November 8, 1996


Like a Fine Wine

The texture and detail of this handrail in UNL's Architecture Hall is a good example of how some things only get better with time. Architecture Hall was constructed in 1894 and originally served as the university's library.

No Scarlet Nov. 29

The Scarlet will not be published during the week of Nov. 25 (the Nov. 29 issue) due to the Thanksgiving holiday.

Only four issues of the Scarlet remain for the calendar year - Nov. 15 and 22 and Dec. 6 and 13.

Jane Elliot to Discuss Prejudice and Race Nov. 20

Jane Elliot, a nationally known speaker on prejudice and race, will speak at 7 p.m. Nov. 20 in the Centennial Room of the Nebraska Union.

Elliot has appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show, Donahue, and was selected as one of Peter Jenning's ABC-TV "Persons of the Week." She has also been the subject of several award-winning documentaries.

Elliot is considered an expert on race relations and discrimination because of her "Blue Eyes, Brown Eyes" discrimination experiment. This exercise labeled students inferior or superior based on their eye color. This was first done in an all-white third grade classroom in Riceville, Iowa, after the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. It has been repeated with dramatic results in both children and adults in the U.S. and abroad to teach about the anatomy of prejudice and the effects of racism on both the perpetrators and the victims of discrimination.

This event offers a learning experience for all students and faculty, especially those in the field of education or psychology.

Holiday Closedown Just Around the Corner

The 1996 Christmas closedown will begin Dec. 23 and continue through Jan. 1.

Dec. 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 30, and Jan. 1 will be UNL holidays. In order to provide for an uninterrupted closedown during the 1996 Christmas season, one day, Dec. 31, will need to be taken as a day of annual leave or leave without pay, according to Terry Tallon, payroll manager.

Tallon said that in order for a regular employee to receive pay for a holiday, an employee must be in pay status for the full work shift on the last scheduled work day prior to the holiday and the first scheduled work day after the holiday. Employees who elect to take Dec. 31 as a day of leave without pay will not forfeit any holiday pay.

The Dec. 31 monthly checks (except those for which we have authorization for electronic direct deposit) will be mailed to the employee's permanent address on Dec. 30. Bi-weekly payday will commence as normal on Dec. 21 and Jan. 2. No bi-weekly checks will be automatically mailed.

Employees who have their checks electronically deposited will have their accounts credited on Dec. 19 (bi-weekly), Jan. 2 (bi-weekly) and Dec. 31 (monthly). Payroll deposit advices will be distributed to the employee's primary home department. Bi-weekly paid employees can expect to receive them on Dec. 16 and Jan. 2 and monthly employees should receive them on Dec. 20. Those who have their December monthly checks mailed to them should verify their permanent address on their Personal Data Form (PDF) on file in their departments. Address changes or corrections must be submitted to the Data Entry/IANR Finance Office by Dec. 16.

Other Holiday Payroll Options: All envelopes and written notices for these options must reach the Bursar/IANR Finance Office by Dec. 16:

'Good News Bears' to Visit UNL

The Good News Bears, a group of at-risk, inner-city children from north Omaha will visit the UNL campus Nov. 9 as part of a program coordinated by the College of Business Administration.

Started five years ago with 37 children, Good News Bears is a club dedicated to teaching morals and values to underpriviledged children of all races. Membership averages from 90-120 children, 98 percent of whom come from single-parent homes. Omaha pastor James Patterson said his goal for the group is to create a foundation from which the children can become productive, accountable citizens who learn to give their best back to the community. Members of the Good News Bears are encouraged to stay in school and their trip to the UNL campus is designed to support their talents and aspirations in a collegiate setting.

The group traveling to Lincoln on Saturday includes 17 boys and five girls, ages 5-13, who will be attending a Nebraska football game for the first time. Other activities for the day include a breakfast sponsored by the Nebraska Union and a tour of the College of Business Administration; a tour of the Nebraska football facilities, including a walk through the players' tunnel and onto the playing field; lunch at Selleck residence hall, sponsored by the UNL admissions office; the Nebraska-Missouri football game, with tickets donated by the College of Business Administration and finally, a trip through the University of Nebraska State Museum. Hosts for the day are members of CBA's Student Advisory Board.

UNOPA to Meet Nov. 12

UNOPA will meet from 11:45 a.m.-1 p.m. Nov. 12 in the Nebraska Union Ballroom. The Floyd S. Oldt Boss of the Year Award will be presented and the program will be by Lincoln historian, Jim McKee.

Contact Karen Green for reservations, 472-4688.

Teaching Strategies Discussed Nov. 19

A breakfast and discussion with student panelists will highlight the Teaching and Learning Center's Teaching Strategies That Make a Difference: Advancing Your Students' Knowledge and Study Skills - The Students' Perspective from 8:30-10 a.m. Nov. 19 in the Selleck Hall private dining room. Chris Marvin, TLC associate, will lead the discussion. Panel members include Shelly Bartlett, senior, secondary education; Jason Christensen, senior, marketing; DeAngelo Evans, freshman, journalism; Janece Feldhacker, junior, sociology; Shiela Kula, graduate student, special education; and Vernon Miller, freshman, business administration.

To register, contact the Teaching and Learning Center, e-mail teaching@unlinfo.unl.edu or call 472-3079.

Run for Arthritis Dec. 7

The Jingle Bell Run for Arthritis will start at 8 a.m. Dec. 7 with race options that include a 5-mile run, and 2-mile walk/run and a 1-mile Candy Cane walk/run for children 12 and under.

