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Summer Nebraskan, Thursday, August 2, 1979 Page? utolomeimt mppet movie fan for allno strings attached M By L. Kent Wolgamott It is not often a major motion picture attracts the ma jority of its viewers under the age of l(fcAndlf the movie does appeal to a young audience it usually cannot hold the attention of those "adults" who accompany their children to the theatre. The Muppet Mo vie ts an exception, for it provides enter tainment for all ages, without boring the young or the old. Jim Henson, the creater of the Muppets, as producer brings his characters from Sesame Street and The Muppet Show of television to success on the big screen capitalizing on the things which made them a national success. Kermit the Frog is again the star as Jerry Juhl and Jack Burns' screenplay takes him from the swamp to Hollywood and a "rich and famous" contract. On the way, Kermit picks up his mottley entourage, Fuz Ei Bear, Miss Piggy, Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem, Gonzo, Ralph the Dog, etc., and has to duel the villian Dr. Hopper. Hopper, played by Charles Durning, wants Kermit to do t.v. commercials for his chain of frog leg restaurants and Football will see 'death circuit' By Gordon Johnson This year training for the Nebraska football team will take a new turn when the players test their strength on the death circuit, the team's strength coach said. Boyd Epley said the death circuit will push players to the limits of their strength and is so demanding that the players are not required to run it. The circuit is designed to cause complete muscular th!?ea!; hf saii in 20 seconds with a 10 second pause between sets, he said. Some of the exercises include bench pressing one's weight and pressing twice one's weight with the legs. The circuit is so strenuous that no one including the strength coach has been able to successfully complete it, Epley said. Some complete However some of the players should complete the circuit failure, Epley said. The circuit is made up of ten stations, each having a dif ferent exercise. Repetitions The object of the circuit is to do three sets of exercises at each station. A set of exercises consists of 10 repetitions f?"pW friday 1 8,10 f I sVc TAEE Aimant 9 iPNiM thru . wturday v August 18 611 4722073 l7mm0jM 813 rt TNT WHO't MAW . Ci-JOv 5 TAKE ftS I rKjH 8i6 1 zcrs . 1 f w frkbry 1. to The best conditioned athlete in Nebraska history will survive it " he said. Since completion of the circuit is not mandatory, Epley said he tries to make it fun and competitive to intice the players into completing the course. After each player successfully completes the circuit he will receive a T-shirt with the words "Death Circuit" across the front. The first player to complete the course will get his number printed on all the other "T"-shirts, he said. Training essential Strength training is essential during the whole year, because if a player does not use his muscles he'll lose the conditioning and strength, he said. "You must use it or lose it," Eply said, and added that football practice alone isn't enough. During the summer months players not staying in Lin coln send a repjort card to Epley every two weeks repor ting the progress they are making in their training. will stop at nothing to capture Kermit. Interwoven with the plot are the songs of Paul Williams and Kenny Ascher in which each principal characters describes his or her feelings in song. And of course there is humor of all types, from bad puns and sight gags to subtle suggestions clearly intended for the older members of the audience. Director James Frawley moves the picture along at a good pace and plays each scene for what it is worth, not overemphasizing emotions and situations. A host of well-known humans make cameo appearances, the two most notable performances being given by Mel Brooks as a demented scientist and Steve Martin as a rather obnoxious waiter. But the credit for the success of the movie must to go the Muppet Performers, Henson, Frank Oz, Jerry Nelson, Richard Hunt and Dave Goelz, for the movie would fail if their characters did not give a stellar performances. The plot of the Muppet Movie is about Kermit's dream of success and fortune in Hollywood and his desire to make millions of people happy. f The Muppets are Jim Henson's realization of Kermil's dream and with the television shows and now the movie he has been able to make millions of people happy. The Muppet Movie is playing at the Stuart Theatre. UNL has one of UN foundation ninth in gifts Anational survey of voluntary support to col leges and universities showed that the University of Nebraska Foundation ranked ninth among, all public universities in gifts received as part of annual- giving programs. largest summer These figures are then compiled and sent back to the Continued on page 8 The total received by NU Foundation last fiscal year &ivins does not include and fp iJf sessions Four thousand six hun dred students registered for the second 5-week sum mer session at the Univer sity of Nebraska-Lincoln bringing total summer en rollment to 13,657, accord ing to Dr. Alan T. Sear gren, Director of Summer sessions. This was 31 students below the 1978 total but still one of the largest summer enrollments in the United States, he noted. The second session, campaigns, or special con- which began July 16, has 92 fejuiDuuons. rewer students man in l ' 1978, with enrollment down 131 in graduate programs, w Among the 169 public Several undergraduate pro- universities reporting, Ohio grams, Several under- State ranked first, with graduate programs regist- r $5,626,651 in gifts, ered increases but the total followed by Michigan, was lower by 2. Continuing w Michigan State, Wisconsin, studies enrollment was up bequests, capital gifts Minnesota, Washington, ) California at Berkeley, Ball pt State and Nebraska. Of the X nation's 887 colleges or imivorettiao Hsth nntnla and public, the NU Found t) ation ranked 28th. V I ?arv T wvu. v ww wuwu L w ducted by the Council for T mrirx CL Financial Aid to Education. KCClta! glVCIl 48. Summer enrollments at UNL included 2,059 in a 3-week session that began May 21; 606 in an 8-week session that began May 21, and 6,392 in a 5-week session that began June 11. 0 Live Music This Weekend HDDENaVALUEY: i 1 11 (country rock) f-3 tsi tzi CstlTtj ficilitfrt CI giTrt ttn cf 64 th ca tlatkka Read) MBASSY1 THEATER Nov Playing Senators Daughter & Sensual Meditations i7S0-O-St -43K3U. VSkst b 13 yen &i ID by UNL students The University o! Nebraska-Lincoln School of Music will present Char leen Henkelmann Chalmers performing a Graduate Re cital on the Miskell Mem orial Organ et 8 P.M. Tuesday, July 31. The free public concert will be in Kimball Recital tlall, 11th and VL She will play the Vivtlii Bach "Concerto In A Minor. BWY 5S3,M Baca'a six Choral Prelndea," "Les Corps Gbrieux" By Oliver Mcssiaca and "Toc cata and Fcs la E, Opes C5M By Max Ee-tr. : .