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'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-
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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- ! -
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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. ' " "
Kirsch is pleased with his flayers'
performance thus far and said, "They are '
out to tackle any difScult charts." -r
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