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University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Vol. 84 No. 25
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By John Mcissner
Dally Nebrsskan Senior Reporter
Editor's note: This U the fourth
article in a five-part series ex
ploring various issues behind
Nebraska football.
Behind
Big Red
So you think those rabid, rau
cous Nebraska football fans cheer
so loudly every Saturday solely
because pride and a national
ranking are on the line?
Wanna bet?
A lot of the east stadium deni
zens do bet on Nebraska, that
is. Bet on the outcome of a lot of
college and professional games
every weekend. Try their skill at
something more substantial than
the friendly $5 wager or the resi
uor
dence hall floor pool.
MWe have been told that there is
extensive gambling, especially dur
ing the. football season," said Lt.
Joe Wehner of the UNL police
department. "But there . is not
enough information to confirm it
- is a problem." ,
fJttepsndtogjon the weekeruLpne ,
bookmaker might take bets amoun
ting to "$3,000 to $4,000," accord
ing to aformer gambler. And, he
said, there 3s more than one book
ie serving UNL
"Gambling is very difficult to
' uncover," Wehner said. "The peo
ple who gamble know each other
and 'know who the police are.
They can gamble openly, and still
manage to keep it from the police."
The former gambler explained
the present betting system. "They
; buy a line (a list of match-ups
; with predicted point spreads be-
tween final scores), and adjust it
for the favorite games (those that
spur the most betting because of
local interest) to make both teams
seem more attractive."
A runner then distributes the
Xeroxed sheets among friends,
fielding phone calls and keeping
track of all placed bets. The min
imum bet is $10, with an addi
tional 10 percent bookie fee.
After the final pro game Mon
day night ("Monday night games
are extremely popular," he said,
bets are collected and money dis
tributed. The bookmaker's ideal situation,
the former gambler said, is to
Worn
In an effort to focus attention
cn v;crr.cn's roles in Nebraska
businesses, Gov. Cob Kerrey hza
selected 21 Nebrsskans to serve
on a steering committee, for the
I33 Governor's Conference cn
7omen Busaiea3 Owners,
Kerrey end two committee
numbers, I.L'ine Iloul end Lynn
P.trpzi', cildzliy introduced ccn
mitt2 members nd outlined ths
nnusKer tans
have an equal number of bets
placed on both teams, so the
winners and losers even out.
Usually, though, losers outnumber
the winners, because bookies not
only have a statistical advantage,
but an informational one.
"People who make point spreads
know a lot more about games
than the bettors " tangibles and
intangibles like "injuries, team dis
unity, and playing conditions," he
said.
He said he has suffered through
losing weekends, but a "smart
bookmaker plays the game such
that winning weekends easily
cover losing weekends."
Wehner said the department
doesn't make a large number of
gambling arrests, but they have
made some, mostly low-level run
ners. The maximum first-offense
sentence for promoting gambling
in the first degree a charge
which applies to bookmakers who
take in more than $1,000 a day
is one year in prison andor a
$1,000 fine. Fines and sentences
are smaller for bookies who take
in less and people who bet more
than $300.
People don't turn in bookmak
ers or bettors because "gambling
is viewed as a victimless crime, a
recreation, not a priority to
report," Wehner said.
The former gambler denied that
bookies take advantage of peo
ple. "On this campus, betting on
sports is not a matter of one stu
dent trying to screw others out of
money. It is a matter of an aggres
sive person providing a highly
demanded service to friends and
acquaintances."
"What right does the state have
to provide gambling whereby they
only pay the gamblers an 80 per
cent return on what is bet, and
say that that is moral because it
is legal?" he asked, referring to
the 1 7 percent cut Nebraska takes
out of every parimutual pool at
racetracks.
"People enjoy betting football
games, and I have seen it cause
no more hazard to them than to
others who enjoy wagering legally
on horses.
"My only moral qualm with bet
ting on games involving the human
element is that the integrity of
the men performing can be ques tioned,"
he said. He said some
people begin to assume games
are "fixed" or players accept
money to influence games.
