Program to discuss minority issues in law
By Darcie Wiegert
Staff Reporter
About 120 students have registered
for this Saturday’s Minority Law Day,
a “great increase” from the 40 to 50
who attended last year, said Charles
Tremper, interim associate dean of the
University of Ncbraska-Lincoln Col
lege of Law.
At the fourth annual event, UNL
law students will describe law school
from a minority student’s view. UNL
Law College minority graduates will
describe practicing law as a minority,
and Tremper will speak on the me
chanical aspects of getting and staying
in law school.
This year the College of Law had
an increase in minority enrollment.
Twelve of 139 studentsarc minorities,
compared to an enrollment of six or
fewer in the past.
Trempcr said minorities arc seri
ously underrepresented in law.
“A variety of underserved minori
ties would like to be represented by a
minority lawyer who would have
more sensitivity to their situation,”
Trempcr said.
But, Trempcr said, minority law
yers should not be expected to serve
only minority clients.
Programs sponsored by the Law
College such as Minority Law Day,
the Black Law Student Association
and the Multi-Cultural Law Student
Association arc not restricted to mi
nority students.
These programs and associations
focus on how to represent minorities,
Tremper said. All law students can
benefit from them, he said.
And Minority Law Day gives a
realistic view of pursuing a law career
for people who are interested but may
not be considering law school because
of financial or other reasons, Tremper
said.
Minority Law Day will be from
9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Law'
College’s Sherman S. Wclpton Court
room.
Lincoln inventor lauds workshop
By James M. Lillis
Staff Reporter
When John Eastin began experi
menting with microbial pesticides in
1%2, he didn’t know how to market
his project successfully, he said.
Eastin, president of Kamterter Inc.
of Lincoln, said his cost-saving agri
cultural innovation, which inoculates
a seed with pesticide before planting,
was financed w ith “blood, sweat and
friends.”
Eastin will be presented with the
1987 Nebraska Small Business Inno
vation Award during the “Turning
Ideas into Profits” workshop Satur
day.
The program, organized by the
Nebraska Technical Assistance Cen
ler at the University of Nebraska
Lincoln, will begin at 7:30 a.m. at the
Nebraska Center for Continuing Edu
cation.
Inventors, entrepreneurs and busi
ness people now have an advantage
Eastin said he didn’t have—a “hands
on” workshop where innovators learn
how to strategically market and fi
nance their ideas.
The UNL workshop gives inven
tors a chance to meet manufacturers
who want new ideas to diversify their
products, he said.
Kerry Kerber, program specialist
of conferences and institutes at UNL,
said the workshop will help inventors,
entrepreneurs and business people to:
• learn how to protect an idea or
invention.
• gauge the value of new ideas and
products in the marketplace.
• learn proven strategics to market
new ideas.
• meet manufacturers interested in
new ideas.
• finance new ideas.
• • use cost-effective marketing ap
proaches.
• get information on existing public
and private programs designed to
foster the development of new ideas,
products, manufacturing processes
and businesses.
• learn why abusinessplan isessen
tial to success.
Kerber said the conference’s regis
tration fee is $65. People can register
by contacting Kerber at the Nebraska
Center for Continuing Studies.
Young Socialist Alliance distributes
literature in hopes of stirring interest
By A my Edwards
Senior Reporter
The Young Socialist Alliance dis
tributed literature Thursday at the
University of Nebraska-Lincoln to
get students interested in starting a
Lincoln chapter of the organization.
Estelle DcBatcs, chairperson of
the Omaha chapter, said the
organization’s goal is to state the
facts about U.S. involvement in Nica
ragua and South African apartheid.
“In my opinion you don’t have to
do more than that,” DcBatcs said.
“The problem is that people just don’t
know what’s going on.”
The Young Socialist Alliance is a
national organization for young
people who want to learn more about
the world they live in, Deflates said.
It’s important for young people to get
involved because they arc the people
who will be fighting future wars, she
said.
DcBates said the group is not
solely a socialist group. It actively
fights racism and sexism in the
United States and supports better
jobs and education.
The Young Socialist Alliance has
chapters in about 80 cities, DcBates
said. Eleven members, ranging in age
from 14 to 28, belong to the Omaha
chapter.
