friday, march 10, 1978
daily nebraskan
page 11
A sportswriter's life can be pretty good, yuh know
LlliVl J? ihSUt beinLa tion in an interview in the following way. "Coach, do you think you can win the tween awful and good, but to wl
sportswriter that are most distressing. Oh
sure, it has its advantages. Passes to the big
game of the season. Free lunch in the press
box. A lot of times you find yourself strut
ting the red carpet at events. The treatment
is fit for a king.
But not everything comes up roses. One
of the most difficult things about the job is
the post -game interview. Some writers
thrive on them, but chances are the ath
lete in question is not always responsive or
colorful.
Edwin Newman of NBC News said he
once heard an athlete respond to a ques
tou know, how do you know, you
know?"
That is not really a totally surprising
response. The phrase "you know" is the
greatest black mark on the English lan
guage. It permeatas the post-game inter
view. If the sportswriter were to quote
sources verbatim, entire forests would have
to be felled to come up with enough paper
to include all the "you knows".
Great caution also must be taken to
avoid the question that can be answered
"yes" or "no."
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Sec. 3 - Tue. & Thurs.: Class 1 :30, Lab. 2:30 or arranged
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Classes Begin March 14, 1978
This non-credit, seven-week Division of Continuing Studies course is
designed for those students with average or above average reading
abilities. Emphasis is placed upon comprehension, vocabulary and
speed in reading, and upon the attainment of effective study skills.
Fee: $40.00
Text: College Reading Skills (available at Nebraska Bookstore)
Craig Workbook (classroom)
Class Location: 208 Richards Hall
Register: 51 1 Nebraska Hall
UNL Division of Continuing Studies
For additional information, contact the instructor,
Kay Felton, at 488-8978 or 489-7517
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Edited by EUGENE T. MALES KA
ACROSS
1 An arm or a leg
5 In shape, as a
boxer
10 Sun oneself
14 Verbal
15 Bridge card
above nine
16 Italian wine
town
17 Jab
18 Defeated, in
a way
20 Largest city
in N.J.
22 Printing
measures
23 Crie.: of pain
24 Last of the
count
25 Item for a
dinghy
27 Oriental nurses
30 Boxer-manager
agreements
36 Kind of wolf
37 Away from
aweather
38 Pugnacious
child
31 Did business at
the box office
41 Radar terms
41 Crimson Tide,
for short
42 Baseball
brothers' name
43 Ridge
(famed race
horse)
44 Kaffir warriors
45 Retreat in the
ring
47 Words from the
pit
48 Victorian or
Vulgar
40 Founder of
Dadaism
50 On the double
S3 Pittsburgh
catcher and
wrestling expert
55 Good news on 7 Picnic attendee 33 Muscular
Wall St. 8 Ring contraction
58 Potential appurtenance 34 Home of the
haymaker I Stages, as fights Buccaneers
1 Part of speech 10 Taboo 35 Step
3 Sills's forte 11 Anent 40 Easy fight
64 Climb into the 12 Mulligan, e.g. 46 Urge along
ring 13 Chocolate and 47 Manly of
65 Kind of root Gavilan self-defense
66 Labyrinth 19 River to the 49 Mimes
67 Isn't illiterate Danube 50 Hyde Park
68 Command, old 21 He lost to D.D.E. vehicle
style 26 Illegal blow 51 Tennyson poem
rtnwM 27 Great horse of 52 Short test
9y 1942 54 Normal muscle
1 Truncate 28 Dough or bread tension
2 Word with 29 Vietnam city 55 No longer new
fisted or devastated 56 Rake
handed in 1972 57 Central points
3 Manufacture 30 Old word for 59 Scotch negative
4 Lost a fight : warm 60 Hagen of
Slang 31 Three-time A.L. theater
5 Clipped batting champ 62 After deductions
6 Former Yankee 32 One of India's
manager neighbors
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big game against State U.?"
"Yes," says Coach without blinking.
The air hangs thick between you for the
next 10 seconds (it seems like 10 hours) as
you stare blankly across his desk at each
other.
You finally recover enough to say,
"Why?"
He zings right back at you with the ap
propriate and patterned response.
