MTV’s Tom Green
brings act to UNL
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“I didn’t even know it was sup
posed to be a pep rally,” Cabela said.
“I just went to see Tom Green. If
they wanted people to stay around,
they should have brought him out
last.”
Alyssa Maloley, a freshman
business major, agreed.
“I thought Tom Green was hilar
ious, and he should have been on
longer,” Maloley said. “We wanted
to see more of him.”
Tim Schultz, a senior chemical
engineering major, said he was dis
appointed that people left after
Green’s appearance.
“I’m kind of disappointed that
people were leaving so early,”
Schultz said.
“I know Tom Green was the big
deal, but I wish people could have
stuck around for the rest of the
show.”
Green showed up at about 7:10
p.m. and immediately began enter
taining the crowd by "harassing the
master of ceremonies of the pep
rally, HuskerVision production spe
cialist Rick Schwieger.
After starting a chant, “Rick’s an
ass, the Cyclones suck,” Green put
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I know Tom Green
was the big deal,
but I wish people
could have stuck
aroundfor the rest
of the show.”
Tim Schultz
senior chemical engineering major
on the Lil’ Red suit and proceeded
to pin Schwieger down and lie on
top of him.
Green’s humor, although
addressed on the event’s promotion
al fliers to be for college-level matu
rity, was thought to be inappropriate
by a few students.
“I’m glad that the university
could organize something like this,”
Lindsay Rogers, a sophomore biolo
gy major said. “I thought Tom
Green was funny, but I don’t think
some of the stuff he did was appro
priate.” . ..
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■ Only some bigred users
who entered UNL before
1997 were affected.
By Josh Knaub
Staff writer
A problem during an upgrade to
the bigred e-mail server left some
students unable to access theii
accounts Wednesday night.
But routine backups of the servei
helped the Information Services
department fix the problem quickly.
Michael Ruhrdanz, director ol
networking and operations, said tech
nicians encountered a problem while
installing a new version of bigred's
password file Wednesday afternoon.
Ruhrdanz said the upgrade
caused password problems for sever
al accounts with numeric login
names, effectively locking users oul
of the system.
Only students who entered UNL
before fall 1997 were issued the
eight-digit login names affected by
Wednesday's problem. Students
entering after fall 1997 were issued
alphanumeric login names.
Ruhrdanz said technicians
noticed the problem late in the after
noon. \
“Shortly after connecting the file,
we saw a jump in the number of
attempted logins,’! Ruhrdanz said.
He said the increase in failed
attempts to log into bigred indicated
something was wrong with the sys
tem.
Technicians surmised that the
problem was related to the new pass
word file and replaced the upgraded
version with a version of the file cre
y ated dyring Tuesday's routine backup.
According to the Information
Services Web site, some bigred files
are saved daily, and the entire system
is saved weekly. *
If the system was not saved, stu
dents who wanted to continue using
v their, bigred accounts after
Wednesday’s glitch would have had to
visit a computer resource center at
either the 501 Building or Miller
Hall. It is against Information
Services policy to change e-mail
passwords unless a student visits one
of the two compute?: resource centers
and presents a photo ID.
Jay Vance, a junior secondary
math major, said he had used the
password-changing process before. ‘
Vance said he had forgotten his
password at the beginning of the
semester several times. ,
In order to change his password,
he said he had to swipe his student ID
tluough a machine at a resource cen
ter.
“(The machine) gives you a one
time password that you have to
change after logging in,” Vance said. ’
* He said the process was inconve
nient but necessary to protect privacy.
“E-mail is supposed to be as pri
vate as it can be,” Vance said.
Ruhrdanz said he thought only a
few students were affected by the
glitch.
“A lot of these accounts belong to
students who have graduated, but
their accounts are still active,”
Ruhrdanz said.
Coming Out Day goes statewide
By Dane Stickney
Staff writer
For the first time ever, gay people
in western Nebraska will be able to
participate in National Coming Out
Day activities.
Deanna Zaffke, a key organizer
for UNL’s Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and
Transgendered graduate organization,
said in the past only Omaha has hon
ored the day, but this year it has
expanded west to Lincoln and
Kearney.
“This is the first time there has
been a statewide presence,” she said.
“People are coming out all over, so
we’ve decided to go out-state with
activities.”
Amy Young, vice president of the
GLBT graduate organization, said
National Coming Out Day exists to
encourage and educate people about
people declaring their sexual orienta
tion.
“We are trying to provide support
to those people who are coming out,”
she said. “It can be a painful process.
