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mmmm What do you think of our Department of Athletics? commitment to equity? academic integrity? fiscal integrity? rules compliance? Open Forum Wed., March 12, 4 - 5:30 p.m. Wick Center. Wed., March 19, 11:30 -1 p.m. East Union. All students, faculty and staff are welcome to give input to the NCAA certification study. !!■■■■ II I H ' —J Alumnus invents heart surgery tool I HEART from page 1 _ different. Surgeon Edward Raines of the Nebraska Heart Institute in Lincoln said he was more confident. “Robert made me laugh because he was so nervous,” Raines said. “He was really afraid that the retractor would break during the procedure. “I didn’t share his nervousness at all. I had a lot of faith in him.” Raines used the adjustable retractor, named the Hole-N-Ator, in 10 mini mally invasive heart-valve replacement surgeries at Bryan Memorial Hospital. The difference between the tradi tional retractor and the new device is that the new one allows retraction in two planes at one time, Hohlen said. The heavy, stainless-steel tool is ben eficial in this type of surgery because only a small incision is made to the right of the sternum. A portion of cartilage is then removed from the rib cage, allow ing the retractor to be inserted. A crank opens the retractor’s prongs outward in four directions lengthwise and cross wise, spreading the holes open. The retractor makes the operation less painful, leads to a mote rapid re covery and costs less, Raines said. He said the exposure of the valve is “at least as good or perhaps even better than the traditional sternal splitting approach.” Hohlen be§ Ator last July, after designing a new retraptor fbrpic‘se nior design project . ^ “f remember I finished the 6( Robert made me laugh because he was so nervous.” Edward Raines surgeon tor two days before Thanksgiving,” Hohlen said. “I was really excited to show it to Dr. Raines.” The retractor has received a lot of attention by several manufacturers, and is considered the preferred device for minimally invasive — or internal — valve surgery, Hohlen said. Raines praised Hohlen for the creation. “Robert was really ambitious to come up with such a significant device at his age, with little medical education,” Raines said. ‘1 am really looking for ward to working with him again.” Hohlen first explored his interest in medicine when he was a residence hall health aide. The Health Aide Program, directed by the University Health Center, teaches students living in residence halls and greek houses to assist others students jyith nupor emotional and Aide Program and community health nurse, invfegi Hohlen to speak with other health aides last month to celebrate the ROBERT HOHLEN, a UHL alumnus, holds the retractor he designed. program’s 40th anniversary. “Robert was a very caring health aide. He really grew from the time he spent in the program,” Weed said. “He is a great role model, and we are very proud of him.” Currently, Hohlen is concentrating on finding a job, but he may not need one depending on the success of his invention, Weed said. “He has the potential of being a very rich man, but he isn’t in it for the money,” she said. Hohlen’s hard work in his senior design class earned him more than an A, but also a lot of success, achieve ment, and confidence, he said. “It is really exciting to see something that started as an idea on paper come to life,” Hohlen said. “I am happy the re tractor can help other people.” UNOd in lab }■ ' , - # .-*3mar~ OMAHA (AP) — A part-time Uni versity of Nebraska at Omaha teacher attacked and sexually assaulted while working in one of the school’s computer labs. .. ^ .. The 30-year-old woman was talk ing on the Internet with a person in Coi^ectitUt when the attack occtj^^ Omaha Police Sgt. Jim Deignan. She was alone in the room. UNO security officers were appar ently called to the scene by the person in Connecticut, who became alarmed when the conversation stopped abruptly, Sidd Tim Fitzgerald, atmiversity spokes man. He said the budding is open in the ./ jP ' -r ifjjJ Security officers found the woman within three minutes of the call. The at tacker had left the building by that time. Police did not have a suspect in the case. UNO Chancellor Del Weber said he believes the campus is mostly a safe one. Faculty, students and staff with safety concerns were encouraged to use the campus’s escort service, 1 t 9 March Twentieth-Century 7:30 p.m. Gospel: As the People Moved, They Sang a New Song Kimball Hall with the yncoln Community Gospel Choir, Oscar Harriott, Director 10 March Deacon William 7:30 p.m. Reardon, Master Song Leader, and the South Carolina Prayer Band Tradition Clyde Malone Community Center (2032 U Street) ---ii March The African Dr. Bernice Johnson Reason 7:30 p m * J o Quartet Tradition KimbaUHaU “If You Don ’t Go, 12 March The Fisk Jubilee '„ _ 7:30 p.m. Singers and the Don’t Hinder Me ” African American Concert Tradition: African American Sacred Song The Song Culture and Migration Culture / of African-American MARCH 9-^13, 1997 Education St. Paul Methodist Dr. Bernice Johnson Reagon is a curator in the Church Division of Community Life at the Smithsonian (1144 M Street) Institutions National Museum of American History ^au^ in Washington, D.C. She has spent 20 years Chancel Choir, researching the stories and songs of her youth and is William Wyman, the founder and musical director of the gospel Director group, “Sweet Honey in the Rock.” 13 March My Black Mothers 4:00 p.m. and Sisters in Song Ail lectures are free and open to the public. Kimball Hall Contact the Lied Center box office for ticket (public reception information for the 15 March performance of following) “Sweet Honey in the Rock.” Sponsored by the University of Nebraska Press, Athletic Department, College of Arts Sc Sciences, College of Fine Sc Performing Arts, Teachers College, and Office of Affirmative Action & Diversity Programs of the University of Nebraska. Nebraska farmers stay ahead CROPS from page 1 tween Nebraska and countries experiencing rapid population growth could also keep Ne ■' braska a^rld food leader. China kid India have booming growth and a growing middle class that demands more U.!§f* products each year, he skd. Better trade agree ments with those nations are necessities. “The huge population growth is a tremen dous challenge,” Fletcher skd, “but also a tre mendous opportunity.” State wheats com and soybean board lead ers skd Nebraska must seize this opportunity before other developing agriculture countries, including Argentina and Brazil, take over part of Nebraska’s world market share. Norman ffusa, member of the Nebraska "^jfeSoybean Board, recently accompanied Nelson % V-^On a trade mission to South America. He found Argentina and Brazil ripe to compete with Ne braska in the world agriculture market. Both have excellent land and a perfect grow ing climate. Crops grow green and tall, with crop yields that equal those in Nebraska, but both countries are just beginning to explore fertiliz ing and irrigating their crops. Gerald Aschoff, member of the Nebraska Com Board, skd the two countries, especikly Argentina, could challenge Nebraska’s tradi tional export markets, he said. Husa said the com state must fight back with "“reverse marketing,” or introducing countries tovalpe-added products. < yalue-added products in agriculture are non traditional products made from traditional crops, and the products have a higher value than the original crop. Such products include food, etha nol and other biofuels, he said, and would be an incentive for countries to export fewer crops. Although Brazil and Argentina may export large amounts of grain, most are exported in their original form. Nebraska has the edge on new technology and businesses that develop new uses for crop products, Husa said. For instance, Crayola will soon market cray ons made from 85-percent soybeans, many of which were grown in Nebraska, s-w “Kids can eat them,” he said, laughing. Although such comments might strike the funny bone, the new value-added products should be taken seriously in Nebraska. If Nebraska keeps its commitment to new product development, research and free trade, Nelson’s prediction will come true, he said. The governor said Nebraska will lead the world in agriculture products and research for years to come. I ‘1 i. ... . ..... . .... . ____I