Speaker gives tips
for cheap traveling
By Kasey Kerber
Staff Reporter
A day before thousands of students
left for spring break, a Canadian world
traveler told some UNL students in
expensive world travel isn’t for every
one, but the benefits far outweigh the
inconveniences.
Gil White, who wrote “Europe and
the World for 84 Cents a Day,” spoke
to students Thursday night at the Ne
braska Union Gib.
“All of us can take thousands ol
dollars and stay in nice hotels, but then
you isolate yourself from the culture,”
White said.
White, who takes a Canadian flag
to almost everywhere he travels, trav
eled from Canada to Mexico and back
in 12 days for $75 ($45 of which was
for T-shirts) and spent four months in
Europe for $1000.
The secrets to saving in travel, ac
commodations and food costs, White
said, is being creative and apprecia
tive of the people and culture of the
land in which you’re traveling.
“You have to have a genuine in
terest in meeting the people,” White
said. “Secondly, you have to repay
them.”
Repayment includes washing
dishes, doing yard work, shoveling
snow, chopping wood, milking a cow
or leaving a gift — as simple as post
age stamps — behind, he said.
“To you, they might not mean
much,” White said. “But to a Hungar
ian peasant, they can be quite reward
ing.
To save on accommodation costs,
White recommends staying in the
homes of citizens in exchange for a
few hours of chores and other more
extreme measures — such as staying
in a small town jail house if nothing
less costly is available.
And when it comes to food costs,
White recommends carrying food with
you at all times.
But overall, White said traveling
cheap is a gateway to discovering a
piece of yourself.
“You’ll learn more about yourself
in four months than you otherwise
would in 18 years.”
Man holds sign language classes
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Sunday school lessons and the church
sermon, Kimmel said.
The church, at 1515 W. South St.,
will have sign language services at
10:30 am. and 6 pm. on Sundays and
7:30 pm. on Wednesdays. There also
will be Sunday school with signing at
9:30 am.
Merv Goodrick, pastor of the Fel
lowship Baptist Church, also took the
sign language lessons. He said he
heard about Kimmel because a friend
of his mentioned Kimmel when talk
ing about Goodrick’s desire to start a
deaf ministry.
Twenty-seven years ago, Kimmel
was a pastor in Indiana. A man who
taught sign language came to his
church, and Kimmel said he felt that
God wanted him to resign from the
pastoral position and start traveling
coast to coast as a missionary to those
who are deaf.
He and his wife started “Hands For
Christ,” the official name for his min
istry, and since then, he has preached
in 47 states and started 300 ministries
to the deaf.
“My interest is for deaf people to
know Christ,” he said. “That’s what
I’ve surrendered my life for.”
General speaks on equity
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said sexual harassment and dis
crimination were still prevalent in
the military at times.
Military problems with
women’s equity are similar to those
in civilian workplaces, she said.
Many people in both the military
and the civilian world still think
women’s achievements are accom
plished by affirmative action or
“sleeping” their way to a better
position, Kera said.
Resentment of women’s
achievements leads to less- qualified
men being put in positions where
more-qualified women are avail
able, Kera said. That resentment is
typical of a society that assumes
men are worthy, she said, and
women have to prove themselves
daily.
Though policies in almost ev
ery organization claim that
women’s rights are strictly en
forced, there is a gap between
policy and the actuality of work
ing environments, she said.
Recognition of leadership, deal
ing with obstacles of prejudices, as
suming responsibility and standing
up against what is not right are
ways that help to bridge that gap,
Kera said.
For example, Kera said, a gap
in military policy is who can and
cannot participate in a combat situ
ation. The policy that women are
not allowed to be in a front-line
combat situation is not in accor
dance with equal rights, she said.
Being a female general in the
military is not an easy accomplish
ment, she said, but she said she
hoped it could be done without
prejudices.
Nebraska Union Spring Break Building Hours
Saturday. March 22. Sunday. March 23. Saturday. March 29—B gliding Closed
NOTE: State Speech Contest (8 a.m. - 8 p.m.) on both Mon. and Tues.
Etfetey. Mwcfr U
Regular hours except;
Building 7 a.m.-6 pan.
Information Desk 7 a.nx-3 p.m.
Bakery 7 a.m.-4 p.m.
Amigo’s 7 aaiL-S p.m.
Buiger King 7 a.m.-5 p.m.
Imperial Palace 10a.rn.-5 p.m.
Subway 10 aan.-5 p.m.
Bookstore 8 a.m.-5 p.m.
Wednesday, March 26,
Thursday. March 27
Friday, March 2»
Building 7 a.m.-6 p.m.
Information Desk 7 a.m.-3 p.m.
Bakery 7 a.m.-4p.m.
Amigo’s 9 a.m.-4 p.m.
Burger King 7 a.m.-5:30 p.m.
Imperial Palace 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
Subway 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
Bookstore 8 a.m.-5 p.m.
Monday. March 24
Tuesday. March 25
Building 7 a.m.-8 p.m.
Information Desk 7 a.m.-3 p.m.
Bakery 7 a.m.-4 p.m.
Amigo’s 9 a.m.-7 p.m.
Burger King7 a.m.-7 p.m.
Imperial Palace 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
Subway 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
Bookstore 8 a.m.-5 p.m.
Sunday. March 30 (Eastern
Building 12 noon-11 p.m.
Information Desk 4 p.m.-10:30 p.m.
Bakery CLOSED
Amigo’s 3 p.m.-9 p.m.
Burger King 12 noon -10:30 p.m.
Imperial Palace 12 noon - 9 p.m.
Subway 12 noon-10p.m.
Bookstore CLOSED
Monday. March 31—Regular Hours Resume
NOTE: Recreation Room is closed permanently during
the Nebraska Union Expansion Project.
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