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Thursday, September 0, 1992
Daily Nebraskan
Malone Center dedication scheduled for Sunday
By Janet H. Chu
The Malone Community Center, 2032
U. St., will be dedicated ..with a ribbon
cutting ceremony Sunday at 1 p.m.
Inside the new building, which occu
pies 15,000 square feet, is a full-size gym,
administrative offices, a library, confer
ence rooms and a day-care center. Private
contributions paid for the building and
grounds, which cost approximately $450,
000. Center officials searched for several
years for a building that would suit their
needs and the community, said Asuquo
Umoren, executive director of the Malone
Center. Since 1979, the center has been
housed in temporary locations.
The Malone Community Center began
in 1932 as The Urban League, with its
primary goal "to better the conditions
of blacks socially, economically, and to
strengthen and encourage better under
standing between the races," as stated in
the Malone Center's history in the 15th
Dental College cuts student-faculty ratio
By Carol Harrah
The student-faculty ratio within the
Dental College on the UNL East Campus
is dropping because of restrictions on
the number of freshmen admitted, said
Henry Cherrick, dean of the college.
Cherrick said that the college began
reducing its class sizes this year.
Cherrick said that within the Dental
College, the students work with patients
coming in for dental care. He said it is
necessary for a faculty member to be
with the dental student.
"When the patient is being worked
on, any mistakes done are permanent,"
he said, "so it is necessary for a teacher
to be with them to prevent those mis
takes." "We used to admit 66 freshmen, but
we reduced the number to 56 this year,"
he said. "Our faculty-student ratios were
too high, so we reduced the number."
Now, 254 dental students are in the
program, Cherrick said. The sophomore
through senior classes all have a class
size of 66. He added that there are an
additional 35 people in the master's
program, which includes two or three
more years of schooling beyond the eight
years for a dental science degree.
Cherrick said that an important part
of the program is the service students
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"Not only do we have a student body,
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Cherrick said the majority of the
patients coming in for work done by the
sophomore and junior dental students'
are also UNL students. He said the col
lege charges about half the price of what
it would cost to go to a dentist elsewhere.
Cherrick said they accept most patients
who apply for entrance into their program.
"About 80 percent of patients are
accepted," he said, "depending on if we
have a student who needs to do that type
of work. Also, the patients must come in
every week for either a half day or full
day. That's why a lot of the patients are
college students."
Cherrick said that although regular
patients must meet these qualifications,
they "never turn emergencies away."
Annual Report.
In 1955, the agency changed its name
to the Malone Community Center and
broadened its services to include all races
Umoren said. '
Umoren described the agency as a
community center with programs for
adults, children, youth, and the elderly
It serves the Malone, Hartley, and Clinton
neighborhoods.
' The center offers a variety of programs
such as alcohol and. drug prevention, arts
and crafts for children, summer day
care, sports and physical fitness activities.
The center also features the Happy Time
Club for the elderly and provides trans
portation for them. Staff members also
provide for parents and youth.
Another agency feature is its activities
for youth that emphasize the history of
blacks and their contributions to America
he said.
Currently 30 volunteers, many of them
UNL students, work with the full-time
employees. Two students have intern
ships, he said.
Fannie Thomas, program director, said
the center's major source of funding is
the United Way. The center also receives
federal grants, private contributions and
membership fees.
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