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Dailh c 3 r"i LA If i f"3 S V ) ? J J J II Fhursday, f November kj, 19d4 L ' University of Nebraska-Lincoln VcsSicn Partly cloudy and windy with a slight chanco of showers and a high of 44 (7C). Thurs day night, cloudy and colder with a low of 23 (-1 C). Friday, partly cloudy and colder with a high in tha lower to mid-303 (2C). IBUV 3QA changed Cinc m...Page 6 Vol. 84 No. 67 E-iusker Cager . p3llO...Page14 sas m. Am am s3id V. By Gozsane Tctea Ddlj Kcfcffss&aa StafJEeporter The Nebraska Union Board Tuesday voted 6 to 5 to continue selling Playboy, Penthouse and Playgirl magazines at union in- lormation gccxs. About 20 people attended the meeting. Several spoke during the two-hour discussion. Rebecca Chance, representing Lincoln Women Against Porno graphy, said her group objects to the magazines because they ex ploit women. "it's a business that sells bodies " she said. Daniel Shattil, general manager of the Daily Nebraskan, said the magazines are not pornographi by legal definition. If everything were banned that could be con sidered pornographic, he fdd, "a lot of book? in the library wouldn't be there anymore. "This is a university," he said. "People should be exposed to as many ideas as possible. When you say you can't see this, you narrow that person's view." Board member Todd Knobel said he cant distinguish between something that is considered art at Sheldon Art Gallery and mag azine photographs that are con sidered pornographic. Kate Moran, of the UNL Women's Resource Center, said the union chooses not to sell many ether magazines. Therefore, the Union Board has the right to decide whether to continue selling Play boy, Penthouse and Playgiri. "I dent think they (students) need the Nebraska Union selling this pornography in order to en sure that they'll be exposed to pornographic ideas," she said. "I don't think you're serving the students by presenting this." Curt Oltmans, ASUN first vice president, said the magazines are sexually exploitive. But the Sports Illustrated swimsuit edition h ex ploitive, he said, which also could be banned. "Where does censorship begin and where does it end?" he asked. "Once it begins, I don't see it ending." Centinssd on Pa3 12 f erts say arms talks By Bsny Trevors w Both sides will have something to gain when the United States and Soviet Union begin new arms negotiations Jan. 7 and 8 in Geneva, Switzerland, two UNL Soviet experts said. The meeting represents the first f&ce-to-face talks between the superpowers on strategic and medium-range nuclear weapons in a year. It will be the first U.S. Soviet negotiations on space weapons since 1979. The Soviets walked out of nu clear arms talks last year in protest ofU-S. deployment of new missiles in Europe. Secretary of State George Shultz and Soviet Foreign Minis- ter Andrei Gromyko will repre sent their nations in the first round of talks. UNL's Hiromi Teratani, a visit ing professor of Soviet studies from Tokyo, said the Soviets have depressed their econ omy by spend ing so much on the military. There is a "great struggle among the Kremlin elite" over how to solve the problem, Teratani said. The arms talks, if successful, may offer them a chance to change their spending habits. Teratani said the Soviet Union also wants to find out as much they can 'about the latest tech nological advances in the Western forces. He said they have parti cular interests in computers and robots, , . Continued ca V&tjs 3 on sliould Jve sem ilm kiss Our Mheffc, Ilessbarger stands by a glgr hl3 sister mad for him in memory of his $14,003 t4voyags" to California to "The Wheel of Fortci&e" game show. mmmmWjmmf incoin students win treasures astheTm mtfimme'spms -v By Lisa Nutting Dsdly Mferas& n Staff Eeportsr Next May, Mick Messbarger will be in Paradise Island. Messbarger, a UNL graduate student won a trip for two to the Bahamas, a Harley Sport ster and a queen-size brass bed just to mention a few of the "big" things on NBCs "Wheel of Fortune." He won a total of $14,775 in cash and prizes. Two weeks ago, "Wheel of Fortune" sponsored a "College Week," when students from the East, West, South and Midw est United States competed. Messbarger, a speech com munications student from Kearney, represented the Mid west, along with three other Nebraska students, UNL juniors Frank Dufek and Tony Anton of Omaha, and sophomore Pamela Dykeman of Harting ton. Messbarger said he had no idea he would win as much as he did. "I thought the best I would do would be to win a couple thousand dollars," he said. "Then to end up with almost $15,000 was incredible." As a speech communications major, Messbarger said he is used to speaking in front of an audience. "Oh, I thought I'd be pretty cool and calm," he said. "But I was as nervous as IVe ever been in my life." But, once the cameras started rolling, and he took a few deep breaths, things went smoothly, he said. Messbarger said he first learned of the "College Week" tryauts, which were held earlier this semester, a week before tryouts. He started watching the. show every night. It paid oil. Messbarger won $i,300 in cash and the rest in prizes. What will he do with the money1? Pay the merchandise taxes, of course. Messbarger said he has not yet received any of the prizes or money the show has 90 days from the air date of the show to get the prizes to the winners. "It's one thing to say you've won $15,000 and another to have your hands on it," he said. As a team, the students from Nebraska won almost $40,000 in cash and prizes.' "As a concensus, it was a lot of fun," he said for the group. "It was an experience of a lifetime, and they'd do it again in a minute." Messbarger said people are allowed to participate on three gameshews in their lifetime, with a year off between shows. Onee his year is up, Messbarger said, he hopes to participate in another gameshow. The students had to provide their own transportation to and from Hollywood. The UNL Alumni Association helped them with their expenses by giving the three $50 apiece, Messbarger said. The Nebraska Bookstore supplied the stu dents with red Nebraska sweaters. By Llichclls Ildbili People may say $16.50 cant buy a let these days, but for Jill Hoffman, a 20-year-old business administration student at UNL, it bought the ticket to the chance of a lifetime. Hoffman, who stood in line for four days to get a ticket, was the lucky recipient of a dance on stage with singer Bruce Springsteen, during his Lincoln concert Nov. 18. In the television video of his song "Danc ing in the Dark," Springsteen invites a young woman on stage for a dance. "A friend told me about the video, but I never thought he'd really do it," she said. giri darlc' tissitew meaning tor fen During an interlude to his "Dancing in the Dark" number, Springsteen walked across the front of the stage, looking out on the crowd and exchanging smiles with the audience, Hoffman said, -" Tim Boughn, a friend standing next to, Hoffman urged her up toward the stage, but she said she never dreamt she would be picked. - Their eyes met, she smiled, he smiled back With one thrust of his arm, she was on the stage.. - "I was nervous, but there wasn't enough time to be really scared," she said. Hoffman said the two smiled and laugh ed during those 60 seconds and he asked her if she was having fun. During a closer step, he pointed at the dimple on the right side of her fat and smiled, she said. Hoffman said the loud music made it hard to hear what Springsteen was say ing. It happened so fast, it's hard to remember exactly what he said, she said. As the song ended, they exchanged a bow and an extended kiss on stage. "He's a very good kisser," she said. "He's even better looking up close. His eyes sparkle when he smiles." Springsteen thanked her for the dance, but she quickly replied, "No, thank you." Hoffman said her brother, J. Hoffman, who also was at the concert, recognized her instantly. Other friends, seated farther away, didn't know it was her until they saw her later. A co-worker of Hoffman's father was talking about the incident at the office the next day. Ron Hoffman, knowing it was her daughter, let the co-workeriln-ish his story without interrupting. "You should've seen the kiss he planted on that girl," the co-worker told him. "Having that many people looking at you at one time doesn't happen-very often," she said, "and to be on stage with (Springsteen) as well, makes it-even better." .' Ccntir.2i cn Tz2 3