The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current, August 28, 1987, Page 6&7, Image 6
UNL students have called .' St. Paul their church since UNL began. Join the tradition! WORSHIP THIS SUNDAY AT St. Paul United Methodist Church 12th & M Streets 4 blocks south of campus | WORSHIP SERVICES AT 9:30 & 11a.m. | Premium Car Stereo GRAND OPENING CELEBRA TION Visit Our New Retail Store at 17th & P in the Pickles Plaza • 10% OFF Everything in the store through Sunday, Aug. 30th •Register for a BLAUPUNKT AM FM Cassette Deck Drawing Sunday, Aug. 30th •Listen to awesome custom car stereo's in our parking lot 476-6799 17th & P 0 Things for The Party Animal • cups 8 mugs • caps • spuds shirts • Husker boxer shorts • sunglasses • Nebraska shirts Writing off the walls By Amy Edwards and James M. Lillis Staff Reporter Reading the stalls of Oldfather Hall’s restrooms can be like de ciphering the lyrics of an R.E.M. song — the words have been sanded over so many times that they ap pear to be some sort of art form. Or perhaps the walls are only being prepared for repainting. Students who have spent the last few years of their college car eers at the University of Nebraska Lincoln writing their most impor tant thoughts on bathroom walls, favorite buildings and sidewalks ^— $400 to $500. Maintenance workers just finished repainting the res trooms at Richards Hall, where the walls were covered with so much graffiti that the original color of the walls was indiscernible, Delhay said. The worst part of graffiti clea nup, Delhay said, is that it takes valuable time and money away from more important maintenance jobs. Cleaning a sidewalk is both dan gerous and time-consuming, he said. Two to four hours must be spent with an airless spray gun containing paint thinner. Delhay said the paint thinner sends up a cloud of flammable gas that would explode if someone walked by with a lit cigarette. Delhay said more than $1,000 was spent in the past two months j > »* destroying the “works of art.” / 1 tl I /1 "Prevention is up to the student ( I— * ' mt r $ir BRD&.H-WJ| fytp MV J>«*£ ANPOMLV 0* may be slightly dismayed to lind them missing. The walls of the stalls are virtu ally free of everything but fresh paint in Richards Hall and Woods Art Building. The tiles are clean in Andrews and Bennett halls. The basement of Richards Hall appears to be one of the last remaining bas tions of proper, improper and cre . ative graffiti. While students may be amused by sayings like “Holy leotards, Batman! I tore mine!” the cost of repainting is expensive. .Jerry Delhay, IJNL maintenance manager, estimated that the cost , of repainting one bathroom costs body, Delhay said. “1 doubt it’s the faculty running around defacing expensive building surfaces.” Delhay said maintenance per sonnel probably will never get rid of all the illicit artwork at UNL. I)esks in Love Library Auditorium still carry students’ favorite slo gans, bands and Greek symbols, plus the usual counterattacks from those who don’t agree. Some restroom stalls continue to tell everyone who uses them that “John Loves Beth.” And somewhere someone named Sue is probably heartbroken because the ont ire campus knows that she “eats bugs.” c H E S T E R F I Tonight and Saturday, E Great Nation!! L Hot rock from the twin cities! L) -s i GET YOUR : FAVORITE i SANDWICH i FOR LESS BREAD i $1.00 Off Any Sandwich i I Sunday Ausust 23rd & 30th i > i The next two Sundays enjoy any one of our 25 1 * homemade sandwiches and we'll give you a ■ i dollar off your tab! I ■ i | Select from our robust Reuben, fabulous French | | Dip, classic Club, creamy Cheese Frenchee, fan- j | tastic Filet of Fish, ponderous Patty Melt or any of 1 our bountiful 1/3 pound burgers. Each is ac- • * companied by your choice of fries and an onion ! ! ring or soup or salad. ! ! Only at... | ■ i ■ i * i * i ■ * i i Please present coupon with purchase ^ Lincoln: 70th & A or 201 Sun Vrilcy Blvd. (next to downtown) 1