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daily nebraskan
friday, October 30, 1981
CAP office supplies motivation ideas for groups
It's the end of October and students are getting wor
ried about raising the D average they have in Spanish to a
C within the last few weeks of classes. It's easy to get the
blahs now. The excitement of the first days of school is
gone.
It's time to get motivated, and the Campus Activities
and Programs Office is taking the challenge.
Ennio Quevedo, activities coordinator for CAP, said
experience has shown that student organizations are hit
with the blahs during October, too.
to question the necessity of their membership.
Quevedo suggests students stop by the CAP office to
get some motivating ideas on bringing their organization
back to life.
He said many times groups need only value clarifica
tion on the group's needs. It may be that the group is not
doing enough different activities to make meetings enjoy
able. Or perhaps some members dont feel comfortable in
the group. Another problem may be the delegation of du
ties, not matching the right task to the right person, Que
vedo said.
bers consult with the organization and perhaps attend a
meeting to get an outsider's view of what seems to be
lacking. Quevedo said organization workshops are also
available for groups to work out their problems.
Motivation decline is nothing new for UNL groups,
Quevedo said. Of the approximately 250 organizations at
UNL, each year there is a turnover of about 30 groups,
he said.
The most active times for groups are in the early fall
and spring when students are eager to get activities started.
Because the newness and excitement of membership in
a new organization is starting to fade, many members start
One answer the CAP office offers is to let CAP mem-
He said it is not CAP's role to tell organizations to dis
band, but many times the groups decide that as a solution.
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Kawasaki gift
offers turn
to Japan's way
An exchange program
between UNL and Nanzcn
University in Nagoya, Japan
provides the opportunity to
become immersed in a
foreign culture, the acting
chairman of Asian Studies
said.
A grant from the
Kawasaki Motor Company
in Lincoln pays for the
round trip air fare. This
amounts to between S3, 000
and $4,000 for each stu
dent, said Robert Stoddard,
a professor of geography.
The student pays tuition
to UNL, but attends Nan
zan. Peter Cheng, former dir
ector of Asian Studies at
UNL who now teaches at
Nanzan University, original
ly contacted Kawasaki
about a possible grant pro
gram, Stoddard said.
Kawasaki became interested
in the idea almost irnmedi
ately and the grant was first
offered in 1975, he said.
Any undergraduate at
UNL who maintains a grade
point average of 3.0 and
through course work
demonstrates a genuine in
terest in the program is
eligible.
The Kawasaki grant is
awarded to three or four
students each year by a
committee of eight UNL
faculty members involved
with Asian Studies.
While in Japan the stu
dents focus on learning the
Japanese language. They
usually live in the home of a
Japanese family, which is
great help in the learning
process, Stoddard said. Stu
dents also enroll in courses
that deal with Japanese art,
business, culture, econ
omics, history, and politics,
which are taught in English.
Stoddard said the
majority of people who
attend UNL for four years
have a very parochial view
of the world.
Alumni throw
party Saturday
The UNL Innocent and
Mortar Board alumni will
have a special homecoming
pre-game party this Satur
day at the Lincoln Hilton.
Alumn and 1981-82 stu
dent members of the two
honoraries will gather in the
Hilton ballroom at 10 ajn.
Further information is avail
able from the UNL Alumni
Office.