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UNL scholarships unaffected, official says
By Jeremy Fitzpatrick
Senior Reporter
Newly proposed Department of
Education regulations that
would prohibit scholarships
awarded solely on the basis of race
would not affect UNL significantly,
an official said.
On Wednesday, Secretary of Edu
cation Lamar Alexander handed down
the regulations that would allow uni
versities to consider race as a factor in
awarding publicly funded scholarships
but would prohibit them from award
ing them solely on that basis.
James Griesen, vice chancellor for
student affairs, said the University of
Nebraska-Lincoln offers only one race
exclusive scholarship — the Davis
Scholarship — and said he was not
sure how it would be affected by the
proposed new regulations.
The Davis Scholarship is awarded
to blacks, American Indians and His
panic students. It provides a mini
mum of S1,500 and up to $5,922 per
year to 13 students at UNL.
Griescn said the scholarship might
not be affected by the proposed new
regulations because it is administered
by the University of Nebraska Foun
dation rather than UNL. The new
regulations stipulate that race-exclu
sive scholarships arc allowable only
if they are administered with private
funds.
The Davis Scholarship is both pri
vately and publicly funded. A grant
from the Legislature provided
$800,000 of the scholarship fund.
Griesen said he thinks that if the
scholarship were in conflict with the
new regulations, it could be changed
to comply with them and retained.
The regu lations state that race may
be considered as a factor in awarding
scholarships as long as all students
are given a chance to compete for
them.
“We would have to go back to the
Legislature and allow the inclusion of
some more students,” he said.
The regulations will now go through
a 90-day trial period in which the
Department of Education will receive
and consider comments on them. The
regulations could be overturned at the
end of that period.
Gricscn said he hopes that would
be the case.
“I disagree that it is necessary to
prohibit race-exclusive scholarships,”
he said. “I think where you have
documented underrepresentation of
American m inority groups and a clear
history of more than two centuries of
discrimination and segregation, that
it should be the function of govern
ment to bring about more appropriate
levels of representation.”
John Beacon, UNL director of
scholarships and financial aid, said
the Davis Scholarship was drafted
using affirmative-action court deci
sions as guidelines. He said he thought
that the scholarship was therefore still
legal.
However, he said, he did not want
to comment on the new regulations
until he had a chance to study them in
detail.
“I think it would be foolish to
make any kind of drastic statement
until we know what the regulations
say,” he said.
Beacon did say that the other 1,600
scholarships issued through the NU
Foundation would not be affected by
the regulations.
Last year, the Department of Edu
cation handed down a ruling similar
to the proposal, which prohibited
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Minority issues
require unity,
official states
Health center director says
some problems best handled
without aid of chancellor
By Adeana Left in
Senior Reporter
If the University of Ncbraska-Lincoln is
to become a more pleasant place for
minorities, an official said Sunday, mi
norities must work together.
Kunlc Ojikutu, director of the University
Health Center, said minority faculty, staff and
students need to solve the small problems be
tween each group and concentrate on large
issues affecting all of them.
“There is diversity even among minorities,”
he said.
But Ojikutu said minorities could solve many
of the small problems on their own and not
expect the chancellor to handle them all.
For example, he said if he were called a
derogatory name, he would not go directly to
the chancellor but would approach the person’s
supervisor. Education of what won’t be toler
ated by minorities also is important, he said.
“(About) some things,” Ojikutu said, “we
have to stand on our own two feet.”
Faculty and staff also must lower their ex
pectations, he said, because problems at the
university won’t be solved quickly.
But some issues, such as minority recruit
ment and retention, should be addressed by the
chancellor, Ojikutu said.
UNL Chancellor Graham Spanier, who met
with Ojikutu and other faculty and staff mem
bers Wednesday, said they suggested improv
ing minority recruitment by having current
faculty and staff members meet with minority
job candidates to introduce them to the univer
sity and the minority community.
Another concern, Ojikutu said, is the Af
firmative Action office.
“The Affirmative Action office, in my per
sonal opinion,” he said, “is a total disgrace to
the university. The office is completely dys
functional.”
Spanier has said that in order to address
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A student walks laps at the Lee and Helene Sapp Recreation Center on Sunday morning.
Nebraskan tells of 2 battles from war
By Jeremy Fitzpatrick
Senior Reporter
Ben Karoki fought two battles in World
War II — one against the Japanese and
Germans and one against the bigotry of
his fellow countrymen.
“One is ended; the other still goes on,” he
said.
A Hershcy native and a University of Ne
braska-Lincoln graduate, Karoki flew 58
bombing missions in World War II. He was the
only Japanese-Amcrican to bomb the Japanese
mainland.
He spoke Friday at the Nebraska State His
torical Society about his wartime experiences.
Karoki became involved in the war after the
Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. His father, a
Japanese immigrant, urged him to enlist in the
armed forces.
But Karoki immediately ran into the prob
lem of discrimination.
He first had problems enlisting and had to
travel 150 miles to Grand Island to sign up.
Then, dressed in his uniform and traveling
on a train to Texas, he heard a civilian loudly
ask, “What’s that Jap doing in the Air Corps?”
Karoki said he treaded lightly during his
training, not wanting to draw any attention to
himself.
After he finished his training, Karoki headed
to England, where he volunteered as a gunner
on a B-24 bomber.
He flew 30 missions in Europe and said that
experience erased the guilty feelings he had
been experiencing since Pearl Harbor.
When he relumed to Nebraska, he said, he
felt like a kid at Christmas and was proud of
having served his country.
But, he said, he still had to prove himself.
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Chancellor begins budget meetings
By Wendy Navratil
Senior Reporter
Flexibility will distinguish UNL
Chancellor Graham Spanier’s
approach to making SI .7 mil
lion in budget cuts, said Herb Howe,
associate to the chancellor.
And many meetings, including a
series with indi- ni ir^y^CT
vidual academic DUUvaEL I
deans held Satur- ri \*Gr
day, will fill
Spanier’s hours I S
until the cuts are
made.
“We’re going to rely very heavily
on the deans and the vice chancel
lors,” he said. “They’re the key play
ers.”
Spanicr held a preliminary meet
ing last week with the deans, vice
chancellors, the presidents of Aca
demic Senate and ASUN, and the
Academic Planning Committee chair
man to outline the challenges in making
the cuts and compare notes about how
those challenges can be met.
The criteria for making the cuts to
satisfy a legislatively mandated 3
percent cut in the University of Ne
braska-Lincoln’s budget can be
summed up in one statement, he said.
“What, in the opinion of the lead
crs of the university, is in the best
interests of the university,” Spanicr
said.
He added that he will meet with
various administrators, faculty and
committees as the need arises — no
rigid schedule has been set to guide
the process.
To expedite the process, though,
he said, he would try to avoid making
cuts, such as the elimination of a
degree-granting program, that would
require additional hearings and the
NU Board of Regents’ approval. He
said he still hopes to have the cuts
formulated by the January regents’
meeting.
He said he hasn’t ruled out making
cuts that weren’t included in the vice
chancellors’ proposals and the Aca
demic Planning Committee’s recom
mendations.
“But beyond those that arc on that
list, we’re going to be very cautious,”
he said.
Howe said Spanicr would be look
ing for flexibility in UNL programs,
paying special attention to unfilled
positions within a program.
Those unfilled positions could be
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