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Fitness man
Simmons at
health fair
Richard Simmons,
the self-proclaimed
"court jester of TV
fitness, will highlight
the NU Medical Cen
ter's 1981 Oktober-fest,0ct.4.
Simmons, the star
of the half-hour daily
program on NBC, will
present free one-hour
programs at 1 pjn.
and 5 p.m. at the
medical center's annu
al health fair at 42nd
Street and Dewey Ave
nue. KMTV is co-sponsoring
Simmon's Okto
berfest appearances.
"We're inviting the
public to come and
exercise with Mr. Sim
mons to emphasize
die theme of this
year's Oktoberfest
'Here's to Healthier
Living,' " said William
Bulger, director of
public affairs at the
medical center.
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'Star Trek' logic, emotion
draw students to philosophy
By Tom Shelton
The philosophy of Star Trek'! You mean
there's more to Mr. Spock than his pointed
Yes, according to Dr. Robert F. Ander
son who has been bringing the philosophy
of Star Trek to UNL students since spring
1978.
The course is one of many mini-courses
in the philosophy department and of six
that Anderson teaches.
Anderson said his Star Trek mini
course serves a worthwhile purpose-it
gets students not normally inclined to
learn about philosophy to give it a chance.
"The philosophy mini-courses make
students more interested 4n philosophy,"
he said. "Often students take one or two
mini-courses, and then take standard
philosophy."
Anderson said philosophy has suffered
from a disadvantage.
"Of all the disciplines in the university,
philosophy is the least in focus because
it is rarely taught in high school," he said.
"The English department has it easy.
Students learn English 12 years before they
go to college."
"Nobody has to take philosophy in
high school,' so we're (the philosophy
department) at a disadvantage."
Anderson said the mini-courses offered
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by the department help alleviate the
problem.
"How can we acquaint people with
philosophy unless we provide mini
courses?" he asked. "Mini-courses provide
an easy introduction to philosophy."
Anderson said the types of mini-courses
offered by the department have been
determined by surveying students to find
out what interests them. The last survey
was done in the spring of 1979.
Andersen said students were given a
list of over 100 subjects compiled by phil
osophy department faculty members, stu
dents and himself. The results were not
without surprises.
Placing high on the list were Charles
Manson, Adolf Hitler, and the Rev. Jim
Jones, whose popularity has worn off
as interest in the Jonestown Massacre
lessened.
Coming in first in preference among
those surveyed was the popular war com
edy, MASH nipping Woody Allen,
who came in second.
Despite its obvious popularity, Ander
son said MA SH is not likely to be of
fered as a mini-course because it contains
too little philosophical content. Anderson
said that subjects wthout adequate philo
sophical matter will not be offered regard
less of popularity.
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