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Monday, November 5, 1S84
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Vol. 84 No. 52
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The work of Taiwanese craftsmen culminated Saturday
when their month-long project, a 30-foot long, 8-foot high
dragsn, waa donated to UNL end the State Museum ts & gift
from the Tdw?in Provincial Mcsecsi of Taipei, Taiwan.
The dragon, the kind typically seen in Chinese New Year
celebrations, will hang from the ceiling inside the museum.
Satnidsy evening, UNL Chancellor Martin Massengale
accepted the gift on behalf of the university. Members of the
UNL Chinese Student Association dsnced throngh the halls
of the racsemxi in celebration.
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By Barbara Comito
Daily Nebraskan Staff Reporter
The number of minority stu
dents at UNL increased slightly
from 1982 to 1984, while the
number of minority students in
colleges nationwide decreased.
Total enrollment at UNL was
down by more than 800 between
the two years to 24,228 in 1984.
Minority enrollment increased
from 732 in 1982 to 783 in 1984,
according to survey figures avail
able from the UNL Office of Insti
tutional Research and Planning.
That figure is nothing to brag
about, said Jimmy Smith, direc
tor of UN-L Multi-Cultural Affairs.
The UNL department of Multi
Cultural Affairs aids minority
students - it attempts to get
them into the university and keep
them here.
Minorities with outstanding ac
ademic or athletic talent are likely
to receive aid without such a
department, but the average mi
nority student might not, said a
Multi-Cultural Affairs counselor.
Vaughn Robertson said a large
problem for many minorities is
that they are not traditionally
"college tracked."
High school counselors have a
tendency to "gear themselves to
the academically inclined," said
Liz Carranza-Rodriguez, counsel
or for Multi-Cultural Affairs.
Others remain uninformed, she
said.
As a result, minority students
frequently make a late decision
to come to college after the
priority deadlines have passed,
Robertson said.
Students must send in their
financial aid forms by Feb. 15, for
need-based scholarships, and by
March 15 for other need-based
aid. Students who are not think
ing about college as early as Jan
uary or February of their senior
year are at a definite disadvan
tage, Robertson said.
Partly to supplement the work
of high school counselors, Robert
son visits Lincoln High and sev
eral high schools in Omaha which
have significant minority enroll
ments. Robertson says he sees his work
becoming even more critical in
light of the selective admissions
requirements going into effect in
1986. He said the most produc
tive use of his time is to stress as
early as possible in high school
the importance of taking college
preparatory classes and doing
well in them.
The university could do a great
deal more to create an educa
tional environment supportive of
minorities, Smith said.
He recommends hiring more
minorities for traditional and
non-traditional faculty & staff po
sitions. Giving minority students
assistantships and fellowships to
do graduate work is an essential
part of this, Smith said.
Smith also recommends a part
nership between the university,
private enterprise and non-profit
foundations.
The business world in Nebraska
"is being kept white," Smith said.
The university has an opportun
ity to help "break the color bar
rier," as well as to aid minority
students by creating work grants,
he said.
Such a program would help
offset the crunch being felt by
decreases in federal aid, Smith
said.
eagan retains lead in
poll
Renter Ncwa Report -
WASHINGTON - President
Reagan Sunday appeared headed
for a smashing election victory on
Tuesday as Walter Mondale, his
hopes of a dramatic upset fading,
pressed a desperate attack on
the administration's social pol
icies. A poll of almost 9,000 voters by
ABC-TV and the Washington Post
released Sunday gave the Repub
lican incumbent an 18-point lead
over Democratic challenger
Mondale, who pulled just 39 per
cent of voters surveyed.
That advantage returns the 73-year-old
Reagan squarely to the
commanding lead he held before
doubts about his competency and
questions over his age emerged
after the first of two debates with
Mondale last month.
The ABC poll also gave Reagan
a solid chance of taking 45 states
and held out the possibility of
his winning all 50.
But the president warned his
supporters not to be overconfi
dent and to make sure they vote
Tuesday.
"We have never written off any
state nor have we taken any state
for granted," Reagan said during
an unscheduled stop in Mondale's
homestate of Minnesota
Meanwhile, from the pulpit of a
black church in Memphis, Tenn.,
Mondale on Sunday castigated
Reagan for his "vicious and cruel"
cuts in social spending.
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Radio station unveils 'new poll 9
Reagan, Mondale, KLIN t
earn to
help child
By Michelle Kubik
Daily Nebraska!) Starr Reporter
President Reagan came up with
a little "egg on his face" Friday,
but the biggest "yoke" was on
Democratic presidential candi
date Walter Mondale, following
"Egg the Candidates," a charity
event sponsored by KLIN-radio,
Lincoln.
Hand-drawn enlargements of
portraits of the candidates were
placed in the Sears parking lot,
64th and O streets, where partic
ipants could toss an egg, pur
chasedfor $1, at the their least
favorite candidate.
The enlargements, drawn by
Imperial Outdoor Advertising of
Lincoln, were taken from photos
donated by local campaign olUces.
According to Dave Beasing, pro
gram director at KLIN, 119 eggs
were tossed at Mondale, while
Reagan got hit by 89. About $500
was raised during the event, he
said.
The fund-raiser was a benefit
for Tyler Matthew Otto, the eight-month-old
son of Bob and Sharon
Otto of Lincoln. Tyler remains
hospitalized, suffering from a seri
ous heart disorder.
"It is not our intention to show
any disrespect for the candidates
said KLIN station manager, Jim
Miller. "We are merely providing a
fun way for our listeners to ex
press both their preferences and
frustrations as the national cam
paign season draws to a close."
Miller said the station was ex
cited to benefit such a worthy
cause.
Local campaign representatives
took the "first crack" at the can
didates Friday morning.
"President Reagan is a teflon'
candidate nothing sticks," said
Ken Haar, chairman of the Lan
caster County Democrats. "He can
do anything he wants and no one
holds him accountable for his
actions. Today, we intend to make
something stick."
Jan Ellis, a national consultant
in Washington for Reagan-Bush,
said she had never seen a promo- can incumbent running for Lan- ed in addition to proceeds from
tion like "Egg the Candidates." caster County commissioner, the egg sale. Further donations
Ellis has been campaigning in bought almost a dozen eggs to can be sent to KLIN, or to the
Nebraska since September. heave at Mondale. Tyler Otto Fund at Gateway Bank
Stephanie Armitsge, Republi- Beasing said money was donat- in Lincoln.
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candidates as Leo Scherer, Lsncmster Cccnty beard member, tins at Ms least farcrlie presi
dential candidate.