Race entry forms are available in Room 32 of the College Activities Building on East Campus or the City Campus Recreation Center. Entry fee is $10 per person.

The deadline for entries to be a part of the UNL team is Nov. 13. For further information, call 472-2479.

Wasting No Time

David Santin of Dickey & Burnham Inc. secures a form for a concrete piling Tuesday while beginning work on a new temporary handicapped ramp and entrance on the west side of the Nebraska Union. The new entrance will replace the north entrance, which will be closed at the end of the year for the renovation and expansion of the union. (Photo by Richard Wright)

New Student Directory is Now Available

The official 1996-97 UNL Student Directory is now available. One copy has been distributed free of charge to each university department. If a department needs additional copies, call Diane at 472-3415, or pick one up at either the Nebraska Union or campus bookstore. A UNL ID will be required to receive a directory in this manner.

Apartment Available in University Towers

UNL College of Fine & Performing Arts has some time available in a two-bedroom apartment in University Towers at 128 North 13th Street. The apartment is furnished, including linen and kitchen supplies. Stays of one week or longer are preferred, but shorter stays will be considered. Contact Ron Bowlin at 472-2997 if interested.

Presentation of CA Service Awards Nov. 21

President Dennis Smith will host Central Administration service award recipients at Varner Hall at 10 a.m. Nov. 21. The following individuals will be honored for their years of service with the university:

Douglas C. Dygas, 20 years, Computing Services; John F. Young, 20 years, Computing Services; Karen J. Zimmerman, 20 years, Computing Services; Kristy J. Hattan, 15 years, Computing Services; John C. Wiltse, 15 years, Vice President and General Counsel; Gayle Hanshaw, 10 years, Computing Services; Jayne B. Sutton, 10 years, Office of the President; Theodora A. Walker, 10 years, Office of the President; Ivan D. Yowell, 10 years, Computing Services; Susan F. Church, 5 years, Computing Services; Carmen K. Maurer, 5 years, Vice President and General Counsel; Ruth A. Polacek, 5 years, Computing Services; Ronald W. Ritchey, 5 years, Computing Services.

Corrections to Upcoming Human Resources Events

The Human Resource upcoming events section of the Business & Finance page in the Nov. 1 edition of the Scarlet contained several inaccuracies. Please note the following corrections:


Effects of TV Violence Examined on EduCable

Has your child seen someone killed on television? By age 12, the average American child has seen 8,000 television murders.

Today's working parents have less time for their kids, yet everyone agrees that the job of regulating television violence should start with the parent.

On "The Smart Parent's Guide to TV Violence," airing at 7 p.m. Nov. 17, on EduCable, the cable television service of the Nebraska ETV Network, a studio audience of parents will be joined by key experts, including National PTA representative Ginny Markell and First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton, to discuss television violence in their homes.

During the hour-long program, the studio audience will watch the violence their kids are seeing. They'll ponder its effects and share tips on taking back control of the television set.

"The Smart Parent's Guide to TV Violence" is co-hosted by nationally renowned children's TV expert Milton Chen and Dominique DiPrima, former host of "Home Turf," an Emmy Award-winning children's show. The special is telecast with closed captions for hearing-impaired viewers.

'Oregon Trail' Returns for Encore Nov. 17

"In Search of the Oregon Trail," an epic documentary produced by the Nebraska ETV Network and Oregon Public Broadcasting that was nationally broadcast by public television stations around the country last April, is returning for a special encore performance. The program will be broadcast twice on Sunday, Nov. 17, at 2 p.m. and 6 p.m. on all stations of the Nebraska ETV Network.

Native American scholars, noted historians of the American West, emigrants' journals, breathtaking photography and historical reenactment combine to tell the real story of the migration of hundreds of thousands of Americans along the route known as the Oregon Trail in this new public television documentary. While the popular story of the Oregon Trail is well known from Hollywood films and television, the story of the actual experience is much more compelling and complex. "In Search of the Oregon Trail," based largely upon the written diaries of the emigrants involved, looks at the actual day-to-day effort of the trip and explores two areas often misunderstood: the relationships of the emigrants with Native American tribes, and the roles that women played on the trail.

Roger Welsch Talks with Radio's Tom Becka

KFAB radio personality and talk show host Tom Becka is this week's guest on Roger Welsch & when the interview series airs at 8:30 p.m. Nov. 15 on the Nebraska ETV Network.

Welsch comments, "No doubt about it, I hate talk radio with call-ins from listeners. A half hour of that garbage and I come away with elevated blood pressure, swearing I'll never do it again. Except the KFAB weekday morning talk show hosted by a guy named Tom Becka. Why Tom Becka? The idiot callers are still there, the nonsense they bleat is still nonsense, but Tom Becka strikes me as being an interesting guy with strong opinions-opinions, by the way, that I don't always share-but a guy who manages to remain civil, even courteous, in a world where I thought civility and courtesy died a long time ago."

Exon Recalls Long Career for 'Statewide'

Nebraska U.S. Senator J. James Exon looks back on his four decades in government and politics in the "Perspecitve" report to be aired on Statewide, the Nebraska ETV Network's weekly news series at 8 p.m. Nov. 15.

Exon, who has spent three terms in the Senate, was Nebraska governor from 1970 to 1978. He discusses the highlights of his political career in a relaxed and revealing interview with Statewide correspondent Bill Kelly.

The Nebraska ETV Network and EduCable are services of Nebraska Educational Telecommunications (NET). The complete program schedules for both are available on NET's World Wide Web site, http://net.unl.edu.


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