Cemetery rests in peace WYUKA from Page 5 the dedication of the Eternal Flame on Nov. 11, Veteran’s Day. The Eternal Flame was extinguished on Decem ber 27, 1972, because of the energy crisis. In 1894, local medical students robbed a grave to obtain a corpse for dissection at school. Fortunately, the corpse was returned before they rolled up their sleeves and got down to their grisly business. It’s rumored that high school de linquents sometimes try to sneak in after closing, especially around Hal loween, to commit unspeakable acts of profanity and stupidness. But they arc warned by their peers that it’s dangerous. Some say there are ma levolent Doberman pinschers that prowl the graveyards at night, to guard the clientele, and perhaps to add to the customer demand. However, most people arc too frightened by the eerie atmosphere of the blackened graveyard, and the possibility of arrest, to attempt entry. Although Wyuka is still consid ered a state cemetery, it is now self supporting. Business is fairly steady, averaging more than one burial a day, 400-600 annually. It may be presumed that most people become morticians for several ordinary reasons; family tradition, steady work, but above all, job secu rity. Since Wyuka is a stale cemetery, employee turnover is slow. People are often appointed for life, so one can expect stiff competition in this par ticular job market. Wyuka, “place of rest,” is a vari ation of the Sioux Indian word “wynoka,” meaning “to lie down.” Indeed, Wyuka waits patiently, as the mausoleum of thousands of lost souls, who hopefully find peace at last in the sweet embrace of ocher. A stark-raving-mad man talks 3TARKRAVING from Page 11 say he stopped breathing around midnight, instead of listing a more specific time? If Charles Stark weather is dead, Hogswid asks, who’s been paying my medical bills for the past three years? These are questions worth pon dering. But few are allowed to pon der Hogswid’s questions, because Hogswid was incarcerated in Sunny Aspens home in Lawndale, Ne braska last year, some think un fairly. Niles Foster, a close friend of Hogswid, has fought to have Hogswid released for months now, claiming that if the grave was opened, his friend would be proven sane and prudent. “Dave Hogswid is as sane as you an’ me,” Foster claims. “Maybe more sane even.” As Foster andHogswidpaddown the hall in their slippers, one won ders where the truth lies. Does it lie in the mess of bureaucratic forms stuffed into file cabinets by careless hands? When Hogswid and Foster return from their meal, they seem renewed. Hogswid, animated, tells about the first time he met he met Charles Starkweather. “He wasn’t the son of a guy that just dies,” Hogswid said. “He kicks around a little an’ he makes some noise. He was that way when he was a boy and he sure as heaven was that way in July of *59.” The way Hogswid tells it, Stark weather wasn’t the sort of person who would die easily. He had con li. ^ nections and could easily have rigged it so that not very many volts were shot through him in the chair. “And there’s always the other guy,” Hogswid said. It is Hogswid’s belief that some body died that night, someone who may have claimed to be Stark weather. “Probably thought it would im press someone,” Hogswid shrugged. There is a question that remains, and I put it to Hogswid bluntly. “You were put in this home be cause you believed Charles Stark weather is still alive. If it’s neces sary to prove that you’re not insane, do you think grave 996 should be exhumed? Hogswid’s face was livid. “Oh, no, don’t let him out...” y Sometimes schedules just don't mesh. Sometimes you need two courses offered at the same time. Or your work and class schedules are at odds. Or a class you need isn't available when you need it. For those times, UNL independent study can help. UNL Independent study offers day and evening testing hours, and you can examine course syllabi before you enroll. Visit room 269, Nebraska Center for Continuing Education, 33rd and Holdrege, or call the number below. Over 70 courses are available. UNL Independent Study can help. Call 472-1926 todayl UNL to • nondiacrlmlnaiory inadlutton - -- -. ' —..^ -\ Absolutely “The” COLDEST BEER In Town MEISTER BRAU