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Wednesday, September 29, 1982 Daily Nebraskan Page 7 Spots open for backpacking trip Twelve spots are still open for the recreation depart ment's backpacking excursion Oct. 15 through 17 at Nebraska National Forest near Halsey. Other excursions planned for this year by the recrea tion department include cross-country skiing in Vail, Colorado, canoeing down the Rio Grande and a bicycling trip scheduled for the first weekend in October. Any student, faculty member or alumnus is eligible to go on the trip. The cost is $40 per student and $44 per faculty member or alumnus, with expenses including transportation, meals during the excursion and major equipment. Signup deadline for the trip is Oct. 7. Canoeing down the' Dismal River, "one of the prettiest rivers in Nebraska," is scheduled for the weekend of Oct. 22 through 24, Titterington said. The cost will be $40 per student. According to Scott Titterington, of the recreation de partment, the site of the excursion is an "ideal place for a weekend of backpacking." It is uncrowded and "it's unique in the fact that it has the sandhills meeting with the forest, so we'll be hiking in both the forest and the sandhills," he said. The backpackers will be traveling by map and compass, not along man-made trails, and will camp in tents by the Dismal River, Titterington added. Skin-diving excursion in the Mexican Caribbean during spring break is one of the most exotic trips planned, Titterington said. The cost of this 12-day vacation is $495 per student. About 25 trips are planned year-round by the recreation department, ranging in price, length, location and variety, he said. "We also offer classes in which we teach cross-country skiing and canoeing skills," he added. High school students get early start on college By Vicki Ruhga High school and junior high students may take courses at UNL if a written statement of approval is given by a high school principal or counselor or the junior high building principal, said Al Papik, UNL director of admissions. Papik estimated that 20 to 25 younger students now are enrolled at UNL; how ever many others take courses during the summer sessions. Although a few are high school juniors, most are seniors. All must be good students academically, he said. The students usually are from the Lincoln area, because the campus is most convenient for them, he said. The students are entered under the visiting student category, which requires no transcripts or admissions test scores, and is not a degree category, Papik said. "Younger students have two advan tages," Papik said. "Because these stu dents are basically gifted and above aver age, they have completed the majority of requirements on the high school level. University courses offer an academic challenge to these students. They would get bored in high school if there was no affairs and coordinator of the computer program, said a computer workshop was designed last summer specifically for junior high and early high school age stu dents. "The students were taught 'BASIC, which is the most commonly used language for micro-computers," Corgan said. "The class was successful. The students enjoyed it and got a lot out of it. Some will con tinue to work with computers." Corgan said that because the students were interested in the subject, they were easier to teach. However, because the attention span of younger people is short, the format of the class was more relaxed. Students were allowed to talk over their discoveries and programs with each other, she said. Corgan said she thought video games had made computer classes more popular with young students. "It gets students excited and thinking about computers," she said. "They learn how to beat the logic of the computerized system." Elizabeth Cheng, a senior at Lincoln East High School, began taking UNL courses the summer after her freshman year. She currently has about 23 hours- now, and took elementary logic last year. "It was a little harder than high school, but there were no real problems, " he said. "I had completed most of my high school requirements and decided to get a head start at college." Chaffin said the courses would save him time and money because he could enter a university as a sophomore, follow ing high school graduation. It was also a personal advantage because he enjoyed continuing his education, he said. At first, Chaffin said, he had difficulty with college essay tests. However, his high school teachers were a mjor help by showing him how to study and con centrate on important points, he said. Richard Colerick, a Northeast High School counselor, said that an individual student who could gain some kind of head start in college is encouraged to take UNL courses. However, it depends on each student's level of maturity, he said. There usually is no real need to do anything special, such as counseling or studying workshops, for these students, said Don Dean, a Lincoln High counselor. They generally come from a supportive family situation, with the place, time and resources for study and test taking skills, he said. o wtm o ffiteate .g"v , - 'i " k i. J Secondly Papjk. said,., taking -.courses pi university rMUnm .courts jMuwjniy 1P or social science courses ' . - v ?' Cdmputer courses also are popular with Essays harder younger students. Virginia Corgan, acting Brian Chaffin, also a Lincoln East assistant vice chancellor for academic senior, is taking a UNL philosophy course C.100 e kom this Jovao seiectioiii JOVAN MUSK OIL SPRAY COLOGNE JOVAN MUSK OIL AFTERSHAVECOLOGNF ANDRONCOLOGNE BY JOVAN OLEG CASSINI COLOGNE JOVAN NIGHT BLOOMING JASMINE ANDRONCOLOGNE BY IOVAN A Festival or run Foreign Films FOREIGN Ml.M SI:KII-S MX i Buy Foreign Film Series Tickets! UNL students can see 11 films for $12.00. A Great cultural experience at a good price. This year we have chosen the best variety of films from al! over the world. Screenings Place: Sheldon Film Theatre Times: Sundays 3, 1, & 9 pm Mondays 7 & 9 pm Price: $12.00 UNL Students $15.00 Non-Students ftJ1 Tickets available at Student Union North Desk (J 1 . .17th & Washington-