DcBates said the group spends
most of its time educating people
through speeches about the Young
Socialist Alliance and its views.
One of the projects the organiza
tion is working on is sending young
people to Nicaragua to work in the
country and learn about what the
people of Nicaragua want.
“We want to tell people what this
war means in human terms, and why
the U.S. doesn’t have a stake in it,”
DeBates said.
The Young Socialist Alliance
opened the Pathfinder Bookstore in
Omaha last February. DeBates said
the bookstore serves as headquar
ters of the Omaha chapter, a political
center for books, discussion and
activity.
The bookstore is supported by
volunteers, distributing literature on
Marxism, labor history, black rights,
women’s liberation, Cuba, Nicaragua
and South Africa, DeBates said.
“We’re not a terrorist organiza
tion,” DeBates said. “We’re an organi
zation of ideas.”
DeBates said the Young Socialist
Alliance will have a rally in Lincoln
some time in December to recruit
people to start a Lincoln chapter.
Malaysian students dish out culture, cuisine
By Victoria Ayotte
Staff Reporter
Malaysian students will dish out a
taste of their culture at the second
annual Malaysian Night, Saturday
from 6 to 10 p.m. in the Nebraska
Union.
Abdul Rahim, vice president of the
Nebraska University Malaysian Stu
dents Association (NUMS A), said the
group is sponsoring Malaysian Night
for two reasons.
Malaysian students want to “show
a sampling of traditional and contem
porary Malaysian culture, and pro
mote greater understanding between
our two cultures,” he said.
Americans sec Malaysia as a
closed culture, Rahim said, but Ma
laysians are “open and fun people.”
He said Malaysians have a strong
cultural tradition.
The 210 Malaysian students on
campus comprise the university’s
largest foreign-student group, he
said.
Malaysian Night will begin with
an arts and crafts exhibition followed
by a dinner of Malaysian foods and
entertainment.
The dinner of rice, chicken, tradi
tional cakes and special drinks will be
prepared and served Malaysian-stylc
by UNL Malaysian students, Rahim
said. The dinner w ill be in thcCcntcn
nial Room.
More than 400 people attended
Malaysian Night last year, Rahim
said.
Speeches will be given by Mahzan
Kansan, NUMSA president; Frank
Massengale: Employees loyal to state
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“Very few of your elected officials
are mind readers,” she said.
McFarland said salary-increasing
legislation is hindered by the state
wide perception that the university
only benefits Lincoln and Omaha.
Senators from rural areas of the state
are often reluctant to approve salary
raises because their constituents do
not feel benefited by them, McFarland
said.
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West.
The most important thing to Latvi
ans, he said, is the idea of freedom.
While most people in America own
cars, Latvians can’t even dream of
owning one, he said.
A resolution calling for the .Soviet
government to anow me people oi
Latvia to commemorate Nov. 18 in
whatever peaceful manner they may
choose, without fear of arrest, harass
ment or reprisals” is in front of the
House of Representatives. The resolu
tion was introduced in part by Ne
braska Rep. Doug Bcreutcr.
“These resolutions are a very big
help,” he said.
Kuhn, NUMSA adviser; Peter Levi
tov, International Education Services
director; Ramli Sallch, student repre
sentative of the Malaysian Student
Department in Washington, D.C.;
and John Peters, associate to UNL
Chancellor Martin Massengalc.
The cost for Malaysian N ight is $7,
$3.50 for children under 10 years old.
Tickets arc on sale through today in
the Nebraska Union or by calling the
student group.
■'Husker Bob'
sent a plant
From Staff Reports
After one of its most contro
versial and publicized meetings
this year, members of the Asso
ciation of Students of the Uni
versity of Nebraska look a break
from the cameras and the heavy
" legislation Wednesday night
and voted to wish “Husker Bob”
Rowe a speedy recovery.
Senate members decided
unanimously to send a plant and
best wishes on behalf of the
student body to Bob Rowe,
known to many football fans as
the Huskers’ No. 1 fan.
Rowe, 65, is listed in good
condition at Lincoln General
Hospital after suffering a heart
attack after last Saturday’s
Nebraska-Iowa State game.
Visitation rights are limited
to Rowe’s family members
only, a hospital spokeswoman
said Wednesday.
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