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tuesday.ebruary J 2, 1980.
daily nebraskan
Volunteer service helps non-traditional students
By Kent Warneke
For the more than 2,000 non-traditional students at
UNL, a new program called Volunteers in University
Education has been started to provide educational in
formation through a telephone help-line, the program's
coordinator said.
Irene Johnson, college counselor for the Division of
Continuing Studies, said there are many people in school,
especially older adults, who need a support system. This
program is designed to help, Johnson said.
"When adults come back to school, they're out of their
common ground and it's a rather frightening experience,"
Johnson said. "They're older and so everyone expects
them to be in control and command of everything, but
that's not always the situation,"
The VUE program has 10 regular volunteer workers
to staff the telephone line, 472-6265. The line is on
the air during the noon hour Monday through Thursday
and during the dinner hour Tuesday and Wednesday.
The volunteers have information about classes,
program policies and university personnel for a student
to receive help in getting admitted, registered or advised,
Johnson said.
Another important part of the VUE program is a sup
port system with other students who have had experiences
or problems like those of the person calling in, she said.
"The student volunteer will always refer a caller to
the Division of Continuing Studies if so requested and
then we'll try and set something up with a counselor or
other students. Hopefully their problems or concerns
will be solved," Johnson said.
Johnson said that many adult students are the only
non-traditional students in many classes. He said it is a
good experience for two older people, to be able to get
together and help each other.
Johnson also said that as an outgrowth of the help
line a "lunch with friends" is being started. They will
try and meet the first Friday of every month to visit, eat
lunch and share concerns with all adults or non-traditional
students.
Johnson said she felt VUE was a great additional ser
vice for non-traditional students and that it gave them
a feeling that someone does care and is there to help them
with any problems they may have.
UNI presidential campaigns gear up
By Tom Prentiss
UNL students interested in working on presidential
campaigns have three recognized groups to choose from.
Records in the Campus Activities and Programs office
show that groups have been formed to support Republi
can candidates Ronald Reagan and John Connally and
Democratic candidate Edward Kennedy.
Glenn Maloney, CAP program consultant, said each
group has filed a letter of intent with the CAP office.
Those letters must be followed by a constitution within
60 days of the letter, so the group may remain recognized
and be allowed to use UNL premises, Maloney said.
Maloney said groups on file are the UNL Students for
Reagan, Connally for President Youth Committee and
UNL Students for Kennedy.
Leaders of each group said they expect strong student
support for their candidate.
,Brad Ross, a journalism and English major, is head of
UNL Students for Reagan, which was organized in
September. He said the biggest problem his group has had
is finding a sponsor for the conservative Reagan from
what he called a "fairly liberal faculty ." '
Susan Welch, political science chairperson became the
sponsor recently, Ross said. She does not support Reagan
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politically, but is serving as sponsor so the group may be
recognized.
CAP compromise
Because it took so long to find a sponsor, Ross said
some compromises may have to be made by the CAP
office. ,
"A student organization should not be penalized
because the faculty wasn't interested," Ross said.
He said he expects to have the required constitution in
by the end of this week.
Ross estimated that about 50 people are working for
Reagan on campus. But, if Reagan were to make an
appearance on campus, Ross said he would draw more
than 500 students.
Reagan's loss to George Bush in the Iowa caucuses
were proof that Reagan won't be able to "campaign as an
incumbent," Ross explained.
People want candidates to debate in the 1980 eiection
and Ross said he thinks Reagan will be able to do so
without splitting the party.
He said he doesn't expect Reagan to win the New
Hampshire primary on Feb. 26 because his support is
weak in the East. . ' - '
"I think he'll probably tie or lose by a slim margin,"
Ross said.
Connally group
Karen Elaine Smith, head of the Connally-group, said
she expects her candidate to do "extremely well" in New
. Hampshire.
Smith, a junior interior design major, said the Connally
committee has been organized since December,
She estimated more than 100 students are working for
Connally on campus and in Omaha.
Like the sponsor of the Reagan group, the Connally
faculty sponsor does not support the candidate but is;
doing so to allow the group to proceed with activities, she
said. She said the Connally sponsor asked to be.
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. Overall, the Connally campaign is "doing very well,"
Smith said.
Support is growing in Nebraska and she said Connally
already has the support of former governor Norbert
Tiemann and former Sen. Carl T. Curtis.
People should watch the results of the South Carolina
primary in early March as a show of Connally strength,
Smith said.
UNL Students for Kennedy is headed by sophomore
Debiy Rotschafer, a political science major. The Kennedy
group filed in late January, she said.
Faculty support
Rotschafer said the group is trying to recruit
volunteers. Five people are involved in the group now, but
she said that number soon will increase,
"Right now, we are trying to come up with places for
Kennedy to speak on campus," she said.
John Peters, political science professor, is the faculty
adviser, she said. Other UNL faculty members supporting
Kennedy include English professors Donald Gregory and
Hugh Luke, she added. :
Gregory is the statewide chairman and Luke is the state
press coordinator.
Rotschafer said she doesn't think President Carter will
knock Kennedy out of the race early.
"I think Kennedy will take it all the way," she said.
She said Kennedy's loss to Carter in the Iowa caucuses
meant nothing and added that Carter's whole candidf.cy is
riding on what is happening in Iran and Afghanistan.
About the recurring question of Chappaquiddick, she
said that many people are concerned about it but she
thought the press had Voverblown it."
Kennedy's major policy address at Georgetown Univer
sity last month showed the American people that
Kennedy is a stronger leader with a better domestic policy
than Carter, Rotschafer said.
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