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September 23, 1994
Football fashion shows off spirit
By Chad Lorenz
Staff Reporter
As the Cornhusker football
players suit up in pads and jerseys
Saturday, Nebraska fans will don
their own Big Red garb.
More than half of Memorial
Stadium bled red with fans at the
home opener last Saturday. Husker
fans boasted red Nebraska sweat
shirts, T-shirts and caps at the
game against the UCLA Bruins.
Those fashions are expected to re
appear at Saturday’s game against
Pacific.
For some fans, the traditional
red and white garb isn’t enough.
Corn-head masks, painted bodies
and wigs make frequent appear
ances at the game.
Brad Austin, a senior commu
nications major at the University
of Nebraska-Lincoln, watched the
UCLA game Saturday dressed as
a cornstalk. He wore a yellow shirt,
green pants and a corn-head mask
that he purchased at a costume
shop.
Austin said he wanted to show
his Cornhusker spirit and attract
the attention of ABC cameramen
so he could be seen by friends and
family back home in California.
Many students show up at
games with red and white face
paint to show their Husker spirit.
Pete Larsen, a senior criminal
justice major, had his face and body
colored red with white lettering on
his back reading “National Cham
pionship '70-’7l, ’93-’94.”
“I wanted to express my com
mitment to a quality team," Larsen
said.
Big red headgear was worn by
Jim Vance, a freshman math edu
cation major. His red foam cow
boy hat, which he purchased at the
University Bookstore for $20, was
about 12 inches tall and 28 inches
long from front to back.
Vance’s spirit and hat may have
been appreciated by fans watching
the HuskerVision fan cam, but fans
sitting behind him wanted Vance
to take it off, he said.
Michelle Benson, a University
Bookstore manager, said the store
carried many popular Husker fash
ions.
She said some of the biggest
selling items were flannel Ne
braska boxers, which range in
price from $ 12 to $ 19, and the tra
ditional grey and red sweat shirt,
$40.
This week, the University Book
store received a load of Comhusker
jerseys. The red mesh shirts sell for
$50.'
Benson said the store was car
rying a new item this year — the
Cornhusker nylon warm-up suit.
Adult sizes are $80, and children’s
are $32.
Shaun Sartin/DN
Marie Young of Omaha shows his spirit and Huskar fashion at Nebraska's homo opener
against UCLA last weekend. “I’m a Huskar Fanatic!” Young said.
Another trend Benson noticed
among Husker fans was the earth
tone sweat shirts with embroidered
Nebraska logos.
The various color schemes of
fered a different look for the fans,
she said.
Benson said new trends in caps
included embroidered designs,
multi-colored bills and “wrap
around” lettering. Most of the
bookstore’s caps sell for about $20.
At the Team Spirit Shop, 12th
and P streets, owner Brent White
offers the “$3.99 Game Day” shirt,
which features a different design
for every home game.
“It’s just a cheap alternative we
offer,” White said.
Also in style this year is the
Osborne cap: a black and red cap
worn and endorsed by the head
football coach himself. The Tom
Osborne cap is available at the
Nebraska Bookstore for $15.
Magazine
ranks UNL
a best buy
By Brian Sharp__
Senior Reporter
UNL is on the move — and it’s
moving fast.
A report that will be released Mon
day in the U.S. News & World Re
port ranks the University of Ne
braska-Lincoln 15th in value and 9th
in efficiency.
Chancellor Graham Spanier said
the magazine’s reports have become
one of the most influential rankings
in the country and were widely read
by college students.
“It’s the academic equivalent to
being ranked No. 1 in football,”
Spanier said. “We’re very pleased
with where we are, and I’d be very
pleased to stay there.”
The report’s value category is a
listing of universities’ sticker prices,
or tuition costs. Efficiency is deter
mined by comparing that cost to the
quality of the institution.
Monday’s report will be the first
time the magazine has ever ranked
universities using those categories.
This week, the magazine released
another ranking that placed UNL in
the top half of 200 universities na
tionwide. That ranking was based on
a survey completed by top adminis
trators around the country.
We re ot course pleased to see our
name on any list,” Spanier said. “I’ve
always been surprised to see how
much attention people pay to these
types of rankings.”
But most of the variables the
rankings take into account have not
changed at UNL, he said. Items such
as selectivity of students, money al
located toward education, graduation
rates, faculty to student ratios and
alumni involvement with UNL are
unchanged, he said.
The variable that moved UNL to
the top half in the ranking was school
reputation, Spanier said. UNL’s in
volvement on national committees
has increased its visibility, he said.
For example, UNL is one of 12
institutions involved with the Ameri
can Association for Higher
Education’s “Excellence in Teach
ing” project.
Bringing in nationally recognized
senior administrators also has helped,
he said.
“There’s a lot of signs out there
where people are perceiving this uni
versity to have grown in stature, and
we’re being asked to play a signifi
cant role in a number of commissions
and projects,” Spanier said.
Spanier said a recent rating by
Money magazine also rated UNL as
one of the nation’s best buys. The U.S.
News ratings, however, are made us
See RANK on 8
Trespasser arrested for window-peering in sororities
Police report man
has several other
previous offenses
Senior Reporter
A man who police said was lurking around
and peering into UNL sorority houses has been
arrested after being identified in a photo lineup.
David Bauersachs, 34, was cited Wednes
day for two counts of trespassing, said Sgt. Bill
Manning of the University Police.
UNL Police had re
ceived reports last week
from the Alpha Omicron
Pi Sorority, 1541 S St.,
and Kappa Alpha Theta
Sorority, 1545 S St., that
a man was pacing in front
of the houses and looking
in the windows.
County Court records
indicate that police have
brought other trespassing charges against
Bauersachs in the past. In 1988, Bauersachs
was arrested for trespassing and disturbing the
peace. Before that, records show he was ar
rested for criminal trespassing and making
intimidating phone calls.
Manning said police first contacted
Bauersachslast Wednesday in front of Pi Beta
Phi Sorority, 426 N. 16th St. Officers took his
name at that time and thought that Bauersachs
may be the man who they were looking for.
Bauersachs was wearing clothes similar to
the uniform worn by community service offic
ers, Manning said. But police had no clear in
dication that he was attempting to imperson
ate a peace officer, so they didn’t file those
charges against him.
Police later got a picture of Bauersachs and
showed it, along with about six photos of other
men, to the people who had reported the inci
dents.
Manning said police called Bauersachs
Wednesday and asked him to come to the po
lice station. He then was ticketed and released.
Community service officers from the Uni
versity Police Department patrol areas by greek
houses for eight hours each night.
The patrol service, which used to be lim
ited only to the residence halls, was expanded
this year to include the houses.
