Speaking series focuses on international topics
By Jamie Pills
Slaff Reporter
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
political science professor David
Forsythe has begun a monthly speak
ing scries on international topics
sponsored by the Institute for Interna
tional Studies.
Forsythe said he began the series
‘to get the faculty and graduate stu
dents who are interested in interna
tional affairs to get to know each
other.”
“The second objective is to create
some intellectual stimulation about
international affairs/' he said.
Ben Moore, assistant professor of
Rjhtical science, gave a speech in the
ebraska Union Tuesday titled “The
Palestinian Uprising: An Israeli
View.”
Moore, the first speaker in the
series, told approximately a dozen
faculty members and graduate stu
dents about the region’s history and
how both sides feel about the conflict.
There will be a continued paralysis
on the part of the Palestinian Libera
tion Organization until the United
States and Israeli elections have
passed, Moore said. After the elec
tions, he said, the battle could get
worse and seems to be heading in that
direction because neither side is will
ing to end the conflict.
Moore spoke for about 30 minutes
then answered questions for 15 min
utes. Forsythe said he will publicize
the event better next time to attract a
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But because Nemko requested
comments from only a few students
and faculty, the book can not accu
rately access all the aspects of a UNL
education, Griesen said.
Berger, who is also an associate
profeasor of history, said another dif
ference between UNL and Ivy League
schools is UNL’s open admissions
policy. Ivy League schools have
highly selective and competitive
admissions policies, he said.
"UNL attracts outstanding stu
dents who would be competitive at
any Ivy League school,” Berger said.
Griesen said UNL has an obliga
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tion to educate more students because
it is the only state-supported compre
hensive institution in Nebraska.
“For that reason,” Griesen said,
“we feel the need to keep our re
sources open to the sons and daughters
of the taxpayers of this state.”
Because schools are often rated on
selectivity and UNI. is basically an
open-admission institution, ACT
scores will naturally be lower here
than at Ivy League schools, Griesen
said.
Also, Berger said, many students at
UNL work during the school year,
while most of their counterparts at
schools like Columbia or Yale do not.
Studies have shown that a schools’
prestige is related to the amount of
research funding and research publi
cations it has, Griesen said.
The fact that UNL is a research
institution probably helped to get
UNL listed in the book, Griesen said,
but it could have contributed to a low
ranking as well.
UNL is ranked near the bottom of
the top 100 research institutions in the
country, he said. If the University of
Nebraska Medical Center was in
cluded as a part of. UNL, the ranking
would probably be much higher, he
said.
Griesen said he is generally wary of
publications that try to evaluate insti
tutions without extensive research.
What is included in the end product is
"very often up to the whims of the
author," he said.
Still, Griesen said, there is no ques
tion that a UNL student who takes the
initiative can be just as prepared as a
student from a higher ranking school.
"It’s very clear to me that a good
student who makes the most of this
environment can do just as much as an
Ivy Leaguer," he said.
A challenge UNL faces is to ensure
that highly motivated students are
challenged, Berger said. The top 250
students at UNL can become involved
in UNL’s honors program, he said.
The rest have tnc option to partici
pate in lab research, lab assistant
work, undergraduate honors thesis
work and other programs on campus.
larger audience from a wider range of
departments on campus.
Most of the faculty and students
who attended Tuesday were from the
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Forsythe said no plans for the next
speaker have been decided, but he
would like to have an economist.
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