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APU welcomes high school students wpeii nuuse gives interesting look at university life By Matt Woody Staff Reporter About 150 African-American high school students will get a taste of college life this weekend during their visit to the University of Nebraska Lincoln. The students, most of whom are from Omaha and Kansas City, Mo., were invited to visit UNL as part of the Red Letter Days program, said Tony Williams, president of the Afrikan Peoples Union. Red Letter Days arc a series of ujjcii iiu^cs lur mgn scnooi seniors and their parents to learn what UNL has to offer, said Lisa Schmidt, direc tor of High School and College Rela tions. * V APU, which is co-sponsoring this weekend’s Red' LetrcrDaywiih High School and College Relations, will provide additional activities for the students, Williams said. Some of the activities planned includea panel dis cussion, a party, a talent show and a dinner with African-American fac ulty and students. This is the first year APU has co sponsored a Red Letter Day, and Williams said he hoped it was not the last. “If all goes well, we plan do to this on an annual basis,” he said. The students will arriveon campus Thursday night and stay until Sunday morning, Williams said. They will be provided with food and housing dur ing their stay. The official Red Letter Day events are scheduled for Friday, and the APU’s agenda will occupy the rest of ttie^tUdmriim^rhe'safd; Two more Red Letter Days are scheduled for this semester, Schmidt said. Two other ethnic groups on cam pus also scheduled their own pro grams in conjunction with other Red Letter Days, Schmidt said. The Mexican-Amcrican Student Association co-sponsored a weekend stay for high school students in con junction with a Red Letter Day Oct. 12, she said. About 15 students attended and there generally was a good response from the students, said MASA presi dent Angel Diaz. - (4 If all goes well, we plan do to this on an annual basis. -Tony Williams president of the Afrikan Peoples Union -99 ~ “I’d say it was a pretty successful weekend,” he said. On the final Red Letter Day, Dec. 4, the UNL Inter-Tribal Exchange will invite Native American students to campus, Schmidt said. This is the second year that UN 1TE has participated in Red Letter Days, she said, and they are expecting about 35 students. Harassment Continued from Page 1 While people should be aware of the distinction between sexual ha rassment and rape, Jolly said, there is a connection between them. Unwel come sexual approaches, both physi cal and verbal, lead to a hostile envi ronment that can lead to rape, he said. UNL’s immediate goal is to en courage people to come forward with complaints of sexual harassment, Jolly said. To do this, he said, the university plans to hire cipht to 12 trained mc fr— '=== - 44 — My goal is that a student will not go through this university without bumping into these issues at every turn. • —Jolly director of Affirmative Action and Diversity --%% - diators this year to help students and faculty bring up problems and solve them. The teleconference panel also rec ommended increased communication between the sexes to counter sexual harassment. w w Both men and women need to be taught to be clear and precise in their use of language, said Margaret Barr, vice president for student affairs at Northwestern University in Evanston, 111. She said that people who commit ted actsof sexual harassment on cam puses were not of “evil intent,” and would curb their behavior if it was pointed out to them that they were disturbing others. Johan Madson, an associate pro fessor at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tenn., said men needed to better understand how women per ceived their behavior. v * Panel members said people who felt they were being harassed should write a letter to the perpetrator. A statementof events, theircffecton the victim and a request for the acts to stop often is an effective method of countering harassment, they s&id. —— —— Victims Continued from Page 1 from having to repeat the same story, reliving the memory,” Jolly said. Through the network, administra tive offices will be informed if the student needs help dealing with mat ters such as school work .or Ooantial__ aid.r or example, offices such as Stu dent Affairs may be able to help the victim make arrangements to post pone a test. The university also may help pro vide financial assistance for health testing and therapy, Jolly said. A night escort also will be provided for survi vors if they want one. “Whatever part of their life seems to be upset, the university will take the responsibility in being supportive,” he said. Jolly said he hoped the program would provide greater awareness and sensitivity to the trauma that survi vors of rape and sexual assault expe rienced. “This is the right thing to do,” he said. “We could have used it years ago.” POLICE REPORT Beginning midnight Wednesday 10:56 a.m. — Hit-and-run acci dent, parking lot north of Univer sity of Nebraska-Lincoln Police Department, $800. 3:19 p.m.—Hit-and-run accident, parking lot at 19th and T streets, $150. 11:38 p.m. — Noise disturbance, shots fired, no injuries, Sigma Chi fraternity, 1510 Vine St. OUR BIGGEST FALL SALE B-his Post & N’.ckel Gift Check for Additional Savings! >upon is additional gs toward irchase ; to a valu or more at | ind Nickel | /Omaha | 3 DAYS ONLY Today 10*6 Saturday 10-6 Sunday 12*5 -- - ■ - ■■■ Credit Cards Welcome ^ Prkcf" i We always offer I Layaways Welcome Jl W illVl\VA FREE Parking Downtown Lincoln at 14th & "P" _____ _ across the street! __ ^ _Great Fashions at Great Popular Prices___~j . * . < • ■