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daily nebraskan
thursday, September 7, 1978
So you don't want 300 men calling you? You can do with
out all those other women ringing your phone night arid
day?
To remove your name, phone and address on campus
and other vital information removed from the campus
directory, the Buzz Book:
1) go in person to 209 Nebraska Hall (enter off 17th Street)
to the Dept. of Publications Services.
2) tell the nice lady there your name and address and tell
her you want it eliminated from the Buzz Book.
3) you must go in person because your signature is required
before your name will be taken off the list.
4) this must be completed on or before Friday, Sept. 15.
If you want to change your listing so it will have your cor
rect phone number, etc., go to 208 Administration and file
a change of address form. Publications Services cannot
take care of this.
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Suicidal? Instead of jumping,
call Personal Crisis Center
By Kris Hansen
"Now, let me be sure I understand.
You're hanging out your tenth floor dorm
room, planning to jump, because your girl
friend just ran off with a guru, the univer
sity scheduled all your classes for the same
time period, your gerbil died and you're
$10,567.23 overdrawn at the bank? Don't
give up hope. . ."
This may be an extreme case, but the
Personal Crisis Service handles all types of
calls in an attempt to "help the individual
sort out his problems using his own avail
able resources," according to the director
of the program.
George Edgar said the service receives
about 300 calls a month, which are
patched through an answering service to
the volunteer on duty. The 70 workers
have their own time slot each week, and
answer calls in their home or office.
Personal problems
"The majority of the problems are per
sonal. Marital and family problems are the
most common, but some people are just
plain lonely -they want someone to talk
to," Edgar said.
Charles Lindgren, a volunteer for the
service, said, "We talk to callers and find
out what the problem is. We help them to
understand that they can solve the crisis
with their own resources, and point out the
people and places that can help them"
Volunteers may also refer callers to
special groups such as Alcoholics Anony
mous, Lindgren said.
"You need to find empathy with others.
If you can't relate to the call, you pass it to
someone else," lindgren said.
Edgar said, "We do have "regulars" who
call and just want to rap. It's part of the
service we provide."
A caller is looking for help, Lindgren
said, explaining that suicides are the
scariest type.
"We try to find out why, what it is that
happened today that precipitates the
threat. Usually it takes two or three inci
dents. Three is usually the trigger. Then we
find some reason for them to live-a
spouse, someone who loves them."
Lindgren said the volunteer usually goes
on to help the caller solve the current prob
lem. Edgar added that the service can contact
the police department to help with a
suicide if the person's name or location is
known.
The problem is that this (calling the
police) becomes a value judgment. Even if
the caller is angry, we'd still try to save
them, but we only call the police as a last
resort," Edgar said.
Volunteer training
Volunteers go through a training pro
gram before they begin work, Edgar said.
The program, begins Sept. 18 and meets
for 10, two-hour sessions. The group dis
cusses procedures for handling calls, active
listening, feedback, and concentrated infor
mation on loneliness, drugs, family prob
lems and other areas.
"To be a volunteer, you must go
through the program, but those who are
just interested in the skills don't have to
go on the line," Edgar commented. "We
don't have as many people as we'd like
we're always in need of more."
The volunteers also are organized into
teams which meet every month to share
calls they have handled and listen to
speakers from referral agencies.
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