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Free Computer
Classes!
Free microcomputer classes are being offered to UNL
students. The classes will feature an introduction to
Microsoft Word for the Macintosh or an introdution to
WordPerfect for the PC. No reservations are required.
Seats are available on a first come, first served basis.
Introduction to Microsoft Word for Macintosh
Tuesday, September 12 2:30 - 4:00 p.m. Bancroft 239
Introduction to WordPerfect for PCs
Wednesday, September 13 3:00 - 4:30 p.m. Sandoz, 1 st floor
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LINCOLN
Fall semester distribution of Federal Perkins Loan
checks will be on September 13,14, and 15 in the
Ballroom of the Nebraska Union. Hours of distribu
tion are 8:30 - 11:30 a.m. and
1:00 - 4:00 p.m. each day.
Students must present their student photo ID to
receive their check. New borrowers are reminded
to bring the promissory note that was previously
mailed to them. Checks not claimed by
4:00 p.m. September 15
will be cancelled.
Despite loss, Wisconsin coach
happy with team performance
By Antone Oseka
Staff Reporter
Wisconsin women’s volleyball
coach John Cook’s return to the NU
Coliseum Saturday night was a pain
ful one as his Wisconsin Badgers lost
to Nebraska in three games.
Cook, a former assistant for the
Huskers under Nebraska coach Terry
Pettit from 1988-90, admitted that his
Badgers weren’t at the same’ level as
top-ranked Nebraska. Despite the loss,
Cook said he was pleased with his
team’s effort.
And he said Nebraska’s program
was running at a national champion
ship level.
“I really hope Coach Pettit wins the
national title thisyear; he deserves it,”
Cook said.
“He^s the best coach I ’ ve ever been
around. I’m just really thankful I had
the opportunity to work with this pro
gram for three years.”
After being away from Nebraska
7 really hope Coach Pettit wins the national title
this year; he deserves it. ”
JOHN COOK
Wisconsin coach
for five years, Cook said, he missed
Nebraska, and he thought about it
often. He said he had a lot of great
memories and friends in Lincoln, and
that he’d remember it for the rest of his
life.
But he’s happy with the Wisconsin
job. Cook took the job at Madison,
Wis., because of its similarity to Lin
coln. Madison is comparable to Lin
coln in population, and both are col
lege towns named after presidents.
Wisconsin is also similar to Ne
braska in enthusiasm for volleyball.
The Badgers regularly draw 3,000 fans
to their home matches.
“The crowd noise wasn’t a prob
lem at the Coliseum; we play in a very
noisy gym,” he said. “It’s something
our team is accustomed to, playing in
the Big 10 Conference. The players,
with the exception of our freshmen,
have played in it before. I wasn’t wor
ried about that at all.”
But he was worried about
Nebraska’s talent going into the match.
“Physically, he (Coach Pettit) has a
really great team, with gfeat physical
talent,” Cook said. “He’s got great
senior leadership with Christy
Johnson; sheruns the team really well.”
Surgery reason Insh s Holtz
to miss first game in 26 years
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Notre
Dame coach Lou Holtz will have spi
nal surgery today and will be sidelined
at least three weeks.
Defensive coordinator Bob Davie
will coach the No. 24 Irish while Holtz
is out.
“We kind of just all sat there in
disbelief,” said offensive guard Ryan
Leahy, describing a team meeting
Monday in which Holtz broke the
news to his players.
Leahy said Holtz was calm, but the
team was shocked.
“It’s pretty hard to take that,” Leahy
said. “Half the time you see your
coaches as indestructible. But then
you realize they’re just human.”
The operation will take place at the
Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Mirin.,
where Holtz is expected to remain for
about a week, said university physi
cian Dr. James Moriarity. The 58
year-old coach could be out three to
four weeks.
Holtz was told the condition re
quired an immediate operation to avoid
permanent spinal cord damage and
possible paralysis.
“There’s no reason for the opera
tion not to be totally successful,”
Moriarity said at a news conference.
“The only difference would be... if all
the damage already done to the spinal
cord is reversible.”
Moriarity said Holtz had what ap
peared to be a bone growth that had
compressed the spinal cord. Doctors
believe the growth has been develop
ing for some time and is not the result
of an injury.
Surgeons will enlarge the diameter
of the spinal canal, so the cord will be
able to fit.
Moriarity said Holtz had experi
ericed weakness in the muscles of his
legs and hands the past four weeks.
“On the morning of the Northwest
ern game (Sept. 2), he came to us for
medical advice after he was unable to
run onto the field with his team and
climb the stairs to the locker room,”
Moriarity said.
