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Senior art major Jeff Smeltzer touches up a self-portrait at Richards Hall on Monday morning.
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people,” Munn said. “(Qualified minorities)
are a commodity, a prized possession.”
The affirmative action office is often at
tacked for the relatively low number of minor
ity employees at UNL, Munn said, but the
problem is rooted much deeper.
“Trying to hire minorities will be a struggle
fora long time,” he said. “The situation will not
change or improve until the nation focuses on
this problem.”
Nebraska’s small minority population also
makes it more difficult to recruit minorities, he
said.
“It’s not easy to be a minority in what has
been called a lily-white institution,” he said.
The answer to the problem is recruiting,
mentoring and educating, said Betty Mendoza,
an administrative technician with the affirma
tive action office.
“Young people will go through these pro
grams and then become part of the hiring
pool,” Mendoza said.
New committee
to aid minorities
By Adeana Leftin
Senior Reporter
Identifying minority concerns on NU cam
puses will be the First priority of the University
of Nebraska Board of Regents new committee
to address minority issues, an official said
Friday.
Regent Chairman Don Blank of McCook,
said with the help of the
regents minority issues
forum Oct. 18 and the
other committee mem
bers, “we should be able
to sit down and identify
(concerns) without too
much of a problem.”
Blank and former Deputy Attorney General
Gene Crump will head the committee.
Although Blank said he has not yet con
ferred with Crump or the other committee
members, he has some plans for the committee.
After identifying minority concerns, he said
the committee would identify what has been
<Jone on campuses so far and what’s working.
The third step would be to devise a strategy
to address the problems, Blank said. Finally,
the committee would recommend a practical
plan to the NU Board of Regents.
“How close we come between (steps) three
and four will determine how successful we are
as a committee,” he said.
Blank said the October forum was helpful
and that he hoped committee members from
various backgrounds would be able to offer the
committee a total picture of minority concerns.
But, he said, it would take time.
Depending on when he and Crump can meet
and the availability of the other members,
Blank said he still hopes to do something this
semester.
“I’d start tomorrow if I could,” he said. •
Director search narrows
for registration and records
By Sarah Scalet
Staff Reporter
The search for a new director of
registration and records at the Uni
versity of Nebraska-Lincoln has been
narrowed to 14 candidates, an official
said Friday.
Peg Blake, assistant vice chancel
lor for student affairs, said a selection
committee reviewed 48 applications
that were sent to UNL in response to
advertisements for the position in two
national publications.
The 11-mcmbcr selection commit
tee, made up of students, faculty and
staff, rated each applicant’scharacter
and experience, she said.
Experience managing a large
budget, supervising staff members and
working in a registration office were
included in the committee’s ratings,
she said.
Because UNL may upgrade its
computer system, each applicant’s
knowledge of current technology was
also considered, Blake said.
During the next few weeks, com
mittee members will contact remain
ing candidates to see if they arc still
interested in the position, she said.
Members will then contact each can
didate’s references.
The committee will pick three to
six candidates Dec. 11 to recommend
to James Griesen, vice chancellor for
student affairs, Blake said. Griesen
will decide who to bring to UNL for
an interview, she said.
Interviews will be conducted in
January. Blake said she hopes the
decision will be made by mid-Febru
ary.
The new director will replace in
terim director Bob Reid as soon as his
or her current job allows, she said.
Ted Pfeifer, former director of
registration and records, took a posi
tion Aug.l at the University of Texas
at Austin, Blake said.
i-POLICE REPORT-1
Beginning midnight Friday, Nov.
22
9:57 a.m. — Two-vchiclc non-in
jury accident, East Campus loop,
$1,200.
10:23 a.m. — Two-vehicle non
injury accident, EastCampus loop,
$800.
10:24 a.m. — Two-vchiclc non
injury accident, EastCampus loop,
$1,150.
10:24 a.m. — License plates sto
len, paiking lot at 19th and R streets,
$15.
11:44 a.m. — Female fainted,
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ice.
2:23 p.m. — Vehicle lire, meter
parking lot west of Memorial Sta
dium, $3,000.
2:34 p.m. — Hit-and-run auto
accident, parking lot at 10th and
Avery streets, $100.
3:50 p.m. — Wallet stolen. Me
morial Stadium, $25.
4:12 p.m. — Bicycle stolen, Ne
braska Hall, $360.
5:29 p.m. — Hit-and-run auto
accident, Harper-Schramm-Smith
parking lot, $700.
Beginning midnight Saturday,
Nov. 23
11:00 a.m. — Hit-and-run auto
accident, 1125 N. 16th St., S300.
11:28 a.m. — Flute stolen,
Westbrook Music Building, $1,525.
11:46 a.m. — Hit-and-run auto
accident, Harper-Schramm-Smith
parking lot, S50.
1:08 p.m. — Convertible top
slashed, parking lot at 19th and R
streets, S500.
Beginning midnight Sunday, Nov.
24
2:10 a.m. — Third-degree assault,
man pushed woman, Abel Resi
dence Hall.
4:07 a.m.—Third-degree assault,
two men fighting, man injured wrist,
Abel Residence Hall.
4:45 p.m. — Two-vehicle non-in
jury accident, parking lot at 16th
and R streets, $400.
5:08 p.m. — Purse stolen from
auto, parking lot west of Memorial
Stadium, $50.
7:26 p.m. — Wallet stolen, 905 N.
16th St., $25.
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