‘Tis the season to be giving for campus community
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Beta Sigma Psi is donating Christ
mas trees to the needy. Kevin Koe
nig, president, said he’s unsure of the
specific groups and that he thinks the
United Way is one of them. Six to
eight trees will be given away, he
said.
Scan Martin, vice president of
Beta Theta Pi, said the fraternity is
collecting non-perishable food items
for the Lincoln Food Bank. He said
about two boxes of food items have
been collected.
In addition to the food drive,
Marlin said he thinks house members
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will take kids in the YMCA Y-Pals
program to a UNL basketball game.
He said it’s usually done in Novem
ber or December, and that if it’s not
done this year, it’ll most likely be
done next semester.
Kappa Sigma will have a parly to
help the needy, said Rob Thompson,
philanthropy chairman. The date of
the party hasn’t yet been released.
Proceeds will be donated to the
Makc-A-Wish Foundation.
Last Thursday through Saturday,
about 35 members of Sigma Chi
donated blood for Toys For Tots, Bill
Thompson said. The drain was a suc
cess, he said.
Sororities, too, have philanthropy
projects in.the works. Alpha Delta Pi,
Delia Della Delta and Delta Sigma
Theta arc involved in charitable ac
tivities ranging from food drives to
visits to nursing homes.
Pledges of Alpha Delta Pi made
door signs and decorations for the
Ronald McDonald House in Omaha,
said Dawn Brooks, philanthropy
chair. Monday, the house caroled for
cans for the Lincoln Food Bank, she
said.
Delta Delta Delta pledges made
cookies for children at Via Maria in
Waverly. They sang songs, too, said
Bridget Nutter, philanthropy chair
woman. The kids “really liked it,”
Nutter said. The house has done this
activity for “at least the past three
years,’’ she said.
In past years, members of Delta
Sigma Theta have caroled and visited
with residents in North Omaha nurs
ing homes, said Tonya Horn, a previ
ous vice president and recording sec
retary. Last year they visited Salem
Manor in North Omaha, Horn said.
They’ll probably visit a nursing home
this year, too, she said.
Residence halls such as the
Cather-Pound-Neihardt complex,
and the Residence Hall Association
(RHA) have philanthropy plans, as
well. All are working to give away
either food, clothing, blankets or all
three.
Residents of Cather and Pound are
collecting money fora needy Lincoln
family. The project is being organ
ized by Student Assistants Kirk Car
penter and Mojgan Delalat, said
Steve Grajewski, residence director
of Cather Hall.
Neihardl residents are having a
food drive contest. Boxes are located
in TV lounges on each floor. The
floor with the most food items in their
box at the end of the semester wins a
free pizza party. Proceeds will be
donated to the Lincoln Food Bank.
Idea-drained columnist lists his Top Five's for year
By Jim Hanna
Stall Reporter
Oh my -* the pressure, the ag
ony of finals. Just as the year is
winding down and our young
minds arc at the edge of burn-out,
finals week arrives to push us right
over the edge of sanity.
Add to that the hellish experi
ence of being a Daily Nebraskan
columnist and perhaps you get
some sense of the nightmarish
quality of my existence.
But fortunately, the end of the
year also provides an arts and en
tertainment writer with a small
tidbit of salvation: The list.
This is the time of the year when
all truly uncrcalive writers get to
unleash a tidal wave of lists - Top
Ten Movies, Top Ten Worst Mov
ies, Top Ten Albums, etc.
Simply recognizing this list
phenomenon and noting that it is
the mark of an unimaginative,
drained mind does not mean that I
am above using it as the basis for
my final column of the semester.
So allow me (you really don’t
have a choice) to present my own
series of lists for the end of the
semester.
This is a look back at 1988
through my eyeballs. I have com
piled these lists and am solciy re
sponsible for their content.
TOP FIVE WORST FASHION
FAUX PAS OF 19K8
1) Martin Massengale’s tic
dicd cravat.
