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daily nebraskan
thursday, february 12, 1981
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Voting tells campus officials students concerned
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It often is easy for UNL students to succumb
to the temptation not to take campus politics
seriously. It also is unfortunate.
This disregard for university issues and
indifference is displayed toward the activites of
elected student representatives is fostered because
campus concerns tend to appear trite and trivial
when viewed against the backdrop of society's
economic and political woes.
But ignoring or scoffing at the efforts expend
ed by UNL's student government will not ac
complish anything. The key to solving problems
that face students should begin with making
the student governing body stronger through in
creased involvement and oversight of its activ
ities. During the last few years, only about 1 5 per
cent of UNL students have voted in the spring
student elections. Obviously this is not an im
pressive nor representative mandate.
The student government on this campus can
not, of course, solve the myriads of problems
encountered by its constituents the students.
ASUN cannot lower tuition, cannot approp
riate funds to make the university a viable, grow
ing educational system and cannot force the reg
ents into being more accountable to students at
NlTs institutions.
But even though the student government
does not have the authority to do these things
that clearly would benefit this campus, it can in
fluence these decisions. Through hard work
and the power they would have in knowing the
support of the student population was behind
them, UNL representatives can endeavor to pro
mote higher education in Nebraska during a time
when serious threats to limit or reduce the ef
fectiveness of the NU system loom ominously.
Proposed cuts in aid to education on the fed
eral level also add to the dilemma and make it
even more essential that the student governing
unit be relied upon to carry the torch for the
common good of the students.
This is not to say the student government is
without fault. That is why it is imperative stu
dents make their educational needs and concerns
known and then hold representatives accountable
for helping meet those demands.
With campus elections nearing at UNL, this is
a critical time if ASUN is to increase its effect
iveness as a governing body.
Therefore, students should strive to meet
their responsibilities to be informed voters
by scrutinizing the platforms presented by
the various campus political parties anil by quest
ioning the views expressed by candidates trying
to be elected ASUN executive officer.
Good Shrubkeeping?
Why I remember when
weather didn't matter. . .
I'm really glad the university officials
decided against canceling classes Tuesday
because of a blizzard. It's a well-known
fact that students are more susceptible to
frostbite, hypothermia, and pneumonia
during adverse weather conditions when
school is called off.
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I can remember in high school, driv
ing five miles through snow drifts, fierce
winds, zero visibility, and with no snow
tires to get to school. Once I got there I
knew it would be called off, but I had to
be there to get in the whereabouts of the
blizzard parties. Then we'd all drive
20 miles on winding roads up to the
mountains and spend the day outside.
Remember a couple of years ago when
classes were canceled because of a heavy
snowfall? That same day, police had to
block off 16th Street because so many
students were out sliding around hanging
onto car bumpers and throwing snowballs.
No doubt the Health Center had a flu in
crease in the next couple of weeks.
Tuesday, when all of the Lincoln Pub
lic Schools were closed, the Lincoln High
kids still were hanging around by gas
stations, apartment buildings and parking
lots-hanging around just like usual.
I guess it's just always been that way,
Winter is always worse when there are
classes to attend.
When classes weren't called off. ! can
remember complaining to my mother
about the lack of proper heating in the
school, how I was sure my new cold would
worsen if I even ventured out past the
garage, and how many frostbite cases were
reported last year in our school alone. The
best I ever got was maybe a ride.
The walk home was worse. Calling
from the pay phone at school, I assured
her that the weatherman said at least two
inches of freezing sleet was expected in
the next half hour. I had forgotten a coat,
you see, and had only my thin wind
breaker, and yes, today was the day I
picked to fill my wear-one-dress-a-year
quota. Oh yeah, I had to bring home my
science project too. I just had to.
"Your father comes home at 6, you
can just wait until then."
This was at 2:30.
College is worse because you have to
make the decision.
You walk out the door of your cozy
apartment, and venture past your immobile
car, and head against the icy wind to the
dreaded bus stop. Two steps more, and
you find your feet heading back to the
door. Too cold, you think. "No gloves,
no hat, no down-filled coat . . stay home,"
your mind repeats over and over.
