Pago 6
Daily Nebraskan
Monday, October 15, 1834
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Continued from Ptga 1
hours later and made me walk a straight
line. I did OK and he let me go. If I had
taken a urine test I would have melted
the dish " he said.
Mike first decided to get help at Oma
ha's Eppley Treatment Center.
Mike left after two weeks and hto prob
lems continued. He suffered more drug
overdoses and nearly killed himself.
"While you're driving down the high
way, you do things like pull your car in .the
wrong lane and close your eyes; Cars are
coming and you just blast away, close
your eyes, and say, 'kill me,' " he said. "I
didnt want to die, but then on the other
hand I wanted to kill myself, I just didn't
have the guts."
At that point, Mike said, he decided to
flat-out quit.
"I just said I was quitting. I went 'cold
turkey. After about 30 days, my eye color
changed, my feeling came back into my
feet, and I didn't have to wear glasses," he
said.
The worst part of his recovery, Mike
said, was the barbitual withdrawal
period." Once again, he thought he would
die.
"You see rats growing on you and you
beat yourself. You just keep hitting your
self," he said. The big thing is that you
want to jump through a window. I know
did."
That was three years ago. Mike is 35-years-old
now and calls himself a "reco
vered alcoholic." He works with alcoholic
treatment centers in Lincoln and claims
he has something to say about drugs and
alcoholism.
"Alcoholics are persons with everyday
normal problems that have a problem
with alcohol," he said. "You can do any
thing you want sober. A lot of people
don't."
Mike started drinking at the age of 12
because he wanted to feel like an adult. It
took him 21 years before he realized he
was wrong. He said he doesn't want to see
the same thing happen to another
21 -year-old.
"Kids want to be so different and so
unique," he said. "I just wish they cculd
stop and realize that they are already. I
hope they don't try to be like the next guy,
but rather like themselves. You don't
have to screw yourself up to be different
or special."
Ji
Fantasy Island
'Everyone can see me,
I live in my own splendor of my
moment
Triumphant over all people
around me. '
As I walk, my feet leave tracers.
My movement is swift and very
sure.
Peop le watch m y tracers with envy
Only watching to step inside to
feel the strength
And power.
My tracers have gone where some
do not dare.
But no one touches me.
No one sees my soul
dare not ojmi my door,
For behind it there U nothing.
SUvt H!5lDity fifbrtaktn am u j a drunk.
by Mike
Short
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U.S. Sen. J. James Exon will
speak in an open forum today in
the Nebraska Union at 2:30 p.m.
He will give a 20- to 30-minute
presentation, followed by a ques-tion-and-answer
period.
Democratic congressional can
didate Monica Bauer will speak
Tuesday at 2:30 p.m. in the Ne
braska Union.
Free career workshops for Arts
and Sciences students on resume
writing, interview techniques and
job search skills will be given
Wednesday in Andrews Hall 146
at 3:30 p.m. The workshops also
will be given Oct. 24 and 31. For
more information call Anne Kop
era at 472-2891.
A back-to-school workshop will
be Tuesday from 6:30 to 9 p.m. at
the Nebraska Center for Continu
ing Education, 33rd and Holdrege
streets. The workshop will pro
vide information on admissions,
advising, registration and finan
cial aid, and is intended to ease
the transition for adults
returning to school Call 472-1 392
for more information.
Diaries and Letters," Oct. 23 and
poets Judith Sornberger and Hilda
Raz will speak Oct. 30 on "Women
Poets." Sornberger is editor of a
new book on Nebraska woman
poets. Raz is poetry editor of "The
Prairie Schooner" at UNL.
Poet Laura Tohe, a native of a
Navajo reservation in New Mex
ico, will speak on Native Ameri
can Writers Tuesday at the Grand
Island Public Library from 7 to 9
p.m.
Helen Stauffer of Kearney will
speak on "Women's Journals,
The League of Women Voters of
Lincoln-Lancaster County and the
League of Women Voters of Ne
braska has moved to Haymarket
Square, Suite 207, 808 P St. An
open house will be Thursday from
5 to 8 p.m.
Mensa, the International High
I.Q. Society, has arranged to ad
minister a qualifying test to resi
dents of southeast Nebraska at
Bennett Martin Library, 14th and
N streets, Saturday at 9:30 am.
Mensa membership is open to
anyone who scores in the top 2
percent on a standard I.Q. test. A
$15 fee will be charged to cover
testing and scoring. For more
information call Steve Batie at
435-8010.
The second annual Nebraska
Dairy Goat Conference will be
Friday and Saturday on East Cam
pus. More information can be
obtained by writing ZeZe Hille, Rt.
1, Box 135, Firth, Neb. 68350.
Nebraska residents can get a
free copy of the 1984 edit ion of a
catalog of publicatons produced
by the NU Cooperative Extension
Service and Agriculture Research
Division.
Available at local extension
offices, the catalog, "Publications
of Farm and Home," is a 100
page, cross-referenced catalog with
listings for more than 1,000 pub
lications, fact sheets and research
bulletins.
A study, skills workshop on
studying math will be Thursday
at 1:30 p.m. in the Multi-Purpose
Room of Selleck Quadrangle. To
register call 472-1481. A 50-cent
fee will be charged to cover mate
rials cost.
