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^ -J, . 1,1 1 ■■■ - .g . ? 1 ■ ' ' " ' ■ ■ • NU cheerleader’s condition, spirits improving By Matthew Waite Senior Reporter Tracy Jensen had a good holiday vacation. On Christmas Day, she moved her hand. On New Year’s Day, she moved her arm. Her mother, Lori Jensen, said that’s all the holiday cheer she needed. “Everything that she gets back is just a bo nus to us,” she said by telephone from the family’s home in Lyons. “She very easily could have gotten nothing.” Tracy Jensen is recovering at Craig Hospi tal in Englewood, Colo., from injuries she sus tained in an accident during chcerleading prac tice Dec. 4. ■■ h mm mm mm mm mm mm ■■ mm mm mm mm mm m Jensen, a 20-year-old University of Ne braska-Lincoln junior, fell while trying a tum bling maneuver and injured her neck. After her condition improved from critical to serious, she was taken from Lincoln Gen eral Hospital Dec. 19 and moved to Craig Hos pital, which is known for its rehabilitation unit. Paralyzed from the neck down following the accident, Jensen has slowly gained movement back in her arms and legs. At Craig, Tracy has improved steadily, her mother said. She now works with weights on her legs and arms. The respirator that helps her breathe can be taken off for up to 30 min utes, and Lori Jensen said doctors were opti mistic the respirator would be gone in a couple months. And Tracy’s attitude, Lori Jensen said, is sky-high. “It’s hard to be down when she is laying there smiling at you,” she said. The young cheerleader’s smiles are a far cry from her practice at Mabel Lee Hall on Dec. 4. She was attempting a round-tiff to a back hand spring to a single back-tuck when she fell. Jonathan Dahl, another Yell Squad mem ber, was the first to be at Tracy’s side and no ticed she was not moving, or breathing. Dahl, a trained lifeguard, breathed for Tracy Jensen while teammates called paramedics. “Tracy wouldn’t be here if it wasn’t for the people on the Yell Squad,” Lori Jensen said, listing off teammate after teammate who helped her daughter. “They are all heroes in our house. I just want to bow when I see them. “Thank you just seems so inadequate.4’ Renee Swartz, the UNL Spirit Squad direc tor, said a few members of the squad have been out to sec Jensen. Swartz said teammates were concentrating on Jensen’s recovery, and were not talking of an eventual return to her third year on the squad. “It’s probably the farthest thing from her mind, but she said she missed it terribly,” Swartz said. Lori Jensen said the goal now is for Tracy to walk. “She really wants to be able to walk back into the ICU at Lincoln General to say hi to everybody,” she said. Women’s Center and UHC Counseling and Psychological Services l I I I l I I I Thursdays, Jan. 23-May 1, 1 2:10-1 2:45 p.m. Call tor more information 4/2-/450 Health Center, Rm. 43 (Regis, not required) | The following groups meet in the Women's Center, NE Union, Rm. 338 I _ __ X I 12:301:30 p.m., 472-2597 I | Tuesdays, Starting Jan. 28, 3:305 p.m., 472-2597 Tuesdays, Starting Jan. 14, 5:307 p.m. I M , , r f • - * 472-9428 | ■ Call the Women's Center for more info., 472-2597 7 ■ ■ Counseling and Psychological Services rx-the-,— University Health Center | 15th & U Streets “ Ceilteiy^ — — — — — — Clip-n-Save — ." r4-—•— - '■ ----1-*3. 'f■* ’——'—-—. 11 n * f '-r *■ -■ ' i i p Used Books at U-Book? U-Bet! At University Bookstore, we’ve got more used textbooks than ever before! Thousands of used texts are available for many of your spring semester classes. And that means you save 25% off the cost of new textbooks. Come on down to savings at University Bookstore. Come on down! Nebraska Union East Union • University of Nebraska-Lincoln Phone: 472-7300 Hours: 8-5:30 M-TH, 8-5 F . Owned and operated by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. What S that Spell? 70th & “A” Street . (southwest corner) BRUEGGER’S BAGELS 12th & “Q” Street 3 padels Free with the purchase of one regular price specialty coffee NX Tien wc say specialry coftee we mean ■» freshly brewed cappucinos, mochas and lattes. It’ll jump start your day. One coupon per customer, per visit Valid at 70th &‘A’ and 12th & *Q" Street Expires 3/17/97 with the purchase of a deli sandwich of equal or greater value and two medium drinks Hot fresh deli sandwiches piled high with your favorite deli meat, cheese and veggies. Top it off with a cup of soup. One coupon per customer, per visit Valid at 70th A “A* and 12th A “Q" Street Expires 3/17/97 1/2 pWCe Bagel £ Cream Cheese Sah</w/c^ with the purchase of one bagel and cream cheese sandwich at regular price Congratulations you arc about to sink your teeth into a healthy breakfast. Bagels baked fresh all day and topped with a variety of cream cheeses. ^ One coupon par customer, per visit Valid at 70th & "A" and 12th & “Q" Street Expires 3/17/97_( % ' V ' ’ ■ ■;