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Tuesday, October 9, 1984
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
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By JcfT Browne
Daily Nebrsskan Senior Eeporter
Editor's note: This is the second
crticle in a four-put series ex
cminlng vcrious issues on cl
ccLclisn and its effect on stu
dents. This eeriest is in con
Jmction with National Coilegiate
Alcohol Awareness Week
through Fridsy.
College students who abuse al
cohol are in an envied position
they can change their habits
before they become alcoholics.
Alcoholism
Awareness
Weeld
Persons with established drink
ing patterns aren't as lucky, said
Duke Engel, assistant director of
the Independence Center at Lin
coln General Hospital.
"At that age, a lot of people are
abusing alcohol," Engel said. "But,
at that point they could reverse
the process. Those people who
really have a pattern of abusing
alcohol are those that we suggest
treatment for."
Engel said temperance is not
the way to go. Going out to have a
few drinks with friends is some
times fun. But getting drunk isn't.
"A lot of the treatment process
is just getting people to recognize
that fact," Engel said.
The actual number of alcohol
ics at UNL is not known, said Dr.
Gerald Fleischli, medical director
Education, salesmanship crucial
to gettingjobs in declining market
By P&tal Shavlik
Daily Nebraskan Staff Reporter
Are you in the labor market?
Are you going to be in the labor
market during the next 10
years? Then you might be ad
vised to concentrate on sales
manship and education, accor
ding to a professor of human
sciences and humanities at the
University of Houstonin Clear
lake City.
Robert Wegmann described
how the labor market has
changed and is changing Mon
day at the Nebraska Union.
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at the University Health Center.
Fleischli said he would like to cir
culate a survey to find out the
magnitude of the problem on
campus.
Fleischli said the health cen
ter's role in seeking help for alco
holics has been at the point of
first intervention. From there, the
health center seeks to refer the
person to resources in the com
munity. Among these resources
is the Independence Center.
. The Independence Center will
run an evaluation of anyone with
a suspected drinking problem,
Engel said. In that evaluation, the
center asks the drinker about
various aspects of that person's
drinking.
Questions in the evaluation
range from when a person might
drink to where and how much. If
the person answers too many of
the questions positively, a coun
selor suggests treatment. "
Engel said most people who
are evaluated don't get treated.
But heavy drinking, even if not on
the problem level, is still a "big
deal," Engel said.
Treatment takes place in four
stages, Engel said. The first stage
is usually education.
"Recognizing the problem, get
ting to the facts of a person's
alcoholism is the next step," Engel
said. "We ask them to write down
everything about" their problem,"
and then we discuss it. After all,
they are the best authorities on
their own drinking."
Once the drinker is educated
and honest, then the counselor
may suggest a recovery program.
Three groups Engel mentioned
tance of salesmanship. Educa
tion has been and will con
tinue to be very important, in
part due to the decline of high
paying jobs requiring little
education or experience, he
said, but it will no longer be the
key in landing well-paying jobs
in the face of much competi
tion. A key to finding a job will
be the ability to sell yourself
and to prove your abilities,
Wegmann said. In order to ac
complish this, Wegmann said,
the job-seeker must possess
accurate self-knowledge along
with the ability to commuicate
it effectively.
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are Valley Hope, the Indepen
dence Center and Alcoholics
Anonymous. Others are in the
phone book.
Alcoholics Anonymous has
chapters across the city, but only
one here at UNL. That program is
run through the Women's Re
source Center and meets Tues
day afternoons.
AA has no counselors. The en
tire group is made up of alcohol
ics in league to help keep each
other from drinking. The group
has a phone number in Lincoln
where someone with a problem
may get help. An operator there
can refer someone to another
alcoholic immediately or give in
formation about the next AA
meeting.
The University Health Center
has no counseling program,
Fleischli said. The center is look
ing for a person to help with the
education aspect of alcoholism
treatment.
