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THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION MEMORIAL PROGRAM* 1-800-AHA-USA1 American Heart Association ____i I--kpr - Cep®* The Computing Resource Center is offering free microcomputer seminars to UNL students. The seminars will feature an Introduction to Microsoft Word for the Macin tosh and WordPerfect for IBM machines. No reservations are required. Lab Location Dates Times Advanced Microsoft Word for the Macintosh Andrews Tuesday. March 16 4:00 - 5:00 p.m. Advanced WordPerfect 5.1 for IBM Sandoz (IBM) Wednesday. March 17 3:00 - 4:30 p.m. How shall we spend your student fees? Open Forum Tuesday, March 16 5t30 pm NE Union (Room Posted) Arthur Miller's THE CRUCIBLE Religious hysteria whips a gpber New England village into a frenzy of betrayal and revenge. Into this maelstrom of puritanical passions, a courageous JoNl Proctor tries to bridge the gap between the world's seducfh/e temptations and his own soul. Where k God? March f1vf* & 16-20 Hawaii Thaatra -■ Tickets: General $8 f Students & Senior Citizens $6 THEATRE ARTS ’N DANCE (402)472-2073 Box Office: First Floor, Temple Building 12th & R Streets d University of Nebraska-Lincoln Therreae Goodie tt/DN (Back row, from left): Ben Harlan, Tanci Cao, Tony Nguyen, Don Brockmeyer, Gary St. Cyr., (middle row): Holly Boomer, Ha Tran, Tuon Nguyen, (front row): LaNeisa Dailey, Van-mo Nguyen, and Trenesa Thompson. Multicultural office helps students The UNL Multi-Cultural Af fairs Office gives students of all ages the chance for a better edu cation, a UNL official said. James “Jimmi" Smith, director of the MCA office, said the office focused on three groups: pre college students, traditional col lege students and nontraditional students. "Essentially, we provide sup port to students of color who are American citizens or permanent residents, so they may achieve their potential education at UNL," he said. Four major MCA programs are the M irtority Assista nee Progra m, Student Opportunities and Ser vices, Upward Bound and the Educational Talent Search. The Minority Assistance Pro gram is open to U.S. citizens of African, Asian, Hispanic or Na tive American descent. It pro vides cultural activities, race semi nars, tutors and scholarship op portunities for students. According to its brochure, the Minority Assistance Program "provides students with experi ences that reinforce self-esteem, promotes leadership a nd encou r ages involvement on campus a nd in the community." The Educational Talent Sea rch is geared toward junior and se nior high school students and adu Its who are economica lly dis advantaged. Lynda Jenkins, assistant direc tor of the Educational Talent Search, said programs fit each age group. “For junior and senior high, we have tutorial, visitations, field trips,culture enrichmcntandtime management and college work shops," she said. “For adults, we haveGEDprograms, adult work shops ~ things necessary to get into college." Jenkins said the Educational Talent Search program focused largely on potential non-tradi tional students. “We want to help adults get back into college," she said. Student Opportunities andSer vices helps students who have problems in classes. The pro gram is open to any U.S. citizen or permanent resident, but only 400 stu dents at UN L a re involved. The program offers tutoring, academic advising, financial plan ning assistance and social activi ties. In addition, it also offers classes students can take for credit, such as English, math, educational psychology and uni versity foundations. Smith said students involved in the program had a high suc cess rate. "We observed that colleee Al gebra 101 gives people the blues — many fail," he said. But 65 to 70 percent of students in the Student Opportunities and ser vices program succeed, he said. “We get students not normally prepared. We get them to suc , ceed. That means something’s done correctly. Many avenues open up to them,” Smith said. Upward Bound is a federally funcfcd program for high school students who are potential first generation college students. Its activities include homework help, field trips, scholarship informa tion and summer workshops. Vaughn Robertson, assistant director of Upward Bound, said the UNL chapter worked mostly at Lincoln High and Lincoln Northeast High Schools. The program’s chief target is low income children. , Robertson said Upward Bound had considerable success at Lin coln schools. "We had 23 seniors go through the program last year," he said. “Twenty-two graduated, and one is still in high school. Eighteen are in some sort of postsecondary training." But Robertson said students who went through the program weren’t pressured to attend UNL. “This is not an NU recn program," he "Postsecondary is the emphasis. Kids can go anywhere." Smith said although students might believe that only minori ties participated in the multicultural programs, many white students also took part. “Oneof the largest user groups is white students," he said. “We believe European students have culture, loo, and that they need support. For some time, we have served all kinds of students. 'Despite who participates, Smith said the MCA programs succeeded in theirgoal of getting students to college. “We know that in pre-collcgc, we’re getting students to go to postsecondary education two or three times that of their peers," he said. Smith said once the students got to college, they had the po tential to graduate. "If the university lets you in, we don’t question your ability,” he said. “If you’re here, you can earn a decree." But while the programs arc successful, Smith said they were threatened by budget cuts. Robertson said he was wor ried that budget cuts could cripple Upward Bound, which he said was already deficient in Nebraska. Only two Upward Bound pro grams are active in Nebraska; more than 500 chapters exist nationally. "We’re probably serving less than 10 percent of eligible stu dents," he said. Jan (illngcr Is a freshman ncws-edl torlal major and a Diversions con tributor.