University of Nebraska Kearney - Blue and Gold Yearbook (Kearney, NE)

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Upper left: Vickie Unferth. assistant director of Residence Life, and Kurt Hoffman, vice president for Student Services, discuss ideas. Above: Jackie Rosenlof, director of placement for Career Planning and Placement, gives tips on resume writing, Left: Students have easy access to Styling 101. a new business in the Nebraskan. 29

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Student Services Above: A student gets professional advice on her condition. Right: Vickie Unferth, assistant director of Residence Life, takes part in Welcome Week activities. Programs designed to benefit student needs rhe Counseling and Advising Center in Student Services is looking to the future. In the last few years, programs have been introduced to make students feel happy and more at home, said Janet Blake, acting director of counseling and advising. Resident assistants, tutors and others have been learning how to help in improving residence hall life through skills in leadership and communication. This program in the counseling and advising center is about two years old. The Early Warning System, which is new this year, alerts advisers of students who are in trouble in classes. Residence directors or student advi- sors contact troubled students to offer help. We hope to find students with concerns and get help for them, said Blake. A program designed to identify students likely to leave college is the Exit Prone program. Student Services screens all academic - advising folders and entering - student surveys to identify students with academic dif- ficulties or students not prepared for college. The Organization - Student Match program tries to get students involved in campus activities by sending them meeting notices from clubs and organizations in which they have indicated an interest on surveys. All of these programs are de- signed to make students feel involved and happy, to prevent them from wanting to leave college. Blake said, “Our goal is not to make them stay, but make them feel good about the institution. These are just some of the services provided to KSC students. Other existing supplements to better- ing student life are programs like Student Health, Career Planning and Placement and Campus Security. — Donna Swigarf

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Lecturers Rom tragedy to humor, topics abound rhe school year of -1984-85 at KSC included a variety of lecturers with a wide range of topics. There were speeches on positive thinking, living life to its fullest, child incest and more. The Politicians: Sen. James Exon said he was against the MX missle (the peace- keeper) and his solution to the problem was “.. . We've got to get together with the Soviets. Rep. Hal Daub supported the aid given by the United States to freedom fighters in Central America. He said people can not believe the promises made by Marxist leaders and that the contras were working to regain democracy in Central America. Sen. Ernie Chambers had a few things to say about the Nebraska farmer. He said agriculture is like “a comatose person on a life-support apparatus. Its brain is dead. Its heart does not beat; its rationality is gone and its In a shell. Rep. Virginia Smith kept the topic going when she warned against protectionism and how it would hurt the farmer. Smith said. Protectionism is one of the most dangerous issues facing our country today. She thought free trade was the solution to the problem. The Entertainers: Larry Linville, known to all life-long members of the “MASH television series fan club as Major Frank Bums, told his KSC audience why he left “MASH after five of its 11 televised years. He said several things were going wrong for him in his personal life and they affected his performance on the show. There are no excuses when you're on that screen, he said. “Even if your mother just got shot, the audience doesn't give a damn. They want to see a show. Despite his personal problems, Linville proved that in the time he was on the show he could show comic genius. His antagonistic character gave the viewer someone to boo. As he said, Comedy is not just a joke, it's a rhythm. Albert Hague, who played profes- sor Shorofsky in fhe movie Fame, told KSC students he has lived in Catch-22 existence. “If you don't know what you don't know, you're in trouble, he said. He studied music with so much intensity that, he said, “I was the only guy in school who did not know there was a nymphomaniac in my class. Puppeteer Shari Lewis, and her friend Lamb Chop, brought the message “do it better to the students Of KSC. The theme of her speech was Thrive I Don't Just Sur- vive. She said everyone needs to constantly adjust his goals and con- centrate on enjoying the work. She said that successful people are successful because “they do it. They do it without condemning themselves, and they stress the non-competitive nature they use, to strive for self- potential. The top program, according to many of the women on campus, was the arrival of Peter Reckell. Reckell is better known to soap fans as Bo Brady of “Days of Our Lives. Reckell's message was simple enough in concept, but he suggested it was harder to implement. He said having a positive attitude is a big step toward being successful. He added. Figure out who you are and what you can do. Keep yourself open to the rest. Other personalities: Camelia Sadat, daughter of the late Anwar Sadat, talked about the traditional role of Egyptian women and how it contrasts to roles held by most American women. “In my country the basic role of a woman is a housewife, she said. She didn't want to see her fellow country women become like those in the United States. What the Egyptian woman goes through is much more, but she is still fighting, still happy and she doesn't need a psychiatrist. AI Marruggi, NTV political reporter, told a KSC audience that he believes television tries to be objective but time becomes a problem. “In order to overcome the problem of trying to cram all these facts into 60 seconds, he said, “you can't put every bit of information in the piece. You have to make it sharp, using only the best and most direct parts. There is no time for analysis. To make up for the time restrictions, he said, television uses extensive video coverage. Marruggi said, “Television Is a medium that depends on, and is obsessed with, video. It's the pictures that hold your interest. Reminding us that all is not well in the world, Katherine Brady shared her personal nightmare with us when she talked about incest and her 10 year ordeal. Brady said people need to quit being victims; a victim mentality helps perpetuate the damage done for generations. The vicious cycle many find themselves in has helped incest reach epidemic proportions, accord- ing to Brady. She said one out of 10 families was effected in some way by incest. Her way of helping herself deal with her own experiences of incest was to write a book, Father's Day. She said she couldn't talk about it, so she wrote it down. According to Brady, she no longer feels the shackles of silence to hold back her message. She said when asked by Phil Donahue, during an appearance on his show, when she was going to quit talking about the subject, she replied, I'm not going to stop talking about incest until Incest stops. The list of lecturers could go on. After all, there were various speakers for a variety of special-interest groups. But, to borrow a line from Bo Brady, “I'm outta here. — Joel Lau