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German prof tours engineering facilities ... t -c : " By Jana Dahlman Bouma i; 1 ' '"V iIiiiiii i in ' i Crelg AndresenDally Nebrsskan Lincoln citizens crowd into the National Bank of Commerce plaza, 13th and O streets, Thursday for the first of the Updowntowners, parties scheduled for the last Thursday of each month this summer. Benefits from the parties will go to the Society to Prevent Blindness. ByMikeWeibel UML hosts Scholars9 woiiisliop may also participate if they received an invitation from UNL Chancellor Martin Massengale. Students spent thier mornings studying special ized areas of academics, followed by afternoons filled with seminars based on humanities and peer group involvement. "High school and college teachers team together .to provide fast-paced, in-depth experiences on a college campus," said LaNeta Carlock, NSI director. Besides the many college and high school teach ers, knowledge and expertise also came from busi ness, industry and government consultants. "I think I want to be a biotechnologist," Renea LaFever, a Bellevue West High School senior, said. Afternoon seminars included subjects ranging from "toxic waste to theatre, LaFever said. The costs fo attending NSI varied among school districts, but averaged about $300 per person, LaFever said. Many local groups in each district donated money to help defray the students costs. UNL's City Campus hosted more than 200 of Nebraska's talented and gifted high school students during the past two weeks for the second Nebraska Scholars' Institute. The Nebraska Center for Excellence in Education, coordinator of the event, invited qualified students from 1 2 school districts to take part in a curriculum comprised of four concepts: math and science, social sciences, communication and integrated arts. To participate, students must be high school seniors next year; meet the nomination criteria, including aptitude and IQ test scores; and be enrolled in an NCEE member school. Students ACCEMT PrintingCopycenter 226 South 16th Street 475-5000 A Blah Resume is Like a Bad Rumor. Many "employers only take 30 to 45 seconds to look over a resume. I it'? typewritten or photocopied on white, it might be boring. Or cheap looking. And that can create a false impression about you. Give the right impression come to Accent. We'll show you how affordable quality can be! A West German civil engineering professor toured UNL's engineering and computer facilities thb week. Professor Udo Meissner, of the University of Hann over, West Germany, visited UNL faculty members and administration Tuesday and Wednesday. In particular, he discussed the possibility of a student and faculty exchange between the two schools. Meissner was following up on a December visit to West German by UNL President Ronald Roskens, and his executive assistant, Hans Brisch. Roskens and Brisch developed an agreement with the Uni versity of Hannover and two other West German universities as a framework for a possible student faculty exchange. x An exchange would allow researchers to swap ideas on issues common to tbe two countries such as the explosive development of microcomputers and computer software, and the problems of pollu tion and resource management, Meissner said. Currently, Meissner said, many West German researchers come to the United States but few American researchers travel to West German be cause of the language barrier. He said the University of Hannover currently has many research projects in which American re searchers could become involved. Because of differences in the American and West German educational system, Meissner said, an ex change would probably involve only doctoral candi dates and faculty members, not undergraduate or master's degree students. As an example of the differences between the two systems, Meissner said West German students do not receive a bachelor's degree, but instead spend seven years studying for the equivalent of a master's degree. He said students do most of their work inde pendently, and take exams only after their second and seventh year of study. Meissner visited UNL as part of a four-week trip to the United States to attend an East Coast confer ence on finite element analysis of water resources. He will also visit the University of California at Ber keley before returning to West Germany. Legal drinking age... This Coupon Worth IO Fj All new Jewelry h All Custom-Made pj Jewelry i All Estate Jewelry m Jewelry Inspected I and Cleaned Fr i 50 Off Your 1 First Jewelry Repair 1 i DICK'S JEWELRY I E3 ft m iTk a i H 0 Street I 474-4007 ys m ? s 22$ J ,4 N U , 6$ 8 1 Centrum S C ' & II Gateway fj FOR the MOST I UNIQUE GIFTS. . . Novelties Sun Glasses T-Shirts Cards Specialty Items AND FUN. SHOP Continued from Page 2 young people living near over their drinking, Riv- consistent, so that young RaisingNebraska's drink- the borders of states erssaid. people will not drive ing age may have several where the drinking age is The law may also make across state lines in search effects besides reducing not yet 21. alcohol seem like a glam- of alcohol the number of young drink- Also, the law may force orous "Mark of freedom" Rivers said young peo- ers, Rivers said. young people to drink in to some young people, he pie contribute more to For one thing, he said, uncontrolled settings, he said, making them more the drunken driving death it may raise the risk for said. ' likely to try and find toll because they are still People drink more in a sources of alcohol. car on DacK country roaos Kivers said one posi . 5. 7 Fours! M hit rr no WARM OFFER GOOD THRU 77S4 1844 "?" St. 474-6592 learning how to drive, and because they dqn't real ize the limitations that alcohol places on their Watch ii m2Siiays and Jrndays i. for the SUMMER EDIT I O N TVLJl Daily I. timvmniiy ol Ntraio Lincoln t7 fi Daily t q ilpp' ii ii than in a bar where there tive effect of the national are people around who drinking age bill would be can exert some control" to make national policy driving ability. New rating... Continued from Page 5 The second-tier PG-13 rating will add a red flag to some films, but with out solving the basic dilemmas. All it really does is get the movie-makers off the hook. Consider our friend Mr. Spielberg. One of the industry spokesmen praised him for being so helpful to the ratings, rewrite. It was decent of Spielberg to critique the rating of "Indiana Jones." But not that decent. The Spielberg who wants us to cover the kiddie's eyes at the scary parts is the one who directed these scary parts including the human barbecue scene. The same Spielberg produced the second-most grotesque PG of the season, "Gremlins." and in 1982, when his horror movie, "Poltergeist," was given an R, this man appealed and had it lowered to a PG. I would be much more impressed if Hollywood scaled down the sex and violence in films instead of scaling up the ratings. I will bet that in the next few years we see PGs with all sorts of numbers and explanations PG-7, PG-1 0, PG-1 3, PGS (for sex or sadism), PGM (for murder, mutilation or may hem). I will also bet that there will be plenty of sex, sadL.i, murder, mutila tion and mayhem to rate, I don'f think it is too naive to wish that the movie industry would start competing for the trendiest of PGs: Parental gratitude. 1224, Th CosSsn Cieb Ktwspspsr Com" psnyAVsshinjton Pott Writers Group A Ys ID) 0 V June 20th t.-i. o i ,;-rr n JUIV O ifc 4,J 3 Beth Henley A 29, 30 10 thru 14 Curtain at 8:00 p.m. University of Nebf aska-Lincoin August 11th CrJi 472-2073 Tickets $5.00 or Save with a Season Subscription! 12th and r streets' Nebraska Repertory Theatre Lincoln, ne essas Page 6 Daily Nebraskan Friday, June 29, 1984