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THE WEEK OF APRIL 22, 2004

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Baseball wins 3 of 5 games

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ANTELOPE

Last weekend, four students from the communication departmenttraveled to Pittsburgh, Kan., to compete in a public relations compe-tition. The four students included public relations majors RobynSanders, Jodi Rief and Kristen Lange, and advertising majorAmanda Harvey. Dr. Keith Terry, Chair of the Department ofCommunication, was the advisor for the group and helped the twoteams of students prepare for the competition.

Dr. Terry received his master's degree from Pittsburg State so hewas familiar with the campus and some of the faculty that were host-ing this tournament.

Being the only advertising major in the group, Harvey was ableto bring a different perspective into the competition.

"I thought overall it was a good experience for me because ithelped prepare me for the real world since I will be graduating inMay. Plus, it helped me tie together public relations and advertising.And, I overcame my fear of public speaking," Harvey, a GrandIsland senior, said. Harvey was teamed up with Rief and Sander andLange were a team for the competition.

Prior to arriving in Kansas, the group only knew the rules of thecompetition, not what the topic was. Once they arrived, a generalassembly was held for all of the teams from 17 different schools to

inform them on the problem that needed to be solved. After watch-ing a short video, a student from Pittsburg State University escortedeach team to a room where each team was given three and a half-hours to create a proposal for a yearlong campaign and create adetailed PowerPoint, outlining their strategy.

The client was the Ronald McDonald House in Joplin, Missouriand the teams were asked to create ideas for a campaign to raisefunds for the organization and to create a campaign that wouldencourage more people to volunteer. Each team was given addition-al information about the Ronald McDonald House, including statis-tics that were gathered from a phone survey the group had previous-ly administered in the Joplin community.

All of the schools had three students to a team; the UNK grouphowever only had two per group due to scheduling conflicts withtwo of the other participants. Although this did put them at a slightdisadvantage, both UNK teams used the knowledge they havegained through UNK classes and were able to create special eventsand produce a PowerPoint within the time limit. After the three anda half hour time limit was up, the UNK teams were able to go backto the hotel to change clothes and relax a little before returning to thePSU campus for a dinner. The dinner also included a drawing fordoor prizes that were given out to students who participated in thecompetition. Jodi Rief was the only UNK student to win a prize,which was a book.

The next day of competition began at 8:30 a.m. with a presenta-

tion of the teams' ideas. Each team presented their PowerPoint twice,to two separate panels of judges and was given scores for each roundbased on each team's ideas, presentation skills, creativity, and theiranswers to questions asked by the panel. Some of the panelistsincluded board members and other individuals associated withRonald McDonald House. The top three teams with the highestscores went into the final competition. Although neither UNK teammade it into the finals, both teams had exceptional performances andRobyn Sanders and Kristen Lange received honorable mention in thecompetition. Sanders, a junior from Sidney said, "Since this year wegot an honorable mention, I would like to try again next year to makeit to the finals."

The UNK teams traveled for a total of 16 hours making them oneof the teams that traveled the farthest. The group left on Fridaymorning at 5 a.m. and returned around 10 p.m. Saturday night. Theother teams at the competition included schools from Illinois,Missouri, Kansas and other surrounding states. The trip was entirelyfunded by the Ad/PR club and other university funds.

Dr. Terry was optimistic about the competition, saying, "I think itwas a great learning experience in many ways. Our students had towork under pressure, they had a real client, they were evaluated bystrangers, and they got to see how they rated against teams fromother schools. That is about as real as it gets."

Time travel is possible inKearney with the use of a littlecreativity, a lot of imagination, afew motivated volunteers and abeautiful historic house.

Last Friday and Saturdaynight contributors gathered in theFrank House at 5:30 p.m. to trav-el back in time to April 14, 1912,in order to experience an authen-tic 18th-century dinner completewith a reenactment of the publicresponse to the sinking of“Titanic.”

Contributors paid $150 aplate to participate in this eventwhich was designed to help raisemoney to preserve and continueto restore this historic house onthe western edge of the UNKcampus.

Gloria LeDroit, project chair-woman for “A Night toRemember: R.M.S. ‘Titanic,’”said this event was motivated bythe 1996 book “The Last Dinneron the Titanic.”

This book contains recipes forperiod-authentic dishes that wereactually served aboard ship, andthe cooks used these recipes toprepare this “Titanic” dinner,LeDroit said.

She said she that she thought

a “Titanic” dinner would be suit-ably impressive.

“The Frank House is a housebuilt to impress, so we try to findevents that are built to impress,”LeDroit said.

The food at this event wasdesigned to duplicate not onlythe dishes but also the servingstyle for first class diners aboard“Titanic,” LeDroit said.

The dinner consisted of eightcourses including lobster, filetmignon, an asparagus salad,cream of barley soup and, ofcourse, a desert, which waspeaches in chartreuse jelly.

Two wait staff personnel informal livery, aided by two run-ners and multiple others con-tributing to preparation, servedthe meal to six contributors onFriday night.

While the contributors wereeating, LeDroit and other volun-teers entertained them by playinghistoric roles.

LeDroit played the part of thechief of staff of the householdcomplete with period appropriatecostume and jewelry.

“My duties are to supervisethe maids and keep order amongthe staff,” LeDroit said.

Bryce Long, a part-time UNKstudent, played the role of thesales officer.

“I’m selling packages for thereturn voyage of the 'Titanic,'”Long said.

He said that throughout thenight contributors would sendtelegrams to people currentlyaboard “Titanic.”

“Sometime during the night, Iwill announce that ‘Titanic’ hassunk, and at the end of the night,we’ll find out if the people we’vebeen talking to made it,” Longsaid.

Virginia Lund, Frank Housecurator, ate dinner with the con-tributors and shared details aboutthe fixtures and furnishings inthe Frank House.

Lund said the house had lightfixtures donated by various indi-viduals that are either from the18th century or designed to beperiod specific. One of the lightfixtures is Venetian hand-blownglass and another is hand cutAustrian glass, she said.

The library still contains theoriginal light fixture as well asthe original desk and presenta-tion swords of G. W. Frank andhis family, Lund said.

Lund also said the drawingroom is set up to show how Mrs.Frank would have entertainedcomplete with antique pianowhich the music department willuse occasionally for Baroque

recitals.Chartwell's was in charge of

catering this “Titanic” dinner,and has catered many otherevents at the Frank House aswell.

