeches
before he arrives, McDowell sends a packet to the students
who are sponsoring him. McDowell said the rest is left up
to the students.
The packet includes ideas that have been accumulated
from students on campuses throughout the last 15 years.
McDowell said that his advertising is the same as it was
when he came to UNL five years ago.
McDowell told a story about a student who came up to
him after one of his speeches and complained about the
method of advertising that was used to promote his
speeches. "He told me it turned him off," McDowell said.
However, he said he responded, "You're here aren't
you?"
McDowell said he enjoys controversy. "I wish people
were more affected with causes," he said.
McDowell said that when he came to UNL five years
ago everyone was writing announcements and fighting for
causes. He said that students no longer fight for causes.
Social problems were revealed throughout the 60s,
McDowell said, but when no answers were found, the
"zeal" decreased.
McDowell said there is a concern for the individual in
stead of social concerns today. He said he was asked many
questions about social problems during the 1960s but now
people ask him about themselves.
McDowell said that the crowds were receptive Wednes
day night.
He added, that the crowd, not all of whom agreed with
him, listened attentively.
The modifications that McDowell was obligated to
make in his speech here were atypical of his lecture exper
iences, he said.
"In 17 years this has happened only twice, McDowell
said. The University of Texas told him he could not be
persuasive, he said, and another university, which he de
clined to name, would not allow him to use the words
"Jesus Christ.
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