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Graduate student honored for weaving
used on National Medal of Arts Award
By Cris Wildhagen
Staff Reporter _
Mary Jo Homing wove her way to
the nation’s capital.
The University of Nebraska-Lin
coln graduate student from Omaha
was recognized for her weaving re
cently at a National Medal of Arts
reception.
Homing wove 33 yards of ribbon
for the National Medal of Arts Award,
whose recipients include B.B. King,
Merce Cunningham, James Stewart,
Lillian Gish, Jasper Johns and Jessica
Tandy.
While Homing was in Washing
ton, she took part in a luncheon in
which President Bush presented the
award. She also attended a reception
hosted by Sens. Edward Kennedy, D -
Mass., and Alan Simpson, R-Wyo.,
in which she was honored for her
work.
The National Medal of Arts Award
is for outstanding contributions to fine
arts.
Homing was selected by the Presi
dent’s Council for the National En
dowment for the Arts to be one of
three craftsman to work on the med
als. Two artists, one from Portland,
Ore., and one from Westport, Conn.,
were selected to design and create the
medals and presentation boxes.
The ribbon she created was red,
white and blue striped with a small
silver strip between each stripe.
Horning began weaving at the
University of Georgia in Athens about
25 years ago. There was room in a
weaving class and she enrolled.
She has been weaving every since
Homing heard about the contest
from a woman who had bought a rug
of her work and told her about the
National Medal of Arts Award. She
submitted a design and was selected
from artists from nine states to com
plete the design, Homing said.
She was paid for making the rib
bons, awarded an invitation for the
presentation ceremonies in Washing
ton and, like the award winners, was
presented with a small medal.
Guests at the Sept. 10 reception
told Homing that the ribbons were
“100 percent nicer” than last year.
Regents chairman gives support to (jrosch
From Staff Reports
The NU Board of Regents chair
man Tuesday joined in support of the
president of the Association of Stu
dents of the University of Nebraska.
In an interview, Chairman Don
Blank said he was not concerned that
some students might think Phil Gosch
would lose respect with the regents
because of improprieties during
last spring’s election.
“That’s a bunch of malarkcy,”
Blank said. “He (Gosch) will be treated
now with the same respect” as be
fore.
Gosch last week admitted he had
agreed to fire ASUN’s director of
development if he was elected presi
dent last semester. He later reneged
on that agreement.
Blank said he told Gosch his ac
tions were not smart, but he admired
him for “fessing up.”
“As lar as respect and considera
tion on the Board of Regents, I don’t
think this is going to effect the status
of student regents,” Blank said. Other
regents, he said, probably will agree
with his views of the situation.
“He (Gosch) represents a lot of
people,” Blank said. “You can’t say
to 25,000 students that you’re not
going to be represented fairly” be
cause of actions taken during the
election.
ASUN bill praises use of cheaper books
From Staff Reports
Student leaders tonight will con
sider a measure urging University of
Ncbraska Lincoln professors to choose
textbooks that cost less.
Association of Students ol the
University of Nebraska senators will
look at Senate Bill No. 11, which
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being discriminated against, but blacks
arc given the benefits over others,”
he said. “We formed to educate people
that whites are discriminated against.”
The Black Student Union was
formed at the University of Florida in
1972, said BSU president Angela
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We formed to educate
people that whites are
discriminated against.
Wrightt
founder, president of Univer
sity of Florida white student
union
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Eubanks. The organization was es
tablished to support black students
academically and socially, she said.
“We don’t have a problem with
the WSU per se,” Eubanks said. “They
have a choice to voice their opinion. ’ ’
Michael Browne, Florida student
body president, said the union got “a
lot of hoopla and press.”
Most of the students heard what
they had to say and chose to ignore
them,” he said.
Despite figures from Browne say
ing the group only has nine members,
Wright said it had a core membership
of about 30.
“It’s hard for a group like ours.
When we put up fliers, people tear
them down,” he said. “The media
and administration arc hostile against
us. It makes students think twice (about
joining) for their future’s sake.”
