Uni versity of Nebraska-Lincoln Publicity increase, textbook costs boost profits for book exchange By Betsy Miller The increasing cost of textbooks and an increase in publicity boosted ASUN book exchange profits this year, Sen. Becky Stinglcy, an organizer of the exchange, said at the Sentat's Tuesday night meeting. Last year transactions totaling approx imately $1,300 took place the the ex change, she said. This year more than $6,000 changed hands, during the Jan. 1 1 15 exchange, Stinglcy said. ASUN receives 5 percent of the book exchange profits, which amounted to $250 this year. She said money from past book exchanges has accumulated and that it may be used to establish a typing room in the Nebraska Union. "It (the typing room) could be in a central location, so all the students could use it," she said. Although the money ASUN has in book exchange profits totals about $1,500, it would only be enough to buy one good typewriter, she said. The Nebraska Union Director, Daryl Swanson, is supportive of the typing room idea, she said. The Senate also approved an amend ment to Organic Act 18, which determines the representatives to the Nebraska State Student Association Legislative Assembly. Deb Chapellc, chairman of the assem bly, said the current act provides a repre sentative from 11 UNL colleges. However, only six of the 1 1 have profided students. The others have been unresponsive to NSSA requests, she said. The new amendment allows college advisory boards to nominate one student each for the assembly and that six students will be decided on by the Senate. The- five extra seats the amendment would leave could be filled by housing unit representatives, Chapellc said. The Senate also voted against an ap propriations bill which would have put pictures and phone numbers of ASUN senators in campus buildings. The bill introduced by the Special Topics Com mittee, would have allocated $20 to pay for pictures of senators from just one col lege to be put up, on a trial basis, in build ings where that college has most of its classrooms. i ? mxui:uj.ujiu.LmL niuLmmu..L..UL jjuottViujuiir.)iiwy T . ' l '" L. ft i H Photo by O. Eric Kircher First National workers take advantage of the unseasonably warm temperature Wed nesday, and re-weatherstrip the bank's windows. mmmm mZ2Jl ' Ifi ? i " 'I I "u; 1 1 ' 1 1 ' 1 V 4 - t Ht i f : Dutch athlete says U.S. students lucky -, .... iiiiMi "jxz. ".--. -"- Photo by Dave Bentz Marjan Goedhardt By Gah Huey While many high school graduates face difficult decisions about which college to attend, one UNL student found herself faced with a greater dilemma - deciding whether to come to America. Marjan Goedhart, a freshman from Bodegraven, Hol land, said she decided to come to the United States when UNL offered her a track scholarship. According to Goedhart, the Dutch Track Association in Holland sent her name and statistics to the university. She filled out a form telling UNL she was interested in coming to Lincoln, and UNL sent her a scholarship offer. Goedhart said it took a lot of deciding to come to the United States. "I was concerned about leaving my family, friends and job." But she and her family decided it was a good oppor tunity and her family encouraged her to go. Although Goedhart had traveled in many parts of Europe for track competition, she didn't know what to expect in this country. Goedhart thought one of her biggest problems was learning to speak English. "I took four years of English in high school," she said, "but I expected it to be a little harder in America." Goedhart said that in the beginning, she had trouble speaking fluently and interpreting English slang. She also had to adjust to doing homework. She said homework is rarely given in Holland; instructors just ex pect students to pass the exams. Netherlands crowded Also, the lifestyle of her native country differs from that of the United States. State taking on block grant guidance President Reagan's call to return some federal power to the states will be answered when the supervision of a community development program is passed to the Ne braska Department of Economic Development. Monday night, in his State of the Union address, Reagan remphasized his plan to transfer $47 million worth of social programs from the federal to state level. Community Development Block Grants, which pro vide money for housing rehabilitation and physical im provements in neighborhoods, soon will be supervised by the state economic department. Currently handled by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Develop ment, the grants provided SI 1.1 million to 31 cities in Nebraska last year, according to Georgia Lewis, deputy director of community development for the HUD branch in Omaha. The switch won't take place until later this spring, according to Sheppard Perkins, deputy director of the state department's community affairs division. Perkins said the US. Congress passed a law allowing for the change, but has not yet passed regulations about the law. He said the process of switching over will take a few months. "It's not a real clean break," Perkins said. The economic department will take over the admini stration of the non-entitlement or competitive funds for Nebraska cities with populations of less than 50,000 and counties, Perkins said. The federal government still will fund the program, Perkins said, but decisions on which Nebraska communities will receive money will be made at the state level. Money for Omaha and Lincoln comes from entitlement or non-competitive funding from HUD, Lewis said, and will not be affected by the change. Perkins said he is not yet sure whether the state depart ment will be able to expand to meet the added work load. Lewis said she didn't know whether her federal branch office would decrease in size because of the change. "We don't know what's going to happen," Lewis said. Both said the change should be for the better though. "We don't question that the state will be able to do a good job," Lewis said. "It's a step forward that state government will be in volved in this," Perkins said. "The Netherlands is more crowded while it is more open here," Goedhart said. "It feels strange to drive farther to where you are going." American girls spend a lot more time on their looks than Nethcrland girls nd they wear more makeup, according to Goedhart. And, American boys, she said, are polite but drink a lot. She said, "In the Netherlands, we don't drink that much. If we do, we drink wine." She said everyore on campus wears jeans. "In Holland, we have jeans but we wear other things too," she said. Goedhart said life in the United States moves at a slow er pace, and people take things easier. In Holland, every thing is hurried, she said. She said American students are fortunate in being able to afford cars and learning to drive at 16. "In Holland, we can take lessons when we are 18 years old and only those whose parents are rich can afford a car." She said it is difficult to get a license because they cost about $500 in American currency. If people taking a drivers test don't pass the first time, they have to wait for three months. Workouts tough Since August, Goedhart has been training for track. Her specialties include the five-event pentathlon, the seven-event heptatlilon and the long jump. "The workouts here are much harder than in Holland," she said. "At UNL, the coaches are more concerned with conditioning than coaches from Holland. At first, I didn't think I could make it, but now I know I can. The con ditioning has made me much stronger." Many people have asked her why she came to the Unit ed States. According to Goedhart, universities are scarce in Holland, and only the best students can go to them. Also, Holland has no athletic competition in its univer sities. To compete, athletes have to join a club as Goed hart has done since she was six, and pay for all expenses. Goedhart said Holland also lacks the sports facilities UNL has. "Holland has no indoor tracks for people to practice in when it is cold." Goedhart 's success may determine the length of her stay in this country. As it stands, her scholarship lasts one year, but if she does well, she may have the option to con tinue another year at UNL. "I'd like to come back, but I can't decide about it until I go back (home) in June," she said. 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