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Check us out online www.Hel.edu/DailyNeb ■ BUY YOUR | U/i lot jniiliCqrni ti i flr.v ori'.v amrmatsb qbtl ** BACK TO SCHOOL HOURS MON-THU 8am-8pm FRI 8am-6pm & SAT 9am-6pm www.nebraskabookstore.com ^ TEXTBOOKS AT itJi *4 . c ,-,>. i.' 1300 Q STREET • 476-0111 ■ Campus groups have set a busy schedule to commemorate the holiday. By Lindsay Young Assignment Reporter Organizers of Monday’s cele bration of Martin Luther King Jr. Day hope to teach the university community how King’s work affect?, ed everyone locally, nationally and. internationally. Gabrielle Dalton, Mexican' American StudentAssociation pres He impacted everybody^ not just African American students,” Dalton, a senior agriculture educa tion major, said. John Harris, special assistant to the vic& chancellor for student affairs, encouraged students to take advantage of the activities. “Take in more than just the pro gram in the way it’s presented, but really dig deep to find out what it is you can do to live out everything Dr. King asked for in his movement,” Harris said. A Youth Rally March will travel from the Nebraska Union via O •^.•Street to the Lied Center for i Performing Arts at 9:30 a.m. The ** * . e, - ; , .^^7 University Convocation will follow at the Lied Center from 10:30 ajifc until noon. The Association of Students of the University of Nebraska invited student groups to participate in activities, which will be held at the union main lounge from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. Monday. This is the first time ASUK has sponsored a day commemorating King. V/ Viet Hoang, a senior finance major and speaker of the senate, said die groups participating would show how King has affected differ ent cultures. “It definitely sums up wlty these organizations exist,” Hoang said. Group presentations wdlstart at 10:30 a.m. wjJh a presentation by the Rev. Don Coleman and will fin ish at 4 p.m. with a presentation by the Lincoln dance group Sabor Mexicano. — ■; Coleman was invited to speak because of his dedication to the community and his work with MADD Dads, Hoang said. UNITE will follow Coleman with a presentation against the use of the American Indian as a school mascot. MAS A members will give a pre sentation at 2 p.m. and will speak about Cesar Chavez, founder of United Farm Workers and a Mexican American human rights leader. * “He is our equivalent to Martin Luther King Jr.” Dalton said. Other groups participating in AS UN’s events include die Afrikan People’s Union, the Women’s Studies Association, the Vietnamese Student Association and the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Student Association. Students and faculty will have the opportunity to continue the lega cy of King’s work by signing up at the Student Involvement booth to volunteer in the community. Diane Podolske, assistant direc tor of Student Involvement, said stu dents are encouraged to write their dreams on forms provided at the booth. The forms will be posted on a wall in the union. King’s “I Have a Dream” speech will be played in the Nebraska Union Crib by the University Program Council throughout the day. KRNU-FM (90.3) will also air the speech at 1:30 p.m. Ken Tucker, originally from the Bahamas, will speak Monday at 12:30 p.m. at the Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery. A reception will follow. Keith Parker, director of African American and African Studies and professor of sociology, said Tucker would bring an international per spective to King’s work. There will be an evening pro gram at Mt. Zion Baptist Church, 3301 N. 56th St., at 7 p.m. Classes could be emptier KING from page 1 Berens >»rged students to attend events. “It’s important that we com memorate Martin Luther King - and his work,” she said. Patrick Rowan, professor of studio art, has an intermediate drawing class with about 20 stu dents at 11:30 a.m. on Monday. He said students should tell him ahead of time, but did encourage them to attend. “If it’s an important event then I assume they should go,” Rowan said. Annette Murrell, an English teaching assistant, teaches two classes which focus on African American culture. The classes are at 10:30 am., die beginning of the con vocation, and at 12:30 pm Murrell said she didn’t feel any conflict would arise if students missed her class to attend events. “I haven’t made it an issue in the class,” Murrell said. However, she did say that because there are events through out the day, students had