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.
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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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