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Science jockey Professor rewarded with honor By Julie Sobczyk Senior Reporter For David Sellmyer, an interest from high school has turned into a rewarding way of life. When Sellmyer, a University of Nebraska-Lincoln physics and as tronomy professor, was in high school, he was fascinated with sci ence. “In high school I was taken by the desire to understand nature,” he said. “Physics is the most funda mental of all the sciences. It tries to understand matter in all of its dif ferent forms.” Now, the 57-year-old physicist will be awarded the University of Nebraska Award for Outstanding Research and Creative Activity. The award is one of NU’s most presti gious, given in recognition for re search and artistic achievements. And Sellmyer said he appreci ated the recognition. “It’s a great honor and a won derful pleasure,” he said. “But I must say, it ’s more than an honor to me; it’s an honor to my colleagues and students who do a great deal of work for what this honor is about.” Sellmyer has been at UNL since 1972, and in his years, he said, he has recognized the practical side of science. For example, he said, one recent research project has been creating high magnetic density data storage disks for computers. Sellmyer has been working with companies such as IBM, 3M and Kodak to create those magnetic disks, he said. “Increasing the storage density on these magnetic disks is fairly practical,” he said. “Everybody has and works with computers.” One basic part of physics, he Tanna Kinnaman/DN David Sellmyer, professor of physics and astronomy, shows a high density disk, one of his current projects. Sellmyer received the NU Outstanding Research and Creative Activity Award. said, was realizing that matter can be distorted. His research with the magnetic disk has shown that dis tortion. Since 1988, Sellmyer has been director of the Center of Research Materials and Analysis, where he works on various projects, such as the magnetic disk. When he’s not researching, which isn’t very often, he said, Sellmyer enjoys listening to classi cal music and sailing. Sellmyer takes his boat toLcwis and Clark Lake for a weekend of sailing in his free time. But most of his spare time is spent with his son, who is in the eighth grade. “I spend a good deal of time with him,” Scllmyer said. “He’s good in math.” When he looks back on his 24 years at UNL, he said, the univer sity has been good to him. “The University ofNebraska has been a good place to teach and do ^research,” Sellmyer said. “I’m pleased with the quality of students and administrators. “The environment here has been very good.” Tax info. ♦^TeleTax Department ot the Treasury * vATy/) Internal Revenue Service ^|| 1-800-829-4477 http://www.ustreas.gov \ lain-iti llnnfcti laiTimriM ~ AW-. «**>: V-, Aikifihril Adwamness* Akohc4 Awareness* wnasaipim)ihaiA. 3!lartAwAaa^Ayw. * Alcoh Vegetarian festival offers food samples By Todd Anderson Staff Reporter Practicing vegetarians and people thinking of giving up meat will have a chance to gather information and sample foods this weekend. The Nebraska Vegetarian Society will hold its fifth annual Vegetarian Awareness Festival on Sunday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Welfare Soci ety Incorporated Hall, 1430 N. 10th St. The main goal of the festival is to let people know the advantages of a vegetarian lifestyle, said Marcia Andersen, coordinator of the festival. Andersen said environmental, so cial or political reasonsoften prompted people to give up meat. “Overall, it’s just a more efficient way to eat,” she said. “Instead of grain being grown for cattle feed, people can eat it directly.” Most of the grain grown in the United States is for cattle, she said, and many U.S. corporations are still buying rain-forest land in Central America to raise those cattle. Certain beliefs about what is re quired to eat a balanced diet are chang ing, she said. “People used to think di fferent pro teins had to be combined to get suffi cient protein amounts,” she said, “but as long as vegetarians eat a well-bal anced diet, they don’t really need to worry.” f .ZZfijZpESMEg.~ ^ ^ : '' ■ Bret Gottschall/DN The festival includes a buffet of four entrees, salad, dessert and bever ages. Free samples of interesting food to vegetarians, such as rice milk and veggie burgers, also will be provided. Along with free recipes, organizers of the festival will provide informa tion about the Nebraska Vegetarian Society, which was formed six years ago. Last year 500 people attended the festival, and Anderson said she ex pected even more people this year. Tickets are $8 in advance and $10 at the door and may be purchased at Open Harvest Natural Foods Grocery, 1618 South St. KLKN Continued from Page 1 KLKN from stations in Kansas, Iowa and Nebraska. “It was important that I got people in here that know Lincoln and Ne braska really well,” he said. Stanley said he was interested in hiring graduates from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s College of Jour nalism and Mass Communications. In ternships arc a definite possibility in the future, Stanley said. KLKN attracted such Lincoln tal ents as former KOLN news reporter Terri Teuber, whom Stanley said was the city’s best reporter. Teuber said she came to the station because she was impressed with Stanley’s enthusiastic attitude toward hard news and the station’s modem broadcasting technology. Teuber said she was eager to begin focusing on crime coverage in Lincoln and helping new reporters with their jobs. [>I Awareness* • Vinnnw hi* AlcdhcHA**3*er Stanley said it would take time for the news team to mix because they come from different stations. They have been busy this week putting on rehearsals for the 6 p.m. and 10 p.m. newscasts. The news team will spend next week practicing full-sta tion rehearsals, using all of the studio equipment to work out defects, Stanley said. At 6 a.m. March 25, KLKN will sign on with “The Star-Spangled Ban ner.” The station will run 6 p.m. and 10 p.m. newscasts Monday through Fri day, and 5:30 p.m. and 10 p.m. news casts on weekends. The station plans to add morning and noon newscasts in the fall. The 300-foot-tall radio tower at the station, located at 3240 S. 10th St., relays a signal toa 1,465-foot-tall tower in Utica and a 1,268-foot-tall tower in Albion, Stanley said. 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