Trrm-an-£--j—xrmmv/sv r Scott Lindyall/Daily Nebraskan Comforting aura offered at South Street Laundry By Jim Hanna Staff Reporter It was a muggy late summer af ternoon and the sweat squirted from my pores as freely as the Broyhill fountain. All of my clothes, save the ones sticking to my flesh, were clean having been laundered the night before. I rode my bike into the parking lot of South Street Laundromat, 3801 South St., and dismounted gracefully. I entered the establish ment with my keen reviewer’s eye sharply focused and ready to rate. “4 4 There’s a very com forting aura about the South Street Laundromat -f f I was pleasantly surprised by what I discovered. South Street Laundromat is a clean, well-managed and very well air-conditioned business. Twenty four sharp-looking washing ma chines (in an alternating color pat tern of white and creamy tan) are neatly arranged in the center of the store. The washing machines are com plemented by about 14 large clothes dryers and a variety of coin-op services. These coin-ops include Laundromat standards like a deter gent dispenser, a pop machine, a snack machine (which also vends cigarettes) aru? a machine that provides laundry bags Most of these operate on two quarters, though the pop costs you an extra nickel. There’s an old, rather clunky bill changer that clangs and wheezes as it spits out your quarters and a machine that changes a quarter into two dimes anu a nickel — a rather pointless service in a Laun dromat that operates entirely on quarters (75 cents for a wash, 25 cents for each cycle on a dryer). There’s a very comforting aura about the South Street Laundro mat. In addition to the great air conditioning and spotless floors, there is a constant stream of soft rock piped in to soothe your frazzled, clothes-washing nerves. Whitney Houston’s “Greatest Love of All” sticks out as an especially placid offering. Like any Laundromat, South Street has a few rules, but they are con veyed to patrons by pleasing, non abusive posters with equally pleas ing illustrations. For instance, one sign reads: “Kindly restrain your children from playing with the laundry carts, bump ing the machines, running into people, etc. We’ll appreciate it and so will the other patrons. Thanks a lot.” The sign is adorned with a com ic drawing of a youthful hellion tear ing about in a laundry cart (of which there are four, by the way). As the sign may suggest, South Street seems to be primarily a fam ily oriented Laundromat. There weren’t many college-age students washing clothes this day, probably because it’s a long way from any of the college campuses in Lincoln. A final gesture of staggering cour tesy from the management is de tailed on a sign describing emer gency phone procedures. In addi tion to the standard rules about dialing 911 or phoning the police, the sign states that emergency calls will be refunded by the manage ment. Just pula note in the mailbox and apparently you’ll get your quarter Sack. On the down side, there is no TV, no video games and no con cession stand at South Street Laun dromat. This may, however, be a plus to a person who wants to launder in silence or maybe to the student who wants to do some studying while the clothes get clean. Overall, South Street Laundro mat is very nice place and, if it’s not too far away, you may want to consider it for your next laundry labor. RACISM & RELIGION THINK ABOUT THIS: Why is 11:00 a.m. on Sunday morning still the most segregated hour of the week? Does a religious perspective help us see that we are all recovering racists?' 'Prejudice-the inner ground of racism': Does a religious perspective provide a cause and a cure? 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