New screening offers help
Eating disorders targeted by program
By Todd Anderson
Staff Reporter
A new screening program of
fered by the University Health
Center’s Counseling and Psycho
logical Services will try to help
people spot eating disorders before
they cause severe harm.
Those who think they may suf
fer from an eating disorder or know
someone who does are invited to
attend the first-ever National Eat
ing Disorder Screening Program.
Eating disorders affect millions
in the United States. Research has
shown:
• More than five million Ameri
cans suffer from eating disorders.
• Bulimia nervosa, anorexia
nervosa and binge eating affect 5
percent of women and 1 percent of
men nationwide.
• One thousand women die each
year from anorexia nervosa alone.
• These disorders afflict all
people, regardless of age and race.
Monday marks the beginning of
National Eating Disorder week.
The screening program consists
of three parts: education, screening
and referral.
The educational portion will in
clude a lecture, question-and-an
swer session and a video presenta
tion.
The screening involves the
completion of a questionnaire and
an interview with a clinician.
The referral will consist of rec
ommendations for further evalua
tion if needed.
The program will be Feb. 5 from
11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Nebraska
Union and Feb. 6 from 12 p.m. to 2
p.m. at the Nebraska East Union.
Rooms will be posted.
According to a release, the
screening is not a diagnosis, but an
opportunity for participants to ob
tain information concerning what to
do next if they suffer from an eat
ing disorder.
Symptoms of an eating disorder
can include excessive weight loss
in a short period of time, develop
ment of strange eating rituals, eat
ing in secret and serious depression.
Several national organizations
are sponsoring the program. The
organizations want to gather infor
mation on these disorders while
helping direct treatment to patients
who need it.
Eating disorders cause physical
problems, including hair loss, gas
trointestinal irritation and prema
ture bone deterioration.
A person’s personality traits,
genes, environment, and biochem
istry all can cause eating disorders.
For more information on eating
disorders or the prograin, contact
Sue Bukacek at 472-7450.
:
Leadership conference
to address minorities
By Joy Ludwig
Staff Reporter
Student involvement and leader
ship development will be the focus of
the second-annual Racial Minority
Leadership Conference on Saturday.
Denise Cradick, assistant director
of Student Involvement at the Univer
sity of Nebraska-Lincoln, said she
hoped many students of color would
participate in the conference.
“It will show students what it
means to get involved, how to meet
their specific needs and how to stay
motivated,” she said.
Virginia Newton, student chairper
son of the conference, emphasized that
the conference was open to anyone. It
will offer something for all students,
depending on the goals they want to
achieve, she said.
The conference, which will be in
the Nebraska Union from 9:30 a.m.
to 3 p.m., will consist of two work
shops, group discussions and several
speakers from UNL and the commu
nity.
John Harris, one of the speakers
and special assistant to the vice chan
cellor for Student Affairs, said the con
ference would be a great way for stu
dents to meet leaders of various cul
tural backgrounds.
He said the speakers would discuss
how students could get involved in
various organizations and become
leaders on campus.
Those speakers, Harris said, will
speak specifically toward racial and H
minority students on how important it
is not only to be involved, but also to
branch out culturally.
Students interested in attending the
conference can stop by Student In
volvement, 200 Nebraska Union or
300 Nebraska East Union, or call
Denise Cradick at 472-2454 or Vir
ginia Newton at 472-2597. There is a
$6 registration fee for non-UNL stu
dents.
Law & Order
More than $3,000 in property was
destroyed by vandals at businesses on
North 27th Street Tuesday night.
Windows and glass doors were
smashed at Lincoln Billiards, 309 N.
27th St., Sgt. Ann Heermann said. Two
windows 10 feet by 5 Vi feet — $1,100
in damage — were broken with a blunt
object such as a baseball bat, she said.
Vinh Market, 611 N. 27th St., had
seven windows and a door broken,
totaling $2,550 in damage.
The Lincoln Fire Department re
sponded to a bomb threat called in to
Bryan Memorial Hospital on Wednes
day morning, but discovered no
bombs in the building.
At 4:20 a.m. a soft-spoken male
told the switchboard operator that a
bomb in the hospital would go off at 5
a.m., Heermann said.
The hospital had received obscene
phone calls throughout the night.
— Chad Lorenz
Attention CBA Students
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application deadline is Fehc 1, 1996.
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Award
for
Creative Humanity
This Annual award, presented
to one, two or three people (stu
dents, faculty or staff at UNL), is
in recognition of significant con
tributions to the development of
a humane, open educationally
creative, just, and caring com
munity on the UNL campus.
■ Nominations for the award may be submitted by anyone associated with UNL
More information, nomination fonns, and guidelines are available at:
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•Residence Hall front desks
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•Student Involvement office, NU 200 A: ECU 300
•Culture Center, 333 N. 14th St.
•Residence, building, and grounds maintenance offices
•Office of Student Affairs. Admin. 124
•Or phone Larry Doerr at 476-0355
Nominations are due February 12,1996
Nelson clarifies position on gambling
By Ted Taylor
Senior Reporter
Gov. Ben Nelson wanted to make
one thing clear Wednesday: He hasn’t
changed his position on expanded
gambling. *
“Isn’t it interesting how I have to
run around and tell people I haven’t
changed my position?”
Recent editorial cartoons have por
trayed the governor waffling on the
issue — including one depicting him
on a fence with the word “gambling”
on it.
But Nelson, who strongly opposes
advanced gambling for the state,
thanked the media for the free public
ity.
“I want to thank the editorial writ
ers for getting my position out,” he
said at a Wednesday morning press
conference.
“If there is anything that
seems like a change, it is
that I’ve said it
(expanded gambling)
ought to go on the
ballot. ”
BEN NELSON
Governor
“If there is anything that seems like
a change,” he said, “it is that I’ve said
it ought to go on the ballot.”
Nelson told the media that ex
panded gambling must be left up to
the voters.
“I’ve made it very clear,” he said.
“This is something that needs to be on
the ballot.”
Nelson stressed that for gambling
to be expanded in Nebraska, a consti
tutional amendment would have to be
passed.
“The Constitution is very clear, and
the attorney general agrees, that there
has to be a change in the Constitution
in order to expand gambling,” he said.
And although Nelson is opposed to
advanced gambling, he said that
should mean nothing to Nebraska vot
ers.
“It takes 30 votes,” he said. “It
doesn’t come across my desk — it
goes right to the ballot. Then the
people can decide. I’m just one vote,
just like everyone else.
“Am I going to work to get it on
. the ballot? No.”
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