Big Red Welcome evolves By Chad Lorenz Senior Reporter A few changes to Big Red Wel come may alter the focus and atmo sphere of the whole event. The Big Red Welcome festival, traditionally on the Friday before class starts, was moved to Sunday this year, Big Red Welcome coor dinator Annie Jones said. At Chancellor James Moeser’s suggestion, Big Red Welcome also will include a convocation for new students. “It’s going to be a kick-olf for the academic year,” Jones said. In the past, when the climax of Big Red Welcome was on Friday, students were left on campus with nothing to do over the weekend, Jones said. By scheduling the event for Sun day, she said, students can move in later and cut food expenses. Students also seem to be more focused the day before class begins, she said. The timing also supports a new theme for Big Red Welcome, Jones said. ^ * This year the event will be geared toward showing students how they can4)e successful in col lege and how university resources can help, she said. Past Big Red Welcomes haven’t been as success-oriented, Jones said. “It was really just a welcome, get-to-know-you event,” she said. James Griesen, vice chancellor for student affairs, said speakers at the convocation would emphasize learning. “We’re trying to give the kick off a more academic flavor,” Griesen said. Students will hear speeches from Chancellor Moeser; President of the Association of Students of the Uni versity of Nebraska Eric Maritzner; head Football Coach Tom Osborne and Paul Kelter, a chemistry profes sor who was recognized as UNL’s outstanding educator last vear. After the convocation, students will go to the Big Red Welcome fes tival, a popular chance for students to collect free pamphlets, coupons, T-shirts and other items. Jones said ongoing perfor mances by the UNL Yell Squad, the Scarlet Sensations dance team, Scarlet and Cream Singers and the Kusi Taki woodwind band will liven up the festival this year. A location change from the Bob Devantey Sports Center to the greenspace north of the Nebraska Union will be more inviting for all UNL students, not just freshmen, Jones said. At least 206 UNL student orga nizations, university departments and businesses will set up booths for the festival. Student organizations use the festival as a chance to attract new members. Robin Seals, secretary for the Minorities in Agriculture, Natural Resources and Related Science, said the group recruited most of its new members through Big Red Wel come. , v >. . “Because there’s not that many minorities in agriculture, we need all the exposure we can get,” Seals said. Seals, a senior psychology ma jor, said die festival attracts students from outside the agriculture college, such as herself. Michelle Schuler, president of Scholar’s Keep, a medieval studies group, said her group would have members dressed in 17th century costume. She said she hoped their booth would promote a new part of the group, the medieval combat group. Schuler wanted to have members in armor, performing battie scenes, but there wasn’t enough space. Recently, the festival has focused less on promoting student groups and more on the free items offered, Schuler said. “My experience is that they put it all in a bag, keep what they want and throw the rest away. It really doesn’t generate any interest.” Early assignment greets students By Chao Lorenz Senior Reporter Freshmen who enrolled for the University Foundations class have their first assignment due before class even starts. But University Foundations di rector James McShane says it’s for their own good. When students came to the Uni versity of Nebraska-Lincoln for New Student Enrollment this sum mer, they were given a 160-page bode to read. Sunday, they will meet 90 fac ulty members for lunch to discuss the bode, “Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business.” The assignment is meant to pre pare new students for the type of projects and discussions used in University Foundations, McShane said. McShane said that the book, written by Neil Postman, covered an appropriate topic for new college students: the influence of print and electronic media. McShane said he hoped the book showed students how they could use different media to accomodate their own personal learning style. “To think about that consciously is very helpful, I think.” Although students may protest about doing an assignment before class starts, McShane said, students need to expand their idea of class work. “Thinking about serious issues is not only a curricular, but an extra curricular activity,” he said. The luncheon, which coincides with Big Red Welcome, was sug gested by Chancellor James Moeser to give students an introduction to academics, as well as student groups and university resources. This preparation should help combat a 25 percent freshmen drop out rate at UNL, McShane said. “That is a matter that has moti vated Big Red Welcome for a long time,” McShane said. “This is just another piece in the construction.” If your number's up, see your docton Your cholesterol level is an important number for your heart’s health. If your level is above 200, see your doctor. Your risk is greater if you also smoke, are overweight, or have high blood pressure. But your doctor can help, with ways to lower your cholesterol level and reduce your Your cholesterol level: A number to lively, risk of heart disease. Find out if your number is up or down, your cholesterol level by heart. For information call (402)346-0771. 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