2) Tom Osborne’s double
breasted jogging suit.
3) Ronald Roskcns’ cut-off
dress pants.
4) Kay Orr’s semi-transparent
ballroom gown.
5) Dave Karnes’ big, fluffy
mutton-chop sideburns.
TOP FIVE MEANEST THINGS
UTTERED BY FINANCIAL
AID OFFICE EMPLOYEES.
1) ‘How did someone as stupid
as you even get a sc holarship?”
2) ‘‘Maybe you should use this
loan to buy a clue, dim wit.”
3) ‘‘Your loan?Oh 1 bet iiail in
the office pool and lost — sorry.”
4) “Here’s your loan check.
Come on jump for it, shorty. Reach
higher. Higher. Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!”
5) ‘ ‘ Hey Louisa! Gretia! Every
one, come out here and look at this
ugly kid picking up his loan. I’ve
never seen anyone so ugly!”
TOP FIVE IDEAS FOR A COL
UMN THAT MY EDITOR RE
JECTED.
1) The lime I went fishing with
Anita Baker and she bit the heads
off of live carp.
2) The lime I was so poor and
hungry that I ate the family dog.
3) The time I got stinko drunk at
the Governor’s mansion and puked
on Bdl Orr.
4) The lime I was giving plasma
and the machine went haywire,
started pumping in reverse and my
arm exploded, spraying blood and
pulpy flesh everywhere.
5) The time I read “War and
Peace” aloud.
THE TOP FIVE EXCUSES
USED BY UNL STUDENTS
TURNING IN LATE PAPERS.
1) “I thought this was a leap
year.”
2) “This whole Dan Quaylc
thing really had me rattled. I
couldn’t even write this paper.”
3) “This paper was due when?
Who are you? Who am I? What is
this welt on my head?”
4) “I’m turning in the next writ
ing assignment a few weeks early,
that’s all.’*’
5) ‘‘I didn’t finish this paper,
professor, because I was busy writ
ing my essay nominating you as
teacher of the year.”
THE TOP FIVE REASONS I
GAVE A METER MONITOR
NOT TO TICKET MY CAR.
1) “Don’t touch that car! It’s
wired to explode when the wipers
are lifted!”
2) “My dad is the mayor.”
3) “If you ticket my car, I will
kill you.”
4) “Oh no! Another ticket. Now
I’ll never be able to make the final
payment on Mother’s dialysis
machine.”
5) “Oh, this car? No, it’s not my
car - I think it’s the police chief s
car.”
l;l3AD WR/TER’5 INSPimio
^ “ Johii Bnic»/Da!:y Nebraskan
Seasonal parties
vary with cultures
By Lane Van Ham
Stall Reporter
December celebrations are found
all over the world, and some of them
have nothing to do with Santa Claus,
mistletoe or Christmas shopping.
The celebrations of the American
Indians and southern Africans, for
example, relate predominantly to the
link between agricultural and spiri
tual concerns.
Li/. Grobsmith, an associate pro
lessor of Anthropology whose main
area of interest is Native American
studies, said the most elaborate cele
brations arc held by the Pueblo tribes
of Ari/pna and New Mexico.
“The Hopi, in particular, have a
religion that is based on Kachinas -
masked god impersonators. They
believe that during the winter the
Kachinas reside in the San Francisco
peaks. After the winter solstice, the
ceremonies begin and the Kachinas
return,’’ she said.
Grobsmith said the Kachinas arc
thought to provide a bountiful harvest
it the ceremonies arc done properly.
She said the Kachinas begin the
season of dancing at harvest time. All
the dancing revolves around a prayer
lor rain, she said, because the Hopi
are dry land fanners.
“They believe that if you do the
Kachinas ceremonies right, you will
Set rain and productivity. The whijc
use of the spiritual beings revolves
around bringing life, and to them,
winter is the period where that season
begins.’’
This is similar in many ways to the
ceremonies of southern Africans at
ihe same time of year.
Robert Hitehcock, also an associ
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