Daily Nebraskan
Tuesday, February 14, 1934
Pago 10
By Julie Bauer
Reynaldo Castro, UNL's most successful diver, is
hoping to shake the bad luck he's encountered at
the Big Eight swimming and diving meet in the past
couple of years by finally earning first pbee in the
three-meter diving event and possibly the one
meter event as well. He has finished second each of
the past two years.
Both years, Castro was in first place going into hb
final dive, but failed to hit the last dive and subse
quently took second. Ironically, he missed the same
dive on both occasions.
"This year I feel more confident about my diving,
so if it comes down to the final dive a rain, I don't
think 111 look back to the past years," Castro said.
"One reason is I'm working a lot closer with Coach
(Jeff) Huber this year."
Castro said that in the past, he and the coaches
didn't understand each other. This year he fecb the
whole team has been working harder for Huber.
Castro 'qualified for the NCAA meet in the three
meter and one-meter events again this year. He
failed to make it to the finals his freshman and
sophomore years.
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"When I first came to Nebraska my goal was to
finish In the top three in the NCAA, but thing just
didn't work out the way I hoped," he said.
Castro said adjusting to his new surroundings
was a major problem during his first two years.
Castro is a native of Santo Domingo in the Domini
can Republic. Though he spent his senior year of
hrh school in Birmingham, Mich., he was still
adjusting to the language and cultural change when
he came to UNL
"It took a lot of concentration away from my div
ing, being so far away from my home and culture,"
Castro said.
He feels this year he can win the NCAA diving
competition. v
"I don't like to sav I'm going: to win because there's
a lot that could happen. It depends on how the
other divers perform, but if I can hit my dives, who
knows?"
While Castro feels his physical attributes have
gotten him where he is in diving, his consistency, or
lack thereof, is what he needs to improve.
"Right now I'm diving well," Castro said. "IVe got
ten some of my highest scores in the past couple of
meets and I'm doing difficult dives. Now I need to
dive consistently."
Castro's collegiate career is just the tip of the
iceberg when it comes to success. A high school state
champion in diving, Castro is now looking at the
prospects of becoming an international champ.
Castro has participated in three Central Ameri
can Games judged by age groups, two open Central
American Games, the Pan Am Games, the open
World Games and the World Games for age groups.
He also traveled to Moscow, to participate for his
native country in the 1980 Summer Olympics, where
he placed ltth in the diving competition.
Castro was the top diver for his country in inter
national competition, but even so, his international
career has been hampered by the predominance of.
politics in those competitions.
"In the Central American Games I placed sixth, "
the first time I participated. I was 8 at the time," he
said. "Later when I watched the games on television
even the commentators agreed that though I wasn't
the best diver there, I was better than a sixth-plr.ee
finisher. But the judges pretty much know who are
the winners even before the competition."
"At the games four years later, the same judges
and competitors were there. I finished fifth. But
that's the way things are. Next time there will be
different judges and a lot of divers that were there
last time won't be performing."
According to Castro, the Olympics were much the
same.
"Since we (Dominican Republic) were a demo
cratic country, it was tougher for us because most of
the countries there were communistic," he said.
"Fortunately that's the only form of control we
experienced over there. At first I was worried about
going to Russia because I thought we might be res
tricted from seeing parts of the country, but we were
allowed to leave the Olympic Village to sight-see and
socialize anytime as long as we made it back before
the Village curfew."
Castro would like to continue to improve and
work on his personal goals on the international
level
After finishing his four years at Nebraska, Castro
plans to continue to pursue his amateur career by
participating in international games for his native
country.
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"I'm flat broke," said John Hoppner,
a sophomore pre-veterinary major.
Without a National Direct Student
Loan, a Guaranteed Student Loan, a
grant and a job through the work
study program, Hoppner said he could
not attend UNL.
Hoppner is one of the approximate
ly 12,000 UNL students who receive
financial aid each year, said Doug Sev-
- ers, assistant director of Scholarships
and Financial Aids.
Chris Vaage, an assistant director in
the office, said UNL offers more than
- 800 scholarships ranging from $150 to
the $2,500 Johnny Carson scholarship
awarded to an incoming freshman
with high academic standing.
The office has a "hodgepodge" of
scholarships available based on need,
hometown, major, class standing and
academic standing, Vaage said.
FAF necessary
A student who applies for general
. scholarships must fill out a scholar
ship form, Vaage said. A student apply
ing for. need-based scholarship files a
scholarship form and a Financial Aid
Form, she said. Because the FAF allows
students to be considered for all scho
larships, Vaage said she recommends
students fill out both forms.
UNL also offers. Pell Grants. The
grants, a need-based aid, range from
$200 to $1,700 said Chris Myers, a third
assistant director in the office. Stu
dents who want to apply for grants
must file a FAF, she said. After filing it,
Myers said, the federal government
will send eligible students three forms.
Students must give them to the office
in order to process the grant. If stu
dents are ineligible for a grant, she
said, they receive two forms. Ineligible
students must submit both forms to
the office, Myers said, because they still
could qualify for other forms of aid.
; One of the alternatives is the work
study program. Severs said 1 ,500 need
based work-study jobs were open last
summer. Most summer jobs are in
Lancaster County, Severs said, but
some out-state communities partici
pate in the summer program.
; Many workers retained
The work-study program guarantees
jobs with pay ranging from $500 to
$1,500 to qualified students, Severs
, . said. Depending on where students
, live, Severs said, the office expects
work-study participants who do not:
attend summer school to save 60-80
oercent of their summer earnings for
the upcoming academic year.
At the beginning of the academic,
year, Severs said, the number of need
based job openings decline. But many
local employers keep the summer work-
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Employment through private busi
ness and organizations also is availa
ble, Severs said.
Peggy West, an assistant director in
the office, said she contacts about
4,000 Lincoln businesses to generate
local jobs. Nationally, camps currently
are advertising for summer help, West
said. -r
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Liarry ipei, an assistant director in
the office, said about 1,300 summer
jobs are available on campus. East
Campus needs students to help with
summer field work, Apel said.
During the academic year, Apel said,
2,500 campus jobs are open.
Students who apply for the work
study program must file a FAF, and
those applying for other jobs should
check the bulletin board outside the
office or in departments, Severs said.
The NDSL also offers aid to students.
Liz Carranza, an assistant director in
the office, said the need-based loan
ranges from $500 to $1,500 at 5 per
cent interest. To get a NDSL, Carranza
said, students again must fila a FAF.
If students still need aid, Carranza
said, they should apply for a GSL. She
said they should use the GSL as a last
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resun ueuiiu&c uie interest is a percent
and better, options exist. The loan
ranges from $l,000.to $2,500 for under
graduate students and $1 ,000 to $5,000
for graduate students, she said.
Whether students have NDSLs or
GSLs, they have to start repaying them
six months after they graduate or
drop out of school, Carranza said.
Deadlines nesr
Deadlines for the 1984 summer ses
sion and the 1984-85 academic year
are:
FAFs for work-study, NDSL's and
Pell Grants must be mailed to the Col
lege Scholarship Service at Berkeley,
Calif., by March 15.
FAFs for need-based scholarships,
must be mailed by Feb. 15.
Other scholarship forms are due in
the office by March 15.
GSL's for the 1933-84 academic
year are due Feb. 15; GSL forrr.3 for
1984-85 will be available in May.
Students can get FAFs and scholar
ship applications at 113 Administra
: tion Building. " '