"Well, we're well balanced and playing
pretty good defense and pretty good offense."
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mike
Great stuff, Coach. What you were real
ly hoping for Coach to respond with was,
"Because I hate their guts and I told my
boys to get out there and kill 'em."
But these answers are few and far be
tween. The second great black mark on our lan
guaged is the phrase "pretty good." What
does that mean? It must be somewhere be
tween awful and good, but to what degree
we'll never know.
"How do you think your team played
tonight, Coach?"
Pretty good. We hit the boards pretty
good, but our defense was poor. But our
shot selection was pretty good. . ." And so
on and so on .
The athletes have their own responses
ingrained as well. Here's a sampling:
"1 was just trying to do my best."
That's opposed to "I was just trying to do
my worst." Anyone who said that surely
would be kicked off the team, but it would
make great copy.
"I don't care if I don't make all-conference
as long as we win the national champ
ionship." Now come on. What athelete
would not like to make all-conference and
cut all the clippings out of the local paper
extolling his prowess?
"This was a big win for us." And the
rest of those wins were little ones, right?
Oh well. I suppose it make the job a
challenge. It tests your imagination and
ability to make your copy colorful.
"Spice it up," scream the editors. "This
stuff is dull, dull, dull."
Actually, we think we do a pretty good
job. Yuh know.
As a consumer, everyone has the
right to consumer education, accord
ing to President Gerald Ford in 1975.
Consumers have the right to
choose, the right to safety, the right
to be heard, and the right to be in
formed. These were the first consum
er rights as announced by President
John Kennedy in 1962.
The Office of Education defines
consumer education as "an effort to
prepare persons for participation in
the marketplace by imparting under
standings, attitudes, and skills which
enable them to make rational and in
telligent consumer decisions in light
of their personal values, their recog
nition of marketplace alternatives,
and social, economic and ecological
considerations."
Through government and industry
efforts, progress on the consumer be
half is now being made. But consum
er rights also mean consumer respon
sibilities. In an attempt to inform UNL stu
dents on consumer information,
NUPIRG's (Nebraska University Pub
lic Interest Research Group) Con
sumer Division staff will prepare and
present topics and buying tips for use
while making decisions in today's
marketplace.
The NUPIRG office is open to
consumer questions from 8 am. to
5 p.m., weekdays.
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LIVING ROOM FURNITURE
Just received several truckl loads
of 3 piece living room furni
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sets including couch, chair, and
loveseat in herculon fabric.
Your choice of colors. Complete
sets only $199 or terms. Open
to public 11 AM to 8 PM
daily. Freight Sales Co., 226
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HOUSES IN NEBR. & IOWA.
Must sell kingsize waterbed
with accessories. Make an offer.
4234461.
BANKRUPT LAMPS
Buy out of a lifetime. Just
received 72 assorted lamps with
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choice $659 each. Open to
public 11 AM to 8 PM daily.
Freight Sales Co., 226 S. 9.
Open Sunday. WAREHOUSES
IN NEBR. & IOWA.
BEDROOM CLOSEOUT
Snow and more snow in East
and South has caused major
retailers to cancel orders at the
factory. We bought all we could
and will liquidate truck load of
bedroom furniture. Have 12
sets with full size dresser, mirr
ror, chest and headboard. While
they last only $88 or terms.
Open to public 11 AM to 8
PM daily. Freight Sales Co.,
226 S. 9. Open Sunday. WARE
HOUSES IN NEBR. & IOWA.
Queen size waterbed, com
plete $125. Full-size mattress,
box springs, and frame $75
432-0681 or 471 -1272.
'76 Triumph Spitfire, over
drive and hard-top convertible.
Call Oeb 467-3846.
For Sale: 1974 Monte Carlo.
Good condition, has all extras.
Asking $3200-477-2183 after
6pm.
Speakers: Large Advents.
Utility cabinet,. Four (4). Excel
lent condition. 477-4916.
Stereo components Sansui
4000 RevAmp AR2AX
speakers Garard Zero100 turn
tablebest offer over $450.
Call 464-8876 after 5pm.
AKAI M-10 reel to reel
tape deck. New $300-asking
$150. Craig reel to reel with
speakers, $50. Call 795-5895.
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