Grillin’ and chillin’
Former UNL baseball players, from left, Dave Matranga, a senior business major, and Gary Tackett, a senior
business administration major, watch Saturday’s baseball game against Peru State with their dog, Rocky. The two
grilled chicken and hot dogs beyond right field of Buck Beltzer Field.
Union gets
new carpet,
furniture
k
By Sarah Duey
Staff Reporter
The first floor of the Nebraska Union has
taken on a new look with the addition of
$45,(XX) worth of new furniture and carpel.
During winter break, 48 chairs and 18 love
seats replaced the 24-ycar-old furniture. The
existing 13-year-old carpet also was replaced
with 1 ,(XX)-square-fcct of new carpet.
The new carpel and furniture were financed
by a revenue bond issue repaid with student
fees.
Daryl Swanson, director of the Nebraska
Unions, said the old furniture had been re
upholstered several times. Since the springs
andcushions were failing, it was recommended
that they be replaced with new furniture, he
said.
The Union Board identified the request for
new furniture about 18 months ago, Swanson
said.
“We were aware the union main lounge
furniture was very drab and wearing out,” he
said. “We became more sensitive on the issue
when others started noticing it.”
The Union Board and Management com
mittee agreed that the long-term goal in the
union is “phased refurbishing of public areas
and meeting rooms,” Swanson said.
,_“A1I of the places in the union arc heavily
used and. they get very worn,” he said. “The
colors and fabrics gel tiresome to the frequent
user.”
Agricultural marketing
offered via satellite,
attracts non-students
By Lori Muff
Staff Reporter
A University of Ncbraska-Lincoln
class offered via satellite has attracted
more than just students, the dean of
the College of Agricultural Sciences
and Natural Resources said.
Don Edwards said the course,
Agricultural Marketing 211, was so
popular that the college provided extra
scats for visitors.
One reason for offering the course
via satellite was to make information
available to anyone who wanted it, he
said.
“One of the most beneficial as
pects of the course is that anyone with
a satellite can participate in it,” Edwards
said. “Our original purpose in creat
ing the courses was to make them
available to people, regardless of
location.”
James Kendrick, a professor of
agricultural economics at UNL, leaches
the course as part of the Agricultural
Satellite Corporation network.
The network, composed of 35 land
grant universities with its headquar
ters at UNL, offers fi vc courses taught
via satellite.
The other four courses arc broad
cast from Clcmson University in
Clcmson, S.C., Penn Slate in Univer
sity Park, Pa., Ohio Slate in Colum
bus, Ohio, and Texas A&M in Col
lege Station, Texas.
Kendrick said his course’s struc
ture had remained relatively un
changed, despite the dramatic tech
nological changes. But televising the
class via satellite has increased the
workload for him and his four teach
ing assistants, he said.
“We offer a l-H(K) number for
people who have questions,” he said.
“They leave a message for the TAs
and the TAs return their call with an
answer to their question.”
Edwards said that planning for the
courses started in August, and plans
for 12 additional courses were under
way. Three of the new courses arc
expected lobe transmitted from UNL
during the 1992-93 school year.
“Right now, the courses arc run on
a scmcstcr-to-semester basis,” Edwards
said. “They arc in a stage between
pilot and full-fledged, but we arc hoping
to offer them on a more permanent
basis.”
Although Edwards said he was
excited about the courses, he stressed
the importance of maintaining the
human aspect of the learning process.
Impact of GED certificate
on job, college hunt debated
Experience,
not degree,
matters most,
officials say
By Melissa Dunne
Staff Reporter
Whether a General Educational
Development certificate gives stu
dents a competitive edge in the job
market is questionable, but offi
cials agree that earning a college
degree makes holding a GED ir
relevant.
According to a recent report by
two Chicago researchers, GED
certificate holders arc comparable
to high-school dropouts in terms of
wages, cam i ngs and hours of work.
But Vaughn Carter, president of
Career Management Services, 303
N. 52nd St., said that once GED
holders earned an associate or
bachelor’s degree, employers did
not take their GED certificates into
account.
“What one has done with his or
her experience speaks volumes more
than the high school they attended,”
Carter said.
Curt Scdcrburg, director of
guided studies at Southeast Com
munity College, said about 1,800
1,900 students cam their GEDs
through the adult basic education
program at SCC.
Of the about 400 people who
receive GED certificates, Seder
burg said, 250-300 go on to col
lege.
Lynn Taylor, assistant director
of admissions at the University of
Nebraska-Lincoln, said less than 5
percent of students at UNL held
GEDs.
“AGED,by itself, willnolgranl
admission to the university,” Tay
lor said.
“We need information both from
their high school and tests to ac
cess a student’s background and
performance,” she said.
GED standard scores, courses
completed in high school, and, in
some cases, standardized test scores
arc considered when a GED holder
requests admission to the univer
sity, Taylor said.
To be admitted to UNL, she
said, students must have four years
of language arLs, two years of
mathematics, two years of science
and two years of social science.
Credit for each of these areas de
pends on courses completed in high
school and GED test scores.
If students do not meet admis
sion requirements, Taylor said, they
can lake courses through programs
such as those offered by SCC.
But Sederburg said GED hold
ers who do not pursue college
degrees still can have successful
careers.
“We have had many, many
successes with people who have
gone on to business or college
opportunities,” he said.
“The adult basic education pro
gram is providing an opportunity
for adults to improve their basic
academic skills in the areas of math,
reading and grammar for job op
portunities or to enter career train
ing programs,” Sederburg said.
Gary Randol, manager of ABC
Employment Services, 770 N.
Coiner Blvd., said GED holders
arc as marketable as anyone else.
“We don’t see a lot of people
with GEDs, but when we do, we
can work with them,” he said.
Larry Roulh, director of Career
Planning and Placement at UNL,
said college graduates normally did
not pul anything about high school
on their resumes.
“Having a high school diploma
or GED certificate is not a factor,”
he said.
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Homecoming
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Tuesday from 3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. at
the Culture Center, Green said.
The panel, composed of UNL stu
dents, faculty and staff, will talk about
how Afrocentricity and political cor
rectness often arc misunderstood or
misinterpreted.
Sister Souljah, Afroccntric raptiv
ist of Public Enemy, will speak on
“Black Pride” Wednesday at 8 p.m.
in the Nebraska Union Ballroom, Green
said.
A panel discussion on affirmative
action and campus relations will be
Thursday from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. at
the UNL Culture Center, she said.
Films demonstrating the ways
African-Americans have been por
trayed by Hollywood will be shown
Friday from 7 p.m. to midnight at the
UNL Culture Center, Green said.
“By watching films from different
periods, you can see how blacks have
progressed and gotten away from
certain Hollywood stereotypes,” Green
said.
African-American filmmakers such
as Spike Lee have been responsible
for most of the changes, she said.
Black Homecoming Week will
conclude Saturday in the Nebraska
Union with a dance from 9 p.m. to 2
a.m,, Green said.
The dance will be the only activity
during the week that will not be free
to students, Green said. Admission to
the dance will be S2 for students with
IDs and $3 for non-students.
Black Homecoming Week is co
sponsored by the UPC African Ameri
can committee, the Afrikan People’s
Union and the UNL Culture Center.
