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Natural resource, ag exhibits iX IANR open house By Brandon Loomis Staff Reporter Students who want to touch fly maggots, learn about gene splicing and sample Husker cheese will have their chance at the Institute of Agri culture and Natural Resources open house Thursday from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. The IANR includes the colleges of Agriculture and Home Economics, the Agricultural Research Division, the Cooperative Extension Service, the Conservation and Survey Divi sion, and International Programs. Representatives will put their re search, facilities and interesting tid bits on display. Twenty-one of the displays will be in the East Union. Thirteen units of the institute will have displays in their buildings, and many will offer tours. I Richard Fleming, chairman of the open house,said theevent will inform the public of the institute’s activities and show how those activities are changing to meet society’s needs. Although most people see agricul ture and home economics as simple necessities, a great deal of technology is associated with both, Fleming said. The displays wili show how that tech nology is used, he said. One display will feature insects and pests found in Nebraska. James Kalisch, extension technologist in entomology, said black widows, scorpions and live fly maggots may be viewed. It will be an “impressive, ooh-ah display,” he said. Information also will be available about the Russian wheataphid, which sucks the juices out of wheat, killing it. Kalisch said this information should be of particular interest to farmers. “We wouldn ’ t be surprised to see it (the aphid) in central Nebraska this fall,” he said. The department of veterinary sci ence will give a tour of its exhibit area, starting with a slide show, said Denis Erickson, professor of veteri nary science. The tour will explain the diagnostic services offered by the department, the research done on animals and livestock, and the exten sion program for veterinarians throughout Nebraska, Erickson said. The animal and food science de partments will show the progress they are making in areas such as nutrition and markets for new crops in Ne braska, Fleming said. Free samples of cheese and icecream will begiven, he said. The department of horticulture is working on a strain of grass that re quires less water, Fleming said. This technology may also be useful in developing drought-resistant crops, he said. Fleming said the College of Home Economics will display ethnic cos tumes and artifacts from Africa and student clothing designs. There also will be demonstrations of how to remove harmful pesticides and chemicals from clothes, he said. The department of human devel opment will show how to rearrange the homes of disabled persons and let them make the most of their abilities, he said. Gene splicing techniques will be explained at the biotechnology dis play, said John Mark well, associate professor of biochemistry. Although gene splicing will be explained in layman’s terms, he said, visitors won’t be allowed to see the actual process. “Its not dangerous,” he said, “but regulations arc that there has to be some type of containment. Markwell said biotechnology’s importance in beer, wine and food production also wi 11 be demonstrated. The IANR will have drawings in the East Union at 4 p.m. for prizes including Nebraska football tickets. Admission to the open house is free, and anyone with a ticket stub is eli gible for all drawings. “We hope what we’re doing is important,” Fleming said, “and that people realize they are getting bene fits from what we are trying to do. “We have a mission to teach stu dents both in and out of school,” he said. Truman scholarship available to sophomores By Randy Lyons Staff Reporter College sophomores interested in careers in government or public service can submit applications for the Harry S. Truman Scholarship to the University Honors Program before Oct. 23. The Truman Scholarship, pro vided by the Harry S. Truman Scholarship Program, is given to 102 sophomores in the United States each year. Scholarships arc awarded during the sophomore year for use during the junior and sen ior year in college plus up to two years of graduate study. The program was established by Congress as a memorial to Presi dent Truman to honor his political talents, broad knowledge of politi cal systems and desire to enhance educational opportunities for young people. Students must be nominated by their university or college and are eligible to receive up to $7,500 annually for four years. The award covers tuition, fees, books, and room and board. The University of Nebraska Lincoln is allowed to nominate three students to the national com petition. Patrice Berger, director of Uni versity Honors Programs at UNL, said only 10 sophomores applied for the Truman scholarships here last year. “The competition is demand ing, but the experience is well worth the trouble,” Berger said. “Last year there were many more qualified students than applied.” Scholarships are awarded to one applicant in each of the 50 states and 52 scholars-at-large. Applications are reviewed by a committee. The best candidates’ applications are forwarded to the national Scholarship Review Committee. See TRUMAN on 5 Reform leader says teaching teachers top priority By Janies M. Lillis Senior Reporter While criticisms of U.S. education systems have not changed in the last century, the way society views teach ers and teacher-training programs has, said John Goodlad, an educational reform movement leader. Goodlad, author of “A Place Called School,” a book based on his visits to more than 1 ,(XX) classrooms in the United Slates, spoke to about 500 people at the fifth annual meeting of the Nebraska Consortium for the Improvement of Teacher Education at the East Union Thursday. Goodlad, former dean of the g rad u ate school of education at the Univer sity of California, Los Angeles, is a professor of education at the Uniw - sity of Washington in Seattle. Goodlad said the present cd .ca lional reform movemeni has used the same "depressing rhetoric” that all previous efforts dating back to 1892 have used. .. "■ -1 He said he reads criticisms of schools from the 1960s to startle his \udiences. “They sound like they were written today,” Goodlad said. Those reformers, like today’s, called for better training and better pay for teachers, tougher require ments for students, and more empha sis on math and science, Goodlad said. Goodlad is engaged in a compre hensive study of 14 teacher-training programs in the United States. These institutions have been criticized dur ing the last century for emphasizing “Mickey Mouse education courses” over solid subject preparation for teachers, he said. But teachers colleges and the schools that hire teachers haven’t changed much since the beginning of the 20lh century. “If we were to create a system brilliantly designed to retain the status quo, we couldn’t create a better one than the one we have,” Goodlad said. The way society views teachers and the way universities and colleges view their teacher-training programs has changed, however. In the past, teachers were respected and the education of teachers was considered a central mission of most colleges, especially early liberal arts colleges, he said. 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