Wednesday, October 7. 1981
daily nebraskan
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Women personnel employees
say job has unique problems
By Leslie Boellstorff jole workers into accepting and not getting much in re-
that there is more to a com- turn, she said.
Women in the personnel pany than one person in a "You feel you're being
field must juggle the inter- department of a somewhat used up, she said,
ests of employees with specialized field and that
those of management, two there are more advantages . m Probm o
,npl exnerts said Tuev to a ioh than vi v mg a woman andor ami-
comas wonts with altir- " ,R-4N
mative action programs and ?ea5?s Jse
provides equal employment Combs and Spicer agreed.
rtjmitks. Combs said. Spicer said that of the
Spicer said the person- q . ,1
' JftB rflv' speciihsts in the VA hospk
said Mary er jobs. In the Veteran's & 20 m femae Shed
that only three or four are
d3V.
The personnel manage
ment is doubly challenging
for women and minorities
because they must over
come traditional
that favor men.
Ann Spicer, a personnel
management specialist at
Veteran's Administration
Hospital.
Spicer and uwen tombs,
Mon.-Fri. 12:004:00
236 Nebraska Union
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Administration system of
275 hospitals, personnel
managers arerelatively high
on the totem pole, as well
as being in line for other
director of personnel in the types of high responsibility
Personnel and Risk Manage
ment Department at UNL,
spoke on 'Women in Per
sonnel" at a session spon
sored by the Student YWCA
and the Women's Resource
Center.
Combs said the person
nel department must look
out for the interests of
management and employ
ees, through counseling, ad
vising and hiring. She said
she advises the upper-level
management in ways that
best use the labor force,
positions, she said.
chiefs of personnel and the
same number are medical
center directors.
Women initially have a
problem in establishing their
Personnel managers have credibility. Combs said.
the ability to give a person They have to find their level
a job or turn him away. Spi- of acceptable aggression. It
cer said she finds herself is hard for a woman, who is
able to reject an applicant, more aggressive and outspo-
tell someone he is hired or ken than the management,
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fired or admonish an em
ployee with a smile on her
face. However, she said
these types of duties in
crease the stress level of her
job. She said sometimes she
feels bad about turning
down an applicant, and that
other aspects of her iob,
to succeed, she said.
helping meet worker desires such as counseling and pa-
and needs. Combs is not di- perwork become frustrating,
rectly involved in the hiring Combs said the field is
of university personnel. interesting, but anyone en-
As part of her job, she tering it must be ready and
willing to deal with a num
ber of challenges.
A person in the person
nel field may experience an
early burn out and feel that
he or she is always giving
tries to help managers see
thai "individuals want more
from their work environ
ment than a paycheck," she
said. She said she also tries
to "counsel, talk and ca-
Nazi propaganda films
viewed at symposium
Cory said.
One propaganda film en
titled "Hitler Youth in the
Mountains," in which the
Nazis showed good youth as
By Laura Garrison
The conditions that
created the rise of Nazi Ger
many in the 1930s were
highlighted in the two-day strong, healthy and devoted
UNL-German symposium to the cause, found broad
that ended Tuesday. acceptance among German
The symposium featured youth. The film displayed
a panel discussion including activities such as camping
four university professors, a and camp fire gatherings.
German historian and Hans June Levine, associate
Mommsen, University of professor of English, said to-
Bochum, West Germany day's American youth
modern history professor, would not follow such pro-
Mommsen presented a paganda because the
film symposium with more approach lacks individual-
than 20 different German ity.
documentaries, cartoons
and feature films from the
1920s and 1930s depicting
the political, social econ
omic and psychological
state of mind of the Ger
man people in pre-Nazi Ger
many. Peter Reinkordt, a pro
fessor in the Modern Langu
age and literatures Depart
ment, grew up in post-Nazi
Germany. He said the films
proved that the civilization
or culture of a country can
become "perverted" in their
ideas of political justice, if
times are "tough enough."
Mark Cory, vice chair
man of the Modem Langu
ages and Literature Depart
ment, added that part of the
Nazis' rise to power in Ger
many resulted from the
slick and sophisticated pro
paganda films that showed
the Nazis in action scenes.
The opposition party,
the Socialist Democratic
Party, used films that show
ed party officials and pro
posed solutions to the
country's problems. History
proved that the rational
approach didn't have the
impact on the public that
the Nazi propaganda did,
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Monty Python's "And Now For Something Completely
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"The Blob" - 9-11
"The Night of the Living Dead" - 11-1
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Tex Nord-rope twirler - 6:30-9:30
Chess Contest -7:30-9
Theresa Thummel - caricature artist - 8-9
THE TERRACES
Trilogy - music and more - 7-7:45
Luke Stevenson - mellow sound - 8:15-9
Ron Cole - too hits - 9:15-9:45
The Maeical Becwais - magic with flair - 10-10:30
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Jello Eatina Contest - 7:20
Rodarn -juggling - 7:45 - 8
Tobacco Spitting Contest - 8 - 8: 15
Gymnastics Demonstration - 8:15 - 8:40
Pie Eating Contest - find that cherry! - 8:40 - 9
Dan Ridge - music - 9-9:30
Air Guitar Contest - bring your own music or we II
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Hog Calling Contest - 9:45 -10:00
Alpha Zeta Booth - win prizes - 7:30 -10
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Used Cars" - with Kurt Russell, etc. - 7
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