East, West students exchange culture, values
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Staff Reporter
East met West this summer when students
from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and
universities in Poland and Czechoslovakia traded
countries for a few weeks.
Bill Caldwell, UNLassistantdircctorof4-H
and youth development, said five UNL and
five Polish students took part in the six-week
program.
This was the first time in 12 years that
someone from UNL participated in an ex
change with Poland, he said.
Mila Saskova-Pierce, who teaches Czech at
UNL, said five Czechoslovakian students and
six UNL students took part in this summer’s
five-week exchange.
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They (the exchanges) will be
very vital and important in the
future.
Caldwell
UNL assistant director of 4.H
and youth development
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Caldwell said the Polish students visited
research and extension centers and toured the
State Capitol and Morrill Hall during their stay.
The students were interested in learning
about Nebraska’s 4-H program because they
want to start one in Poland, he said.
Some of the students will change their majors
or make technological changes on their farms
because of what they learned during the ex
change, Caldwell said.
Caldwell already has had a Polish student
request to study horticulture for a year at UNL,
he said.
The students learned that, “Technologi
cally, Poland has a long way to go,” he said.
If the program continues, Caldwell said, it
may become a year long.
Saskova-Pierce said the Czechoslovakian
students toured U.S. universities and cities and
met with students and professors. They studied
history and literature during their two weeks at
UNL.
Czechoslovakians arc curious about other
countries, she said.
They want to watch and observe foreigners
and learn new ways of doing things, she said.
The exchanges make the students get out of the
framework of their native language and com
pare values.
It is an “explosive experience,” she said.
“People have to redefine themselves (and)
everything they took for granted.”
Caldwell said countries involved in an ex
change must have a common goal for the
exchange to be successful.
In an exchange with Japan, for example,
students from each country try to learn the
other’s language, he said.
The programs with Czechoslovakia and
Poland have different goals, Caldwell said.
“We really ... have to have an educational
mission,” he said. “They (theexchanges) will
be very vital and important in the future.”
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Activist: Gay rules hurt military I
By Alan Phelps
Staff Reporter
The military is hurting itself by not
admitting homosexuals into its ranks,
a civil rights activist and former UNL
English professor said Thursday.
Louis Crompton, speaking to about
25 people in the Nebraska Union,
said, “No factual evidence exists that
homosexuals arc greater security risks
than heterosexuals.”
Homosexuals have played a vital
role in the military throughout his
tory, Crompton said. Ancient Greek
and medieval Japanese armies ac
lively recruited homosexuals, he said,
and famous leaders such as Alexan
der the Great were homosexual.
“We live in a very homophobic
society,” he said. “We take it for
granted that this has always been the
case. That is not so.”
The discrimination against homo
sexuals practiced by the ROTC is
unfair, Crompton said.
‘ ‘ Homosexuals are not eligible for
the very ample scholarships offered
by ROTC,” he said.
And, Crompton said, homosexu
als arc unable to take classes that arc
exclusive to ROTC members.
Crompton said he thought the
ROTC policy excluding homosexu
als would change. “The question is
how long it will be,” he said.
Connie Neal, administrative assis
tant of the Gay/Lcsbian Student As
sociation, said that “if any change
comes, it will start with student or
ganization.”
“ROTC policy is in conflict with
university policy,” Neal said. The
university policy is against discrimi
nation on basis of sexual preference.
Neal said, however, that her group
has no demonstrations planned for
the near future.
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