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Report
The following incidents were reported to
UNL police between 11:51 p.m. Wednesday '
and 10:56 p.m. Saturday.
11:51 p.m. - Noise disturbance re
ported at Selleck Quadrangle.
1 1:58 p.m. Purse reported stolen from
a car in Parking Area 12 near 14th and
Vine streets.
Thursday
12:22 turn. Noise disturbance re
ported at 16th and R streets.
5:19 a.m. Class ring reported lost or
stolen from Hamilton HalL
2:10 p.m. Two-vehicle accident re
ported in the metered parking lot near
Sei'eck Quadrangle. No injuries were re
ported. 4:39 g.ia. r-Hood reported dented on a
car is Parking Area 27 near the College of
. Dentistry on East Campus.
'-.; &p.ra,. Suspicions person reported
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was contacted end taken to the City
Mission.
9:E3 p.ia. Noise disturbance reported
at Gather HalL
19:59 p.o. UNL police assisted Lin
coln police with a two-car accident on
1 2th Street from Q to R streets. No injuries
were reported.
11:41p.m. Fireworks reported sound
ing near Burr-Fedde residence halls on
East Campus.
Friday
12:10 slth. Suspicious person re
ported behind the car wash at 10th and
Vine Streets.
12:21 a.ra. Noise disturbance re
ported at 16th and S streets. -
12:S1 aoa. Alleged burglar reported
in Conthusker Corner at 19th and P
streets. Person was later reported to be a
custodian.
12:23 A.Q. Noise disturbance re
ported at 16th and Holdrege streets.
12'AZ a.c.. Noise disturbance re
ported at 12th and R streets.
1:17 a. ei. Noise disturbance reported
at 16th and S streets.
. 2;C2 turn. Noise disturbance reported
at 18th and R streets.
2:23 m.m. Noise disturbance reported
near BroyhiH Fountain.
3:35 a.ra. UNL police assisted Lincoln
police with a reported assault at 63rd and
Havelock streets.
6:S5 a.ia. Noise disturbance reported
at 16th and Vine streets.
7:14 a.m. Handicap signs reported
stolen from the dock area at Nebraska
Union.
10:30 sum. Billfold reported stolen
from Neihardt Residence Center.
12:54 p.m. Two-vehicle accident re
ported at 16th and R streets. No injuries
were reported.
1:SS p.m. Clothes reported stolen
from a dryer in Sandoz Kali
2;S3 p.Ei.- Illness reported at 33rd
&&dl Koldr e-gs streets. Person was taken to
Ery&n Memorial Kc-E-pitiL-.,' -
;S7 p.m. EillfoSl reported stolen
rrom Plant Industry on Emt Campus.
2.13 p.a. Purse reported stolen from
Seat-on HaU in Selleck Quadrangle.
:23 p.m. Hit-and-run accident re
ported in Parking Area 24 on East Carcpus.
8:23 p.m. Suspicious person reported
at Harper HalL
4:15 p ii- Book bag reported stok-n
from Nebraska Bookstore.
5:18 p.m. Money reported stolen
from Natural Resource Hall.
5:23 p.m. UNL police attempted to
locate a person wanted by other authori
ties. Police were unable to locate anyone.
8.C3 p.m. Noise disturbance reported
near University Terrace at 17th and R
streets.
10:04 p.m. Juveniles reported running
in the hallways at Smith Hall.
10:19 p.m. Lost person located be
tween 16th and 17th streets on Vine
Street.
10:23 p.ra. Alcohol violations re
ported at Harper HalL
10:33 p.m. Disturbance reported in
the courtyard at Harper Hall. .
10:43 p.ia. Disturbance reported at
Smith HalL
10:43 p.ua. Items reported stolen
from a vehicle in Parking Area 3 north of
Karper-Schramm-Smith residence halls.
11:18 p.m. Fight reported at 17th
and Holdrege streets.
11:33 p ra. Suspicious persons re
ported in Abel HaU
11:53 p.ra. Automobile accident re
ported in Parking Area 15 at 10th and R
streets.
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12:Si a.ia. Pizza reported stolen
from a delivery car at 519 N. 16th St. An
officer later recovered the pizza.
12:54 slbi. Restitution was given for
the pizza earlier reported stolen.
5:15 a.m. Suspicious person reported
hiding in the bushes at Parking Area 12
near 12th and Vine streets.
10:53 am. Disturbance reported at
15th and S streets.
3:55 p.m. Item3 reported stolen from
Westbrcok Music Building.
4.23 p.m. Lost person reported near
Memorial Stadium.
4:47 p.m. - Items reported stolen from
a vehicle in Parking Area 2 at 21st and
Vine streets.
- - 447 Items reported stolen from
a vehlch at 715 N. 16th St
4. '4 p. o. Lost person reported at
17th and Vine streets,
5:43 p.m. Lost person reported at
20th and Vine streets.
7:33 p.n. Police sttempted to locate
a lost person near the South Stadium.
1C.3 p.o. Ferson reported taking
elgns from the Game and Parks area on
East Caiapaa. ... .... -
