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, ■ ^ Collect all the PHANTOM PRAIRIE DOG MISSILER T-Shirts i ALL T SHIRTS 100% COTTON ALL DESIGNS BLACK ON WHITE $14.95 INCLUDES SHIPPING AND HANDLING SIZES S/M/LDCL I SEND CHECK OR MONEY ORDER TO: I COMEDY APPAREL P.O. BOX 250 DACONO, CO. 80514 Consortium offers foreign aid UNL joins schools to help economies By Julie Skar Staff Reporter The University of Nebraska-Lin coln is doing its part to help foreign nations overcome their economic problems, said the dean and director of International Programs. Glen Vollmar said UNL and neigh boring colleges and universities in Iowa, Kansas, Missouri and Okla homa are part of Mid-America Inter national Agricultural Consortium. MIAC was formed to help strengthen foreign countries’ econo mies to enable the countries to buy U.S. goods, Vollmar said. Countries working together will help stabilize the world’s economy and encourage peace, he said. UNL has three overseas programs in which faculty members partici pate. Morocco and Niger are thcsitcs for dry land research areas, and Costa Rica is the home of an agricultural college, Vollmar said. Not only do the projects help for eign nations, but they also benefit the faculty who participate, Vollmar said. “It is important for faculty to be come involved with foreign travel and visitors. It enhances their teach ing,” he said. Faculty members who work abroad in these programs will be better pre pared to teach students about interna tional affairs, he said. UNL has been involved with the Morocco project for 10 years, Voll mar said. The number of faculty members participating and projects available have decreased over the years, he said. . World events also have changed the focus of the projects, he said. “There has been a shift toward Eastern Europe and the Soviet Un ion,” Vollmar said. “This has pulled resources away from Africa and Asia.” With the changes in Eastern Eu rope, the U.S. government has chan neled its attention and funding to ward building democracy, the envi ronment and private enterprise, he said. The food and agricultural busi nesses have taken a back seat, he said. Despite all the changes, plans for new programs are being considered by the university, he said. “We hope to get new ones, but it is not easy.” SEPTEMBER STUDIES V* REQUIREMENTS MEN & WOMEN 19-65 Prone To Cold Sores MEN & WOMEN 19-65 ~ LENGTH OF STAY 3 Short Visits Brief Clinic Visits PHYSICAL DATE Call For Dates T\ies., Sept 17 PAY $50 $200 1 MEN 19-45 MEN 19-50 MEN 19-40 MEN 19-30 LENGTH OF STAY Weekends Plus Weekday Returns 4 Weekends Weekends Plus Weekday Returns Weekends Plus Returns MY $900 $800 $900 $2000 STUDY# 13789 14224-1 14283 REQUIREMENTS MEN 19-45 (Non-smokers) MEN 19-50 (Non-smokers) MEN & WOMEN 19-55 LENGTH OF STAY Wed. Evenings To Fri. Mornings Thurs. Evenings To Mon. Mornings Wed. Evenings To Fri. Mornings PHYSICAL DATE Thun, Sept. 12 Mon., Sept. 16 'Ries., Oct. 1 MY $500 i $250 $1500 $550 For Weekends, Short- S Long-Term Studies, Coll 474-0627. For Daytime Studies, Call 476-6548. t- ' 621 Rose, Lincoln, NE 68502 . . i Computer Continued from Page 1 will go beyond computer literacy to computer mastery. Students will be more ready to enter corporate Amer ica if they have some information systems knowledge,” Hampton said. But as long as Computer Science 237 remains a requirement for busi ness students, CBA and the computer science department arc going to w ork together to upgrade the class, Hamp ton said. Cecilia Daly, assistant professor of computer science and engineering, said the class is chronically over crowded. “We have 460 students this semes ter. That’s at least 30 more than we can handle,” Daly said. To alleviate equipment shortages and crowding, CBA and the univer sity bought 25 new computers, and the old Kinko’s building on 12th and R streets is being remodeled for use as a computer science classroom. “If they (the new computers) come in midsemester, we’re going to try to bring them on-line immediately. But the Kinko’s building probably won’t be ready until January,” he said. Those changes should be accom panied by a reduction in the credit given for the class, Hampton said. This could happen next spring or in the fall of 1992. uur incory is tnai a skiiis training course is probably not worth four hours credit,” Hampton said. Daly said the course credit will probably be reduced to two or three hours, and the course will be broad ened to include more concepts, proba bly sometime this year. Funding problems have been the primary deterrent in upgrading the course and broadening its coverage up to this point, Daly said. “It’s been a problem for several years now, largely because of fund ing — because it’s been uncertain,” she said. Each year, instruction is provided for with special funds. It used to be financed by both CBA and the Col lege of Arts and Sciences, she said, but now only Arts and Sciences pro vides some funding. “The course content is pretty nar row right now because that’s all we can do.” Professor wins statewide award From Staff Reports George Tuck, a photojournalism professor in the University of Ne braska-Lincoln College of Journal ism, has been named 1991 Nebraska Professor of the Year by the national Council for Advancement and Sup port of Education. As one of only 44 professors se lected from among 439 nominees nationwide, Tuck will receive a cer tificate of recognition from CAofc and will be honored at services a UNL. A reception honoring Tuck will l*? 3:30-5 p.m. Friday at the Wick Alumni Center, 1520 R St.