search articles:     from the issue of August 17, 2006         From the Archives Nisei Plaza With the Feb. 19, 1942 signing of Executive Order 9066, U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt forced the internment of some 120,000 Japanese and Japanese Americans in concentration camps through the west. The move interrupted the college educations of those who were college-aged - mainly the Nisei, second-generation Japanese Americans. While the students were denied admission to many U.S. universities and colleges, the University of Nebraska accepted and welcomed them as students. Between 1942 and 1949, more than 120 Nisei students enrolled at NU. In gratitude, the Japanese American alumni donated funds to create a Japanese plaza on campus, the Japanese American Asian Collection at Love Library and the Nisei Scholarship Fund. The Nisei Plaza, pictured left and located north of Kimball Recital Hall, was dedicated April 24, 1999. From the Archives is a regular feature of the Scarlet. If you have an item for this feature, call 472-8515 or send e-mail to tfedderson2@unl.edu. GO TO: ISSUE OF AUGUST 17 NEWS HEADLINES FOR AUGUST 17 Research funding tops $100 million milestone Shop expertise aids ANDRILL Summer Construction Updates Traffic rolls across half of Big X UNL.edu update unveiled Campus residence halls start year over capacity Expect delays as students return to UNL From the Archives Scientists link wind shift, Sandhills mega-drought Students create tiles for Selleck dining hall U.N. ambassador opens Thompson series United Kingdom terror arrests delay UNL students' return UNL bus routes trimmed, garage-only route added 732540S35995X