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Wednesday, October 24, 1034 Daily Nebraskan Pago 5 "1 f-iorsa Kejppt imsnDcSiy Nstres9cn A K.C.J?2Z Eingsr shco-bpa fcr the p&rtyfcsg press ard the ndcgSing media at a Sunday noon breach la dowr.tsvra IZsxzzz City. Continued from Psge 4 Or they just turned their backs, hopped in the back seats dis- Jeff Browne and I first picked Meanwhile, Richard Q. Cooper crete, and closer to the food, up our press credentials along and Bruce Weincr blew on their Safewav ffmrprv jtnrM nut nut with reporters from the wire ser- cold hands and watched the priv- a iTJfrlFJt vices, the New York Times, and ileged folk splatter barbecue sauce I rTifn lJS? the like. We first ignored the on their chins. hJlit League of Women Voters' bulky After dinner, many media mem- KtoSffiSSSof press packet in our excitement bers trotted back to their hotels It hS hrl Browne had drawn a pass for to collect more freebies, courtesy the press balcony in the debate of local businesses and the League We even had popcorn, hall. Only 400 coveted tickets of Women Voters: pens, bumper 1 grabbed an apple and were available; the other 900 or stickers, posters, tickets to elite three cookies, I thought of Donna, so reporters like myself would though public forums. tne dining woman, and her watch the debate on huge TV Media attendance at the rallies comments from the day before, screens in the Exhibition Hall in and demonstrations was minimal. And I wondered why those the basement. More cameramen and reporters comments never seemed to keep Ve finally got around to persu- shewed up in crowds cheering me from eating my share of the ing the press packet, and what the arrival of both candidates. freebies. did we find? After a hard afternoon's work, "As a member of the working media folks returned downtown press, your press credentials will for the Taste of Kansas City" allow you access to all events buffet thrown by fine Kansas City listed cn the attached schedule." restaurants. More wining and Great, we thought. HcJIks, pro- dining from 4 to 6 p.m., until the tests, forums . . . everything a journalists departed to settle in budding journalist dreams of. for the debate. Oh, blissful ignorance. Beloved Browne left to take his debate naivete. For what did we find? hall seat; I retreated to the base Receptions, lunches, brunches, ment. Nine hundred floor seats breakfasts. Free tickets to a con- faced two huge screens. It was cert featuring rock artists Nice- very much like a media drive-in lstte Larsen end America. Free- movie theatre. The young and biss galore. We had to dig for the inexperienced journalists sat scheduled rallies and demonstra- primry in front, tittering occasion tions in the back pages of dies- ally. The older, jaded journalists Put your degree to work where it can do a world of good. . jmy.""-!! . ... r 1 Your first job after graduation should offer you . more than just a paycheck. We can offer you an experience that lasts a lifetime. 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Media folk, hosts and business sponsors munched on meats and cheeses while staring disinterest edly at beautiful slides of greater Kansas City flashing on six wall screens. While Hichard Q. Cooper silenth demonstrated against discrimina tion and Bruce Weiner protested indifference for Soviet Jews Sun day morning, media members and business sponsors first brunched from 0 to 11 a.m., then lunched from 11:30 am. to 1:30 p.m. The banquet hall was decked out in red, white and blue bunt ing, streamers and balloons. Champagne flowed freely. Bar becued beef and pork, salads and fixings fed perhaps 2,000 people. When I asked other journalists if feasts and freebies were com mon along the campaign trail, I got two kinds of responses: "Go away, little pleeb, we're here to have a good time. Be a good social butterfly and dont bother me." r mmm 4 Wesk Mlni-Prcram only regularly $150 467-3555 225 N. Cotner Austin Professional B!dg. 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