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. press coaferehcv
"Hccnorr.ie drrclcpnznt is so
crucial to Nebraska's future that
v a must not ovcrJocI: sny source
of groivth, espgcisl'y not m the
fields being currently pioneered
by and dominated by women en
trepreneurs" Kerrey S2id.
The conference, tentatively Moul ..said small business own
scheduled for the sprbjef 1CS5, ership is a way cut for women
may include franchir-ir. cash who now have low-paying jobs.
mans.errxnt, ztcit-vp financing,
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JchaJanovy, interim director of st&te museum, sits beside one off Ids favorite ilortill Mali
exhibits, the DInoIiyi: j a plaster figure representing an animal frbmlthe Miocene era.
nterim director Janovy hopes
to integrate university,
By Barry Trevcrrow
D Nebrtsian Staff Writer
' John Janovy Jr., newly ap
pointed interim director of
UNL's State Museum, said he
hopes to increase public sup
port and awareness for the
museum in the next year.
Janovy, professor of biolog
ical science at UNL, was ap
pointed Fr iday, replacing Allan
Griesemer. Griesemer left to
take a position at a museum in
San Bernadino, Calif.
Janovy will be in charge of
administering the museum's
research and exhibits for this
academic year. He said his
experience as director of UNL's
Cedar Point Biological Field
Station near Ogallala probably
led to his appointment.
"The station is a complex
."Figures ; show'thst;. threare
about 3 miIlioji:..womfn .involved
. in sm&tt business.owiiershlp con'
trLuti? to Ebout 10 billion In.
revenue to the ccuritrjs eccn
cray "said Moul, owner of Maver
ick Media of Syracuse. "They are
the idlest growing entrepreneurs
in the country
ilcrrsy said ne z&em.
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administrative job that involves
teaching, food service and
transportation." Janovy said.
Jancvy said he has "an enorm
ous amount of interest in the
museum." . ,
"I use it every semester for
classroom exercises in -my
teaching," he said. "I never miss
museums when I'm in big cit
ies." Janovy teaches advanced
parasitology at the field sta
tion and introductory biology
and zoology at UNL
"I see a strong relationship
between the museum and geo
logy, anthropology and life
sciences," Janovy said.
Though Janovy isn't ready
to disclose ideas he has for the.
museum, he said, he wants to
"continue to make the museum
a growing part of the univer-
people who have sokjc dream,
soma pal End proide tha as:ij
tar.es," Kerrey said.
Kerrey sUd he ii'ces the idea of
the conference because he thini
most businesses and jobs created
m : the state will be formed by
people already lifting in Nebraska.
"We're" very, excited about the
potential ofthejconference in not
only id enticing current women
b usintss owners," Roper said, "but
giving an opportunity for poten
ticicr.T.crs to know what resour
ces exUt b the stcte to help
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museum
sity and make people aware of
how it is integrated with the
campus."
Janovy has been a member
of the UNL faculty since 1966.
He is a former university award
winner for distinguished teach
ing and has gained national
prominence for his research
and literary achievement.
"We are very pleased that
Dr. Janovy has agreed to serve
in the interim capacity," Chan
cellor Martin A. Massengale
said. "He is well-known for his
fieldwork in the sciences, his
creative writing, and he is an
exemplary scholar and leader."
Janovy is expected to begin
his new assignment Oct. 1. The
search for a permanent direc
tor for the museum will begin
immediately after a new vice
chancellor for research and
graduate studies is appointed.
theiru
to th2 cpnr.;:ttce along with fiw
Oraahans, four Lincolnites and
ilvz ethers from cuutate L'cbra-
The conference would run one
to two days. Satete vidf.eeorf,f
rencir.3 v.i'i be used if two cities
are choy?n as locations for the
conference. North Fiatte, Lincoln
and Omaha have been su;::$ted
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Several members of the Kerrey
a-ntinistmtian have been named
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