Col man ready for Giant season
isy vince U Aoamo
Staff Writer
Any time a player gets drafted to
play in the National Football League,
much of the spotlight goes to the first
round draft choices.
When the New York Giants se
lected former Nebraska middle line
backer and New Jersey native Doug
Colman in the sixth round last April,
he was ecstatic.
Like most rookies, Colman just
wants a chance to prove he can play in
the National Football League.
“It means a lot to get drafted espe
cially since there’s only seven rounds,”
Colman said. “That just shows you
are one of the top two-hundred play
ers in college.”
“The game and practices are much
faster,” Colman said. “Running backs
are bigger and faster.”
The Giants currently list Colman
as third on the depth chart at middle
linebacker. *
Proving himself to coaches is noth
ing new to Colman. While at Ne
braska he alternated playing time at
middle linebacker with former team
mate Phil Ellis.
Colman believes the first two exhi
bition games are vital toward proving
himself to the Giants coaching staff.
Because he is a true middle linebacker
at 6’3" 240, Colman likes his chances
of eventually getting more playing
time.
The Giants open their exhibition
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Athlete troubles common in off-season
Sports opinion by Vince D’Adamo
The 1996 NFL off-season, oth
erwise known as Court TV, has
mercifully come to an end. All
thirty NFL teams are experienc
ing their annual training camp ritu
als today.
Perhaps more than any off-sea
son in recent memory, attorneys
and judges seemed to overshadow
free agent signings and trades.
Dallas Cowboys wide receiver
Michael Irvin pleaded no contest to
a second degree charge of cocaine
possession. Irvin faces four years
probation, a $10,000 fine and at
least a five game suspension.
Texas police caught former Pitts
burgh Steelers running back Bam
Morris with seven pounds of mari
season on Friday night in Jackson
ville.
Linebacker is one position the Gi
ants have established a lot of tradition
in, with names like Lawrence Taylor,
Harry Carson and Sam Huff.
Colman is reunited with his
former teammate, offensive lineman
Rob Zatechka — who the Giants
drafted last year. According to
Colman, many of his teammates —
including Zatechka — have helped
him with the transition from college
to the NFL.
“Everyone has been really genu
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juana. The Steelers released Morris
three weeks ago. Like Irvin, Morris
faces probation, a fine of $7,000
and a four game suspension.
Courts overturned manslaugh
ter charges of Seattle Seahawks
receiver Brian Blades last month.
Also, police charged Chicago
Bears cornerback Donnell
Woolford, New York Jets line
backer Marvin Jones and former
Husker I-back Lawrence Phillips, a
first-round draft choice of the St.
Louis Rams, for drunken driving.
The Rams signed Phillips to a
non-guaranteed three-year, $5.6
million dollar contract.
Hopefully, now that training
camp is here, football will domi
nate discussions, as opposed to
court decisions.
ine. mere nasn i Deen any nazing,
Colman said. “Rob has offered to help
me if I needed anything. In fact, we
even banged heads in practice with
each other. It reminded me of our
Nebraska days.”
The once proud Giants suffered
through a dismal 5-11 season last year.
Colman said this year’s Giants squad
is determined to restore what had been
a proud tradition.
In order to do that, team unity is a
must.
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Staff Writer
Homework due before classes even
start may be unthinkable to some, but
for incoming students who enrolled in
University Foundations courses for
the fall, they are doing just that.
After enrolling in the course, stu
dents were assigned to read the book,
“Amusing Ourselves To Death: Pub
lic Discourse in the Age of Show
Business,” by Neil Postman, over the
summer.
Between /uu ana euu students are
expected to take University Founda
tions courses this year, which are
classes developed for credit and de
signed to help students find their place
in the university community, James
McShane, director of the program,
said.
He said the book is serious but
accessible, and it raises issues that
can alert students to different ways
of thinking, which may help them
adjust to college-level work easier.
The reading, along with a study
guide, will help students to under
stand their professors better and ac
cess them to intellectual conversa
tion, McShane said.
He said the New Student Enroll
ment program has made great efforts
to integrate students socially and per
sonally, and this program’s aim is to
extend that to get an academic and
nuciieciuai vase lur muucuu as wen.
“My hope is this program will give
them a fuller introduction to the uni
versity,” McShane said.
He said Postman expresses inter
est in his book in the ways informa
tion is gathered and processed in the
age of electronic media, and also the
way it differs from other books.
“Concerns about electronic media
aren’t universally shared, so it brings
up controversy,” McShane said.
A luncheon will be held for the
students to discuss the reading the day
before fall classes begin.
Robert Knoll, professor emeritus
of English, will speak in support of
Postman’s thesis.
Ron Lee, associate professor or
communication studies, will speak
¥1 the luncheon in support of elec
tronic media.
Afterward, students will partici
pate in small group discussions led
by faculty members and administra
tors.
“The students will get a sense that
the university is a place where ideas
are discussed and exchanged and not
announced,” he said.
An attempt was made to get Post
man to come to speak with the stu
dents about his writing, but was un
successful, because other universities
with similar programs are also using
the book and had got to him first,
McShane said.
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