Gathering to laud women
By Joy Ludwig
Staff Reporter
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UNL is marking National
Women’s History Month with sev
eral speakers and a leadership con
ference today through March 12.
Judith Kriss, director of the Uni
versity of Ncbraska-Lincoln
Women’s Center, said this time
would give everybody an opportu
nity to concentrate on women’s is
sues and celebrate women’s
achievements in leadership.
In what arc called “Circles of In
fluence,” Kriss said, several women
speakers will discuss traditional and
non-traditional issues of women
and where they play leadership
roles.
The issues will cover everything
from health and human services to
communication, education, art and
humanities, law and politics, reli
gion, science and technology.
Even though the speakers will
discuss those issues, they want the
students to bring their opinions and
perspectives into the circles, Kriss
said.
“The main idea is that we all
have something to say” Kriss said.
“People will come away from the
circles feeling empowered.”
Besides the speakers, she said, a
reception will honor International
Women’s Day on Friday from 2
p.m. to 4 p.m. in the Multicultural
Affairs Office.
Then on Saturday, a Women’s
Leadership Conference will be held
in the Wick Alumni Center from 9
a.m. to 1 p.m.
The theme, “Dimensions of
Women’s Leadership” will be dis
cussed by the keynote speaker,
Dolores Simpson-Kirkland, a coun
selor at Park Middle School.
She will speak about women’s
leadership from a personal and pro
fessional perspective, said Amie
Haggar, the coordinator of the con
ference.
The conference also will include
small-group discussions, three
themed workshops, a panel discus
sion and the presentation of a schol
arship award for women’s leader
ship at UNL.
Haggar said many topics, such
as gender, communication, conflict
resolution and a holistic perspective
on women’s leadership, would be
discussed by other speakers.
“The purpose of the conference
is to assist students in developing
their leadership skills, as well as
provide the opportunity for students
to exchange their ideas, perspec
tives and goals with other students,
leaders and professionals,” Haggar
said.
The Women’s Center, Student
Involvement and the Office of Uni
versity Housing are sponsoring the
conference, which requires pre-reg
istration and a small fee.
More information on any of
these events is available from the
Women’s Center at 472-2597.
Sessions help part-time students
By Todd Anderson
Staff Reporter
Non-traditional students can gather
information about UNL’s undergradu
ate programs this week during Part
time Student Week.
Deanna B. Eversoll, director of
Evening Programs and Lifelong Ser
vices, said convenience was the key
to the week’s activities.
“It’s an opportunity for students to
meet with faculty and advisers all in
one room,” she said.
Last year, 2,238 day and evening
part-time students with declared ma
jors attended UNL, Eversoll said.
Four free sessions are scheduled
throughout the week in the Clifford
Hardin Nebraska Center for Continu
ing Education on East Campus.
An advising night for College of
Business Administration students
kicked off the week Monday, and the
week will continue with the Adults
Back-to-Collegc Workshop today
from 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. in the Omaha
Room.
Representatives from several UNL
colleges and offices will be available,
as well as representatives from the
University of Nebraska at Omaha and
the University of Nebraska Medical
Center.
On Wednesday, students interested
in earning credit through UNL’s Sum
mer Reading Program will be able to
meet with faculty and advisers and
register for classes between 5 p.m. and
6 p.m. in the Nebraska Room.
The program offers courses in an
thropology, classics, educational psy
chology, English, family and con
sumer sciences, history, political sci
cnce, psychology and sociology.
The final session, the College Ma
jors and Related Careers Workshop,
will provide information for students
to explore and choose a particular col
lege major and career.
Adult students also will be able to
look at practical issues involved in re
turning to college and changing a ca
reer.
This session will be Thursday from
6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. in the Columbus
Room East.
Eversoll said students had different
motivations for attending UNL part
time, but they shared one goal-gradu
ation.
“Many of these students have dif
ferent financial or time limitations,”
she said, “but they all want to walk
away with a degree.”
Peace Corps alumni
say experiences vary
By Heidi White
Staff Reporter
Thirty-five years ago, President
John F. Kennedy created the Peace
Corps, saying: “Ask not what your
country can do for you, but what you
can do for your country.”
Ever since, more than 140,000
Americans have given two years of
their lives to aid people in more than
120 developing countries.
An anniversary celebration was
held Monday night in the Nebraska
Union with cultural booths set up by
former volunteers, speakers and a per
formance from a Turkish dance
troupe.
Of the 7,100 volunteers now serv
ing, 31 are University of Nebraska
Lincoln graduates, said Jeffery Mar
tin, public affairs specialist for the
Peace Corps recruiting office in Den
ver.
Herb Probasco, a 1961 UNL gradu
ate and editor of the Daily Nebraskan
during the 1960-61 year, was among
the first of the Peace Corps volunteers
from UNL.
“I had gotten to know quite a few
foreign students and got interested in
spending time in a foreign country,”
Probasco said.
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He chose the Peace Corps to fulfill
that interest and served from 1962-64
in the Philippines as an elementary
English teacher’s aide.
He said he was quite idealistic and
assumed there would be a lot for him
and the other volunteers to do. His
experience was different than most,
however, because the Philippines al
ready had a developed school system.
“It wasn’t our mission to pioneer a
lot of change,” Probasco said.
Neil Jacobson, a 1988 graduate of
Morehead State University, had quite
a different experience when he served
from 1989-91 in Kenya as a small
business adviser.
Jacobson spent two days a week
teaching business classes and three
days traveling in the area working on
projects to develop businesses geared
toward Kenya’s growing tourism
trade.
He said volunteers’ experiences
could vary.
“If you are able to be open-minded,
you can gain more from it,” Jacobson
said.
More information on the Peace
Corps is available from UNL campus
representative Ruth Ann Thompson at
472-3201 or 475-3096.
Peter cited for alleged assault
KEARNEY (AP) — Former Ne
braska football player Christian
Peter was cited for third-degree
misdemeanor assault after he alleg
edly grabbed a woman by the neck
this weekend.
No formal charges have been
filed, Buffalo County Deputy Attor
ney Amy Jacobsen said Monday.
The defensive lineman was in
Kearney on Saturday to attend a
fund-raiser sponsored by the Platte
Valley Big Red Boosters. The or
ganization was raising money for
scholarships.
The incident occurred later that
night at a bar called Einsteins, Capt.
Dan Lynch said. He did not know
what, if anything, sparked the al
leged incident.
Jacobsen said she would review
the report and decide later this week
whether charges will be filed.
A defensive tackle from Locust,
N.J., Peter was found guilty in 1993
of third-degree sexual assault
against a former Miss Nebraska. He
pleaded no contest at the time and
was sentenced to 18 months proba
tion.
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