daily nebraskan
friday, march 23, 1979
UNLtrips ran
ge from skiing slopes to touring br
By Brenda Moskovits
and Jean Lundak
Sunny beaches, snowovered slopes,
cocktails and conferences await students
participating in spring break vacation trips
sponsored by campus organizations.
For those tired of cold, blustery
weather, the University Program Council is
taking a group of 24 students to Daytona
Beach, Fla.
The trip, provided through Consolidated
Tours of Minneapolis, includes round trip
air , fare, multiple-occupancy motel
lodgings, entertainment discount coupons
plus optional tours, such as Disney World,
for an additional charge
i Martin Wood, program consultant for
UPC-East said this is the first time UPC has
sponsored a vacation trip. The group had
hoped to fill the chartered plane them
selves, but due to limited interest, the
travelers will share the flight with vacation
ers from Minneapolis and Omaha.
Wood attributed the lack of interest to
late notice, competing ski trips and un
certainty about a trip not sponsored
before.
UPC will try and sponsor another trip
next spring, he said.
For those willing to venture into the
cold one last time, the UNL Ski dub is
taking 40 members to Telluride, Colo.
Bus transportation, four days of lift
tickets, condominium lodgings, munchies
on the bus and a wine and cheese party are
provided for the $180 fee, according to
trip chairman Larry Summerer.
"We could have accommodated more
people," he said, "but a lot of people
wanted to go where it is warm."
Wesley House also is sponsoring a three
day ski trip to Winter Park, Colo. About
six or seven students plan to travel by van
or car, according to Wesley House secre
tary Burnetta Wilkins.
Room still is available for the March
24-28 trip, she said. Cost is $135, including
travel, meals and lodging.
Business trips
Business and pleasure go hand in hand
for other UNL organizations during the
spring holiday.
The UNL Ad Club is taking a group of
students to Chicago to visit advertising
agencies and to meet with former UNL
graduates.
Ad Club Treasurer Rich Paulsen said the
$140 fee covers commercial plane fair,
double occupancy motel rooms and four
meals during the four-day trip.
The club's first spring trip includes
tours of Playboy Towers and Leo Burnett
Advertising Agency, he said.
Also taking an education-related trip are
six members of Alpha Epsilon Rho, the
broadcasting society.
The society is paying gas, registration
fees and meals for members to attend
AERhoV national convention in Dallas.
After the three-day convention, the
group will stay in Dallas for a National As
sociation of Broadcaster's convention.
Agtrip
AERHo sends members to the conven
tion's seminars, which includes talks by
renowned television and radio people each
year, according to President Rich Thiesfeld.
UNL Block and Bridle leaves Saturday
for Missouri on its annual spring tour, ac
cording to Tara Carver, trip co-chairwoman.
Each spring, Block and Bridle takes a
tour to visit agriculture-related areas in sur
rounding states.
The Missouri trip includes stops at the
American Agriculture Association and
American Hereford Association Head
quarters. They will also visit a mule farm,
a quarter horse ranch, a Clydesdale breed-
Look into wildlife outside the bars
By Martha Murdock
When you're at home during spring
vacation with nothing to do and a freind
suggests that you look into wildlife, don't
necessarily assume that he is talking about
visiting the bars. He may mean watching
the birds and the beasts.
The last week in March is a good time
for birdwatching. Many varieties are mi
grating north through Nebraska. The most
spectacular birds to look for now are the
sandhill cranes congregating near the Platte
River.
These flocks are the largest concentra
tion of cranes in North America, according
to Paul Johnsgard, a professor in the
School of Life Sciences and a professional
ornithologist.
The cranes are present from Grand Is
land west to about Lexington, Johnsgard
said. During the day they feed in the fields
and at night they return to islands in the
river.
"The most spectacular time to see them
is toward sunset as they go back to the
river," Johnsgard advised.
Small relatives
The birds, also known as the lesser sand
hill cranes, are smaller relatives of the en
dangered whooping cranes that migrate
through Nebraska in early April.
About 250,000 sandhill cranes will be
present, according to Johnsgard. The grey
birds are three to four feet tall and have a
wing span of about five feet.
Johnsgard also suggested looking for
geese. Approximately 100,000 to 200,000
snow geese are migrating north through Ne
braska City along the Missouri River flats.
In addition, in the lagoon areas south of
the Platte there will be about 250,000
Canadian geese and white-fronted geese.
"Binoculars and telescopes are of course
helpful, but you don't really need them be
cause these birds are so large and
numerous," Johnsgard said.