Asif Hashim, one of theservers and a recent UNK gradu-ate, said, “This is quite an expe-rience.”

Fauza Abdallah, another serv-er and UNK student, said thatshe knew a lot about the historyof the “Titanic” and found thisevent to be very interestingbecause it gives people a chanceto look back on this great historictragedy.

Lisa Andrist, anotherChartwell's employee, said thatthis “Titanic” dinner wasn’t aone time event.

She said that even thoughthere wasn’t really enough inter-est to have the event last year,they did have it the year before.

Lund said it is possible foreveryone to see this historichouse.

She said the Frank House willbe open to the public for toursthis summer Tuesdays throughSundays from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.starting June 1 and ending onSept. 15. For more information,contact Lund at lundv@unk.edu.

Frank House sponsors ‘Titanic’ dinnerby Amanda MullerAntelope Staff Writer

Four seniors travel to PR conference

Graduation bashat Ramada Inn to be cancelled

by Kristen LangeAntelope Staff Writer

Celebrating Service

Photo by Jamie Dusin The National Residence Hall Honorary hosted a banquet on Sunday to induct new members and honorary members, hand-ed out recognition pens, and recognized people who have made large contributions in the residence halls over the year.

Photo by Jason KrontzElegant settings grace the Frank House tables at ‘Titanic’ dinner.

It is the Friday ofCommencement, all graduateshave walked across the stage andreceived their degrees and it isoff to the real world, but there isusually one more place that thesestudents go to for one last hurrah,the Semi-Annual GraduationBash at the Ramada Inn. Thisout-of-control, wild party iswhere all students over 21 canhang out and not have to worryabout the dreaded drive homeafter a night of drinking.

This year many students willhead out there only to find outthat the Graduation Bash hasbeen cancelled for this May’sgraduation and every graduationhereafter. “There just gets to betoo many people, the situationgets out of control and we [thehotel staff] can’t monitor thestate of mind of the people drink-ing,” says Michael Williams,General Manager of the Ramada

Inn. “There have been manyinjuries over the years and thank-fully there haven’t been anythingreally serious, the main concernof the hotel staff is the safety ofall guests that stay under ourroof,” continued Williams.

Letters were sent out to everystudent that had a room reservedfor this May 7th stating that noparties will be tolerated, no out-side alcohol will be allowed onthe premise, and that there willbe many security guards enforc-ing these rules, namely eightsecurity officers and four off-duty police officers. “We havehosted the event the past severalcollege graduations and haveexperienced some tryingmoments,” states the letter.

The countless numbers ofdoors, windows, and walls thathave been damaged through theyears along with the two to threeday cleanup that is required afterevery graduation bash takes itstoll on the property. The physicaldamage is fixed every year, but

See Ramada, page 8

by Doug CarrollAntelope Guest Writer

UNK CALENDAR

CAMPUS BEATTHE ANTELOPE THE WEEK OF APRIL 22, 2004

QUESTION: DO YOU THINK PRESIDENT BUSH SHOULD BE RE-ELECTED IN NOVEMBER?

Cory CicconeYork sophomore

“Yes. Because he’s a man ofgreat character and convic-tion.”

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April 1-30: Asian AmericanHeritage Month, sponsored bythe Office of MulticulturalAffairs.

Wednesday, April 21: SigmaTau Delta English HonoraryFantasy Festival, 3-6:30 p.m.in the Nebraskan StudentUnion Great Room. Comeenjoy FREE food, entertain-ment while having fun with lit-erature.

Wednesday-Sunday, April 21-25: MacBeth, presented by theUNK Theatre, 7:30 p.m. in theFine Arts Miriam DrakeTheatre. Adult admission is $7,non-UNK students and seniorsis $5 and groups of 10+ are $3.

Thursday, April 22: ‘Habla conElla’ (Talk to Her) foreignfilm, 7:30 p.m. in ThomasHall, room 106. Spanish withEnglish subtitles, directed byPedro Almodovar.

Friday, April 23: UNKBaseball vs. Regis, 6 p.m. atMemorial Field. Free admis-sion.

Saturday, April 24: UNKBaseball vs. Regis, 1 p.m. atMemorial Field. Free admis-sion.

Saturday, April 24: UNKSoftball vs. Fort Lewis, 12p.m., 2 p.m. at Harvey Park.Free admission.

Sunday, April 25: MacBeth,presented by the UNK Theatre,2 p.m. in the Fine Arts MiriamDrake Theatre. Adult admis-sion is $7, non-UNK studentsand seniors is $5 and groups of10+ are $3.

Sunday, April 25: UNKSymphonic Band/ WindEnsemble Concert, 3 p.m. inthe Fine Arts Recital Hall.

Sunday, April 25: UNKBaseball vs. Regis, 12 p.m. atMemorial Field. Free admis-sion.

Sunday, April 25: UNKSoftball vs. Fort Lewis, 11a.m., 1 p.m. a Harvey Park.Free admission.

Monday, April 26: SpringFling, 4:30 p.m. at the CopeMemorial Fountain. Featuresfree BBQ and BMX StuntBikes.

Monday, April 26: UNK ChessClub, 7 p.m. in the NebraskanStudent Union Food Court. Formore information contactRandall Heckman at heck-manr@unk.edu.

Tuesday, April 27: UNKBaseball vs. Hastings, 7 p.m.at Memorial Field. Free admis-sion.

Friday, April 30: ReynoldsWriters and Readers SeriesPresents: Poet Janet Sylvester,Harvard, 8 p.m. in the EastRoom at MONA, 2401 CentralAvenue.

Monday-Thursday, May 3-6:Finals Week!

Friday, May 7: UNKGraduation, 10-12 a.m. in theHealth and Sports Center.

Monday, May 17: SummerClasses Commence.

Monday, May 31: MemorialDay! No classes.

THE BOTTOM LINE

Brandon SchmidtMinden sophomore

“I don’t know, let the votedecide.”

Amber RolfFullerton sophomore

“No, I don’t think sobecause of the ‘no child leftbehind issue.’ It was a goodidea written badly.”

CAMPUS BRIEFSUPCOMING SPRING

FLING

A Spring Fling featuringfree BBQ, bands and BMXStunt Bikes will be heldMonday, April 26, at 4:30 p.m.at Cope Memorial Fountain.Please take a break from study-ing and come enjoy music andstunts right on campus! TheBBQ is free for UNK students.This event is sponsored byLoper Programming andActivities Council, funded byUPFF. Please call 865-8523for more information

PUBLIC SAFETYEMERGENCY NUMBER

Public Safety recentlyannounced that its after hoursand emergency phone numberhas changed. Anyone whoneeds to contact them on thisline should note that their newphone number is (308) 627-4811. Please make a note ofthis change, effective immedi-ately.

