; Science Day 2000 gives teens UNL experience
■ Students from area
schools learn from UNL
professors at event.
By Jackie Blair
Staff writer
High school and middle school
students got a taste of college
Saturday when they attended various
science classes on UNL’s campus.
Science Day 2000 was held from
9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The students went to
hour-long sessions taught by UNL
science professors and other profes
sionals.
Scott Josiah, state extension
forester, held a session titled, “The
Forest: It’s What’s for Breakfast.”
Josiah said there are many foods
and materials humans receive from
trees that people often take for grant
ed.
At the session, students tasted
papayas, mangos and various jellies,
which all came from trees.
Josiah awarded prizes -
Nebraska calendars, magazines and
hats - to the students who knew the
most about natural resources.
Another session was titled “DNA
Isolation from Food,” which was
taught by George Veomett, a UNL
professor of biology.
There, the students were able to
extract and see DNA from strawber
ries and onions.
Veomett also quizzed the stu
dents on how well they knew the sub
ject.
The students answered ques
tions that some UNL students said
they didn’t know.
Kathleen Anthofer, a junior pre
nursing major, said she was sur
prised at the students’ knowledge.
“These little middle-schoolers
know more than I do about this
stuff,” she said. “How embarrass
ing.”
Other activities throughout the
day included cockroach races, sea
urchin in-vitro fertilization and
paper chromatography.
The keynote speaker, Dr.
Eugenie Scott, spoke in the
Nebraska Union’s auditorium about
“Creationism & Evolution: The
Problem That Won’t Go Away.”
Science Day activities were held
in conjunction with the state Science
Olympiad.
The Olympiad is a competition in
which middle-school and high
^ These little middle-schoolers know
more than I do about this stuff. How
embarrassing.”
Kathleen Anthofer
junior pre-nursing major
school students compete by creating
science projects.
The awards ceremony for the
Science Olympiad was held at 5 p.m.
Awards of $ 150 were given to the
first-place team’s school science
program and medals were awarded
to the top five competitors in each of
the 36 events.
Also, winners in six of the
Science Olympiad events are eligible
for $500 UNL scholarships.
They will get the scholarships if
they enroll at UNL and register with
a science department major.
All the winning Olympiad teams
will be supported with money from
the University of Nebraska Math and
Science Area of Strength to compete
in the National Science Olympiad
competition in Spokane, Wash.
Vke president of Aboriginal
tribe cancels speech
What would have been the first
visit to Nebraska by someone from
Canada’s Nunavut Tunngavik region
was canceled Sunday.
James Eetoolook was scheduled
to speak at the University of
Nebraska-Lincoln Monday after
• noon but was unable to make it
: because of happenings at home.
English professors Fran Kaye
and George Wolf both said
Eetoolook’s visit would have shed
light on a region most people don’t
know about.
“(Eetoolook) comes from this
new government,” Wolf said. “(His
visit would have given) people here a
chance to have an understanding of
what’s going on north of us in the
government.”
Eetoolook is the first vice presi
dent of Nunavut Tunngavik, the
largest self-governing Aboriginal
. community in the world.
Because it takes two days to trav
el to Nebraska from the eastern arctic
of Canada, English Professor Fran
Kaye said Eetoolook did not have
time to make the trip.
, Kaye said she hoped Eetoolook’s
< visit would he rescheduled for
September or October.
Honors convocation
recognizes students, faculty
More than 3,300 students and 26
-CAMPUS BRIEFS
faculty members were recognized
for outstanding achievement Friday
at the 72nd annual all-university hon
ors convocation.
Students who were honored
included 33 Chancellor’s Scholars.
These students will graduate in May
with perfect 4.0 GPAs.
An additional 402 seniors were
named Superior Scholars for finish
ing in the top 3 percent of their col
leges or for being on the honors list
since their freshman years.
Another 2,875 students were rec
ognized for GPAs above 3.6.
Faculty members received
awards for outstanding teaching,
research, student advising or service.
