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you go to school? , . . what's your major? . . .
what's your sign? . . . why won't anybody
talk to me?
The age-old problem of getting a date is
still there. But the communication between
the sexes seems to be getting worse accord
ing to John Breckenridge, associate director
of the Counseling Center at the University
of Nebraska-Lincoln.
"We are finding more and more that one
of the biggest problems students have is es
tablishing a dating relationship," Brecken
ridge said.
"How do I get a date around here?" is
one of the questions most often asked at the
center, he said. Some students will go all
year without a date.
Breckenridge said that the problem has
to do with social behavior and people's ex
pectations. Schools with a smaller enroll
ment than UN-L tend to emphasize the
kinds of social skills people need to feel
comfortable with the opposite sex.
Social changes in the past 20 years have
resulted in a lack of organized events for
young people where they can meet and
learn to communicate with each other, he
said.
As a result of this void, there is less op
portunity to socialize, which leads to an in
crease in sexual behavior, he said.
"Without the opportunity to socialize, the
relationships are simply getting more physi
cal," Breckenridge said. '
"None of this is anything new," he said.
"But, it is also true that no groups or organi
zations, with the possible exception of
churches who sponsor group activities, are
doing anything about it."
The largest percentage of students at
UN-L are from Omaha or Lincoln, accord
ing to Breckenridge. In these cities students
had groups with which they identified, even
though the high schools were large, he said.
Students from small towns seem to have
a harder time developing relationships, he
said. These students had a group of people
their own age with whom they grew up and
attended school. Suddenly that group is split
up when high school is over and the student
goes to college. This can be a very difficult
situation, depending on the individual he
said.
Margaret Eager, psychological social
worker at the health center, agrees with
Breckenridge that the increase in physical
relationships may be a new aspect in the
general population. At the same time it is
becoming very difficult to meet people.
"The main problem is that males and fe
males are confused about roles," Eager
said.
Women's freedom and the women's liber
ation movement have caused changes in the
roles women play. As a result, men don't
quite know what to expect, she said.
"In the past, there were more traditional
and well-defined roles . . . now, suddenly,
women are calling men, and the men are
finding it difficult to handle," Eager said.
The economy has something to do with
the changes in dating, also, she said. Men
and women are sharing expensess which
previously had been left to the man. Some
times women are paying all expenses on a
date. Some men like that. Others may be
more old-fashioned and won't like it at all,
she said.
"I think that the whole situation should
be dependent on what the two individuals in
volved in each relationship want out of it,"
she said.
"If the man wants a woman to ask him
out, then it's O.K if he doesn't, then it's
not," Eager said.
Eager supports the fact that stereotypes
are decreasing in relationships. It makes it
easier for couples to find what they want in
dividually, she said.
Reagan asking to build 2 air bases in Turkey
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Photo by Dsvs Wcscly
Scott Brannan of Millard, returns a volley in a game
of oozeball by Harper-Schramm-Smith complex.
Brannan is one of 200 high school seniors partici
pating in two-week classes for gifted students in the
Nebraska Scholarship Institute.
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) - A top U.S. De
fense Department official says the Reagan
administration is asking Congress for $67
million to build two ar bases in eastern Tur
key close to the Soviet frontier.
Assistant Defense Secretary Richard
Perle made the disclosure during a news
conference Tuesday at the end of a meeting
of Turkish and U.S. defense experts.
Perle said the air fields were designed to
bolster military forces in eastern Turkey
and would be used solely for "the defense of
Turkey....They will have a deterrent effect
and help stabilize the area beyond Turkey's
borders."
He said the bases would be at Mus ana
Batman, both about 235 miles from the
Turkish-Soviet border, and close to the bor
ders with Iran, Iraq and Syria.
Dairy science essay wins $1,000
EAST CAMPUS - T. Renick Martin,
a senior animal science major from Ar
lington, has been named a $1,000 national
winner in the Scott Paper Company Sani
Prep Dairy Science Scholarship pro
gram. Martin's paper, entitled "Draining
the Milk Surplus," was judged by a panel
of experts from the American Dairy
Science Association.
Briefs from NU campuses
Extension entomologist retires Hurt oversees UN hospital UN-L art professor wins
EAST CAMPUS - Bob Roselle, Uni
versity of Nebraska extension entomolo
gist, has announced his retirement effec
tive Friday. Roselle, one of the panelists
on Backyard Farmer, has worked on in
sect problems in Nebraskan for more
than 40 years.
19CO's theme for patio party
UN-0 - The Staff Advisory Council
will hold its annual patio party Sept. 6. In
celebration of the University of Ne
braska at Omaha's 75th anniversary,
those attending the party are asked to
wear costumes representative of the
early 1900's.
Professor on chemistry panel
CITY CAMPUS - Dr. Michael Gross,
a University of Nebraska-Lincoln pro
fessor, has been named to a panel which
will undertake the first wide-ranging
study of chemistry in 18 years. The panel
will direct a $500,000 study for the Na
tional Academy of Sciences' Committee
on Chemical Sciences. By October, the
group plans to publish an report telling
policy makers what chemists can con
tribute to society. The final report will be
released in 1984.
MEDICAL CENTER - Delbert E.
Hurt has been appointed associate direc
tor for operations at the University of
Nebraska Hospital and Clinic in Omaha.
He will be responsible for day-to day
operations of the hospital and clinic and
will oversee implementation of new pro
grams. Hurt has served since September
1982 as assitant director of the institution.
3rd phase ready at energy farm
EAST CAMPUS - The third phase of
the University of Nebraska's integrated
energy farm will be initiated July 27 at 2
p.m. with an address by Gov. Kerrey.
The ceremony will be at the NU Field
Lab near Mead. The 160-acre farm has
been in the planning and construction
phases for two years.
Old Omaha slide show July 7
UN-0 The University of Nebraska
at Omaha's College of Continuing Studies
will sponsor "Photographs of Old
Omaha," a slide show by Ron Hunter,
July 7 at noon in the Peter Kiewit Confer
ence Center. Interested persons are in
vited to bring a sack lunch for the program.
CITY CAMPUS - Dan Howard, a
University of Nebraska-Lincoln art pro
fessor, was awarded the $500 Francis C.
Baker Memorial Award last week at the
Chautauqua National Exhibition of
American Art. This is the seventh award
won by Howard in national and regional
competition the past year.
Combined field day tours
EAST CAMPUS - The University of
Nebraska-Lincoln departments of
agronomy and animial science and the
Nebraska Forage and Grassland Council
are sponsoring a forage, grassland and
livestock day July 20 at the NU Field Lab
near Mead.
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Workshop gives 16 hours
UN O The University of Nebraska
at Omaha's Center for Professional and
Organizational Development will sponsor
an accounting and auditing workshop
July 14 and 15 at the Peter Kiewit Con
ference Center. The Nebraska State
Board of Public Accountancy has ap
proved the program for 16 hours of con
tinuing education credit. For more infor
mation and to register, call 554-2394 or
554-3339.
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apartment. Cost would be $150 per month
plus lights and phone. Call 475-2139 or 473-5394.
Student with car for light housework and
diversified duties. Call 475-8915.
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