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The Greatest Show in Nebraska gBattery Powered Laptop Computer! ‘High contrast, illuminated supertwist display. ‘High speed processer. *640K RAM ‘Software compatible with IBM PC. | ..41499 SHARP FROM SHARP MINOS I Connecting Point JU * ^COMPUTER CENTERS 620 No. 48th Street Pickles Plaza, 17th & P 466-1962 477-5353 By Mike KJuck Staff Reporter Sparking new interest but keep ing with tradition is the goal this week for Homecoming as the Uni versity of Nebraska-Lincoln kicks off Homecoming '88 — The Greatest Show in Nebraska^^^^^^^^^ Bryan Valencia, chairman of the University Programs Council Home coming Committee, said the group tried to get activities which would bring new interest in Homecoming but also kept activities which have been popular. "We wanted events where the students could get fired up with UNL," Valencia said. A Homecoming carnival Friday night is the largest project the com mittec worked on 10 aiuaci siuuwua, Valencia said. The carnival will be held in the parking lot south of the Bob Devaney Sports Center from 3 to 11 p.m. Valencia said the committee spent so much time and money plan ning the carnival, other activities were subcontracted to other organi zations. One organization helping with Homecoming this year is "Celebrate Nebraska 88." The group was organ ized by Gov. Kay Orr as a year-long statewide series of events recogniz ing Nebraska. Valencia said Celebrate Ne braska participation will help attract more attention to UNL’s Homecom ing. The activities planned by Cele brate Nebraska include faculty pres entations, from 2 to 5 p.m. Friday and from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday. The group is planning to have col lege and department open houses, a variety of exhibits at the sports cen ter and displays at the Military and Naval Science Building. Celebrate Nebraska has been in strumental in planning a 9:30 p.m. alumni basketball game Friday and the official start of the 1988-89 Comhusker men's basketball prac tice at 12:01 am. Saturday. The group has scheduled gymnastics, swimming and diving demonstra tions for & p.m. Friday. College and department exhibits will be on dis play from 7:15 to 11 p.m. on the concourse level of the sports center. »oikukui suiu uiai aitnough Cele brate Nebraska activities and the carnival are scheduled for the same time, attendance number should not suffer. "They should complement each other and spark new interest in get ting more people in olved,” Valen cia said. Valencia said the committee has retained some traditional homecom ing events including the decorating and judging of living units, a sand volleyball tournament Tuesday and Wednesday at Selleck and Harper Schramm-Smith sand volleyball courts and the Homecoming narade at 6:15 p.m. Friday. The parade route has changed from previous years and will start at the loop by the NU Coliseum and finish on the west side of the sta dium. A fun run begins this week's ac tivities at 3:30 p.m. today. Valencia said that no pre-registration is neces sary for participants in the run. The entry fee is $3 and prizes will be awarded by KFRX. Royalty elections are from 8 a m. to8 p.m. Wednesday at the Nebraska and East Unions. The coronation will be at halftime of the Nebraska/ Oklahoma State football game. The Homecoming student talent show will be held at 7:30 p m. Wednesday at the Nebraska Union Ballroom. Street Legal will perform for the Homecoming Dance from 10 p.m to 2 a.m. Thursday at the Nebraska Union. Harassment policy questioned RAPE from Page 1 UNL women surveyed had been unable to stop unwanted sexual inter course. In some eases, unwanted inter course would be legally classified as first-degree sexual assault and in others it would not, Moore said. The sampling was of970 men and women at UNL and represented stu dents from residence halls, fraterni ties, sororities and off-campus hous ing in proportion to their numbers on campus, Moore said. Because the study is representa tive, Moore said, it comes close to the overall percentages of women who currently experience sexual harassment and assault on campus. Answers to questions on the cir cumstances surrounding unwanted intercourse indicated that alcohol and/or verbal manipulation were usually present, Moore said. Marcee Metzger, interpersonal violence counselor for Residential Education at UNL, said alcohol can diminish the warning signals of pos sible danger. Men may act on society's message that too much to drink excuses the behavior that follows, she said. A threat to end the relationship by the male was reported most often as a reason for engaging in unwanted sexual intercourse, Moore said. "Women and men have very dis torted images of appropriate sexual activity," sne said. When asked if they had been a victim of first degree sexual assault, 3 percent of the women said they had been, Moore said. In a separate study, 11 percent of men surveyed said they had been so sexually aroused in a situation that they were unable to stop themselves, although the woman didn't want sexual intimacy. Eight peicenl admitted saying things they didn’t mean in order to have sexual intercourse. Two to three percent of the men admitted threatening to end a relationship or using physical force when wanting to engage in inter course. "We need to be changing students' attitudes," Moore said. "One of the most important things we can edu cate students about is appropriate social relationships, including sex ual relfuionships/ It is important to pnmmf/nifgif that the responsibility for identifying appropriate social and sexual rela tionships has to be taken by men, as well as women, she said, But sexual harassment and as sault, Moore said, is not limited to interactions octwecn students. A study on sexual harassment by faculty members toward students found that 21 percent of the 970 male and female students surveyed had suffered at least one of 10 types of uninvited sexual attention from fac ulty members, Moore said. Faculty members included pro fessors, coaches, teaching assistants and campus work supervisors. Uninvited sexual attention in cluded unwanted letters and phone calls, deliberate cornering and verbal threats, Moore said. Of the 516 women who answered the survey, 12 percent reported one or more of six serious types of harass ment from a faculty member, Moore said. One percent, or about five women, reported that sexual assault included penetration, Moore said. The survey on sexual harassment by faculty members has a two per cent margin of error, plus or minus, Moore said. dcnous narassmcni muuucs being physically cornered or touched, experiencing pressure for unwanted sexual activity, experienc ing threats of physical violence and the use of violence or coercion that resulted in penetration, Moore said. Negative feelings were reported toward classwork and class paruci pation after the harassment or as sault, she said. Eighteen percent of the women reported drops in class attendance, Moore said, and 13 percent reported a drop in quality of work. Fourteen percent said they thought their grades were affected in some way, she said. Some students said their ability to relate to other students was affected, she said. The Security Advisory Commit tee viewed and summarized the re port at that time, Moore said. The committee then asked the Faculty Senate to develop ethical guidelines regarding sexual harassment of stu dents by faculty, Moore said. The committee asked that the policies address emotional repres sion and financial exploitation also, Moore said. Moore said she knows of no such ethics policy. Faculty Senate president Robert Diffendal said he isn't sure if a policy exists, either. Bui Diffendal said NU Board of Regents by-laws and poli cies should take care "of any unbe coming behavior displayed by fac ulty." Staff and administration members need to take responsibility for the action of their colleagues, Moore said. ^ UNIVERSITY of NEBRASKA-LINCOLN ACTIVITIES OCTOBER 10-15 Monday, October 10.... 3:30 PM Fun Run at the Coliseum Tuesday, October 11 ... 4:00 PM Sand Volleyball at Selleck Wednesday, October 12 Semi-fmal’s and Finals of Volleyball 8:00 AM-8:00 PM Royalty Elections 8 7:30 PM Talent Show at Nebraska Union I Thursday, October IS.. .10:00 PM-2:00 AM Dance City Union Ballroom Friday, October 14.3:00 PM Living Units Displays Judged 3:00 PM-11:00 PM Carnival in Parking Lot South of Devaney 6:00 PM Homecoming Parade Saturday, October IS. ...11:00 AM Pep Rally on the Plaza 1:30 PM Football (Oklahoma State) Half time - Crowning of Royalty 5:00 PM Volleyball (Oklahoma) .
