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Professors say Bentsen better understood issues REACTION from Page 1 _ debate rules, Bentsen won. He also said the debate marginally helped the Dukakis/Bentscn ticket because there are still close to 10 percent of the voters who haven’t decided how they will vote. Bill Avery, political science pro lessor, said Bentsen had a better grasp of the issues and more depth. In terms of presentation of self, Avery said, both candidates did a good job. This is a very important aspect of any election, Avery said. Avery said that Quayle dispelled some fears people had about him, but he said he got the impression that Quavle had prepared statements for the questions. Jack Kay, chairman and associate professor of speech communication, said in terms of scoring debate points, the debate produced a “clear Bcntsen victory.” Bentsen’s image and the substance of his arguments were the keys to his success, Kay said. Bcntsen was more specific and offered more factual information about the issues, while Quayle was more evasive, according to Kay. Avery said he doesn’t think the vice-presidential debates matter be cause people are going to vote for the candidates on the top of the ticket. [university floral University Floral offers you fresh, 1 long stemmed roses at wonderful prices. $1. 'each or A 118 N. 14th ^ I *90 95 474*3792 a dozen y21/2 Mock# South o< ffttbraafra Untony^ |J I tibtfid LIGHT I Presents I ' SIGMA CHI I DERBY DAYS Friday, October 7th Final day of Derby Grab—4:30 p.m. Sigendales—8:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. It’s wild, it’s crazy, it’s Ladies’ Night out. Located in the Union Ballroom (city campus) Saturday, October 8th I Field Events 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at Mable Lee Field | 11:00 Spider Race 11:30 Egg Drop 12:00 Ball and Chain 12:30 Amoeba Toss 1:00 Dunking Booth 1:30 Obstacle Course Derby Days Party—9:00 p.m. to ??? Malone Community Center—2032 "LT St. ■ All Proceeds Go To The Wallace Village For Children i •Pfllfcg-I— — K^-^I2SS^^overan.naw.yn,-ei»228 Sj'p'in. — $20 in cash reported stolen from 720 Gather Hall. 2 p.m. — Car battery reported stolen from vehicle in area lu, lour and Y streets, $36. .. -al 6:20 pan. — Two-vehicle accident reporteo in Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery parking lot. No injuries, $1,300damage to both vehicles. Beginning midnight, Wednesday Oct 5. . 2:46 a.i®. — Backpack reported stolen from car in dorm meter lot westof Sdleck, $48. Uar__r 3:13 pan. — Hit and run accident reported at Area 3 Harper Schramm-Smith,$200 uoii 3:57 pan. — Billfold reported stolen from 113 Richard* 4:33 pan.—Chrome valve stem covers stolen off car in Area 3 164U and Y streets, $15. , 9:31 pan. — Indecent exposure reported at women s restroom at Hast Campus Activities building. Party gone upon arrival of officers. UNL police officer saves child from burning apartment house FIRE from Page 1 "All of the other apartment resi dents were evacuated by the time we got there,” King said. "We were able to contain die fire in die one bedroom apartment, but everything in the room was on fire.” AP reported that Merwick said die fire apparently started in the living room. Petersen said Kratochvil was treated for smoke inhalation and re leased from St. Elizabeth Thursday afternoon. Thursday night, a St. Elizabeth’s spokesperson said Christopher was listed in fair condition. Elizabeth and Ryan were still in critical condition. The Bureau of Fire Prevention is investigating the cause of the fire. Federal sholarships available From Staff Report* University of Nebraska-Lincoln sophomores interested in a career in government service are invited to apply for the 1989 Harry S. Truman Scholarship. The scholarship award covers eli ?;ible expenses up to $7,000 per year or the junior year, the senior year and two years of graduate study. Established by Congress in 1975, the Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation will award 105 scholar .ships nationally. To be eligible, a student must be a full-time sophomore working toward or planning to pursue a baccalaureate degree, have a “B” average or equiva lent, stand in the upper fourth of the class and be a U.S. citizen or U.S. national planning a career in govern ment. Application materials are avail able from Patrice Berger, Truman Scholarship Faculty Representative, 345 Nebraska Union. Forensic anthropology helps scientists to identify missing, dead by remains By Pattie Greene Staff Reporter Forensic anthropology enables scientists to help law agencies identify missing or dead people by their skeletal remains, said Doug Owsley of the Smithsonian Institu tion in Washington, D.C. Owsley, associate curator of the anthropology department at the insti tution, spoke Thursday at the Ne braska State Museum brown-bag lec ture series about the role forensic anthropologists play in human identi fication cases. Owsley said the Smithsonian’s goal is to provide all the facts about deceased people for law agencies so the agencies can go to missing per sons files and identify the bodies. Once law enforcement officials have established a general identity, Owsley said, they request specific information concerning facial photo graphs and dental and medical rec ords. “It begins a process of ante-mor tum,” Owsley said, “meaning (com paring) the records taken of the indi vidual in life with the post-mortum, with the skeleton that you’re dealing with.” The forensic anthropologists try to establish a positive identification, he said, “so that you can have that body identified and given a death certifi cate.” forensic anthropologists identify bodies in three different types of cases, he said. Owsley said that at the Smithsonian, anthropologists deal with FBI cases and medical examiner’s cases from different states. General disappearances when someone wanders away are one type of case, he said. “You can’t use the traditional cri teria to identify this person,” he said. “You can’t use facial appearance, tattoos or fingerprints.” Another type of case is severe trauma, Owsley said. In this case, he said, the person has been involved in a plane crash or automobile accident and is distorted beyond recognition, he said. “The third general category that we're dealing with involves the darker side of people,” he said. This is intentional efforts on someone’s be half to try and disguise a body and make it unrecognizable, he said. “Our first objective is to say whether it’s human or not,” he said. Owsley said there are many animal bones that resemble human bones. In one case, Owsley had iqprove that tiny chips of bone belonged to a human and not to a deer. He did this by magnifying the cells 100 times. Animal bone cells are dif ferent from human bone cells because human bone cells have haversion systems — the network of capillaries and nerves running throughout the cells, he said. Deer bone is plexicom bone, which is made up of vascular chan nels, he said. If the bone is human, Owsley said, the second step is to go into a very detailed analysis using the skeleton. This shows the age, sex, race and stature. The skeleton also can show cause of death, such as bullet wounds or blows to the head and can provide a nutritional analysis. juxxmuxsuixxiiNKnixnxuuraKmuxxiiiiiiiiixxi^j NOODLES COMEDY CLUB \ S ThU Week Featuring (S EUiot Threatt I 8 Franco L»ir^rVv« I J Double Trouble ^ffioRKs!/ i Noodles Comedy Shoppe, featuring nationally known * J comedians. Shows every Thursday 8:30 P.M. Friday & Saturday J J 9:00 P.M. Doors open 45 minutes prior to show. Reservations Welcome. J I NOODLES COMEDY CLUB S 228 North 12th Street 475-0900 £ S (Above the Spaghetti Works) J^XUXXXXXXXXKHXXXXXKXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX^ L-J UNIVERSITY LUTHERAN CHAPEL HAYRACK RIDE University Lutheran Chapel is sponsoring a __ hayrack ride. Friday, October 7th at 6:45 and j anybody interested will meet for the trip out. •! There will be REAL not artificial hay, horses, and marshmellows along with the hot choco late and bonfire. * j