Fleischli said the center will
hire a person with a Ph.D. who
could direct alcohol education
on campus to help students rec
ognize their own and each other's
problems.
Both Fleischli and Engel said
one of the most important things
to develop would be a monitoring
system within residence halls, fra
ternities and sororities. They do
see an increasing awareness of
the problems, but that awareness
can grow much more.
"When I used to visit fraterni
ties and sororities, people didn't
pay much attention," Fleischli
said. "Now I get a lot less snickers
and a few people who even ask
The civilian labor force has
grown significantly since 1965,
when the first "baby boom"
generation found itself in the
labor market, Wegmann said.
Other factors influencing this
growth include the number of
women and immigrants vying
for jobs.
During this growth, the num
ber of jobs has been declining,
mostly because of the United
States' trade deficits, Wegmann
said.
Most products the United
States exports require little
labor, he said, but the imported
products are normally labor
intensive, which results in the
elimination of many jobs.
Large corporations are no
longer the dominating em
ployers, and the number of
government employees is also
decreasing, Wegmann said. The
service and trade industries,
among the lowest-paying jobs,
show the only growth.
Wegmann said most people
have a "blind spot" and believe
that everyone knows how to
find employment. However,
because ofthe complexity and
importance of employment
knowledge, job hunters should
educate themselves now to in
sure a successful career,
Wegmann said.
Wegmann will speak on the
Liberal Arts and Job Search
Education at 3 p.m. today in
the Nebraska Union.
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Gateway gets face-lift
By Barbara Comito "
Daily Nebraskan Staff Reporter
The fountain in Gateway's out
door mall is gone. By spring of
1985, a food court with skylights
running its length north and
south, east and west, will stand in
its place.
The purpose of the estimated
$1 million food court is to make
Gateway a more complete, one
stop center, said Dick Edmonds,
assistant vice president in the
real estate and mortgage loans
department at Banker's Life Ne
braska. The food court, which will be a
westward extension of the indoor
mall and house eight small food
purveyors, is a part of Gateway's
ongoing goal to "have sufficient
competition and sufficient amen
ities," said Edmonds, spokesman
for the Gateway project.
Two separate research studies
done last spring to determine
what competitive changes might
be made at Gateway revealed the
need for more places to eat.
A Barton Aschman study of
Gateway's traffic noted a smaller
number of parked cars and a
greater flow of in-and-out traffic
than would be expected for a
center of Gateway's size. The con
clusion drawn was that custo
mers were using Gateway as a
convenience center, picking up
items and leaving.
The other study, by a Chicago
marketing research company,
compiled responses to a survey
regarding what changes Gateway
shoppers would most like to see.
The most frequent response was
more restaurants.
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mental counselors will also in-
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In answer to criticism the con
struction has received for des
troying the traditional beauty of
Gateway's outdoor mall, Edmonds
said that in 1958, when Bankers
bought the Gateway tract, there
were no trees.
"If we had that much interest
in putting the trees in and mak
ing Gateway attractive, they ought
to realize that we made it that
way and have faith that we won't
ruin it.
"We're going to do our darndest
to see that it stays attractive,"
Edmonds said, noting that the
intrusion on the present struc
ture would be minimal
The 11,000-foot structure was
designed to avoid the surround
ing trees, Edmonds said. The en
tire space, sunk one foot below
the surrounding mall, is divided
equally between food purveyors
and seating space.
Edmonds suggested that if a
business doesn't change in ac
cordance with its competition, its
appearance and service will go
downhill. The competition from
East Park, which has a similar
food court, was a partial motiva
tor in the change, Edmonds said.
"Anything you do is in answer
to or anticipation ofthe competi
tion," Edmonds said.
Although the construction is
not expected to be completed
until the spring of 1 935, construc
tion will cease during December
to avoid interference with Christ
mas shopping, Edmonds said. The
tentative deadline for aU under
ground work to be completed
and the footings and slabs to be
laid is Nov. 1.
