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£ . j TTirow thU^^es ofr*'* 3 S®°te°ut! GREAT AMERICAN SMOKEOUT W\ U IS NOVEMBER 20! Stop by the Health Aide's SMOKEOUT BOOTH at the NE Union on Nov. 19th & 20th from 11-1 p.m. for information about: • Adopting a Smoker • Quitting Smoking ^ f'*’ • Other Tobacco Products HELP YOUPSELF OP A FPIEHD SPEND THE DAY SMOkE-FPEE! Call 472-7440 for more info. When your schedule isn't flexible, it's nice to know that UNL courses are. UNL's most popular courses in: Accounting Geography Nutrition AG LEC History Philosophy Classics Management Physics Economics Marketing Political Science English Mathematics Psychology Finance Nursing Sociology Available through UNL College Independent Study: • Study and take exams when your schedule allows, when you're ready. • Take as long as a year or as few as 35 days to complete a course. • Send an average of six assignments per course to your instructor, ana receive rapid turnaround of your materials. Call 472-4321 for free College Independent I Study catalog, or visit our office at the Clifford Hardin Nebraska Center for . , r'__cJ__ UniVSrSltV of Dawn Dietrich/DN SARA LOUCH, MORGAN THOMPSON and Noah Bercey, kindergartners at Hawthorne Elementary School, 300 S. 48* St., look for their principal in Linda Anfuso’s mural. Hawthorne students helped Anfuso by giving her ideas for the mural. Artist brings forth passion ANFUSO from page 12 see a work of art with a name on it; they saw the person who created it and the steps she took.” Ryan Wilson, a Hawthorne stu dent, said he liked Anfuso’s stories and enjoyed learning about life in the Mohawk Valley. “I liked when she asked us ques tions,” Wilson said. “When she answered them she was very civil. It was interesting.” When not visiting schools throughout the country, Anfuso spends four or five months a year navigating the canals of England. She is producing a book, featuring her own illustrations, about daily life around the canals. Her other publica tions include two poetry books, “Stolen Daughter” and “Red Coat and Other Poems.” Anfuso also had a short story published and wrote a “Star Trek” episode. Business and pleasure are com fortably combined in Anfuso’s career. She designs jewelry for her jewelry manufacturing company that whole sales to more than 120 stores. Anfuso also owns a retail store. With her jewelry-making busi ness, Anfuso employs single parents and elderly citizens who might other wise have difficulty finding a job or who cannot work away from home. Despite financial successes, Anfuso tries to relish the simplicity of her life. “I don’t have an extravagant lifestyle,” she said. “I’d rather give it away and build homeless shelters to make it possible for others to live.” Perhaps inevitably, Anfuso started two homeless shelters and a halfway house in New Hampshire. She further shares her generosity and dedication in groups such as the New Hampshire State Indian Affairs Advisory Council and the New Hampshire First Native People’s Council. While Anfuso’s cultural background is sometimes prone to discriminatory acts, she has turned the hindrance into a benefit. “Being a native person tends to be of interest to European Americans,” she said. “I use their fascination to bring about cross cultural understanding and equity for indigenous people socially and politically.” Anfiiso greets each day with opti mism and vivacity for her work, suc cessfully creating a career that has improved her life and the lives of oth ers, she said. “I enjoy what I do. I enjoy my art work. We have within us the ability to change the world.” iwtsti HELU i— ■ ■■■ i ■ @1997 _ 6R0£mm£> C I'mN /D—^ ^-Q\ (\ COULC*^t\ l 86 Mofte ) \ftU3HT; ^y /I MUST &i^\ / R16HT. Aftbi \ l All, I'M ALWAYS J V^S»6_ht; V rHERE'S PRooT^N { ftl&HT; ) VI KiOOW X'N\ J \Ri6ht. /HOW Couud l\ [ KWOV/ X'M Rl6Hr \ vuiolessxam } \Rl6HT7^X /ri* notjust^ I RIGHT, gy 1 XTHE WAy. ( /Which m tornTN I REWFOftCGSTHG \ l(ZusurvessoF I yMSBEtdggtetfT; J -——-- ■ Q 11 f I AM fcl&HT. ^ VJ31GMT AM X. J r~ ' -- • : — || ij