Daily Nebraskan
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By Chris Welsch
Senior Editor
It is a monument to nourishment.
Towering, regal, massive, the State
Capitol is the most impressive-looking
restaurant in town.
Dining Review
It is etched with maize and bison,
and the sower broadcasts seed to the
fertile plain below. The place reeks of
food.
At the urging of a friend who is a
peon in the state bureaucracy, 1 ate
where the Big Cheeses go: The State
House Cafet eria.
As we approached the Capitol, I
decided only one thing could make it a
more attractive restaurant: a button
like the one at Happy Chef restaurants
that would make the Sower tell dumb
jokes. My lunch pal reminded me that
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purpose, and no buttons need be
pushed.
The cafeteria is on the first floor. The
clatter of trays and the rumble of con
versation make it easy to find. Inside,
state personnel milled around and sat
at wooden tables, gesturing, talking
and eating.
I saw no senators. They must have
been eating with lobbyists at the
Nebraska Club, probably relieved that
no limits had been placed on their free
meals earlier in the session.
Earlier in the day, however, a secre
tary told me that senators do eat there
when they don't have lunch appoint
ments. Maybe I just didn't recognize
them.
The lack of power brokers didn't
bother me long. I was drawn into a
quick-moving line, which sped past
sandwiches, a short-order grill and
finally the hot food counter, where a
helpful person dished up an order of
noodles and beef and some broccoli.
The meal was $3.79 and included an
apple muffin, a lemon log dessert and a
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carton of milk. My friend ordered an
inexpensive cheeseburger, fries and a
chocolate milk.
We settled at a table in the center of
the dining room, and despite the noise
and bustle, enjoyed a tasteful repast.
The beef and noodles smacked of the
farm heavy, simple and filling, with
out being bland. They stuck to my ribs.
The broccoli was tired. It had endured
too much steam and had lost its fresh
cooked crispness. That's not to say it
was bad; it was average, and I ate all of
it.
The lemon log tasted as great as its
name. Enough said.
The cheeseburger was just fine, but
the fries were lukewarm and tasteless.
All in all, it was the best cafeteria
meal I've had in about 17 years of insti
tutional dining. If I were a senator and
no lobbyists would take me to The
Cornhusker, I would eat at the Capitol.
In fact, I may eat there again if I'm in
the Capitol at lunchtime.
On top of being a good place for
breakfast or lunch, the cafeteria is a
training school, according to supervi
sor Crystal Kroese.
People with emotional, mental or
physical disabilities, work and learn at
the cafeteria. Four instructors guide
the trainees through three months to a
year of work and training to prepare
them for a job in the open market.
So, if you're in need of a hearty lunch
and you want to rub shoulders with the
powers that be (if they are there), try
the State Capitol Cafeteria. You can
always get a seat in the Unicameral
gallery for a before- or after-dinner
belly laugh.
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'Friends' top Billboard's list
By The Associated Press ney (Capitol)
Hot Singles
1. "That's What Friends Are For"
Dionne & Friends (Arista)
2. "Say You, Say Me" Lionel
Richie (Motown)
3. "Burning Heart" Survivor
(Scotti Bros.)
4. "Talk To Me" Stevie Nicks
(Modern)
5. "I'm Your Man" Wham! (Colum
bia) 6. "My Hometown" Bruce Spring
steen (Columbia)
7. "Walk Of Life" Dire Straits
(Warner Bros.)
8. "I Miss You" Klymaxx, (MCA)
9. "Party All the Time" Eddie
Murphy (Columbia)
10. "Spies Like Us" Paul McCart-
Top LP's
1. "The Broadway Album" Barbra
Streisand(Columbia) platinum
(More than 1 million units sold.)
2." 'Miami Vice' Soundtrack"(MCA)
platinum
3. "Heart" Heart (Capitol) -platinum
4. "Scarecrow" John Cougar Mel
lencamp (Riva) platinum
5. "Promise" Sade (Portrait)
6. "Brothers in Arms" Dire Straits
(Warner Bros.) platinum
7. "Afterburner" ZZTop (Warner
Bros.) platinum
8. "Knee Deep In the Hoopla"
Starship (Grunt) platinum
9. "Welcome to the Real World"
Mister (RCA) Gold (More than
than 500,000 units sold.)
