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Tuesday, November 13, 1934 Daily Nsbraskan Pago 7 '-9 smys Eieir Amcsydmc bolted fm it By Brad GlfTord Dslly Netrssiin Sfcslf Reporter Susan Piper soon will be killed, according to actress Carrie Nye; but it will be only a character assassination. Nye, who plays the villainous Piper in the CBS soap opera "Guiding Light," said her charac ter "asked for it." "I've killed so many people, they've got to kill me," Nye said of the show's writers. Or was that Piper talking? It must have been, because Nye never ha3 murdered anyone. Sense the bond between the char acter and the actress. A part of Nye will die when Piper's time expires. "I just love Susan, she's so bad " Nye said in her low, whispery voice. Apart from that sentimental ity, Nye has little sympathy for her character. If she thought the writers weren't going to kill Piper, Nye, who has been with the show since July, would pull the trigger herself. "I don't think any actor or actress is good after six months on the same show," she said. Nye speaks from experience. She has worked on stage, in movies and on television, most recently as a guest star on "Hart to Hart." She received a Tony Award nomination for the play "Half a Six-Pence" and has done movies with Candice Eergen, Alan Alda, Meryl Streep and author Stephen King. Her next film, The Doorman," will be released soon. Nye has been traveling the country promoting the "Guiding Light" and wa3 in Lincoln recently to tape commercials at KOLN-TV. VVhen asked about the adver tisements' content, her answer was an impromptu demonstra tion. She flicked her lighter, leaned forward and said, "The 'Guiding Light' ignites with love, passion and danger." Even a spot as effective as that will not coax Nye into watching soaps. "I never watch them," Nye said. "I cant imagine watching. I dont watch this one." Nye is perplexed by the popu larity of soaps. She said they are shallow compared to plays or movies, but said she doesnt mind the fakery. "Things happen magically in soaps," she said. "We don't have to explain any of our actions. We just act." Nye's actions have made her work on the show almost solitary. Piper currently is on an island searching for a doll that holds a much sought after secret. Since she killed most of the people she was with, she now is accompan ied only by an island native. "It's pretty much on my own," she said. "I'm essentially with the ninja and the corpses." She is accompanied in "real" life by talkshow host Dick Cavett, Grand Island native and UNL graduate, and Nye have visited Nebraska together before. "One time we took backroads all through the state, through the sandhills," Nye said. "You don't realise how beautiful it is until you get off the highways into the open spaces." Nye said she likes to slow down her life after being in Hollywood for a long time especially after her guest appearance on the Dick Cavett Show. "I can usually hide behind my character w hen I'm on talkshows," she said. "But we know each other so well that it was tough for him to ask good questions and for me to give good answers. I was scared to death. I don't like that kind of pressure." Shorts Political columnist and televi sion analyst Jeff Greenfield will provide "A National Media Pers pective on the 1984 Elections," at 8 p.m. today in the Nebraska Union. A contributing analyst for ABC News who appears regularly on "Nightline," Greenfield formerly was with CBS-TV, appearing on CBS "Morning," "Sunday Morning" and occasionally on "CBS Even ing News." In 1980, he served as political commentator with Bill Moyers and James Kilpatrick on CBS' convention and election night coverage. Admission for students is free, while non-students will be charged $2. The talk is being sponsored by University Program Council's Talks and Topics Committee. Delta who has graduated or will graduate in the spring and who has at least a 3.75 cumulative GPA is eligible to apply. Application forms are availa ble in the Graduate College office, the Office of Scholarships and Financial Aids, or from Alpha Lambda Delta administration liaison Suzanne Brown, Teachers College 101. The deadline for submission of applications is Thursday. Ruth Witherspoon, assistant dean for the UNL College of Law, will discuss law school applica tions Wednesday at 3:30 p.m. in the Nebraska Union. The Women's Faculty Club will meet Wednesday at 1 p.m. at Regents Hall Alice Dittman, president of Cornhusker Bank, will speak on "Women Should Mind Their Own Business." The Camp Fire candy sale, which supports the local coun cil's program, will continue through Nov. 25. A table will be set up in Harper Food Service Wednesday from 4 to 6 p.ra. to sell candy. For more information call 483-7771. location will be the subjects of a three-day symposium beginning Wednesday at UNL. The 9th annual Hendricks' Sym posium will focus on state and local politics in a time of increas ing deficits and declining social services. The conference is spon sored by the UNL political science department. One of the world's leading ex perts on federalism will be the keynote speaker at the sympo sium. Daniel Eiazar, director of the Center for the Study of Fed eralism at Temple University and the Institute of Local Government at Bar Ilan University in Israel, will deliver the address at 8 p.m. Wednesday in the Nebraska Union. His speech will focus on: "Sub national Politics: the Problems of Intergovernmental Relations in a Time of Scarcity." A workshop on procrastination will be given Wednesday and Mon day at 1:30 p.m. and 9:30 a.m. respectively in the Selleck Quad rangle Multi Purpose Room. 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