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approximately 300 Nebraskans commemorated
Martin Luther King Jr.'s 1G63 March on Washington
Saturday.
Demonstrators, concerned about jobs, peace and
freedom, assembled outside the Malone Community
Center, attributed their (blacks) lack of participa
tion more to apathy than hopelessness. He said most
Capitol Building.
The event was a disappointment to several partic
ipants and organizers. James Terry, supervisor of
the Media Center and Volunteer for the Nebraska
State Library Commission, said the march could
have been more successful had the turnout been
larger.
That just shows that people are still hopeless
about the possibility of changing conditions for
blacks," he said.
Blacks made up a small percentage of the
marchers. Hod Orduna, youth director at t he Malone
Center, attributed their blacks lack of participation
more to apathy than hopelessness.' He said most
young blacks are not interested in being involved in
the civil rights movement in 1983, because new laws
and regulations have made the existing problems
less evident to them.
"Among blacks today there is no unity," Orduna
said.
He said the diversity of issues presented in the
demonstration weakened the-event's power.
Participants displayed signs expressing their sen-
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Nebraskans advocating peace, jobs and freedom march down 13th Street toward the State Capitol
Building Saturday in commemoration of Martin Luther King Jr.'s 1983 March on Washington.
New registration, drop add systems
save time, money and headaches
By Jim Berryman
General registration for fall classes entered a new
dimension last week, as UNL officials launched a
new computerized system.
Ted Pfeifer, UNL director of registration and
records, said the new system is more efficient and
beneficial to both students and UNL.
"It's going exceptionally well," Pfeifer said as he
observed the new registration process in action Fri
day in the Nebraska Union Ballroom. About 3,500
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The Nebraska Cornhuskers, ranked No. 1
in pre-season polls, meet defending national
champion Penn State in tonight's Kickoff
Classic Psga 17
The Sheldon Film Theatre's 1983 schedule
stresses foreign films and largely obscure
American releases Pags 31
UNL psychology Professor William Arnold
reflects on Big Red fever and his lengthy
teaching career Psga 37
Index
Arts and Entertainment Pegs 31
Classified 43
Crossword 4
Editorial J
Sports 17
students went through general registration this
year, a number similar to last year's, he said.
After paying a registration fee and consulting
open-course lists posted throughout the ballroom, a
student going through the process fills out a compu
ter registration form including which courses he
wants to take. The form is inserted into the compu
ter, which checks the student's choices to make sure
the classes are still open.
If the classes are open, the computer automati
cally registers the student in the courses, and the
student immediately receives an ID card. If the class
is closed, the computer will not register the student,
and the student must begin the process again.
Pfeifer said he is pleased with how smoothly the
process worked.
"Students are adjusting to the mechanics of the
system better than I had anticipated," he said.
Pfeifer credited the mechanics as the major rea
son most students completed the registration pro
cess in record time. On the average, he said, about 10
minutes passed from the time a student stepped
into the ballroom until he was fully registered and
left with an ID card. Students interviewed said past
registration had taken a half hour or more to com
plete. The new registration process also saves money
Pfeifer said. In the past, mailing ID cards to students
was a major expense, but because cards are now
handed to students, the postal cost is eliminated.
However, he said, the new process requires more
money to be spent on computers. StUl, the director
said the system provides more services to students.
"The new system makes everybody's life easier," he
said.
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timents on various public issues, such as U.S. invol
vement in El Salvador, nuclear disarmament and
the rights of women and homosexuals. The rally
included speeches on military spending and the
struggle of family farmers.
Beatty Brasch of Lincoln co-chaired the Com
memorative March Coalition in Lincoln. She said the
approximately 30 special-interest groups repres
ented were united in their anti-Reagan attitudes.
She said one of the functions of the march was to
show that the president does not have majority
support on civil rights as well as many other issues.
Reagan policies criticized
Terry said Reagan has hurt blacks by cutting wel
fare and food stamp funds while increasing the
defense budget, and giving tax-exempt status to
schools which practice discrimination.
Terry, 33, said he remembered Martin Luther
King's historic march and his "I Have a Dream"
speech.
"I was 1 3 and just becoming aware of social prob
lems that needed to be changed. . .1 had hope there
would be progress," he said. "But since the Reagan
administration came to power, we've gone back
wards." Orduna said he believes that people are now more
visibly active in the civil rights movement, but they
have lost sight of its real purpose.
"It's politics now, and that's all," he said. The
deeply-felt common cause which led the movement
in the 1960s is missing in 1983, he said.
However, Brasch said the rally in Lincoln and
similar events in more than 400 cities across the
nation shared an overall purpose to "rededicate
ourselves to the principles of Martin Luther King."
JoAnn Maxey, former state senator and Lincoln
School Board member, expressed confidence that
Saturday's demonstrations would eventually prove
successful in uniting the public in efforts to achieve
King's goals.
"We vow that the dream shall no longer be a
dream" Maxey said.
Biyland com hit hard
toy the drought of '03
By Gene Gentrup
Farmers in southeastern and south central
Nebraska are feeling the effects of a long summer
drought. August temperatures from 10 to 12 degrees
above normal have continued to damage Nebraska's
corn crop and forced many farmers to cut much of it
for silage.
Robert Lemke, who farms about 5 quarter acres
with his two sons near Walton, 5 miles east of Lin
coln, said his hopes for a dryland corn crop have
pretty much diminished.
"I'll have no corn crop this year," Lemke said, "so
I'll probably chop it all."
Lemke said his corn looked good for most of the
summer but this month's heat was too much. He
compared his current crop damage with that done
by hailstorms in he mid-1970s and this summer's
dry air to the summer of 1934.
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Robert Lemke stands tall next to his stunted
corn crop. August's scorching heat took its toll
on this field, located five railes east cf Lincoln.