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January 20, 1987
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
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Cassell with some of his drawings.
Andrea HoyDaily Nebraskan
Man draws a mouthful
By Kim Beavers
Staff Reporter
Craig Cassell uses his mouth for more than
eating and talking. Cassell, a UNL junior,
draws with the help of a special mouthpiece
because he cannot use his hands.
It's one way Cassell has adapted and
learned to excel after he was paralyzed seven
years ago in a diving accident. Cassell uses
his mouth to create line drawings of Indians
and people like John Wayne and Abraham
Lincoln.
About 25 of his drawings are stored under
his bed in Selleck Quadrangle and about 40
others are displayed in the homes of friends
and family. Cassell has never sold his work.
"I keep my drawings because they give me
some incentive to go on and draw some
more," said Cassell.
Cassell never had an art class. He taught
himself and is quiet about his abilities. -
He's quiet, too, about his disabilities. He
doesn't like to talk about that summer day
when he went for a swim near his home in
Steele City.
Drawing has given him an outlet for his
creativity and helped him elude the boredom
that plagued him in the early days after his
accident.
Soon he began spending five to six hours a
day, four to five days a week on each project.
Cassell's recent works are fine, articulate
line drawings. He's come a long way since his
first sketches, which were patterned after
Mad magazine covers.
Since Cassell transferred to UNL in Sep
tember, he said, he's also grown a lot academ
ically and personally.
"I've accomplished a great deal since I
have been on my own. I used to go home once
a week, but I am sure I'll spend more time on
campus because I have people to talk to and
to see."
People at UNL have been especially help
ful to Cassell. People like Colleen Daniels, an
affirmative actionequal-employment oppor
tunity specialist who works in the Handicap
Services Office. Daniels and others make sure
that Cassell and other students have access
to classrooms and provide notetakers and
assist with exams.
"We're always here to say, 'Hey, you can
make it," Daniels said.
Cassell is making it. He completed his first
semester at UNL with a B average and already
has a two-year degree from Southeast Com
munity College in Fairbury. He has not yet
chosen a major, but he's considering psy
chology. Homework hasn't left much time for art
work, though, and lately Cassell's free time
has been occupied with a familiar college
student's vice television.
"As long as I get good reception on my TV,
I'm not going to rush out of here," Cassell
said. "I have all the time in the world."
New financial-aid cMeff
McFarland promises to 'ask for all we can get'
By Tami Schuetze
Staff Reporter
William E. McFarland, former director of
financial aid at Oral Roberts University from
1983-86, has been named UNL's director of scho
larships and financial aid. He began his new job
and was officially named director Monday.
McFarland was as
sistant director of fi
nancial aid and coor
dinator of federal pro
grams at Oklahoma
State University from
1975-79, and from 1979
83 he was director of
financial aid for Texas
A&M University.
In both positions, Mc
Farland improved ser
vices for students. He
hopes to do the same
for UNL, applying ideas
he used at other universities.
"Automation is the key," McFarland said Mon
day. "This will revise the organizational struc
ture for improved efficiency that can be handed
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on to the student." He also increased federal
funding for scholarships and financial aid at his
previous jobs.
"We need to ask for all we can get and then
appeal to the federal government for additional
funding," McFarland said.
While at Oral Roberts University, he was the
recipient of the first annual President's Club
Award from United Student Aid Funds Inc.
James Griesen, UNL acting vice chancellor for
student affairs, said that McFarland was selected
from a large number of candidates to administer
UNL's scholarships and financial aid programs.
"It is essential that we have an administrator
of proven ability in this key leadership position,"
Griesen said. "The Office of Scholarships and
Financial Aid plays a vital role in making educa
, tional opportunity a reality for large numbers of
students." The office annually manages more
that $20 million in awards and loans and makes
more than 4,000 student job placements.
McFarland holds a bachelor's degree from the
University of Arkansas and masters and doctoral
degrees from Oklahoma State University.
McFarland replaces Don Aripoli, who left UNL
in April to assume the position of assistant vice
president of student services at the University of
Arizona in Tucson.
AStTM ftgtits for night bias
By Lisa Hoffman
Staff Reporter -
ASUN is continuing its efforts to begin night
bus service between City and East campuses.
Dan Hofmeister, ASUN first-vice president,
said funding efforts are being geared towards the
Parking Advisory Committee. Funding for the
proposal was rejected in December by the All
University Fund Committee which had $20,000
left from the AUF treasury when AUF went
defunct four years ago. The money had come
from various campus organizations to be distrib
uted to local charities, but those organizations
began giving the money directly to the charities
and the AUF distribution was stopped.
Hofmeister said he was disappointed in the
AUF committee refusal to fund the service.
"Ours was by far the best proposal there,"
Hofmeister said. Hofmeister said he felt the per
sonal bias of RHA President Mike Baacke, who is
on the AUF committee, played a part in the
decision to turn down the night busing proposal.
Hofmeister felt Baacke was biased toward one of
the members who presented the idea to the AUF
committee.
Baacke disagreed.
Baacke said the committee did not back the
project because of its high cost and because the
committee felt funding should be sought by UNL
administration officials.
The proposed plan would cost about $9,000 a
semester, but ASUN is asking for an extra $1,000
to cover advertising and additional costs. Money
Photographers,
for travel, book
By Andy Jacobitz
Staff Reporter
UNL students can be scuba diving and shoot
ing photographs underwater at Lake Titicaca,
hiking the "Grand Canyon" of Peru, visiting the
seldom-seen wonders in Lima, or investigating
the ruins of Machu Pichu on a spring-break trip
offered by the National Institute for Exploration.
The NIE needs 100 photographers and writers to
go to South America during March as part of
Project Peru, a book-publishing venture.
Dr. Barry Barker, director of NIE, said that the
project is open primarily for those who would
like to have their work published. Participants
from U.S. colleges and universities are being
asked to sign up for expeditions to the Amazon
Basin, the Andes Mountains and the Alacama
Desert.
Barker said the organization is trying to draw
students and faculty because of Peru's academic
interests.
Barker estimated the costs for the trip to be
left over would be returned to the night-busing
fund for future use.
Ray Coffey, chairman of the Parking Advisory
Committee and UNL business manager, said he
thought ASUN's proposal was a good one but
didn't think that his committee could provide
the resources for the project. PAC reviewed the
first-semester receipts for the daily bus service
and found that daytime ridership was down sub
stantially. Coffey said that Parking can't try to
pay for the night-busing project with an increased
fee for student riders for fear of losing even more
patrons.
ASUN started working on the project this Sep
tember because members felt there was a need
for students to travel between the two campuses
after the day bus service had ended. Hofmeister
said that, the night bus senrir j would alleviate
parking and safety problems for students taking
night classes. Not all students have their own
transportation, and rides from friends can't
always be depended upon, he said. Students may
not have the opportunity to participte in activi
ties that take place at night on the other campus
if they can't provide their own transportation.
ASUN members don't advocate an increase in
student fees, Hofmeister said. Instead, UNL
administration should subsidize the night-busing
service in the same way that they subsidize the
day service, Hofmeister said.
Hofmeister said he is confident that the fund
ing will be found soon. ASUN would like to start
the new service as soon as possible, but has set a
target date at the beginning of the fall semester.
writers sought
about Peru
$1,500 to $1,600 per person with potential grants
for need-based financial assistance. Film for the
project is being supplied by Kodak.
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