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UNL publishes journal by Center for Great Plains Studies
The first issue of “Great Plains
Research," a journal of natural and
social sciences, was published this
summer by the University of Ne
braska-Lincoln.
The journal is the second regu
larly produced scholarly periodi
cal of UNL’s Center for Great Plains
Studies.
The new journal complements
the 11-year-old “Great Plains Quar
terly,” a publication devoted to
studies in uie numaniucs.
the “Quarterly,” the new multidis
ciplinary journal will be published
twice a year and feature original
scholarly papers on issues of re
gional concern in the natural and
social sciences.
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Overflowing
We’ve packed the Nebraska State Fair with
more to see and do than ever before.
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New Fair Events
Never have Fairgoers had the opportunity to see so
much for just the price of admission! Don’t miss the
huge arts and crafts sale, Older
Nebraskans’ Festival, Festival
of the Horse, and other fun,
free activities.
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Just look at this list of stars performing FREE concerts
at 6 p.m. and 8 p.m. in the PEPSI OPEN-AIR AUDITORIUM.
Vince Gill Holly Dunn Gary
Fn., Aug. 30 Mon., Sept. 5 Puckett
Sponsored by Pizza Hut. Thurs., Sept. 5
30 Years of Williams &. T.G.
Rock ’N Roll Ree Comedy Sheppard
Stars Team Fri., Sept. 6
Sat., Aug. 31 Tues., Sept. 3
The John Kay & Gary Lewis
Marshall Steppenwolf &. The
Tucker Band Wed., Sept. 4 Playboys
i Sun., Sept. 1 Sat., Sept. 7
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Children’s Festival
The ever popular Children’s Festival
returns the second weekend. Bring
the kids out to see childrens’
entertainers like Mr. McFeely
and Fred Penner.
Live Thoroughbred
Horse Racing
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eg every day of the Fair.
Post time is 2 p.m.
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Barbara Mandrell
with The Do-Rito
Mon., Sept. 2
THE NEBRASKA STATE FAIR Alabama
with Ray Kennedy
Fairly Bunting With Fun! Sun> Sept. 8
August 30 * September 8 / Lincoln
'Note: Please use the 27th Street entrance. Access to
the 14th Street gate is blocked from the north.
Pulling wisdom teeth
still a smart choice
By Rainbow Rowell
Staff Reporter _
Although a new study suggests
that U.S dentists and oral surgeons
remove too many wisdom teeth, many
local dentists said early extraction is
still the wisest choice.
The study, financed by the Agency
for Health Care Policy and Research,
is part of a federal effort to identify
ineffective or wasteful medical pro
cedures.
The study found that the nation
might save at least $150 million with
no ill effects if surgeons only ex
tracted those wisdom teeth that cause
problems, rather than removing teeth
prematurely, the New York Times
recently reported.
Dr. J. Bruce Bavitz, assistant pro
fessor of oral and maxillofacial sur
gery at the University of Nebraska
Lincoln Dental College, said most
wisdom teeth do not come into the
mouth normally, which causes prob
lems.
“Most people will have trouble
eventually,” Bavitz said. “It’s pre
ventive medicine to take the teeth out
when it’s most convenient.”
He said the ideal age to have wis
dom teeth removed is 17 or 18, when
the roots are not completely formed
and the bone is softer.
“If I could predict that the teeth
won’t ever cause any problems, I’d
recommend leaving them alone, but I
can’t do that,” he said. “In most cases,
the teeth will at some time be a prob
lem, so it’s best to take them out when
the patient is young and healthy.”
Dr. Larry Haisch, the department
head of the University Health Center
dental office, agreed.
“If the individual is in his or her
late teens to 20s and it appears that
there is a high potential for problems
I’d say, ‘Have the teeth removed, ”
Haisch said.
Impaction, which occurs when
wisdom teeth come into the mouth
abnormally, can cause recurring in
fection, pain and crowding. It may
also cause the formation of cysts or
benign tumors, which weaken the jaw
bone and damage neighboring teeth.
Haisch said the development of
wisdom teeth can be monitored by
regular checkups, visual and X-ray
exams and radiographs.
“If I see that they (teeth) arc not
impacting as they come in, I would
leave them to see how they come
out,” Haisch said.
Tricia Bcda, an undeclared fresh
man, had her wisdom teeth removed
in July. Three of Beda’s teeth had
developed abnormally, but all four
were removed.
“I had them all taken out, just in
case,” she said. “I’m glad I got it over
with. Now, I’ll never have to do it
again.”
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UNL graduate student Scott
Wesely, who is helping Holse, said he
is also motivated by an opposition to
censorship.
“There is also an issue of racism
that needs to be addressed in a little
more mature way than reducing eve
ryone’s rights, which is what the mayor
and the City Council seem to be pro
posing,” he said.
He said UNL students should get
involved and tell the council that “there
are a lot of people who do not agree
with your simplistic methods of deal
ing with a complex issue.”
David Grooman, Lincoln Ca
blevision’s community access coor
dinator, said the Cable Television
Advisory Board will meet in Old City
Hall on Sept. 4 to discuss the issue.
The meeting is open to the public.
Grooman said the channel’s future
is “up in the air” until the meeting.
“Right now, I’m not too concerned
about it,” he said. “If it becomes an
item on the City Council’s agenda,
then I’ll be concerned.”
If that happens, Holse will be ready.
“When it comes up on the City
Council, I’ll be there with the peti
tions,” he said.
Until then, Holse said he hopes
everyone will “dial 471-CITY (the
City Council) and say they want public
access.”
ROTC
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force a change.
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of
Appeals in San Francisco has ordered
the Army to provide a rational basis
for its exclusion of homosexuals from
its ranks.
The Aug. 19 ruling from the three
judge panel staled that “private bi
ases may be outside the reach of the
law, but the law cannot directly or
indirectly give them effect.”
In its ruling, the appeals court re
lumed Dusty Pruitt’s suit against the
Army to the district court, which will
try the case again. Pruitt was a captain
in the Army when she wasdischarged
in 1986 for a 1983 article in the Los
Angeles Times in which she revealed
she was a lesbian.
Universities across the United States
are also reviewing whether ROTC
programs are in violation ol univer
sity non-discrimination programs.
Lt. Col. Doug Hart, a spokesman
for the Department of Defense, said
Rutgers University in New Jersey is
the only campus to formerly request
that ROTC programs leave campus.
Regents at the University of Min
nesota are also considering action that
would begin phasing out the ROTC
programs in 1993 if the programs
continue to deny access to homo
sexuals.
In response to letters from the
presidents of the Big 10 universities
about the ROTC policy, Christopher
Jchn, assistant secretary of defense
for force management and personnel,
invited the university presidents to
Washington to discuss the military’s
position on homosexuals, Hart said.
Despite the growing concern on
campuses, Hart said, the military has
no plans to review or change its pol
icy.
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