STUDENTS IN FREEENTERPRISE TEAM WIN

AWARDS

The UNK Students In FreeEnterprise (SIFE) team recent-ly attended a regional competi-tion in St. Louis, MO. And wontwo top awards, Rookie of theYear and First Runner Up. Dr.Susan Jensen, the SIFE facultyadviser, was also named a SamM. Walton Free EnterpriseFellow during the competition.

Members of the UNK SIFEteam are as follows, those withan asterisk after their namesattended the St. Louis competi-tion: Susan Breese, Aurora,Jodi Johnson*, Blue Hill,Danae Wolcott, Elmwood,Shawn Kreis*, vice president,Grant, Katie Mack, JulieNewman*, president, BrandyRasmussen, secretary, SarahTeply, all of Kearney, JuliePate*, treasurer, Erika Redfern,McCook, Lindsey LaShell,North Platte, Brent Fay,Papillion, Julie Becker*,Wakefield, Theresa Stroumbos,Westminster, Colo. and OlgaStasishena*, Moldova,

SIFE is a nonprofit organi-zation that works in partnershipwith business and higher edu-cation to aid students in makinga difference and developingleadership, teamwork and com-munication skills throughlearning, practicing and teach-ing the principles of free enter-

prise. For more information, con-

tact Julie Newman, UNK SIFETeam president, or Dr. Jensen,faculty adviser, at308.865.8189; or MichelleWest, director of Public &Media Relations, SIFE WorldHeadquarters at 417.575.3517or visit www.SIFE.org.

GOV. JOHANNSAPPOINTS UNK

GRADUATE TO DIRECTHHS

A 1994 UNK Social WorkProgram graduate, NancyMontanez, Potter, has beenappointed director of NebraskaHealth and Human Services(HHS). Montanez, 43, hasworked as the HHS WesternService Area CEO in Geringsince 2001. From 1999-2001,she was a service area adminis-trator for HHS in Gering. Priorto that she worked in theProfessional Partner Programat Region III Behavioral HealthServices in Kearney from1995-1999. In addition to herwork experience, Montanezhas served on the UNK Collegeof Natural and Social SciencesAdvisory Board. As the newHHS director, she fills RonRoss’s vacancy, who wassworn-in as State Treasurer inJanuary. Dr. Richard Raymond,the state’s chief medical offi-cer, has served as interim direc-tor since that time. Her salaryhas been set at $100,500.

STUDENT GOVERNMENTOPENINGS, SOME PAID

POSITIONS

Student Government issearching for students to fill thefollowing positions: Secretary(paid position),Parliamentarian, and threepositions for Graduate Senator.Applications are available out-side the Senate office, or formore information call 865-4403.

FREE TUTORINGOFFERED

The Center for AcademicSuccess would like to remindstudents that free tutoring ser-vices are available to all UNKstudents in the north hall of theMemorial Student AffairsBuilding. There are free MathStudy Groups and ScienceStudy Groups from 7-9 p.m.Monday through Thursday. Formore details on these services

and more access the websitehttp://www.unk.edu/LSO orobtain a tutor brochure in theoffice.

CHRISTIAN STUDENTFELLOWSHIP WORSHIP

SERVICE

Christian StudentFellowship is sponsoringChurch on Campus everySunday morning at 11 a.m. inthe Cedar Room of theNebraskan Student Union.Come and encounter God in alaid back, student-led, comfort-able and casual worship envi-ronment. Everyone is invited toattend at no charge. For moreinformation, check outwww.csfneb.org or call 234-3922.

FRIENDS PROGRAM

The Friends Program, amentoring program affiliatedwith Campus Lutheran, is seek-ing UNK students to volunteeras Big Friends. Students arepaired with children from localelementary schools andrequired to spend a minimumof an hour a week with his orher Little Friend. Stop by theFriends Program office atCampus Lutheran to pick up anapplication today or email atfriendsprogram@msn.com.Apply before the Februarydeadline.

REYNOLDS WRITERSAND READERS SERIES

The Spring schedule of theReynolds Writers and ReadersSeries. These events are freeand open to the public, andinclude a book signing andreception following each read-ing. The three events will beheld at 8 p.m. in the East Roomat MONA, 2401 CentralAvenue.

April 30: Poet JanetSylvester, Harvard

For more information aboutthe series, please contactDirector Charles Fort,Reynolds Chair in Poetry byphone at (308) 865-8164 or e-mail at fortc@unk.edu. TheOffice of the Chancellor, theUNK Creative WritingProgram, and the UNK EnglishDepartment sponsors thisevent.

MUSEUM OF NEBRASKAART SCHEDULE

Museum of Nebraska Art,

2401 Central Avenue, openTuesday-Saturday: 11 a.m.-5p.m., Sunday: 1-5 p.m.

Through May 2: TheMigration Stops Here:MONA’s Cranes.

Through May 30: TheRohman Collection.

Feb. 21-May 30: NebraskaNow- Yanna Ramakers BronzeSculptures.

BENEFIT DINNER

Candy Lewis is a managerat Old Navy here in Kearney.Just recently Candy and herhusband, Lu, found out that hehas lung cancer.

They decided to travel toChicago to a Cancer Centerthere for his treatments andChemotherapy. While receiv-ing his treatments he is unableto work to help pay for the costof living.

Candy, being the wonderfullady she is, is trying to be withher husband up in Chicago,while also trying to make itback to work as much as shecan so hey have some type ofincome to help pay for the liv-ing expenses while he is inChicago. Leaving her husbandis very hard on Candy becausethe treatments andChemotherapy are veryintense. Lu needs Candy withhim so she can be there to takecare of him and make sure he isdoing alright. That is where theBenefit Dinner comes in toplay.

A group of co-workers andgood friends of Candy want toput together a free will dona-tion grill out, a silent auction,as well as a bake sale all at thesame time to help raise moneyfor Candy and Lu.

This will give Candy theopportunity to stay with herhusband and will not need toworry about leaving to comeback home to work and helppay for their living expenses.We hope to make enoughmoney to cover their livingexpenses as well as give themsome extra for other spendingas well.

