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But now the karate program is receiving a kick of its own, angering some karate students. Because of the Coliseum renovation, the karate program must move to a gym in Mabel Lee Hall. After the renovation’s second phase, the program is scheduled to move to a room in the Coliseum basement. Richard Schmidt, UNL karate instructor, said the move to Mabel Lee Hall will incon venience karate students, but is necessary for the renovation. Schmidt, a UNL assistant professor of health, physical education and recreation, said the renovation will displace many rec reation classes. “Everybody is looking for some space,” he said. Three UNL karate classes and a club. Nippon Shobukai, have used the stage for 13 yean. The stage, which wiS be renovated into racquetball courts, was used solely for karate classes. Students could practice on the stage any time except during classes. But at Mabel Lee, karate students will have to share the gym with other classes, Schmidt said. Students won’t be able to practice at the gym outside of class because it is locked when not in use. “The only thing (the move) is going to do that will be unbeneficial to us, Schmidt said, “is that we’ll probably have less access to a martial-arts area." Bridget Barry, a karate student, said the move also forced Nippon Shobukai club members to change the nights they meet. Barry, a senior political science and Russian student, said this forces karate students to change their work schedule if they work nights. She criticized UNL officials for not seek ing advice from those involved in the karate program, possibly avoiding such inconven iences. “All of a sudden we don’t exist — we don’t matter,” Barry said. 7 think everyone’s doing their best to accommodate ev eryone concerned and that’s all we can ask tor right now.' — Schmidt m Ed Schmid, a •ophomort criminal justice student, said the karate pfogr&m should get more consideration from UNL officials Schmid, a Nippon Shobukai member, said karate students always had consideration for others, keeping up the karate area and not yelling during volleyball games. He said he wants to sec the same consideration directed at the club. Margaret Penney, assistant professor of health, physical education and recreation, said moving the karate classes is necessary for Coliseum renovation. Penney, who helps find classrooms for groups during the renovation, said the karate club will have a better place to practice, but the members might not have it to them selves. Jayne Stratton, a graduate student in biology and an assistant karate instructor, said the move doesn't bother her as much as the inconsiderate construction workers working around the Coliseum. Stratton said workers disrupted students’ concentration by walking through class, knocking chairs over and jackhammering holes in the walls. “You would like (students) to do their best and concentrate,” she said, “but that’s hard to do with all the noise.” Schmidt said he is more concerned about the move to the Coliseum basement after the renovation’s second phase than the move to Mabel Lee . The basement room assigned to the ka rate students, Schmidt said, has a linoleum floor on top of concrete mid will have five pillars. Schmidt said the pillars will disrupt students’ workouts and be hard to teach around. “It's analogous with playing tennis in the woods,” Schmidt said. Stratton said the pillars also could be dangerous for sparring students, particularly those practicing Japanese fencing. 'Hie floor could be dangerous, Schmidt said, because it can get slick and it won't have enough absorption. Schmidt said he would prefer a perma-cushioned wood floor to reduce stress on the karate students’ joints, but admits such a floor would be expensive:. The ideal karate room would be spacious and as quiet as a classroom, Schmidt said. Unlike other recreation classes, he said, karate requires the silence of a classroom so students can concentrate. - Student leaders meet to discuss campus unity Awareness wanted between Greeks and residence halls By Victoria Ayotte •Senior Reporter Relations will improve between Greek and residence hall students only through increased awareness of each other, some University of Nebraska-Lincoln student leaders said Thurs day at a luncheon. Executives of the Association of Students of the University of Nebraska, the Residence Hall Association, the Interfratemity Council and the Panhellenic Association attended the meeting in the Nebraska Union. “I’m really glad we got the opportunity to do this at the end of the year so we can have a really good start next year,” said Kim Beavers, ASUN second vice president Soup and salad were the entrees at the luncheon, but students’ appetites were on a higher level. Marc Shkolnick, RHA vice president, said he thinks student leaders should meet more often. “The power of the groups together is un tapped,” Shkolnick said. “This is the start of something that may be fruitful.” IFC President John Smith said misconcep tions about Greek and residence hall students that new students bring to the university is one reason for poor relations. The misconceptions are a two-way street. Smith said. ocavers saiu sne mimes me resilience nan liaison program she is setting up will go a long way in helping improve relations and aware ness of different groups. Next week the ASUN Senate will discuss a bill that would set up the program, Beavers said. Beavers said she is also excited about the progress that has been made so far in making appointments board nominations more repre sentative. In the past, it was difficult to get a diversified group to apply for positions, she said. “The ratio is better,” Beavers said. “There’s truly a representative body that’s coming in now.” The students agreed more activities involv ing both residence hall and Greek groups are needed. One way to improve awareness among the student groups would be to attend each other’s meetings. But ASUN President Jeff Petersen cau tioned that student leaders must show their constituents what they’re doing. “If that doesn’t get funneled down, we’re not accomplishing anything,” Petersen said. “It behooves us to get the information out.” Nate Geisert, ASUN first vice president, said he also thinks there should be a way to incorporate off-campus students into the dis cussions, since they are the largest student group. Student body builder to compete for title By Anne Mohri Senior Reporter Julia Stubblefield, a junior art and music major at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, said she body builds as a sort of experiment “It’s kind of an experiment to see what I can do, to see how many candy bars I can eat without showing it,” she said. Stubblefield will take her experiment and 1 1/2 years of competition experience to the Collegiate Mr. an<J Ms. Nebraska 1988 contest Sunday. The prejudging for the body building com petition is at 1:30 p.m. and the evening show is at 7 p.m. The competition is in the Nebraska Union Centennial Ballroom. Stubblefield said she began lifting weights while she was in high school because she was involved in track, gymnastics and basketball. Her job as an aerobics instructor at Gold’s Gym and her boyfriend, who also lifts weights, inspired her to body build, she said. She first competed in the 1987 Ms. Husker land and Ms. Lincoln, she said. Her boyfriend bet her that she would not go through with the competition, she said. She started preparing for the competition 3 1/2 weeks before it took place. Stubblefield placed second out of nine women. She said she works out six days a week at Gold’s Gym with the help of her two trainers. While in training, she said, she eats white meat and drinks skim milk. About four or five weeks before the competition, Stubblefield said, she doesn’t eat or drink any dairy products because of the fat “It’s not the calories, it’s the fat,” she said. She said the body has to have fat, but closer to a competition a body builder has to try to build up the body without the fat foods. Also, she said, she stops drinking water before the competition because water smooths out the muscles rather than making them de fined. Stubblefield said she spends about $200 a month on diet supplements. But body builders who take steroids spend less because they can build their bodies up faster and don’t need the supplements, she said.