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RHA dance to foster pride ByIevaAugstums Assignment Reporter Over 350 students from UNDS resi dence halls will form a community and dance the night away on Saturday, dur ing the Residence Hall Association’s fifth annual semiformal. Taking place in the Historic Haymarket’s Lincoln Station Great Hall, the $6,000 event includes trans portation to and from the residence halls by the Big Red Bus, a dinner, din ing entertainment from a string quar tet, pictures and a disc jockey dance, Rob Holbum, RHA social chairman said. During dinner, Jan Leeper from Leadership Lincoln will speak on creat ing a residential community within the existing campus community, Angie Splittgerber, RHA entertainment chair woman, said ^ - “We want to focus on the idea of creating a unified community in the res idence halls, both on City and East cam pus,” Splittgetber said Besides creating a “close-knit” community; Tag Herbek, a senior sec ondary education social science major and Pound Hall student assistant, said he hopes the event will successfully make students want to continue the five year tradition. Holbum said the original residence hall semiformal took place in Harper Hall in 1993. Dave Williams, RHA programming chair, said every residence hall was given an open invitation to take part in this year’s event. Each hall was allotted a certain number of tickets based on the number of residents living in tfie hall and the amount of participation in last year’s event, he said. “We are amazed at the overwhelm ing response we have had this year,” Wiliams said. Shane Perkins, Neihardt Hall president, said he wasn’t surprised when Neihardt Hall sold out in six hours. 4,* •. Perkins said Neihardt’s first student assistant to sell out of tickets sold out in six minutes. ~ . Holbum said those attending the formal are encouraged to dress in appropriate attire. “This isn’t a black-tie affair,” Hobum said. “But it is very classy.” Tickets are still available at $10 each and must be purchased by a student liv ing in a residence hall. Students interest ed should contact their floor student assistant. i-1 r I l I ! 17th &‘N’ : I No Appointments Necessary I 476-9466 ;$6 Off Oil Change Service * with UNL student IE) I | Now Only $19.70 ! I (reg. $25.70, Environmental disposal fee included.) 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APU has been responsible for assembling and mail ing registration pack ets, taking reservations, raising money, organizing speakers, reserv ing the hotel, making plans to feed about 1,000 people, developing workshops and finding volunteers. “Our students were able to put together the kind of planning per spective that has gotten them the award (of holding the conference),” said Jimmi Smith, director of the Office of Multicultural Affairs and an elder on the planning committee. The conference will cost about $200,000, organizers said. Kim Stokes, APU sponsorship chair, said various groups such as the Chancellor’s Office, Academic ' Affair^ University Foundations, Student Affairs and the University Program Council have donated money. APU held a pancake feed and a dance in the fall. Organizers have solicited Lincoln and Omaha corpo rate businesses for donations as well, said Lynda Todd, sponsorship orga nizer and assistant director of the Educational Talent Search program. Much of the costs will be cov ered by registration fees, Stokes said. Students may register until the tirst day or tne con ference, Patton said. Those interested in registering can call the conference hot line at (402) 472 5397 for more infor mation. The money is paying for speakers, postage, advertising and the reservations at the Cornhusker Hotel, 333 S. 13th St., which is where most events will occur. APU has invited high-profile speakers to the conference, such as Nikki Giovanni, a poet, * author and editor; Cornel West, an author and Harvard University religion professor; and Julianne Malveaux, an economist, columnist and syndicated host. Patton said volunteers are still needed to hand out programs, take tickets at events, introduce speakers, lead workshops, get people to proper locations and help with registration. In exchange for volunteers’ ser vices, Patton said, organizers decid ed to waive the volunteers’ registra tion fees. 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