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Btober/11,1989 - University of Nebraska-Lincoln Vol. 89 No. 32
nity’to highlight concerns,
chievements of minorities
Sta Pedersen
Reporter
c a recent meeting of delegates to the
Big Eight Conference on Black Student
Government, University of Nebraska
i representative James Davis intro
a plan to start a magazine focusing on
lies.
magazine, called Unity, will highlight
lievements and concerns of minorities
lout the Big Eight, Davis said,
the magazine would not be only for
ties, he said.
kity means to have better communica
r minority students and their concerns
o to build a bridge from minorities to
ies,’ ’ he said. “It would be a crossover
orities to understand where we're com
m.”
is said the Bis Eight conference dele
ked the idea of a regional magazine and
to find minority students in the joumal
lartments on their respective campuses
s for it
nity receives approval from the Asso
of Students of the University of Ne
today, he said, the magazine’s main
office will be located at UNL.
To get the magazine going, Davis said, he
received help from many black students and
facult/members at UNL.
Walter Gholson, a transfer news-editorial
major who also is working on the Unity project,
said the magazine should provide a “positive
light” for minorities in the Big Eight
Because students and faculty members at
Midwestern colleges don’t understand black
culture, they aren’t exposed to the current
issues confronting blacks, Gholson said. *
That can cause students to be apathetic
about racism, he said, creating a definite need
for a magazine like Unity.
Previously, he said, minority students at Big
Eight colleges haven't been able to apply their
talents on a publication.
“It’s nice to see a black face to suggest that
the writing reflects a black perspective,”
Gholson said. “The problem is having some
place to show your work as opposed to a lack of
talent”
Any imiversity publication with pictures of
minority students somewhere other than, the
sports page would attract more minorities to
See UNITY on 3
ACT ‘enhances’ test
UNL converts scoring system
By Amie DeFrain
Sufi Reporter
To keep up with major scoring changes
in the standardized test produced by the
American College of Testing (ACT),
die UNL office of admissions recently changed
its minimum required ACT composite score
for incoming freshmen from 18 to 20.
John Beacon, director of admissions and of
[ scholarships and financial aid at the University„
of Nebraska-Lincoln, said this change does not
mean a student must score two more points to
be accepted to UNL.
It means that UNL has converted to the new
scoring system of the revised or “enhanced”
version of the ACT.
The new test scores are based on a scale
from three to 36, he said. Old test saves were
based on a scale from one to 35.
Jim Maxey, assistant vice president of re
search at ACT in Iowa City, Iowa, said in
addition to the original five scores in English,
social sciences, math and natural sciences and
their composite, the enhanced test has seven
extra sub-scores for a total of 12 scores.
Other differences in the test include the re
naming of the categories of Natural Sciences to
Science Reasoning and of Social Sciences to
Reading. Also, in some categories such as
math, students are given more time to answer
fewer questions, Maxey said
After five years of research and review, and
as a result of suggestions from college and high
school educators, the test was revised to help
cbllege educators better place students in en
try-level courses based on their test scores,
Maxey said.
The new test will be administered for the
first time Oct 28 at test sites throughout the
country, he said.
Maxey said he hopes by fall 1990, all uni
versities and colleges that partially base admis
sions on ACT scores will be using the revised
composite scores.
Beacon said admission to UNL is not based
solely on a student's ACT score.
Graduates from accredited high schools can
attend UNL if they have fulfilled at least one of
the following three criteria:
• Received an ACT composite score of 20
or above. Scores from tests taken less than five
years ago will be accepted. /
• Taken all required core courses in high
school (four years of language arts, two years
of advanced math, two years of sciences and
two years of social sciences).
• Graduated in the top 50 percent of their
high school class.
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The move is on ■
Some classes relocated
during asbestos removal
From Staff Reports
Classes are being relocated
while workers begin tore
move asbestos from the
second-floor hallways of Bi ineu
Hall, said Ted Pfeifer, director of
registration and records.
This week, classes scheduled in
Rooms 205.206,226 and 207 will
be moved, he said.
Generally, classes that usually
are in 20S will be in 222 of the Ad
ministration Building, and classes
in 206 will be in 213W Nebraska
Hali. Classes in 226 will be in the
Commonplace chapel in the morn
ings and 347W Nebraska Hall in
the afternoons. Classes usually in
Room 207 will be dispersed
throughout the week among Ban
croft Hall, the Military and Naval
Science Building, the Coliseum,
Hamilton Hall, the CBA audito
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num and the third floor of Burnett.
Classes in Rooms 223,224 and
208 will be relocated the week of
Oct 16. Classes in Room 223 will
be in the Commonplace chapel in
the mornings and in 357W Ne
braska Hall in the afternoons.
Classes in 224 will be in 222
Administration Building and
classes in 208 will be in 213W Ne
braska Hall.
For the week of Oct 23, classes
in Room 119 will be in 222 Ad
ministration Building and classes
in Room 120 will be in 213W
Nebraska Hall.
Because of class size, Pfeifer
said, not all classes in these rooms
will follow this relocation assign
ment. Class relocations should be
posted on the doors, or students
can ask the psychology depart
ment secretary for class location,
he said. /
I
FAC already out of 1989-90 funds,
hopes for budget increase next year
By Lisa Bolin
Staff Reporter
Student organizations have one
less place to go When seeking
funding for programs because
the Funds Allocation Committee has
run out of money.
The committee, part of the Uni
versity Program Council, already has
allocated its $3,400 budget for the
1989-90 school year, said Tom
Macy, chairman of FAC.
‘‘It’s pretty sad (we have run out
of money) considering it's only mid
October,” he said.
FAC is designed to give approved
student organizations funding, Macy
said. The committee encourages or
ganizations to seek additional fund
ing from outside sources, he said, but
it is difficult for newer organizations
to raise the money needed to get a
good start
The Committee for Fees Alloca
tion, part of the Association of Stu
dents of the University of Nebraska,
allocated $1,500 to FAC’s 1989-90
budget, Macy said. This amount has
varied in past years, he said, ranging
from $1,500 to $5,000.
An additional $1,900, left.from
last year’s budget, was added to this
year’s budget, he said.
‘It’s pretty sad
considering it’s
only mid-Octo
ber.’
-•Macy
The committee sets aside $400 of
its budget every year for Fund A
refunds, he said.
Fund A fees are the refundable
portion of student fees which include
AS UN, the Daily Nebraskan and
UPC. Fund B fees are non-refund
able, and include the University
Health Center, UNL unions, Debt
Service and Campus Recreation.
FAC has approved partial funding
of programs for three of the270 stu
dent organizations at the university,
Ms said.
Baha’i Association was given
$868, and the University of Nebraska
Entrepreneurial Society was given
$911, he said. Permias, the Indone
sian student group, will be given
$1,300 pending approval from Vice
Chancellor for Student Affairs James
Griesen, Macy said.
Currently 10 more applications
for FAC funding are out, he said. The
commiUee usually receives about 30
•applications a year, Macy said.
He said the committee’s goal is to
get a budget increase for the 1990-91
school year.
He said he encourages organiza
tions to plan programs for the next
school year, but for now, all organi
zations seeking funding will get the
same response: “Sorry, we have no
money.”