We are hosting a grill outdinner with two live bands,Klovr and Tenth Hour Calling,on Sunday, April 25 at theVFW Club here in Kearneyfrom 5 to 8 p.m. Everyone iswelcome to attend.

Donations or help would begreatly appreciated. Please callMegan at 308-234-1414 if youhave any questions. Thank youfor your time.

POLICE BEATApril 9-12: A male facilities

employee in Otto Olsen report-ed that

$2 in change had beenstolen from his office.

April 10: A male Kearneyman reported that a maleKearney man had possiblydamaged his vehicle in Lot 7.

April 13: A femaleUniversity Heights residentreported that a male Iowa manwas trying to sell perfume inLot 32.

April 14: A male Luddenman reported the theft of hisyellow Trek bicycle estimated

at $250.

April 16: A male CTW res-ident was investigated for sus-picous behavior.

April 18: A welfare checkwas performed on a femaleURN resident.

April 18: A male Columbusman’s Toyota Camry and aUniversity of Nebraska ChevyImpala received damage totheir back windows by windblown objects. The estimatedamount of damage to theCamry was $350, while theImpala sustained $450 in dam-age. CLASSIFIEDS

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When I first enrolled in uni-versity classes, I was told thatdead week was a week devoidof assignments and tests.

I thought this was a prettygood idea, at the time, and waslooking forward to having somuch time to study for finalexams.

In the course of mycollegiate career, howev-er, I have come to realizethat dead week is moremyth than reality.

Even the undergradu-ate catalog doesn’t reallypreserve this idea of deadweek.

The 2002-2004 catalogonly lists the followingtwo requirements for thelast week of classes.

During the week priorto Finals Week, the only exami-nations that may be given are:laboratory practical examina-tions, make-up or repeat exami-nations, and self paced exami-nations.

Projects, papers, and speech-es scheduled for completionduring the last week of classesmust have been assigned in

writing by the end of the eighthweek of the semester. Thisrefers to the project and itsscope, not the topic.

These two requirementsaren’t terribly effective in mini-mizing student work duringdead week.

The first does outlaw thenormal type of exam during thislast week of classes, but itleaves the option of a self-pacedexam open for professors whoare intent on giving a dead weekexamination.

The second requirementdoesn’t help students at all.

Many professors simplyinclude the line “Quizzes andhomework will be given duringthe last week of classes in theirsyllabi.”

This way they haven’t violat-ed a university regulation since

the assignment has been givenbefore the eighth week of thesemester.

In these professors’ classesdead week proceeds just likeany other week of class.

Other professors simplywrite syllabi with the sametypes of assignments due duringdead week as are due during therest of the year. They’ve toldthe students about the assign-ments so they’re covered as faras university policy goes, andagain dead week doesn’t reallyexist.

This second regulation does-n’t even prohibit professorsfrom giving an assignment’stopic for the first time duringdead week.

To be fair I would have tosay that most UNK professorstry to be as fair to their students

as they possibly can becausethey want their students to suc-ceed.

At least this has been myexperience at this university.

Also I don’t even think Iwould argue that dead week isnecessary.

I trust my professors to giveme enough time to completeassignments because they haveto give themselves enough timeto grade assignments.

What I don’t understand iswhy the university continues tofoster the dead week myth.

It seems ridiculous to put adead week policy in writing if

very few professors observeeven the idea of having a deadweek.

It’s like having a law ineffect to prevent speeding thatallows drivers to speed as longas they call the police depart-ment before leaving their homesand report the fact that they aregoing to speed.

The regulations for deadweek are more or less non-exis-tent so let’s just get rid of theregulations entirely and saveprofessors and administratorsthe hassle of making sure word-ing in their syllabi is sufficientto meet dead week regulations.

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To some, it might seem oddthat at 20 years old, I fondly callmy mother “Mama.” That she isthe first person I tell when I aminterested in a guy. That I canthink of no one else I’d rathertravel with. But my mom istruly my closest friend, and myrelationship with her is solid.

Because Mother’s Day isquickly approaching, I thought Iwould devote my last column ofthe year to my marvelousMama. Though 700 wordswon’t do her justice, I want herto know how grateful I am forher.

My mom and I were budsfrom the beginning. We playedtogether; read together; studiedtogether; painted together; and

swam together. Sheencouraged my myriadactivities—theater, dance,softball, piano—and shewas there supporting meevery time I performed.She also made sure that Iwas culturally well-round-ed, taking me to art muse-ums and to music anddance performances froman early age.

My childhood memo-ries are magical mostly

because my mom strove to pro-vide a stable home environmentfor my brother and me. She—though working in her sparetime on a novel—was a stay-at-home mom. I can’t remember anight at our house that my fam-ily didn’t sit down to dinnertogether and devour one of herdecadent meals.

We loved that time togetherbecause it gave us all a chanceto savor a plate of steamingspaghetti and discuss our days.From my childhood on, Ialways felt comfortable sharingthe details of my life with myfamily, especially my mom. Infact, I looked forward to it,because I felt that no matterwhat I said, I would be lovedand appreciated.

Unlike many of my peers, Ididn’t go through adolescencefighting with my mom. If any-thing, my friendship with herdeepened. My friends and Iactually liked having my momaround, because she would talkto us as if we were adults andshow a genuine interest in ourlives. She could also be verysilly and fun, which we allenjoyed. My mom welcomedmy friends with open arms,feeding them along with mybrother and me, and makingsure they were content.Sometimes my friends felt socomfortable that they’d stay fordays!

When I went away to col-lege, my mom and I missedeach other. We phoned and e-mailed often, and I tried to drivehome every other weekend. Shewas there as a friend and as amother as I went through sometough times that year.

One experience with mymom remains vivid. Last sum-mer, she and I took a sponta-neous weekend trip to Lincoln.We booked a room at theCornhusker Hotel and, withoutany specific agenda, wanderedaround downtown.Unfortunately, after only a few

minutes of walking, my newsandals had cut into my feet andleft them red and bleeding. Thesummer heat (it was around 102degrees all weekend) seemed toexacerbate the pain. My mominsisted we trade shoes. Afterwalking in mine for awhile, sheditched them and just wentbarefoot.

