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1 '- y Nebraska football players Van Brownson and Keith Wortman were selected Wednesday in the second day of the National Football League player draft. "'Brownson became the second Cornhusker quarterback to be drafted when the Baltimore Colts picked him in the eighth round. Jerry Tagge, Brownson's quarterback rival for three seasons, was picked Tuesday in the first round by his hometown Green Bay Packers. Wortman and Tagge could become teammates since the Packers drafted Wortman, an offensive guard, in the tenth round. Besides Tagge, three other Huskers were selected Tuesday: running back Jeff Kinney by the Kansas City Chiefs, defensive tackle Larry Jacobson by the New York Giants and offensive tackle Carl Johnson by the New Orleans Saints. Two bills dealing with the construction of a new University . fieldhouse are scheduled for hearing by the Legislature's Government, Military and Veterans Affairs Committee Thursday at 2 p.m. Sen. Roland Luedtke's LB 1433 calls for $2.4 million from the controversial cigarette tax fund to be placed in the fieldhouse fund each year and places a limit of $12 million on construction costs. Another bill, Sen. E. Thome Johnson's LB 1 4 66, calls for authorization of a contract with the city of Lincoln for construction of the fieldhouse. MAIL ORDERS ACCEPTED HOW SSZSTi I nss cffifk -1 1 f l t M mm mm 730 fJA. L ( t sr PLEASES J?!"T im Tut kioows... V- .A JK Or CM Ml it -3f ... OC COJC THAT v A IBM SO DON'T SI meautwul lav w voun om&9rteNl mm? it u...wmi AU. N$r MISS IT JZtP J - HAVf A WOMOtHRN. TNW V'A i r r..y..TIT?!il!? 1 P.O. BOX 81126 P Ql 1. r 1 llMt-4 oA tmpg JJ gfgSlSJ gj J f r- Steller boosts Little Red In past years recreation and intramural sports have taken a back seat to Big Red intercollegiate sports on campus. But the crew-cut director of Little Red-the Department of Recreation and Intramurals (R & l)-now wants to emulate the success of the UNL football team. "We have one of the finest staffs at the University and we are capable and will work to provide one of the finest programs in recreation and intramurals in the country," Dan Steller said in a recent report to Student Affairs. Since Steller arrived on campus last summer from Doane College, where he was dean of student affairs for five years, the recreation and intramurals program has seen a rapid expansion and improvement During the first semester the department which is financed by student fees, recorded 7,774 participants in its programs. This figure is probably high, according to Steller, since many students participated in more than one program. The trademark of Steller and his staff is innovation, especially with recreation. "If students are interested in some project, we will try to help them out," the R & I director remarked. A UNL coed, who lives in a dormitory, recently phoned Steller and asked him if the department could teach her and some of her friends how to play bridge. The department has no organized bridge program so Steller and one of his staff members, both of whom play bridge, went to the dormitory to teach the coeds how to play the card game. The department this school year has offered students such diverse programs as canoe trips, a ski trip, glass blowing, swimming, scuba diving and origami. In addition, a deep sea fishing trip and figure skating are now being planned. The R & I department has set aside $1,504) to subsidize recreation projects this school year. For example, a Colorado ski trip was offered to students last December which cost the department approximately $110 per student. However, students only had to pay $80, which included lodging, food, lift tickets, rental equipment and insurance. The $30 loss per student was paid by the subsidy fund, which Steller said will "allow more students to participate in our trips." Besides expansion of the recreation program, Steller's report to Student Affairs noted considerable growth in the number of men participating in intramurals this school year over last year. This year in football there were 35 more football teams consisting of 525 more men. In basketball there are 2,100 students competing this season compared to 1,580 last season. Water basketball, tennis, golf and paddleball were other men's intramural sports that showed a gain in participants, according to the report. - Steller's report noted that women's intramural sports have also gained in popularity. But Steller noted that men outnumber women by two to one in intramural programs. He said this is largely due to the fact that men seem to be more competitive than women in sports. But the director added: "In recreational activities, women have generally outnumbered men two to one." The R & I department, according to Steller, also has a commitment to help advise, organize and financially support any student sports club at the University. Steller's department inherited the sports , clubs because the athletic department wanted no part of them, he said. Currently the R & I department supports the Ice Hockey Club, Rowing Club, Soccer Club, Table Tennis Club and the Outing Club. The department also helps support women's extramural programs, which involve about 100 women competing in six sports. One of the department's biggest problems is a tack of facilities, especially on East Campus, to carry out its various programs. To remedy this situation the department is now planning a multi-purpose recreational area on East Campus. Plans for the area (which Steller estimated would cost $500,000) call for playing fields, tennis and hand ball courts, an ice-skating rink, a golf range and archery facilities. Construction is currently under way on City Campus to build two new recreational areas which will include playing fields, tennis and handball courts and an artificial putting green. Steller is hopeful that these new facilities will meet student needs for recreational facilties on the City Campus. "I'm pleased with the way things went first semester," Steller remarked. "We got a lot of good feedback on the operation of the program." Go Little RecL.Recreation and Intramurals Director Dan Steller wants his programs to reach all UNL students. BLACK BELT INSTRUCTOR hate academy of u;:cgin PROFESSIONAL COUNSELORS CALL 475-7586 19 &0 ACROSS FROM KING'S FOOD HOST FAMILY and ORGANIZATION GROUP RATES AVAILABLE TRAINER OF THREE U.S. KARATE ASS'N M ro JJgEN NATIONAL CHAMPIONS io:oop.m. children tr AGES II 8T0 68; No. 1 in College Sales WE'VE MOVED 1125 "R" St. Suits 200 Lincoln A division of Fidelity Union Life Insurance PAGE 8 THE DAILY NEBRASKAN THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1972