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Student directors;
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NCAA gymnastic meet
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April 4, 1986
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By Todd von Kampen
Senior Reporter
Performing before large crowds cer
tainly isn't new for the Cornhusker
Marching Band Flag Corps.
But Saturday, 23 present and former
corps members and their instructor,
Carol Domina, will perform in a show
that millions will see eventually. They'll
be in Tecumseh to appear in a fictional
"Lincoln Day" parade that will be part
of the ABC-TV miniseries "Amerika."
But the corps members won't appear
in their usual cowboy hats, red-and-
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"We don't want it to look like the University
of Nebraska; we wanted it to look like small
town Tecumseh."
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gold, outfits and white shoes that they
wear in Memorial Stadium, said Jackie
Beavers, who is handling local casting
for the miniseries. The producers will
provide the corps with uniforms that
people would expect a small-town flag
corps to wear, she said.
"We don't want it to look like the
University of Nebraska; we wanted it to
look like small-town Tecumseh," said
Beavers, who operates Jackie Beavers
and Gerdi, a Lincoln talent agency and
fashion consulting firm.
The flag corps got involved in the
show through Kat ie Schweitzer, a soph
omore elementary education major from
Lincoln who is a corps member.
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From Staff and Wire Reports
UNL is among the top 15 percent
of schools in the number of fresh
man Merit Scholarship winners en
rolled, says the National Merit Scho
larship Corp.
With 31 freshman Merit Scholars,
UNL ranked 44th for 1935 among
39S U.S. schools.
Among Big Eight schools, only
Iowa State attracted. r.crs merit
Scholars than UNL, Iowa State
ranked 31st, with 43 freshr.sn K'erit
Scholars Harvard, 11: 'd'ffe, the
University of Texas at Austin, Rice,
Texas A&M and Yale led the list.
UNL has about 140 Merit Scho
lars this year in freshman through
senior classes, said John Yost, aide
to Chancellor Martin Marsengale.
That is a decline from the 1883-84
peak of 162 Merit Scholars, Yost
said, but stiil reflects a mjor thrust
Masser.gole begin about five years
to bring some cf the brightest
students to the census.
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Schweitzer said she contacted Beavers
about appearing in the she v after her
father learned that a paraao would be
shot. Beavers then asked if any other
corps members were interested,
Schweitzer said.
"It was really wonderful we could
find a group," Beavers said, "because
we otherwise would have to draw from
high schools." Schweitzer found enough
people to meet the scene's needs
within an hour, she said.
The corps won't perform any of its
regular routines, but simply will twirl
flags during the march, Schweitzer
said. Long hours in the makeup chair
won't be required either, she said.
"We're not supposed to wear heavy
duty makeup or anything, because
we're supposed to be poor," she said.
The miniseries depicts life in the fic
tional town of Milford 10 years after a
Soviet takeover.
Beavers said each corps member will
be paid about $10 for appearing in the
show. More than 600 people will be part
of the parade scene, she said.
Most of the Nebraska footage for the
miniseries is being shot in Tecumseh,
which is about 60 miles southeast of
Lincoln. ABC-TV plans to air the minis
eries sometime in 1987.
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chosars
larship grants are provided by the
university, through the NU Founda
tion. Students receive $3,000 over
four years. The rest of Merit Scho
lars grants come from business and
industry.
A new freshman honors program
will help UNL draw more top stu
dents, Yost said. A recently an
nounced freshman Foundation Pro
gram also will be a lure, he said.
In a recent debate among candi
dates for governor, sponsored by the
Nebraska State Student's Associa
tion, all five candidates present
addressed Nebraska's "brain drain."
A recent NSSA survey showed 75
percent of university and state col
lege students are not committed to
staying in Nebraska after gradua
tion. Keeping the Merit Scholars
after graduation is a top priority,
they said.
Present at the debate vers Re
publicans Kcer Yant, Everett Sili
ven and Hermit Erasheor, and Demo
crats Chris Esutler and David Domina.
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Faculty members promote exercise
By Kent Endacott ;
Senior Reporter -
After a noon hour run of six miles,
UNL internal auditors Sandy Garrat
and Tami Muthersbaugh emerge
from the UNL Coliseum wearing
business suits and running shoes.
The two walk toward the Nebraska
Union to "grab a quick bite," then
head back to their office in the
Administration Building for an after
noon of work.
Today's session was just another
run for Garrat, but it -marked
Muthersbaugh's first "six miler,"
"I'm more productive since I've
been running," said Garrat who has
been running for the past 15 years.
Everyday, many UNL faculty and
staff members, ranging from NU
President Ronald Roskens to Athletic
Director Bob Devaney, take a break
from the rigors of higher education
to run, play tennis, racquetball or
exercise in some other form. .
Excel, llmpact, Party are unite
as new AS UN senators
By Eric Paulak
Staff Reporter
The 1 985-87 ASUN senate met for the
last time Wednesday night, while the
1986-87 senate had its first meeting.
ASUN former executive officers swore
in Chris Scudder, president; Dan Hof
meister, first vice president; and Tim
Geisert, second vice president.
After being sworn in, Hofmeister
said, "I guess it's my show now." He
then swore in the rest of the senate.
UNL President Ronald Roskens gave
the regent's oath to Scudder and pres
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"I have enou gh of an obligation to
find time to run everyday," says
Roskens, who runs at least three
miles a day, four days a week; "I
believe some form of physical exer
cise is essential to physical health
and mental health. I regard it as
part of my daily regimen."
As a member of the Wellness
Council of the Midlands, NU pro
motes physical health through exer
cise, Roskens said.
Donald McCrudy, professor of cur
riculum and instruction, says his
noon-hour tennis relaxes him and
helps him feel better in the long
run.
"I love to play tennis, and when I
can't play tennis, I play racquet
ball," McCurdy said. "I think eve
rybody should get exercise, and the
best time for me is over the lunch
hour."
Even though exercise fills most
of his lunch hour, McCurdy doesn't
forget lunch. "I grab a quick sand
wich and a Coke before afternoon
ented her with a framed copy of the
oath.
In addressing the new senators,
Roskens said that people who think the
student regents and student senate are
ineffective are "full of baloney."
Roskens also said he is sorry for the
problems that the regents and admin
istration have caused the senate, but
he said he is confident that the new
senate will live up to the standard the
previous senate met.
In his final address, former ASUN
President Gerard Keating told the new
senate he wished he was in their seats.
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track Thursday.
classes," he said. ,
Muthersbaugh said the universi
ty's flexible hours policy gives
employees time to run and eat, too,
during their lunch hour.
"We come in early and stay late,"
she said. "The university's policy
allows us to do that. We're there for
the core hours."
Joe Aguilar, professor of curricu
lum and instruction, said he nuns
about one mile a day, two or three
times a week for relaxation. He said
he runs in the Coliseum in bad
weather and on the Ed Weir track in
nice weather.
"There, are a lot of people who do
it and enjoy it," Aguilar said. "If you
and a colleague want to run together,
you can do that. Some like to run
long distances, but I'm not into
that.
"I just want to make sure I get a
little bit of exercise to come back to
the office to meet with students or
go to committee meetings feeling
good," he said.
take office
"Give to the world the best you have,
and the best will come back to you," he
said.
In his farewell address, former first
vice president Rod Penner told the new
senate to remember who elected them.
"ASUN is one of the most powerful
student organizations, and there is no
place it can't go," he said.
The three new executive officers
presented their predecessors with cer
tificates making them admirals in the
Nebraska Navy.
Geisert told the new senate: "It's no
longer Excel, Impact or PARTY Party;
it's ASUN."
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