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Restricted art sections cause registration problems for some By Michelle Wing Staff Reporter Reserved sections of art classes are causing registration problems for some students at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Joseph Ruffo, chairman of the department of art and art history, said certain sections of art classes have been restricted to protect space for art majors, minors and incom ing freshmen. This policy, which was put into writing this semester, has been used by the art department for four or five semesters, he said. Previously, Ruffo said, he was unaware of problems concerning registration for art courses. “We’ve been doing this for several semesters,” he said. “This is the first I’ve heard of that there were problems.” Linda Shipley, chairwoman of the department of advertising, said advertising students made the de * partment aware of problems /in registering for art classes. “It’s not at all the first time,” she said. The advertising department has asked the art department for a copy of its registration policy to clear up any discrepancies, Shipley said, but as of yet, it has not received any clarification of the policy. Dawn Winscot, a junior jour nalism major, said she has had problems registering for art classes in previous semesters. Winscot, who declared a minor in art this semester, said that before her minor was declared, “trying to take any art classes was a no-go. (The art department) hinted that it was funding, but it’s land of strange.” Robert Duncan, vice chairman of the College of Architecture, said that in the past, architecture stu dents also have had problems get ting into art courses. The College of Architecture has a three-hour art requirement and usually recommends Art 101 to its students. “We’ve had troubles getting into classes because he (Ruffo) only has so much room and tends to hold spaces for his own students,” Duncan said. However, Duncan said the prob lem has not been insurmountable. Architecture students usually have a “50-50” chance of getting into the classes, he said. “It’s a problem that art has such a demand, especially Art 101,” Duncan said. “The demand exceeds the limits.” Larry Lusk, associate dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, said the art department has an obli gation to give majors and minors registration preference. “I think if (students) declared majors and minors, it would be much easier for them,” he said. Officials: Jobs, internships available despite recession By Trish Spencer Staff Reporter Student opportunities for summer jobs and internships will not be hin dered by the current recession, said two University of Nebraska-Lincoln officials. Marcia Phelps, internship coordi nator at UNL, said internships will be available throughout the summer. Phelps said it is a myth that intern ships begin neatly in May and end in August. Rather, she said, potential employers and students contact the internship office all year. The office places an average of 850 students a year. More than half of the placement sites are in Lincoln, with many in state offices, she said, but internships also are available across the United States and overseas. Emily Wilber, UNL student em ployment specialist, said most jobs available at the part-time employ ment office are also within commut ing distance from campus. A few students work at national parks in other states, she said. Part-time jobs also will be avail able all summer, Wilber said. The listings are located on the second floor of the Nebraska Union. The student part-time employment office placed about 1,200 university students during the 1989-1990 school year, Wilber said. The internship office caters to students looking for experience for a specific major, while the student part time employment office provides jobs for students needing extra money. About half of the approximately 850 internships are paid, Phelps said. Paid internships are most likely to occur in the summer, she said. internships in technical areas such as computer science are often the highest paying, Phelps said. This may be partly because of the high paying permanent jobs available in these areas, she said. Technical, human service, mar keting and public relations majors are also in high demand, Phelps said. While students may not recognize the immediate benefits of internships, Phelps said they give students oppor tunities to experience their areas of interest, as well as to obtain an “in credible edge” in the job market. For this reason the internship of fice emphasizes experience, rather than earnings, Phelps said. Race-norming I Job test scores adjusted according to race I WASHINGTON (AP) — You’ve heard the debate over quotas. Get ready for the next battle cry over civil rights: “Race-norming.” If it’s an unfamiliar term, Republi can critics of the Democrats’ new civil rights bill are hoping to change that. Race-norming describes the prac tice of adjusting scores on job-place ment tests to account for race. 1 Blade and Hispanic job-seekers who take the test are graded against only other blacks or Hispanics who have taken the test previously. The scores are then ranked by percentile using one of three scales: one for blacks, one for Hispanics and one for whites and others. As a result, scores of blacks and Hispanics are generally boosted. Minority candidates for jobs may end up with higher percentile scores than some whites and Asian-Americans who actually outperformed them in the raw, unadjusted results. The practice is little known by the public, but it has been widely used for a decade. Some 34 states, by congressional estimates, make racial adjustments of job seekers’ test scores, as do some private employers. The stales have been encouraged by a U.S. Labor Department policy that was suspended only recently and is under review by the Bush administration. Typically, a person seeking a job as an auto mechanic, waiter, plant worker, bank teller or any of thou sands of blue-collar and clerical jobs applies at the state employment agency and is given a standard aptitude test. The result is sent to prospective private employers, without the appli cant ever knowing his or her score was adjusted for race. Often the employer isn’t told either and is un aware that two candidates with the same score actually performed dif ferently on the test. “That’s discrimination, any way you slice it,” argues Rep. Henry Hyde, R-Ill., sponsor of an amendment to the civil rights bill that would ban the practice. The House Judiciary Committee defeated Hyde’s amendment last month on a strict party-line vote. Hyde plans to offer it again on the floor, and Sen. Alan Simpson, R-Wyo., plans to do the same in the Senate. S. African leader threatens boycott of peace meeting BEKKERSDAL, South Africa (AP) - Inkatha leader Mangosuthu Buthe lezi threatened Sunday to boycott a proposed peace conference because of what he called police collusion with the rival African National Con gress. He told a rally in this black town ship that the ANC’s desire to make South Africa ungovernable caused the spiraling violence that has killed more than 600 people in townships this year. After the rally, police opened fire to prevent clashes between rival crowds, killing two people. A police spokesman said another man died in a separate attack in Bekkersdal. Police also said 23 more bodies had been found from violence in other townships, raising the toll from a week of black factional fighting to more than 120. 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