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Asian crisis affects UNL
ASIA from page 1
permit to work off-campus was fund
ed by international affairs for some
students, said Sriprakash
Mayasandra, International Affairs
adviser for students and scholars.
Students are also being allowed
to take as few as six credit hours - if
they work more than 20 hours - and
still be considered full time for
immigration purposes, Mayasandra
said.
But despite the university’s
efforts, Tan, who is a senior mechan
ical engineering major, said many
Asian students still are struggling to
make ends meet.
The university was quite helpful
in the first semester (of the crisis),”
Tan said. “We still have the same
problems now.”
“I think the university expects us
to come up with money, even though
things haven’t changed.”
Hendrik Van Den Berg, associate
professor of international econom
ics, said Asian economies are still in
trouble.
“It’s probably gotten a little bit
worse,” he said. “Most of those
economies have sunk a little further
into recession.”
Because less money is coming
from home, Tan took an off-campus
job last December because it paid
more than his on-campus job and was
related to his major.
“It’s not supposed to be easy,” he
said. “I try to cope with work and I’m
still OK.”
Julian Tan Seng Hua, a UNL
junior management major from
Malaysia, quit school last semester
because he could not afford tuition.
“My family’s business is still
bad,” he said. “They are trying to
send me my tuition fees.”
Hua did not work last spring
because he was not a student. Hua is
still not working because he is wait
ing to receive his student status
again.
Levitov said the aid many UNL
Asian students received last semester
was unexpected. It is rare for a uni
versity to offer such generous sup
port in response to a foreign crisis, he
said.
“This was an extraordinary effort
by the chancellor to allow most peo
ple to get through the semester,”
Levitov said.
We have no idea what would
have happened had they not gotten
that money.”
Levitov said the U.S.
Immigration and Naturalization
Service in a rare move made conces
sions to allow students to apply for
work permits.
Mayasandra said Asian students
are not the only ones whose countries
are struggling economically.
Some students from the former
Soviet Union have been asking him
about aid to offset their country’s
economic troubles, he said.
Mayasandra said the Association
of International Educators has been
lobbying the INS on behalf of such
students, but no concessions have
been made yet.
However, Mayasandra pointed
out that that may be hard because
UNL has more Asian students than
Russian students.
Vladimir Oulianov, a UNL grad
Aslan student
population drops
The economic crisis in Asia has lowered
the number of graduate and
undergraduate Asian students enrolling
at the University of Nebraska-Lincoin,
particularly for Malaysian students. This
year, the university is offering less help
for those students to pay for their
education.
Fall 1997 - 361 (includes grad
and undergrad)
Malaysia-217
Indonesia - 28
Korea - 91
Philippines - 4
Thailand - 21
Fall 1998-322
Malaysia -186
Indonesia - 23
Korea - 90
Philippines - 3
Thailand - 20
Total number of international
students
Fall 1997 -1300
Fall 1998-1259
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uate student in business, said he felt
uncomfortable with his economic sit
uation.
Oulianov went back to his native
Moscow several weeks ago to get his
savings out of his bank.
“I could not get any funds from
Russian banks; deposits are frozen,”
he said. “It is unclear if funds will be
given back to people or not.”
Like many Asian students have
done, Oulianov is applying for an off
campus work permit. He is not work
ing now.
“I cannot say I feel scared, but I
feel very uncomfortable.”
Health center undergoes face lift
ByIevaAugstums
Staff writer
■ Walls, new carpet and
blinds will be included in
the renovation.
The University Health Center
went under the knife at 8 a.m.
Thursday for cosmetic surgery.
“Doctors” say the center should
peel off its bandages in about two
months with increased patient confi
dentiality.
“We are doing a little bit of a face
lift,” said Sara Bindrum, medical
materials supervisor for the health
center. “It was time for the center to
receive a new look.”
Originally built in the 1950s, the
health center’s last renovation took
place in 1984 when an addition was
built, Bindrum said. The university
usually renovates buildings every 10
to 12 years, she said.
Health Center Director Linda
Herrmann said the renovation
includes three small construction
projects, new carpet and new blinds.
“We have long awaited these
improvements,” she said.
Herrmann said the project will
replace carpet in the basement and
first floor lobbies, hallways and med
ical exam rooms. The first-floor win
dows will receive new blinds, she
said.
A structural change within the
basement will provide office space
for staff members working with the
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s
“A Matter of Degree” program. The
University of Nebraska-Lincoln will
receive a $700,000 grant from the
foundation and the American
Medical Association to help UNL
develop a plan to fight binge drink
ing.
New walls in the pharmacy and
nurse triage center will create small
rooms where staff members can talk
in private with patients.
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“Our home here pretty much
needs to be replaced,” Herrmann
said. “The changes are happening
because of general wear and tear.”
Herrmann said the health center
has received comments from students
about the center’s appearance in its
suggestions box.
“One comment talked about the
carpet up here in administration,”
Herrmann said. “That made us look
at the whole health center and consid
er renovating.”
Herrmann said no renovations
will take place on the second floor.
This includes administrative, labora
tory and Counseling and Psychology
Services, she said.
“We are primarily focused on
public areas,” Herrmann said. “These
are the areas that get used.”
Herrmann said the remodeling
project is being completely funded by
health center savings.
The 2 percent Fund B budget cuts
announced by Vice Chancellor for
Student Affairs James Griesen earlier
this month will not affect the project,
she said.
To deal with the budget cut, the
health center is looking at budget
allocations within its departments,
not raising the price of medical ser
vices.
“It’s going to hurt,” Herrmann
said. “But the health center will feel
the pain, not the students.”
Study Abroad Photo Contest!!!
$50 Prize for 1st Place
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If you have studied abroad
and took
some really great photos,
send them in!
Deadline-October 22,1998
contact: International Affaire
1237 R Street 472-5358
http://wwwMblr8.unl.edu
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