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■ 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
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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.
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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.
