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RHA giyes
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Asian-aid
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By IevaAugstums
Assignment Reporter
While the economy in Asia is
falling, student support for those
affected is on the rise.
RHA members talked Sunday
about the differences between
American and Asian economies;
then the Residence Hall
Association passed a bill support
ing its dedication to University of
Nebraska-Lincoln international
residence hall students affected
by the Asian economic crisis.
RHA President Ben Wallace
said the purpose of the bill was to
voice support for the measures the
university may adopt in response
to the Asian economic crisis.
I he bill states that RHA has a
duty to be responsive to the needs
of all of the students in the halls.”
With the majority of interna
tional students living on campus,
Wallace said, RHA is responsible
for their living accommodations.
“We need to do what we can to
help out our fellow students and
peers,” Wallace said. “Their per
manent address may be in another
country, but they are our neigh
bors.”
Association of Students of the
University of Nebraska Senator
Kara Slaughter worked on the bill
with Wallace and answered ques
tions brought forward by RHA
members.
Larry Willis, a Husker Hall
senator, said he was pleased with
UNL and its efforts but was con
cerned about the American stu
dent response.
“This is a very amiable thing
the university is doing, but if it
was our economy, I don’t think
the action taken would be the
same,” Willis said.
Residential Enhancement
Chairman Jadd Stevens disagreed.
“If we can lend our support to
this issue, we should,” Stevens
said. “It is about lending a help
ing hand and showing our sup
port, not keeping our hands in our
pockets.”
Slaughter said this is the worst
crisis that Asian countries have
had, and the students would be
doing a disservice to the universi
ty and their peers if they were not
willing to show support.
“Asian students are contribut
ing more to this campus than just
paying tuition,” Slaughter said.
“Academically they are lead
ers in the classroom, and they are
a rich part of UNL’s diverse uni
versity culture.”
In other RHA business:
■ The association is sponsor
ing a $500 scholarship for out
standing leadership and service in
the residence halls. Applications
will be available at the front desks
of all residence halls on Thursday
and will be due in the RHA
office, 237 Union, by March 13.
■ A residence town hall meet
ing will be held on Feb. 11 at 8
p.m. in the Abel Hall ballroom.
The topic of discussion is UNL’s
food service. Students will be
able to voice their opinions again
this year about dining hall food.
For more information contact
Stevens, Residential
Enhancement chairman, (402)
436-9143.
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Another activity available was
chromatography, or separating
plant pigments with different sol
vents.
Yvonne Gindt, an assistant
chemistry professor at the
University of Nebraska at Kearney,
let children isolate proteins.
The kids also tasted paper to see
whether they had certain genetic
traits. People with certain traits can
taste chemicals others cannot.
The children then determined
the types of blood with a mock
blood-typing kit and examined
slides of animal blood under a
microscope.
But the presentation that gar
nered the most attention Saturday
belonged to Jim Carr, a brightly
dressed UNL chemistry professor,
who demonstrated chemical explo
sions - very loud ones, which could
be heard on all three floors of the
museum.
When Carr held a candle to an
ordinary-looking balloon, a thun
dering boom accompanied a bas
ketball-sized ball of flame.
“All the candle did was burn a
hole in the balloon allowing the
heat to get to its contents,” Carr
said, as he explained the explosion
to a crowd of children gathered
around him.
But the child assisting Carr had
an even simpler explanation:
“Whoah!”
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