friday, may 1, 1931
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daily nebraskan
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By Reid Warren
Liz Held is trying to be low-key about it.
But when a person is trying out for the Dallas Cowboy
Cheerleaders, word travels fast .
Held, 22, has cheerleading in her blood. She said the
Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders are just the next step in what
she has been doing the past eight years-cheerleading.
"Some people are really good at math or whatever,"
she said. "I think lYn really good at this.
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n..M f th iinti Yell Suuad the past year,
does not just lead cheers. She is a senior broatoting
major from Bcllevue. member of Alpha
sorority and ready to live in Dallas even if she doesn't
make the Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders squad.
But what started out as a whim has turned out to be a
very important matter for Held.
"I didn't tell hardly anyone before I went down, she
said. But after surviving the intial cut from 2.0UU
potential cheerleaders down to 168, Held is excited about
the possibilities.
She will fly to Dallas tonight for the semi-finals on
Saturday. If she makes that cut, she will be in the finals
May 9 trying to fill one of six available positions.
Relaxed audition
Although she was "very, very nervous" the night
before the first tryout. Held said the auditions were con
ducted in a very relaxed and comfortable atmosphere.
The preliminary tryouts consisted of coming out in a
line with six other women, introducing herself and telling
her background and "just doing your own thing" when
the music started, she said.
In the semi-finals and finals the women will be taught a
routine by a choreographer and will be graded on how
well they perform and how quickly they learn, she said.
Held said she was surprised she was chosen for the
semi-finals, but that her height, 5-10, and high kicks may
have helped her.
"But there are 167 other girls that can do the same
things," she said. "I just hope that what they're (the
judges) looking for is what 1 have to offer."
Held said that people in Nebraska and on campus have
been very encouraging and supportive, so much so that
she added, "I hope I don't disappoint anyone if I don't
make it.
"I can't believe the reception I'm getting," she said. "1
just wish all this was going on after I'd made the team."
Misleading image
Held said that the sexy image of the Dallas Cowboy
Cheerleaders is misleading because the Cowboy organiza
tion is religious and strict.
A cheerleader cannot pose in the nude or fraternize
with any member of the Cowboy team or organization,
she said.
"I think that's great. Nebraska also had a real conserva
tive squad," she said.
"Just because they wear those sexy outfits doesn't
mean they're that way," she said.
Held said she is not doing it for the money, because the
cheerleaders are paid only $15 a game.
"I'm doing it for the fun of cheerleading," she said.
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"It's always been a big part of my life."
Held is hoping, however, that if she makes the squad it
will open up opportunities for her in broadcasting.
Her parents are behind her all the way, she said, al
though her mother wanted her to remain in Nebraska at
first.
All the attention she has received is a double-edged
sword.
Held said that the people that have supported her have
"inspired" her.
"1 appreciate people caring as much as they do," she
said.
But she added that all the undue attention has made
her feel that "sometimes I wish not that many peopie
know about it."
Still, she has nothing but hope and determination that
she will make the squad.
"My goal in life is happiness, and this would fulfill that
goal," she said.
"1 like to dance. 1 like to cheer. I like the sport. But
I don't know if I can get into one of those uniforms."
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Unfortunately, there is a disincentive
toward efficiency.
"No hospital wants to give up some
thing without getting something in return,"
Hayden said.
As a result, patients pay more for care
from their own pocket or for insurance.
The ceritificate of need program will
not require consolidation in these areas
because it does not review present services.
In addition, the CON law "will have
no signigicant impact shaping the health
care delivery system in the future," said
Ron Jensen, administrator of St. Eliza
beth Community Health Center.
Funds for federally sponsored Health
System Agencies will be eliminated if
President Ronald Reagan's 1982 budget
cuts are passed, leaving the State Health
Department to administer CON alone
As chairman of the Health Committee,
Cullan is working for state legislation
to eliminate certificate of need. In a bill
produced next fall, Cullan wants to
do away with what he called bureaucrat
ic regulation which is only "adding to
hospital costs." s
. The American Hospital Association
costfwnnM -hat C0N is eliminated,
costs would increase, and a dramatic in'
crease in supply of hospital beds would
SS ,Iayden 3d- Added is concern
that there would be an unrestrained
growth without ceritifcate of need"
. Both Jensen and Hayden agree that
S of eliminat
ing it, is the best policy.
Specifically, the program's effectiveness
could be improved if it "were concentrated
only on major expenditures," Jensen said.
Because CON reviews all equipment
purchases for more than $100,000, time
and paperwork often are wasted on apoU
cations to replace routine equipment that
is worn out, Jensen said.
Nationally, the certificate of need law
has had little impact because it only turns
down 1 percent of the toal applications,
Hayden said.
In Nebraska, the certificate of need
program has prevented the expense of
some $9 million over the last two years,
Diamond said, at an administrative cost
to the state of $400,000.
However, the actual number of appli
cations rejected by the state reviewers
is low. In the last 14 months ending in
January, 50 requests have been considered
and only three have been rejected.
The costs of preparing, processing,
and filing these applications an all passed
on to the consumer in the form of higher
rates. Each application costs the hospital,
and ultimately the patient, at least $10,
000 Cullan said.
Adding to CON expenses, every Lincoln
and Omaha hospital has at least one full
time employee acting as a link between
the regulators and the hospital, Jensen
said.
"The industry complains they are
the most regulated industry in the United
States," Diamond said. "The government
has a perfect right to regulate the health
care dollar," because 40 percent of a
hospital's revenue comes from Medicare
and Medicaid funds, Diaomnd said.
All unpaid volunteers, the 18-member
project review board of the Southeast
Nebraska Health System Agency is respons
ible for recommending approval or diap
proval to its Board of Directors and the
State Health Department.
Although there are advantages to this
kind of "grassroots approach" to health
planning, the system lacks credibilty
with area providers because these volun
teers do not have enough professional
input, Jensen said.