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Be your own boss as business manager Apply immediately Pleasant surroundings Applications for business manager for The Nebraskan are being taken in The Nebraskan office, 34 Nebraska Union. Interviews before the Publications Committee will be Thurs day. Interviews for staff positions before the second semester Nebraskan executives will be Sunday in The Nebraskan of fice. Anyone who has submitted an application and has not signed up for an interview time should do so in The Nebras kan office. , ; i t i ( V f iilfi "J I f taUW Lumm 41 w m iWmnOiiMMNii'-lirTiMMiiiintH.oiiir- --v'i-- r Chilly reception iff M utsiu by DAVE BRINK and JIM GRAY All was warm and cozy inside as President Nixon spoke to en appreciative audience at th Coliseum Thursday. But outside, things weren't quite so warm for an estimated 4,000 students who were turned away at the door. Even so, about 1,500 students braved 20-degree temperatures to listen to the President's speech over loudspeakers and catch a glimpse of Nixon leav ing the Coliseum. From the time the doors first opened at 1 p.m. till they closed for the last time at 2:05 p.m. over 6,800 people filed into the Coliseum. Between opening and last closing times, the doors were opened and closed no less than three times, much to the chagrin of those left waiting outside. The massive crowds outside the soulh doors of the stadium closely resembeld a football crowd, pushing, shoving with girls squealing in the middle of the throng. The crowd's excitement quickly died down as they realized they would not be entering the Coliseum. "I'm really glad to see we've got an overflow crowd here today,?' Lincoln Campus President Joseph Soshnik cheerfully an nounced over the loudspeaker, prompting boos and laughter from the frozen throng. The Presidential motorcade arrived in impressive fashion about 2:15 p.m. It was led by three Lincoln Police Depart ment motorcycles and two Sheriffs patrol cars. A black convertible with Secret Service agents standing along both sides preceded the huge Presidential limousine. The flag adorned limousine was followed by a police car, a bin station wagon, a tan Cadillac with a white top, a green station wagon, a Sheriffs Patrol station wagun, a green Monterrey, two telephone company cars, a brown Catalina, a mint green Mar quis, and a Greyhound bus, filled with the press con tingent Along with their daughter Patricia, the President and Mrs. Nixon climbed from the ers coo it limousine which was parked in the middle of Vine Street. Smiling and waving, the President walked directly to the crowd by the barricades and began shaking hands. A few youths who had climbed trees above Nixon for a better view ignored a State Patrolman's orders to come down. Momentarily, Nixon turned to the sidewalk and began walk ing toward the Coliseum's west door. Someone in the crowd hurled a snowball which landed at his feet. The President paused momentarily to pick it up. Then he smiled and tossed it back into the crowd. About five minutes later the public address belatedly an nounced that President Nixon would be arriving "soon" and those waiting outside would have a chance to see him. Those near the barricades howled with laughter at the announcement. The cheering and clapping from the crowd inside for Bob Devaney and President Nixon blared over the public address system. In sharp contrast, the people outside quietly milled around talking and complaining about the cold weather. One student grumbled, "We'll get pneumonia and flunk our finals too." Some said the President's visit was a wonderful thing for Nebraska and others thought it was ter rible that the Coliseum au dience was cheering him. An incident during Nixon's speech occurred when several youth began pounding their fist on the closed doors of the Coliseum. Riot police, wearing navy-colored helmets with baby-blue spots on the front, quickly arrived to q iell the disturbance. They remained, stone-faced and erect, to guard the doors for the remainder of the program. About ten women from Mother's for Peace sported a "Peace is No. 1' sign. A few students held "McGovern for President" placards and three carried signs protesting treat ment of Arabs in th Middle East. One card, i arried at various times by several students, simply said "Shame." Otherwise, there was a con spicious lack of anti-Nixon ac tivity outside. Even those wearing black armbands must have known, as the loudspeaker amplified the applause from inside, that the revolution wasn't coming to Nebraska Thursday afternoon. SALE! up to g jp vrr Special Selection now in progress at the fcy.......a. ...ft.X..C.,. . 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