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UHL RODfO CLUB (f \ presents a ^ Wild/n Western Weekend Saturday, October 14 11 &m Barrel Racing Jackpot 12pm Team Roping Jackpot Wrangler Arena —-< Benefit Dance featuring: High Caliber Lancaster Bid. State Fair Park 8:00pm -1:00am Adm: $5 or $4 w/UNL ID Sunday, October 15 11:30am Intramurals Rodeo 33rd. & Leighton, East of Audio Visual J > Events include: - Calf Tying*Dummy Roping-Steer Wrestling Human Barrel Race*Goat Tying*Steer Riding Wild Cow Race no experience necessary 5 people per team 3 guys & 2 gals^^,^ $5 per person event prizes & overall awards x « If you have any questions please call Terri at 465-4965 Symposium renews learning sy neiai wnite I Staff Reporter An American Indian Education Symposium begins today and con tinues through the weekend with powwows and presentations. ‘‘Renewing the Circle of Learn ing” will feature five workshops aimed at elementary and middle school educators who work with American Indian students. It is open to everyone. “It would be a good experience for anyone who works with Native American students, or even the students themselves,” said Kathryn Lovejoy, spokeswoman for the In dian Center, 1100 Military Road. Workshops will cover curricu lum topics, including American Indian art education, historical and hands-on projects, cooperation between communities and schools, and teacher training material. Lovejoy said the workshops would bring up topics of culture, tradition and values of which teach “Tit would be a good experience for anyone who works with Native American students, or even the students themselves. ” KATHRYN LOVEJOY spokeswoman for the Indian Center ers may not be aware. How learn ing styles differ because of cul tural differences also will be dis cussed. Registration for the symposium, which will be at Southeast Com munity College, will begin at 8 a.m. for those who have not pre registered. The cost is $25, includ ing lunch. Additional funding has been provided by the Lincoln Public Schools multicultural affairs of fice, the Nebraska Department of Education, the Nebraska Humani ties Council and some private con tributors, Lovejoy said. Joseph Bruchac, a Native American author who wrote “Keepersofthe Earth,” will present a keynote address at the sympo sium about authorship and Native American literature, Lovejoy said. Bruchac also will sign books at the Indian Center today from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. The center will feature American Indian food, art and a youth theater presentation. A powwow will take place at the University of Nebraska-Lin coln East Campus on Saturday from 1 p.m. to 10 p.m. The event is sponsored by the America Unite Group. A powwow will be held again Sunday from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. Those attending the Sunday powwow are encouraged to bring a can of food to donate to the food nantrv. Tolin Continued from Page 1 long before 1900. Fifteenth-century Dutch paintings of tulips show stripes on the flowers, she said. Those stripes, she said, are caused by a virus. Genetic engineering is one way researchers control plant viruses. To make plants resistant to vi ruses, they are given something simi lar to an immunization. Scientists take a gene from the virus and im plant it in the plant. The plant can then develop resistance to the virus. Tolin said she was instrumental in getting genetically engineered plants accepted by the government. During testimony before a con gressional committee, Tolin was asked why genetic engineering should be used to prevent plant viruses. She gave them a big, orange an swer. Tolin showed the committee a waited pumpkin—a pumpkin which, instead of having a smooth outer skin. -:-'l is covered with large tumor-like growths. Tolin said she suggested the pump kins could be sold as really grotesque jack-o-lantems if the virus was not stopped. But they didn’t seem to go for that, she said. Tolin said working with plant vi ruses has been exciting. Develop ments in the field paralleled medical work, she said. “Although they get a lot more money than we do.” Beutler Continued from Page 1 for different patients. And the number of patients has been increasing ever since the stigma associated with mental health was lifted, he said. “During the ’70s, everybody had an emotional struggle they sought help for,” he said. “A lot of other countries did not go through that. They still thought of it as illnesses of the mind. “This country moved away from that.” In a way, he said, people may be too willing to seek psychological help for a myriad of problems. Although some of Beutler’s stud ies are already being applied at health care providers worldwide, he said, hiswork would never end with one answer. “The enterprise of science never ends,” he said. “It’s like building a building — you add brick to brick.” His studies will always change because people will always change, he said, and that is part of a message he wants to deliver to students. “We will discover by mapping our way through and finding ways that change, help and support people and applying those,” he said, “but we’ll never have an answer. “It’s like a moving target.” I Authentic Italian Dining | Daily Lunch Specials | Only minutes from campus in the Haymarket _ 808 "P" street •435-3889 University of Nebraska-Lincoln 6th Annual Pow Wow 'Renewing the circle of Learning' October 14 & 15,1995 Saturday 1:00 P.M. - 10:00 P.M. Sunday 1:00 P.M. - 6:00 P.M. EAST CAMPUS UNION-35th eel HeU*ete MCz Jehe A*eee4 Him Arm Pi recto*: Olive* Ce§ee Neel P*em: Mm Kete Free Admission with a can of food! Contests: All winners must be present! I . Speeeete: UeHe, NEIEA/S§mpeeiem, mM ********. ' For more information, call: Yolanda Few Tails 465-5140 University Program Council 472-8146 ^ wr Tk L mlW%L. Coming Soon!! Keep an eye out for the Daily Nebraskan's Fall Car Care special supplement arriving October 17th! DOUGLAS THEATRES Movie Info: 441-0222 Call for Showtimes! PRESS: 0 * CINEMA TWIN 0 | DOUGLAS 0 * EAST PARK 3 0 * EDGEWOOD 3 0 * THE LINCOLN 0 * PLAZA 4 0 | STARSHIP 0 * STUART 0 1 COMING SOON Ed Good stuff. Create the perfect disguise! See the white pages for Goodwill locations.