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A member of a UNL foods and nutrition wine-tasting class samples the robust
bouquet of one of life's pleasures. , v
By Todd Hegert
Dover Sole Lord Calvert was served with
sauce hollandalse and vintage French cham
pagne. Or for those with more convention
al tastes then was Brook Trout Houssard.
The chef cooks these dishes before his
customers and explains them with an
accent as international as the cuisine.
Now, this sounds like a place that -no
self-respecting college student could afford.
One might expect low, lights, long dresses
and the glitter of elegant jewelry i : r
But for 80 students enrolled in the fine
. food and Wine class at UNL, blue jeans and
ski sweaters are as good as evening gowns,
the food is excellent, and the wines exceed
the wildest, dreams of Ernest, and Julio
Gallo.
The class is offered by trie food and nu
trition department at UNL through the div
ision of continuing education. , ,
Steve Haddel, manager of the University
Club, teaches the class, and according to
his students, he is as much of an attraction ,
as the food or the wine. , . ' '
"Cooking fine food is like dancing
tango,' he. says with a delayed guttural
laugh, "you have to have style."
His students like his style. Waving a long
knife sharpener as a baton from his com
bination sink-stove-cutting counter, Haddel
commands a quiet attentiveness.
'Tenjoy very much teaching the class,'
. Haddel said, "as long as the students Want
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to leunU think it is exceptional when 0
people cart be quiet as imouse " ' " " .
' J With a slharpidged, flurry, olf knives he
prepared two courses' in less .than an hour,
explaining his techniques to the class, as he
-went. "V r."" ' ' W
While the food cooked wines , were
passed around1 and tastedi " Some , students ,
rafeed mmsland ahs of satisfaction Tand
others distorted their faces with disap
proval, impatient for a beet.
rttad4d,'-8aid; that although, alcoholic
beverages are not allowed on any other uni-
, ; versity property the NU Board of Regents
' approved the Use of wine for instructional .
purposes, as long as it is not used as an in
toxicant.'. ' 4
,"Many of the students do hot like the
wines because they, have never developed a
taste for the dry. taste, of good wine You
have to become conscious of the pleasures
of wine other than Jts alcoholic effects,"
Haddel said. - '
This, shows that, many of the students
, are not there just to drink the winerJie
'- said, Sr - .V V;,k -
"I hope the class gives the students a
well rounded background in fine foods and
wine. I try to teach them not just how dif
ferent wines taste but why they taste that
way, and why-certain wines go with' cer .
itain foods,' Haddel said.V , ; . v" s
Whatever the reason for taking the class,
students . .face' some' expense.' There is a"
$75 fee, Haddel 'saidt which covers ;the
wines and foods used hi the class and, two
meals, for' each. student at, the University
, Club. , , , - , f- " '
, . Some students said they were there to
. pick up three easy credit hours, but most .
said they were, taking the class to learn r
, about fine wine and food. One student said
Blue-jeaned economics professOKquoies
By Mary Fastenau
His office is not a square room
decorated with diplomas; it is the Union
Harvest Room.
The white stick hanging from his mouth
is not a cigarette; it is the stick of a red
heart-shaped lollipop. . ..
The text he quotes is not copyrighted; it
is life.
He is not a typical professor; he is Bert
Evans, UNL economics professor.
Evans dresses in blue jeans and wool
shirts. He says his casual clothes make the
students feel more comfortable. He admits
owning a suit and tie and that tailored suits,
used to be his normal attire. However, he "
does not want students to see him as an
authoritarian figure so he changed his style
of dress.
His strategy must be working because he
recently was awarded the "Best; Dressed
Professor" award by the College of ;
Business Administration.
The Most Talked About Professor
and the "Most Liberal" also were given to
Evans. '
He said he probably received these
awards because he is outspoken, more
visible and willing to speak out.
