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Wednesday, march 7, 1079 dally nebraskan p&33 7 Wildlife spea buffalo fi 3edhighlightclub 'Let'i show these people that Nebraska Is more than just a big cornfield These are the sentiments of the UNL Wildlife Club about the upcoming North Central Student Wildlife Conclave. UNL's Wildlife Club will host the con clave for 15 other colleges March 1618. The conclave will klckoff with a wildlife film presented by the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission March 16 in the Nebra ska Center for Continuing Education. On March 17 more than 25 forestry, fisheries and wildlife speakers will present their views at various locations on East Campus. . , The speakers include: UNL Life Science Professor Paul Johnsgard speaking on the breeding birds of Nebraska's Sandhills; Karl Menzel, big game specialist with the Wild life Division of the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission, will speak on .white, tailed, and mule deer relationships In Ne braska; and photographer and writer Ion Farrar, of the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission, will discuss "The Sandhills AWindbornLand". Wildlife speakers Larry Oborny with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in Grand Island will discuss the Platte. River; Betsy Hancock of the Wachiska Audubon Society will talk about raptor rehabilitation and photographer Louis Lovenberg will discuss wildlife photography. In the afternoon quiz bowl competition will take place in the Nebraska Center. The main categories include wildlife and fisher ies management, taxonomy and identificat ion, general ecological principles, wildlife history and police, and current events in natural resources. In the evening a buffalo feed banquet will follow the quiz bowl. The buffalo meat was. donated by the Nebraska Park and Games Commission. Following the banquet a dance featuring the Sandy Creek Pickers will be sponsored by the liaak Walton League. Field trip On March 18 participants will choose from four field trips to observe Sandhill cranes, Fontanelle Forest, DeSota Bend Wildlife Refuge or Schramm Aquarium. The conclave will, also sponsor an art contest, according to Rocky Plettner, con clave chairman and Wildlife Club vice presi- s conclave dent" ". . ;.T f!fltpnrlM Inrlnrta nature nhntncranhvL painting, drawings, etchings and handcraft goods, . Y.,:,.." 'jv. The winners will be on' display in the Nebraska East' Union Loft March 17, Plettner said. "Nebraska Is really a unlaw state with the Platte, River, the Sandhills find the Sandhill cranes," Plettner said. Many people don't realize what Nebra ska has to offer, he said . "The conclave is a good opportunity for people from other states to get an idea what Nebraska is like ud for us to get an idea of what their state is like," Plettner said. Potential piles of knowledge gleaned out of garbage cans By Pam George People throw out more beer cans after there has been a full moon, according to the director of "Le Projet Du Garbage." William Rathje, associate professor of archaeology at the University of Arizona, said many interesting conclusions, have been made about society based on studying garbage can contents. Rathje, who presented a slide show and lecture Thursday as part of this year's Montgomery lecture series, said archaeolo gists have long known that studying garbage is the best way to learn about a community. "When we study our garbage there is a whole new potential for learning about our own society " he said. ' The study began In 1973 when students at the University of Arizona at Tucson were instructed to do a project showing the relationship between behavior and materi als in our society, according to Rathje. Project beginnings In 1974, the project started when stu dents received a 'two week training period , and then became garbage sorters and analy zers. They were tested halfway through the semester to be sure they were analyzing the garbage correctly, Rathje said. The students are usually apprehensive about studying the garbage at first, he said, because they are concerned it will be smelly and buggy. "We do find roaches " Rathje said, "and we warn the students not to eat, drink, or smoke anything they find in the garbage." He explained the students, methods of collecting and analyzing. He said Tucson is divided into urban "tracks" that are split into seven groups to represent different economic levels. Garbage is randomly se lected from these groups. "Every year in Tucson we have i 18,000 tons of raw data," Rathje said. The students record what track the gar bage came from, the data of collection, the number of items, brand names, cost of the product and weight of any food. Rathje said there are about 150 categories that the garbage is sorted into. Better than interviews "We see what people buy and what they throw away," Rathje said. "It is. better than simply interviewing them about what theydo. All of the information has been stored on computer, according to Rathje. He added they have analyzed about 500,000 individual objects. Rathje said he estimates $11 billion to $16 billion dollars of food are thrown out each year at the household level. There is a lot of waste when people try to change theft behavior patterns, he added. r "During the beef shortage a few years back,! we got three timesntore&eef dis carded,"he said. "People try to dramatical ly change their behavior, liKe trying new cuts of meat, or storing more, and they end up throwing more away." . In all the studies, Rathje said there was only one can of food that was a case for botulism, although people throwv away dented, damaged cans of edible food. Rathje said the project has been an ef fort to study modern problems, and relate them to past civilizations. "There is a correlation between materials and behavior in a society," he said. "Studying garbage is a dynamic part of our civilization." " A long-term study such as the one at the University of Arizona shows "active components of change in a society." For the students involved, Rathje said it has been a cultural experience. No green means jazz blues , By Kevin Field Jazz, an original American art form, is imbedded in today's young musicians and is a hot item according to Dennis Schnei der, a trumpeter and professor at UNL's School of Music. "Jazz is imbedded In today's colleges and schools and has a major influence on young musicians today. It has and always will be a part of America's culture he said. The jazz program at UNL consists of two jazz courses, one in history and one in improvisation; two lab bands, open by au dition; and a number of small combo groups which, emphasize preparing players as soloists.' y; . . , v ; Schneider began the - program from scratch in 1967 with the formation of the lab bands; Toyowr, e . bands are without a full-time faculty instructor and the program is at a Standstill:;' ;.v- ! - r Fundproilsaf - tThe problem, according to Schneider, is the same as with many trograrhs here at -ths university-lack of funds. . N1 r The lab bands are run by graduate a sistant Tom . Larson and John, Kirsch, an undergraduate trumpet major. ' v . Schneider gave up directing the binds in 1976 which his teaching load became too heavyTlifi bands were cot 'part cf his' teaching duties. They then were directed by Randell Snyder, a composition instruc tor, before being turned over to Larson. the two bands are active in the Lincoln community and have performed at various locals and in area schools promoting the jazz concept. Lab Band Two can be heard March 23 in rite Nebraska Student Union and hope to perform there at least once a month according to Kirsch, the band's director. The First Lab Band has gone to the Wi chita Jazz Festival in past years, but will not make the trip this year because of lack ' ' of funds. -' - T gg ' Recruit potential' - Kirsch said he feels the jazz bands could . be: used more .effectively than they are, possibly in recruiting top performers to the school. - He also said a more defined jazz program is needed to round biit those stu " dents who want to become teachers. Cur- -. rently, the ' students' graduate, become 7 teachers and are expected to run higx school jazz bands. . . ; . " . Without jazz Instruction; the best they V can do is fake it, unless they have worked ; in jazz on their own, he said. 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