Ross Lock, a non-game specialist at the
State Games and Parks commission, sug
gested watching for bald eagles.
"There are near 100 bald eagles north of
the Kearney area, but they are scattered.
You won't see a flock of eagles." The
eagles winter in Nebraska.
One day trip
Washiska Audubon Society, a Lincoln
chapter of the national society, is planning
a one day field trip March 25 to De Soto
National Wildlife Refuge north of Omaha.
Anyone interested in watching birds can
participate.
Member Betsy Hancock suggested bring
ing field glasses and a sack lunch. Anyone
wanting information on the trip and trans
portation can call field trip chairman Tim
Knott at 432-1598, she said.
Hancock suggests looking for nests. The
great horned owl is nesting at this time of
year in old and dead trees. The adult bird is
18 to 20 inches tall with a four-foot wing
span. Hancock urged that explorers be
careful to not disturb nests as the birds will
leave a nest that has been bothered.
Other wildlife
Beth Daberkow, a member of the UNL
Wildlife Club, said that although it may be
a bit early for canoeing, the Niobrara and
Republican pivers would be good sites. She
said the Niobrara is especially scenic and
that there may be a little white water on
the river now.
"The Platte and the Elkhorn Rivers may
be dangerous because of ice and high
water," she warned.
Deer, beaver, muskrat and some water
foul can be seen along the rivers, she said.
Daberkow said some students might en
joy the trails in Pioneers and Wilderness
Parks. Horses can be rented at Pioneer
Stables at the park's east entrance. There
are buffalo and elk herds in Fort Robinson
State Park, Daberkow added.
Hunting seasons are ending in Nebraska
and it still is early for fishing, according to
Lock.
, If you can't find anything here that
interests you, or you're too lazy or unad
venturous to follow wildlife over the coun
try side, Lincoln's Ager Memorial Zoo is
open from 9 ajn. to 4:45 p jn. daily.
ing farm. They will tour the Anheuser
Busch Brewery and large hog, sheep and
cattle operation.
The bus will carry 46 students who pay
$70 each for transportation and lodgings,
she said.
Break in Lincoln
For those of you who feel unfortunate
about spending Spring break in Lincoln,
don't lose heart. There are several activities
and things to do in Lincoln.
Highway Call will perform at Lohmeirs'
Drumstick March 22-24, and High
FaLootin will play March 29-31 .
Howard Street Tavern will present Jone
sin, March 21-24, Earl Bates March 26-28,
Need some change be a guinea pig
By Connie Casari
Spring: That season of the year in which
plants begin to grow after lying dormant all
winter; in the North Temperate Zone, gen
erally regarded as including the months of
March, April and May.
Break: To bring to a sudden end; to
scatter; disperse. An interruption of a
regular or continuous arrangement, action.
To leave suddenly, to get away, escape;
spring break.
The great escape is -about to occur.
Since classes at this institution of higher
leaning, otherwise known as UNL began
Jan. 15, there have been ten consecutive
weeks of school. That is 50 days of classes
with no break for students or professors.
I A nine-day vacation begins March 23,
and most will agree that the break, the
interruption of a regular and continuous ar
rangement, is sorely needed.
; ' For those who have the money or are
willing to beg, steal or borrow for it, some
where else besides Lincoln seems to be the
place to be for spring break.
The two most popular options seem to
be heading for the South or for the slopes.
South, (interpreted as anything below the
Kansas-Oklahoma border) includes such
places as Padre Island, Foil Lauderdale,
Fla., the Cayman Islands or even the
Bahamas.
The mountains of Colorado and Utah
probably are the most logical destinations
for aspiring skiers. Ready and willing Ne
braskans will undoubtedly grace the slopes
of Breckenridge, Aspen, Vail and Copper
Mountain in a few days.
For those will less funds and perhaps
more ambition, mere is the option of
staying in Lincoln to work or study, or
going home.
Or if one is bored or very desperate for
cash, there is always Harris Laboratories,
624 Peach St.
Certain clients commission Harris Labo
ratories to do studies required by the Food
and Drug Administration so that new pro
ducts can be legally marketed.
James McClurg, technical director at the
lab, said about 20 college students, and
possibly more, will be involved in testing
over spring break.
"Some kids, if not all of them, have had
their physicals," McClurg said. "Most of
them will be here for just part of the
week."
If the students stay overnight, McClurg
said they often play foosball and cards.
During the day, some even lay in the sun.
If there is any, that is.
For those who are in a state of sever de
pression because of the lack of options for
spring break, remember there are only 25
days of school left after vacation. And then
comes three months of summer.
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Artwork by Robert R
