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TVmItt TUESDAY M|2 TV TT | CCX± y | WEATHER: 1§§|jj|g^ v'"^V I *TP"><^ Irian - Partly sunny, #T J| ^ 1 V 1 IX ^ 1 and warm. Southeast A >l^Lyl dUlV^ll A Tm2^W - Cloudy with a 20 tfP4 COVERING THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA SINCE 1901 VOL. 95 NO. 134 percent chance of rain. — — —. -| April 2, 1996 -■> Scott Bruhn/DN Lir Red slaps fives to some of the 14,000 school children who attended the fifth annual “School is Cool” Jam at the Bob Devaney Sports Center on Monday morning. Schoolhouse rock Husker athletes teach 14,000students By Chad Lorenz Senior Reporter > Amber Floyd and Kcyne Rolcnce think school is cool — especially when it’s in the Bob Devaney Sports Center. Teachers such as former NU quarterback Tommie Frazier and Comhusker gymnast Joy Taylor taught lessons about staying in school and saying no to drugs. The two sixth-grade girls from Centen nial Elementary School in Utica were among 14,000 grade school and middle school stu dents who came to the “School is Cool” Jam. Screaming youngsters waved their “School is Cool” white hankies — handed out by their teachers — from the crowded stands. Lil* Red bounced around the floor and gave high-fives to nearby grade schoolers. The students came to hear University of Nebraska athletes speak about the rewards of education and to watch local and national athletic talent. Floyd and Rolcnce said Tommie Frazier was their favorite teacher. Frazier, the quarterback for both Husker national championship football teams, told the children to be determined in everything they do, especially school. “1 hope to play pro football, but if I don’t, “7he more well-rounded you are, the more prepared you’ll be for the rest of your life.” JOY TAYLOR Nebraska gymnast I’ll always have my degree,” said Frazier, who was escorted on and off the court by UNL Police Chief Ken Caublc. “And in this very arena. I’ll get that degree ” Tanya Crevier, known as the world’s best female basketball handler, impressed the crowd with her skills and motivational mes sage. She dribbled, spun and juggled as many as four basketballs around her head and un der her legs to songs such as “Destined to Win.” Crevier told the crowd to never give up. , She showed them as she tried four times to simultaneously catch two balls behind her back by reaching between her legs. On the final attempt she caught them and bowed. Sandy Kcndell, a sixth-grade teacher at Hickory Hill Elementary in Papillion, said Crevicr’s message kept the children’s inter est because she entertained them while teach ing. “The kids loved it,” Kendell said. The event’s finale, a jam contest with Husker football players Eric Warfield, Jamel Williams and Michael Booker, also was a hit. The three demonstrated impressive dunk ing skills, so all were declared winners — for trying. Nebraska’s national championship foot ball players were joined by national cham pionship volleyball players Billie Winsctt, Allison Weston and Christy Johnson. The three volleyball players explained the strategy the team used to win its national title. “You’ve got to set the goal, and you’ve got to stay focused if you want to be a cham pion,” Johnson said. Taylor said the secrets to gymnastics — balance and overcoming fear — could help in academic success. She urged students to keep a balance between school and activi ties. “The more well-rounded you are, the more prepared you’ll be for the rest of your life.” Sex offender registration bill passes By Ted Taylor Senior Reporter Senators Monday unanimously passed the Sex Offender Registration Act—a bill that will force convicted sex offenders to register with the state. Omaha Sen. Chris Abboud’s bill, LB645, passed the final stage of legislation on a 42-0 vote and is expected to be signed into law by Gov. Ben Nelson later this week. “This is just another tool for law enforcement to try to locate the perpe trators of these crimes against children,” Abboud said after the vote. The bill would require 1-l J the registration or anyone who has pleaded guilty of the following: • sexual assault of an adult or a child within the last 10 years, • incest, • debauchery, • attempt, solicitation or conspiracy to com mit any of the above. See REGISTRATION on 6 Students invited to discussions about diversity By Joy Ludwig Staff Reporter UNL students and faculty can actively par ticipate in a series of interactive discussions about diversity this week and next week in the Nebraska Union. The Brown Bag Diversity Series will cover issues such as affirmative action, building and understanding diversity, multiculturalism, homophobia and racism, said John Harris, spe cial assistant to the vice chancellor for student affairs. “It’s an attempt to provide cultural educa tion for our campus community on a variety of issues,” he said. Harris encouraged students and faculty to bring their opinions so they could participate in discussions instead of just listen to lectures. The people giving the presentations are from different walks of life, Harris said, including professors, a student, a minister and a UNL staff member. “Hopefully they will be able to stir up an interest in what we are doing and discussing,” See DISCUSSIONS on 2 Director: Playboy exploits women By Anne Hjersman Senior Editor It’s a wolf in bunnies’ clothing. That’s what Charlyne Bercns, an assistant news-editorial journalism professor, said of Playboy’s plan to feature University of Nebraska-Lin coln students in its “Women of the Big 12” issue. The Playboy Bunny will be hop ping into Lincoln on April 22 and 23 to interview and photograph candi dates for what has become one of the magazine’s most popular annual edi tions. It features women from one of the country’s major college confer ences each year. For some, it could be a dream come true. For Berens and other feminists, it could be a nightmare. Before coming to UNL in 1990, Berens worked as editor and co-pub lisher of the Seward County Indepen dent for 14 years. She served as presi dent of the Nebraska Press Associa tion from 1989 to 1990. Berens was also a panelist in a re cent discussion on pornography in volving journalists and journalism professors. “I just don’t think we need Play boy and magazines like that in the world,” Berens said. “They merely perpetuate stereotypes about women and keep them in their traditional place as objects of lust.” Karen Ring Borgstrom, a Playboy publicist, disagreed and said the women who appeared in the college conference issues were anything but traditional. “Most of them are serious students with serious career goals,” she said. But career goals and fields of study aren’t what Playboy’s pictorials are about, Berens said. “They say nothing about what a See PLAYBOY on 6