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■ fgfflUfllgy-£P-?-----’----I ____.__i,—I WEATHER: Tuesday, party sunny, high near GO. winds from Vie MW at 10-20 mfxv Tuesday night, party cloudy, km in tie lower 30s Wednesday , considerable cloudiness high in tie upper 50s. INDEX News Digest.-2 Edrtoruil„. ...4 Sports.10 Classifieds.11 October 18,1988____ University of Nebraska-Lincoln Vol. 88 No. 36 Leaders pose solutions to ‘brain drain’ By JPtf Richmond Sufi Reporter he New Horizons Confer ence for State Leaders corn pieted its second annual meeting Monday by suggesting ways so reduce tbeamountof out-migration or “brain drain” from Nebraska. The conference, held at the Uni versity of Nebraska-Lincolii’s Ne braska Union, was held to receive public comment on how the Nebraska Legislature can help solve brain drain. The group said college graduates are not the only Nebraskans who tend to leave the stale because of better opportunities. Members agreed that retirees who leave the stale with their life’s savings and professionals who leave with their families create a burden for the slave by shrinking the tax base. Among the remedies discussed were increased coordination among Nebraska businesses, educational and governmental entities to provide opportunities for graduates and work ing people. Another possible solution was to reduce or scale back payments on student loans for Nebraska graduates. provided that students remain in the state. Another suggestion regarding education included a partnership with Nebraska businesses to share the use of computers and ether technology in order to reduce educational costs. More interaction between the public and private sector to stimulate Nebraska’s research environment also was discussed. Another remedy would create a new promotional and marketing strat egy dial would portray Nebraska as a {dace to retire. This remedy could stem the tide of retirees leaving the state and encourage retirees from other stales to come to Nebraska. To create opportunity for Nebras kans, recommendations were made See HORIZON on 5 GLC striving to decrease voter apathy through Voting Awareness Day events By Jerry Guenther Suff Reporter o help students learn more about political issues and increase student voting in this year’s election, the Government Liaison Committee is co-sponsoring Voter Awareness Day Thursday. Malt Jilek, chairman of the GLC Senators on Campus Committee, said the event is needed to get more stu dents involved in the Nov. 8 general election. “Students have had enormous apathy toward national, stale and local issues,” Jilek said. “We hope something like this will make them aware of what’s going on.” Jilek said the University Program Council, the New Alliance Party, Young Democrats and College Re publicans will also sponsor the day’s events. Jilek said Thursday’s events begin at 10 a.m. in the Nebraska Union. Tables will be set up by each of the political parties containing informa tion on the stale’s candidates and is sues. ‘Students have had enormous apathy toward national, state and local issues.' . — Jitok “Each party — the Democrats, Republicans and New Alliance party —will have information available on those tables,” Jilek said. "There will be information on Initiative 402 and various other things of voter interest” Kevin Harris, project coordinator for United States Students Associa tion, will be the first in a series of speakers who will talk to students at noon in front of Broyhill Fountain, Jilek said. Jilek said other speakers sched uled to talk on the plaza are Greg Parks, president of the Young Demo crats of Nebraska; Chris Gunderson, First District coordinator for U.S. Sen. Dave Karnes; and Nanci Hamil ton, state chairman of the New Alli ance Party. After the talks, students will be given an opportunity to ask the speak ers questions, Jilek said. See VOTER on 5 APU members discuss organizational problems and objectives at meeting By Jerry Guenther Suff Reporter Members of the Afrikan People’s Union aired griev ances and discussed ways to improve the organization during Monday night’s meeting. First Vice President Jannette Bush said she thinks the structure of APU “is too much like a dictatorship.’’ Bush said she wished APU had an environment where people could speak out and not feel like other members are going “to chop your head off.” Teresa Ballard, who is the liaison to Developing Realistic Educational Activities for Minorities, said she thought some of the groups’ appre hension would disappear alter people worked together on committees or projects. Gail Jackson, an APU member, suggested the writing committee make a directory, listing all the com mittee officers and group members. Discussion then shifted to APU’s purpose and its constitution. APU member James Smith said it is important for the organization to have some definite purpose or goal so new members would know what the group is about. “Without some purpose or goal, we’re going to lose membership,” Smith said. Smith also suggested that APU work with other black groups in order to accomplish more. Member Mark Erwin said he was aware a constitution existed, but he questioned whether more students would become active after reading it. “It’s jusl words on paper,” Smith said. Paul Miles, special assistant to the vicechancellor of studcntaffairs.said APU’s first concern should be fund ing from University of Nebraska Lincoln’s budget “No group can survive without money,” Miles said. Miles also urged APU to pool its human resources. “A lot of talent exists here,” Miles said. “We need to utilize all of it.” Miles suggested that APU incor porate their ideas with DREAM. . Another complaint at the meeting was voiced by Jeff Porter, who ques tioned the image students have of the group’s title. Porter said he thought some white See APU on Page 5 Nutritional deficiency in sub-Saharan Africa Dm Sourer: a. World Bonk. 1987. b World Bunk. 1984 1_ World Food conference educates the public about South Africa By Pattie Greene Suff Reporter Education and politics are the keys to solving South African hunger problems, according to Pat Knaub, associate dean of the College of Home Eco nomics. Monday’s World Food confer ence at the University of Nebraska Lincoln in the East Union focused on South Africa, which is a major part of the world hunger problem, Knaub said. She said the focus of the confer ence was to educate the public about hunger issues and their complexities. About 30 African students, UNL professors, experts and activ ists further discussed South Afri can hunger during a discussion led by Glen Vollmar, dean of interna tional programs. South Africa faces combined problems such as political unrest, population overgrowth and lack of food, she said. “It's not just the population growth,” she said, “but the politics and the lack of food—a combina tion of all three.” One of the reasons the confer ence focused on South Africa, Knaub said, “was that even through the last few years, there has been tremendous population growth and it does not seem to be slowing down.” While the group of students and professors didn’t have a solution for world hunger, they did cornet^ with some other factors that "nay eventually help solve education and stability problems. v ...L .m,* ; , - A group of university professors challenged the others attending the conference to talk to other people and get involved in organizations that give relief support to world hunger. They also said that foster ing education to children in school should be a major goal because children carry their education into the future. Discussion groups talked about universities like UNL, who have substantial programs in other countries including South Africa and how these programs could be mare effective than they have beeiL $he said. They also discussed including social scientists with the other sci entists who help in hunger projects, Knaub said, '‘because it’s very ~ See HUNGER on 3 — ^
