Senate to attack cuts
From Staff Reports_ arships and financial aid, agreed
there was little time.
Tonight’s student senate meet- “In the short time we have left, it
ing will focus on is critically important that we tell
organizing ef- legislators not to cut aid to federal
forts to protest education,” Beacon said.
Congress’ pro- Phone campaigns, media atten
posed financial tion and letter writingall could bring
aid cuts, said results, Beacon said.
ASUN Presi- While ASUN’s meeting will fo
dent Shawntell cus on letter writing, Beacon sug
Hurtgen. gested that students make the most
The proposed of phone campaigns,
cuts will be “There are a lot of numbers that
brought before have been set up that students can
the senate floor Oct. 10, giving the call to put them in direct touch with
Association of Students of the Uni- their legislators,” he said,
versity of Nebraska one week for Phone numbers include the Alli
protest efforts, including a letter- ance to Save Student Aid (1-800
writing campaign. 574-4AID) and the Congressional
John Beacon, director of schol- switchboard (202- 224-3121).
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Program lets
groups learn
about Internet
By Rebecca Simpson
Staff Reporter
Many homes across Nebraska
could soon be linked to a whole new
world of information, thanks to the
new “Navigating the Net” program.
The program is offered through the
University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
Karen Loftis, program coordinator
of agricultural economics, said the
program was essentially an Internet
show and tell. ‘
The increasing popularity of the
Internet has raised many questions
about how to access it and its vast
resources, she said.
“Navigating the Net” was started
this summer to help answer some of
these questions for many Nebraska
residents. The program consists of
guided tours of the Internet and its
various resources, such as the World
Wide Web.
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program participants can spend time
exploring and learning for themselves -
what the Internet has to offer.
Loftis said the program’smain pur
pose was to “increase the number of
Nebraskans who are accessing online
information, using computers as a
tool.”
Regardless of where people live,
she said, the vast information avail
able on-lipe can have a tremendous
impact on their lives.
With the Internet, she said, loca
tion becomes irrelevant. Whether
someone is conducting business across
the country or merely “surfing the
net,” an almost infinite spectrum of
information is available.
To use the program, community
organizations and other non-profit
groups must contact Loftis. After
groups sets up and organize the pro
gram, Loftis, as the instructor, comes
to them.
For groups of up to 25 people, the
charge is a flat $250 fee, she said,
which is generally either divided
among those taking the class, or paid
by the group itself.
Those interested in “Navigatingflie
Net” should contact Loftis at the UNL
Center for Rural Community Revital
ization and Development, 1-800-328
2851 or 472-1725.
Food systems
education grant
funds program
By Tasha E. Kelter
Staff Reporter
A program to change food systems
education at UNL’s Institute of Agri
culture and Natural Resources has
completed its first phase.
Nebraska Network 21 has just fin
ished its visioning phase, which was
financed by a $ 134,415 grant from the
W.K. Kellogg Foundation, said Irv
Omtvedt, vice chancellor for IANR.
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln
was one of 12 institutions nationwide
to receive the grant.
Food systems education informs
UNL students and others about food
processing, production and marketing
for 21 st century consumers.
“We want to provide the consumer
with the kinds of food that will be in
demand in the years ahead,” Omtvedt
said.
Out of the first stage came a com
prehensive visioning statement, which
outlines what direction the program
will take.
The program will focus on making
food systems education affordable and
accessible in the future, Omtvedt said.
One of the ways food systems edu
cation will change is that IANR will
emphasize distance education through
the increased use of computers, satel
lites and other technology.
The program now will enter its
second stage — implementation.’
Omtvedt said he expected to find fund
ing for this stage by 1996
“The bottom line is that there will
be significant changes,” Omtvedt said.