The White Student Union is against
any group benefiting from Affirma
tive Action, Wright said. Any group
that doesn’t benefit under Affirma
tive Action is free to join the union.
commends professors who use “the
least expensive of the academically
sound textbooks in their field.”
The bill was submitted by the ASUN
Academic Committee because of the
textbook cost increases each year and
the financial burden of textbook buy ing
on students.
he said.
Wright is planning to run for stu
dent body vice-president in upcom
ing student elections. The union’s
vice-president. Steve McCormick, will
run for student body president. Wright
said they plan to run on a platform
against anti-discrimination.
“It would be remarkable if they
received more than 10 percent of the
vote,” Browne said. “They’re just a
big joke on campus.”
Wright, an electrical engineering
major who will graduate in about two
semesters, said he probably wouldn’t
be affected by the reputation he has
earned in college.
“Maybe 1 just won’t put it on my
resume,” he said.
Tony White, a black student at the
school, said most of his while friends
were offended by the formation of a
while union.
“It wasn’t well received by many
students,” he said.
At first, White said, he asked himself
if 30,000 non-minority students at the
University of Florida would support
the idea of a union.
Now I m more at ease. I m not
the enemy,” he said.
Temple University in Philadelphia
registered a while student union last
year after the formation of the Florida
union.
Many student organizations at
Temple haven’t re-registered this year
because a teachers’ strike is in prog
ress, said James Fitzsimmons, associ
ate dean of students. The white stu
dent union was one of them, he said.
The organization met with an out
cry from students of all ethnic back
grounds, Fitzsimmons said. Students
warned that any racial bigotry would
not be tolerated, he said.
The group responded by moving
meetings and activities off campus.
Fitzsimmons said the group was
not very visible because it had a small,
secretive following.
“They arc not a force to be reck
oned with,” he said.
A white union at the University of
AS UN President Phil Gosch said
the Academic Committee would
continue to look at options for reduc
ing textbook costs.
“One thing that was obvious to
them (committee members) is that
professors can make some selections”
that would help students, Gosch said.
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Southwestern Louisiana in Lafayette
is in the process of becoming a char
tered student organization, Dean Mar>
McFall said.
McFall said there probably were
people who opposed the union, but
that so far no reaction had been or
ganized.
At Suffolk University in Boston,
there was talk about forming a white
student union in the fall of 1989, said
Nancy Stoll, dean of students. No one
has submitted a charter for the or
ganization this year, she said.
“Generally speaking, the purpose
of the group was not supported by the
students,” Stoll said.
James Gricsen, vice chancellor for
student affairs at the University of
Ncbraska-Lincoln, said he didn't
expect the formation of a white stu
dent union group at UNL.
“I would certainly hope none would
come to UNL,” Gricscn said, “but it
doesn’t mean it won’t occur.”
If a white student union did want
to form at UNL, it would have to be
open to anyone interested in that
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I would certainly hope
none would come to
UNL, but it doesn’t
mean it won’t occur.
Griesen
vice chancellor for student
affairs
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movement, said Brad Munn, Affirma
tive Action officer.
Last spring, fliers were circulated
around the UNL campus announcing
a meeting of a “White Organization
of Concerned Students.” More than
300 white and minority students re
sponded by turning out for a counter
rally at the time the meeting was to
have occurred.
“I think it was a nice program to
show support for the minorities on
campus,” Griesen said.
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they wanted. It is possible that an
agency’s excess funds could be ap
propriated to another agency, he said.
Phelps said the language of the
amendment is ambiguous and he is
not sure if the university’s cash funds
could be affected.
Cash funds generated by the uni
versity include tuition, student fees
and profits from investments, he said.
The question of cash funds could
be tested in court if the amendment is
passed, Phelps said.
”1 would imagine the cash lunds
will be looked at very closely,” Phelps
said. ‘‘We’re not certain right now
about the language.
“I think if it’s passed there will be
a significant amount of litigation to
gel the amendment from theory to
how to apply it.”