11 say what I think, and I say it without
retaliation," Evans explained. i-
He said he thinks his teaching methods;
may be why he was voted "Most Talked
About Professor." -
As an example, he said, he sometimes
does not assign a testbook in his introduc-"
tory economics class but tells the students
to "shop around." He said he is aware that
people are going to go back and tell their
friends about the class without an assigned
textbook . 1 ' x
. f, Evans admitted he does things that stu
dents notice, but he says he always has a
point to make1 , " "f-l
- In some of his classes he has one project
"which thife student devises on his ownVHe
said thiscan include surveys," telephone
polls, research in a hometown, newspaper
articles published, successful petitions, or a
class presentation. ' r-
- He said some students start questioning
and to do a complete job it will take three
semesters. Evans said he thinks that is fine
as long as the student is learning.
He said he has gotten 70-page papers
- from students who ordinarily , would not
4 put out much effort. Evans said he thinks
the reason is because he does not believe in
policing his students. " " L s j ;
. 1 treat students as equals; so they feel
free to say anything theyiwant he said.
But he admitted there are problems be
cause some students! see the class as an
"easy way to ' get thr?e hours of credit."
Evans his been in class at the University
. for along time. He has been teaching here
for 20 years. .V ,
He received his ! bachelor of science de
gree at NU, his master's at the University ,
of TexasAustin and his doctorate at Har
vard. . '. . - -;'
He said he. returned to Nebraska to
write his thesis because a friend asked him
he was taking the class t6 give, him more
class "on dates., ' -.f J-.i . ! 1
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, hometown ties to BJoomfield while in tiie .
'-Army and during his education. -V?-'He
said he owns a farm at Bloomfield
t -and keeps 'strong, ties with his parents..;
1 Evans,, said he ' thinks . his parents under-:
stand economics because they have "his
torical perspective. -
j ' 4 "My ; mother ' and father . understand
communication and economics better than
..most people I work with," Evans said..
His methods of studying economics in
"clude ' living, observing and being "close
enough to see" what is happening. He said
he believes learning' is much more than
memorizing statistics, x; - ,
j - Evans said he thinks there are a lot of
problems at UNLi He said there is no corre-.
: . lation between the work done and bene
fits, including pay, esteem and opportunity .
to travel. v
He said the university's role is changing.
Some 60 or 70 years o, he said, colleges
played a peripheral role in society, but "
today they play an integral part because of f
" increased college enrollments.
He said he does not think NU realizes its
responsibility in adult education. Evis
' said he thinks many people face real life ,
Bert Evans,
fessor- '
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UNL econcmics pro-'
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Evans sdi he chose to stay "in Nrebra:!a
because he felt he understood what as
happening in thz state. He caid he kept
Lauck
arrested
u Gerhard Lauck, a former UNL student The National Socialist Report, pub
and editor of the National Socialist Report, jlished monthly "in Lincoln, is the official
was arrested Tuesday following a shootings publication of the 'American Nazi Party
Incident atjhis parents home. 2 r. - - -'-and is distributed to party members
: - Lauck V brother, Jerry, 33, suffered i)l throughout the United States and to affil
gunshot wound in the shoulder and' was. V iate party members in more than 30
taken to Lincoln General Hospital fccw V-countries, -. .-'.
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vr- ". r r1 'occurred at about 3:30 pjn. Earli
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VCapt. John MiJjer, the investigating of
ficer, said Lauck was taken into custody
while the case was under investigation.
Miller said that Gerhard Lauck, 24, is" supplied posters, stickers and leaflets to the
expected to. be arraigned on charges m underground National Socialist Workers
connection with the shooting incident to-. Party, which is linked to recent
day at' 2 pjn. in Lancaster Oaunty Court. , !isturba.iccs in Iknover,Gemaiy.
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day, Lauck had spoken to a Lincch Ei:t
High School class.
Lauck said- Saturday that he has
situations without
could give them. - .
"The primary emphasis should be on
the role in the community, to control, ti-
just, direct and rnan
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