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October 4
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SUMMER MILLER, left, a sophomore journalism major, registers to vote earlier this week at a booth
sponsored by ASUN. Ibday is the last day for the voter-registration booth, which is in the north lobby
of the Nebraska Union. Students can register at the booth today between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m.
Author tackles violence, football
By Pamela Storm
Staff Reporter
If football at the University of Ne
braska-Lincoln hasn’t gotten enough
attention lately, it did during a speech
by Mariah Burton Nelson Thursday
night.
Nelson, an authority on gender and
sports, spoke about sexism in sports
to a crowd of students, faculty, staff,
athletes and community members in
the Nebraska Union’s Centennial Ball
room.
Nelson framed her speech around
the title of her latest book, “The Stron
ger Women Get, The More Men Love
Football.”
The first part of the speech dealt
with women’s opportunities to over
come prejudices through athletics.
As more women participate in
sports, they feel more powerful and
take more pride in themselves, she
said.
That empowerment also has a
downside, Nelson said. As women be
come more involved in sports, men
become mreaienea ana laDei women
as feminists.
But athletics shouldn’t be seen as
a way to dominate men, she said, rather
as a way for women to develop per
sonally.
“We do not wish to have power
over men,” Nelson said, “but over our
selves.”
The second part of her speech dealt
with violence in masculine sports, es
pecially football.
Nelson’s book came out on June
12, 1994, the same day O.J. Simpson
was arrested. In the book, written well
before the murders of Nicole Brown
Simpson and Ron Goldman, she men
tioned Simpson’s violence against
Nicole Brown Simpson^^T
The problems football poses for
women are not limited to Violence at
the hands of athletes, Nelson said.
Non-football players use the sport
as a way to bolster their feelings of
superiority, she said. Secure in the
knowledge that women can’t play foot
ball, men can continue to believe that
women aren’t their equals, Nelson
said. -
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home in Nebraska. Nelson said that in
1994, football players were twice as
likely as other UNL males to get in
trouble with the law.
Nelson attributes the violence in
football to the upbringing and sur
roundings that boys have during child
hood. Many boys are taught at a young
age to be macho — often through
sports, she said.
“Girl is a four letter word in manly
sports,” Nelson said.
Following the speech, audience
members voiced their opinions on
Nelson’s speech.
J.R. Edwards, a freshman wide re
ceiver from Lincoln, said he thought
Nelson’s speech was biased against
football players but that she was brave
for coming to a football dominated
school to speak.
“There are all types of violence,”
Edwards said, “but she kind of isolates
the football team.”
Nelson’s speech was co-sponsored
by the University Program Council,
the Office of Student Involvement and
the Women’s Center.
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says is trae
— and thave no way of knowing if it
is — maybe it should be investigated.
I don’t know,” he said.
UNL Chancellor James Moeser is
sued a statement Thursday defending
the university.
“Apparently the judge was unaware
of the steps we’ve already taken in
dealing with negative student behav
iors.”
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Student be
y those in
volving _
When Phillips faced UNL’s Student
Judicial Board last October for his as
sault on McEwen, he was forced to
comply with six sanctions before be
ing allowed to return to football.
Phillips was required to attend
counseling, pay McEwen’s medical
and counseling bills and stay away
from McEwen. He also was required
to do two hours of community service
per week, to report any missed classes
and serve UNL conduct probation.
Moeser said students who represent
the university do so as a privilege, not
a right, and students may lose that
privilege for some behavior.
“Far from apologetic, I am very
proud of the strong stand this univer
sity has taken in dealing with those
complex issues.”
The Associated Press contributed
to this report
Lied welcomes former Abu arts director
LIED from page 1
“He was instantly part of the team
during the interview,” he said. “The re
lationship felt right.” _.
Arizona State has one of the best
performance schedules in the country,
Vaughn said.
“He’s been working with one of the
finest programmers in the country and
he’s bound to have been paying atten
tion,” Vaughn said.
Vaughn also described Bethea as
' “very personable, and highly commu
nicative.”
Bethea’s involvement with plan
ning events such as the Fiesta Bowl
and arena-style rock concerts could be
of use if UNL ever wants to have re
ally big productions, Vaughn said. He
said students will like Bethea and his
ideas, especially if he works in con
junction with other university groups
to bring in big concerts, possibly to the
Devaney Center.
Besides being impressed with Lin
coln, Bethea said the Lied Center it
self was a big draw for him.
“If you didn’t do any more than just
see it you’d fall in love with it,” Bethea
said. “But the thing that really, really
made the greatest impact on me was
the universal enthusiasm and interest
that everyone has for the Lied.
“You can hardly help but feel
drawn from that.”
During his visit, which he de
scribed as “absolutely action-packed,”
Bethea said he talked with Lied staff,
students and other interested Lincoln
residents about what they want at the
Lied Center.
He said he will follow some tradi
tions already prevalent at die center.
“The Lied Center has a very good
reputation as having good variety and
rich artistic value,” he said. “Coming
into a new environment does not mean
everything stops and starts in a differ
ent way.”
Bethea said he would listen before
he acted a$ far as much of the plan
ning went
“I really want to hear what my staff
have to say,” he said. “They have per
spective I need to hear and honor.”
He said he’s already working on
next year’s schedule, and will travel
to major booking conferences in New
York in December to represent the
Lied.
“It should be fun for us to start
building these things together, and I’m
looking forward to the leadership
role.”
There is a change he’s not looking
forward to as he moves from arid Ari
zona, where he’s lived his entire life.
“I have to buy some snowshoes,”
he said, “and do all those things you
have to do when you move to Ne
braska.”