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By 7 p.m. Friday evening, the Nebraska Union had become
more than a place to grab a cup of coffee or catnap between
classes.
After four months of planning and coordinating between the 15
Union Program committees, Winter Walpurgisnacht arrived. Eight
hours and about 7,500 people later, it left, "successful beyond our
wildest dreams," according to Suzanne Brown, assistant director of
the Nebraska Union.
In German tradition, on Walpurgisnacht-which is celebrated in
Maythe ghosts and goblins emerge for a night of revelry.
Friday night there were no ghosts, and January is not May. But
the spirit was there-the school-carnival spirit tying together an
impersonal university with a showcase of talent at prices even a
student could afford.
"I overheard several students say as I was walking through the
crowd, 'I didn't realize what 2 neat place the Union could be',"
said Sara Boatman, program adviser for the Union. "It showed
students what student fee money could do.
"As a Union person, I thought the dynamics of the evening were
absolutely incredible. How so many people-from the Union
Program committees on down-could work so hard together."
By 4 a.m. the last group of people had drifted into the South
Crib to hsten to folk guitar music.
And after the last of the revelers had been turned back into the
night, the custodians took over, clearing away the paper and
cigarette trails before the Union reopened a dawn away.
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monday, february 3, 1975
