Wednesday, September 12, 1984
Daily Nsbraskan
Pago 5
Caliiornian's clreain: Find out
what makes Nebraskans'tick
Mitch Gelman had a dream. For instance, about farmers, and myself.
And he wangled grant money to When Gelman crossed the Colo- They gave free popcorn," he
pay writ , , rado-Nebraska border, he decided said.
ilia mission: 10 una out what to get the low-down on agricul- Mitch Gelman did learn a lot
iure in a coupie 01 nours. aoout raiawesterners. lie learned
They wanted to keep me there about openness, honesty, gener-
for weeks," Gelman said. "It was osity, trust,
the first new human being they'd n came to depend on the kind-
seen since the man brought their ness of strangers," he said. "And
A v t people took me in, just like that.
Gelman also discovered that California accent and all"
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paper editors and community '
leaders. . And he discovered Nebraska is
He asked them about Ameri- not a cultural wasteland. He came
can values and what's important to Lincoln. He went to Oliourke's.
to Midwesterners where we fit They have free popcorn," he
in the "Dig Picture," and what said.
America's role should be in inter- And he talked to the great
national relations. minds of Lincoln: Gov. Bob Ker-
An admirable topic for athesi3. Fpv Rpn Frni nhomh
But Gelman admits that his "Great Herman at the Lincoln Journal swers...
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to be more fun than observing the
mating customs of spiders or
describing the implications of over
crowding in ant farms.
"People here walk with their
feet on the ground and drink
with their feet in the air," Gelman
said. They know how to show
you a good time."
. Gelman is a "hi-coastsT kind of
guy. Ke grew up in New York
City's Greenwich Village, and
moved with his family to Los
Angeles when he was 14.
Gelman thought his city savvy
would give him a hard-edged per
spective on Midwestern life.
"When I left LA. two weeks ago,
I was a mm with a mission ".he
said. "One day in Nebraska blew it
to smithereens."
So Mitch Gelman has the an
swers to the Great American Ques
tion: What makes Midwesterners
tick?
They give free popcorn."
As you read thi3, Mitch is driv
ing his trusty yellow Toyota east
ward exploring Iowa.
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