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Solutions for racial problems goal of cultural diversity retreat By Natalie Weinstein Suiff Reporter This year’s cultural diversity retreat will go a step further than tin first one, according to coordi nators. Last fall, the emphasis was placed on identifying racial issues and problems, said Paul Miles, special assistant to the vice chan cellor for student affairs. “Appreciating Cultural Diver sity II: Breaking Through Racial Barriers” will focus on setting goals to help solve some of the problems, he said. -“Last year we stood on the comer,” Miles said. “This year we’re going to hold hands and cross the street.” Applications for 26 studenis-at large are out - another change from last year. Peg Johnson, interim executive assistant to use vice chancellor for student affairs, said, retreat plan ners wanted to include students « who aren’t involved in organiza tions sponsoring the retreat, espe cially freshmen and sophomores. ‘Last year we stood on the corner. This year we're going to hold hands and cross the street.' —mom Another 44 students will par ticipate from these sponsoring organizations: Residence Hall Association, Developing Realistic Educational. Activities for Minori ties, Afrikan People’s Union, Uni versity Programs Council, Asso ciation of Students of the Univer sity of Nebraska, International Student Organization, Intertrater nity Council, Panhellenic Associa tion, Mexican American Student Association, Vietnamese Student Association and University of Nebraska Intertribal Exchange. Students will leave Oct. 14 at 4 p.m. for Camp Calvin Crest in Fremont and return at 6 p.m. Oct. 15. Activities will Include speak ers, small group discussions and presentations on the history, cul ture and problems facing blacks, Hispanics, American Indians, Asian-Americans and whites. There is no cost to attend. The deadline for applications is Sept. 25. Applications are avail able at the following offices: ASUN, RHA, Greek Affairs, Campus Activities & Programs, Culture Center Campus Activities & Programs, Multi-Cultural Af fairs and vice chancellor for stu dent affairs. Great Plains center plans joint venture ay Jannette Bush Suff Reporter If a formal agreement is signed at the Climate Change Symposium in Lincoln April 5 through 7, a joint venture will be under way between the Canadian Plains Research Centre and the UNL Center for Great Plains Studies. John Wunder, director of the Uni versity of Nebraska-Lincoln center, said plans for the cultural and educa tional exchange are being made. The cooperative venture probably will take place in the spring, he said. Both centers have many things in common, which was the incentive for ideas to start the program, Wunder said. In a recent meeting in Sas katchewan, Wunder and Fran Kaye, editor of the Great Plains Quarterly published at UNL, met with James McCrorie, executive director of the Canadian center, and Gillian Minifie, managing editor of joint publica tions. * In the meeting, they discussed five areas of possible joint participation. They include: • Faculty exchanges. • Student exchanges. • Ajoint issue of the Prairie Forum (a semiannual publication of the Canadian Plains Research Centre) and the Great Plains Quarterly. •Ajoint book publication, includ ing an encyclopedia of the Great Plains. • A major conference in 1993 to be in Lincoln. Kaye said the money for these programs will come primarily from foundations such as the National Endowment For Humanity, the Don ner Foundation and the Social Serv ices and Humanities Council in Can ada. According to Wunder and Kaye, 100 fellows or faculty members are involved in the Great Plains center from UNL and the University of Nebraska at Omaha. Kaye said 14 UNL undergraduates are majoring in great plains studies. UNL offers undergraduate courses in the field, while the Canadian pro gram’s courses are graduate level only. Kaye said the faculty and student exchange programs will benefit both centers because much can be learned about both cultures. RECRUIT From Page 1 The admissions department sends mailings to U.S. embassies to try to attract foreign students, and has ?;iven recruiting materials to UNL acuity members who travel outside the country, Taylor said. But “the biggest way (UNL at tracts foreign students) is by word-of mouth,” Taylor said. The UNL admissions office re ceives thousands of application re quests a year from foreign students, about one-third of whom cannot af ford the expense, Taylor said. Scholarships from UNL will help foreign students, he said, because they will be eligible for additional money from federal agencies and educational organizations. Kleis said that recruiting foreign students is important because UNL “needs to provide an educational environment that is global.” “It’s ridiculous to think that UNL must confine itself to Nebraskans,” he said. Kleis, who is chairman of the Association of Big Eight Universi ties’ International Council, said he also is working with the association to help universities develop areas of specialization, such as in research, to attract foreign students. OZQNE from Page 1 The ozone hole