CORRECTION
In Monday’s Daily Nebraskan, an article about the
Residence Hall Association had some misinformation.
RHA discussed allocating funds to the winter semiformal,
which is sponsored by the National Residence Hall
Honorary.
Also, the Nightmare on 16th Street Dance will be at the
Reunion building Oct. 30. The dance is sponsored by
Harper, Schramm, Smith, Abel, Husker, Cather and Pound
residence halls.
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UNL PROFESSOR PAUL JOHNSGARD has written 36 books during his 37-year career at the university. Johnsgard,
who specializes in birds, does all his own writing, photography and illustrations. “It’s the most rewarding thing I
do intellectually,” Johnsgard said.
Author writes of birds
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his desk and shelves, as well as the
stack of books he has written during
the past three decades.
His first research was documented
in 1965 4n the “Handbook of
Waterfowl Behavior.” It was published
by Cornell University Press, the alma
matter where he obtained his doctorate
in 1959. Since then, he has continued
to write books, mainly on birds.
? His collection includes, “Song of
the North Wind: A Story of the Snow
Goose,” “Those of the Gray Wind:
The Sandhill Cranes” and “The
Hummingbirds of North America.”
His most recent book, published
by Oxford University Press, tells
about the brood parasites, like the
cuckoo, that reproduces by laying its
eggs in the nests of other birds, he said.
“I am amazed by his productivity,”
Janovy said. “I am his biggest fan.”
Johnsgard currently is teaching
general zoology and ornithology, the
study of birds, for the fall and spring
semesters respectively. In the past, he
also has taught animal behavior at
UNL.
“Teaching is most important to
me,” Johnsgard said. “I especially like
ornithology, where I feel a sense of
belonging.”
Having taught for 37 years at the
university, Johnsgard thinks of him
self as “a teacher in the broadest
sense, using an array, not only for
teaching but writing, drawing and
photography ... all of those as a way
of transmitting information.”
The award-winning author,
Johnsgard, handles most illustrations,
photographs, texts and maps for his
books on his own. He has received the
Nebraska Library Association Mari
Sandoz Award and the Loren Eiseley
Award for his contributions to sci
ences and humanism.
“A Passion for Birds,” which was
filmed in 1989 by Nebraska ETV
Network, documents Johnsgard’s life
interest. In the program, he talks
about his personal experiences
researching birds and about the many
books he has written.
One book was cb-written by his
daughter, Karin Johnsgard, titled
“Dragons and Unicorns: A Natural
History.”
Johnsgard said dragons represent
strength and wisdom, but can be mean
and aggressive.
“I relate myself more to dragons
and Karin is the unicorn,” he said with
a chuckle.
Students
lose strong
professor
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to 1971, as an associate professor.
Miewald came to the University of
Nebraska-Lincoln in 1971.
Miewald served as political
science department chairman from
1974 to 1977 and from 1988
to 1990.
As a professor, he wrote six
books, 31 articles and 10 papers
from 1967 to 1994. He wrote a
chapter in the International
Encyclopedia of Public Policy and
Administration on Woodrow
Wilson. The book has not yet been
published.
Miewald also served as presi
dent of the Nebraska chapter of Phi
Beta Kappa, an honorary society,
and chairman of the Lincoln City
Charter Revision Commission.
Forsythe said while the loss
was difficult, the department was
searching for a replacement
instructor for Miewald’s classes.
He said students in Miewald’s
classes should attend them, and
they should have new instructors
by the end of the week.
“Obviously, this is a little diffi
cult, but we’re working on it.”
Comedian learned
habits from family
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alcoholic family, and that was where
she first learned to drink.
“My parents got a divorce when I
was a teen-ager, and I lived with my
dad, who was an excessive drinker,”
she said. “Living there was like
Mardi Gras without the beads.”
Fox said three members of her
family were in jail because for alco
hol-related reasons, and the main
reason stemmed from their abusive
childhoods.
“My father was one of 15 sib
lings, and their lives, along with all
the successive generations will be
affected by the alcoholism of my
grandfather,” she said. “If you are
from this kind of a family, only you
have the power to stop the process.”
Fox said students need to think
about the alcohol-related decisions
they make before they go through
with them.
“You can do whatever you want,
but you need to figure out whether
you can handle the repercussions of
what you do,” Fox said. “You will
make mistakes, but the past does not
equal the future, ever.”
Fox ended her presentation by
holding up a picture of a 5-year-old
child, and asking the audience a
question.
“Would you put this child in the
a
... This child is me,
and I almost killed
her.”
Wendi Fox
comedian
back of a car with a drunken driver?
Would you do anything to harm
her?” Fox asked the audience. “This
child is me, and I almost killed her.”
Fox left the students with an idea
based on self-respect.
“Treat yourselves with the same
respect that you would treat that 5
year-old,” she said.
Senior aviation major Jeremy
Broz, Sigma Alpha Epsilon Do It
Sober chairman, said he hoped stu
dents took something with them
after hearing the speaker.
“I hope they take at least a piece
of it to heart, maybe relate to an
experience that she talked about, and
maybe next time they will think
twice,” he said.
Before Fox’s presentation,
Secretary of State Scott Moore, who
was taking the place of Gov. Ben
Nelson, named this week Do it
Sober Week.
“Programs like this make the