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October 6, 1986
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
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Vol. 86 No. 30
Role-playing informs
students about auditing
By Jody Beem
Staff Reporter
Local, state and federal government
needs more auditors, but this area is
unknown to most students. Therefore,
professionals tried a new approach to
teach students about governmental
auditing; they role-played a city coun
cil meeting Saturday.
The mock city council meeting inclu
ded students from three universities.
The meeting was staged to point out
the job possibilities in government
auditing that many people overlook.
The Mid-American Branch of Inter
governmental Audit Forums, a volun
tary association of federal, state and
local government auditors, organized
the pilot project at the City-County
Building, 555 S. 10th St.
In Nebraska there are 500 to 600
governmental auditors said David Hanna,
the regional manager of the U.S. Gen
eral Accounting Office. Hanna said
when he started, working, Ws o.CJ;ce had
three auditors; now it has 19.
The Mid-America Branch decided to
role-play to show university students
the diversity in governmental auditing,
said Suzanne Valdez, executive direc
tor of the Mid-America region.
The Audit Forum chose Nebraska for
its first role-play because Ray Johnson,
Auditor for Nebraska, is on the forum
board. He directed them to Nebraska,
Valdez said.
Also, Hanna attended classes at UNL
taught by Robert Raymond, professor of
accounting, and was impressed by Ray
mond's involvement with students. Han
na also attended classes at Creighton
University and Nebraska Wesleyan Uni
versity and liked their programs, she
said.
Three students were chosen by faculty
from each of those universities to par
ticipate. The nine students simulated a
city council. Glenn Deck, Kansas City
auditor, acted as the council chairman.
The audience was invited to partici
pate as irate citizens.
The controversy centered around an
unfavorable audit, prematurely leaked
to the press, that was made on City X's
Health Department.
Saturday's role-play was taken from
an actual audit Deck performed in
Kansas City, he said. However, the stu
dents were told to create more con
troversy in the role-play than really
happened to make it more interesting,
he said.
Valdez said three universities were
used to get a diversity of learning
experiences.
UNL's three participants and two
alternates were Pat Woll, Brian Coord
sen, Linda Endres, Gail Rhode and Bill
Yant. Endres is a political science
major. The others are accounting majors.
All five agreed that the role-play was
a great learning experience,.
" "It was great Tun," Woll said: " " " "
"It allowed us a chance to get our
foot in the door of an area of auditing
that most people know little about,"
Coordsen said.
Endres said that political science
classes use some role-playing with stu
dents. But such exercises don't offer
the chance to meet professionals, she
said.
Hanna said that the Audit Forum
previously relied on lecturing to tell
students about governmental auditing.
He felt that the role-play worked much
better, he said.
This role-play only covered one area
of auditing. If Saturday's results seem
favorable, the Audit Forum hopes to
expand to cover all areas of auditing,
Hanna said. He said that other univer
sities showed an interest in using role
play on their campuses.
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Sumiko Hirai, and Makoto Arakawa play the Japanese Koto Saturday for an estimated crowd of
400 at the International Student Organization's banquet.
IBanqimet promotes IkaoEony
By Kari Hulac
Staff Reporter
"It's a world of laughters, a
world of tears. Its a world of
hopes and a world of fears. There's
so much we share that it s time
we're aware, its a small world
after all"
These words, sung by more than 400
people at the fifth annual Banquet and
Cultural Show Saturday, served as a
harmonious closing to an evening of
food, music and dance.
The words also helped describe the
philosophy of the sponsors who put
together the evening the Interna
tional Students Organization and the
UNL International Educational Services.
"We want to keep an ongoing dia
logue with people from around the
world to make the world a better
place," said Peter Levitor, director of
IES.
Guests at the banquet sampled 10
different dishes from China, India,
Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Latin Amer
ica, Malaysia, Nigeria, Pakistan and
Vietnam.
The range of flavors could satisfy any
palate. Those with a sweet tooth could
indulge in Venezuelan quesillo, an
extremely sweet dessert made with
eggs, condensed milk, pineapple and
milk.
Nigerian moyin-moyin, a spicier dish,
is made with black-eyed beans, eggs,
beef, tomato paste and ground red
pepper. It looked like a dark, pasty
beef mixture and sent the inexpe
rienced spice eater to the beverage
table for some relief for a burning
tongue.
Countries came alive through the
fashion and talent shows, which bom
barded watchers with vibrant and glit
tering colors, native dances and unfa
miliar music.
Costumes reflected the environment,
tradition and, often, beliefs of the
wearer's country.
Afghani nomad wear, consisting of
intricately hand-embroidered shirts and
solid colored pants, was contrasted by
the silk turban worn by freedom figh
ters. Afghani formal wear was symbol
ized by the prominence of gold-trimmed
clothing and pure gold earrings, which
most women wear.
Others modeled flowing pink and
yellow Korean silk gowns, consisting of
seven to 10 layers to hide a woman's
body lines, reflecting Korea's tradi
tional beliefs about the role of women
in society. Finger-cymbal-clanging belly
dancers balanced swords on their heads
as they did a miming dance of a horse.'
Juan Carulla, a senior animal science
major from Colombia, performed some
popular Latin American songs. He said
the. banquet was a good way to intro
duce people to different cultures. He
added that he would like to see more
Americans attend the banquet in the
.future.
Civil engineering department crushing cars
By Brian Schram
Staff Reporter
UNL's Civil Engineering Depart
ment completed the fourth in a ser
ies of vehicle crash tests Sept. 26 for
the Nebraska State Department of
Roads. The tests are being con
ducted to find a new, more durable
design for bridge barriers on Ne
braska roads.
. The state department of roads is
picking up the $15,000 tab for each
test. Professor Edward Post of the
civil engineering department and
several assistants have built a replica
of a bridge rail -arid approaching
road at Lincoln Air Park. They have
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been crashing cars into it since
early August to collect data on dif
ferent rail designs.
As they analyze the data, they
hope to find a new design that also
will allow existing bridge barriers
to be upgraded at a minimal cost,
Post said.
Although preparations for each
test take weeks, the test itself takes
only seconds. A specially equipped
Plymouth Fury was pulled into the
bridge barrier by a pickup truck on
a cable and pulley system.
In the most recent test, the car
was released 25 feet from the bridge
and freewheeled into the barriers at
60 mph. As the car hit the barricade,
it veered at a 15-degree angle and
crashed into a concrete slab pro
tecting one of the six cameras set
up for the test.
The car was equipped with a
braking system, which was improved
after the previous test. A 160-pound
dummy occupied the driver's seat.
The car and the dummy's head have
accelometers to record forces exerted
in the crash. The six cameras set up
at different angles filmed 500 frames
per second, lasting eight seconds.
; The car suffered extensive dam
age, but the bridge rail sustained
little damages The entire driver's
side of the car scraped the bridge
and the front end was smashed
when it hit the concrete slab. The
guard rail was bent inward about
five inches, and the wooden posts
were pushed slightly out of place.
Federal government regulations
require crash tests of this nature to
meet certain criteria. The criteria
include a maximum speed change
during the crash, the angle in which
the car leaves and occupant risk.
The purpose is to find a design that
meets the criteria and keeps the car
from crashing through the barrier
when it is struck in the' weakest
point.
A fifth crash will be conducted
Oct. 17 to further test the design. In
an attempt to find the most critical
or weakest point on the barrier, the
car will be crashed into a different
spot on it.
