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Summit focuses on black male community
By Margaret Behm
Staff writer
Following African tradition,
an event that was open to all
members of the black communi
ty took place Friday night before
an event for black men only.
“It is an African tradition that
the people of the community
gather before the men go away to
discuss matters,” said Leon
Caldwell, assistant professor of
psychology.
“Remembering ‘Doc’” was a
tribute to the late Melvin Jones,
former University of Nebraska
Lincoln vice chancellor of busi
ness and finance, and it took
place the night before the Black
Male Empowerment Summit.
Eric Lee, co-organizer of the
summit, said he was pleased the
tribute evening opened the sum
mit’s events.
“What an incredible opportu
nity and evening for black men,
black women and youth to come
together to celebrate our her
itage, our culture and our peo
ple,” he said.
Caldwell encouraged audi
” Just because we ’re at a white
institution doesn’t mean we have
to act white.”
ence members to express them
selves during the evening’s
songs, dances and poetry read
ings.
“Just because we’re at a white
institution doesn’t mean we have
to act white,” said Caldwell, co
Leon Caldwell
summit co-organizer
organizer of the summit.
Colleen Jones, Melvin Jones’
widow, presented
“Remembering ‘Doc’” and said
Melvin Jones inspired people to
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NATO head
speaks at
Omaha
■ Secretary General George
Robertson talks about Europe’s
growing responsibility in alliance.
By Brian Carlson
Staff writer
OMAHA - To ensure NATO’s continued
strength, the United States must remain commit
ted to the alliance even as Europe assumes
greater responsibility, NATO Secretary General
George Robertson said Friday.
“We must strengthen the European side of the
alliance to ensure a more healthy alliance for the
future,” he said in a speech at the University of
Nebraska at Omaha. “Europe must have the
capability to take the lead in handling crises
when the United States chooses not to be
engaged.”
Robertson, who became secretary general m
August after two years as British defense minis
ter, visited Omaha at the invitation of Sen. Chuck
Hagel, R-Neb., a member of the Senate Foreign
Relations Committee.
Hagel had planned to attend, but he had to
„ remain in Washington, D.C., as the Senate voted
on budget bills.
Robertson thanked Hagel and Rep. Doug
Bereuter, R-Neb., a member of the House
International Relations Committee, for their
commitment to NATO.
“NATO is still the best foreign policy invest
ment the United States of America has ever
made,” he said. “We have to work hard to pre
serve and strengthen the U.S. commitment to
NATO.
“It’s what we do every day in Europe, and it’s
what Chuck Hagel and Doug Bereuter stand for
every day in the Senate and the House of
Representatives.”
Robertson said the defense alliance, founded
in the wake of World War II as a bulwark against
Soviet communism, remains the world’s most
powerful guarantor of democracy, human rights
and the rule of law.
To improve NATO’s effectiveness in the post
Cold War era, he said, two things are critical: a
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Shangri-La banquet celebrates Asian cultures
By Katie Mueting
Staff writer
On a high mountain in Asia lies a
mystical place named Shangri-La.
It is a utopian land that exists only
in fairy tales, said Nga Dinh, president
of the Asian Student Alliance.
Members of ASA attempted to cre
ate a utopia of their own through an
event called Shangri-La on Saturday
night in die Nebraska Union.
The banquet brought together
Asian students from different countries
to share with others their cultures
through food, storytelling, a martial
arts demonstration, song and dance.
About 150 tickets were sold to the
banquet, said David Dinh, one of ASA’s
vice presidents. Die event was the cul
mination of Asian American
Awareness Week.
Guests ate food freon various Asian
countries. They ate Japanese California
rolls, appetizers that contained avoca
do, imitation crab meat and steamed
rice, wrapped in a seaweed paper,
David Dinh said.
After a main course with entries
such as beef lagoo and General Trap’s
chicken, guests ate Kheer, a dessert
from India. This was similar in consis
tency to rice pudding and contained
spices also found in pumpkin pie, said
Keerun Kamble, one of ASA’s 33
members.
Kamble, a freshman, performed
the Bharata Natym, a classical Indian
dance.
Performers also danced a Filipino
national dance called the Tinkling
Dance. Leilani and Tani Evans hopped
in and out of bamboo poles, which
were moving up and down in rhythm.
“This dance represents and imitates
the movements of the tinkling birds as
they walk between the grass stems,
through the tree branches, trying to
avoid bamboo traps set by farmers,”
said Thuy Pham, a master of cere
monies.
Although Shangri-La is a mystical
place, there are still explorers who
attempt to find this land of wisdom and
peace, shid Nga Dinh, a sophomore
biochemistry major.
David Dinh, who was also a master
of ceremonies, said explorers in Asia
are not the only people searching for
this utopia.
“As Asian immigrants, we are also
searching for our Shangri-La,” said
David Dinh, a sophomore international
business major.
Asian-American students at UNL
struggle with racism and misunder
standing of their cultures, he said.
“As ASA members, we try to make
UNDs campus a Shangri-La of our own
... To do so, we need to ask ourselves,
‘Are we willing to put forth the effort to
understand and learn of other cul
tures?’” David Dinh said.
“If we all answer this ‘yes,’ we are
one step closer to finding Shangri-La.”
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ASIAN STUDENT AUIANCE President Nga Dlnh dances the “Nu Hong Mong
Manh,” a Vietnamese dance, with other members of ASA at the Shangri-La
celebration In the Nebraska Union ballroom Saturday night. Shangri-La is
described as a utopia on earth.