Creighton University - Bluejay Yearbook (Omaha, NE)

Page 30 text:

Upper left: Bus. Ad. Clinton Simms and Arts junior Pam Files study in the library. Above: History Instructor Ashton Welch addresses in- terested minority freshmen during Welcome Week such as Diane Duke (below) on the opportunities Creighton offers its minority stu- dents. Below right: Rev. Joe Brown also addressed these freshmen during the New Black Student Orientation. Below far right: Arts freshmen Jackie Morgan and Judy Hall attempt to coordinate their studies with their enjoyment of the fall weather.

Page 29 text:

Above left: Arts senior Susie Woodmansee wonders what they are eating at SAGA tonight as she opens a can of Campbell ' s soup for supper. Above: Bus. Ad. senior Steve Summers pours Sayoc a spot of tea after dinner. Below: Nursing senior Vicki Crossland hurries to ftnish typing a term paper due in the morning. I) 25

Page 31 text:

Minority students share different ideas, problems There are 383 minority students on Creighton ' s campus. 155 black students and 228 foreign students. Therefore, there are a great variety of opinions concern- ing Creighton ' s admission office, acadcmiic require- ments and social life. Arts junior Chieko Nagaoka, the only Creighton student from Shizuokai, Japan, appreciated Oeighton ' s friendly atmosphere. Nagaoka said, It was important for me to choose a foreign university with a warm at- mosphere and I find that atmosphere here. Nagaoka is the only one in her family of six to travel to the United States and the only one who can speak English. At times I find it diffic:ult in classes be- cause I don ' t understand the slang terms, Nagaoka said. Therefore, I misunderstand and misinterpret the statements made. Henny Wijaya from Medan, Indonesia and a first year pharmacy student also has trouble with English. Wijaya said, At times I have trouble taking notes and I don ' t always feel comfortable asking the instructors about their lecture. American students are most active and outspoken in class and more concerned with their grades than In- donesian students, Wijaya said. Indonesian students must live with their parents until marriage, whereas American students are more independent and active. Women and men cooperate more in Iran than in the United States, Arts junior Hamed Sajjadi from Tehron Iran said. There are more women involved in men ' s activities and therefore less competition between the sexes, Sajjadi said. Men and women are especially looked upon as equal when it comes to religion. Sajjadi said he likes the friendly students and pro- fessors he has met at Creighton through his involve- ment in the Jaytalkers, Chemistry Club, Ski Club and the Martial Arts. Creighton ' s size and warm atmos- phere makes all students welcome to activity invcjlve- ment, Sajjadi said. Eucharia Nnadi, a third year pharmacy student from Igbuland, Nigeria, said that she will have many good memories of Creighton. I ' ve enjoyed my academic curriculum and my various friends, Nnadi said. Nnadi suggested that Creighton students write foreign students who are thinking about attending Creighton and that an international day be held making Creighton students aware of the various cailtures, dr( ss styles, foods and languages throughout the world. There are many people who feel there is a n(!ed for better relationships between black and white; students at Creighton. Arts junior and CUASA chairperson Vernica Brown said that more people need to know the variety of ac- tivities and programs C UASA sponsors. Brown said, Most students only know about C UASA choir, how- ever, we also sponsor cultural events, dances, parties and workshops. Arts junior Raymond Dozier, said it is very essen- tial that black students get involved in various academic and social experiences. Dozier suggested that steps be taken to organize activities where black and white students participate together. Business Administration senior Clinton Sims also said that black students must become more active and white students must listen to their needs. After four years here, I feel that black-whiti; relationships are not as strained as they once were, Sims said. You see more black and white students eating together, discuss- ing in classrooms and forming friendships. Sims said it is a simple matter of people living together and understanding each others ' needs, yet, why can that be so complicated for some people to understand? mmJ M . ' •■4 ' ■ 27