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Does it bring to mind masses of people, blindly
heading towards a large Roman-pillared structure,
in search of blood-shedding entertainment?
Interestingly, this seems to be the image that
was striven for in the structure of our own
University Coliseum, according to Nets Forde, a
UNL ancient history professor.
Forde, who recently made the comment to one
of his classes that coliseum is misspelled on the
campus arena because of it only having one 's',
explained in an interview that this seems to be an
American spelling adoption.
All foreign languages spell the word with a
double 's' he said, and the American spelling,
although considered by Forde an improper
spelling, can be justified by the fact that not only
the word but also the use of the arena itself has
been modernized.
"The Roman Colosseum was a place of life and
death battles, but here in America a coliseum is
simply a large auditorium used for large
gatherings," Forde said.
"What we really have here is a stadium being a
coliseum and a coliseum being a stadium," Forde
said. ' j
Party given for charity
Engineering students at UNL are giving a Christmas
party tonight with the proceeds going to charity.
According to Chuck Kokesh, a senior from Omaha,
the admission to the festivities, to be held at
Valentino's North, will be a contribution to the
Christmas charity collection being distributed in the
name of the NU College of Engineering and Technology
by organizations within the college.
Activities will begin at 8 p.m. and will include g-..mes
and dancing. The music will be played by KFOF-, dk-.c
jockey Greg Jackson. Soft drinks will be free and
Valentino's pizza will be available.
"In addition to cash donations, we would like to nav
food, new or used clothing, records, models, loc.
paper and pencils or other gifts appropriate for zc .ires
and youth," Reichow said.
The Christmas party for charity is being sp.'..ns jref
by Tau Beta Pi, all engineering honorary; the Ncbr.rski
Blueprint Magazine; Eta Kappa Nu, el : c t r a
engineering honorary; Pi Tau Sigma, mecnafica
engineering honorary; Engineering Toastmastrs: 'hr
Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, und
student branches of the American Soc.uty o
Mechanical Engineers, and the American Society o'
Civil Engineers.
The UNL Cornhusker
Marching Band will pre
sent a concert tonight at 8
p.m. in Kimball Recital
Hall. The proceeds of the
concert will go to Muscu
lar Dystrophy. Admission
is $1 .50. The program will
include highlights of the
band's football halftime
shows.
Twenty volunteers are
needed to work on "win
terizing" Dec. 7 through
the Labor Coop and again
on Dec. 14 for "winter
izing" and remodeling.
pr. tuf.tfter information,
contact the Student Volun
teer; SeWcea, 200, Nebras
ka Union, 472-2486.
The Phi Beta Lambda
Christmas Party will be
today at 7 p.m. in the
University Lutheran
Chapel. Members are re
quested to bring $1 for
themselves and for any
guests and to provide
their own beverage.
A three-session work
shop on "Women in Man
agement" will be at the
Omaha Hilton Hotel today
and Friday. The workshop
is sponsored by the UNL
Department of Manage
ment and Extension Divi
sion in cooperation with
the Mayor's Commission
on the Status of Women.
The workshop will be open
at 7 p.m. today and
continue with morning
and afternoon sessions
Dec. 6. Complete informa
tion is available from the
Extension Division, 511
Nebraska Hall, 472-2171.
A volunteer is needed to
help coach a third grade
basketball team for the
city league. He should
have some knowledge of
basketball fundamentals
and have Saturday mor
nings free. Contact the
Student Volunteer Office,
200 Nebraska Union.
Lambda Chi Alpha fra
ternity raised about $100
in canned food and money
by kidnaping the house
mothers of eight sororities
at UNL. The money and
food was given to the
"City Wide Pantry", a
community service estab
lished to help feed needy
families.
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