tuesday, august 25, 1931
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daily nebraskan
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All-American rating
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For the ninth time in a row, the Daily Nebraskan
received an All-American rating from the National
Scholastic Press Association.
The fall 1980 edition of the Daily Nebraskan receiv
ed marks of distinction in every possible category -coverage
and content; writing and editing; opinion
content; design; and photography, art and graphics.
"The content is great," said Mary Skar, the judge.
"There's something for everybody in the DN's pages.
DN is, again, a fantastic paper. The pictures are clear
and candid, and the supplements are terrific.
"The design is well-planned, bright and often in
novative," she said.
Paul Buys, of the NSPA, said the All-American rat
ing is given to only about the top 10 percent of all
college newspapers entered.
Two Nebraska state college newspapers were includ
ed in that group, The Antelope from Kearney State
and The Wayne Stater. Both papers are weeklies.
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Coalition says
gays, lesbians
discriminated
Discrimination against
gay men and lesbians
happens in Lincoln, Scott
Stebelman and Cheryl Long,
members of the Lincoln
Coalition for Gay and
Lesbian Civil Rights, said
Monday.
The coalition, a group
with about 50 members,
was formed several months
ago when the Lincoln Com
mission on Human Rights
began considering an
amendment to the local hu
man rights ordinance ex
tending its protection to gay
men and lesbians.
The commission will
hold a public hearing on the
question on Nov. 17. The
coalition intends to present
its findings at this hearing.
The coalition's goal is to
organize support for the
amendment by document
ing incidents of discrimina
tion and making people
aware of problems, said
Long..
People are afraid to re
veal incidents of chscrimina
tion because it means "com
ing out" with their homo
sexuality, Stebelman said.
"There is a strong conser
vative element in Lincoln,
which promotes a closet
mentality," he said.
The "intimidation of the
potential for discrimina
tion" against them keeps
many from revealing their
sexual orientation, Long
said. v
Twenty-five people re
sponded to the coalition's
request for examples of dis
crimination. The group
promised confidentiality
and relied on word-of-mouth
and advertisements
placed in gay and lesbian
oriented papers to make its
request known.
The coalition presented
several cases of discrimina
tion, including those of an
assistant store manager and
a professional advocate for
disabled people who lost
their jobs because they re
vealed they wer3 gay.
In another case a woman
could not rent an apart
ment because the landlord
was prejudiced against gay
people.