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UN-L lie detector proves worth
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Completed architecture projects from the last two
semesters are on display until mid-August in Archi
tecture Hall.
Ed major wants to play and sing
BY SUSAN WARING
A smiling young guitarist with curly hair
sits among the plants in the corner. His ener
getic music drifts over the tables in the room,
as people pause in their eating and talking to
hear his song.
He sings, "You know him well and have
probably heard him before."
The singer-guitarist is Paul Phillips, 22,
and the line, which he feels describes himself,
is from a song he recently wrote.
Phillips, 680 S. 20th St., has played in
nearly every establishment in Lincoln, as well
as in fraternities, sororities and dormitories
on campus. He is on tour in Pennsylvania for
the next two weeks. When he returns, Phillips
plans to play evenings at Souper Salad Alley,
1200 N St., which he did earlier this summer.
Displaying his flattened fingertips, Phillips
said he has played the guitar for about 10
years.
"I've been doing it for so long now that I
just do it because I do it," he said.
"Many performers will say 'I play because
I like to play,' " he said. " 'It doesn't matter
whether it's for three people or 500.' "
But Phillips thinks differently. "I don't play
somewhere because I need a crowd," he
said."But as long as I'm going to be there, I'd
like there to be a crowd."
He said that any lime an audience is talk
ing loudly and doesn't pay attention to the
performer, it's the performer's fault.
Phillips said, "I try to involve the audience
as much as possible. It's really a challenge to
get them to look at you sometimes."
Phillips said his best strategies are to use
facial expressions and do impersonations. He
watches the reactions of the audience to help
him decide which kind of music to play for
that group of people.
One of Phillips' most memorable experi
ences was attending a national concert in
Wildwood, N.J. During the band's break, Phil
lips jumped on the stage and began to play.
The crowd's response was so great that he
ended up playing for an hour and a half.
For Phillips, concerts are too few and far
between, but he will have two at Antelope
Park this summer. They are scheduled for
July 23 and Aug. 12 at 7:30 p.m.
Phillips will graduate next year from the
University of Nebraska-Lincoln with a degree
in secondary education in mathematics. He
would like to make music his career, but he
said the competition is stiff. However, Phillips
thinks what sets him apart from other guita
rists is his "stage presence" and his outgoing
and energetic nature.
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The Fifth Annual
Frank England Sorcnson
Summer Lecture
Speaker: Richard W. Underwood
Technical Assistant to the Chief
Photographic Technology Division
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Tuesday, June 15, 1982
10:30 a.m.
Centennial Room,
Nebraska Union
Sponsored by
The Frank E. Sorenson Summer Lecture Fund
and University of Nebraska-Lincoln Summer Sessions
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BY JOHN KOOPMAN
About nine months ago, the University of
Nebraska police department acquired a mod
ern crime-fighting device- a plygraph. De
spite criticism the department received for
buying it, Chief (Jail L (lade said he believes
the lie detector has proven its worth.
(lade said the common misconception is
that the UN-L police department doesn't need
one because it never used one before, lie said
the department for years has used a poly
graph, but it had to borrow one from the Lin
coln Police Department or the Nebraska
State Highway Patrol.
"At times, we had to wait a week or two
(for a polygraph) because our problems were
secondary to theirs," he said.
Gade said the polygraph cost the univer
sity about $2,500. Me said that it has not yet
paid for itself in terms of property recovered,
but that it is not far from doing so.
Polygraph used in theft cases
UN-L police investigator Cpl. Bob Fey
went to Chicago's Keeler Polygraph Institute
to be trained as an examiner. Fey said the
polygraph has received a great deal of use,
especially in theft cases.
Fey said the polygraph not only helps
determine guilt, but also innocence.
"A couple of people were cleared by the
polygraph when we were fairly sure they had
commited the crime," said Fey. Fey also
noted instances when suspects had confessed
when faced with the prospect of a polygraph
examination.
Chief Gade said all prospective police offi
cers must take the polygraph exam. He said
results of the polygraph test alone would not
prevent someone from being hired, but it is a
useful tool to help determine character and
background.
Polygraph is portable
The UN-L polygraph is a portable unit,
about the size of an extra-thick brief case.
Setting up and warming up the unit usually
takes about 30 minutes, but the actual exami
nation usually takes less than one minute, Fey
said.
Fev said nolvuranhs will vary in size :irui
design, but in Nebraska, by law, a polygraph
used in law enforcement must have three
tracing pens, one for each monitor measuring
a specific body function.
The pneumograph pen traces the change
in breathing, the cardio-sphygmograph pen
I races the change in heart rate and blood
pressure, and a galvanograph pen traces the
change in sweat gland discharge and the skin
resistance.
Other polygraph models use other moni
tors, but the three mentioned are considered
basic monitors, Fey said.
Polygraph must be reset
The polygraph must be reset for each per
son examined, Fey said. He said in a typical
session he would begin the test by asking a
few basic questions and putting the examinee
at ease. He said he does this to determine the
normal range of the pen tracings of the exam
ined person.
After he has determined the normal range,
Fey said he would begin to ask questions
about the crime. He said that he would then
compare the normal range tracings and the
t racings taken during questioning.
Fey said the polygraph may not show a re
sponse to an outrageous lie because the ma
chine shows gradual changes in the body
functions. The changes show the excitement
of the examinee which is associated with
guilt, frustration, anger, or other emotions.
According to Fey, the test results are
never absolute, but it will give a good indica
tion of whether the examinee is lying or if he
should be investigated further.
Hepburn stars in drama
"A Woman Rebels," starring Katherine
Hepburn as a Victorian woman who defies
tradition by demanding the right to a career
and an independent life, is the second film in
the Sheldon Film Theater's "Heroines of Hol
lywood " series.
This historical drama is showing at the
Sheldon Film Theater, 12th and R streets, on
Thursday through Sunday, June 10, 11, 12 and
13. Screenings are at 7 and 9 p.m. each day
with Saturday and Sunday matinees at 3 p.m.
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