Wednesday, February 12, 1986
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NDSL checks
National Direct Student Loans for
this semester will be issued Monday
through Wednesday, 9 to 1 1:30 a,m. and
1 to 4 p.m. in the Nebraska Union Bal
lroom and the same times Wednesday
in the Nebraska Union Regency Suite.
Students must show their current
student identification cards. Students
under 19 must show a promissory note
signed by their parents or guardians.
Health for All
Health for All-All for Health will be
April 1 1 through 13. The event, designed
to promote better physical, mental,
social and emotional health, is coordi
nated by Alan Sands of Lincoln.
Some celebrities scheduled to appear
Beth EmersonDaily Nebraskan
National Black History Mointlh
Battle against racism continues, leader says
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' 'A man who won 't die for some
thing is not fit to live. The ulti
mate measure of a man is not
where he stands in moments of
comfort and convenience, but
where he stands in times of chal
lenge and controversy. "
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
King, along with many others who
fought and died with him, are being
honored across the country during Feb
ruary National Black History Month.
"Black History Month is a time to
celebrate and acknowledge our history
and our heritage as well as looking
toward our future," said Reshell Moore,
president of the Afrikan People's Union.
To observe the month, there are sev
eral activities scheduled that are "a
way of looking at people who in the
past have done things to advance the
black race," said Moore.
The highlight of the month, Moore
said, is a luncheon Feb. 27 in the
Nebraska Union Ballroom, Shirley Chi
sholm, the first woman to actively run
for the presidency, will be the guest
speaker. Tickets are on sale at the
union.
Other activities include:
discussion of South Africa by
Donald Woods at Model United Nations
Wednesday, union Ballroom
Showing of two movies, "A Raisin
in the Sun" and "Imitation of Life"
Feb. 18, Culture Center, 333 N. 13th
St.
Feb. 20, Culture Center
O Relationship workshop that deals
with communication and the family
structure Feb. 25, Culture Center.
But these activities are not enough,
said Willy Watkins, chairman of the Big
Eight Council onBlack Student Govern
ment. "Racism, and institutional racism
especially, has not gone away" Watkins
said. "That's why there's a need for the
Big Eight Council."
The council brings Big Eight student
governments together to combat racism
in the Midwest.
"When just the students at a school
protest or say something, it doesn't
carry as much weight as if all eight
schools are saying, 'this is wrong and
we're not going to let you get away with
it,' " Watkins said.
Among the council's concerns are
two incidents at Oklahoma: a cross
burning at a fraternity and the naming
of a building after a Ku Klux Klan
member.
Council members also discuss issues
such as curriculum, black faculty and
retention of black students who can't
adjust to a predominantly white institu
tion. The council annually holds an edu
cational conference featuring work
shops and speakers for all black col
lege students in the Big Eight. At this
year's conference, which was last week,
UNL won three awards: the most im
proved black student government;
Moore was named outstanding dele-,
gate; and senior Darreli Hornsby was
named Mr. Black Big Eight.
"It's up to black college students like
myself, who are future professionals, to
be concerned about the rest of our
people," Watkins said. "We're the only
ones who have power enough to help
our race get back on its feet."
Watkins said UNL has many changes
to make.
For example, he said, UNL helps
finance activities such as Walpurgis
nacht, which appeals mostly to white
students. Also, he said, the campus'
fraternities have few black members
and the black-white ratio among UNL
faculty members is dismal.
"(The white majority is) not even in
touch with black people here," Wat
kins said. "And they're separated
because they want to be."
One department that has made an
effort to change is the Office of Univer
sity Housing, Watkins said. Housing
officials are actively seeking minority
candidates for Student Assistant posi
tions in residence halls. This semester,
UNL has 120 SA's, five of which are
minority students.
"UNL has at least recognized there
is a problem now," Watkins said.
"Before, it was no problem. No one
would say anything. Now it's, 'Let's talk
about it for a long, long time no
action let's talk about it.' "
Watkins, a former rank leader in the
Cornhusker Marching Band, former
president of the Afrikan People's Union,
first runner-up in Mr. Black Collegiate
and an SA and a member of Kappa
Alpha Psi, said all his activities are "like
stairs that lead to nowhere."
"I'd trade everything I have right
now just to move ahead."
Most of South M rica-relatea
5 west men ts digested by NU
By Jonathan Taylor
Senior Reporter
The University of Nebraska invests
in seven corporations that do business
in South Africa, said William Hemann,
UNL director of finance.
Those investments yield about
$850,000 interest a year, which adds to
NU funds for scholarships and pro
grams, Hemann said.
However, NU President Ronald
Roskens said that not a dollar the uni
versity invests or receives supports the
racially unequal policies of the apar
theid government in South Africa. The
university followed a 1984 state law,
although it was not legally bound by
the law.
In July 1984, the Legislature passed
a bill requiring the State Investment
Council to divest most of Nebraska's
holdings in corporations doing busi
ness in South Africa. An exception is
made for companies working toward
racial equality. The deadline for di
vestment from corporations not mak
ing good progress in reaching racial
equality is Jan. 1, 1987.
Although the university did not have
to follow the law, the legislation
prompted NU to divest as well, said
Alan Seagren, vice president for ad
ministratioa Since the law went into effect, NU
has divested from all of the corpora
tions not following the Sullivan Princi
ples. It completed its divestment two
years ago, Hemann said.
"To the extent we have any invest
ments in American corporations that
do business in South Africa, we don't
do any business unless the company is
signatory to those principles and is
making progress on, and achieving all
of those principles," Hemann said.
Named after the Philadelphia minis
ter and member of General Motors
Board of Directors, the Rev. Leon Sulli
van, the principles are a voluntary set
of guidelines that gauge how racially
equal a corporation is.
Corporations that choose to follow
them also are responsible to police
themselves and report their findings to
the International Council on Equality
of Opportunities Inc.
That organization publishes a list of
those corporations that are attempting
to abide by the principles, Seagren
said.
There are those who say corpora
tions should not be asked to act as an
agent of social change, according to
Louis Picard, assistant political science
professor.
Picard said they believe the princi
ples are "well meaning but that there
are more fundamental ways available,"
to end apartheid.
Reshell Moore, president of the Afri
kan People's Union, said that although
she and her organization are upset and
concerned about investments that may
support apartheid, the APU is not foc
using on NU investments.
"We want to get things in order at
home before we look abroad," she said.
APlTs campus interests include in
creasing the number of minority facul
ty at UNL, Moore said.
include Ellen Kosenburg, educator and
author; JoAnne Owens-Nauslar, chair
woman of the Governor's Council on
Physical Fitness and Sports, and Lou
Goldstein, comediansportscaster who
is known for his trademark "Simon
Says" show.
Tickets for the event will be soli at
the Bob Devaney Sports Center, the
Nebraska and East Unions and at var
ious health clubs sometime after March
15.
Engineering seminar
A chemical engineering seminar will
be presented Friday by Hugh Gray, a
UNL alumnus in chemical engineering,
at 4 p.m. in Avery 135. Gray's talk is
titled "Forty Years of Research and
Development at Dupont."
Tonite
College Band Nite
presents
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Valentine's Day
at Miller's Junior Department:
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them, tie them, add a brooch or scarf, throw a sweater
around your shoulders create your own style. Choose
pretty spring pastels, bold brights or stripes in an array of
colors. S,M,L. Celebration Polo Shirts, reg. $14, now 9.99
Pinot Noir Oversized Shirts, reg. $22, now 15.99
Don't miss "Promenade," a prom fashion show. Sunday,
Febr. 16, 2 p.m., 3rd floor Downtown auditorium.
$3 ticketsavailable at door.
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