By that time, we were bothso wet with sweat that it lookedlike we’d gone swimming. Weducked into the Embassy Suites

Hotel to gulp a glass of water,then rode the elevator up anddown a few times, almost deliri-ous with laughter (heat exhaus-tion can do peculiar things topeople!). We went into numer-ous other shops to escape theheat. In one, my mom pur-chased two antique lamps, butsince we were on foot for theday, she had to carry thosearound. She was a sight withtwo lamps and no shoes! Wedecided to go to a movie shortly

after she bought the lamps, so,of course, the lamps came withus. I don’t think I’ve received somany strange glances in mylife!

We still laugh about thatweekend. That experience andall the other fun times we’vespent together flow through melike a positive energy. Each andevery memory is precious tome.

Thank you, Mama. I loveyou.

MollyAlbrechtNews Editor

Carrying the zero...

Marveling at Mama’s magic

Last week, I was sitting atwork having a conversation

about baseball with myboss when the subject ofthe UNK baseball teamcame up.

No, we were not talk-ing about their record orany of the players’ battingaverages. We were talkingabout their uniforms.

Uniforms, you mayask. Here is the reasonwhy the new uniforms thatthe UNK baseball team issporting this season

sparked our feisty conversation. Through the grapevine, my

boss had found out that the new

uniforms were not bought fromany of the four sporting goodsstores in Kearney.

Furthermore, they werebought in Omaha. Instantly, Ibecame curious and a little furi-ous.

I have worked at a smalltown sporting goods store out-side of Kearney for over fiveyears. In that time,

I have learned a great dealabout the baseball/softball mar-ket in this area.

I know for a fact, that anyone of the four sporting goodsstores in Kearney could have

been as competitive as far asprices and selection are con-cerned as the Omaha outfit thatwon the right to outfit ourbeloved Loper baseball team.

Because all of the sportinggoods stores in town buy insuch large quantities, theyreceive lower pricing and couldmatch just about any potentialbidder.

Why did the uniforms comefrom out of town? That is ananswer I would love to hear.

If the UNK AthleticDepartment was able to buy theuniforms and equipment cheap-

er out of town, great. But, thereis another much bigger issue tothis.

Look around at some of theathletic events that are held hereat UNK. Look at who the spon-sors are. Hogan’s SportingGoods, Misko’s, Sports Villageand The Sporting Edge all havecontributed to the athletic pro-gram at some point.

By buying the team uni-forms and equipment out ofKearney, the university is risk-ing losing those businesses assponsors, and therefore, losingdonated funds.

Funds that the athleticdepartment really should notrisk losing.

The other issue at hand hereis one of community loyalty. Ifthe UNK Athletic Departmentexpects the Kearney communityto be active in their sports andevents, then the UNK AthleticDepartment should be active indealing with the local business-es.

I urge every department oncampus to try and buy all oftheir equipment locally.

Get out there and support thecommunity that supports UNK.

KaraMuellerSports Editor

Livin’ La Vida Loca

UNK needs to keep money in town

Letter to the Editor:

I am writing this because ofa major concern on the UNKcampus. No, it’s not parking.It’s not tuition. It’s not even theprice of books. It is more sim-ple than that. It comes down tothe fact that many students onthis beautiful campus are downright rude.

My tenure here at theUniversity of Nebraska atKearney has seen some drasticchanges. Not only changes inthe campus and the faculty, butthe students as well.

I long for the days whenbeing kind and courteous wasjust an act of being nice. Thesedays it seems as though it takesso much work to do that.

As I was to class’s everyday,I see so many acts of rudenessthat it simply blows my mind.There are students who walk byeach other, who know eachother from other classes, anddon’t even say a word to eachother. No, “Hello. How areyou doing? What’s up?”Nothing. Now tell me some-thing, how hard would it be to

smile at that person, or betteryet, simply acknowledge thatthey are there? Not hard at all.

Also, as I walk toward thelibrary, I notice other acts ofrudeness that take place. Theother day I was rushing to classbecause I thought I was goingto be late. As I approached thedoor, I noticed someone wasbehind me. As I opened thedoor, I held it open long enoughfor this other male student toget in. As soon as he was in, hejust kept walking. No, “ThankYou. Thanks.” Nothing.

So I say to my fellow UNKstudents, lets try to be morecourteous to each other. Even ifthat person is a completestranger to you, just be cool. Ifsomeone smiles at you on cam-pus, smile back. If someonesays hello, acknowledge themback. And if someone goes outof their way to hold a door openfor you, at least say somethingto let them know you appreciateit. Being kind and friend is con-tagious, so let’s do more.

Mario CasillasNorth Platte, senior

AmandaMullerWeb Assistant

2+2=6

“Dead Week” is alive and well

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The University of Nebraska - Kearney men's baseball team wonthree out of five games last week and this weekend, downingHastings College 18-14 on Tuesday night and splitting a weekendseries with No. 2 ranked Colorado State University - Pueblo.

The Tuesday night game, played at Ryder Park in Grand Island,was a pitchers nightmare. The game featured 32 runs on 29 hits,including nine home runs. Loper junior Will Tressner lead the way,going 4 for 5 at the plate with three homers and eight RBI's.

After junior catcher Josh Krowlikowski hit a three-run homer inthe first, Hastings took a big lead, going up 9-3 off a second inninggrand slam by catcher Shane Totten. From then on, the Loperoffense caught fire. Tressner and junior second baseman DerekMiller hit solo homers in the third inning, and senior center fielderTony Crosetto added a two run shot in the fourth.

A seven-run sixth inning by the Lopers gave them the lead theyneeded to hold on for the win. Tressner blasted a grand slam in theinning and added a three-run jack in the seventh to put the Lopersup 18-10. Hastings added four runs over the last two innings topush the score to 18-14, but junior Chaz Fernandez closed thegame out by retiring the last two batters.

The weekend opponent was second-ranked Colorado StateUniversity - Pueblo, formerly known as Southern Colorado, whocame into the four game series at Memorial Field with a 32-2-1

Lopers defeat second ranked CSU-Pueblo

record. In the first game on Friday night, CSUP starting PitcherShawn Martinez struck out ten and the offense pounded out threesolo homers in route to a 5-0 victory.

"They came out and pitched very well," said head coach DamonDay. "I thought our guys played timid [the first game]... and Ithought our guys were just kind of going through the motions."The Lopers seemed to be intimidated by CSUP's stats coming intothe game, batting over .380 and putting up more than 10 runs agame (10.5).

