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_ m Try 13th and R, for starters. You’re looking to pad your book. The Daily Nebraskan is looking for creatives. Seems like a match made in heaven—and you haven’t even left Lincoln. For more information, call 472-2589 Nebraskan DISPLAY ADVERTISING DEPARTMENT * LOWER LEVEL-CITY CAMPUS UNION "Y f i . Holding Auditions for the Premier Parks Family Casting for the 1999 Season Wednesday, November 18,1998 Registration & Auditions University of Nebraska 1: OOp.m to 5:00p.m. Culture Center Call Back Auditions Upper Multi-Purpose Room Immediately following General Information • > All persons auditioning should provide a head shot photograph and resume. > Dancers - Prepare a (1) one minute dance combination. You may be asked to sing. > Singers - Prepare (4) four selections that display versatility. Provide sheet music in your key or track tape without vocals! Singers may be asked to dance. Accompanist provided. > Actors - Prepare a (1) one minute monologue. You may be asked to sing. * Additional Information > You must be at least 16 years of age to audition. Rehearsals begin between February and June 1999. Employment runs February through September depending on production. Employment extensions for special holiday shows may be available. > Technical and Wardrobe interviews will be held at the audition > Resume Required > Casting Opportunities at Premier Parks throughout the country are available For More Information Contact: (210) 697-Live (5483) SIX FLAGS: TO A 01991 Six Fl*i Ikcae Ml toe. Six Flags is an equal opportunity employer runs ivr mayor Business major hopes to return honor to politics ByAdamKlinker 4 Staff writer With one election down and another to go in April, a University of Nebraska-Lincoln student has thrown his hat into the mayoral elec tion ring. Randall Reichert, a senior busi ness administration and management major, has declared himself a pandi date for Lincoln’s highest office. The 29-year-old, who also works for the Nebraska Educational Telecommunications Commission, said he hopes to bring his platform of community and revitalization to the forefront in his campaign. “I want to get a sense of commu nity out,” Reichert said. “I want to see people joining together for a cer tain cause, with certain goals. “It’s a ‘we are all in this together’ - type attitude.” In the non-partisan mayoral elec tion, Reichert, a registered Republican, joins state Sen. Don Wesely, a Democrat, and Lincoln City Councihvoman Cindy Johnson, a Republican, to be what he calls “the third choice.” Johnson declined comment on Reichert’s candidacy because she said she has not yet formally declared her candidacy. Reichert will largely finance his M-: I’m not a career politician. I’m a working man who just wants to do the right thing.” Randall Reichert candidate for Lincoln mayor own campaign, though he hopes out side donations will come from stu dents and members of the military. Reichert, a maintenance engineer for closed captioning at NET, was a U.S. Marine for four years. “I’m pretty mUch on my own,” Reichert said. “I’m not a career politician. I’m a working man who just wants to do die right thing.” Reichert aaid he got the idea to run as a result of the recent presiden tial scandal. He said he hopes to bring a return to ethics and integrity to political office. “Being a politician today has lost a sense of honor,” Reichert said. Reichert, who grew up in Grand Island, said he has learned a strong sense of morality, honesty and con viction. In addition to his general plat form of restoring honor to political office, Reichert said he will empha size a need for easier driving access to downtown and concerns about Lincoln’s growth. “Lincoln is at a critical point as far as growth is concerned,” Reichert said. “I question if we’re expanding so fast that our infrastructure cannot keep up with it.” Thus far, Reichert said the issues involving P Street and downtown access are the staying points of his campaign, He said he would also like to see more police officers and firefighters for Lincoln and higher salaries for officers in both protection services. Reichert has been a Lincoln resi dent for nearly seven years and has been a student since 1993, also work ing full time with NET’S distance education program. He said he hopes a Web site will be functional by the end of this week. Those interested will be able to find it at http://www.rr4mayor.com, he said. Jeopardy! Online pits colleges nationwide against each other By Angelia Huntley Staff writer Students filled with a database of mostly useless facts can use that knowl edge to help UNL compete in online Jeopardy against other colleges. College Jeopardy! Online chal lenges competitors to prove their knowledge of college-related topics in hopes Of winning electronic gadgets and entertainment treasures. Categories such as college football, dropouts and unusual college classes are just a few available in die online ver sion of the game. Caren Piela, a spokeswoman for Sony, said her company offered the game as entertainment for a generation of students savvy with the World Wide Web. “College students kept coming online, so it just made sense to make a game for than,” Piela said. College Jeopardy! Online, located at http://www.station.sony. com/ jeopoardy/, is a 10-week contest that started Sept 14 and continues through Nov. 23. The online version of Jeopardy is nearly the same as the television ver sion. The game board has 30 screens 1 T"-•--— containing six categories. Under each category are five ‘answers’ for which contestants must formulate questions. The questions are worth $100 to $1,000 each, depending on the round, and contestants face a round of final Jeopardy. Unlike die television show, die dol lar amounts online are merely point val ues. And if time expires or a contestant give a wrong answer, the computer picks the next category until the contes tant answers correctly and regains con trol As contestants accumulate points, the leaders from central, east and west regions are announced on the site each week. Points from all contestants from die same college or university are added up, enabling schools to compete against each other. Though the University of Nebraska-Lincoln is not ranked in its region - the west region - the University ofNebraska Medical Centra* is ranked No. 25. Piela said that with colleges com peting against each other, the game gets more interesting. “The feedback has been phenome nal,” she said. “People really get into school spirit” Piela said schools with the top scores.from die central, east and west regions would be flown to either Los Angeles or New York to compete for the grand prize. A television, VCR, stereo, tele phone and $1,000 scholarship are just some of the grand prizes. “We asked college students what they wanted, and it was a dorm room full of products,” Piela said. A total of300 smaller prizes, such as T-shirts and MTV video cassettes, are given weekly throughout the com petition. Eric Rogge, a freshman accounting major, is one UNL student participat ing in the game. “It is just fun to see how I compete with other college people, and I have always been a big fan of Jeopardy,” Rogge said. “I’m a big general-knowledge nut” Rogge said the game is similar to the version on television, except for some of the categories. Rogge got involved when he saw the Web site address on the television show. Piela said that last year about 100,000 students visited the Web site, and so far this year the count has been in the millions The game was created by Sony and is also supported by Citibank and IBM. Sony owns Columbia Tri-Star Television, which produces the show. ——-—-=--1 Nebraska legislators look at candidates for Gingrich's vacated House position GINGRICH from page 1 America,” he said, referring to the conservative platform that swept the GOP to control of both houses in 1994. “But I think truly the time had v come for new leadership.” Terry said the GOP’s disappoint ing election showing had more to do with the recently negotiated budget deal than with public disapproval of die GOP’s handling of the Monica Lewinsky scandal Other GOP leaders are expected to receive challenges at the upcoming party ^caucus. U.S. Rep. Steve Largenlof Oklahoma, a retired NFL Hall of Fame football player; said he would challenge U.S. Rep. Dick Armey, R-Texas, for the role of majority leader. Conference Chairman U.S. Rep. John Boehner, R-Ohio, may be chal lenged by another former football player from Oklahoma, U.S. Rep. J.C. Watts. Terry said he would vote to retain Armey as majority leader, noting Armey had lent considerable support to his campaign. He said he had not decided how he would vote in other leadership elections. Despite the disappointing elec tion results, Terry said, a change of* leadership could provide the GOP with a needed fresh start “This may sound cynical, but I think with the new leadership you’ll see a legislative agenda as opposed to a status quo agenda,” be «aid. The Associated Press con tributed to this report —---.— , ..— i
