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1 , - LUBE'" ! | 17th &‘N’ f j| No Appointments Necessary i476-9466 $6 Off 1 gj * Oil Change Service ^ with UNL student IQ 1 IU( | Now Only $19.70 » *(reg. $25.70. Environmental disposal fee included) jf • Oil & filter change ( up to 5 qts.) I ■} • Lubricate zerk fittings P • Check & fill fluids: j brake, power steering, battery, washer, and % ij. automatic transmission fluid only § # • Check antifreeze, air filter, wiper blades, | ff and tire pressure •4 • Vacuum interior & wash windows j Best Service in | I Just 10 Minutes I 4 Most brands available" I 1 Expires 5-31-98 L -PE®n^£ndrri: 8-6 ^Sat^-4 1 The Daily Nebraskan is now taking applications for fall staff in the arts and entertain ment department Applicants must be enrolled for at least six credit hours at UNL and maintain at least a 2.0 grade average. Interested parties should report to the Daily Nebraskan, Room 34 Nebraska Union, and speak to Bret Schulte. Good luck. I I I I I I I I i I Available at 56th & Holdrege Only I if* _ Senior helps speech team roll UNL orator named one of best at forensics tourney By Marissa Carstens Staff Reporter Nine years ago, a speech coach saw UNL senior Mike Wagner acting in a church play and recruited him for future speech competitions. Wise move. This year, Wagner was named one of the best two collegiate orators in the nation and led the University of Nebraska-Lincoln speech team to an all-time-best eighth-place finish at the American Forensics Association National Individual Event Tournament in Flagstaff, Ariz., April 5. Wagner finished second in indi vidual sweepstakes, impromptu speaking and communication analy sis. He also finished third in persua sive speaking. Wagner was not the only member of the speech team to exceed at « We have so many strong members. I hope they can take their victory and keep the heart of the people we are losing. ...” Mike Wagner UNL speech team member improving,” he said. The speech team’s high national ranking was par for the course at competitions this year. In February, the team excelled at three speech competitions all held the same weekend. By splitting into three sections, the team competed in the Sweetheart Swing, a two-tournament event host ed by the University of Oklahoma in Norman, Okla., and West Texas A&M University in Canyon, Texas, placing first in after-dinner speaking and third in duo interpretation with partner Christy Givens. Christopherson and her duo part ner, J.R. Gould, won the duo-inter pretation competition. Gould also earned second place in after-dinner speaking, and the team’s only third-year member, Wayne Bena, was the oratory cham pion. The weekend was also good for Heather Erickson, who olaced sev I nationals. Out of the 12 members the team took to nationals this year, nine of I their events made it to quarterfinals. And of those nine, eight events were I taken to semifinals. . Among those eight events was a I duet presented by freshmen Jody . Christopherson and Katie Coch that ' placed fifth. t “It’s really exciting,” said Christopherson of her fifth-place | finish. Such young talent makes Wagner | see good things for the future of the | UNL speech team, he said. “We have so many strong mem bers. I hope they can take their victo | ry and keep the heart of the people ^ we are losing this year and keep and a competition in Norfolk. In the Swing, Wagner won the individual sweepstakes champi onship in both tournaments. Sam Boerboom placed third in interpretive duo with his partner Roger Stahl. Stahl also was the tournament champion in poetry. Overall the team placed fourth, despite taking only three members to the competition. While Boerboom, Stahl and Wagner competed in Oklahoma, six other members were taking second place in “The Hawk,” a speech com petition hosted by Northeast Community College in Norfolk. Craig Wamsing finished second in the individual sweepstakes after enth overall as the only UNL partici pant in a Suffolk University tourna ment in Boston. A week later, the team reunited to claim first place in state competition. Despite the glorious year of tour nament successes, Wagner and Christopherson said they agree the highlight of the year was competing at nationals. But Christopherson said the team could do even better next year. “We have to get back to Nationals and place in the top five next year,” she said. With a large incoming class of prospective members and many returning members, Wagner said the team should meet its high goal. i % — --— _ -jPage 6