The second game of the series, played Saturday afternoon, fea-tured more excellent pitching by CSUP. Starter Mike Massaropitched a complete game one-hitter, striking out seven and walkingfour in leading CSUP to a 3-0 win. Lincoln junior southpaw MattWebster had a good showing for UNK in the loss, allowing justthree runs on six hits over seven innings. Coach Day was quick tocommend his lefty on the performance; "...that was his best job ofthe year. They're averaging 10 runs a game and Matt Webster goesout there and only loses three to nothing. I think that woke ourguys up. I let our guys know between games that we need to stepit up at the plate."

The Loper offense did wake up in game three Saturday after-noon, putting up four runs on CSUP's crack pitching staff to earn a4-3 win. CSUP ace Joe Newby came into the game with anunblemished 8-0 record and 2.39 ERA, but would leave with hisfirst loss of the year.

UNK jumped out to a 3-1 lead in the second inning, scoringthree runs on three hits and an error. Freshman first baseman RyanBucher drove in two runs with a double down the right field line.Sophomore catcher Matt Fisher drove in Bucher with a single toleft. CSUP hit solo shots in the fifth and sixth innings to tie thegame up at three and set up the game winning opportunity.

Freshman shortstop Gerald Sell led off the seventh inning witha double to center field. After a failed sacrifice bunt attempt by theLopers, CSUP intentionally walked Fisher to set up a double playsituation for freshman Cody Lusero. But instead of grounding out,Lusero slapped a line drive to right field that brought Sell aroundto score.

In a game that featured freshman leading the way, Lincolnfreshman Joba Chamberlain quieted the big bats of CSUP by strik-ing out seven and allowing only five hits.

"Joba got some offensive support from his teammates," saidcoach Day. "I definitely think that he's a young man who's goingto be one of those special weekend guys for us over the next threeyears. We're very excited with his progress."

The fourth and final game ofthe series, on Sunday at noon,became an extension of thethird game with the Lopersbuilding confidence off theirgame three win. On a verywindy day at Memorial Field,the Lopers were dialed in onoffense, pounding out 19 runson 22 hits en route to a 19-7smashing of CSUP.

The highly touted pitchingdid not show up for CSUP onSunday, and the UNK hitterstook advantage. Homers byCrosetto, Miller, Lusero, firstbaseman Travis Kerkman,pinch hitter Mik Dickson, andpinch hitter Adam Kruegerhelped put up 19 runs, the mostsince a 2001 game againstRegis. Blake Beebout earnedthe win for the Lopers, pitching3.1 innings and allowing onerun while fanning three in reliefof starter Jason Miller.

Coach Day was happy withhis teams performance in thefour game set. "We need tolearn to spread those runs outover all four games," joked thecoach, referring to the 19 runfourth game. "I'm very proudof our guys. Our guys deserveto be commended for what theyaccomplished this weekend. Ithasn't been an easy year oftransition. A lot has beenexpected of them and they'veanswered the challenge."

Knocking off the secondranked team in the nation twicein a row has to give a team andit's coach a great deal of confi-dence. When asked if theLopers could beat any team inthe country, coach Day had aquick, one word answer.

"Yes."Photo by Lindsey HumstonAbove: Head Coach Damon Day argues a call with the home plate umpire. During the Sunday home game, six UNK batters nailed homeruns to win 19-7.

Photo by Lindsey HumstonA Loper batter gets ready for the upcoming pitch.

Photo by Lindsey HumstonJason Miller, North Platte junior, delivers a pitch to the plate.

Photo by Lindsey HumstonAbove: The Loper baseball team watches the action from the dugout. UNK split home games against CSU-Pueblo.

by Derek SteensonAntelope Staff Writer

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Something wicked this way comes...

UNK Theatre presents Macbeth“When shall we three meet

again, in thunder, lightning or inrain?”

UNK’s Department of Music& Performing Arts is roundingout the 2003-04 season thisweek with a production ofWilliam Shakespeare’s tragedy“Macbeth.”

This Scottish play tales therise of a king as he takes to the

throne through battles andbloody altercations.

Macbeth’s wife presents tohim the forbidden fruit, encour-aging him to take to evil inorder to attain the thrown withspeed.

He takes her advice, sendinghim into a spiral of murder andmadness.

And don’t forget about the

three nutty witches that keep“Macbeth” afloat by prophesiz-ing about the king and hisfuture.

The cast for this productionincludes Erin L Burgess, Blairsenior, Conan Christensen,Kearney freshman, Sarah Cole,Kearney senior, Jean Duffy,Elwood senior, JakobEnzminger, Columbus fresh-man, Gene Fendt, UNKPhilosophy faculty, JackGarrision, UNK TheatreFaculty, Chance Hartman,Round Rock, Texas, sopho-more, Joshua Hermansen, HaySprings senior, Chad Holle,Deshler graduate student, EveLegacie, Gretna sophomore,Katie Miller, Elgin sophomore,Rachael Miller, Kearney sopho-more, Takashi Morimoto,Tokyo, Japan, sophomore,Andrew Nelson, Taylor sopho-more, Kevin Nenstiel, Kearneysenior, Elizabeth Odle, NorthPlatte freshman, Seth Petersen,Lincoln sophomore, DawnSalyer, McCook senior, Scott

Schneider, Norfolk junior,Grayson Bedford, JusticeSinclair, Kearney, Mikako Toda,Kobe City, Japan, junior,Shauna Warren, Elgin sopho-more, and Stacey Wood,Kearney sophomore.

The Artisitc and Productionstaff includes Director JaniceFronczak, Fight Director StevenStatta, Sound Designer ShawnDeiger, Costume DesignerDaniel Jones, Scenic &Lighting Designer DavidTidwell, Stage Manager LarcyShaw, Kearney sophomore,Assistant Stage Manager SarahWilden, Omaha sophomore.

“Macbeth” will be runningfrom April 21 to the 24 at 7:30p.m. and April 25 at 2:00 p.m. inthe Miriam Drake Theatre.Tickets for the performance arefree to UNK students with avalid ID or $7 for adults or $5for students, seniors, and UNKfaculty and staff.

“So thanks to all at once andto each one, whom we invite tosee us crown’d at Scone...”

Lutt’s Cut

Hallapalooza: a Martin Hall traditionThe concept of a band is a

strange part of society. Band lifeis a religion to some that followthe ways of music. To others, itis simply a hobby or an escapefrom the bores of normal life. Itcan also seem like a curse whenproblems arise.

Understanding the inner-workings of the band concept islike trying to understand whywe need to eat. Both involvenormal human urges that weneed to fulfill in order to sur-vive. Some people just likemusic more than mealtime.Musicians feel something spe-cial about their songs. Whenother musicians also feel specialwith the songs and join forces,the band concept is born.

