daily nebraskan
monday, april 7, 1980
Council administrators
iiscmss nnancss, advising
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By Rose Fitzpatrkk
Two of the issues raised by the Council
of American Indian Students about
Toward Excellence II were discussed at a
meeting with some university administra
tors. Chuck Roach, president of CMS, said
advising procedures and financial aid were
discussed.
Toward Excellence II is a five-year plan
passed by the UNL Board of Regents in
1974 to make general university improve
ments. At the meeting were Lloyd Ware,
counselor for Multi-Cultural Affairs,
Richard Armstrong, vice-chancellor for stu
dent affairs, Don Aripoli, director of
scholarships and financial aid, Al Papik,
director of admissions, and Jimmi Smith,
director of Multi-Cultural Affairs.
Advising important
Roach and Ware had previously express
ed concern about the academic advising of
Native American students, which Roach
said was an important element of keeping
Native Americans in school.
Excellence II stated in 1975: "During
the next five years, major emphasis will
be placed on retaining minority students,
providing them with the social, intellectual,
and financial support necessary to motivate
students to remain in school."
Roach said he was informed at the
meeting by Papik that the UNL advising
system was not centralized, but spread
among the various departments.
Roach said this decentralization means
that he can't step into one office for advis
ing information, but would have to
approach each department.
However, Papik will try to provide
multi-cultural affairs with more informa
tion for counseling, Roach said.
Another approach might be looking into
alternatives for the listed requirements of
professional schools such as law school or
medical school, Roach said.
Funding sources
Also related to keeping students in
school is financial aid.
Roach said that the financial aid office
will begin looking into sources of funding
for Native American students other than
the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
Roach said that he and Ware will point
out some of the alternate sources of educa
tion funding for Native American students
and the financial aid office will put toge
ther a package of information for the stu
dents. In a telephone interview, Armstrong dis
cussed the recruiting of minority students
and faculty, an area of Excellence II not
discussed at the meeting.
He said that ethnic minorities are re
cruited in Nebraska and South Dakota
through Multi-Cultural Affairs. There is
contact with other places such as Okla
homa but recruiters don't visit there.
He said he couldn't compare football
recruiting with academic recruiting because
he wasn't familiar with the football recruit
ing procedure.
Minority recruitment
Excellence II states the goal of "intensi
fied recruitment and consideration of min
ority group members and women. . ." as a
way of implementing the regents affirma
tive action program.
Armstrong defined affirmative action as
developing resources that increase the pro
bability of recruiting members of ethnic
minorities. This means being in touch with
depositories of applicant information and
institutions where applicants might be
found.
Director of the Nebraska Indian Com
mission, Marvin Buzzard said CAIS is ask
ing about what the university has done to
achieve stated goals.
He said that if his office can lend a voice
to see that the students get information, he
would be happy to.
Buzzard said he understands the federal
interpretation of affirmative action to
mean "action," using aggressive recruiting,
training programs or whatever it takes.
Affirmative action is more than saying if
an Indian applies we'll hire the person, but
means beating the bushes to get people
hired, he said.
"There are qualified Indians around,"
he said.
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Taking advantage of the weekend "purr-fect rather, these cats enjoy some time
outdoors.
Parade, contests, rodeo
kick off Western Week
Western fever is "ridin high' this week
as the University of Nebraska Rodeo
Association (UNRA) kicks off a series of
activities to start East Campus Western
Week celebration and the assocation's
22nd annual rodeo.
At 9 am. today a UNRA parade will
begin at the club's rodeo arena on N. 33rd
St. and end at the Capitol where Gov.
Thone will sign a proclamation designating
April 7-13 as Western Week. Mayor Helen
Boosalis will be riding with the group to
the Capitol, according to Mike Peterson,
UNRA president.
Tuesday eight UNL women who are
candidates for the UNRA Queen will be
judged on aspects of their horsemanship
and personality. The queen will be crown
ed during the first performance of the
UNRA rodeo at 7:30 pjn. Friday, said
Patti Lutter, 1979 Queen.
In horsemanship competition eight
candidates will perform split reining
patterns on their own horses and on
borrowed horses. They also will answer
SIU choices include
UNL vice chancellor
Robert Rutford, vice chancellor for
research and graduate studies at UNL, is
one of five finalists for the presidency of
Southern Illinois University at Carbondale.
Rutford first came to UNL in 1972. He
later was director of polor exploration
programs for the National Science Found
ation in Washington. He was named vice
chancellor in 1977.
The SIU governing board will narrow
the field to three before naming a new
administrator for the campus, officials
there said.
questions about what's wrong with the
saddling of a horse and compete in goat
tying. Each candidate also will prepare
and explain a cowb'oy's lunch which
need not be edible, Lutter said.
The personality part of the competition
will include personal interviews, modeling
of cowgirl suits and evaluation on appear
ance and poise.
1980 UNRA queen candidates are:
Jeanne Polley, 19, Hampton; Holly
Hybiak, 22, Staplehurst; Kimmie Black
bum, 21, Mitchell; Jayne Fosdick, 19,
Lincoln; Karla Maddux, 19, Imperial; Kris
Iske, 18, Millard; Sheila DeGroff, 20,
Atkinson; and Deb Parks, 19, Pawnee City.
On April 10 the queen contestants will
appear on Channel 10's "Morning Show,"
said Peterson.
The 22nd annual NU Intercollegiate
Rodeo will open Friday evening at 7:30
pjm. in the Nebraska State Fairgrounds
Coliseum, Peterson said. Crowning of the
1980 rodeo queen will take place at that
time, he said.
Two performances are scheduled for
Saturday at 1 pjn. and 7:30 pjn., with
finals set to begin Sunday at 1:30 pan.
In connection with the rodeo a draeing
for a saddle and stud fee will be held Sun
day at 2 pjn. said Peterson.
Tickets for the rodeo may be purchased
at all Lincoln western shops, Hair Station,
Brandeis and Shepler's in Omaha, said
Lynn Clock, rodeo ticket chairman.
In connection with the rodeo a drawing
versity Program Council-East has planned a
series of Western games for Friday. Rang
ing from a bale stacking contest, arm wrest
ling, to a full scale tugof-war, the games
will pit representatives from university
living units, fraternities and sororities
against each other.
Time and location of the events will be
announced Friday.
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