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Forensics team speaks its mind
By Heather Lampe
Staff Reporter _
Stress, stage fright and 20 hours
per week of research and practice may
seem like too much for some people,
but for the members of the University
of Nebraska-Lincoln Forensics Team,
the hundreds of trophies that line the
walls of their lounge make it all worth
while.
The team, which consists of 35 to
40 members, is led by Ann Pettus,
director of forensics. The team com
petes statewide and nationally, travel
ing everywhere from Mankato State
University and the University ofOkla
homa to Northern Iowa and Arizona
State University.
Two weekends ago, the team
brought home more than 60 trophies,
emerging as overall champions at the
Lions and Christians Invitational, co
hosted by Hastings and Concordia
Colleges.
Mama Schulte, a sophomore news
editorial and communications studies
major, said she joined the team be
cause she enjoyed speech in high school
and wanted to try it at the collegiate
level.
Schulte said she didn’t mind the
stress because she had the opportunity
to meet new people and compete na
tionally.
“It’s stressful, but exhilarating with
the thrill of going out on the national
level. It’s enough to keep me going,”
Schulte said.
There are more than 10 different
styles of college-level speeches. In
impromptu speaking, students have
seven minutes to prepare and deliver
an impromptu speech usually on a
familiar saying or quotation. Other
styles include informative speaking,
extemporaneous speaking, poetry or
prose interpretation and after-dinner
speaking.
Janet Richardson, a junior market
ing major, said she also joined the
team because she was involved in high
school speech.
Richardson said the opportunity to
travel and meet new people also influ
enced her to try forensics.
Richardson and Schulte are both
from Pawnee City and both had the
same high school speech teacher, Matt
Davis. Davis is now a forensics coach
at UNL and encouraged Richardson
to join the team.
Davis, along with four other grad
uate teaching assistants and a senior
student, help coach the team. The
team is funded by the university’s
general operations budget, fund rais
ing and alumni contributions.
Like several other forensics team
members, Zachary Moore, a junior
speech communications major, joined
because he enjoyed speech in high
school. Since he’s been on the team,
Moore has realized forensics can help
him educationally and in his future
career.
“I get hands on experience and
leadership experience,” Moore said.
He said traveling around the coun
try and becoming known at other
schools helped with recommendations
for graduate school.
The members of the team will com
pete in Oklahoma and Norfolk this
weekend, their 15th and 16th tourna
ments this year.
Milk hormone a concern
By Shaun Sartin
Staff Reporter
Despite approval by the U.S. Food
and Drug Administration, Nebraska
dairy farmers are being asked to delay
further the use of a growth hormone
designed to increase milk production.
The hormone, bovine somatotro
pin, or BST, can increase a cow’s milk
production between 5 and 20 percent.
In response to widespread consum
er concern, the Mid-American Dairy
men cooperative has asked its mem
bers not to use BST until further as
sessment can be made of consumer
reaction to its use.
BST goes on sale today and will
finally be available to Nebraska dairy
farmers after nine years of FDA stud
ies.
Since BST is already a naturally
occurring hormone within the dairy
cow, it is impossible to tell the differ
ence between milk from a normal cow
and one treated with BST, said Bob
Hutkins, professor of food science and
technology.
Opponents make a three-pronged
attack against the use of the hormone,
Hutkins said.
First, people seem to think there is
a human health risk, saying the hor
mone will end up in the milk, chang
ing the composition and somehow
making the milk less wholesome, he
said.
Second, there is a belief the ani
mal’s health is at risk. The BST hor
mone has been found to be safe in tests
conducted by the FDA and does not
substantially raise the risk of contract
ing mastitis, an infection of the udder,
Hutkins said.
Third, some take a socioeconomic
stand and say there is often already a
surplus of dairy products and thus no
reason to increase production.
Many dairy farmers seem to be
waiting even without the prod of M id
Am.
“I don’t plan to use it right now,
and I don’t know anyone who is,” said
Mike Smith, adairy farmer from Blair.
The stock of cows has to be genet
ically good, and they must already be
good producers of milk before there is
any great increase of production, he
said.
UNL greets new year
By Kara Korshoj
Staff Reporter_
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
students are invited to attend the Chi
nese New Year celebration sponsored
tonight by the Malaysian Student Or
ganization, International House and
the University Program Council.
Christopher Babb, head resident of
the International House, said this was
the first year the three organizations
had combined to celebrate the Chi
nese New Year.
Babb said the Chinese New Year
began Wednesday and would contin
ue into next week. He said the Chinese
New Year was the longest and most
important holiday in countries with a
large Chinese population.
The Chinese New Year is deter
mined by the lunar cycle and the years
are based on the twelve symbols of the
Chinese zodiac, Babb said. These cel
ebrations usually consist of a lot of
food and festivities, Babb said.
Last year was the Y ear of the Chick
en, Babb said, and this year the Year
of the Dog will be celebrated. Accord
ing to the Chinese zodiac, individuals
bom in a certain year are said to share
certain characteristics, Babb said.
The Chinese New Year never ar
rives the same time from year to year,
Babb said, though normally it is al
ways in late January or early February.
Festivities at UNL include karaoke,
games, food, storytelling and a dance
to conclude the event.
Students from Malaysia, China,
Taiwan, Hong Kong and Singapore
will take part in the storytelling of the
h istory of the Chinese New Year, wh ich
is scheduled for 9:15 p.m.
The celebration begins at7.30 p.m.
at the Centennial Ballroom in the
Nebraska Union.
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