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Quotes of the
WEEK
“It just came up.... I tried to walk and
then I was like, ‘Oh man, I’m throwing up in
front of70,000 people.’”
-Akron outside linebacker George
Cameron, who threw up on the Memorial
Stadium turf last week
“The low profile of women in adminis
trative positions and in the advanced ranks
continues to be a serious gender equity issue
atUNL.”
- NU Gender Equity Task Force
“Technology is our salvation and the
cross we bear.”
-Joan Laughlin, associate dean and
adviser of the distance education program, on
technology
“Upon very careful reflection, with the
seniority I have now developed, the"addi
tional leadership opportunities said to await
me in Congress, and my ability to work well
with colleagues on both sides of the aisle, the
U.S. House seems the best place for me to
continue elective service to Nebraskans.”
- US. Rep. Doug Bereuter on decid
ing not to run for governor
“What they (the Athletic Department)
are telling us to do is just stupid. We pay our
money; if we want to stand on the seats, we
should be able to.”
- Joe Mueller, UNL sophomore civil
engineering major
“Money is not a substitute for safety.... I
will fight all the way to the end to see that
money and safety are never substituted.”
- Charles Zidko, a Spencer dentist, on
the Boyd County low-level nuclear waste sight
^Tb£re’s a fascination with champi
onships. ... And Just because we didn’t get
one, that doesn’t inSian we?re in the sewer. It
would be nice to whi those things, but don't
think we missed a step.”
- Big 12 Commissioner Steve
Hatchell
“We are going after their flagship sand
wich with something better that is broiled
and not fried and that people can have your
way.”
- Thomas WUlcox, Burger King fran
chisee - ’
“When Coke said it wasn’t given a fair
deal... that’s as erroneous as can be.”
-James Main, assistant vice chancel
lor for business and finance, on the beverage
contract v
“Wherever there is an opportunity, there
will be scam artists there to take advantage
of the situation.”
- Dana Lesemann, FTC attorney, on
scholarship scams
“Teams are going to gun for first, but
third place will be what everybody is shoot
ing for.”
J- Oklahoma soccer coach Bettina
Fletcher on the Big 12 Conference race
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-- s\ . * Haney’s
VIEW
Tobacco trials
Ads for new cigarette blow smoke
MARYANN MUGGY is a
junior news-editorial and
English major and the
Daily Nebraskan Online
editor.
I am a smoker.
Yes, I know, it is a bad habit, but I
happen to enjoy it.
I lead a very stressful life and
when I feel the last strands of my san
ity slipping away, I head out for a
smoke.
Usually, if I have time, I will head
over to The Coffee House on 13* and
P - one of my favorite places in
Lincoln. There I sit, chugging down
my Java, conversing with my friends
and smoking. This is where I first
heard of the new Eclipse cigarette.
For those nonsmokers - this con
cerns you. Please don’t stuff the paper
under your chair in history class.
Read on. This is valuable information
for you too.
A friend told me about these new
Eclipse smokeless cigarettes. Now,
although I am a confirmed Camel
girl, I am still willing to try something
new at least once. So, like a video
junkie hungry for a new release, I
headed out for a pack of Eclipse. , •. *
And it wasn’t that easy to find.
I went to countless stores on ray
quest for this new “toy.” I finally
found it aflbbacco Hut on 63™ and
Havelock.
As I approached the display, I was
intrigued by die shiny packaging and
colors. I grabbed the provided
brochure and read through it It
claims that the Eclipse, made by the .
R.J. Reynolds Co., is a new smokeless
(smokeless in the sense that there is
no smoke released by the thing) ciga
rette that has 80 percent less second
hand smoke, but the same taste as a
normal cigarette.
Deciding to question the smiling
people portrayed in the brochure, (
conducted my own test. So I bought a
few packs, both regular and menthol,
it
Next to me sits an unused pack of Eclipse
and no one in sight willing to take these
awful things off my hands”
and headed to The Coffee House.
My first question was to deter
mine whether or not the Eclipse was
truly as enjoyable as the packaging
says.
I started handing them out to
unsuspecting friends and sat back to
watch their reactions. The first prob
lem was lighting the damn things. It
takes a good flame and three to four
long drags. This was quite a disap
pointment to me. While sitting inside
you can do this with no problem; as
soon as you go outside with the wind,
it takes forever to light When I took
the trial on the road, I became angered
that I couldn’t light it with my car
lighter. I actually had to pull over and
search for a match.
The second and largest complaint
was the taste.
“It tastes like ass,” Fred (names
have been changed) claimed.
Others had even stronger opin
ions. Pebbles (just to keep with the
ruuiMuuc name uirngj iusi mea a
menthol Eclipse. Apparently the
minty flavor masked the true taste,
because when she took a drag off a!
regular Eclipse, her face screwed up
into a horrible distortion. After
regaining her composure, ghe simply
said, “I find it completely repulsive.**
Eclipse couldn’t take care ofanic fit
You have to smoke a lot more of diem
to get anything resembling a nicotine
high.
So it was a no-go on the tastes
aspect In fact, otice wojd got out that
I was doing this test, people started
avoiding mes when they saw the pack
out. While it was cool that nolpody *
wanted to bumasipoke off me.jtgot
to the point that i coiflcuTt even give
the things away.
. But how does it work for non
smokers?
Although there is hardly any
smoke coming off of the end of the
cigarette you, the smoker, actually
exhale more than a regular cig. This
smoke is denser, but the package
assures that the smoke exhaled is 80
percent water, allowing it to dissipate
quickly. This is supposed to make the
smoke less annoying for nonsmokers.
Not true, from what I found. It hung
around just as long as regular smote.
It’s not looking good for little
Eclipse. But wait, it gets worse, (sigh)
The Eclipse works on the princi
ple of a burning carbon core that
“heats” the tobacco rather than burn
ing it. The core gets smaller, but the
cigarette does not Because of this,
the cigarette doesn’t ash. It is not
news to people that some of the
addictions of smoking are die little
habits that go with it. Beyond die
whole Freudian oral-fixation thing is
the need to ash. It seems a simple and
unimportant task, but when you take
this away, smokers get frustrated.
Everyone who tried the Eclipse des
perately tried to ash, and it is just not
possible. This was a big turnoff to a
lot of people.
Nor can yousnub it out. After you
finish the Eclipse, you are still left
with an entire cigarette. This brought
up environmental concerns, uranted,
there is going to be .waste left over
from a regular cigarette butt, but it is,
a lot smaller than what you have with
the Eclipse. One Eclipse leaves die
same waste as three regular cigarettes.
So I finished my test and here I
am writing this while sitting at The
Coffee House. Next to me sits an
unused pack of Eclipse and no one in
sight willing to take these awful
things off my hands.
My final conclusion of die whole
dung? Or would I switch to Eclipse as
a regular brand? Not on your life.
However, I might, and that is a big
thight, consider keeping a pack in my
bag in case* l go out to a bar with
friends who don’t smote.
So if you stop by The Coffee
House, look for me there. I’m the one
sitting in the comer, frowning at a
pack of Eclipse and wondering how
the heck to get rid of them.
Anyone willing to take them if I
gave you five bucks?