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Accounting Finance Philosophy AG LEC Geography Physics Art History History Political Science Classics Management Psychology Economics Marketing Sociology English Math Are available through UNL College Independent Study: ■ Study and take exams when your schedule allows, when you're ready. ■ Take as long as a year or as few as 35 days to complete a course. ■ Send an average of six assignments per course to your instructor, and receive rapid turnaround of your materials. Call 472-4321 for free College Independent Study catalog, or visit our office at the Clifford Hardin Nebraska Center for Continuing Eucation, Room 269, 33rd and University of Holdrege Streets Nebraska unl is a Lincoln non-discriminatory Division of Continuing Studies institution. Department of Distance Education Huskers hurting at I-back From Staff Reports The Nebraska football team con tinued spring practice Monday, but the Cornhuskers still remain thin at I back. No. 3 I-back James Sims, with an injured right hamstring, and I-back Chad Eicher, who hurt his knee, were held out of Monday’s practice. Top I-back Ahman Green practiced after missing Saturday’s scrimmage with a sore quadricep. No. 2 Will linebacker Ryan Terwilliger has a muscle pull in his right calf. Osborne said he didn’t ex pect Terwilliger back any time soon. Also not expected to return soon is No. 1 tight end Tim Carpenter. Car penter sprained his knee Saturday. He may be out of action until fall prac tice begins, Osborne said. No. 4 quarterback Frankie London practiced Monday but did not finish after suffering a minor shoulder injury. Tickets on sale until this Friday From Staff Reports Students tickets for the 1996 foot ball season will be on sale until Fri day at the South Stadium ticket office. Tickets for next season’s six home games cost $87.50, and will be sold through a lottery basis. Only full-time students can apply this week. The ticket office is open from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. every day. Applications can be picked up at the ticket office, student accounts room 110 in the ad ministration building and at the East Campus Union information desk. Miller Continued from Page 7 Nebraska coach John Sanders said Miller was not only a valuable asset to the team because of his skills as a multiple-position player. Miller is one of the hardest work ing and most dedicated players on a team that features 24 newcomers. “Corey is a very competitive per son” Sanders said, “and he works awfully hard at what he docs.” Through 28 games, Miller is hit ting .227 with 19 RBI and 21 runs scored. But his value to the team is not evident without taking a closer look at his statistics. He has been hit by a pitch 20 times this year, and with the season only half over, he needs to take only four more lumps to break the school record. Miller’s on-base percentage of .429 is fourth among the Ne braska starters. No other Husker has been hit more than three times this year. When asked why he is drilled so much, Miller just smiled. “Lucky, I guess,” he said. “After a while, you can tolerate it and there is no more pain.” Sanders had an explanation for Miller’s luck. ( “He is a very tenacious hitter and is very willing to find a way to get on (base) no matter what it takes,” Sanders said. Miller’s presence on and off the diamond will be a key to helping the Huskers turn around their 10 17-1 season, Sanders said. “Corey is a diligent worker and really spends time at what he does,” Sanders said. “He’s always trying to get better.” Swimmers, divers finish season strong By Vince D’Adamo Staff Reporter — It has been a season of come backs and setbacks for the Ne braska men’s and women’s swim ming and diving teams. And despite some rough mo ments along the way, Comhuskcr coach Cal Bcntz said, the year was a success. “I thought both teams competed well,” Bentz said. On the women’s side, senior breaststroke extraordinaire Penny Heyns led the way. The native of Amanzimtoti, South Africa, punc tuated her Nebraska career by be coming the first Comhuskcr to win a gold medal at the NCAA Cham pionships last month in Ann Arbor, Mich. Bentz, the Big Eight men’s and women’s coach of the year, said the 1996 South African Olympian would be missed. “Penny’s absence will be felt most,” Bentz said. “But you lose people every year, and that’s part of the process.” Among others competing in the 1996 Olympics are Australians Melanie Dodd and Jane Glazebrook. The Huskcr women started the season strong with wins over South ern Illinois, Colorado State andAri zona State. And after losing three of four meets, Nebraska finished the year by pummelling Iowa State 153-71 and winning the Big Eight championship in Oklahoma City, Okla. The Huskers finished with a 5-3 record and placed 10th at the NCAA Championships. Next year’s squad features sev eral key returnees. BriAnna Wilkins, Julia Russell and diver T.D. Rowe will lead the