Checkin’ it out
Travis Heying/DN
Dale Heidtbrink, assistant chief of the Malcolm Fire
Department, examines the rear of a truck that rolled into
the ditch Wednesday afternoon west of Lincoln. No one
was injured in the accident.
Trip through state
helps Moeser learn
By Julie Sobczyk
Senior Reporter
For the past month, Chancellor
James Moescr has been taking Ne
braska road trips.
And so far, he likes what he’s seen.
“1 like the farwest the best,” Moescr
said. “I love the rolling hills.”
So far, Moescr has visited Ogallala,
Sidney, Scottsbluff, North Platte,
Curtis and McCook.
And today, he’s headed to Hastings
with Eric Marintzer, ASUN president
and Hastings native, and Phyllis
Larsen, director of public relations at
the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
After Hastings, his next stops will
be in Grand Island and Norfolk.
Moescr said the trips helped him
learn about Nebraska — the state and
the people.
“It’s important for me to get out in
the state and meet people, so I know
what their expectations are of me,” he
said. “It’s important to find out how
they see the university.”
But the visits aren’t only for
Moeser’s benefit. People across the
stale get a chance to meet UNL’s new
chancellor.
“I’ vc had a wonderful, warm recep
tion from the people of Nebraska.
People are curious about who the new
chancellor is.”
On his trips, Moeser has been speak
ing to alumni groups and also check
ing out some of the university’s agri
cultural outreach sites, such as the
Nebraska College of Technical Agri
culture in Curtis.
“I visit with our faculty at our ex
tension sites and tour the facilities.”
Although some people might find
travelingacross Nebraskadull, Moeser
said he thought just the opposite.
“Nebraska’s not boring at all. You
just have to get off the interstate. It’s
really interesting. The state is very
beautiful.”
Usually, Moeser drives his own car,
but when he traveled to Scottsbluff he
flew in a state airplane.
“That day, I left early in the morn
ing and didn’t get back until after mid
night.”
Before becoming UNL’s chancel
lor in February, Moeser said, he knew
a little bit about Nebraska •
But the recent visits have helped
him feel more at home, Moeser said.
“I’m still learning about Nebraska.”
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Louganis
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fact that no one wanted him
around.
“Nobody wanted to room with
a fag,” Louganis said. “Seriously,
I don’t know what they thought I
would do.”
Then, early in 1988, Louganis
was training for the 1988 Seoul
Olympic games when he found
out he tested positive for HIV.
“I thought the honorable thing
was to pack my bags up, go
home, sit in my room and die.”
As he headed for the Olym
pics, Louganis carried a suitcase
full of pills needed to slow his
illness.
During the competition,
Louganis hit his head on the 3
meter platform diving board, and
blood spilled into the pool.
The doctors who treated him
did not wear gloves. Besides
being angry and embarrassed,
Louganis got scared.
“I took a lot of criticism for
not telling the doctor about my
condition,” Louganis said. “If you
think about it, I had the eyes of
the world on me, and there were
thousands of people in the stands
also watching me. ”
Louganis went on to win two
more gold medals, but when lie
returned home his life took a turn
for the worse.
He was raped at knifepoint by
his lover. His father was diag
nosed with cancer in 1989 and
died Feb. 27,1991.
Louganis then left his mother
in 1993 and went to Florida for
private medical help.
“That’s the cost of hanging on
to a secret. There’s a loneliness of
how you can be, but I knew there
had to be a light at the end of the
tunnel,” Louganis said.
“The quality of life is more
important to me than the quan
tity.”
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