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Student directory
deliveries delayed
■ Real World cast mem
bers discuss questions on
feminism and diversity.
By Sara Gardner
StaffWriter
Diversity and feminist issues bring
up different views and opinions.
Both sides of these issues were dis
cussed Wednesday when Kameelah
Phillips and Montana McGlynn, cast
members from “The Real World” in
Boston, visited the University of
Nebraska-Lincoln for a forum.
“The Real World,” a television doc
umentary produced by MTV, chronicles
the lives of seven strangers picked to
live together for a number of months
and have their lives videotaped.
The show is in its eighth season.
The University Program Council
sponsored the event so UNL students
could realize that these issues are out
there, said Renee Emanuel, forums
chairwoman.
“Students need to combat the nega
tive feelings towards them,” Emanuel
said. “If we want to have a stronger and
more welcoming campus, individuals
need to get these messages and be open
to them.”
McGlynn spoke about feminism
and how people can identify with femi
nists.
“Some see feminists as crazy, man
hating women,” McGlynn said. “That’s
not what it is about. It involves feeling
good about yourself and what you do.”
McGlynn named her three princi
ples of feminism. They were that
women should make the same amount
of money as men for the same amount
of work, they should get equal represen
tation in government, business and reli
gion and they should feel just as safe as
men walking down the street
The examples she gave about femi
nism were interesting, said Emily
McPherson, a freshman sociology
major.
“The principles she gave really
made sense,” McPherson said.
The principles made it evident that
everyone should be a feminist, said
Amy Wolf, a freshman fashion design
major.
“It was interesting to hear
Montana’s views on what a feminist
was,” Wolf said.
Phillips spoke about diversity issues
and affirmative action.
“Ninety-five percent of the CEOs in
Fortune 500 companies are white men,”
Phillips said. “This group is making the
decisions which affect all of our lives.”
While some attended the forum to
fulfill a class requirement, some walked
away with new views on the issues.
A lot of minority groups are not get
ting die consideration they deserve, said
Chad Reade, a junior biology major.
“I came for a class and had never
seen ‘The Real World,’ but the two had
things to say which were very relevant
to our campus and the different organi
zations,” Reade said.
The program was a joint idea
among the UPC’s groups, said
Emanuel.
“The forums, gender issues and
minority committees were looking for
figures to come and talk about affirma
tive action and diversity issues,”
Emanuel said. “We wanted this infor
mation to be given while students had
fun.”
The forum took a less serious side
when the two sat for a question-and
answer session. The cast members were
asked questions about “The Real ■
World” lifestyle.
Katie Cavanah, a freshman veteri
nary science major, said it was neat to
hear about “The Real World” from a
behind-the-scenes perspective.
“I was surprised to hear that they are
not who they really are on camera,”
Cavanah said. “I didn’t realize how
stressful being on the show could be.”
By Kimberly Sweet
Senior staff writer
UNL students will receive
their student directories later than
usual this year.
Because of an error in the stu
dent listings, the student directory
will have to be sent back to the
printer, said Judy Anderson,
administrative technician in publi
cations and photography.'
Copies were distributed to
departments across campus but
had not yet been delivered to stu
dents yet, Anderson said.
Students will receive a correct
ed version of the directory, which
lists students’ names, addresses
and phone numbers, in a couple of
weeks.
“The listings were incorrect,
and that was the main reason we
put it out,” Anderson said. “We
decided students wanted it enough
to be reprinted.”
A company in Lubbock, Texas,
ms
that specializes in publishing stu
dent directories prints the publica
tion, Anderson said.
Earlier this week, Centrex
directories with the names and
phone numbers of university
administrators, faculty and staff
were passed out Those directories
were printed at the university and
are correct, Anderson said.
The student directories are free
to students. Anderson said she was
unsure how much it would cost to
reprint them.
The process of compiling stu
dent directories begins in the sum
mer, Anderson said. University
departments submit updated infor
mation to be published in the
directory.
The process of updating stu
dent directories begins in
September and goes until the end
of October.
Students can request their
information not be printed in the
directory at the beginning of the
school year, Anderson said.
Former Iowa teacher speaks against racism in the U.S.
ByTinaHargens
Staff writer
About 300 people attended a pre
sentation Wednesday on prejudice in the
United States at Nebraska Wesleyan
University.
“1116 Anatomy of Prejudice” was a
three-hour presentation given by Jane
Elliott. The former Iowa elementary
school teacher stunned the nation in
1968 with her “Blue-Eyed, Brown
Eyed” classroom discrimination exer
cise.
“I am a racist,” Elliott said. “From
birth, I was conditioned to be racist.
Every white American is.”
r The day after Martin Luther King Jr.
was assassinated, Elliott decided that
her class of all white third graders need
ed to learn about racism. She invented
the “Blue-Eyed, Brown-Eyed” experi
ment.
Elliott said she used eye color
because of Hitter’s idea of a perfect
world full of blue-eyed people.
, The students were divided into
groups, either blue- or brown-eyed. The
Tust day, the blue-eyed students were
told they were superior.
They were told they were smarter,
prettier and generally better than brown
eyed students. The brown-eyed students
could not play at recess. They couldn’t
even sit with the blue-eyed students.
Elliott said she saw results immedi
ately.
The blue-eyed students began teas
ing the other students. Elliott said she
didn’t realize the impact the experiment
would have.
The next day, the groups were
switched. The brown-eyed students
were superior. Elliott, being blue-eyed,
was put down by the students. She soon
learned about anger and discrimination.
Elliott continued the experiment for
12 years.
“If I would have known what I know
now, I don’t know if I would have car
ried out the experiment,” she said.
Elliott said that her parents lost their
restaurant because the town didn’t want
to eat food made by her parents, who
were practically the only people in town
who accepted minorities.
When Elliott was teaching school,
other teachers and staff isolated her
because of her beliefs. No one would
66
From birth, I was conditioned to be racist.
Every white American is.”
Jane Elliott
former Iowa schoolteacher
speak to her.
“Racism is not human nature. It’s
taught,” Elliott said.
Elliott laughed at the belief that
America is a melting pot. She said that
the country is a stir-fry.
People don’t mash up the ingredi
ents when they make stir-fry food, she
said. Each vegetable is different. Each
has its own shape, size and color.
Elliott said people should maintain
their identities. They don’t rieecf to niesh
or blend in with everyone else.
Other areas of discrimination
included gender and sexual orientation.
“Everyone says they aren’t racist
and try to prove it by telling people of
color that they have friends of color,”
Elliott said. “What they don’t realize is,
they just admitted to being racist.”
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