came as a surprise to many scientists, Mount said. In 1985, a group of British scien tists discovered the unusually low levels of ozone over Antarctica. Satellites were showing a de crease in ozone as early as 1978, Mount said, but satellite operators were ignoring the data because “it didn’t look right.” • Damage to the ozone layer, which absorbs damaging ultraviolet radia tion from the sun, could be “devas tating” to plant and animal life, he said. Australia and New Zealand al ready are experiencing a 15 percent increase in the amount of UV radia tion, Mount said. Because CFCs are non-toxic, non flammable and easy to handle, and because the CFC industry makes S2 billion a year, it will be hard to put a ban on them, Mount said. In more modem plants, CFCs are being recycled to prevent their re lease. Future legislation likely will make recycling a requirement, Mount said. CFCs offer a special problem to scientists, Mount said. It takes 10 to 20 years for CFCs released on the ground to reach the upper atmosphere, he said. “This can scare you,” hejsaid. “There has been a tremendous amount of production since 1960, which means there is another 30 years of input which we can’t control and haven’t seen the effects of yet.” MEYER from Page 1 31 meeting to file a suit. Meyer, who describes himself as a private citizen offended by the re gents’ action, said he is upset because of the money that will be spent re placing Roskens. The regents agreed July 31 to fire Roskens while honoring the remain ing two years of his contract, includ ing salary and benefits totaling about $250,000. Meyer said additional costs for a search committee to replace Roskens, along with the salary of the new NU president, are a “waste of dollars.’’ Although Meyer was told by the regents’ attorneys that Roskens’ dis missal was a “personnel matter’’ which is not included in the state’s open meeting law, he disagrees. Meyer said that once the decision was made to fire Roskens, it also became an appropriations issue be cause the regents agreed to pay Roskens his salary. Student Health and Accident Insurance Vlid West National Life Insurance Company in Irving, Texas provides l NL students and dependents with medical coverage designed specifically for them. All undergraduate and graduate students who have paid their University^Health Center fees are eligible for coverage under this plan. Their dependents are eligible for coverage although they must use community medical resources. The insurance policy w ill pay 80% of the first S2.500 of reasonable and customary expenses after a deductible has been met. and 100% of the expenses above S2.500 up to a lifetime maximum of S50,(XX). I or treatment received at L'Nl. Health Center, the deductible is . waived and covered expenses are paid at 1.00%. Refer to your insurance brochure for additional benefits and covered expenses. 1st Semester enrollment period is Aug. 24 thru Oct. 8, 1989 Fees Cur the 89/90 School Year are as follows: Student Only.$260.00 Add for Spouse. 720. (X) Add for bach Child...,. 315.00 If you wish to be covered under this plan, you must fill out the enrollment cards available by mail or from the Student Health Center. Coverage becomes effective upon receipt of your payment. Counseling center extends hours By Pat Dinslage ■ Staff Reporter Responding to requests for eve ning appointments and the success of last year’s expanded hours, the Uni versity of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Coun seling Center now is open two eve nings a week, said Vernon Williams, director of counseling. For the rest of the year, the center will be open from 5 to 8 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday, in addi tion to the regular 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. hours Monday through Friday. Last spring, the center experi mented with evening hours. The re sponse was good, Williams said, with all the available staff having one to three appointments each evening. Williams said the Counseling Center, in 226 Administration Build ing, offers information on “where to find things on campus,’ ’ and counsel ing on personal and emotional con flicts, career choices and selection of a major course of study. The center does not offer academic advising or class scheduling, he said. Last year, he said, the center saw 895 students. Evening hours also were added for the increased number of non-tradi tional students who use the center, he said. Evening hours fit nontradi tional students’ schedules better, he said. Thirty to 40 percent of the students seen by center staff members are older than 25, Williams said. Many times, their problems focus on family and marital concerns, fi nancial problems and problems with young children, he said. Williams said the center had tried offering evening hours several years ago, and “maybe got one student (a night).” Williams said he is not sure why the response has been greater this year. ‘ ‘ Maybe people are more keyed to doing things in die evening than they were (a few years ago),” and realize that some UNL services are open in the evening, he said. 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