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Scott McChirg/DN Extraordinarist Craig Karges tapes his eyes shut to begin his routine of reading people's minds and other mind- related tricks at the Nebraska Union Auditorium Thursday night Performer uses senses to stun crowd V BYMARCSALEME . • Extraordinary is the best way to describe the mind-blowing stunts pulled off by Craig Karges Thursday night in the Nebraska Union auditorium. “I’m not a psychic, I’m an entertainer,” Karges said. But he claimed that a lot of what he did was based on extrasensory perception. The University Program Council sponsored die event Karges is an extraordinarist, not to be confused with an illu sionist. Illusionists usually have big props, but Karges said he was different • • “The people are the show,” he said of his own performance. The show began with the reading of an audience mem ber’s mind wherein Karges cor “I'm not a psychic, I’m an entertainer,” Craig Karges extraordinarist rectly guessed a word the audi ence member thought of. He went on to correctly guess the serial number on a random dol lar bill. When he stepped off stage to concentrate on blocking over a block of wood, the auditorium was absolutely silent until the block leaned backward and fell. A student from the audience helped Karges levitate a table to waist-height using only their fingertips. "It was just baffling,” said Spencer Pahlke, a UNL fresh man. Karges has been doing these extraordinary things for almost twenty years, he said. He was inspired by his uncle, who also did extraordinary things on stage. He worked with his uncle for about a year, learn ing the basics of entertaining. Karges was voted the best entertainer on the college cir cuit for 11 consecutive years and has appeared on national televi sion more than 31 times, said Carly Wendt, a UPC spokesper son. The crowd seemed impressed with the entertainer's hijinks. Ryan Wilkins, a freshman marketing major said of the show: "It was like a party in my cerebellum, and everyone’s invited." • Student makes grasshoppers research topic RESEARCH from page 1 lot of time studying grasshopper literature and attending lab meetings to present his ideas. “When he came to the sec ond year of the project, he knew what he was doing and why," Joem said. Dietz said the experience was a good preparation for post graduate life. “In research, things don't always work out the way you want them to,” Dietz said. Last year, when preparing for his field work, Dietz had to work around the effects of a dry spring, a hot summer and the lack of equipment available specifically for studying grasshoppers. I couldn t buy the type of cages I needed, so I had to build them?” Dietz said. Using a wire mesh with openings wide enough to let spiders in, but fine enough to keep grasshoppers from getting out, Dietz spent the month of June assembling grasshopper huts. “Spiders have more flexible .bodies and they can fit through much smaller spaces," Dietz said. “Grasshoppers have a much stiffer exoskeleton and can't get through those spaces.” Commenting on the chal lenges of Dietz’s research, Joem said he wished all undergradu ates could do hands-on research. “But it is a lot of work. A stu dent won’t succeed unless he is self motivated," Joem said. Looking back on the sum mer spent immersed in the ecol ogy of the prairie, Dietz said he learned a lot Though originally excited to work in a remote area where vehicles weren't allowed, Dietz said after hauling dozens of fence posts on his back, he began to rethink his hilltop loca tion. 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Buntain said Reinhard eventually did obtain the necessary approvals. ■ Reinhard may have been “rude" and "insensitive” in his dealing with colleagues, but there is not sufficient evidence of a pat tern of harassing behavior which would support his termination. ■Evidence does not support the special committee's conclu sions that Reinhard improperly withheld remains that had been repatriated to the Omaha Tribe. ■ The faculty committee was not in a position to judge whether Reinhard engaged in invasive testing. Buntain said Reinhard may have believed he had per mission to proceed with testing on remains. Reinhard faced investigations in 1998 for allegations of mishan dling American Indian remains. University-hired attorney Robert Grimit found no credible evi dence to support the charges, and an investigation by the Nebraska State Patrol cleared Reinhard of the charges. . Riding In said there was no dther recourse for the com plainants now that the special committee's recommendation had been overturned. “We went through the proper proceedings and did what was called upon by the tribal govern ments,” he said. "We have no recourse now.” Reinhard said Buntain’s report was another legal step toward clearing his name. “I think we’re done with defense mode,” he said. Party aims to diversify student government NO FORCE from page! cation between students and student government. “This could bridge the gap between ASUN and students,” said Pacquette, a senior eco nomics major. Although student govern ment would be dhitfWfe, that doesn't mean that ASUN would n’t take a stand onlssuesif it divides students, Clerqents said. "You can’t only address issues that 100 percent of the stu dents agree with because you’ll get what you have now, which is a student government that does nothing,” she said. 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