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tuesday, October 14, 1980
lincoln, nebraska vol. 105, no. 37
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.Football, education among topics in Hayes' speech
By Shelley Smith
Woody Hayes discussed subjects ranging from football
to the Vietnam War, computers and the importance of
college education in his Monday night speech.
But there was one topic the former Ohio State head
football coach refused to discuss-the circumstances and
actions which led to his dismissal as head coach last year.
Looking a bit like a gray-haired Red Skelton, Hayes
told about 1 ,500 people in the Nebraska Union Ballroom
that he had made some mistakes in his life, said that
everyone has, and added that he has paid.
Hayes was dismissed last December after he struck a
Clemson football player who was returning an Ohio
State interception during the 1979 Gator Bowl.
Hayes' speech was sponsored by the University Pro
gram Council's Talks and Topics Committee in conjunc
tion with the beginning of homecoming week at UNL.
Hayes told the audience in a question and answer
period after his hour-long speech that he didn't want to
discuss the incident saying: "You've seen it on television
enough.
"And with people who ask questions like that, it makes
me wonder what they've done," he said to the approval of
the crowd.
Hayes was given warm ovations throughout his speech,
and in closing, he thanked the audience for its courtesy.
He said he had enjoyed his visit to UNL, and said
the enthusiasm he had seen can be compared to that of
Ohio State. The two universities can also be compared,
Hayes said, by the good, clean type of football they represent.
"The biggest thing in a league that is not known for
being clean, is respect, and by golly, you're at the top of
that league," he said.
"You always hear that everyone's doing it (illegal ath
letics), and I've heard that in the Big Ten, too," he said.
"The two best teams are the two cleanest teams," he
added.
About a year ago, Hayes said, a television reporter ask
ed him by what he would like to be remembered most.
"Hell, I knew what he was talking about, but rarely
does a man get to say what he wants to be remembered
by. 1 don't know what my record is, and I won't ever
know. There were a heck of a lot of games I should have
won, but I was too dumb to win them," Hayes said.
"But, in all the years that I coached, and on my squad,
I never had a player that was critically injured. I know
that man upstairs was taking care of me," he said.
Hayes said that before every game, his team never
prayed for victory, his players knew they had the ability
to win. The team prayed that no one, on either team
would be seriously hurt, and that they would behave
themselves the way in which the "man upstairs" would be
proud.
"Sometimes the coach didn't always do that," Hayes
joked.
Hayes reminisced with the audience about his 1954
national championship team, his fondness and admiration
for Philadelphia baseball player Pete Rose, and about old
friends and old places.
He seemed to revel in his philosophy of the importance
of a college education, and his belief that "nothing is
worth a dime if it comes easy."
Council seeks study proposals
By Betsy Miller
The UNL Teaching Council is requesting proposals for
a special grant to study the communication effectiveness
of graduate teaching assistant, according to the Director
of the UNL Teaching and Learning Center and an admini
stration member of the teaching council.
Director Delivee Wright said, "We need a better definit
ion of what the dimensions of the problem are."
Wright said there has been much "hearsay" about
graduate assistants who have problems communicating
with students.
"Some people feel there is definitely a problem and the
teaching council is concerned "Wright said.
According to Wright, communication problems may
appear in classes taught by non-foreign graduate assistants
as well as those taught by foreign graduate students
"You might have a graduate assistant from Canada who
would then be considered foreign, but could speak perfect
English," Wright said.
However, even though the Canadian might speak
proper English, he might not be able to communicate well
with his class, Wright explaine d .
The study's purpose should be to gather "objective
data" on any communication problems which graduate
assistants may have, Wright said.
. The data may be analyzed and some method created to
help future graduate assistants with communication
problems they may have, Wright said.
She said the council is interested in proposals for the
grant from UNL student groups or faculty.
The proposals should include a comprehensive survey
of classes taught by teaching assistants and, especially, stu
dent assessment of graduate teachers' instruction skills,
Wright said.
ASUN President Renee Wessels said that ASUN, which
has discussed the problem of graduate assistant com
munication problems, has not planned to apply for the
grant.
However, Wessels said that ASUN would pay close
attention to any results of the survey.
Wessels said that in almost every semester, student
complaints about graduate assistants' lack of communica
tion are heard.
Money for the grant will come from the teaching
council and Wright said that no specific amount has been
allocated for the project.
Preliminary proposals will be reviewed by a teaching
council subcommittee until Oct. 27, Wright said.
During this time, those who have rough ideas for a
study can show it to the subcommittee and it may help
the presenter develop the idea, Wright said.
All grant proposals must include a representative from
visiting foreign scholars, according to council grant appli
cation rules.
Final draft of proposals must be received by Wright no
later than noon on Nov. 3, Wright said.
Hie council hopes the grant can be awarded and the
study completed before the end of this academic year, she
added.
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Woody Hayes
He was aloof and candid with the crowd, and billed the
game of football as the "greatest sport ever invented."
Hayes said he most respected people who would "go
that extra mile, and squirm for that extra yardage.
"They're winners. They lead by begin out front," he
said. "They get out in front and they make the differ
ence." He said he could relate football and what he has learn
ed from the game to just about every facet of life.
"In football, you learn that when you get knocked
down you get up and go again, and when you go again
you go together; you're running the same play," he said.
"Too many times in our society, people run their own
plays."
Football support
praised by James
By Pat Carraher
A university's athletic program will prosper best if it
also attracts economic growth to the community, said Big
Eight Commissioner Carl James.
James Monday addressed a conference of representa
tives from Big Eight schools which is meeting in Lincoln.
James complimented Lincoln and the state on its tre
mendous support of Big Red football.
"There's nowhere in the country where football has it
better than here, where you've had something like 108
consecutive sellouts," James said.
The former director of athletics at the University of
Maryland was quick to point out, however, that many of
the nation's universities were not having the success that
Nebraska, and most of the Big Eight schools have.
He said that last year, 32 percent of the nation's
colleges and universities "lost ground financially." James
cited UCLA, Yale, USC and Alabama as schools which
were forced to drop competition in some sports and re
duce them to the "club" level. James said that while
these clubs gave students some competition, he did not
like to see athletic curriculums reduced.
As an example of a program bringing growth to the
community, James cited the University of Tennessee.
He said the people there were in the process of con
structing additional seating for the football stadium,
which will make it the largest university stadium in the
country with 106,000 seats.
James said Syracuse currently is building a new $27
million dome stadium for both football and basketball.
The Syracuse Dome, James said, also will be used for
community projects and activities like concerts and trade
shows.
James said the reason schools such as Tennessee and
Syracuse were able to finance such projects is because the
schools' athletic programs gave their community an eco
nomic boost and fostered growth in many area financial
programs.
This economic boost comes back to the school through
channels such as alumni donations, James said.
"This is the decade of the 80s, and it's our job to sell
our programs to the community, he said. As commis
sioner of the Big Eight, he said, he hoped to make the Big
Eight a leader.
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