I I'vi The Computing Resource Center is offering free microcomputer seminars to UNL students. The seminars will feature an introduction to Microsoft Word for the Macin tosh and WordPerfect for IBM machines. No reservations are required. Lab Location Dates Times Advanced WordPerfect 5.1 for IBM Sandoz(IBM) Wednesday, February 10 3:00 - 4:30 p.m. i-: Nebras Va First 100 ve February 12 9 till midnight P.O. Pears 322 S 9th Tons of prizes: Roses from Just Roses Candy from Incredible Bulk CD box sets, catalogs + MORE PICKACOMBO LOW PIZZA hzza L\ {/A PRICES DIAMOND FREE EVERYDAY _ NO COUPON NECESSARY PI^fTjjASiiciV fll’jjJ'H Dine in or pick up specials cal I QP *■ i ^ n v ■ i3th&Q 434-7055 Available Today at Twisters Music & Gifts Kiley Timperley/DN Michael Chang hits a forehand during the Healthy Choice Challenge last weekend at Omaha’s Civic Auditorium. Chang won the exhibition against top-ranked Jim Courier. Consistent play propels cnang past Australian Open champion By Beau Finley Staff Reporter OMAHA — Fresh off yet another Grand Slam win, Jim Courier is gain ing more notoriety than ever. But in Courier’s first Omaha ap pearance, it was Michael Chang, the world’s No. 6 tennis player, who outlasted him 4-6,7-6 (7-3), 6-4 Fri day to win the Healthy Choice Chal lenge exhibition match. Despite the loss. Courier said he was happy for the opportunity to play , in Omaha. “It’s not only good practice; it’s a chance for me to be a bil looser on the court,” Courier said at a pre-match press conference. . Chang expressed respect for Cou rier, the newly crowned two-time Australian Open champion. “Jim has matured, and he knows what it takes to be number one,’’Chang said. “The hard work, the dedication ... hopefully he won’t gel any beudr.” Chang’s words rung true as Cou rier threatened to blow the match open early, breaking Chang’s serve twice in the first six games and win ning the first set. Alter mat, it was t„nang s turn to show the work ethic he has become noted for. With consistent play and a flawlessly played tie-break, Chang claimed the second set. The third set belonged to Chang as he broke in the second and eighth games to take the match. Though inconsistentat times, Cou rier entertained the fans with his on court antics. At one point in the match, a phone near courtside rang, and Courier imT mediately responded with “I’ll get it,” which was answered with a roar of laughter from the crowd. NCAA proposals may decrease programs quality, Osborne says By Susie Arth Senior Reporter Several NCAA proposals for the 1994 convention have Nebraska foot ball coach Tom Osborne frowning. Osborne said last week that the Nebraska football staff was concerned by the proposals, which range from recruiting regulations to meals. “If all this stuff goes through legis lation and gets passed, it will really drastically change the face of the game,” he said. The proposals include: limiting the size of football squads to 105 players, eliminating pre-game off-campus housing prior to home games, prohib iting institutions from providing hous ing expenses for away games when the site of the game is 120 miles or less from campus, eliminating training tabic meals in the off-season, and reducing preseason practices to 22 days. If the proposals are passed, the quality of collegiate football could take a dive, he said. “I don’t sec a lot of common sense being displayed here,” Osborne said. Other proposals would hamper schools’ ability to recruit, he said. Measures which reduce the off campus recruiting contacts and evalu ations from seven to four, reduce the number of campus visits a recruit can make, and reduce off-campus recruit ing contact and evaluation days from 110 to 70, have been all been pro posed. “We fell this year we couldn’t get our heads above water,” he said. “You’re giving a guy a $70,000 pack age and you’ve got to decide in 70 days? “This is going to be very difficult.” Osborne said he expected most of the proposals would be passed. “The whole trend has been a down hill slide, like an avalanche going downhill and gaining speed,” he said. “We really are alarmed.” Osborne said he believed some of the proposals were prompted by the issue of gender equity in collegiate sports. But in the past, he said, football had always been exempted from the gender equity equation. Osborne said he had heard talk in some comers of football and basket ball programs leaving the NCAA if the proposals were approved. “If the frustration level gets high enough, I think that’s a definite possi bility,” he said. Coaches Continued from Page 7 Nee also said that senior center Derrick Chandler had stepped up his play in the last three games, and the Huskers would be looking to Chan dler for leadership down the stretch. Chandler was slowed earlier in the season with shoulder and ankle inju ries and Nee said that Chandler was finally returning to full speed. “What a lot of people don’t realize is that physically he has had ailment after aiimentafter ailment,” Nee said. “As all seniors do, he raised his level of emotion and intensity when he realized the clock was ticking on his college career,” Nee said. “Derrick’s activity on the boards has been big for us.” Chandler’s aggressive rebounding helped the Huskers outrebound the Jayhawks, which Kansas coach Roy Williams thought was one of the key statistics of Sunday’s game. “Nebraska did a good job rebound CONF. SEAS. Kansas 5-1 18-3 Kansas State 4-1 14-3 Oklahoma State 4-3 134 Iowa State 4-3 14-6 Missouri 3-2 14-6 Nebraska 34 15-7 Oklahoma 24 14-7 Colorado 0-7 8-11 Missouri at Oklahoma Iowa State at Kansas State Oklahoma State at Kansas Scott Maurer/DN ing offensively, especially Chandler, could help the Jayhawks become a Piatkowski and Chubick,” Williams better team, said. “I don’t know if that was the “It gets the kids’ attention,” Wil telling factor of the game, but it was hams said. “Sometimes you can play certainly one of several.” bad and win and the players will not The loss to Nebraska ended improve, but with the loss you get Kansas’s run for an undefeated Big their unbridled focus on what you arc Eight season, but Williams said it trying to do." 1