So how do you explain tosomeone that’s never been in aband about that feeling of beingin one?

As a member of the bandfear is calm, I have experiencedthe special feelings of being apart of a musical group.Although I’m still young in mylife as a musician, I have gainedvast amounts of knowledgewhile recording songs for ouralbum and performing at liveshows.

Recently, my band per-formed on campus at MartinHall’s annual “Hallapalooza”concert along with nine otheracts, including Dead byMorning, Forever Forgotten,Unforeseen, Tenth HourCalling, Custom Made, Sex WeRegret, Sylvan Scene, andTemper Wall. The concert wasan excellent example of every-thing music is and can be, seenfrom the eyes of a participantand observer of the band con-cept that night.

The days and nights leadingup to April 15, 2004 were nerve-wracking. Will the drums get toKearney safely? Would we needto restring the guitars? Wherewill we keep all the equipmentwhen it gets here? Hundreds ofquestions bounced endlesslyinside my head.

The first part of the bandconcept is that bouncing sensa-tion called anxiety. And itaffected each and every one ofus on the night of April 15. Therest of my band mates arrivedwith our equipment, we pulledup to Martin Hall shortly beforeseven. Hallapalooza was aboutto begin, and the first concert-goers were weaseling into thelounge area to pay the covercharge. We weren’t nervous, butwe knew that something couldand probably would go wrong atany moment.

“Never think for a minutethat everything will go asplanned at a show. Somethingbad will happen, and it’s betterto just expect it rather than hopeit doesn’t happen,” JonathanZach, bassist for fear is calm,explained.

After checking in at theMartin lounge, we entered thehall to gauge our crowd size andequipment placement. Part twoof the band concept: confi-dence. We needed to becomeconfident with the size of theroom and the possible largecrowd that would develop. Aswe breathed some of our lastworry-less breaths for the night,we exited the hall to beginassembling our equipment.

We then met some of theother band members who wouldperform that night. We werenow in stage three of the bandconcept, which involves con-necting with others for confi-dence and encouragement. Thisis very important to musicians,as they tend to compare them-selves to one another.Hallapalooza’s bands would

perform many different types ofmusic that night, but all of themusicians could connect withone another because of theirsimilar knowledge of existing ina band.

Patiently waiting outside toclimb the stage, I began toremember why I loved music. Iremember the shouts of theexcited fans urging you on, beg-ging you to help them under-stand why life is worth living.The feeling of connecting withother musicians is important,but connecting with your crowdis feeling nirvana. The fourthand most important part of theband concept is becoming onewith your crowd. When you canlook at someone in the throngsof people below you and seetheir eyes closing, mouthing thelyrics you created, no amount of

words can explain the greatswelling of achievement insideof your musician soul.

Even though the crampedstages and lack of monitorscaused many problems onstage,the bands played on...Eventhough the door prizes betweensets caused many bands to havetheir performances cut short, theband members gave it their all.Through all of Hallapalooza’sshortcomings, which any con-cert experience might throw atits participants, the bands ele-vated above them. Because eachand every guitarist, drummer,and singer in a musical groupunderstands the feeling you getfrom performing music. Thefeeling is creation and beingable to share it with your lovedones and with those you havenever met. Friends and

strangers are brought togetherthrough music, and because ofthis life is worth living.

Hallapalooza may have hadits problems, but the night ofApril 15 was a smash success ina musical sense. The crowdenjoyed each performanceimmensely.

“It was a really great experi-ence. The atmosphere wasgood, and I got to hear somereally enjoyable music!” LaurenBlessing, freshman, said.

The band concept flowedthrough everyone in full-force.The crowd cheered for eachnew group that graced the stageand patiently waited for the nextto step up and perform. Fear iscalm and every band that nightperformed with love and rever-ence for the ages-old concept ofmusic.

Rehor’s Randy Review

“Walking Tall” hits the box office hardSly Stallone is getting older;

Arnold has gotten into politics;Harrison Ford is busy buying uplandmasses from Canada toSouth America. Is there no last-action-hero willing to rule thebox office? Well, rule it may bean exaggeration, but The Rock’s“Walking Tall” did take the sec-ond spot in the weekend boxoffice, trailing behindTarantino’s revenge-thriller“Kill Bill Vol. 2.”

The newest addition in The

Rock’s movie portfolio,“Walking Tall,” is inspired bytrue events. Chris Vaughn,played by The Rock, is return-ing from serving eight years ofactive duty in the military.Upon arriving in his hometownin British Columbia (the storyoriginally took place inTennessee),

Vaughn notices severalchanges have taken place: thesawmill where his dad hadworked is now closed; there’s anon-Indian casino; and to makematters worse, there’s a stripclub/XXX video store on themain drag. On top of all this,

Vaughn’s own nephew is smok-ing marijuana and experiment-ing with methamphetamines.

The Rock’s best friend, areformed drug addict, small-time criminal played by JohnnyKnoxville, accompanies TheRock and several other highschool chums to the casino.One of their childhood friends,Jay Hamilton, played by NealMcDonough, owns and operatesthe casino.

Aside from Vaughn’s formergirlfriend stripping at the casinoand various wet tee-shirt con-tests, the casino initially seemsship-shape. Everything goes to

saw dust when Vaughn notices acraps table attendant throwingloaded dice. A scuffle ensues,and The Rock ends up on thewrong end of a box cutter.

The town sheriff refuses tohelp Vaughn avenge the assaultor press charges against thecasino. The Rock goes on arampage and assaults severalcasino employees in addition tosmashing the place up with alength of wood. He’s hauled tocourt and promises the jury torun for sheriff and clean up thetown if he’s acquitted.

I don’t want to ruin themovie, but I’m sure you can

guess it: he’s elected. Vaughnsets to work making good on hispromise of discovering andcrippling the porn and drugindustries. He’s met with morethan mild resistance, as histrusty Chevy is blown up andthe sheriff’s department isshredded with automaticmachine gun fire. The Rocktakes this affront personally andends the lives of several of hisattackers.

While Vaughn is fighting hisown battles, his family isn’timmune to the violence.Several armed thugs break intotheir home and take the family

captive, only to rely on thecrime fighting skills ofKnoxville.

