Tuesday, September 25, 1S34
Daily Nebraskan
Pago 7
Love has amerent meaning'
for reside
By Scott AlilstKind
Daily Nebrask&n Stiff Writer
Love means never having to
say you're sorry. Love b a many
splendored thing, and love b blind.
But for the 49 women who live in
UNL's Love Memorial Cooperative
Hall, Love is a residence hall with
a home-like atmosphere.
The hall, on East Campus, was
a gift from the late Don Love,
former mayor of Lincoln, in re
membrance of hi3 wife, Julia.
The hall, a hybrid of residence
hall and sorority living, aims to
give women in the College of Home
Economics and College of Agri
culture a high quality place to live
for a modest price.
Love Hall is divided into seven
units, each equipped with its own
kitchen and dining room. Six to
eight women live in each unit,
and each i3 assigned various
duties which are rotated every two
weeks.
Marybeth Prusa, hall president
and a junior majoring in home
economics, said the assigned
duties have helped the residents
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grow closer.
"You really have to learn coop
eration around here," she said.
"It's a team effort, everyone
pitches in."
The cost of living in the hall is
approximately half that of living
in other UNL residence halls. Each
room is contracted for a year and
costs $595. In addition, each in
dividual pays $55 a month to
cover food, entertainment and
maintenance.
Residents are selected each May
by a committee. While financial
need i3 considered, the applicants
also are judged on scholarship,
leadership and citizenship.
Prusa said most of the hall's
residents enter as freshmen and
stay through their junior year.
Since the residents are home
economics or agriculture majors,
Prusa said getting academic help
and advide is no problem.
"A lot of times we'll work
together on our homework since
we're in the same classes," Prusa
said. "I think that Love Hall has
made us a strong group. Some
one's always there when you need
members
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them."
The residents are in charge of
their own safety, with each resi
dent possessing a key to the hall.
The cooperative also has an open
treasure stand that residents can
use to cash small checks. Prusa
said the stand is symbolic of how
the hall works.
"It is open to everyone ando
far we have not lost any money
from it," she said. "We base it on
trust and it works.
"That's how we do things around
here," she said.
Contraceptives...
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The pill is one of the most pop
ular contraceptives. Many women
choose the pill because of its 98
percent effectiveness rate when
properly used and convenience,
Lewis said. However, the pill does
have risks, she said. Some'of the
risks include: blood clots, abdom
inal pain, chest pain, severe head
aches, eye problems (blurred
vision) or severe leg or arm
cramps.
Daar Lincoln,
Some things just.can't be rushed.
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By Gene Gezstra?
Daily Nebrasfcmn Senior "cporter
It may be some time before the
new "laser herbicide" is available
to farmers.
Scientists at the University of
Illinois last week announced a
new type of plant-killing substance
called laser herbicides which set
off chain reactions of internal
destruction that makes weeds
self-destruct.
In a . Lincoln, Star story last
week, Constantin Rebeiz, a plant
physiologist who led the research
team on the project said the des
truction process begins with the
application of an amino acid, delta
aminolaevulnic acid, that makes
unwanted plants produce light
sensitive chemicals, tetrapyroles,
that normally form chlorophyll. v
But in susceptible plants the
process is disrupted and those
chemicals accumulate during the
night, Rebeiz said. When the sun
rises and light hits the planthe
whole thing explodes."
Cell membranes are destroyed,
water is lost and the plant dehy
drates and dies.
Rebeiz and colleague Herbert
Hopen, a herbicide specialist who
heads the University of Illinois
department ofhorticulture, stress
that work so far has been limited
to the laboratory. Field experi
ments and environmental tests
must be conducted before the
product can be made available to
farmers.
Tests so far have shown that
the amino acids kill some weeds,
tnat soy&eans are damaged but
recover and that corn, wheat and
cats are not affected, they said.
In addition, many conventional
products act much more slowly
than the "laser" herbicide, and
"we don't have all the combina
tions to control a particularVeed
in a certain crop. This might fill
one of those niches," Hopen said.
The scientists say the herbicide
should be safe because the chem
ical is a naturally occurring one.
"It will be tested for its effect on
fish and worms, and we predict
that the effect will be negligible,"
Rebeiz said.
Though the new herbicide
might sound promising, weed
specialists are raising questions
as to how safe the chemical is to
humans.
Beth Swisher, an NU weed spe
cialist, said many naturally-produced
plants are considered safe
to humans, but there are excep
tions. She cited poison ivy as an
example.
"These plants carry chemicals
that are extrememly toxic," she
said.
-Swisher said it may be up to 10
years before the herbicide is
available for agricultural use, dur
ing which testing and research
will have to be done on the new
substance.
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The University Health Center,
in conjunction with the building
project currently under way, is
conducting a contest to establish
a new logo.
Applications and entry guide
lines are available in the Admin
istration office of the health cen
ter, 1 5th and U streets.
The deadline is Wednesday, with
the winner receiving $150. The
contest is open to UNL students
oniy.
Nebraska International 4-H
Youth Exchange alumni End host
families invite anyone interested
in learning about foreign coun
tries to attend a Host Family
Weekend Friday through Sunday.
The event will be at the Neb
raska State 4-H Camp near Hal
sey. Presentations fay past ex
change participants will high
light the Saturday and Sunday
programs, while recreational
activities will include canoeing
and archery.
Visitors may attend any of the
activities which begin Friday at 7
p.m. and conclude Sunday at I
p.m.
Call John Orr at 472-2838 for
more information.
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