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Finals increase sickness By Jane Hirt Staff Reporter During the last two weeks of the semester University of Nebraska Lincoln students battle not only tests, but also stress and sickness. Dr. Gerald Flcischli, medical director of the University Health Center, said stuck, ts get sick more often during Dead Week and Finals Week. The major cause of these illnesses is stress, he said. Flcischli said there arc two kinds of stress-related illnesses. There are illnesses directly caused by stress, like ulcers, headaches, back and neck aches, and illnesses that occur because the body has been weakened by stress, like colds. He said these types of illnesses occur in cycles that usually hit their high points during midterms and at the end of November and early December. “Everyone wants us to Fix them up for finals,” he said. But many of the illnesses can’t be cured that quickly. He said a good way to combat these types of illnesses is by con serving one’s energy and time for studying and eating well. These also arc good preventive measures, he said. Scott McKclvcy.ajunior indus trial engineering student, said dur ing finals and Dead Week he is under a lot of stress. “I suffer from a 24-hour head ache,” he said. He said he buys certain things during Dead Week to help him study. “I drink gallons of coffee,” McKclvcy said. “1 hardly ever drink coffee except for during Fi nals and Dead Week. “I also cat sunflower seeds when I study,” he said. “It helps me concentrate.” Students use many things to help them study during Finals Week, resulting in increased sales of pizza, No Doz and Mountain Dew. Darlene Knudson, co-owner and managerof Pontillo’s Pizzeria, 1246 Q St., said the restaurant gets good business during the last two weeks of the semester. “It gets busier as the week pro gresses and then drops off when the students leave,” she said. During Dead Week, Pontillo’s extends its hours to 1:30 a.m. to accommodate the late-night studi crs. Biian Newsham, manager at Domino’s Pizza, 611 N. 27th St., said 60 to 70 percent of the store’s business is from students. During Dead Week, business goes up about 10 to 15 percent late at night. “It starts around 10:30 p.m. and lasts until 1:30 a.m.,” he said. Vivarin, No Do/ and other forms of caffeine are also popular items during dead and finajs weeks. Debbie Way, sales clerk at the University Bookstore, said in the three years she has w irked there, she sees sales of Vivarin and No Do/ almost double during the last two weeks of the semester. Dorothy Roberts, a cashier at the Nebraska Bookstore, 1300 Q St., said she sees an increase in sales of pop, popcorn and ciga rettes. Shery Vouc, buyer of snacks, health and beauty aids at the Ne braska Bookstore, said the book store also sells a lot of cold medi cine. “I don’t know if this is due to finals or to the season,” she said. Residence hall snack bars are convenient places for study breaks. Matt Young, manager of the snack bar at Sclleck Quadrangle, said students buy a lot more food during the beginning of Dead Week and sales taper of! during finals. ‘We sell a lot of cigarettes and Mountain Dew,” he said. “Every body is trying to get caffeine.” Firm to decide waste dump site By Micki Haller Staff Reporter Choosing a host state for low-level radioactive waste has become a “less politically based decision,” said Jim Neal, public information officer with the Nebraska Department of Environ mental Control. The Central Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Compact deleted Tuesday theentire set of criteria it was going to use to choose a host state at a meeting in Kansas City, Mo., Neal said The live-state compact, including Nebraska, Kansas. Arkansas. Louisi ana and Oklahoma, was supposed to weigh five criteria lor determining a host stale for the waste. Instead, it asked U S Ecology to recommend a host according to its geological suita bility, waste generation and transpor tation, he said. Having U.S. Ecology make a rec ommendation may reduce the politics surrounding the decision-making process, rscai said. U.S. Ecology, the company con tracted to build a radioactive waste sue lor the compact, will make a recommendation for the host slate on Dec. 15, and explain its decision, Neal said. The compact will then choose a host state on that dale. In other compact business, Neal said the compact was very close to signing a contract with U.S. Ecology. He said the only concern was with $10 million that U.S. Ecology needs up front. The money is supposed to come from the utilities in the com pact, but many states are unsure of the utilities’ commitment, Neal said. Also, the compact has been paying attention to Nebraska Gov. Kay Orr. “The compact unanimously ap proved and adopted Gov. Orr’s condi tions so that they would apply to any state,” Neal said. Gov. Orr’s conditions, laid down last week, included: • the complete reimbursement of state costs for regulating, licensing and planning the waste site. • a guarantee that property values in the area chosen will not fall and that property owners will be compensated if values do fall. • state control over the design of the site, location of the compact of fices and veto ability over the import or export of low-level waste into or out of the region. • assurances that the developer will not locate the site in acommunity without the community’s consent. Brian Barber'Daily Nebraskan J.T. Casual WOVEN SHIRTS 10499 guess ' fcp* HOLIDAY sweaters 4H ■ VALUE $48 $1099 unSy I J M DENIM JEANS ■ SOUTH LINCOLN EAST LINCOLN I— —I rir^-TT^T-1 I-1 48th & Hwy. 2 66th & Q Street (Brairhurst Center) (Across from Showbiz Pizza) DESIGNER AND NAME BRAND FASHIONS FOR LESS!!