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GPA standards lowered
Dcivid award easier
Daily Nebraskan
Friday, January 30, 1987
By Kip Fry
Staff Reporter
Students with David Scholarships
will no longer have to maintain a near
4.0 grade point average to keep their
awards, said James Griesen, interim
vice chancellor for student affairs.
Starting next fall, students will only
have to keep an accumulated yearly
GPA of 3.5, Griesen said.
The former system created problems
because some scholarship students
avoided "challenging courses" to keep
their high GPAs.
"I don't think that's proper," he
said. Griesen also said students in col
leges which tend to be tougher, such as
engineering, are not as apt to keep
their high GPAs, making it harder for
them to keep their scholarships.
David Scholarships are awarded by
ACT scores and class ranks for incom
ing freshmen and by GPA for sopho
mores, juniors and seniors.
The David Scholarship received by
about 283 students increased from
$500 to $800 a year in fall 1985.
Questions about the standards were
raised initially when the scholarship's
trustee learned of the frustration stu
dents were feeling, Griesen said. The
trustee did not like the fact that cer
tain students were ineligible for renew
als even though their GPAs were as
high as 3.8.
The change has been approved by
the Faculty Senate Committee on Scho
larships and Financial Aid and Chan
cellor Martin Massengale. Although
the change has not been approved offi
cially from the trustee, Griesen said, it
is expected.
The John C. and Nettie V. David
Trust, from which the scholarship money
comes, has an approximate annual
income of $210,000 that can be used L.
distribution, Griesen said. The trust
was started by the Davids' son, Adrian,
who graduated from the UNL law school
in 1908.
Scholarship deadline Monday
for need-based financial aid
Monday is the deadline for students
who want to apply for need-based scho
larships for the 1987-88 school year at
UNL. Upperclass students who are app
lying for scholarships only, where need
is not a factor, must apply by March 2.
Students must complete a financial
aid form, which will also serve as an
application for other scholarships, loans
and need-based UNL funds, said Bill
McFarland, director of the Office of
Scholarships and Financial Aid.
Students applying only for summer
session financial aid can apply March 3
through 30.
To be considered a priority appli
cant for any federal or institutional
funds, including loans, students must
turn in a financial aid form before April
11. A student can apply to receive a
Pell Grant or Guaranteed Student Loan
without being a priority applicant.
Students applying for need-based aid
must be admitted to UNL in a degree
seeking or certificate program by April
1 to be eligible for aid.
Workshop offered
The Counseling Division of Stu
dent Center 4 will offer an oppor
tunity for married students and
spouses to learn and practice their
communications skills. The first
workshop will meet on four Mon
days, Feb.2 through 23 from 7 to 8:30
p.m. To register, contact Sue at
472-3461.
FasMalMng foremsk team
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By Stephanie Averill
Staff Reporter
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No experience is necessary to
join one UNL team that's ranked in
the nation's top 20.
Ask senior speech-communications
major John Fritch. He admits
" that when he went to his first fore
nsic tournament as a freshman, he
had no idea what was going on.
But Fritch kept debating.
And at first he kept losing. In
fact, when he and his current partner,
junior speech-communications major
Brad Walker, first teamed up three
years ago their record was 8-35.
But they've gotten better at argu
ing, and today they just keep win
ning. This season they have beaten
such traditional debate powers as
Redlands (Calif.) University and
Baylor (Texas) University, and have
a 43-19 record. They and the eight
other UNL debate team members
are ranked in the top 20 in the
nation.
A total of 50 to 75 students are
involved in university forensics
(speech and debate), Walker said.
Coaches Jack Kay, speech-communications
department interim
chairman, and Matthew Sobnosky,
doctoral student, are like guidance
counselors sometimes, Walker said.
Even when faced with especially
tough teams, Sobnosky will tell his
debaters, "It doesn't matter, you'll
win anyway."
Walker, who was involved in
speech and debate in junior high
and high school, has learned to
enjoy his victories. After winning a
big debate at the University of
Southern California, he said, he felt
like kicking his briefcase into the
end zone of the football field.
Debate-team members collectively
compete in abut 15 tournaments
coast to coast each year, Sobnosky
said. The season begins in Sep
tember and ends with national
competition in late March or early
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But he and Fritch try to change
their strategy each time. They
emphasize constant thinking in their
debates, Fritch said.
Fritch and Walker have spent much
of their time researching this year's
national debate topic possible
Linda StoryDaily Nebraskan
Walker and Fritch
limitations to the first amendment,
including the rights of free press
and speech.
This weekend, Fritch and Walker
will debate at Baylor University. The
pair will also debate at Northwest
ern University March 27 through 30.
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were both trying to tunnel through a mountain, she'd have a bulldozer
and you'd have a shrimp fork.
Don't despair. Your problem is already half-solved. For a limited
time, you can buy an Apple" Macintosh ' Plus or a Macintosh 512K
Enhanced computer with Microsoft Works for less money.
W hich is wonderful.
You get a Macintosh, with its speed, ease of use. and graphics
capability. Plus, you get a software program that lets you use all this
Macintosh power in all your subjects.
Microsoft Works is not just one program, its four integrated pro
grams: word processing, data base management, spreadsheet with
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Meaning you can put charts in your history essays. Spreadsheets in
your economics papers. Call Dow Jones News Retrieval at 2:00 a.m. to
get the tacts for your journal ism story due at 8:00 a.m.
So if you're taking more than one subject this semester, you should
check out Macintosh and Microsoft Works.
But don't wait till the eleventh hour. This offer will end stxn.
And your paper might stay out all night.
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