Students saddle up
for college rodeo
By Stacie Renner
Staff Reporter
The thrill of competition is what
has kept Terri Bridgman in the rodeo.
Bridgman, a junior veterinary sci
ence maj or, won her first buckle when
she was 11. She is one of more than
200 students who will compete today
through Saturday in the University of
Nebraska Rodeo Association’s Col
lege Rodeo.
The event, in its 37th year, is the
biggest fund-raiser for the group. The
rodeo will take place at the State Fair
Coliseum.
Two rodeos will take place, said
George Pfeiffer, adviser for the group
and agricultural economics associate
professor. The first rodeo will take
place today and this evening with the
second taking place Saturday after
noon and evening. A dance featuring
“Aces High” will follow each rodeo in
the State Fair Grandstands.
The rodeos, which are two of 1U
rodeos that occur in the region each
year, are chances for participants to
collect points to qualify for the Na
tional Intercollegiate Rodeo in June.
The top two regional teams, along
with the top two individuals, will travel
to Montana to compete nationally.
Winners also receive money, belt
buckles and other prizes.
Five events make up the men’s
competition: bare-back bronco riding,
calfroping, saddle bronco riding, steer
wrestling and bull wrestling. Women
compete in barrel racing, break-away
roping and goat tying. Team roping is
open to both men and women.
Preparation for the event is year
round with the last month being par
ticularly busy, said Penny Waller, a
junior agricultural education major
and chairwoman of the program and
tickets committee.
Bridgman said a great deal of prepa
ration went into putting the rodeo to
gether. The group sells advertisements
to help support the rodeo and prints a
program of the rodeo. Those involved
also print banners for sponsors, set up
the arena area and organize the event.
A sold-out crowd is expected both
Friday and Saturday evenings, Waller
said.
“It’s just like any other sport,”
Waller said. “These athletes that com
pete go through practices. There is a
great deal of time and preparation.”
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good music and point them in the right
direction.
Johnston said he still used Miller
as a musical resource for the school’s
swing choir, which has received hon
orary invitations and gold trophies.
Johnston and Goodwin said they
had many fond memories of the group,
including one time when a singer per
formed for 15 minutes at an Omaha
show with his zipper down.
“Every time he turned around, the
audience applauded,” Johnston said.
“He couldn’t figure it out.”
Fortunately, that incident did not
ruin Gene Klosner’s career. Kiosner,
who was with the group from 1979 to
1983, went on to be an acoustic rock
recording artist in Antioch, Tenn.
When reminded of the zipper inci
dent, Kiosner commended Miller for
his tolerance.
“He definitely put up with our an
tics,” he said, “which would have given
anyone health problems.”
The Scarlet & Cream singers will
perform their annual spring concert at
UNL under Miller’s direction for the
last time this weekend.
The singers take the stage Friday
and Saturday at 8 p.m. Tickets are $ 10
for the public and $6 for students and
senior citizens.
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intended to finish his degree and go to
medical school.
His plans changed.
“I wanted to become a specialist,
and that meant at least another eight
years of school,” he said. “Once I got
a taste of making some decent money
doing what I really loved to do, it was
hard to go back.”
Weber was told by several differ
ent people that he should take a shot at
the big time. He took their advice.
He said the fact that his gamble had
been successful was a pleasant sur
prise.
“I never thought I’d be doing this
for a living,” he said.
After leaving UNL for good, We
ber spent 1 1/2 years performing on a
cruise ship. During that time, he said,
his decision to pursue a show business
career was reinforced.
“My last six months doing the cruise
—that’s when I decided to give it a go
as a career and move to New York and
really go for the big time.”
The move to New York paid off.
Working as a bartender at night, We
ber auditioned during the day. He
landed some work as an extra on a
soap opera and won a role in a produc
tion of “Cats” in Switzerland, where
he lived for a year.
He also was a cast member on the
national tour of “Starlight Express.”
In September 1993, he moved to
Las Vegas and began working in his
present role. Because of his role in
“Starlight Express,” Weber said, he
will have the financial security to move
back to New York this September and
audition exclusively, without having
to work a nightjob to support himself
Meanwhile, Weber is back in
school — this time in theater arts.
With 17 credit hours this semester in
addition to his already rigorous per
formance schedule, Weber said he
was sometimes hard-pressed to find
time to study.
Looking ahead, Weber laughed,
saying his ultimate goal was “to be a
working actor.”
Weber, who trained as an actor,
singer and dancer, said his specific
goals were to land a principal role on
Broadway and possibly to break into
television and movies.
Right now, he’s looking forward to
finishing his run with “Starlight Ex
press” and moving on.
“It’s time to make a break ... I’d
rather get out and find out what else I
can do.”
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she said. One of them left shortly after
reporting that a man in the group was
spitting chewing tobacco on the floor.
When the waitress gave the man a
cup, Ziems said, she recognized him
as Loudon. If more staff had been on
hand, she said, the group probably
would have been told to leave.
The damaged pictures in an up
stairs meeting room were found by
Laird the next morning. A discussion
group meets in the room on Wednes
days, Ziems said, and the doors had
been left unlocked.
Although she never saw members
of the group going upstairs, she said
she believed they were the only ones
who could have committed the act.
“It was so crazy that night,” she
said. “They must have literally been
throwing popcorn around. When they
left, it looked like it had snowed.”
Jason Bynum, arts and sciences
senator, said he was at the bar from 10
to 11 that night. Everyone was seated
and talking about the evening, he said.
Neither the waitress nor the bartender
ever accused the group of being dis
ruptive, he said.
“I was totally surprised (by the
letter),” Bynum said. “I didn’t see
anything, but they were saying we
were just tearing the place apart.”
Hurtgen said ASUN officials were
looking into the issue and questioning
party-goers.
Ziems said former ASUN presi
dent Andy Massey had cal led to apolo
gize for the evening, and she didn’t
know if there were any monetary esti
mates for the damage.
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