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Tuesday, January 17, 1984
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Vol, 83, Mo. 7
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Craig AndretenOally Nebraskan
For Bob Covert Monday afternoon the bite was worse Jthsn the bsxk; the bite cf the wind, that is.
Covert end pastor A.D. W&sinundt worked in freezing temperatures to bring down a tree et First
United Pentecostal Church at Holdrese St.
Freezing weather
presents problems
for grounds crew
By Pam Alward
Extremely cold weather has caused a few difficul
ties for the UNL Physical Plant and Grounds Depart
ment, which control the university's snow removal
and heating. However, the holidays kept their cash
flows from freezing like the rest of the state.
Despite warmer temperatures inside buildings
during break, frozen pipes at Hamilton Hall dam
d floors and carpet in g,"sa id John Aitu-nd, assist
ant to the director of the Physical Plant. This winter
has been the worst in recent years because of the
freeze-ups, he said.
"We have saved money just about every year dur
ing break," Amend said.
This year, however, building temperatures were
not lowered as much because of the sub-zero out
door temperatures.
The Grounds Department saved money because
fewer students worked during break, said Wilbur
Dasenbrock, director of grounds. But; he said, the
snow removal job also was not complete because
students were not working.
Ray Coffey, UNL business manager of business
and finance, said the cold has presented the Grounds
Department with two main difficulties.
First, UNL vehicles such as snow plows are diffi
cult to start and sustain additional wear at lower
temperatures, he said. " . .
Second, Coffey said, the cold affects UNL em
ployees who must work outsidel
, Coffey said JJNL workers have jcomein over the
weekend or early in the morning to do the extra
work, which results in overtime and shift problems
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Lincoln groups tackle abuse
ABC movie's treatmen t of incest criticized
Something for Amelia, a movie about incest
which aired on ABC Jan. 9, improved public aware
ness but did not increase the number of incest cases
reported, an employee of the Nebraska Department
of Social Services said Monday. "
Shelley Cook of the Lincoln department said
since the movie was shown, three or four" people
have called for general information on incest. Sev
eral mothers also have asked for advice about what
age to start telling their children about incest, Cook
said.
Despite the increase of phone calls, Cook said she
had mixed feelings about the effect of the movie.
First, Cook said she hoped the movie would
encourage the report of incest cases by bringing it to
the public's attention.
However, Cook said the movie's treatment of how
the characters handled the subject may have fright
ened children. - '
For example, Cook said, her department would
not take an incest victim to confront her mother as
the counselor did in the movie.
The movie also showed two police officers taking
the incest victim away from her home. Cook said her
agency usually would have the police remove the
offender, not the victim.
Another group which deals with incest is the Lin
coln Incest Coalition, which will have a workshop on
incest at the YWCA, 15th and N streets, at 7 p.m. .
tonight.
Mary Skoler, chairperson of the coalition, said her
organization is made up of professionals and lay
people who work to help others understand incest.
Skoler said the workshop will cover the proce
dures of investigating an incest case, upcoming leg
islation dealing with incest and the coalition's goals
for 1984. ' .
Two adults who were incest victims will speak at
the workshop, Skoler said.
The coalition has two major goals, Skoler said.
First, to reach more adult survivors, and second, to
strive for better incest legislation.
Besides helping the general public understand
incest, she said, the coalition treats incest victims
and their families. ,
"On the average we deal with three new cases of
incest each month," Skoler said. "Right now we have
about 15 families in treatment."
Incest is seldom discussed or written about,
Skoler said, but it is a crime which occurs more often
than people would like to believe. Groups like
Women Against Violence and the Rape-Spouse Abuse
Crisis Center are working to deal with and fight
against incest, she said.
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Inside
By
Christopher B&rfeseh
Lincoln residents may have a good mind to I In scenes comparable to a bummed steer's worst
ioin Mensa.the International High IQ Society I moments in a stockyard cattle chute, UNL students
' Psgs 3 I rallied and sweated Monday in long lines at the
" " ' " 1 campus bookstores. The end of the line is somewhat
1 984 looks to be a bumper year for theater I less final for students, however. Cattle get a bolt
on campus f. . . Pas 9 I through the head; would be scholars merely a sharp
h '-" I pain in the pocketbook.
Nebraska's women's basketball team re- 0 Both Nebraska Bookstore, 12th and R streets, and
turns from its Christmas road trip and pre- I the University Bookstore in the Nebraska Union
oares for Iowa State Pegs 10 I teemed with life Monday as students armed them-
v " ' 1 selves for another semester's siege on the ever-
" ' I elusive City of Knowledge.
IficloX ' ' The University and Nebraska Bookstores are the
: ; - I major marketers of books for UNL students. The
Arts and Entertainment S J ASUN Book Exchange in the Nebraska Union Cellar
Classified v. . . . 10 I does a somewhat smaller business. .. ..
Crossword.... 11 I Mark Oppegard, Nebraska Bookstore manager, '
Editorial ...... : i 4 1 .: said although there is competition between his store
Off The Wire ......... ... ....... 2 I and the University Bookstore, "it's notfierce cornpe-
Qnorts 10 I tition. We get along. There's enough business for
An informal price comparison revealed fairly sim
ilar prices at the two stores. The new Economics
textbook by Campbell R. McConnell costs $28.50 at
both stores. A .used Nazi Seizure of Power costs
$6 at both' places. Francis Bacon, A Selection of His
Works sells for $12 at Nebraska Bookstore and
$12.05 at the union.
Theresa Renken, a freshman pre-vet major, said
she doesnt compare prices. She said she had bought
only two books so far, which cost her $20.
"I still have three or four books to buy. I can't find
political science anywhere," Renken said.
Tom Magnuson, a senior philosophy major, said
he hasnt bought any books yet.
"I don't have any money right now. Ill wait until
some time in April," Magnuson said.
Another student who hasn't begun buying books
is Andrea Marinkovich, a senior biology major.
"I never buy any books the first couple of days"
she said. The stores are too busy."
Marinkovich said she is a comparison shopper,
and she buys some of her books at the ASUN Bock
Exchange.
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