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Heated win
An ejection of Texas A&M goalie Melanie Wilson
helped Nebraska’s soccer team win 1-0 in the third
round of die NCAA Tournament. PAGE 6
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Asia Meets America
Hong Youn-Kim combined the styles of Asian
and American clothing designers in her exhibit,
“East Meets West.” PAGE 9
MONDAY
1999
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VOL. 99
Volleyball
celebrates
successes
■ Volleyball alumnae gathered to
celebrate 25 years of excellence in
the sport.
By John Gaskins
Staff writer
When members of Pat Sullivan’s 1975
Nebraska volleyball team first tied their
shoelaces and stepped onto the court, they
probably didn’t even come close to fathoming
the celebration that took place Saturday night at
the Bob Devaney Sports Center.
They probably didn’t fathom that they were
building the foundation of one of the nation’s
premier volleyball programs, a program that
has won 81 percent of its matches, 21 confer
ence championships and a national champi
onship in 1995.
They probably didn’t fathom that the pass
ing of Title IX - a tSW^eqiial
Constitutional amendment - and a go-ahead by
former Athletic Director Bob Devaney in 1975
to allow Nebraska to officially compete in inter
collegiate volleyball would lead to a program
synonymous with the words “tradition” and
“dynasty.”
And they probably didn’t fathom that 8,279
roaring Big Red fans - the third-largest crowd
in Nebraska home volleyball history - would
give them and about three dozen other former
players a standing ovation for all of this 24 years
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Aleidine Moeller Is a recipient of the Outstanding German Educator
Award given ty the American Association nf Teachers of German.
Making a difference daily
■ Professor hopes that NU
will remember her for more
than her awards.
By Tiffany Chantee Alvoid
Staffwriter
Aleidine Moeller is humble in
nature.
Moeller, or Ali as she is known to all
of her colleagues, was not eager to talk
about how she won the American
Association of Teachers of German
Outstanding German Educator Award
for the college/university division.
She was reluctant to discuss any of
the numerous awards that covered a
greater portion of her office wall.
“Awards are OK. •EeschiM arf karn-^
mg are very important m life. When you
can find joy in learning, you find joy in
life,’' she said.
Moeller, who has a doctorate in for
eign language education and second lan
guage acquisition and is a UNL German
professor, was one of four teachers
nationwide to receive the award this
year.
Each year, the award is given to four
teachers who exemplify excellence in
the teaching of German, participate in
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you find joy in life” ^
Aleidine Moeller
UNL German professor
professional organizations, contribute to
German language education and have
the potential to continue to grow as
German educators.
One teacher is selected from across
the nation from each of the four divi
sions, including elementary, middle
school, high school and college/univer
sity.
When pressed for a reason why she
was selected for the award, Moeller said,
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gram she helped to create, of which she
is now its program director.
The German On-line: Distance
Education Network project is a comput
er program that offers six online courses
in German language pedagogy. Through
this program, German teachers have the
opportunity to earn degrees and do grad
uate work.
Moeller is more apt to talk about her
students than die awards on her wall.
When asked what she liked best
about her job, she said, “I like every
thing.”
It is apparent that working with stu
dents is her passion.
Every spring semester, she teaches a
University Honors Seminar called
“Improving Children’s Life Chances”
for juniors and seniors through the
Service Learning Program. The students
Some of the facilities the students
work with, Moeller said, are the
Attention Center and the Cedar’s Home
for Children.
Many of Moeller’s concerns, and
much of her pride, are tied to her stu
dents.
One issue that particularly disturbs
her is that education is not accessible to
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