Experts offer spring break tips
By Patty Wewel
Staff Reporter
Whether off to the mountains
of Colorado, the beaches of
South Padre Island or back
home, a few tips from spring break
experts can be the difference between
having a good break or a great break.
For students traveling by bus,
Marianclla McFarland, customer ser
vice associate for Greyhound Bus
Lines, said to travel light.
McFarland said because this was a
busy travel time, if travelers brought
more than a suitcase and a small bag,
some luggage could be left behind
until there was room for it on another
bus.
For students planning on driving
themselves, Hal Mischnick, travel
counselor for the American Automo
bile Association, said students should
have the ir car inspected by a mechanic
and make sure their insurance was up
to date.
He suggested driving during the
day, not driving too many hours in a
row and watching weather reports.
For European travelers, Kathryn
Spencer, a travel agent for All icd Tour
and Travel, suggested checking into
the services provided for young adult
travelers.
Also, Spencer said, students should
look into youth rail passes. Students
can travel all over Europe with these
passes for a minimal amount of mon
ey.
Spencer said students traveling to
Mexico should bring Pepto Bismol or
an equivalent. In Mexico, she said, the
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food may be prepared with unsanitary
water that can make students sick.
Also, Spencer said, students should
reconfirm reservations, because ho
tels and resorts “overbook like crazy
on spring break.”
For safety’s sake, Spencer said stu
dents should try not to look like tour
ists, labeling them as easy targets.
“Don’t go to Cancun and wear a
spring break T-shirt.”
Students also need to be aware of
other dangers on spring break.
Alcohol and heat do not mix, said
Peg Kopetka, bartender at WC’s.
Kopetka said the heat would make
students perspire and lose a lot of
fluids. Thus, they will be thirsty and
able to drink faster than they would
sitting in a bar in Lincoln.
Kopetka suggested opting for
drinks that contained fruit juices in
stead of opting for beer and being
careful not to overindulge on shots.
The sun, on the beach or on the ski
slopes, can also be a danger.
Dr. Rex Largcn, a dermatologist
with South Lincoln Dermatology and
the University Health Center, said
students who had not been out in the
sun all winter needed to be careful.
Largen said students needed to
avoid the severe sunburn that could
lead to a significant increase in the
risk of skin cancer, freckling and pre
mature aging.
Largen said to avoid a severe burn,
students should limit their initial ex
posure to the sun, try to stay out of the
sun between the hours of 11 a.m. and
2 p.m., and use a sunscreen with a sun
protection factor of 15.
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Helen Sexton, left, a Sue Tidball Award winner, talks with Pamela Imperato, a
graduate student teaching assistant, in Sexton’s office Wednesday.
Political science staffer wins award
By Kara G. Morrison
Senior Reporter
Helen Sexton’s office is easy to
recognize.
It’s the one with a stream of
faculty and students stopping by
for assistance, advice and tips on
weekend plans.
Manyjust stop by to say hello to
the woman who always seems to
have a smile to share.
“This is a woman who has no
enemies,” political science profes
sor David Forsythe says.
Sexton, a staff assistant in the
political science department, is one
of two recipients of the 1994 Sue
Tidball Award for Creative Hu
manity.
“She fits the description of the
award perfectly,” says Forsythe,
who nominated Sexton. “The de
scription is to go beyond what is
required to make the university a
nice place in which to work."
Sexton admits she is known for
remembering people’s birthdays,
for setting up weekend social mix
ers between graduate students and
faculty and for helping solve often
serious personal problems.
But Sexton doesn’t sec her cf
forts as out of the ordinary.
She brings desserts for special
occasions or calls radio stations to
announce faculty members’ spe
cial days.
“It’s something so simple,” Sex
ton says, “but it’s kind of fun. I
think it touches them that someone
remembers.”
Other ways she reaches out
aren’t quite so simple.
Recently. Sexton spent lime col
lecting money for a foreign gradu
ate student who had a baby.
When Sexton delivered the more
than $200 she had collected, along
with some food she had made, the
new mother broke down in tears.
“The baby was born with jaun
dice,” Sexton explained. “They
didn’t have health care for the baby
and didn’t know how to get help.”
Sexton and a friend put the fam
ily in touch with the Health Depart
ment.
“The baby’s healthy now,” Sex
ton says and smiles.
Another time, Sexton helped a
graduate student get the financial
help he and his wife needed when
they found out they were expecting
a child.
Sexton also is known for offer
ing graduate students and foreign
students a place to spend breaks or
holidays when they arc unable go
home. And, she says, she likes to
make life for faculty and graduate
students a little more fun by plan
ning social events.
“We always try to be creative.”
Sexton says.
On their last outing, Sexton says,
about a dozen faculty and graduate
students went to the tiny town of
Bee for beer and fish and chips.
“Some graduate students arc so
focused on school,” Sexton explains.
“They need to know they can have
fun. too.”
Sexton admits the gxtra time she
takes to listen to personal problems
sometimes cuts into her work.
She says she often has to come in
on Saturdays to catch up on her
work, but she doesn’t regret the
extra time she takes for people.
“I really love this department,"
Sexton says. “It’s just like family.”
Her efforts don’t go unnoticed.
“What doesn’t she do for the
department?” Forsythe says. “She
adds a lot of personality and a lot of
caring.”
Harding pleads guilty to cover-up
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP)—Tonya
Having pleaded guilty Wednesday to
conspiracy to hinder prosecution in
the attack on Olympic figure skater
Nancy Kerrigan.
Harding was fined $100,000 and
agreed to three years of supervised
probation. Harding also will donate
$50,000 to the Special Olympics and
pay $10,000 in court costs to
Multnomah County.
The U.S. national figure skating
champion also agreed to undergo a
psychiatric examination and accept
whatever treatment was recommend
ed.
Harding also resigned from the
U.S. Figure Skating Association,end
ing her amateur career.
Harding pleaded guilty to one count
of conspiring to hinder prosecution in
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the Jan. 6 attack. Kerrigan was struck
in the knee, forcing her to withdraw
from the U.S. Figure Skating Cham
pionships in Detroit. Harding then
won the championship and qualified
for the Olympics.
Under a plea agreement with pros
ecutors, Harding will facenojail time.
She will perform 500 hours of com
munity service. In return, there will be
no further prosecution of Harding by
any jurisdiction.
Harding entered the plea at a hear
ing before Donald Londcr, presiding
judge in Multnomah County Circuit
Court.
“I’m really sorry if I interfered,”
Harding told Londcr after he accepted
her plea.
Before accepting her plea, Londcr
asked Harding if she suffered from
any emotional or psychological prob
lems.
“I don’t know,” she replied.
Deputy District Attorney Norm
Frink said after the hearing that there
was ‘‘substantial evidence to support
Ms. Harding’s involvement prior to
the assault.”
“She’s not going to plead guilty to
it. but I think the facts speak for them
selves.”
Frink said it was in the best interest
of the state to accept the plea agree
ment because of the potentially high
cost of a trial.
Kerrigan’s father, Daniel,emerged
from the family home in Stoneham.
Mass., Wednesday night to say Nancy
and the family wanted more time to
mull the events before they made any
comment.
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