Bull Fry raises $3,500
despite rainy weather
Sheri Ramirez and her daughter,
Amber, will soon see almost $3,500,
thanks to the annual Bull Fiy at East
Campus.
The Bull Fry was held Saturday
at Burr Residence Hall and featured
hamburgers,bull fries and carnival
games.
After expenses, the rest of the
$3,500 will go to Amber Ramirez,
who had the left half of her brain
removed last summer because of
severe seizures.
Tracey Orsbum, a freshman agri
cultural sciences and natural
resources major, said 468 people
were served food Saturday at the
Bull Fry.
Brad Robertson, a freshman agri
business major, said the Bull Fry was
moved inside Saturday because of
bad weather.
“I don’t think that we had as
many people because of the rain, but
we still had a good turn-out,”
Robertson said.
Meat Animal Evaluation Team
gets second place in contest
The UNL Meat Animal
Evaluation Team placed second over
all at the Northwestern Meat Animal
Evaluation Contest at the University
of Wvomine earlier this month.
The UNL team placed first in
breeding, first in carcass and third in
the market division.
Team member David Wilke
placed second overall, with a second
place finish in the breeding division
and a seventh-place finish in the car
cass division.Bart Deterding was
fifth overall, with a second-place fin
ish in the carcass division.
Dallas Choat was third in breed
ing and third in carcass. Greg
Koinzan was-seventh in breeding.
Troy Fletcher was 10th in the market
division.
Coach Keith Gilster said the con
test is educational because students
evaluate breeding and market live
stock and meats.
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Creativity
used after
plane’s
stairs break
, GRAND ISLAND (AP) -
Airport staff used a bit of creativity to
help 113 passengers and six crew
members get off a chartered plane
with broken stairs.
After four hours of trying to fix a
broken drive mechanism and a
snapped electric cable, airport staff
unloaded the passengers and crew
into the snow bucket of a front-end
loader.
The heavy bucket was specially
equipped Saturday with a bit of car
pet to soften the ride.
It took about 45 minutes to get
everyone out of the Sierra Pacific
737, which was chartered for a 4 p.m.
takeoff to take passengers to Nevada
for a five-day gambling trip.
The stairs could not be closed lo
allow takeoff, but they finally were
fixed at about 9 p.m., and the plane
departed.
“This is the first stair episode I
have had,” said airport manager Bill
Stovall.
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Agriculture and Natural Resources Week
April 15 - 22, 2000
EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE WEEK
Monday
• “Lir Tuggers Tractor Pull”
5 p.m.
•CNIi Feed 6 p.m.
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•CASNR Kids Day
9 a.m. - 2 p,m.
• Ag Olympics
4 p.m.- 5 p.m.
Wednesday
• Professor Appreciation
Breakfast 6:30-8 a.m.
•R.P. Smith - Cowboy
Poet 7 p.m.
Thursday
•Alpha Gamma Rho
Philanthropy BBQ 11 a.m. -
2 p*nrv r
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•Rodeo Queen Contest
: 7 pm " .
Friday
•UNL Rodeo 7 p.m. at
Saunders County
Fairgrounds
•Rodeo Dance 9:30 p.m. at
Starlite Ballroom in Wahoo
Saturday
•UNL Rodeo 1 p.m. at
Saunders County
Fairgrounds
•UNL Rodeo Dance 9:30
p.m.
Sponsored by:
College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural
Resources Advisory Board
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GREEK WEEK 2000
“Linking Yesterday’s Tradition to Tomorrow’s Success**
Monday, April 17th
1:30—Triad Banner Judging
5:30—'Triad Dinner Exchanges
7:00-*Speaker Don “Dipper” DiPaolo at the Lied
Tuesday, April 18th
7:30-9:00 am~Chapter Advisor/House Director
Breakfast at the Wick Center
1:00-4:00—Ice Cream Social, Union Greenspace
Wednesday, April 19th
Wear your Greek letters day!
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