"Uh, hello, Professor Glover, I, uh,
uh
Ill take a burger, fries and
hold the tennis shoes
The world's first restaurant designed to
make its customers feel guilty has just
opened in Chicago. It is called Jocl'.'s, it
is located in the Lakeshore Centre Health
club complex, and if you dine there not
only will you be offered nutritious food,
but you feel as if your wife or mother is
nagging you for being such a slob.
The coming of a place like Jock's was
probably inevitable. It is the perfect
marriage of those two 70s phenomena
the health food fad and the exercise mania.
The concept is this:
The restaurant is located in the midst
of the health club's exercise facilities.
Thus, as you cat your lunch or dinner, you
are within a few steps of tennis and rac
quctball courts, swimming pools. Nautilus
machines, a running track and a mechanical
ski slope.
As you look at the menu at Jock's, the
first thing you notice is the standard list ol
food. The items range from things that
sound like they might be good for you
("Yogurt and fruit Salad Frozen yogurt
surrounded by a variety of fresh fruit, plain
or topped with honey poppy seed dress
ing") to things that actually sound like you
might want to eat them ("All Star Burger
The all-around burger with all of our fresh
toppings").
Lnderneath each food item, however, is
something that looks like an excerpt from
an eye chart in an optometrist's office.
I.xample: Under "Chicken Salad," it
says "R-21. J-21. S-2(,T4I."
What it means is very simple. The
owners of Jock's have gone to a piofes
sional nutritionist to determine exactly
how many minutes of each type of exercise
are needed to completely burn off the food
you have just eaten.
Using the example above, if you sit
down and gobble up the chicken salad, you
are supposed to consult the chart and learn
that you should go out into the exercise
center and play 21 minutes of racquetball
(R-21). or jog for 21 minutes (J-21). or
swim for 2l minutes (S-2'J). or play tennis
for 41 minutes (T41 ).
Those numbers happen to be for a
woman dinerexerciser. Fach food item has
separate figures for men and women.
The point of this is clear: You're allow
ed to eat. but you'd better not sit back and
enjoy it. I: very time you look at that
menu, it's a reminder that you're supposed
to get up and sweat off what you've just
put in your stomach.
The irony, of course, is that this culi
nary development is being originated in
Chicago, the meat-and-potatoes capital of
the world. When you think of dining exper
ience in Chicago, you picture a beefy con
ventioneer washing down his New York
strip steak with scotch and water, and hav
ing a nice piece of cheesecake afterwards
When this is completed, he will head for his
hotel room and bed -not for any jogging
track or tennis court .
But the managers of Jock's are betting
that they have come up with a trend
setting idea.
"The people who come here are young
and basically beautiful," said Susan Sliat.
the general manager of the restaurant.
"They're in their 20s and 30s, they take
care of their bodies and they are reacting
totally positively to our idea. It totally
relates to their environment."
So naturally, when they do eat, they
now have a way to make sure they don't
have a trace of a calorie left when they go
home.
"People like to eat and they're going to
cat," Shatz said. "But our customers are
very aware of their self-image and how
their bodies look. Food, to them, is what
you use to power your body."
The person who determined how many
minutes of each exercise will kill all the re
mains of dinner is Jacqueline Marcus, a
professional nutritionist.
"People can eat certain foods, as long as
they work the calories off," Marcus said .
"The idea of the menu at Jock's is one of
checks and balances. You can eat what
ever you like on the menu but then we
make you conscious of how you can get
rid of the calories."
She said that she hopes the patrons ol
Jock's take the menu in the spirit it is be
ing offered.
"It's like a lesson," she said. "It's what
they should be doing. The times it takes to
work off the calories are reasonable. I
don't think I'm preaching."
So next time you have a few dunks,
some ribs and some ice cream, don't let n
bother you. Just climb Mount I verest on
your way home and call it a night.
(c) 1981 Field Enterprises, Inc.
UPSP 144-080
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