a number of opportunities to commemorate the day. f AUDITIONS! ) For Singers & Dancers Worlds of Fanis searching for the Midwest's most talented entertainers to fill openings for our spectacular 1998 season of shows. From our 60’s & 70's rock review, "Stax of Wax", to our all new big band show, "Singin, Swingin, & Rockin foe House", you could be in foe spotlight entertaining thousands of Worlds of Fun guests. Performing at Worlds of Fun is FUN, and it can be that important First Step toward a professional career. If you wok foe entire season (six days per week in foe summer & weekends in the spring and fell), you could earn over $8000! ^ AUDITION INSTRUCTIONS Singers, please sing one verse and the chorus of two conlrwlng styles of song; one up-tempo and one ballad. Sing any type ofnuisic you enjoy, such as rock, gospel, show tunes, etc. (No Rep.) Please limit your audition to no more than two minutes. . Dancers, please prepare a iazz routine (no longer than two minutes! and one song to sing. YOU MUST PROVIDE YOUR OWN ACCOMPANIMENT whether U be a pianist or a cassette tape. We will provide a cassette deck and a piano. A*appeUa auditions will not be accepted Snare not auditioning bands, solo instrumentaRsti or dramatic acton. AUDITION LOCATIONS KANSAS CITY, MO LINCOLN, NE For more information, Saturday, January 31 , Monday, February 2 contact the Live Enter Park Place Hotel University of Nebraska tainmentDept at: (OffFrontSt atI-435) Nebraska Union- ■ Worlds of Fun Registration: 9-1 Centennial Room 4545 Worlds of Fun Ave. Registration: 3-5 Kansas City, MO 64161 KANSAS CITY, MO (816)4544545, ext. 1354 Sunday, February 8 MANHATTAN, KS www.worldsoflhn.aHn Park Place Hotel Tuesday, February 3 (OffFrontSt. at 1435) Kansas State University Registration: 10-2 K-State Union - K.,S. & U. A ^ Rooms - Registration: 3-5 ffiwM LAWRENCE KS Taesday, February 17 COLUMBIA, MO Kansas University Wednesday, February 18 7H\)r(A7wJPTfii Kansas Union - Kansas University of Missouri Room (Level 6) North Manorial Union - Hg Registration: 3-5 Walt Disney Room , Registration: 3-5 RHA encourages communication ByIevaAugstums Assignment Reporter Residence Hall Association mem bers hope to continue their efforts in maintaining communication between fellow student governing bodies this semester. Last semester, RHA hoped to improve communication between the Association of Students of the University of Nebraska, Interfraternity Council, and University of Nebraska-Lincoin’s Panhellenic Association. This semester, RHA president Ben Wallace said the group would like to continue its efforts. Wallace said he was pleased to have a line of formal communication established between RHA and ASUN because of an effort made by both groups, but would like to see a stronger effort made between RHA and both the IFC and Panhellenic. Many residence hall presidents agreed more could be done. “I feel that we are still lacking accomplishment in our goal to estab lish better communication with other student governing bodies,” said Scott Brauer, president of Cather Hall. “We have gotten on the right track, but we need more total body involvement from every member in RHA as well as the other governing bodies.” Michele Lueders, Sandoz Hall pres ident, said RHA’s main purpose is to serve students living in residence halls. “You don’t have to be in a greek house to have fun,” Lueders said. “If positive communication was estab lished between RHA and the greek system, it would be easier for RHA to promote fun, residential-hall living.” Abel Hall President Matt Knobbe said more communication needs to be established with the students living in the residence halls. “Basically, students do not care about student government,” Knobbe said. “It’s tough being a student gov erning body when students want change but are not willing to partici pate in creating change.” Wallace sai<f RHA will try to increase student involvement within the association. Alan Nietfeldt, RHA vice presi dent, said the group’s efforts in plan ning an association-wide semi-for mal on Jan. 31, have gone well, and RHA is presently working with MTV in setting up a video conference for an episode of MTV Live. “They (MTV) approached us and asked us if we would like to partici pate in their MTV Live show,” Nietfeldt said. “All I will say is RHA accepted the invitation, and RHA is in the process of working out all of the details.” The Residence Hall Association will meet on Sunday at 6:30 p.m. in the Centennial room of the Nebraska Union.
