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1 Tuesday, February 14, 1034 University of fiobraska-Lincoln Vol. 83 No. 100 j 'Enchanted Evening' helps when touchy situations arise Scrabble, it ain't. More like a sensuous Monopoly. Instead of "Pass Go collect $200," players obey commands like these: "Place your lips on your partner's belly button and softly blow a few notes." "Softly stroke a part of your body that gives you pleasure." And, my personal favorite.."Dab cliarnpagne somewhere on your body and ask your partner to savor it." An Enchanted Evening is a board game for couples invented in 1980 by marketing consultant Barbara Jonas of San Francisco, Calif. After an argument with her husband, Jon as devised a game of "compliments, secret wishes, and soft, sensuous touching," Jonas said. What began as a reconciliation became a board game. Since Janu ary 1983 the game has been availa ble for purchase by phone. Jonas said the game is "just the thing to put pizzaz back in a relation ship." Laurie Reinschreiber, public relat ions person for the game said An Enchanted Evening promises the "ultimate romantic experience" for every college couple. For students on tight budgets, Reinschreiber sug gested replacing champagne with beer and cheese with popcorn. Of course, low-budget couples may have a problem coming up with' the game price of $19.95. Research results may help you decide if An Enchanted Evening can put a little spice in your Valentine's Day cele bration. roommates? Get rid of them. Give them your car with just enough gas to get to Council Bluffs. Tell them The Joker is a great place to pick up dates. Unplug the phone. Put some classic Steely Dan on the stereo. Supply candlelight if possible; fire light's even better. But if you have i& go with a couple of cigarette ligh ters, do it. And have plenty of mun chies on hand. This game does a lot of fun stuff with food. To begin play: Both players fill out wish cards. The loser has to ful fill the winner's wish at the end of the game. High roller goes first. Warning: The dice are loaded, with only ones and twos showing. Pl-y Begins: Every time a player moves, he lands on a space that tells which of four stacks of cards he must choose from. The first half of the board contains "flower" cards either daisies or orchids. Daisies command players to share fairly innocuous fantasies: "You've won a free trip where would you like to travel with your partner?" Or something to start intimate conversation: "In what way has your . relationship grown more satisfy ing?" Orchids are more provocative: "Your partner sighs and whispers, 'again.' During the second half of the , game, players land on avocados and grapes. Conversation may have been titillating, but here's where the cares sing starts. But this caressing re quires imagination: "As if heshe were a marble statue of a god or goddess, slowly stroke a part of your - partner's body that is smooth and sculptured." A word of caution: Anytime lines of communication are opened, the truth can be painfuL Lincoln psy chologist Daniel Leggiadro said that before couples decide to play a game like An Enchanted Evening, they should be emotionally prepared. "You may stir up things you wish you hadn't," Leggiardo said. "Shar ing fantasies may put mystery and romance back in a relationship. But if players find out they're not satisfy ing each other, it could have the opposite effect. Both players have to be willing to deal with any problems that are revealed by playing this game." r r" if i fvi .... " fry i " ' ' -. V ' If ; ' 1 V I J J , T 1 X -r .V ?! J '' . v - 1 H l n Craig AndresenDaily Nebraskan Evangelist Mike Wooten preaches Monday afternoon to about 150 people near EroyMll Fountain. University budget heard By Petty Pryor NU President Ronald Roskens re quested a $168,704,762 university bud get from the Legislature's Appropria tions Committee Monday afternoon. The request represents a 13.4 percent increase over last year's allocation of $148,816,955. Gov. Bob Kerrey's preliminary uni versity budget recommendation was $159,484,133; the committee's preli minary recommendation was $162, 796,143. Roskens presented figures which showed that Nebraska's state support for the university has increased 7 per cent since fiscal l982, while state sup port nationally has increased 12 per cent. V" 1 "We've lost momentum the last two years," Roskens said, "with this down ward trend in state support." Among areas of urgent funding, Roskens;- said, - are . faculty salaries - and ; equipment replacement. v Faculty salaries are probably the single most important consideration in the university budget, he said. His proposal includes an 11.1 per cent increase in UNL faculty salaries, a 9.8 percent increase in University of ' Nebraska Medical Center faculty salar-. ies and an 8.1 percent increase in UNO faculty salaries. '"' Professor Maurice E. Baker, presi dent of the UNL Faculty Senate, and ASUN President Matt Wallace reiter-. ated Roskens' emphasis on higher fac . ulty salaries. . . Poor. faculty salaries are making UNL a raiding ground for other uni versities," Wallace said. Updating equipment is also a long neglected priority, Roskens said, because obsolete equipment creates disadvan tages for students competing in thejob market with students from better equipped schools. "Some of our equipment is older than our faculty," he said. ;. . Continued on Page 2 1 Inside A peaceful march in response to a cross burning highlighted the 1984 Big Eight Conference on Black Student Government at Stillwater, Okla Pes- 3 French Leave, a local band, plans success from atop a Dairy Queen P"2 G Nebraska's three freshmen gym nasts are filling the void I sit by the absence of injured all-aroun-der Mike Bowers Ps"3 0 Index ; ' v Arts and Entertainment G Classified 11 Crossword 12 Editorial,... 4 Off The Wire 2 Sports 0