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September 27, 1985
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Vol. 85 No. 24
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A UNL student models a tanning bed at Great Tan, 245 N. 13th St.
anmng salons say students
provide bullc of fall business
By Jen Deselms
and
Todd von Kampen
Staff Reporters
The perfect tan.
People lie in the summer sun for hours,
working to get that savage look. Dark. Healthy.
But as summer heat turns to fall frost,
students seek an alternative: year-round tan
ning salons.
Business at European Tan Spa, 1120 K St.,
picked up almost immediately when college
classes started, said assistant manager Dan
Struss. Business people made up most of the
spa's customers during the summer, he said,
but 75 percent of the spa's business now
comes from students.
Despite the large number of students,
many kinds of people use tanning salons, said
Deb Neighbors, assistant manager of Hair
Express at 245 N. 13th St. She said her tan
ning salon's clientele includes "students,
people that hold a 9-to-5 job, housewives who
want to get out of the house, middle-aged
men and bodybuilders that use it to glorify
their looks."
Neighbors and other managers of Lincoln
tanning salons said people see them as an
alternative to the beach.
Ron Adams, manager of Tanning Plus at
2710 S. 70th St., said many would rather not go
to an overcrowded and noisy beach when they
could use up less time and get a more even tan
in a pleasant salon setting.
Reasons for using the salons change during
the colder months. Neighbors said people
will come in to build a tan for weddings or
parties or to maintain the tan they have.
When spring break approaches, students,
come in for a protective tan that will ward off
sunburn at the beach, she said.
When done properly, tanning can help
clear up skin diseases such as acne and pso
riasis. Struss said the tanning beds at Euro
pean Tan Spa use a form of ultraviolet light
that promote formation of melanin the
body's tanning substance without sun
burn and the risk of skin cancer.
Some customers said the benefits of tan
ning go beyond darker skin. Linda Alderson, a
teacher in the Lincoln Public Schools, said a
tan makes clothes look more attractive and
gives a person a more positive attitude.
European Tan Spa recommends that peo
ple just starting a tan have no more than
seven sessions within 10 days and one to two
sessions a week after that, Struss said. The
spa limits sessions to 30 minutes, but people
with lighter skin usually begin with 15
minute sessions.
The spa is so popular that customers who
walk in off the street probably won't find an
open bed, he said. To be sure of a bed, custo
mers should make appointments a day in
advance.
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in Wesleyaii painty raid
By Suzanne Teten
Senior Editor
Although some of the undergarments stolen
from a Nebraska Wesleyan University sorority
house were returned, the house president says
members won't be satisfied until they receive
full payment.
Delta Zeta Sorority President Jody Wysong
and her house members are demanding that
UNL's Alpha Tau Omega Fraternity pay $1,100 for
the bras, underwear, slips, nylons and pajamas
taken from the house.
Wysong said about 25 to 35 members of the
UNL fraternity, with nylons on their heads and
paint on their faces, forced their way into the
sorority last Saturday night.
She said the men "pulled drawers out and
threw clothes all over the rooms." Nothing was
broken, she said, but desk drawers were emptied
and papers were strewn all over the floors.
Wysong said some of the fraternity men
shoved two of the women across the room as they
attempted to block the men's escape.
"They ransacked the rooms," Wysong said.
"What might have started out as an innocent
panty raid didn't end that way."
Strong armed robbery charges have been filed
against the fraternity members responsible, she
said.
She said house members "felt that they had
been raped." ,
"It was an awful feeling for those three days to
not know who had done it and who was walking
around with our underwear," Wysong said.
During that time, she said, house members
received many crank telephone calls.
Wysong said the fraternity members brought
back some personal items but most were torn
and snagged
"A lot of things were returned in perfect con
dition, but the girls feel uneasy about wearing
them," she said. "When they pay us the money,
we'll return everything they stole because that's
what they wanted in the first place."
Wysong said she thinks the situation is a
feminist issue.
"They did it because they knew we couldn't
fight back," she said. "Men don't see it as
serious as we do."
Fraternities would not raid other fraternities
to steal underwear, she said.
"It's just another example of men that don't
respect women," Wysong said.
John Rood, public relations chairman for
Alpha Tau Omega, said in a prepared statement
that the panty raid is "an age-old fraternal cus
tom that got enjoyably out of hand."
He said all items were returned and the
responsible persons were "appropriately repri
manded." Rood said the members were disci
plined within the house, but he would not dis
close what kind of disciplinary actions were
taken.
"Don't look for it to happen again," he said.
"It's not an every day occurrence."
Rood said panty raids have declined in the
last few years.
"That's kind of a shame because it can be
harmless and enjoyable," he said. "It certainly
isn't a sexist matter."
Yet, Rood said, he doubts that his house
"intends to raid a fraternity."
He said he doubts that his fraternity members
will conduct another raid "for a while."
He said the situation gets out of hand when
items are lost or damages are made. Last week
end's action was "sub-standard," he said.
"It hurts our image," Rood said. "We have a
responsibility to handle our bad as well as our
good."
, Rood said he was not involved in the incident.
He said he doesn't think the raid was provoked
by anything "except a festive mood."
He said if the raids are "handled properly,"
they are an "acceptable practice" because they
hurt no one.
Greeks get good safety marks
By Todd von Kampen
Senior Reporter
The Lincoln fire investigator responsible for
UNL's Greek system said Thursday that this
year's inspections have turned up only minor
violation?.
Mike Durst of the Bureau of Fire Protection
said none of the 20 houses that he has checked
have had violations worthy of penalties. Greek
houses have been cooperative in correcting the
violations that inspectors found, he said.
"Everyone's pretty agreeable," he said. "They
understand that what we tell them is a life-safety
problem."
Most houses have improved their fire safety
over the last two or three years, said bureau chief
Jerry McGinn. Durst said that although a Greek
house was set on fire during homecoming three
or four years ago, UNL hasn't had problems with
arson like the University of Denver and the Uni
versity of Colorado. Three fraternity-house fires at
those schools since Sept. 18 have caused more
than $500,000 in damage.
Many of the houses have blocked open fire
doors when they should be left closed, Durst
said. If the doors are open when a fire breaks out,
oxygen can rush in and spread the fire, he said.
Most of the houses needed to be cleaned, he
said. Greek houses often store things like home
coming banners and keep them until the next
year rather than throw them away.
"It seems like they wait around for us to come
around and tell them what they need to do," he
said. '
Once checked, a house has 30 days to correct
violations before the bureau re-inspects it, he
said. If the problems aren't corrected the house
could be fined for each day it remains in
violation.
McGinn said that Greek houses can lose their
occupancy permits for extreme violations. But
the bureau often gives such houses up to two
years to make corrections to ease the financial
burden of repairing a house immediately, he
said.
Greek houses that Haven't been inspected yet
should adjust all fire doors and make sure they
are closed, he said. The boiler, laundry and fur
nace rooms and hallways need to be clear of
combustible objects, he said.
The bureau has yet to check most of the Greek
houses along R and S streets. After the bureau
finishes at UNL, it will inspect Greek houses at
Nebraska Wesleyan University, Durst said.