Wednesday, September 19, 1934
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Daily Nebraskan
Citizens commend reporting
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By Kevin Yexneke
D&i!y Nebraskan Staff Editor
After nine years, Francis and Max
ine Moul of Syracuse finally got a vaca
tion thanks to eight UNL School of
Journalism students and their two
instructors.
The Mouls, who own Maverick Media,
a publication house in Syracuse that
publishes the Johnson County Courier
and the Syracuse Journal-Democrat,
turned over the responsibilities of the
two newspapers to eight students who
were part of an advanced news report
ing class at UNL.
So while the Mouls vacationed in
Maine for two weeks in July, the stu
dents were responsible for the report
ing, photography and layout of the
newspapers.
The advanced reporting class usu
ally publishes the Summer Nebraskan,
but according to Al Pagel, an instruc
tor of the class, the responsibilities had
to be relinquished because of high pub
lication costs.
The m&tchup of the journalism
students and the Mouls' newspapers
happened because of a "chance con
versation," Maxine Mo-1 said.
While attending a journalism alumni
reunion, Moul came up with the idea of
bringing the students to Syracuse.
"It occurred to me that it would be a
good way to give the students some
experience," Moule said. "I have an
awful lot cf confidence in the profes
sors at the journalism school. They
know the ropes."
Pagel, who was assisted in teaching
the class by news-editorial department
chairman Jack Botts, said hewasappre
hensive at first.
"I thought it was a great idea," he
said, "but I thought it was going to be a
disaster."
The class spent two weeks preparing
for the two-week assignment and
another week writing backup stories
before going to Syracuse, Pagel said.
The results of two week assignment,
in which each newspaper was pub
lished twice, were favorable except for
a few minor problems.
"The students said it was the
best hands-on experience they had in
college," Pagel said. "They did every
thing." Journalism students Jack Denker
and Carol Wincheil said they enjoyed
the challenging experience.
"I liked it because it was a real news
paper that affected real people in a
real community" Wincheil, a senior
journalism major, said.
Denker, a senior journalism and Eng
lish major, said he enjoyed working in
Syracuse, but the class had some prob
lems meeting the demands of the news
papers' readers.
'"It's difficult walking into a different
environment and putting out a news
paper for people we didn't know," he
said. "It was also difficult to come up
with story ideas."
Moul said some difficulty arose
because the students weren't fully ex
plained the functions of the two news
papers, she said.
The two newspapers serve two sep
arate communities and have two sep
arate identities, she said. According to
Moul, the students included "too much"
Syracuse news in the Johnson County
Courier, which serves the Adams and
Sterling area3.
Yhile Moul esid she noticed a
few errors, two Syracuse residents said
they thought the students did a good
job.
Mrs. William Effken. an English and
speech intstructor at Nemaha Valley
High School in Cook, said the students'
work was accurate and good.
"If there had been errors a real
boo boo then everybody would have
been talking about it," she said.
Ron Anderson, administrator at the
Community Memorial Hospital in Syr
acuse and a former editor and produc
tion manager for the Syracuse news
paper, said that although the students
took a different approach it was basi
cally good writing.
Moul said she was pleased with the
number of pictures and local stories in
the papers.
"They came up with some pretty
darn good feature stories," she said.
As next summer approaches, Pagel
said, the advanced reporting class could
find itself taking over a different news
paper for two weeks. Pagel said the
David City and West Point newspapers
have shown interest in surrendering
their newspapers to the class.
"We can do it better next time," he
said.
Shorts
Career workshops for arts and
science majors on resume writ
ing, interview techniques and job
search skills will be offered in
Andrews Hall 146 at 3:30 p.m.
Sept. 27 and Oct. 4. The work
shops will be presented by Anne
Kopera, coordinator of advising.
For more information call the
College of Arts and Science office
at 472-2891.
day in the Nebraska Union.
A non-alcoholic bar will be
opened at 6:30 p.m. At 7:30 p.m..
Dr. Tom Goodale will present "A
New Lock at the Old Sauce," a
slide show and discussion of the
effects and use of alcohol and
other drugs on campuses around
the country. Comedian Roliin'Ray
Dietzel will follow with a comedy
routine.
Plattsmouth off U.S. Highways
73-75, is a 240-acre farm be
queathed to UNL in 1950 for
forestry purposes. The Forestry
t'ield Days program will include
90-minute hayrack tours, begin
ning at 11 a.m. both days.
The public is invited. For more
information call Dennis Adams,
UNL associate forester, at 472-3674.
Those wishing to volunteer can
call the council office at 476-7539
between 8:30 am. and 5:30 p.m.
Monday through Friday.
mation, call the RapeSpouse
Abuse Crisis Center at 476-3327.
The Lincoln Council on Alcoho- The NU Horning State Farm
lism and Drugs and Sigma Alpha will celebrate 25 years of forestry
Epsilon fraternity will be the hosts research at its annual Forestry
of "Do It Sober II," an evening of Field Days Sept. 28 and 29.
entertainment and education Mon- The Horning Farm, south of
The Girl Scout Council in Lin
coln is looking for student volun
teers to assist as troop leaders or
as assistant troop leaders.
The RapeSpouse Abuse Crisis
Center is offering a support group
for victims of sexual assault and
attempted sexual assault.
The group will meet Tuesday at
5:30 p.m. and will continue for
seven weeks. There is no charge.
For location and more infor-
The annual dinner for the
Indian Center, 1100 Military
Road, will be Tuesday from 6 to 8
p.m.
The potluck dinner will be
served by the center staff and
individuals will be recognised who
have assisted with the center.
Members of the Indian com
munity, board members, advisory
board members, program volun
teers and media representatives
are invited.
DON'T LET AN ACCIDENT TRIP
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STUDENT INSURANCE
Are you willing to gamble that you won't have any medical biils during
the school year? Why not buy Student Health Insurance and decrease
your odds for financial disaster to illness or accident.
After Oct. 1, 1S84 al! enrollments are FINAL! Visit the Student Health
Insurance Office, Room 103 at the Health Center by Monday, Oct.
1st. A Student Insurance Representative is available to answer your
questions Monday through Friday. For more information call 472-6000.
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reported to UNL police between
12:24 a.m. and 7:36 p.m. Monday.
12:24 a.m. Disturbance re
ported on 1 9th Street from T to U
streets. A fight was settled by
officers.
1:18 a.m. Speakers reported
stolen from a car in Parking Area
2 east of Sandoz Hall
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8:52 a.m. License plate re
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3:56 p.m. Football tickets
reported lost or stolen from
Memorial Stadium.
5:41 p.m. Tires reported
slashed on a bicycle at Westbrook
Hall.
5:55 p.m. People reported
tampering with emergency phone
near Architectural Hail
' 7:36 p.m. Belated report of a
man trespassing in the women's
restroom at Neihardt Residence
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7:36 p.m. Bicycle reported
stolen at Lyman Hall.
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