Tuesday, October 12, 1982
Page 9
Daily Nebraskan
Cold sore, the English
term for pandemonium
i spe !
doesn't mean Herpes
This is the story of Nancy. Nancy is the Spanish
name for Nancy. She was 22. She was given cheap cham
paign on her 20th birthday. By the time she was 21 and
a half, she had done it all . . . seen the slope, almost made
it to the mountain, but stopped at the gradual incline.
She had been half way around the block and made it to
second base four times in her life. She had seen the back
of a Fury Plymouth and more.
But this fall morning, Nancy arrived at the bathroom
In sweat pants, a unicorn T-shirt, thongs and a, well,
small cold sore at the corner of her mouth; Nancy, the
French name for cold sore . . . cold sore, the Latin name
for Herpes . . . panicked.
The Time magazine article she had read. The precau
tions she had taken. The times she had held it till she got
f) XMarniVos
home. The times she had priced Lysol. The pains she
had taken to place single squares of toliet paper on the
rim only to have them blown off, and now this, this, a
. cold sore in the corner of her mouth.
She slammed the bathroom door, pulled the shades
and stood in the corner of the dry, porcelain tub, her
mind racing.
When? Where? Why? How come? What for? Says
who? You're kidding? Oh, Lord!
She was branded, a marked woman.
A voice came from outside the bathroom door.
"Nancy? Nancy are you in there? Are you standing in
the tub again? Come on, open up. Please?"
Make-up, of course make-up. Nancy rushed to the
sink pulled tpen the top drawer on the right, gathered
four shades of Cover Girl and threw them on the coun
ter. "Nancy, come on, I gotta go, Mother Nature's cal
ling, you know? Listen, it doesn't bother me if you're
in there, I mean, you know, if it doesn't bother you. I
just have to go OK?"
Nancy quickly shook and opened the "Brown Dark"
Cover Girl. She dabbed it on the, a, well, small blemish
and opened the door.
"Thanks, Nancy."
Nancy moved her hand away from her iriouth
"Morning."
"Oh, wow, aren't cold sores a hassle?"
The door slammed behind her. There, alone in the
hall, Nancy died .a thousand deaths. If only it were just
a cold sore.
It was probably the john in Oldfather. A woman who
wrote things on the bathroom wall would more than
likely spread social things. If only she hadn't been late
for class that day, if only she hadn't been in such a hurry.
She needed help. She stood in the closet and dialed.
"Hello, Family Planning. Can we help you?"
"Yes, I have a kind of cold sore."
"Could you speak up, please?"
"A ... a ... my name is Sally. I have a, you know,
cold sore on the corner of my mouth."
"This is Family Planning."
"I know, but, 1 mean, 1 read the Time magazine
article, you know, Herpes ... I have a cold sore."
"Well, Sally..."
"It's Nancy."
"Well, Nancy, do you have a husband or boyfriend?"
"No."
"What makes you think you have Herpes?"
"Well, it's right there in the corner of my mouth,
besides I went to the bathroom in .Oldfather and a wo
man who writes things on the bathroom wall ..."
"Nancy, Nancy, isn't that the Russian name for idiot?"
"What?"
"Listen, what you have is probably a group of blis
ters appearing in or about the mouth and caused by
a virus, not anything else." tt
"Oh, what a relief, I mean I thought for sure 1 . . .
Click.
"Hello? Hello?"
Nancy stepped out of the closet. The bathroom door
was still closed. She spoke to the crack, "You know,
you're right. Cold sores are a hassle. But all they really
are is a group of blisters appearing in or about the mouth
and caused by a virus . . . nothing else."
The john flushed. Nancy, the German name for slow
girl, returned to her bedroom. She promised herself she
would buy Lysol that afternoon and never ever write on
another bathroom wall.
This was the story of Nancy. It could be your story . . .
but probably not.
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Films portray post-W W II Poland
Krzysztof Zanussi, a prominent Polish film director,
will highlight "The Cinema of Moral Dissent: Films
from Poland" series with a personal appearance at
Sheldon Film Theater. He will address questions from
the audience at the screenings of two of his films,
on Friday and Saturday nights at 7:30.
"The Cinema of Moral Dissent" in an in-depth study
of the quality, philosophy, history and influence of
Polish cinema, as well as its relation to Polish history
and culture.
The series begins with post-World War II films and
ends with recent films that were a part of the Solidar
ity movement. The core of the series is the screening of
18 films, each of which will be shown at least twice.
Tuesday: "Kanal" 1 1 a.m.; "A Generation" 1 p.m.;
"First Day of Freedom" 3 p.m.; "Barrier" 5 p.m.;
"Everything for Sale" 7 p.m.; "The Passenger" 9 p.m.
Wednesday: "The Passenger" 1 p.m.; "Everything
for Sale" 3 p.m.; "Barrier" 7 p.m.; "First Day of
Freedom" 9 p.m.
Thursday: "A Woman's Decision" 1 p.m.; "Camo
flague" 3 p.m.; "A Woman's Decision" 7 p.m.; "Camo
flague" 9 p.m.
Friday; VThe Contract" 3 and 7:30 p.m.
Saturday: "The Constant Factor" 3 and 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, Oct. 21: "The Wedding" 1 p.m.; "Man
of Marble" 3 p.m.; "Workers' 80" 7 p.m.; "Provincial
Actors" 9 p.m.
Friday, Oct. 22: "Workers' 80" 1 p.m.; "Camera
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