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MUSIC & I I f\ .1. JBOOKS I • New - Women's Music I • Relationship Books I I ;• Lakota Flutes I 3231 S. 13th In the Indian Village Shopping Center 421-1701 I Hours M F: 10 7 Sat: 10-6 Sun: 12-5 I ^JNC^986YOURFjRS™HOICEFO[MNmRESTINC^USjC&BOOK9^ II rarTomwiKa. rrovtaion. yuany."' ■ COMPLETE 14-POINT OIL, LUBE, I | AND FLUID SERVICE ■ I 70th & L St, 488-6337 (just south of 0 St.) ■ I 27th & W St., 474-1657 (across from McDonald's) | I 14th & Hwy. 2,423-5665 (next to Amigos Restaurant) I i LCood at Lincoln Jiffy Lube locations only. Major Credit Cards Accepted. Expires 4/24/93. Not valid with any other offer. Up to 6 qt*. of oil. Cash value 1/20th or one cant y j Aviation is mor$ than flying around ... the sky is the limit. Interested in Aviation careers? lb find out more, enroll in Intro to Aviation. ANV 1000 3 Credits T/TH 3:00 p.m.-4:15 pin. Learn to fly without leaving the ground, enroll in private pilot theory. ANV 1020 3 Credits T/TH 5.00 p.m. - 6:40 pjn. To pre-register for these two classes, offered at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, call the University of Nebraska at Omaha Aviation Institute toll-free. 1-800-858-8648 orv 402-554-3424 * . r y y r_ - y___ University of Nebraska at Omaha The UnNanky at Nebraska at Omaha dost not discriminate In ka academic, employment or admissions policies and abides by si fedoral, state and regemal regulation* pertaining to same. 9* . V Mom Continued from Page 7 time the kids get out of their school. During the summer, I take a couple of classes and still have free time to run the kids to swimming lessons or the park and even fit in a camping trip or two. Hey, it ain*t as easy or fun as it sounds — every student knows that. Unlike a regular job where em ployees can go home at 5 o’clock, students are tied constantly to school by the umbilical cord of homework and research. But it’s all right, because the pros outweigh the cons, as far as I’m concerned. The kids are seeing a new side of me — an enthusiastic, optimistic, persevering mother, who lakes pride in her accomplishments as well as theirs. Alter school, I meet Claire and Cameron at the door, hold up my artwork and say proudly, “Look what Mom drew in class today?” Then, it’s their turn to show off. We also share in special celebra tions. I go to their honors ceremo nies; they get hauled to mine. And sometimes they get hauled to the Daily Nebraskan or the base ment of Nelle Cochrane Woods. While I spend an hour behind a computer or closed door, they’ll entertain themselves drawing or pi ng-pongi ng—hopefully i mpress ing and not disturbing students and professors with their antics. Other than the stress of midterm portfolios and finals, I’ve found only one major flaw, the main “con" in this back-to-school game: the lack of administrative empathy for student-parents. Before I became studentized, 1 worked for UNL. As an employee, 1 was entitled to use my sick time to home with a chicken-poxed Now, if one of the kids is ill, 1 panic if Grandma can’t baby-sit. “I can’t stay home with you!" I shriek, knowing I have no choice. <Tve already missed three classes One more absence and my grade will be dropped!" It’s true, but to be docked a grade because a child is sick makes no more sense than a $20 parking ticket. Staying at home witn a sick child is a parental privilege and duty. -- . ■ ’ mm . 1 • l rwJJ*1'5 °?e 01 lne umes my cnua h^?f^lhe most, and I shouldn’t to affirt^ry a^°Ul how iVs going Oh well ^dr POml ayerage s>udem-pa!en, whow”Jtfl onfy?hrw^b«nc^ no "8 allowed «e/heVNJSa^e~d^ s^teade *» ^ hu Guess that'd he asking t°° much nThefe is one thing I will ask — for’mefo ^ ifhen l*e limecomes _ ' ™e 10 w?,k acfoss that stage to C^afr‘Je X'ong-awaited diploma Claire and Cameron will walk with mem of l/h!cCirSupport’lhefulni1 poSible. “ dream wouldn’' be *" *" m^or. An, and report" “d * . • \t * " r ftF '-/J Q^Un£mother manage I School, fiance, child each dem By Virginia Newton - Staff Reporter Being a student is a burden itself, but to be a student and responsible for a child adds extra strains on your time and ability to perform to the best of your abil ity. Merry Noel Douglas, a 31 year-old elementary education major, has school to attend to, a 12-year-old daughter to care for, and a new fiance with whom to balance all of this. Douglas, a native of West Vir gnia, was raised in Heidelberg, ermany where she spent most of her life. “My father worked for the army in Heidelberg — I tend to feel that I'm from Germany be cause I spent most of my time there," Douglas said. Douglas married alt an early age to a military soldier and soon had a child. “1 got married when I was 17 — between the 10th and 11th grades," she said. “He was in the military; in fact, he worked un der my father." Merry’s daughter Jennifer was bom ninedaysafterMerry’sbirth day — on New Year’s Eve. Douglas said peer pressure made her get married so young. “It was stupid, I admit it was du mb getting married atthat age* she said. "1 got married in the Heidel berg Castle. It’s everybody's fan tasy — their childhood dream," she said. . ji Douglas said she was mes merized by her daughter’s father. "This big old GI comes up and wants to sweep you off your feet and marry you in a castle — of course you’re going to say yes," she said. "I guess I was young and in love," she said. Unlike a lot of pregnant teen agers, Douglas did not drop out of high school. She finished a semester early. “It was awkward going to school and being pregnant," she , said. "I had to get special permis sion from the military to get married while still attending school and then to continue to go to school while pregnant. ” Douglas’ parents were not happy with her marriage and did not share her happiness for her child "My parents didn’t really like the marriage because they didn’t like the guy I chose to marry," she said. “My mother didn’t like the pregnancy because she felt that she was too young to be a grand mother, (and) she wasn’t ready,"