Sometimes people don’t know how
their parents will react.”
Young said it is important for gay
people to come out so die gay and les
bian community will work to become
more visible.
“Until people start coming out,
there is no way of thinking about our
human rights,” she said. “The gay
66-*
We are trying to provide support to those
people who are coming out ”
Amy Young
vice president of GLBT graduate organization
community needs to be visible so the
discrimination we are suffering can be
visible.”
Omaha will be holding festivities
at Sokol Auditorium on Saturday fea
turing1 speakers dnd various vendor
booths providing information on
many topics, some of which include
diversity, politics and business.
“Saturday has been set aside in
Omaha as a day to encourage and
empower every gay, lesbian, bisexual
and transgendered person,” said
Linda Richenberg, media co-chair
woman for the National Coming Out
Day steering committee.
Festivities in Omaha start at 11
a.m. Saturday.
On Sunday, UNL’s graduate
GLBT organization will be sponsor
ing a mini-film festival at the
University of Nebraska at Kearney,
Zaffke said.
“We’re going to show some films
that deal with gay issues,” she said.
“We’ll also have a Q&A session after
ward.”
Zaffke said the feelings toward
gay people in western Nebraska are
tense, but she hopes the events at
UNK help open lines of communica
tion.
On( Monday, GLBT is sponsoring
festivities at Lincoln’s Cooper Park at
4 p.m. There will be a rally, speakers,
games and a potluck picnic.
However, the highlight of the
event will be the reading of a procla
mation from Mayor Don Wesely,
Zaffke said.
“The last two years, (former
mayor Mike) Johanns refused to give
a proclamation to any gay or lesbian
because of his religious stance,” she
said. “He was asked two separatq
times and he refused, but Wesley did it
on the first try. It is a very big accom
plishment.” ,
Lin Quenzer, an aide to the mayor,
will read the proclamation because
Wesely will be out of town.
“We're excited for the festivities,’’
Zaffke said. “We’re trying to comfort
and support GLBT students and com
munities. We’re not focusing just on
students. We’re here for everyone.”
Retreat’s aim is to foster diversity
By Veronica Daehn
Staff writer
Students wanting to make a differ
ence in the cultural landscape of
University of Nebraska-Lincoln better
take action before Monday.
After Monday, applications will no
longer be accepted for this year’s
Diversity Retreat, held Oct. 23 and 24
at Camp Carol Joy Holling in Ashland.
“I’d love to have (all students go
and) build a circle around campus,”
. said Chuck van Rossum, assistant
director of the minority assistance pro
gram and retreat organizer.
Applications are available in 106
Canfield Administration Building and
at a booth that will be in the Nebraska
Union from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. through
Monday.
Student organizations are given a
certain nmnber of spots for their mem
bers to attend the retreat.
But not everyone has to represent
an organization, van Rossum said.
The retreat will give students the
chance to get to know each other better
and make a commitment to promoting
diversity, he said.
“Beginning to Make a Difference”
is the theme of this year’s retreat
because National Make a Difference
Day is Oct. 23.
“This retreat is an opportunity for
us to make a difference and make the
campus better,” van Rossum said.
This is the 12th year for the retreat,
which is sponsored by the Office of the
Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs.
The weekend will consist of work
shops and group-building activities,
van Rossum said.
“The most important outcome is
bringing this group of individuals
together,” he said.
About 70 students, faculty and staff
will be there, but van Rossum said 90
percent of those attending will be stu
dents.
Beth Augustine, a junior psycholo
gy and pre-medicine major, said she
will be going to the retreat for the first
time this year.
A member of the Association of
Students of the University of Nebraska
Racial Affairs Subcommittee,
Augustine said she wants to learn more
about racial affairs at the retreat.
“We talk a lot about diversity, and
this is actually an action I can take,”
Augustine said. “It’s more tangible. I
want to experience issues, not just hear
about them.”
The retreat will be a relaxed setting,
van Rossum said. It will be a good way
for students, faculty and staff to get to
know each other away from the distrac
tions of campus.
“So often we don’t get the opportu
nity to meet with students who are,
interested in learning about cultural
dialogues,” he said.
This year’s retreat will be student
run; graduate students from the Ethnic
Minority Advising Council in the
Teachers College will serve as facilita
tors.
Van Rossum said he hopes students
will come back and apply what they
learned at the retreat on campus.
“It will be small steps,” he said.
“But students (will be able to) spread
the word, make a difference in their
organizations and not be afraid to not
be silent any longer.”