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About The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current | View Entire Issue (April 1, 1996)
MONDAY ««3»>M«c3>»a«<c:m»<«ia»>»««3>»*<«c3>»»««3»»««:»> WEATHER: Today - Partly cloudy & wanner. Southeast wind 10 to 20 mph. Tonight - Partly cloudy, low 40 to 45. ' April 1, 1996 Matt Miller/DN James Mendoza of the children’s dancing group Sabor Mexicano performs at the cultural talent show Sunday afternoon at the Culture Center. Fiesta! Cultural show includes dancing, juggling By Todd Anderson Staff Reporter Aficr performing with the dance group Sabor Mcxicano Sunday, 9-year-old Jesse Mendoza and his younger brother James did not talk about providing a cultural learning experience. They talked instead about dancing and having fun with several other dancers in the group, ages two through 10. “Dancing is fun,” Mendoza said, stand ing off stage. “People like our costumes.” The dance group, which aims to intro duce Hispanic culture to its participants and the community, performed Sunday as part of the Multicultural Talent Show at the Culture Center. Rose Flores, the announcer for the group, said the students learned traditional Mexi can folk songs and culture through dance practices. “The older children also learn Spanish while the younger ones learn new dances,” she said. The group performs such traditional dances as “La Raspa” and “La Bamba” for audiences across the state, she said. The multicultural talent show was spon sored by the Culture Center and the Corner stone Chapel. The show is a carryover from an anniver sary celebration. Last year the show was held in conjunction with the 10th anniversary of the Culture Center, said Jennifer Griffin, co coordinator for the show. The first group to perform, Kusitaki—a group that plays Andean folk music — re turned to the show this year. The group is made up of Oscar Rios Pohirieth on the flute and string guitar, Mark Vanek on bombo drum, Dave Murphy on flute and percussion and Ken Bynearson on guitar. The group was formed to bring music of Andean countries such as Bolivia, Peru and Chile to Nebraska, Pohirieth said. The group will work on its first recording this summer, Byncarson said, and perform Thursday at 9 p.m. in the Nebraska Union. Corey Hoelkcr, a freshman architecture inaj or, tossed bal Is, rings and even a bowl i ng ball into the air during his juggling act Sun day. He said he had been juggling since junior high, when he started teaching himself. Since then Hoclker has performed at sev eral parties and talent shows in Lincoln and Sioux City, Iowa. In 1993 he performed at a national jug gl ing competition and received a silver medal, he said. Hoelker also started UNL’sjugglingclub, he said. The group, which has only four members, meets with the Lincoln community juggling club, lie said. “It’smostly a hobby,” he said, “but I have made some money.” StarTran changes benefit UNL students Problems decrease, but overcrowding remains on buses By Michaela Pieler Staff Reporter When Tracic Beck rides the StarTran bus on Holdrege Route 24 in the morning, she doesn’t expect to find a scat, but she knows the situation could be worse. Beck,ajunior business administration major at the University of Ncbraska-Lincoln, said the bus between City and East campuses was over crowded at times. “At 9:30 a.m. it’s really packed,” she said, “and at 11:30 when people ride back from City to East campus.” But, she said, the situation has improved since the beginning of the semester. “It’s not nearly as bad as it was a few weeks ago,” she said. In January, some students complained about being late for class because they couldn’t find space in the packed buses. Larry Worth, StarTran traffic manager, said his company changed the route’s schedule after receiving those complaints. “We did not add a bus,” he said, “but we shifted the times more toward noon.” Since that time, Worth said, he had not received any new complaints from students. “My understanding is that the problem has been solved,” he said. The first two buses leave East Campus at 7 a.m. and 7:35 a.m., and buses run every 15 minutes. After 3:30 p.m., buses run hourly. The last bus leaves City Campus at 5:30 p.m. and arrives at East Campus at 6 p.m. On Mondays, an extra bus runs between 9:30 a.m. and 12:05 p.m. Michael Cacak, director of transportation services at UNL, said an overcrowding problem occurred at the beginning of each semester. “That’s something that has always hap pened,” he said. “It goes away after the first few weeks.” Since January, Cacak said he had not heard complaints about inadequate space on the bus. One reason might be that some students don’t attend classes after the first week, he said. Worth said many students also walked or rode their bicycles to classes when the weather was warmer. Route 24 always has been one of Lincoln’s busiest bus lines, he said. StarTran uses its bigger full-size coaches on this line, Worth said. A full-size coach contains 40 seats, while one of the smaller buses only has 34 scats. If, however, bus drivers have to leave pas sengers behind, Worth said, they must report the numbers to StarTran. Then StarTran totals the results and, if necessary, works out a new See BUSES on 3 Women still minorities in UNL staff By Julie Sobczyk Senior Reporter In the past year, the status of women faculty at UNL has improved slightly, but more change is still needed, one UNL faculty member said. Rebecca Trammell, chairwoman of the Chancellor’s Com- ——— mission on the Status “We believe the ol Women, said the University of Ne- SitUCltiOil is braska-Lincoln had /mt'irnvhw a been working to put improving U more women in little—JUSt Cl higher positions on r r ' . campus. little. It Will t)e Cl “Wc believe the gradual thing." situation is improving ° 0 a little—just a little,” REBECCA Trammell said. “It trauiiei i will be a gradual llfAmiWELL thing.” chairwoman of the More than a year ago, the commission Chancellor’s Commis presented a reportto , on the Status of the NU Board ol Re gents showing that Women compared to peer schools, UNL fell - short in having women in mgn positions. No studies comparing UNL to peer schools have been completed since then, Trammell said, but the commission will prepare a preliminary report for UNL’s Office of Affirmative Action and Diversity. By October, a full report on where women stand at UNL should be completed, she said. And so far, numbers look encouraging, she said. See WOMEN on 3 Chancellor starts search committee to find assistant By Todd Anderson Staff Reporter UNL Chancellor James Mocscr announced Friday the members of a new search committee for an assistant to the chancellor and director of affirmative action and diversity. Rodrigo Cantarcro, assistant professor of community and regional planning, and Melvin Jones, vice chancellor for business and finance, will serve as co-chairmen of the committee. The committee includes University of Ne braska-Lincoln faculty and students, as well as leaders in the Lincoln community. Cantarcro said the committee would meet within the next week and a half to decide on characteristics of candidates and to set a dead line for the search to be completed. “A Her we meet, we’ 11 have a common idea of what we’re looking for,” he said. Mocser rejected the finalists identified by a previous search committee. Cantarcro said the new committee would completely start over with the search. “I think we’re purposely staying away from finding out too much about the prior commit tee,” Jic said. He said the committee would develop crite ria for the candidates, conduct a search, and then submit its choices to Moescr. Cantaroro said he hoped the committee would complete its search by the end of May. The new director would relieve interim di rector Christy Horn, who took over when Eric Jolley accepted another job last summer. Among the search committee faculty from UNL arc Linda Crump, associate director of affirmative action and diversity; Barbara See SEARCH on 3