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_SPORTS_ A & E ^ ISDAY Jump around Building blocks February 17, 1998 NU long lumper Chris Wright turned down bas- “In Appreciation Of... a new Daily Nebraskan ketball scholarships trom UCLA and North series, opens today with an installment on archi- HERE We Go AGAIN ... C arolina to pursue his track career PAGE 7 tecture. BAC K PAGE Snow, high 36. Flurries tonight, low 26. VOL. 97 COVERING THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA-LINCOLN SINCE 1901 " NO 99 Ruwe: Students get to voice opinions ■ Diversity, sensitivity and e-mail issues take center stage at the forum moderated by ASUN. j By Lindsay Young Assignment Reporter five davs after a press conference-turned cireus. eiMlity reigned Mondav in a student organi/ed forum discussing a professor's alleged racist e-mail. About 100 people gathered m the Nebraska l mon k mam lounge for a forum focused on the recent uproar over hnuhsh Professor David Hiblerk e-mail prose, which some sav contain racist remarks, including the word "nigga " I he forum, modelated hv the Association of Students ot the I niveisitv of Nebraska, was tie id t give 'tudents the oppoitunitv to let their ■pinions be heard ,\Si N President ( urt Kuwe '.till. I lie e-m.ni uas sent tins,mu md to more than '0(. people at the heqittmne ot tehruam o't ■ null a aim ersii\ nsiset \ Accordin'.: to !iiNc; tile e-n,ai! u;i' a result ot a proeram mmp error i - 1 iik. ii ' _ i • a , j v. vt .**.1 j ' j ‘< 1 i i U ill i v U 1 speak t : I minute- me!udine liihlet. who at'ended and lead ttom a prepared speech, Kuwe numerator , •-! ;he torum. -utlined questions iie anted speaker - t address ® Does tiu am'.e! - m h etmueh to pt-> motc d)\et'i!\ -od seiM' :f - - ncs ■ What resp n --1 h l i 11 d- e- the tumeisii, Have hot the ml tmatmn post,.. < .... its e-mati stem-. II W hat measure- shouiw 'iie uruersitc take to pi. -nii to dt\ el'-.jt\ and -m. - it r> it-, i-sues Despite the e-maii s intentions, some meni hei ■- -! the audwuwe said somethmp had to s iuitipe Please see FORUM on i ..... . .... ,. , Ryan Sodfrlin/DN UNL LAW STUDENT Nasim Zawadi, speaking at a student forum Monday, called for students to come together to work toward improving diversi ty and sensitivity training among all members of the university. ASUN moderated the forum at the Nebraska Union to hear students’ opinions on English Professor David Hibler’s reputed racist e-mail. Former student: UNL has age bias By Josh Funk Seruur Reporter A for m e r LNL student is suing the uimersitv because he says he was discriminated against because of his age. (i era Id Lgan. 63. says the University of \ebraska Uincoln did not hire him as a student assistant because of his age He is suing U N L in federal court for age discrimi nation and damages totaling more than $300,000, tgan's attorney. Robert W. Chapin, said when hgan tried to find out win he w as not hired, h e was e n c o u r a g e d t o apply again "But then someone told him thev were never going to hire him." Chapin said I Mondav. ■ 1 University attorneys Monday declined to comment on the case because thee had not had time to review the charges. Hgan applied for the SA joh in spring 1 996. A 3 0-year veteran ol sec ondary and p o s t - s ec o n d ar v education. Egan needed to re certify his teaching certificate so he could take advantage of teaching opportunities in Iowa or Australia in August 1997. Egan said he was unable to attend the university without getting the free room and board the SA job prov ided and is now suing to reclaim wages lost from the SA job and his teaching opportunities. Service in the Korean Aar wou 1 d have allowed him to Please see EGAN on 3 J Leaders unite conferences By Lindsay Young Assignment Reporter Two groups of UNL student lead ers took steps Saturday toward a "more total community.” UNL's Minority Leadership Conference and the University Leadership C onference joined togeth er to form one conference at the University of Nehraska-L incoln's Wick Alumni Center. Because both conferences shared the same underlying theme, student planners decided the conferences, which are usually held separatelv, should join. "We re all leaders together." Bradette Hemmerling. ULC chair woman. said. Kris Baack. ULC adviser, agreed, saving cooperative efforts should be consistently strived for on campus. "If we want to build community, we ought to build more of a total com munity,” Baack said. The merger brought the ULC to a new level, Hemmerling said. 66 It s more productive. There s no reason to split minorities and everything else apart." Linda Tran planning committee member Hong Phrommany. MLC chair man. said the combined conference would now attract more minority stu dents. address minority issues and bring in more minority speakers. There was a high percentage of minority students at the conference, said C huck vanRossum. assistant director for the Minority Assistance Program in the office of Multi cultural Affairs VanRossum ran a workshop at the conference. Organizers hope that percentage will increase and include a more div erse group of minorities. The merger also helped both groups financially because resources were pooled organizers said. "It's more productive." said Linda Tran, a junior planning committee member "There's no reason to split minorities and everything else apart.” Baack said she hoped the Woman's Leadership Conference, which will be held next month, will consider joining the MLC and ULC in the merger next year. Sharon Auw, a junior planning committee member, said the variety of speakers and number of workshops on diversity issues was good for the con ference. Workshops held included Please see LEADERS on 3 Read the Daily Nebraskan on the World Wide Web at http://ujww.unl.edu/DaihNeb