Holtz could miss as many as three
games against current Top 25 teams.
Notre Dame faces Vanderbilt Satur
day,, then plays No. 15 Texas, No. 10
Ohio State and No. 18 Washington.
“In 26 years as a head coach, I’ve
never missed a practice, let alone a
game,” Holtz said. “I’ve seen three
different doctors, trying to find the
least bit of encouragement to delay
this, but they all say it has to be done
now.”
Though the players knew Holtz
was uncomfortable — he told them
not to slap him or bump him on the
sidelines — Leahy said they were all
surprised at the seriousness ofhis con
dition.
“He’s a fighter, so I’m sure he’ll
probably get out of there as quick as
he can,” Leahy said.
Frazier
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have to take freshman Frankie Ldn
don out of his redshirt season.
Monte Christo, who was listed
fourth on the quarterback depth chart,
tore his anterior cruciate ligament in
two-a-day practices and will miss the
season — leaving the fourth-string
spot open.
Osborne said if Frazier didn’t play,
the coaching staff was hoping fresh
man kicker Kris Brown would be able
to take over the third-string spot be-*
hind Turman.
“We are going to work with Kris
Brown a little bit,” he said. “We
would rather not bring Frankie Lon
don out of his redshirt year. Kris Brown
is fairly talented. He could go in there
and hand off, and he could handle
himself well. If Frazier couldn’t play,
or if something happened to Berringer,
we would need another guy.”
Last season, an apparent bruised
calf in the fourth game of the season
turned into a blood clot for Frazier
that kept him out for the rest of the
regular season. When a second blood
clot formed, Frazier missed the last
eight games before returning for the
Orange Bowl.
Osborne said he didn’t foresee the
deep thigh bruise leading to a blood
clot.
“We haven’t had any problems with
blood clots,” Osborne said. “That’s
due to the fact that his blood flow is
normal. He’s not any more prone to a
blood plot than he was last year. It
could always happen, but I don’t think
it is likely.”
INJURY NOTES:
• Defensive tackle Larry
Townsend, offensive tackle Chris
Dishman, offensive guard Steve Ott
and Benning also missed practice
Monday.
Osborne said Benning missed prac
tice because of his pulled hamstring,
which kept him from making the trip
to Michigan State. He said Benning
was only 85 percent, and his status for
Saturday was questionable.
Samson
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any place in the country and prob
ably start.”
• Childs obviously will move to I
back full-time since Phillips was
dismissed from the team Sunday,
and his longclimbback finally could
have him on top of the pack as a
starter.__'
Even without Phillips, Nebraska
still would have depth at the posi
tion if Childs stayed at fullback.
' Benning would take over the
starting rote, with true freshman
Ahman Green right behind him.
Green rushed for 126 yards on 10
carries in his first two games as a
Husker.
James Sims, who scored on an
80-yard run against Michigan State,
is a talented third-team I-back.
Childs proved to everyone Sat
urday that he is too valuable to be
spending his games on the side
lines, or even worse, at home.
It would be difficult to argue
against keeping Childs at I-baek
after his performance Saturday.
But, then again, nobody has ever
seen him at fullback.
Samson Is a senior news-editorial
major and a Dally Nebraskan senior
reporter.
Coaches
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university and yourself.”
Smith said that these kind of inci
dents also were happening more often
in college athletics, putting coaches
into positions they would rather not be
in.
“Today it seems like a common
place thing,” he said, “and you better
be ready to address it. Unfortunately,
I think football coaches have to be
judges, and they don't want to be.”
First-year Colorado coach Rick
Neuheisel said he applauded Tom
Osborne’s decision.
“I certainly applaud Osborne’s de
cision,” Neuheisel said. “I know Coach
Osborne doesn’t act rashly. He’s been
in this business for a long time, and he
did what was best for Lawrence
Phillips and his team.”
Neuheisel also is trying to institute
discipline with the Buffaloes by creat
ing the “Penalty Box,” a study hall
situation for players facing disciplin
ary actions.
Many of the coaches do not foresee
the Hu&ers having too many prob
lems filling the running back slot.
“Fve been around long enough to
know Nebraska has a bevy of talented
players,” Neuheisel said. “Hopefully
Lawrence can get his life back to
gether.”
Oklahoma State coach Bob
Simmons said that the young I-backs
behind Phillips,namely Clinton Childs
and Ahman Green, should be able to
take his spot.
“Those two kids are going to come
in and do an excellent job,” Simmons
said. “Nebraska never depends on onex -
player, and I think their program will
survive.”