Trip taken to commemorate Korean War
Professor bikes across U.S.
By Victoria Ayotte
Senior Editor •
UNL education prof essor Gordon
Greene always will remember the
bicycle trip he took across the United
States to commemorate the1 ‘Forgot
ten War.”
Greene, a Korean War veteran,
and six other bicyclists took the trip
from Washington, D.C., to further the
cause of getting a memorial built to
honor the Korean War. In “small
town U.S.A.,” they raised $20,000.
The bicyclists left May 7 and rode
seven weeks - with one day off a
week to rest — to arrive in Los Ange
les on June 24, one day before the
40th anniversary of the beginning of
the Korean War.
They rode 2,038 miles across the
United States along the 38th parallel
north, the latitude line that divides
North and South Korea.
“We really didn’t know what to
expect,” he said. “You had to be
very flexible because you had no idea
where you were going to be until you
got there.”
But as he and the other bikers rode
— about 55 miles a day - they en
countered friendliness and curiosity
as town residents opened their homes
and their pocketbooks.
Along the way, other veterans joined
the bicyclists to ride for a day or two.
The bicyclists set up a portable dis
play of the proposed memorial in
each town.
Greene said he used to bicycle, but
hadn’t for about 30 years. But he got
in shape to go on the (Des Moines)
Register’s Annual Great Bike Ride
Across Iowa two summers ago.
That trip made him feel like he had
enough courage to try a nationwide
trip, Greene said.
i
It was sort of like Korea
- I had to take it one day
at a time.
Greene
UNL education professor
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‘‘I got myself into a certain mind
set. I just look it one day at a time ..
. It was sort of like Korea --1 had to
take it one day at a time.”
The worst partof the trip was going
through West Virginia. It rained ev
ery day through the mountains, he
said.
“I think we walked over half that
slate,” he said.
But “once wc got back into the
open in Kansas,” the trip was smooth
sailing - or peddling.
They again ran into a snag in Cali
fornia - of the opposite type in West
Virginia. The desert heat was 127
degrees some days. The blazing sun
forced the bikers to quit for a few days
and to ride in vans, Greene said.
When the bicyclists and their sup
port group of 15 to 20 people reached
San Pedro, Calif., they were wel
comed with a celebration and carni
val.
It was “euphoric” going into the
city to end the trip, Greene said. “It
was a high. We’d made it.”
The trip “ranks up there” as one
of the most memorable experiences
of his life, Greene said. Of course, the
most memorable was his experience
as a Marine Corps infantryman in
1950-51 in Korea, he said.
Many newspapers, TV and radio
stations did stories on the trip, and
Greene said he now was preparing an
article for Reader’s Digest.
Greene said the group of war vet
erans doesn’t have any additional plans
for further bicycling trips after his
trip with a fellow Korean vet to Kear
ney this weekend for a war memorial
service.
“We had thought about doing
Rhode Island,” Greene joked, but
didn’t think the small state would live
up to the excitement of the nation
wide ride.
Korean War veterans Rik Yoshizawa of Los Angeles, left, and
Gordon Greene of Lincoln ride their bicycles in southwest Lin
coln. Greene and Yoshizawa will start for Kearney on their bi
cycles Thursday morning to attend a war memorial service.
Campus activities, legal services acquire new stair members
By Cindy Wostrei
Staff Reporter
Returning students will discover
new faces and revamped services to
help litem cut through university red
tape at several student offices this
fall.
Margaret Nellis has just begun a
position as the interim director of
Campus Activities and Programs,
replacing Sara Boatman. Boatman left
the position to become the chairwoman
for the communications department
at Nebraska Wesleyan University.
Boatman, w ho spent about 15 years
working with the program, helped the
office develop a national reputation,
Nellis said.
Nellis said she was excited about
her new position, and added that she
might apply for the permanent posi
tion. UNL plans to conduct a nation
wide search to fill the position in the
spring.
