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Weather: Partly cloudy and breezy today, Wind3 southerly 10-20 mph with a high of 65. Partly cloudy tonight with a 20 per cent chance of showers and a low of 35. Partly cloudy and cooler on Wed nesday. High of 55. November 5, 1985 V i C3 1 1' 3 . il if t Youngsters find adult friendship By Kim Schwartze Staff Reporter About 200 UNL students meet weekly with a special pal, scmecr.a they can go for ice cream with, take roller-skating or phy fooibdl in the park. These students and their pate ore part of the downtown YMCA's Y-Pals program, which matches Lnterested volunteers with 7- to 14-year-old boys and 6- to 14-year-old girts who need a special friend. The program is sponsored by the United Way and the YMCA Partner with Youth Campaign. "The children are'primarily from a one parent or low income home, kids without regular contact with a divorced parent or a relative," sa!d Dark Caither, Y-Pals director. The children are referred to the program by their parents, their schools or other social work agencies. Each year information packets are sent to UNL fraternities, sororities and resi dence halls. An annual Y-Pal Week helps promote community awareness of the program, "The student Y-Pals themselves sell the program to other students, and ve ask all of thej-pals to tell their friends what they're doing," ".Gaither said. She said she feels students are dra-.vn to the program beeause they miss younger siblings at home. Anyone interested in learning about the program must attend a to get to know her Y-Pal. Jachscn's Y-Pal comes from a one parent hcjr.e, Jackson and her Y-Pal, Schuyler Tafoya, 7, erjoy sightseeing in tin- Cut in faculty travel budget will hurt By Karen Shoemaker Staff Reporter Editor's note: This is the last article of a five part series that examined how proposed budget cats would affect some ofUNL's programs. Gov. Bob Kerrey has proposed a 3 percent, or $5 mil lion, cut in state support for the university. NU President Ronald Roskens' prop osal to cut $50,000 from NU's travel budget will hurt development and Violent Femmes tear down walls Sunday Arts and Entertainment, page .10 Sampson end his coin and Jackson said she took him to visit her hometown for a weekend last summer. ' "It's a learning experience for me. As a psychology m:jor, Pm interested in figuring out what H needs. It's not really hard, time vice. There's always tves hours a week I caa squeeze in," she scid, Harper Kail 4 has a triek-cr-trsct ptrty every year ort Kalloxeeri for gSMr a VLTHA THltt HI fTMTirjfM "Ve try to soethir,? about fillip Jcs SsrapsoSj a sophoacra Zv.g&h edacaiisn mrjsr, met his Y-Pal, Curtis, f.vo weeJ age. "He's called almost every day. We went cut for ice cream the first time, and this week we went roller skating," Sampson said. research, administrators say. The present allocation from the state for travel expenses is about $500,000, said Robert Furgason, vice chancellor of academic affairs. The amount aver ages to about $75 to $100 per faculty member, per year. To cut $50,000 would mean many faculty members couldn't attend var ious meetings and seminars and would be a great hindrance to faculty devel opment, he said. "It makes a bad situation even Do T University of Nebraska-Lincoln Kaul VonderiageOatly NeDraskan Y-Pa!, DeFreece. Sampson said he feels the pro gram is personally rewarding." "It gives me a sense of worth. Pm livingoff my parents going to school and here's this kid who needs some one. I want Curtis to know that I'm his Mind and I'll be there for him," Sampson said. John Yocham, a senior finance major, and Tim Anderson, a senior business administration major have the saraaY-P&L Their Y-Pah Tony, Yochum said he got involved in the program because he missed children from his Lincoln neighbor hood, During Y-Pa! Weefc last year the Y-Pal program had a Y-Pal for a Day. Several state senators and public cHIeials participated. "We could tell afterwards that we were getting more inquiries about the program because of it," Gaither Please see Y-PAL3 on 6 worse," he said. Because it reduces the opportunity for faculty members to participate in professional meetings, workshops and seminars, cutting the travel budget will have a long-term impact on the university, said Roy Arnold, vice chan cellor for the Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources. The majority of outstate travel for research is not paid for with state funds, Furgason said. Research grants pay the bulk of the cost. State funds pay for most instate Wichita State connection helps Pool land Astro's job Sports, page 11 M SUlM COMB brings computers prestige to UNL By Kent Endacott Staff Reporter A mathematics competition with headquarters at UNL has helped UNL obtain prestige and computers. Recently, the American Mathematics Competition helped the university maintain top facilities despite budget cuts, said Walter Mientka, UNL mathe matics professor. Mientka, executive director of the AMC, writes exams that will be given to more than 400,000 high school students this year. The AMC uses the exams to determine the best high school mathe matics students in the United States. "Headquartering the mathematics competition gives the university pres tige," Mientka said. "Recently I was in Washington to receive a grant from IBM. Grants are another way of saying that there is a good faculty at your university and we approve of what you're doing." A $107,000 computer and two micro computers were given to UNL by the National Science Foundation to use in grading and evaluating the math exams. Mientka shares the computers with the Residence Hall Week East Campus to be site of 'Floor Feuds' game By Kirk Zebolsky Staff Reporter UNL residence hall students can sign up now to participate in "Floor Feuds," a simulation of the TV game show "Family Feuds," during Residence Hall Week, Nov. 17 to 23. The aim of "Floor Feuds," one of three events to take place on East Campus, is to help promote joint activities between East and City cam pus students, said Teresa Shimonitz, an RHA member. "It shows that the RHA does care about East Campus and they would like to get East Campus more coordinated into their activities," Shimonitz said. research, officials say travel including expenses of extension agents and administration, he said. -wmm - . . The Cutting hdg6 Travel expenses are an essential part of running any university, Arnold said. Cutting the travel budget will hinder the faculty's ability to conduct research activity. There are five research centers statewide, he said. NU faculty are Vol. 85 No. 51 etitioii 1L geology department. Last year's budget cuts left the geology department with out a computer. "It's a pretty good trade-off for the university, office space for the use of the best disc drive on campus," he said. The AMC also brings economic bene fits to the state, he said. The University Press does all AMC printing. The AMC also employs two UNL students and hires UNL facuhy. members to help evaluate exams, he said. The AMC, which is funded entirely through grants and private donations, picks the six best high school mathe matics studcV- to compete on the U.S. . team in the Ir t '-national Mathematics Olympiad th ;i will be in Warsaw, Poland, in July. The U.S. feam is chosen through the exams that only allow the students receiving the best scores to continue. Twenty-four students are selected to train intensively for the Olympiad. After three weeks of problem solving at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md., six students are selected for the U.S. team. Other Residence Hall Week activi ties on East Campus include the 10 kiiometer Celebration Run and two mUe Fun Run at 1:30 p.m. Nov. 17, and Movie Night East at 7 p.m. Nov. 20. Ken Libby, co-chairman of Residence Hall Week, said RHA didn't have any events on east campus last year. "Floor Feuds" is scheduled for 6 p.m. Nov. 17 at the East Union TV Lounge, and 6 p.m. Nov. 19 at the Nebraska Union Main Lounge. RHA will award $200 to the winning team and eight passes to the Hot Tubbery to the second-place team. Sixteen four-student teams will com pete in the double elimination show. involved at each center as extension agents and research.scientists. Limit ing travel between the centers and the university because of budget cuts will adversely affect the faculty's ability to do their jobs, he said. Because of the need to travel to research sites, travel expenses are an important part of research work, he said. "Travel is an essential part of the extension program," Arnold said. How ever, all parts of the university will be affected, he said.