10."Born in the U.S.A." Bruce
Springsteen (Columbia) platinum
Black Singles
1. "That's What Friends Are For"
Dionne & Friends (Arista)
2. "Say You, Say Me" Lionel
Richie (Motown)
3. "Go Home" Stevie Wonder
(Tamla) 4. "Digital Display"
Ready For the World (MCA)
5. "Secret Lover" Atlantic Starr
(A&M)
6. "The Sweetest Taboo" Sade
(Portrait)
7. "Do Me Baby" Melisa Morgan
(Capitol)
8. "Let Me Be The One" Five Star
(RCA)
9. "What You Been Missin" Star
point (Elektra)
10. "Your Personal Touch" Evelyn
"Champagne" King (RCA)
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"Meet our first guest," the host
announced. "This is Scott, who has
declared himself a national recreation
area until age 30. Let's see if one of our
lovely ladies changed his mind."
The three choices soon appeared.
The first was Connie Sue Culpepper, an
evangelist "stripper for God from
Texarkana, Texas.
Connie brushed her bleach-blond
curls out of her face and cooed, "I like a
man who loves the Lord as much as I
do. When I'm out on the stage bumpin'
an' grindin' for God, I always check out
all the men and tell 'em, 'This is my
temple, y'all, so if y'be fixin' to worship
me, y'all better treat me like a lady.' "
The second choice was Brigid Von
Schnapzak, a witchcraft marketing
executive from Berlin, Germany.
"I like a man who I can treat like
dirt," she snarled. "All my men are pigs
who need discipline."
The third was Senorita Suzita Gize
linoa Manuelina, a flamenco dancer
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Once they had all spoken, the host
asked whom I chose.
"Suzita!" I replied.
She immediately appeared sporting
a red satin dress bordered with ruffles.
On her head was a huge tutti-frutti hat
loaded down with pineapples, coco
nuts and bananas.
"Tell us about your date with Suzita,
Mr. Harrah," the host said.
"It was splendid!" I squealed. "I took
her to a charming truck stop and we
had a delicious dinner consisting of
egg-salad sandwiches and orange drink.
Then we went to an amusement park
and I won three giant stuffed bananas."
"Wheech he kept for himself," Suz
ita hissed. "He said that fee won them,
so hevas gonna keep 'em."
"How did the date go for you overall,
Suzita?" the host asked.
"Seemply awful!" she shrieked.
"When he picked me up, he was wear
ing a Velcro Batman suit. He had a
Velcro Batgirl suit for me to wear, but I
refused because it just deedn't go
weeth my hat. Then he told me I had no
sense of style."
"Are you saying that he's a selfish,
depraved geek that expects his dates
to dress like Batgirl?" the host probed.
"Let's put it thees way," she replied.
"If you could earn half of what he
theenks he's worth, you could retire
and buy your own banana plantation."
"We're sorry we couldn't make a
Love Connection," the host purred.
"Now let's see who the audience
chose."
The votes were tallied and Brigid
was revealed as first choice.
"Would you like to go out with
Brigid?" the host asked.
"Of course!"
Brigid suddenly appeared in the lit
tle box on the screen.
"Oh, neat," she barked sarcastically. "I
get to go out with a chicken."
"A chicken?" The host was confused.
"Yeah," she quipped. "Look at his
hair. He looks like a rooster. No, make
that Bugs Bunny. What's up, doc? Not
the chicken's muscles. Now hear this:
You can't have me ever. "
Brigid then sneered and pushed a
button as she mysteriously disappeared
from the screen.
Suddenly, I woke up. I'd had it with
ludicrous love scenes and vowed to
sing the praises of self-inflicted celi
bacy from that day on. For now, I'll
learn about love by indulging in such
realistic affairs of the heart as "The
Love Boat" and the fine literature of
Harlequin. Unless, of course, I find
some depraved soul that's into Bugs
Bunny and Velco and would like to get
together with me sometime.