Husker squad. On the men’s side, the Huskers got an up-close look at future Big 12 rivals, Texas A&M and national champion Texas. “No question, Texas will be a tough opponent,” Bentz said. “We’ll set our sights toward them.” The Huskers took their lumps cn route to a 2-7 start, including losses to nationally ranked California and Stanford. But Nebraska rebounded to defeat nationally ranked Iowa on the way to the NCAA Champion ships in Austin, Texas, where the Huskers finished 22nd. “We took some big hits,” Bentz said. “The only way you get better is by playing tough opponents.” Like its female counterparts, the men’s squad finished the season strong. The Huskers knocked off conference foes Missouri and Iowa State to finish at 4-7 overall. Four weeks later, Nebraska brought an other Big Eight championship tro phy back to Lincoln. Strong performances by Juan Benavides, Francois Boshoff and divers Travis Nicmeyer and Danny Bergman paced Nebraska through out the season. Benavides, Bergman, Josh Mathias and Mark Bennett are a few of the key return ees for next year’s veteran squad. “It’s nice having the same people back,” Bentz said. “They’ve dedi cated themselves to making it a good program.” Golfers earn 2nd place By Mike Kluck Senior Reporter By the end of the first round of the fanglewood Invitational in Dallas last Friday, Nebraska men’s golf coach Larry Romjue was questioning his decision to enter the tournament. The Cornhuskcrs were in 13th tilacc of the 18-team, three-round tour nament with a score of 312 after bat tling through a cold and windy round. Romjue decided not to say any thing to his team during its break. He instead opted to let the Huskcrs battle through their scores and the rough weather. Nebraska responded with a 297 in the second round and followed that score on Sunday with a tournament best 288 to finish in second place with tin 897. Southern Methodist won the tournament with an 886. “The last day, despite the wind, was the best day we played all spring.” Sooners Continued from Page 7 home runs ami 48 RBI. On the mound, Oklahoma posts a 5.90 earncd-run average, allowing apposing hitters to hit .324. “They’re probably hoping they would pitch a little better,” Sanders >aid, “They have some solid pitching, rhcrc’s no question.” Freshman left-hander Chad Mead will start today for the Sooners. Mead awns a team-low 2.15 ERA and has struck out 24 batters in 29 1/3 innings aitched. Nebraska outfielders Matt Meyer and Mel Motley are the only seniors Romjuc said. The Huskers were just one of four teams to finish the final day under 300 and one of only three teams to shoot two rounds under 300. Sophomore Ryan Nietfcldt led Nebraska with a score of 222, finish ing in a tie for seventh place as he fired a two-under-par 70 in the final round. Nictfeldt, from Grand Island, said he was inspired by freshmen Steve Fricsen’s 70 in the second round. Friescn finished the tournament 12th with a 223, and teammate Josh Mad den finished 14th with a 224. “When Steve shot a two under in the second round, we learned we could all shoot low,” Nietfeldt said. “All we had to do was go out there and do it. It helps to have one team member play ing good because it makes everybody else step up to a higher level.” Nebraska will next compete in the Whcatshocker Invitational April 15-16 in Wichita, Kan. to have started in all 28 games. Out fielder Eugene Jenkins, the only other non-pitching senior on the Husker ros ter, has started in only 16 games. “I want our seniors to step up and really put it up in the last half,” Sand ers said. “And of course we want a great spirited effort.” Meyer owns a .339 batting average and a team-high eight home runs and 37 RBI. Meyer also leads the Husker offense in runs, doubles, triples, total bases, slugging percentage, walks and stolen bases. Junior Patrick Driscoll will start on Wednesday at 1 p.m. for Nebraska. Junior Joe Victery is scheduled to pitch for the Sooncrs. Alberts Continued from Page 7 habilitation. / After dislocating his elbow in his final regular-season college game, Alberts reaggravated the injury before his rookie season, forcing him to have surgery and miss most of his first pro fessional year. Last season, he played the entire year for the Colts, who lost to Pitts burgh in the AFC championship game. “It’s been an up and down year,'’ he said. “Last year was like my rookie season. This is really the first off-sea son that I haven’t been rehabbing.” Following a season in which the Colts participated in the playoffs for the first time since 1987, Indianapolis coach Ted Marchibroda’s contract was not renewed. With new coach Lindy Infante. Alberts said he hoped the Colts could finally reach a Super Bowl. “Don’t become too good of friends with anybody on the team;’ Alberts said. “It’s like a revolving door. People come and go. “It’s so different than at Nebraska. 1 never had a coaching change while I was here. The coaches have all been here for like 20 years.”