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may be confined in the Sheldon
Sculpture Garden if a group of
University students can raise
$12,000.
"Sandy" is a bronze statue
by Richard A. Miller. She is on
loan from New York City's
Peridot Gallery and is cur
rently In the Garden as part of
the American Sculpture Ex
hibition. Many University students
like the statue and would like it
to stay at Sheldon, according to
George Newland, one of the
group's organizers.
Newland said eight students
began work on the project
Wednesday.
"We first talked to Norman
Geske, director of the gallery,
and he called New York to Hud
out how much the statue would
cost," Newland said. "After
that we made up our minds to
try and raise the money to buy
it."
He said the group plans to
ask for money from students
and faculty. If it is necessary,
the group will also solicit
money In the Lincoln com
munity and throughout the
state.
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by JOHN DVORAK
Nebraskan Staff Writer
' A high school girl dropped
mescaline at a friend's house
about a month ago. It was the
third time ehe had ever taken a
hallucinogenic drug. The first
two experiences were
beautiful; the third was not
She had a bad trip, she
freaked out. She was having a
panic experience. Her friends,
as frightened as she was, did
not know what to do.
There was no place in Lin
coln for her to 30. Hospital
emergency rooms would offer
little. Private physicians don't
want to get involved with a
crime. The city has no place
where the high school girl, or
others with adverse drug reac
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The group plans to have a
booth in the Nebraska Union to
collect money Monday through
Friday of next week, Newland
said. He urged students and
faculty alike to contribute for
the purchase of the statue.
Newland added that If it Is
Impossible to raise enough
money to buy "Sandy", another
statue by the same artist will
be bought instead.
"Purchase of this piece 0!
sculpture will benefit the
University, the city of Lincoln
and the state as a whole,' he
said. "We think it should be a
part of Sheldon's permanent
collection."
They need somebody to help
them get their head together,"
said Jason Rice. "They need
someone to help them get
through the panic experience,
someone who has confidence, is
experienced, sympathetic and
concerned. They do not need to
be arrested."
Rice helped the high, school
girl And since the start of the
summer, he and three other
young men have assisted on an
informal basis about a dozen
persons with severe drug
reactions.
Now that school is underway,
they are expanding the service
and advertising the phone
number.
LSD Rescue 477-6639.
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In confined space" . . . $12,000.
Students' names given
The results of a University
investigation into the forcible
entry of the University Military
and Naval Science Building last
May 4th were turned over
Thursday to the Lancaster
County Attorney.
The Investigation report In
cludes the names of "five or
six" students according to Gail
Gade, director of campus
security.
Gade said the names of the
students were obtained
"through identification" by
campus policemen.
Lancaster County Attorney
Paid Douglas said he It "plan
"It would be best to have a
medical doctor or a
psychologist perform this
service," said Howard Hansen.
"But even though our
qualifications aren't the best,
we've got to help since they
won't get involved.
Hansen, 21, said his only
qualifications were work ex
perience at the Lincoln State
Hospital and considerable ex
perimentation with drugs.
Neither he, Rice, nor the
other two young men, 19-year-old
NU sophomore Les Miller
and Bill, who doesn't want his
full name published, have any
formal training for the LSD
Rescue service. None even
have college degrees yet.
But they have a sincere
desire to help people who,
perhaps for the first time, are .
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ning to prosecute" in regard to
the forcible entry. Any
determination of possible
charges would probably come
iet week according to
Douglas.
University students occupied
the Military and Naval Science
Building last May in protest of
the U.S. Invasion into Cam-.
bodia.
Campus President Joseph
Soshnik said Wednsday that
any University d 1 c 1 p t n e
regarding those students In
volved in the forcible entry
would depend of what action
civil authorities take.
having a bad drug reaction.
The four want to get involved,
they said.
More importantly, they have
experimented with drugs. All
know what it's like to freak out
on drugs. They know what a
panic experience is.
"LSD can be the most
beautiful experience, or the
most terrible experience In the
world," Hansen said. "I don't
know what causes a bad trip. It
could be too much acid, bad
acid, or a person's mental
condition and emotional state
could be wrong."
A hallucinogenic drug
heightens and intensifies the
emotional state. But when the
mental stimulation is too much,
trouble can occur.
"Every case is different,"
Hansen pointed out. "The mind
speeds up. All feelings in
tensify. Sometimes the walls
and furniture breathe wfth the
person. People around the
person take on distorted im
ages." The person may think he Is in
an insane asylum, and his
friends, who are really trying
to help him, are orderlies. The
person might curl up into the
fetal position and not talk. Or
he imagines he is going to
die.
Nobody knows really how to
treat a person freaking out.
Hansen and the other three
men try to offer warmth and
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to Douglas
"We're not at all close in
starting University discipline
against the students," Soshnik
added.
The University of Nebraska
Board of Regents directed
University administrators oa
Sept. 14 to Identify "the student
or students who forcibly opened
the door" of the building.
The Regents also directed
that those students identified
"shall be promptly reported to
the civil authorities for ap
propriate action and University
disciplinary proceedings shall
be initiated without delay."
