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UNMC, UNO Announce New Program to Attract
Multicultural Students into Health Professions
The University of Nebraska Medi­
cal Center and the University of Ne­
braska at Omaha announced plans to­
day for a new program designed to
attract multicultural students into the
health professions.
The program is called the Multic­
ultural Vantage Program (MVP) for
Health Professions. The program’s two
main objective, according to William
Berndt, Ph D., interim UNMC chan­
cellor, will be to address the needs of
underserved Nebraska communities and
to generate greater diversity in the health
professions.
‘‘There is a low number ol multic­
ultural students going into the health
professions,” said Dr. Berndt. “ There
ire no simple solutions, but we think
this program will be an important first
step in addressing this difficult prob­
lem .”
Of UNMC’s 2,296 students in 1991 -
92, only 89, or 3.6 percent, were mi­
norities. “ This is certainly nothing to
brag about,” said Dr. Berndt, “ but it is
also fairly typical of what is being seen
throughout the country.
* ‘The demand of qualified multic­
ultural students is tremendous. These
students can go to school just about
anywhere they want. Unfortunately, this
often means the best Nebraska minor­
ity students are leaving our state. Hope­
fully, this program will keep more of
these outstanding students in Ne­
braska.”
MVP will be extended to UNO
multicultural students interested in
pursuing a career in medicine, den­
tistry, pharmacy, nursing or in a allied
health profession. Multicultural groups
that could qualify for the program in­
clude African Americans, Native
Americans and Hispanics of Mexican
or Puerto Rican Mainland heritage.
Upon entering UNO, students sc-
lec ted for the program will obtain early
acceptance into participating UNMC
colleges or programs, contingent upon
completion of studies at UNO.
Exact details for participating
UNMC colleges or programs are still
being developed. The exact number of
students chosen for MVP will vary by
college. However, it is expected that
from one to five students may be se­
lected yearly for each college or pro­
gram.
Students will be be encouraged to
apply for scholarships, loans or grants
they may qualify for at UNO, includ­
ing existing programs for multicultu­
ral students. UNMC is reviewing fund­
ing options for the future.
Dr Berndt said UNMC should be
able to draw students from minority
scholarships programs already in place
through UNO. The first students se­
lected for the program will be admitted
to UNO in fall 1992.
“ Our recruitment program for ru­
ral students -- the Rural Health Oppor­
tunities Program - has been tremen­
dously successful,” said Dr. Berndt,
“ and we have high expectations for
this program aimed at multicultural
students. The two programs parallel
each other in many ways.”
“ We’re thrilled to be working with
UNMC on this pioneering project,”
said Del Weber, Ed.D., UNO chancel­
lor. “ It will provide multicultural stu­
dents with some exciting career op­
tions. It has the potential to really
make a difference.”
UNMC and UNO representatives
will interview prospective students and
make the final selections. Students in­
terested in applying fo the program
need to do so by March 1, 1992.
For an application or more infor­
mation on MVP people outside the
Omaha area should call UMNC’s toll-
free number, (800) 626-8431, and ask
for either Lopez or Ms. Rutt.
Vehicle Auction to Be Held In Vancouver
trucks, Blazers, Broncos, a Wagoneer,
and a state truck.
Interested bidders are encouraged
to inspect the vehicles before bidding.
Inspection will be Saturday, Monday,
Tuesday and Wednesday, December 7,
9, 10, and 11, 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.;
also, prior to the sale on December 12,
1991, from 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m..
Bidders must register with GSA at
the sale site and receive a Bidder Reg­
istration Number. The auction will begin
promptly at 10:00 am, Thursday, De­
cember 12, 1991, at the Vancouver
The General Services Administra­
tion extends an invitation to the public
to attend a U.S. Government vehicle
auction. The vehicles are located at the
GSA Fleet Management Center, 9226
NE Highway 99 (Hazel Dell area), in
Vancouver, Washington.