But for now, Nellis said, it was a
wonderful opportunity for her to work
in a more general area. Nellis spent
five and a half years as the depart
ment head in community health at the
University Health Center before tak
ing this position.
Other changes arc in store for the
CAP office, Nellis said.
Kim Hobson, coordinator for stu
dent organization development for
the CAP office, said she thought the
office had a good, solid base of serv
ices, but the changes would allow
students to get more efficient help
from the office.
Leadership and student organiza
tions will be handled by separate
people, rather than just one, she said.
Kathy Shcllogg, who was the
coordinator for student organization
and leadership development, now will
focus on leadership development.
Hobson, who was the coordinator for
involxcmcnt and volunteer services,
will focus on student organization
development.
Hobson said dividing responsibili
ties this way would allow staff to
spend more time in a specialized area.
It will lead to changes throughout the
year, she said.
Two areas that CAP still promotes
are giving involvement presentations
and promoting volunlccrism, Hobson
said. Rearranging responsibilities will
allow staff members to more effi
ciently handle them, she said.
And with the addition of one gradu
ate student worker, both the student
organizations and leadership areas will
have student helpers.
“I think that will be a big im
provement,” Hobson said.
CAP also plans to add a new of
fice, she said. Room 221 in the Ne
braska Union will be used for student
organizations, she said, and students
can register for events there, bypass
ing the CAP office. Because Room
221 is between the Nebraska Union
office and the Student Activities Fi
nancial Services (SAFS), it will save
students time running between of
fices, she said.
This year, student organizations
will be able to fill out one form for
both their annual reviews and their
signature for the SAFS office instead
of filling out forms in two offices.
Hobson said office members hope
to work even more closely with the
Association of Students of the Uni
versity of Nebraska than in the past.
By more clearly defining the roles of
both ASUN and CAP in working with
student organizations, students will
get better service, she said.
Members of student organizations
also arc required to attend one of 15
orientation summits, which allow
students to learn what services the
CAP office provides. In the past, the
summits were not mandatory, Hob
son said.
“We’re real excited about the
upcoming year,” because of all the
changes in store, Hobson said.
Shelley Stall, director of Student
Legal Services, said this year was the
first year that the office has had a
second lawyer in the summer.
Karen Steinhaucr began working
with the office at the beginning of
April, Stall said. The lawyer she re
placed worked 26 hours a week dur
ing the school year only. Steinhaucr
worked 10 hours a week during the
summer and will work 26 hours a
week during the school year.
The office was able to add a sec
ond lawyer during the summer be
cause AS UN budgeted more money
for it.
Stall said that there was enough
work for two full-time attorneys in
the office, but not enough money to
pay for the extra hours.
The office handles many types of
problems that students have, she said,
including landlord/tcnant problems
and driving while intoxicated and
minor in possession violations.
Office lawyers even handle un
contesied divorces in which no chil
dren are involved, she said.
But the office docs not handle
personal injury cases, she said, be
cause students can find an lawyer
who will take cases that have a good
chance of winning on a contingency
fee, meaning that they might take
one-third of the recovery as payment.
The lawyers give legal advice to
students dealing with problems that
might cost them $300 in legal fees
elsewhere, she said.
Student Legal Services is financed
by student fees, she said.
Ombudsman Ozzie Gilbertson said
he had identified 122 types of prob
lems that students come to his office
with and 19 of them concent financial
aid.
Some of the concerns his office
deals w ith are seasonal, he said. For
example, financial aid is a concern at
ihe beginning of the year and be
tween the end of the spring semester
and the beginning of the summer
sessions. Grade appeals happen shortly
after the end of sessions, he said.
Students, faculty or staff members
who have problems that aren’t being
resolved by normal means can go to
the ombudsman’s office for help, he
said.
If they have problems that they arc
unsure how to resolve, they can go to
the office for advice, he said.
Gilbertson said that last year stu
dents brought in 72.5 percent of the
574 cases dealt w ith in his office.
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