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Malaysian Night exhibits culture’s diversity By Paula Lavigne Senior Reporter Driven by thundering drums, a shimmer ing gold dragon danced on the ledge of Broyhill Fountain Sunday in pursuit of a smaller, red and black lion as they chased each other into the Nebraska Union. This traditional Lion and Dragon Dance opened a night-long celebration of cultura harmony and pride during the 9th annual Malaysian Night ’94, sponsored by the Ne braska University Malaysian Students Asso ciation. • „ “To know Malaysia is to Love Malaysia was the theme of this celebration featuring a banquet of authentic Malaysian foods, cul tural presentations, traditional dances, op eras and ceremonial rituals representing the *£• main cultures of Malays,a - Indian. Chinese and Malay. After a lew minor technical dimtultics, Malaysian Night ’94 carried on smoothly. Chcow Tcong Oh, NUMSA president saidNUMSA events, such as Malaysia Night ’94, reflected the diversity of Malaysian culture. , r . “1 hope thisevent will bring better friend ships among ourselves and Lincoln as a whole,” he said in his introductory speech. Hendrik van den Berg, faculty advisor to NUMSA,said the time and work invested in NUMSA events was commendable. “NUMSA has distinguished itself as a very active, if not the most active, organiza tion on campus,” he said. James Gricsen, vice chancellor for stu dent affairs at the University of Ncbraska Lincoln, said Malaysian Night 94 allowed those, like himself, who had not traveled on Damon Lee/DN ssw^ssRMswswseM-'— Malaysian soil, to become familiar with the culture. . . . Because of the involvement Malaysian students display at UNL, Gricsen said he would like to change the theme (rom "To know Malaysia is to love Malaysia,” to “To know Malaysians is to love Malaysians.’ Enliang Ching, a junior psychology major, said the event made her feel closer to her family and home in Malaysia. “To see the stage perlormers ami me Malaysian slides connects me to my home.” Ching said the event promoted Malay sian culture by representing the interracial harmony in her country. 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With the completion of the 10th Street viaduct and the 1 lght ing it added, C'acak said the area had greatly im proved. By the fall semester, lights also will be installed in the area be hind the shop, he said. The East Campus Loop also will get additional lighting next fall. The street is scheduled to have 30 to 40 fixtures installed.Cacak said,a project expected to cost $58,000. The cost ot putting up I ignis nas been a major (actor in making the improvements more gradual. UNL pays the electric bill, but the cost of light installation comes from resources of individual departments. Officials said the money to put up the lights, estimated to be $2,000 per fixture, came out of various depart ments' annual equipment budgets. Johnson said that since the tours began two years ago, the percept ion ol safety on the campus had improved somewhat. “The perception was that the cam pus was not safe because i t was so dark Hardin Continued from Page 1 population, he said. “Thcyjust rolled in,” he said. “We didn’t do any recruiting.” There were others who played major roles during UNL’s expansion years, Hardin said. “We had good support, he said. “We had a few people around who knew how to do things and do them well.” Hardin said the university used revenue bonds to handle the costs of building residence halls for the in creasing number of students. “We had to do things as economi cally as possible because the kids who came theredidn’ t have much money.” Hardin said. After the residence halls, the next item up for improvement was City Campus. Hardin said the university hired an outside consultant, and a master plan was drawn up to study individual college needs — parking, residence halls and new building lo cations. With help from the city, Hardin had 11th, 15th, T and Vine streets closed off through campus. Next, Hardin used bonds toexpand Memorial Stadium and the Nebraska — and that has been addressed.” But, for some, an unsafe percep tion continues. Johnson said the perception arose from a hesitancy, especially among women, to talk about attacks that have occurred. There arc a lot of rumors, he said, but few facts. The result is that the u nsafe percept ion m ay con t in ue, wh ile the issue itself is more difficult to approach. At an earlier meeting with univer sity personnel, Johnson said he re membered one woman tcllinghim she would never feel safe walkingon cam pus at night, no matter what the dis tance or how good the lighting. Patti Lutter, chairwoman of UNL Pol ice Advisory, said additional l ignt ing may not make the campus saler, but may make people walking across campus at night more comfortable. “The lighter a place is, the more people are going to feel comlortable. she said. The increased traffic would discourage people from harming oth CrSjhc only letdown of the tour was that the people for whom many of the improvements are being made.didn t show “My greatest disappointment is the lack of involvement by the stu dents,” Johnson said. “There seems to be a lack of interest.” Union and to build the East Union, Kimball Hall and the Sheldon Memo rial Art Gallery. The Nebraska Center for Continu ing Education was built to bring in other professors from around the na tion for national conferences and to show off UN L, Hardin said. A grant from the Kellogg Corpora tion gave the university halfthe money it needed to build the center, Hardin said. He said UNL had to raise the rest. . “That was done by tak mg our snow on the road and asking people from all across the state to donate,” Hardin said. “And they did.” Hardin said he didn’t intend on leaving when he did. He said the only way he would leave UN L was if N ixon invited him to join his cabinet. Looking back, Martha Hardin, who met Clifford Hardin when he was working on the student newspaper at Purdue University, said seeing what had been done at UN L was wonderful. “Thtfrfs one of the rewards is know ing you helped some people,” she said. Hardin said he, his wife, his chil dren and grandchildren were very pleased about thebuildingbeingdcdi cated to him. “It’s a nice feeling to be gone 25 years and be remembered this way.