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September 29, 1987 University of Nebraska-Lincoln Vol. 87 No. 24
Field damage low
FarmAid III not as tough as a game
By Amy Edwards
Senior Reporter
FarmAid III caused “as much or less dam
age” to Memorial Stadium’s turf as a regular
football game, John Amend, assistant director
of the Physical Plant at the University of Ne
braska-Lincoln, said Monday.
There was some concern that the hard foam
rubber pad supporting the turf had lost some of
its bounce, especially in the areas where the
columns supporting the stage satdireclly on the
turf, he said.
Nebraska football coach Tom Osborne said
he was concerned about the compression of the
turf because the stage put more weight on the
field than he had thought it would.
All-Pro Turf, a turf company in Oklahoma
City, ran a compression test on the areas in
question Friday afternoon. Amend said that
except for one or two small areas, the field was
in good condition.
The areas are 6 to 8 inches in diameter and
arc not dangerous, Amend said. Although no
final report has been made on the condition of
the turf, Amend said he would not recommend
repairing the areas now because it would mean
cutting into the turf.
Osborne said he hadn’t talked to anyone
after the tests were done, but he didn’t think
there was any major problem with the playing
surface.
“We really came out of the concert good,”
Amend said, “Ninety-nine point nine percent
(of people looking at the field) wouldn’t know
the areas if they saw them.”
There was also a report of cigarette bums on
the turf, but Amend said no noticeable bums
have been found. A black magic marker was
used to mark where the stage was, and those
marks could have been mistaken for burns, he
said.
“After the rain last night, even those aren’t
noticeable,” Amend said. “The field looks as
good as it ever has.”
Osborne said Monday there were “several
hundred” cigarette burns around the 50-yard
line and the north goal post, “but they won’t
influence playing.”
“We realized there would be a little dam
age,” Osborne said, “but overall, FarmAid
went well.”
Damages and thefts to cars on rise;
more caution is needed, police say
By James M. Lillis
Senior Reporter
About $58,000 in damages and thefts to cars
parked in University of Nebraska-Lincoln
parking lots have been reported to university
police this month.
Lt. Ken Cauble of the UNL Police Depart
ment said 36 larcenies and attempted larcenies
were reported by UNL students between Sept.
5 and Saturday.
“It’s getting to be serious,” Cauble said.
Cauble said 13 thefts were reported last
week. The recovery rate for stolen goods has
been “practically zero” up to this point, he said.
These “rashes” of thefts usually occur
around Christmas when people need money,
Cauble said.
But this year the thefts arc occurring at the
“wrong” time. Cauble said he didn’t know why
they are happening now.
“It could be for economic reasons or maybe
there is a better sell-back market,” Cauble said.
Most of the thefts have occurred in lot areas
No. 3 by the Harper-Schramm-Smith residence
hall complex and No. 220 near the Abel-San
doz complex, Cauble said.
Last year the thefts occurred at different
times and in different lots, Cauble said. Since
the thefts are occurring so early, Cauble said, he
is worried about how bad the situation will get
by Christmas.
Cauble and two other officers arc trying to
target the problem now, he said. If the officers
can narrow down the days and the times of the
thefts, Cauble said, he can put more police
protection in the lots.
Until then, Cauble said, students can help
police and protect themselves by checking their
cars every day to look for stolen items.
Cars sometimes will be parked and left
unchecked for a week, he said, and this means
students may report thefts to the police too late.
Butch Ireland/Daily Nebraskan
Gimme a break
Tracey Scott, an undeclared freshman, takes a break from her studies
Monday afternoon by Ed Weir Track.
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Primary hay fever season snuffed
By Lynne Bomberger
Staff Reporter
Students from Africa, Europe and the
Middle East are more likely to suffer from
hay fever then other students, said Dr.
Melvin Hoffman, specialist of allergic dis
eases of children and adults.
Hoffman said he treats more foreign
students because pollinating weeds, such as
ragweed, don’t grow in their home coun
tries. But even bom-and-raised Nebraskans
suffer from the itchy eyes, sncc/ing and
headache symptoms of hay fever.
Hay fever is defined as an allergy to
weed plants, Hoffman said. One of every 15
people suffers from hay fever, Hoffman
estimated.
The official fall hay fever season runs
from Aug. 15 to Sept. 15, Hoffman said, and
people should start to feel relief soon if they
haven’t already.
For those who feel that they could own
stock in Kleenex or antihistamine medi
cines, hay fever docs bum out with age,
Hoffman said.
But just as it can bum out, he said, hay
fever may hit at any time.
After the antibodies for pollens have
reached a ccrtain level, hay fever can set in,
Hoffman said.
Chances arc good, though, that if pollen
weeds aren’t a problem by the time a person
is 30 to 40, they won’t be, he said.
There are three basic relief forms for
allergy sufferers, Hoffman said.
One is the over-the-counter antihista
mines, he said. These temporary medicines
have variable effect, Hoffman said. Most
last four to eight hours, and some 12-hour
medicines arc available.
A second hay fever relief comes in the
form of allergy injections, Hoffman said.
These arc pin pricks on the back to deter
mine what pollens arc causing the problem,
Hoffman said.
The tests cause minimal discomfort, he
said.
Third, Hoffman said, people could move
to California from August to September.
Sufferers seemed to contend that this
season was worse than ever before, but
Hoflinan said he is unsure of that.
“Either the season was worse than in the
past or just more people complained,”
Hoffman said. “We are always packed late
August to September.” Suffering is caused
by the amount and quality of pollen and the
amount of rain in the season, he said.
“More rain would have washed the pollen
out,” Hoffman said.
Allergy clinic hours at the University
Health Center are from 1 to 4 p.m. Wednes
days. Appointments can be made by calling
the clinic.
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Brian Barber/Daily Nebraskan