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Off the record , ^ wscnaMrvDN Twitters Manager Janet Froschheiser, holds a preferable vinyl record as she Is viewed through a CD. “I don't think we’re slackers... our generation is fairly positive considering what we’re up against," she said. Generation X's artform found in soundtracks, not inside museums Editor*! note: This is the last in a series of stories about Generation X. The stories provided a glimpse into the lives of some of the people who have been defined and 1 created by the media. By Rainbow RowaH Senior Editor Every generation has its soundtrack — the music and songs that become its anthem, its theme. Generation X is no different. No one sees how music has shaped Gen eration X better than record store employ ees. They are surrounded by music. They eat it. Thev breath it. They sleep it. Well, they might not sleep it. “I work around music eight hours a day,” said Janet Froschheiser, a manager at Twist ers. “The only time I’m not listening to music is when I sleep. “I know music.” This knowledge about music gives record store employees a unique insight into the musical tastes and motivations of Genera tion X. John Nanos, a manag er at Pickles, said to day’s music was mostly angry. Rap and heavy j metal music are mainly “people bitching about the establishment,” he said. “Obviously, this gen eration is a bit disgrun tled with the current political situation,” Nanos said. * Chris Gilson, also a Pickles employee, agrees. “There’s a real sense of not being satis fied with where they are," Gilson, 23, said. “I don’t feel that my feneration knows how to achieve its goals.” This is reflected in current music, Gilson said. Matt Dooloey, a junior anthropology major and Pickles employee, said the twentysomething generation took today’s musicians too seriously. Dooley, 20, said his generation looked to music for political and spiritual guidance. ‘They’re more fascinated with rock stars than people like Nelson Mandela,” he said. “Nobody gives a shit. They’re too worried about the color of Curt Cobain’s (the lead singer of Nirvana) hair.” Froschheisersaid her generation was pas sionate about music because they could see themselves in it. “Music is an accessible art,” she said. “Some gangster wanna-be kids or gangster kids or heavy-metal kids don’t go look at art like paintings or sculpture because they can’t relate to it. “But they can make music personal.” Music allows people to feel emotions that society rejects, Froschheiser said. Music that may seem violent, angry or sad can be uplifting, she said, because of its cathartic effect. For some X-ers, music can be almost addictive. Nanos said his store had regulars who stopped in every day “hell or high water” See RECORD on 3 Faculty-student dating at UNL not prohibited By Dionne Searcey Senior Reporter Faculty-student dating is a hot topic as professors at the University of Nebras ka-Lincoln join others nationwide in debating die merits of such relationships. Evelyn Jacobson, assistant dean of UNL’s College of Arts and Sciences, said arguments ranged from saying morality couldn’t be regu lated to saying the relationships could turn into a power game. “There’s a huge spectrum of opinion that goes between those extremes,” Jacobson said. Consenting relationships between faculty members and students, under a University of Nebraska-Lincoln Affirmative Action policy, are not prohibited. Jacobson said she did not know of any professor-student relationships at UNL. “I haven’t heard about that many cases here to know it’s a rampant problem,” she said. Mapy schools, including the University of Iowa, have adopted policies that ban sexual relationships between faculty members and sruaenis. Jacobson said she wasn’t sure whether she would favor a policy that prohibited faculty student relationships. “Whether I would forbid a 22-year-old stu dent from going out with a 28-year-old profes sor, I don’t know,” she said. Overall judgments shouldn’t be made about such relationships, Jacobson said. Instead, she said, they should be dealt with on a case-by case basis. c. , .Ui.. . Sally Wise, Academic Senate president, said judging whether a relationship was good or bad would depend on variables such as the people involved and their ages. “There are a lot of unknowns here,” Wi9e said. The university should be concerned about the relationships, she said. Romantic involvement between a student and a professor could turn into a power game, she said. Nancy Stara, associate dean of the UNL College of Business, called the relationships dangerous because of the power play that can develop. “They can be difficult relationships to han dle,” Stara said. Professors, as well as students, can use pow er as a tool to get what they want. The professor could grade a student unfairly, she said, or the student could allege sexual harassment. “No one really expects the other one to use that power,” she said, “but if someone gets hurt, then that power level can come into play.” Just because the relationships are danger ous, she said, doesn’t mean they should be banned. “I can’t tell you that you can’t walk across the street because its dangerous,” Stara said. Stara has never heard of any faculty-student relationships Within the business college, she See RELATIONSHIPS on 6 Enrollment falls at all NU campuses, report states By DeDra Janssen StMfl Reporter , Fall enrollment for the Univer sity of Nebraska has decreased for the first time since 1987, according to an official report re leased Thursday. The 1993 Fall Enrollment report, released by NU Provost Lee B. Jones, shows an overall decrease of 1.3 per cent from fall 1992 enrollment. Enrollment this fall marks the first decrease on a year-to-year basis in the last six years. All other years have shown an increase. Current enrollment for all NU cam puses, including the College of Tech nical Agriculture at Curtis, is at 51,342, the report shows. Jones said one explanation for this year’s decrease was based on demo graphics. He said Che pool of tradi tional-age students had been declin ing and is at a low point, but that trend was expected to reverse itself in the 1994-95 academic year. The amount of decrease varies among NU’s four campuses and among the colleges within each cam pus. The University of Ncbraska-Lin coln experienced the least amount of decrease, according to the report. Total UNL enrollment dropped from 24,750 in fall 1992 to 24,695 in fall 1993—a decrease of 0.2 percent. The report shows undergraduate enrollment is down by 0.6 percent, but graduate enrollment is up by 0.9 percent. Enrollment is up in the colleges of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, Engineering and Technol ogy and in the Division of Continuing Studies. But enrollment decreased in the colleges of Business Administra tion and Journalism and Mass Com munications. Enrollment in the College of Law remained stable. However, decreased enrollment in some colleges can be explained by recent organizational changes, the report stated. Beginning in fall 1993, interior design students were counted in the College of Architecture and not in the College of Human Resources and Family Sciences. This change partial ly explains the decrease in enrollment See ENROLLMENT on 3 Enrollment report . NU enrollment figures decreased from Fall 1992 to Fall 1993 1 |£g FALL 93 FALL 92 Change 11 UNL total 24,695 24,750 (with Curtis) UNMC total 2,703 2,757 UNO total NU total 15,899 16,227 (with Curtis) 51,342 52,108 ..*