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News Digest.2
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September 14, 1990 University of Nebraska-Lincoln Vol. 90 No. 14
Senior advertising major Scott Diekmann serves the bail at the
East Campus tennis courts. “I couldn’t think of a better way to
skip class, so I play tennis,” he said.
Akpan: Divestment resolution
is sidestepping the real issues
By Sara Bauder Schott
Senior Reporter
A resolution asking the NU Foundation to di
vest from companies with holdings in South
Africa is diverting attention from the real
issue, said Joseph Akpan, a University of Nebraska
Lincoln graduate student.
Phil Gosch, Association of Students of the Univer
sity of Nebraska president, introduced the resolution
to the NU Board of Regents Friday. The board tabled
the resolution and plans to act on it at October’s
meeting.
Akpan, who is president of the Nigerian Students
Association, said he is concerned not only about the
foundations’s investments in South Africa.
According to Nebraska law, state institutions cannot
invest in companies that do business in South Africa
unless those companies meet certain criteria. Those
criteria include: equality in employment opportuni
ties and salaries for blacks and whites, nonsegregated
eating and working areas, training programs to help
blacks prepare for jobs, representation of blacks in
management positions and projecis to help blacks
improve their lives outside work.
State institutions can invest in businesses that
meet those requirements, called the Sullivan Prin
ciples. Those businesses are classified as Category I.
Because the NU Foundation is a private enter
prise, it is not affected by the state law.
Gosch said that since the university is required to
divest according to state law, he thinks the founda
tion should do the same.
“There’s a dramatic increase in the number of
questions we need to ask about total divestment,”
Gosch said. “A lot of people don’t think total divest
mer.t is a good idea.”
Akpan said the divestment required by Nebraska
law is “a joke.”
There is no efficient way to determine if a com
pany meets the requirements set forth by the Sullivan
principles, Akpan said. He said the creator of the
principles, the Rev. Leon Sullivan, has admitted they
are not effective because they cannot be monitored
accurately.
The Investor Responsibility Research Center, a
monitoring firm, does not send people to South
Africa to check if companies meet Category I re
quirements, Akpan said. He said companies fill out
reports on theiractivities.
Reports from IRRC are used by universities and
other investors to see if companies meet the stan
dards.
Although Category I companies may do some
good things for blacks, Akpan said, the companies
also help the South African government. Total di
vestment would hurt blacks, but they are willing to
make the sacrifice to gain equality, Akpan said.
Akpan said that IRRC reports show that blacks are
dissatisfied with Category I companies. For example,
there are qualified black managers in South Africa,
but they have left their jobs because they are frus
trated with the lack of responsibility given them,
Akpan said.
Akpan said that if the university only is concerned
with meeting legal requirements, partial divestment
is the answer. But if the university looked at the issue
in an ethical or moral way, he said, it would divest
completely of South African interests.
“When the whole focus is on the foundation, I
think it is diverting attention from the university,”
Akpan said. “If you want to talk seriously about
divestment, start with the university.”
Electoral Commission, students discuss spending limits
By Sara Bauder Schott
and Jennifer O’Cilka
Senior Reporters
Electoral Commission members and stu
dents Thursday discussed limitations
on spending and debates in University
of Ncbraska-Lincoln student government elec
tions.
Six students attended the meeting in the
Nebraska Union to voice their views about
proposed changes in the student election proc
ess.
Electoral Commissioner Bart Vitek said the
group called the public hearing mainly to hear
student views on campaign spending. This is
because spending bears on other campaign
rules, such as the number of debates allowed
during the campaign and the length of the
campaign, he said.
“If we limit spending, we have to increase
the number of debates” to allow the issues to
be heard, Vitek said.
But increasing the number of debates could
be a strain on the candidates, he said.
Correy Trupp, former Association of Stu
dents of the University of Nebraska speaker
and business college student, said he favors
limits on spending for parties, but not for
individuals.
I m in lavor ol (spending) limits because it
allows (a party) to keep an eye on the other
party,” Trupp said.
