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Leadership class samples UNL student government From toff Roporto Members of the Chancellor’s Leadership class got a taste of how student government operates at an ASUN meeting Wednesday. About 40 class members sat in on the senate's meeting and were invited to partici pate in committee meetings with senators of the Association ot stu dents of the University of Nebraska shortly before the meeting concluded. Senators discussed their roles in committees with leadership class members and issues they dealt with this semester. Class members were also given the opportunity to voice their concerns to senators. The purpose of the committee meetings was to give senators ideas for-bills, said Judy Rishel, ASUN sec ond vice-president. Rishel said the interaction with members of the leadership class was beneficial to senators because it gave them a fresh perspective on issues that affect freshmen. “(The class members) have been on campus for three months and arc more aware of problems that new stu dents face,” she said. Denise Cradick, assistant director for the Office for Student Involve ment and administrator of the lead ership program, said the meeting gave students an introduction to the process of student government at the university. N Cradick said the class, which meets twice a month and consists of first-year students selected from a pool of 2,000 scholarship applicants, had attended senate meetings before. Gathering Place lends a hand By Angela Qulrlng Staff Reporter Hungering for nourishment for the body, mind and spirit? Accord ing to its mission statement, the Gathering Place, 1448 E St., has all three. Founded in 1982 as a meeting place for people of all faiths, the Gathering Place provides free meals seven days a week, from 5 to 6 p.m., for the homeless and dis advantaged. Executive Director Jean Chilcoine said the evening meal program began in 1985 under the wing of the Lincoln Food Bank and has been expanding ever since. A daily noon lunch program has been developed under a newly hired food program coordinator, and a job training program is in the works. The first meeting of the advi sory council to form the job train ing program will be on Nov. 18. “Our hope is that both the noon lunch program and the soup kitchen will provide learning and employment opportunities,” Chilcoine said. The daily noon lunch program, which will provide food at a rea sonable cost, will be open from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. The proceeds from the program, which is sched uled to open next Monday, will help support the soup kitchen. Various other fund sources keep the Gathering Place operating. Community development grants, such as the McKinney Homeless grant, have funded recent and up coming construction projects to improve the kitchen and pantry. The local Cooper Foundation has funded new kitchen equip ment. Private donations make up the rest of the budget. Sponsorships for evening meals are sold to patrons for $120, but they can be divided into monthly payments of $10. With only two full-time employ ees, Chilcoine and the recently hired food program coordinator, most operations depend on a vol unteer work force that includes several University of Ncbraska Lincoln fraternities. Assistance from a group known as Daily Har vest allows food to be recycled from unused leftovers from local restaurants. Besides food for the body, Chilcoine said, the Gathering Place's special programming nour ishes the mind and spirit. 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