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By Suzanne Teten
Daily Nebr&skan Staff Reporter
People, especially teachers, must be
come more aware of how they use lan
guage, said Karen Ellis, an art teacher at
Randolph Elementary School and coor
dinator of a panel discussion about sexist
and racist language last week.
Ellis said self-esteem can be lifted or
deflated depending on how language is
used.
Ruth Lyness, a Lincoln Public Schools
consultant, said textbook authors often
substitute some words for others that
may be more acceptable. Writers may
Accident . . .
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Niemeyer said the accident occurred
about 7:15 a.m. The Cortland Fire Depart
ment was notified of the accident by a pass
ing motorist at 7:33 a.m. and arrived at
the scene about five minutes later. He
said the highway was clear all the way to
the accident except for the "freak" stretch
where the snow blew across the road,
melted and froze, forming a sheet of ice.
"You couldn't even stand up on it,"
Niemeyer said.
When rescuers arrived at the scene,
Niemeyer said some passengers of a char
tered bus headed for the NU-Kansas
game were giving first aid. Some of the
have a hard time getting their books
published because publishers are "danc
ing" between special interest groups, she
said.
Gloria Reifenrath of the Mexican
American Commission said teachers
shouldn't worry about interest groups.
Rather, they should think about human
respect and dignity. Textbooks instill
models for children, she said. The books
used to offer only the "typical" Dick, Jane
and Spot stories for children. . .
Textbook editors and writers didn't
write about real situations, Reifenrath
said, asking the teachers how many of
them grew up in families like Dick and
Jane's.
passengers apparently were nurses, he
said, because they began cardiopulmo
nary resuscitation on three of the victims.
CPR was continued until the victims
arrived at Lincoln General.
Coleman said the three victims were
pronounced dead on arrival at Lincoln
General.
According to the Omaha World-Herald,
Ben Maaske, an investigator with the
Lancaster County Sheriffs Department,
said the Ortmeier car traveled about 200
to 300 yards on the ice patch before the
accident occurred.
The trooper said none of the passengers
was wearing a seatbelt.
Both language and attitudes about
language constantly change. Lyness said
stories published earlier deal with sub
jects differently than they do today. One
such example is Mark Twain's "Huckle
berry Finn."
Lyness said she wondered whether such
a novel should be taught in the class
room, even though it may demean some
racial groups. She said the book is im
portant because it is a satire against
slavery. Teachers must point that fact
out to children when they read the novel.
Irving Curtis, a UNL graduate student
in psychology, said family and social prob
lems can be taught without tying certain
problems to specific racial groups. Diffi
cult issues don't have to be excluded, he
said.
Curtis said students "build on" what
the have. Their language is tied to their
identities and cultures. When black child
ren enter the school system, he said, they
can choose to do several things: They can
refuse to cooperate, withdraw or "coat
switch". Coat-switching is using different
languages in different situations. Black
students may use one language at home
and another language at school, he said.
Lyness said teachers often face a diffi
cult situation when they try to teach
correct or proper English without de
meaning a child's "home" language.
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Shorts
"The Other Half of the Sky: A China
Memoir," a film about the roles of women
in China, will be shown Tuesday at 7:30
p.m. in the Nebraska Union.
The film is being sponsored by Women's
Studies and the Women's Resource Center.
drege streets, is sponsored by the leaders'
consultancy firms and the UNL depart
ment of conferences and institutes.
Workshop session topics will include
how groups work and how to lead groups,
effective communication, decision mak
ing, problem solving and goal setting.
For more information contact Larry
Hammer at 472-2844.
Larry Frahm and Susan Scott, two pro
fessional consultants, will team up Tues
day through Thursday to offer "Manage
ment Maximizing Your Potential."
The workship, at the Nebraska Center
for Continuing Education, 33rd and Hoi-
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we buddy up with the Chinese Commu
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Well, Larry, we don't have one for that yet
better get the boys on it. And we don't
have one for this manual mess either.
Speakes: I have to tell them something,
sir.
Ron: I don't know, I ....
A crash of glass is heard as an arrow
A public hearing on the possibility of
statewide governing board for Nebraska's
colleges and universities will be Tuesday
at 1:30 p.m. at the Nebraska Wesleyan
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fiies through the window. There is a note
on the arrow demanding a statement on
the manual.
Ron breaks a window with his oatmeal
spoon.
Ron (loudly): It ain't against the law!
Speakes: Yippee!
Nancy (scribbling in the Quote Book):
Way to go, Daddy!
Ron: I aint done yet. Tell 'em there ain't
room on this hemisphere. for the two of
us, so they better be outta here by sunrise.
Nancy: That's sunset, Daddy.
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Thursday, November 8
10:30 a.m. Union Regency Siito
"Post-Election Analysis'
with
Dr. Dennis Bormann,
Dept. of Speech Communication
Moderator
8:00 p.m. Nebraska Union " Dr. Jack Kay, Dept of Speech Communication
L.enienmai Koom Dr. Roger Riefler, Dept. ot Economics
"A .National Media Perspective on Dr. Robert Sittig, Dept. of Political Science
the 1984 Elections" Dr. William Avery, Dept. of Political Science
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