But, Trupp said, he thinks a certain number
of candidates should be required to make up a
legitimate party.
Current rules set a maximum spending limit
of $2,650 for each party. This includes $500 for
the presidential and first vice presidential can
didates, $200 for second vice presidential can
didates and $25 for each senatorial and advi
sory board candidate.
Stacy Mohling, ASUN first vice president,
said the commission had considered a limit on
the number of debates because of the time
demands placed on candidates and the stress
involved.
Nell Eckersley, a junior Spanish and sociol
ogy major, said the commission should not
decrease the number of debates because they
are a good way for candidates to discuss vari
ous issues and to clarify their positions.
Doug Oxley, an economics and political
science major, said he was concerned about
who sponsors debates. If a certain group spon
sored a debate and was biased for or against a
candidate, he said, they could affect the out
come. One way of doing this would be to ask
questions designed to help or hurt a candidate,
he said.
Love of things
drives teacher
to anthropology
By Jennifer O’Cilka
Senior Reporter
It’s not an ordinary office.
Woven patterned nig*
baskets of all sizes and
shapes, wall hangings, pictures
and old bottles surround a small
desk and
computer
system The
shelves are
linedwith
books.
This
is the of
fice of
University of Nebraska-Liricoln
anthropology professor Peter
Bleed
Bleed said his office stems
back to a love of archaeology --
a love of things.
“The world is just full of
interesting things, and I see ar
chaeology as just the study of
those interesting things,” Bleed
said.
See BLEED on 6
UNL enrollment reflects recruiting success
By Mindy Wilson
Stall Reporter
Stepped-up recruiting efforts have
resulted in a higher percentage
of Nebraska high school gradu
ates enrolling at UNL, an official
said.
Lisa Schmidt, director of the
Department of High School and Col
lege Relations, said that in the past,
about 15 percent of Nebraska high
school seniors were recruited. This
year, she said, university officials
recruited about 17 percent
Schmidt said a declining number
of graduating high school students in
Nebraska forced the University of
Nebraska-Lincoln to begin recruiting
more aggressively several years rgo.
In 1980-81, UNL recruited 3,o07
of Nebraska’s high school seniors. In
1990-91, about 3,230 were recruited.
Although the number was lower, the
percentage of graduates enrolling at
UNL increased about 2 percent, she
said.
To achieve the higher recruitment
level, UNL developed more of a
marketing approach, Schmidt said.
Direct mail, the most common
recruiting method used by colleges,
had to be more sophisticated and
focused because of the competition
for students, she said.
The focus of scholarships, another
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recruiting technique, also changed,
Schmidt said. They used to be only
for students who needed financial
assistance, but now they arc given for
academics in an attempt to attract
more talented students to UNL.
In order for good students to come
to a school, they have to be offered
scholarships, she said.
Although UNL has had to become
more aggressive in its recruiting,
Schmidt said, it still tries to lake a
personal approach. Individual students
worry about different things, she said,
so UNL tries to create a different
image for different audiences.
Special minority events, campus
louis and personal telephone calls to
prospective students are some of those
techniques.
Schmidt said that 10 to 15 years
ago, a special departmentdid not exist
for recruiting students. The Office of
Admissions was responsible for re
cruiting.
In 1984, Schmidt’s office was
created in response to growing re
cruiting demands.
UNL has several programs to in
troduce students to the university,
Schmidt said. In the fall, the univer
sity has six Red Letter Days when
students can learn about campus.
UNL holds events for National
See RECRUITon 3
% of Nebraska Graduating
Seniors that Attend UNL
80- 81 14.1%
81- 82 15.0%
82- 83 14.4%
83- 84 13.5%
84- 85 14.6%
85- 86 15.6%
86- 87 15.7%
87- 88 15.6%
88- 89 16.7%
89- 90 16.8%
90- 91 17.0%
Source: Department of High School & College Relations
Brian Shellito/Daily Nebraskan
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