Wednesday, February 5, 1986
Alcohol education pushed at UNL
By Lise Olsen
Senior Reporter
Concern about responsible student
drinking has prompted UNL officials to
hire a special consultant for alcohol
education at the University Health
Center.
Last spring, Dr. Margaret Nellis
began working with health educator
Janet Crawford to provide alcohol
information and referral services for
students.
They met with campus groups such
as health aides, fraternity and sorority
members, campus police and the health
center's Student Advisory Board to
create a program tailored for UNL.
The fruits of their research are now
beginning to ripen. The health center
soon will publish a pamphlet about
drinking issues at UNL. Nellis and
Crawford found that students generally
drink on weekends and Thursday
nights.
Drinking games are often played at
parties, but students are becoming
more concerned about driving while
intoxicated charges. Many students
walk to bars and student groups often
provide transportation to off-campus
parties, Nellis and Crawford said.
Nellis and Crawford also have worked
with existing programs such as Sigma
Alpha Epsilon fraternity's "Do It
Sober."
In the 1970s, society was less con
cerned about drunken drivers and
placed more emphasis on drinking
techniques, said Clay Rivers, UNL psy
chology professor.
Today, the emphasis has shifted. For
example, Rivers said, in one evening
recently he saw eight advertisements
against drinking and driving.
"Public consciousness about drink
ing and driving is the highest I have
seen in many years," Rivers said.
But attitudes about drinking in gen
eral are paradoxical, he said.
"(We say) isn't it awful to drink and
drive, but isn't alcohol a way to have a
good time and really whoop it up?"
Rivers said.
Nationally, groups like Students
Against Drunk Driving and Mothers
Against Drunk Driving have influenced
legislators and citizens to consider
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stiffer laws and promote responsible
drinking behavior, several alcohol edu
cators say.
But MADD's emotional approach may
be too simplistic, said Ron Dade of the
Lincoln Council on Alcohol and Drugs.
"Putting people in jail has a very
limited effect on a drinking problem,"
Dade said.
Dade, like Rivers and others, em
phasized the importance of continuing
students' alcohol education.
Even the 18 percent of college stu
dents who don't drink, according to a
national survey, need to know because
they may have friends who do.
Despite increased interest in alco
hol education, 19- to 24-year-olds still
account for more than 40 percent of all
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DWIs in Lancaster County. DWI offend
ers usually face a choice of going to jail
or entering a county court probation
program, which often includes alcohol
education classes.
Although probation programs may
help social drinkers, problem drinkers
are less likely to change, said Jay Cor
zine, an assistant professor of sociology
who teaches a course on drugs and
society.
Despite improved public attitudes
and education programs, more and
more DWI offenders are likely to choose
a jail sentence rather than probation,
said John Napue, director of the Lan
caster County Probation program.
"People don't have the fear of jail
that they used to," he said.
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Shell out more change:
vending prices increase
By Jonathan Taylor
Senior Reporter
Having a sweet tooth at UNL now
costs 5 cents more than it did last
month. Nicotine fits cost more, too.
Because wholesale suppliers of vend
ing maching products raised their candy
and cigarette prices about 15 percent,
UNL's vending department was forced
to increase prices, said Gene Meerkatz,
manager of UNL's vending department.
Mark Behrends, route supervisor for
the vending department, said the 5
cent increase of university-owned candy
and cigarette machines became effec
tive Feb. 1. Prices rose in all 61 candy
machines and 18 cigarette machines at
UNL.
The suppliers, Vendor Supplies of
America in Denver and General Tobacco
and Candy Co. of Lincoln, "hit us with
out warning," Meerkatz said.
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only after businesses showed interest
in ITFS and the price of the equipment
dropped, McBride said.
James Strickland, manager of a 3M
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tion eases the problems of providing
continuing education. Employees can
take classes at work instead of com
muting to class, he said, so they can be
more effective the next day at work.
UNL Chancellor Martin Masssengale
said that besides 3M, AT&T, North
western Bell, Data Documents and the
Omaha Public Power District have
signed up for the program.
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Meerkatz said Mars Inc. raised their
prices in January, "and the rest fol
lowed like sheep."
But the higher candy prices are not
limited to vending machines.
Jan Halleen, general merchandize
buyer for the UNL bookstore, said their
candy prices would go up as the new
higher-priced goods arrived. But not all
of their candy prices will increase, she
said. Currently, 35-cent candy still is
available.
Halleen said she assumed candy pri
ces would increase all over Lincoln.
Despite the price increase, Meer
katz said UNL's candy prices still will
be lower than many retail stores and
other vendors.
"A lot of vendors' prices...are now at
50 cents," he said.
Because of that, Meerkatz said, he
doesn't think the increase will have an
adverse affect on sales.
in Omaha, McBride said. UNL hopes to
have a transmitter built in Lincoln by
fall so Lincoln businesses can use the
service.
During the test period, Massengale
said, the five Omaha businesses will
receive courses and programs from
PBS' National Narrowcast Service. The
service, which is also in a test period,
has been made available to 21 cities
across the United States, he said.
UNL spent about $100,000 to build
and equip a special classroom in Scott
Engineering Center that will be used
for ITFS classes, said Lee Rockwell,
manager of educational telecommuni
cations. But participating businesses
will have to pay tuition and operating
costs to receive the service, he said.
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