March, rally protest ‘Contract’
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By Chris Hegarty
Staff Reporter
About 40 people turned out
Wednesday afternoon to take part in
a national day of action against the
Republican Contract with America.
Activities included a rally in front
of Broyhill Fountain and an ensuing
march to the Federal Building at 15th
and O streets.
Many of the speakers at the rally
said the contract would slash social
programs, punish the poor and favor
big business.
Carl Klamer of the Nebraska Pro
gressive Party helped organize the
protest.
“People aren’t aware of what the
Contract with America entails,” he
said. “The more they are aware, the
more they will be against it.”
Vicki Stippel, a project assistant
with Families Achieving Indepen
dence and Respect, said she was
against turning over welfare funding
to the states. The U.S. House of Rep
resentatives has passed a bill that
would do that, and the Senate will
soon consider a similar measure.
“I am a welfare mother and a full
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Carl Klarner, left, of the Nebraska Progressive Party starts a
protest chant in front of the Nebraska Union Wednesday
afternoon.
time student at Doane College,” said
Stippel, one of several speakers at the
rally. “We are concerned about block
grants that are punitive toward chil
dren. I’m not sure I trust the State of
Nebraska to take care of children.”
Thirty people from the rally took
part in the march and protest at the
Federal Building.
Lynn Stanford, a UNL graduate
student in biological sciences, sai&
she took part in the march to send a
message.
“I don’t agree with the things they
are trying to pass,” she said. “Maybe
this march will have an educational
effect on people.”
Police ride along educates public I
By Chad Lorenz
Staff Reporter
Members of the mayor’s commu
nity cabinet joined Lincoln police for
a night on the town Wednesday as
part of the department’s ride-along
program.
Investigator Alan Townsend, who
arranged the ride-along, said the ex
perience helped educate cabinet mem
bers and clear up preconceived ideas
people have about police officers.
“They can all go home and say
they learned something from us,”
Townsend said.
The officers were enthusiastic
about the ride-along, too, he said. It
gave them an opportunity to do some
thing they wouldn’t otherwise have a
chance to do, Townsend said.
Kathy Espejo, one of the cabinet
members, said she learned the “po
lice officer’ s perspective” on her ride
along.
Through watching what the offic
ers encountered on their beats, she
said, she realized they do more than
issue citations. They play a role in the
community, she said.
“I believe in not judging someone
until I’ve been in the environment
they are in every day,” Espejo said.
When Espejo’s officer aided a
semi-conscious mother on a suicide
attempt call, she was impressed by
his compassion when he cared for the
two-year-old child, she said.
Espejo also realized the potential
for problems when an officer had to
deal with a Vietnamese man who
couldn’t speak English. It worked
out because there was time to call an
interpreter, she said. She said she
could see how the language barrier
may have complicated matters in an
emergency.
Joy Broer, another cabinet mem
ber, said she liked the calming effect
her officer had on people involved in
domestic disputes — some of the
most dangerous calls.
Chief Tom Casady said most
people don’t realize the sensitivity
officers have with their job, particu
larly with the different ethnic com
munities.
“I think it’s tough for police offic
ers to endure this stereotype,” Casady
said.
Don’t get in a panic;
attend the symposium
By Beth Narans
Staff Reporter
A pounding heart, chest pain
and shortness of breath may signal
a heart attack.
But many suffering from these
symptoms find another cause — a
panic attack.
A panic attack is a rush of anxi
ety accompanied by strong emo
tions of fear and many other physi
cal symptoms. The symptoms of
ten mimic those of a heart attack,
said Debra Hope, an assistant pro
fessor of psychology at the Uni
versity of Nebraska-Lincoln. These
attacks can strike anyone, but they
have been found to run in families.
“There is a biological predispo
sition that interacts with life
events,” she said.
UNL is sponsoring the 43rd
Annual Symposium on Motiva
tion called “Perspectives on Anxi
ety, Panic and Fear.” It will run
today through Saturday at the Wick
Alumni Center. The symposium
will feature guest speakers on bio
logical predisposition, animal
models, emotions, memory and
other topics.
“The event is very prestigious,”
Hope said. “Everybody who’s any
body in psychology knows about
it.”
Anxiety is a common disorder,
she said.
“More people visit their pri
mary care physician for symptoms
related to anxiety than for colds,”
she said. “Anxiety is a normal part
of life.”
People need some amount of
anxiety to cope with life’s major
events and even to just drive across
town or take a test, she said.
About one-third of the popula
tion suffers from anxiety severe
enough to provoke a panic attack.
The attacks come suddenly, Hope
said, and usually occur during times
of stress.
“People then become afraid of
the attacks themselves, and that
can then bring on more,” she said.
Students are welcome to attend
the symposium, Hope said. Regis
tration will begin Thursday morn
ing at 8:30. On Friday and Satur
day registration will begin at 8:45
a.m.
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UNL alters method of
registration payment
By Julie Sobczyk
Staff Reporter
Instead of paying a $35 preregis
tration fee, students registering for
classes next semester will pay a $200
tuition deposit the week before classes
begin.
Earl Hawkey, director of registra
tion and records, said the change was
made to keep students from forget
ting to withdraw from classes if they
decided not to attend.
“We’re trying to weed out the
folks who aren’t really going to
come,” Hawkey said. “With $35,
people were willing to pay in March
when they registered, but they would
blow class off and not withdraw.”
The larger deposit closer to thtf
beginning of the semester would re
mind students to withdraw from
classes if they were not planning to
attend, he said.
“We need spaces open for stu
dents who will actually be here,”
Hawkey said.
Bob Clark, director of student ac
counts, said students who received
scholarships or financial aid would
not have to pay the deposit. It would
be subtracted from the amount of aid
the student received.
“I think we’ll be accommodating
financial aid and scholarship stu
dents,” Clark said. “We request the
deposit from those who would be
paying it themselves.”
If a student fails to pay the deposit,
the registration will not be canceled,
he said.
“We will not cancel students,”
Clark said. “Once they register they
will have to cancel themselves out.”
Clark said classes would not be
canceled because in the past, stu
dents became upset if their registra
tions were dropped.
“We’re trying to get away from a
“We want students to
understand they have
reserved classes for the
fall. This starts the
thought process.”
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director of student accounts
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registration confirmation system,” he
said. ‘To cancel students that abruptly
is doing them a disservice.”
In past years, if students failed to
pay the preregistration fee, their
classes were dropped. Clark said that
upset many students.
“The confirmation process really
isn’t friendly for students,” he said.
“Getting canceled can be a frighten
ing experience.”
But Clark said the fee was still
needed though registrations would
not be dropped.
“We do need some revenues com
ing in over the summer for expenses,”
he said. “Without revenue coming in,
we have a lean cash flow.”
The fee also would serve as a
reminder for students about their
classes.
“We want students to understand
they have reserved classes for the
fall,” Clark said. “This starts the
thought process.”
Registration notices will be mailed
about the end of July, Clark said, and
the $200 deposit will be due Aug. 15.
Students will receive late charges
if the deposit is not paid by Aug. 15.
Students will be responsible for pay
ing for classes they have not dropped,
he said.
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