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Unification Cliiircli relocates state office to Liiicolit
By Kathy Stokebrand
"Now is the time," according to a local
member of the Unification Church, to he
girt personal contact with people in an
attempt to gain membership for the
church.
Now Is the time; State Director Lewis
Pearlmari said, because school has started
and the summer period of "slack response"
to the church has ended .
The church, founded in Seoul, Korea in
1954 by Rev. Sun Myung Moon, has
moved its state headquarters to Lincoln
after being in Omaha for six years. Pearl
man said the church has a headquarters in
every state. Usually, the headquarters are
in college towns, because, Pearlman said,
"the future belongs to the young."
Pearlman said the group moved to Lin
coln because several college campuses and
state offices are here. Some local church
members Urged the move, and it was felt
there is a generally better atmosphere here.
Also, the Omaha headquarters was
located lrt a large house that became too
expensive to run with a small number of
people living in it. The church will keep the
property, however, and maintain it.
PEARLMAN SAID he and two other
members, John Raineri and Bill Dartaher,
came to Lincoln early in June. They have
located the church headquarters in an
apartment it 1441 0 St.
So far, Pearlman Said, the response by
Llncolnites has been mixed. He said 25
percent will listen, 25 percent won't, and
the lest are apathetic. But, with school
underway hi exacts IKat to improve, he
said.
The group is planning to submit a letter
of intent to the Campus Activities and Pro
grams (CAP) office. Raineri, Who takes
classes at UN L said he Wants to start a
Collegiate Association for the Research
Principles (CARP) on the UNL campus.
CARP, he said, is separate from the
Unification. Church, although all of its
founders are church members. However,
one can join the organization without join
ing the church.
The purpose of CARP, Raineri said, is
to revitalize the Christian objective on
college campuses and to help the future of
mankind. He added that meeting locations
and program plans are indefinite now.
HOWEVER, MEETINGS might be held
in the 0 Street apartment, he said.
Members of the organization will have
to donate money or find contributions for
the organization's expenses until the
group's constitution is approved by the
CAP office and ASUN. If it is approved,
members will be allowed to sell items on
campus to cover expenses.
Pearlman has already been distributing
brochures on the UNL campus concerning
Rev. Moon and The Unification Church for
two days, he said. Aside from this ''direct
witnessing" he plans to gain members to
'the Unification Church by becoming
involved in the community and serving
others, he said.
Although each state must finance its,
own programs, the center receives Inciden
tals such as a video tape machine from
national headquarters. It is Used to show
Moon movement tapes.
Otherwise, Pearlman and the other
members rely upon donations, work for
Manpower, and do several other temporary
jobs for people to pay their expenses.
ALTHOUGH THEY haven't sold any
thing vet, the organization has sold candy
and other items in Omaha.
Pearlman said he also Would like to send
letters to Lincoln campus organizations to
make the church's presence and its avail
ability for meeting programs known. With
in the next couple of weeks he wants to
arrange study groups and a Sunday service
to be held at the apartment or in a rented
hall, he said.
Pearlman, 32, comes from New Jersey.
After spending 3 years in Vietnam as a
Marine medic, he returned to the states and
was graduated from LaSalle University
with an accounting degree.
He became involved With the Unifica
tion Church after being confronted on a
street in San Francisco by some members
in 1973, he said. They asked him id come
to a dinner to meet people interested in
forming an international family, Pearlman
said the people were nice, and after listen
ing to them that evening he became Inter
ested to hear more.
They invited him to a two-day "work-
shop," where they went over the tilM
Principle, had lectures recreation and
entertainment presented by the movement
members. He has been involved lrt thl
movement since then.
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By Rich Jurgens
UNL tickets office officials said they believe 99 per
cent of UNL students are honest and will not scalp their
student football tickets, but they believe ticket scalping
is a problem.
Helen Wagner, UNL ticket manager, said there should
be no question as to whether or not students should be
allowed to sell or give their tickets to anyone. She said
students are sold football tickets at a reduced price as
a privilege given to students. That privilege, she said is
not transferable.
Wagner said that 50 to 75 tickets are confiscated at the
gates at each home game .
Several students said that since they buy their tickets,
they should be allowed to do Whatever they want with
them. -
Wagner, however, said students buy the tickets with
the understanding that they can only be used by the stu.
dent or t spouse.
Wagner laid the ticket office tised to allow students to
exchange their Student tickets for public tickets to be
Used'by their family, but tail too many requests came
ia to make the program workable.
If t student's ticket Is taken away because they have
given it to i parent or bother or lister, the ticket usually
will be Riven back, Yner said. However, if the ticket is
sold or given to a non-family member, it will not be given
back under any circumstances, Wagner said.
She said if a student does get the ticket back after
selling to a non-family member, it's because the student is
a good liar.
lean Walcott, in charge of student ticket sales, said it
Was against state law for students to sell tickets, and that
it was terrible for the Daily Nebraskan to sell ads advertis
ing student ticket sales.
Wagner said many students aren't caught selling tickets
because of the large number of people going to the games.
She said it is not uncommon for boys to get into games
with glris tickets beca-.ttatiy 'iiamei can be either
male or female. .-, ,
"AS LONG AS there is an interest in football at Ne
braska there will alway be problems with ticket scalping,1
Wagner said.
Students also are finding ways of getting more than
one ticket. Wagner laid some students buy tickets during
tiie spring lottery and then go toUe administration of.
fla and aay they have lost their student LD.s, thus two
II)J, which enables them to buy a second ticket in the
fall.
Wagner said there is little the administration office
or the ticket office could do when a student lias two ID J.
$tit said if the problem gets too serious, the ticket office
may hive to start putting student ticket holders la alpha
betical order to set who has more than one ticket.
