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daily nebraskan
monday, february 18, 1980
Panel: minority groups
facing discrimination
By Jim Faddis
Unity among minority groups at
UNL is needed to overcome the discri
mination faced by minority students, a
panel of minority student affairs coun
selors said Friday.
The panel, Marty Ramirez, multi
cultural affairs counselor for Mexican
American students; Dolores Simpson
Kirkland, multi-cultural affairs coun
selor for black students and Lloyd Ware,
multi-cultural affairs counselor for
native American students, discussed
"Third World Solidarity" and the prob
lems faced by minority students at
UNL.
Racism is the basic problem all
minority students face, Ramirez said,
and the common denominator of being
discriminated against should draw
minority groups together.
Simpson-Kirkland and Ware agreed.
Ware said that unified minority groups
could accomplish more.
"Minorities should be working
toward the same goal-to reduce dis
crimination at the university," Ramirez
said.
More communication between racial
groups is needed, Simpson-Kirkland
said.
"Minorities should be able to relate
to each other because of the discrimin-,
ation they all face," she said.
Ramirez said minority groups are
isolated because they are unaware of
each other.
"All minority groups know about the
white people, but we don't know about
each other,' he said.
Classes on different ethnic groups
should be a main part of the university
curriculum, Ramirez said. But now,
ethnic classes stand apart from the main
university curriculum so the people
who really need the classes don't take
them, he said.
Ramirez said ethnic groups would get
along better if they knew more about
each other.
Another problem minority students
have is ignorance of their identity,
Simpson-Kirkland said. In a university
atmosphere that is dominated by
whites, it is hard for a minority student
to have a good self concept, she said.
But having a good self concept is im
portant for a minority student, Ramirez
said. Both Ramirez and Simpson-Kirkland
said minority students need to be
comfortable with who they are and
what their background is. .
Poor- academic performance also is
a problem for many minority students,
Simpson-Kirkland said.
"Many are not prepared for college,
and when they get here they feel un
comfortable because they are in the
minority, and that affects how they do
academically," she said.
She said too many minority students .
are dropping out of the university and
the university should do more to help
minority students academically.
. All of the panel members said that
minority groups need to get together
and set goals, and then work together
toward those goals.
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"But they were really nice and
laughed," Willy said. 'They saw my arrows
(which were suction type and blunt) were
not exactly harmful."
Earlier a woman policeman had stopped
him, Willis said, but he shot her too.
Late in the evening, Willy said many
women were asking for kisses from Cupid.
And in keeping with his desire to spread
the feeling of love, Willy said Cupid
graciously complied.
But, he said he was careful to retrieve all
of his sprung arrows, because "a love arrow
is not something to be played around
with."
"Someone could use the arrows for,
let's say, not exactly Cupid's purposes,"
Willy said, smiling.
Complaints, whether prankster or
genuine, gradually caught up with Cupid
during his rounds when two policemen
stopped him.
NU regents adopt guidelines
for affirmative action plan
By Michelle Carr
The NU Board of Regents Saturday
adopted guidelines for a new university
affirmative action plan, which opponents
said was not stringent enough to be
effective.
The regents had a public hearing on the
affirmative action policy last December,
and many persons then testified that the
1974 affirmative action plan was outdated
and ineffective.
According to Jim Raglin , NU director of
public affairs, NU must improve affirm
ative action. He said that 97 percent of
NU's 9,000 employees are Caucasians.
The univeristy "must increase the job
opportunities for minorities and for
women in administration ranks," he said.
Elaine Green, a representative of the
UNL Commission on the Status of Women,
said the new guidelines "lacked specificity
to ensure compliance."
Green expressed concern that without
a deadline for administrators to formulate
an affirmative action plan the plan will not
be effective. :'
Although the regents later included a
90-day time limit for administrators to
develop an affirmative action program,
Doreen Charles, president qC the African
People's Union, said that was not enough.
No assurance
Charles said that because the guidelines
are general "there is absolutely no
assurance that the policy will be carried
out."
Accountability is lacking from the
guidelines, Charles said. She cited the
Girlean Woods case, in which she said a
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UNL janitor was fired, allegedly because
she was black. Charles said that persons
more familiar with detecting discrimination
should be included in evaluating affirm
ative action program.
Charles also said that the guidelines
should include a better evaluation system.
"I would like to see a statement of the
percentages of increases or decreases (of
minorities) in hiring," she said.
Regent Kermit Hansen of Omaha argued
that the regents' adoption of the guidelines
must be general because it is policy. He
said the individual campuses must be
responsible for implementing a program.
Regent Ed Schwartzkopf agreed with
Hansen, saying that the three campuses are
unique and that each campus plan won't be
identical.
Below regents
However, Paul Olson, chairman of the
UNL Faculty Senate Human Rights
Committee also criticized the guidelines. In
a letter to the board, Olson said that aside
from the lack of a deadline, the guidelines
place the authority for implementation be
low the level of the regents.
"This is a weakening and is, as we
understand it, not part of the intention of
the federal affirmative action guidelines"
Olson said. ' .
Olson also criticized the central
administration for not developing its own
affirmative action plan. However, the
regents later directed the Central
Administration to develop a separate plan,
UNL Student Regent Bud Cuca criticized
the guidelines because of the lack of
student and faculty input. He said that the
university must make a greater effort to
improve affirmative action, rather than
just comply.
"I compel the board to implement the
guidelines with a high degree of sincerity,"
he said.
The campuses are required to complete
their plans by May 15. Regent Robert
Prokop of Wilber said the plans might not
be adequately worded if the campuses were
forced to "rush into the plan."
However, Schwartzkopf said that the
deadline can be extended, "but the work
begins now-we have to " come up with
specifics."
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