There are approximately 100 ve­
hicles to be sold. Sale includes 1983
thru 1988 sedans, coupes, station wag­
ons and vans; plus suburbans (many are
4WD). We have a large variety of trucks
and 4WD vehicles which include pick­
ups, crewcabs, maintenance service body
GSA Fleet Management Center.
Payment is due by December 13,
1991. Payment regulations require that
payment must be in the form of cash­
ier’s check, traveler’s check, money
order. Government check, or cash. Per­
sonal or Business checks may be ac­
cepted only when accompanied by a
letter of credit from the purchaser’s
bank. For your convenience, GSA now
accepts VISA and MASTERCARD.
Further information may be obtained
by telephoning the Vancouver GSA Fleet
Management Center at (206) 699-1019.
Homeowners With Property Taxes
New Computer Service Helps
value per square foot of improvements,
assessed values for this year and last
with percent change, and taxes this
year and last with percent change.
The information can be used to
decide on a property tax appeal, to
make better investment decisions or
just to do better financial planning,
according to the Micro Mailing s own­
For the first time, homeowners can
quickly and easily acquire the county
tax assessor’s computer records on their
own homes and similar ones in the
county. A Portland computer software
company, Micro Mailing, has produced
a Property Tax Evaluation Kit listing
for each property the square footage,
year build, year of last sale, assessed
ers. The deadline for appealing prop­
erty taxes is December 31.
The service is available in
Multnomah, Clackamas and Washing­
ton counties. Property Tax Evaluation
Kits are available ofr $25 each from
Micro Mailing, PO Box 19727, Port­
land, OR 97280. Phone is 246-7338.
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by Professor M cK inle y B u rt
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The David Dukes In The Education Establishment
Having reassured you last week
that we were right the first time about
the dismal prospect of success for ei­
ther the president’s education strategy,
“ American 2000” or the “ Oregon
Educational Act for the 21st Century” --
the first a plan of incredible naivete,
and the second “ reflecting a near-ab­
sence of research, costing or input from
the public (teachers)” -w e can now be
equally certain that our tribe of Baseline
Essay Detractors” will fail in their
crusade to suppress the documented
truths of black history and abilities.
I am reminded of the wise words of
an accounting client of mine in the Los
Angeles area. During a time of utmost
confusion, brought on by an audit of a
string of businesses he wished to buy,
this Russian immigrant exclaimed,
“ forget those dammed cooked books,
my lad-get down to the bank and look
for the G ELT" (thats yiddish for
“ money” ). Right on “ Mr. Alexan­
der” ; I was able to do just that when
the New York Times published two
more of the racist diatribes being fer­
vently advanced nationally by a group
of frightened and insecure educational
charlatans.
We have seen here in this column
a comprehensive expose” of the likes
of Diane Ravitch and Arthur Schlessin-
ger Jr. but,now, two new voices join the
strident outery for a suppression of truth.
In the Sunday New York Times for No­
vember 14, ALBERT SHANKER,
President, American Federation of
Teachers, can hardly contain himself in
his piece, “ Making A multicultural
curriculum” as he, too zeroes in on the
one weak link in a chain of competent
scholars and documentation; a fact ac­
knowledged by those of us who worked
on i l the
Shanker ■
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U I v Baseline
D u d v l l r t v Essays. i Mr.
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has found the culpn’t who said the
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almost surpassed that of the city ’ s bank­
unlucky days, had precognition and
ing and real estate interests which cre­
understood Quantum physics”. He also
ated
the ghetto itself. The earlier and
said “ the Egyptians left an artifact in a
equally
infamous Tammany Hall politi­
tomb which appeared to be a model of
cal machine provided a model.
aglider, possibly used in human flight.
