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About The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 14, 1993)
He wants to do„his taxes but he finds it too difficult to hold a pencil. Without your help, he may not be able to do them. Almost everybody has to file taxes, but not everyone can do it on their own. Volunteer and help make someone’s taxes less taxing. Call 1 800424-1040. Internal A Pubic Servce o! This PuWcation & Revenue Service WANT TO / COMMUNICATE BETTER? LEARN ASSERTIVE SKILLS "Would you like to communicate your thoughts and feelings more effectively with others? Our group will help you to become more direct and honest while respecting the rights of others. We will meet for 7 weeks, Wednesdays, February 3 • March 17, from 2.30 - 4:30. If interested, contact Sue at Counseling & Psychological Services, 213 Universtly Health Cehter, 472-7450.,‘ _____ ✓ __ / THE ’EDGE ▲ 4^ 227 N. 9th St. (Basement Level) STICK (formerly Kill Whitey) 1 3# with Groupthink and Dog Tooth Violet I I Quarter Draws 4-11 I $1.00 Rolling Rocks JJJ RATED: MALCOLM X Portrayed By Darryl Van Leer i In an uncompromising world emerges an uncompromising man. "Rated: Malcolm X" is the unadulterated dramatization of the life of the controversial Malcolm X. January 25,1993 7:00 p.m. Nebraska Union Centennial Room Admission: UNL Students - Free w/ID, Public - $3 Presented By University Program Council For more information call 472-8146 Event Hotline- 472-8150 Reclaimed dream Return to college is the first step toward success for anthropologist Damon Lee/D\ Sherman Robertson discusses his ambitions and theories of cultures Tuesday night. Robertson said he returned to school to obtain the “societal validation” he needs to justify his views. Thebcginningofa dream isas important as any tangible mani festation of that dream. Hut just where does a dream begin? The most intense and driving dreams arise in the solitude that exists when you face yourself and as sess your future. Depending on the time in your life when this face-to-face confrontation takes place, the assessment may evolve either as an expansion of your general perception of life and what you want out of it, or as a refocusing of your life energies toward fulfillment of a dream lost, or just a complete new way of life. Fortunately for me, 1 have experienced both of these pro cesses. Eons ago, 1 assessed my fu ture and decided to obtain a degree and embark on some sort of professional career. Armed with well-wishes for success, 1 appeared on the college campus with the absurd notion that I would be allowed to proceed straight to success. There were no doubts in my mind — I would become a success. Hut a success at what, I did not know. Studying, attending classes, and applying myself were vague incidentals on the road to my ultimate goal — becoming a col lege graduate. Soon, my road to success became full of obstacles such as examinations, book re ports, and so forth. Somewhere, during this time, my dream was overshadowed by day-to-day liv ing, and I abruptly decided that I could achieve success without the necessity of college. Taking the first left turn that appeared, 1 went off down the road to life. I knew I was capable of succeeding in college, but I surmised that why should I waste my time with college when I could succeed on the strength of my wits. And, success did fol low, to a point. Using my wits, I was able to amass the look and trappings of success. But something was not quite right. In an attempt to make it feel right, I gave of myself to my Los Angeles community, volunteering for many non-profit organizations. But that was not enough to quell what had now become the waiis of a dream iosjt. Later I would travel through out the Midwest as an employee for MCI. This was the turn of my fate. On an assignment, I took a side trip to Lincoln. Arriving here I became traumatized as 1 was confronted with a dream lost — obtaining a college degree. Dur ing that brief visit I began to face myself once again and the pro cess of refocusing my life ener gies galvanized into a plan to recapture the dream lost. Instinc tively, my brother, a counselor at UNL, provided me with the springboard for my rejuvenation with hisencouragement andsup port. 1 laving taken the step toward the actualization of my dream, the cry of my dream lost ha s been , transformed into an elixir of mo tivation. Now, the routine of at tending classes, homework as signments, outside reading, and the like have become a reward ing challenge instead of a bur- ■ densome task. I now plan to attend graduate school and formally become an anthropologist. My goal as an anthropologist is to correct dis tortions in the record of mankind’s achievements and to make a sincere effort to see that all cultures are accurately repre sented in the story of human existence upon this planet. I say "formally" become an anthro pologist because as anyone who knows me will verify, I am an anthropologist. — My greatest accomplishment at this point in time is the study and under standing of myself. Sherman Robertson Ls a non traditional student majoring in anthropology. He Ls Vice-Chair person and the African-Ameri can Student Representative for The Chancellor’s Commission on the Status of Minorities