While the presses of the teachers’
In the case of Mr. Shanker, it does
union
and the media produced reams of
not take much of a search to find the
self-serving
propaganda citing a com­
“ GELT” that inspired his damn-by-
mitment
to
remedy
the tradgedy of the
faint-praise attack upon a mostly accu­
black
schools
(along
with pictures of
rate and long overdue project to ad­
dozens
of
cute
black
youngsters)~the
dress the omissions of minority contri­
Teacher Machine not only locked-in
butions to histroy. It was in 1970
the permanent tenures that afforded the
during my nationwide presentations of
upscale suburban life styles but financed
major black inventors to urban schools,
the post graduate studies and career up
universities and community organiza­
grades that permitted the spin offs into
tions. In New York I was engaged by
key administrative positions, politics,
black educational activists and parent
judgeships
and commercial enterprise,
organizations for appearances at ele­
.
MONEY
.HONEY!
mentary and high schools in the Ocean
It is no wonder, then, that today we
Hill/Bedford Stuyvesant area-the prin­
find
many of the same racists rushing to
cipal baliwick and fiefdom of Albert
the
media
(with openaccess), scream­
Shanker, even back then, president of
ing
their
new-found
concerns that young­
the American Federation of Teachers.
sters
might
be
misled
by accurate and
At the time there was a W AR going
documented
efforts
to
apprise them of
on between permanently entrenched
who
they
were,
who
they
are and who
white teachers, principals and adminis­
they
can
be.
The
politics
of
money and
trators on the one hand (whose resi­
dominance
are
at
work
here,
just as
dences and commitments lay in
surely
as
with
the
minions
of
David
outside,upscale areas)—and thousand
Duke.
The
determined
efforts
of
the
of marching, picketing African Ameri­
Baseline
Essay
detractors
to
denigrate
can parents and community leaders who
minority history has more to do with the
for years had been watching the daily
MAINTENANCE OF QUOTAS and
degeneration of teacher attitude, stu­
ethnic
controls than with a sudden and
dent learning and motivation and physi­
belated
concern with a long-neglected
cal plant. As reported in the national
integrity
of curriculum.
media, there were daily fights, arrests,
My
correspondents
in New York
pupil strikes and injunctions filed. How
and
other
cities
fax
me
copies
of these
could this be going on in New York
diatribes-and
ask
have
I
noticed
cer­
City, a supposedly liberal bastion of
tain
connections
from
common
univer­
progressive education and fairplay?
sity bases and lecture networks where
Simple! for 75 years these teach­
the rather obvious interaction of certain
ers with the aid of their cohorts and
individuals over a long period of time
relatives on the school board, at city
suggests classic relationships on a par
hall and in academia had CON­
with the genealogies in the Book of
TROLLED A MONEY-MAKING/
Genesis? O fcoursel have. Many of us
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Portland Observer encourages our readers to write
letters to the editor in response to any articles
we publish.
Congress Proposes Capping Credit Card Interest Rates
•
As many as one out of every two
bank credit cardholders could lose their
card if legislation capping interest rates
goes through.
Up to 60 million consumers could
be affected by the proposal to limit to
14% the amount banks can charge on
unpaid balances, according to the Ore­
gon Bankers Association. The result
would be a credit contraction tht could
push the country into a deeper reces­
sion. Tens of billions of dollars in credit
currently available would be withdrawn.
“ If this is Congress’ idea of a
Christmas gift to the American public,
__ ____ ”
they’ve badly misread the situation,”
Frank E. Brawner, Executive Vice
President, Oregon Bankers Association
said in response to the Senate action.
“ The public reaction won’t be ho, ho,
ho.
People who question the interest
rates on cards overlook the fact that the
product’s extraordinary convenience and
reliability depend on a highly sophisti­
cated and costly telecommunications
network. Cards also impose a high degree
of risk on banks, which will be forced
to tighten their credit standards to linit
their losses. Fraud, delinquencies and
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United Airlines
History has shown that price con­
trols, including interest rate caps, just
don’t work, no matter how appealing
they may seem on the surface,” Brawner
noted. “ In states with interest rate caps,
people seeking credit cards are often
forced to go out of state in order to
qualify. Those particularly affected are
low-and moderate-income cusumers
and those with short or no credit histo­
ries.
They’ll only be calling this pro­
consumer legislation until it’s enacted.
After that, watch out.”
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