In the classic “good vs. evil,”Vaughn eventually has to facehis nemesis and casino owner,Jay Hamilton. This fight occursoutside of the “squared circle,”without the commentary of“Mean Gene” Okerland.

This movie has plenty ofaction and enough violence andswearing to make it enjoyable.Watch out for The Rock as hescrambles to capture the “lastaction hero” spot in Hollywood.Can you smell what Rehor’scooking? Oh yeah!

by Kent LuttAntelope Staff Writer

Photo by Blake MullanixTen bands took the stage at Martin Hall’s fourth annualHallapalooza. The groups took to the stage with punk androck, giving spectators a night full of ear candy.

by Jonathan RehorAntelope News Editor

Photo by Scott BarryUNK’s Theatre production of Shakespeare’s Macbeth opens April 21 at 7:30 p.m. and will be running through Sunday after-noon. Don’t miss this stellar performance of what has been called the Bard’s bloodiest work.

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Who’s the man?

Bottorff takes “Big Man” titleThe Phi Sigma chapter Alpha

Omicron Pi held their annualBig Man on Campus fundraiseron Wednesday, April 14. Thecompetition included categoriessuch as talent, formal wear,swim wear, best pick-up line,and the best idea for a romanticdate.

The men were selected tencampus organizations. Theywere Adam Zrust, Albion; AsaPoole, Denver, Colo.; NateModlin, Grand Island; MikeNyffeler, Kearney; SeanBottorff, La Vista; JeffRutledge, Lincoln; Jesse Cain,North Platte; Nick Lemek,Omaha; Colin Conway, Omaha;and Jeff Siepmann, Papillion.

Sean Bottorff dominated theevening, winning the competi-tion and taking home the title ofBig Man on Campus.

“I was asked to be in the con-test. They wanted somebodyfunny. I thought the title wouldbe cool but I didn’t think that Ihad a chance as a freshman. Afreshman winning shows thatanything is possible,” Bottorff

said. The proceeds from Big Man

on Campus will go to theArthritis Foundation, which is

the international philanthropy ofAlpha Omicron Pi. Arthritisaffects over forty millionAmericans and is not limited to

a certain age group. Arthritiscauses pain, disability and dis-figurement. Little is knownabout what causes arthritis but

one out of six people in theUnited States are living with it.In Nebraska there are 263,000people with arthritis. Another285,000 children have a form of

rheumatic disease. MonetaryDonations to the ArthritisFoundation fund medicalresearch, public education andspecialist training.

Campus rocks with Sig Ep showUNK was rocking on

Tuesday night with four Omahabands when the NebraskaGamma chapter of Sigma PhiEpsilon brought back one oftheir most entertaining philan-thropic events.

“Courtyard Concert is a phil-anthropic event that workedwell for Sigma Phi Epsilon inthe past, so we decided to bringit back,” Craig Moore, Omahafreshman, said.

Moore and company handselected these punk and rockgroups, bringing only the best toKearney.

“From my experience andwhat I’ve seen, these are some

of the best bands out ofOmaha,” Moore said.

Headlining the event wasGrasshopper Takeover, a groupthat has proven to be a K-townfavorite over the years, fre-quenting Cunningham’s andvarious nightlife establish-ments. GTO is a native-Nebraskan three-piece groupthat began playing live shows in1997.

The group now tours coast tocoast and has released fivealbums in addition to two limit-ed edition CDs.

Also on the docket wasStraight Outta Jr. High, a bandthat played Courtyard Concertlast year. SOJH, which wasfound its origins in the spring of2000, is known for their punkantics and high-energy shows.

They have released two CDsand are set to have another outthis summer.

Trippin’ DeFault took thestage on Tuesday to displaytheir hard-hitting rock style. Thegroup was formed in 1997 andbegan performing together in

1999, they claim to blendaggressive rock with funkgrooves and emotional lyrics tocreate a distinct sound.

The crowd also got a listenof funk-rock group AnchondO.This four-piece band wasformed in 2001 and has expand-

ed a fan base in Omaha,Lincoln, Chicago, Kansas City,and St. Louis.

With a cover charge of twocans of food or three bucks, thefraternity had no problem rais-ing funds for the Kearney AreaFood Bank with this jam-style

soundtrack.“The event went well, and

the crowd had fun,” Moore said.“We were glad to see UNK andKearney come out to support agood cause and hope to keepCourtyard Concerts around inthe future.”

by Robyn SandersAntelope Staff Writer

by Traci WitthuhnAntelope Entertainment Editor

Photo by Quincy CromerAnchondO rocked the crowd at URN during the Courtyard Concerts on Tuesday night. The group was one of four bands toplay at this benefit show put on by Sigma Phi Epsilon.

Photo by Scott BarrySome campus studs displayed their talents last Wednesday evening at Alpha Omicron Pi’sannual Big Man on Campus competition. Sean Bottorff, right, took home the title.

The Lady Loper softballteam split the weekend with theAdams State Grizzlies inAlamosa, Colorado.

Kearney swept Adams Stateon Saturday 12-3 and 9-1, butSunday, the Grizzlies got theirrevenge taking the win in bothgames, 6-5 and 7-4.

After this weekend, UNKstays one game above .500 at20-19 overall and 17-13 inRMAC play.

Saturdays’ wins ties thisyear’s softball team for thelongest win streak at ten duringHead Coach Holly Carnes’UNK career.

In the fifth inning of gameone, Adams trailed by only onerun.

That all changed when theblue and gold brought nine runsacross the plate in the final twoinnings to secure victory.

Senior Katie Anderson tookthe win, allowing three earnedruns on four hits and only onewalk.

She set six down Grizzlies atthe plate in her thirteenth win ofthe season.

Catcher, Sarah Raymondbusted two homeruns in herthree for four batting record onthe game, including four RBI’sand two runs scored.

Junior Breanna Fleshmanwent yard in the seventh tobring three runs home.

In the nightcap, DanaeWolcott won her fifth game ofthe year, allowing no earnedruns over five innings pitched.

Again Raymond led theoffense with a two run double inthe fourth finishing at two forthree with two RBI’s and tworuns.

“I think we all did prettywell; everyone hit very wellover the course of the weekend.Everyone has their weekend andthis was mine,” Raymond com-mented on her awesome offen-sive game.

Brooke Epley went two fortwo with one run and one RBI,while Fleshman was two fortwo as well with two runsscored and one RBI.

The tables turned Sunday as

the Grizzlies reclaimed their ter-ritory, handing UNK two lossesand gaining only their seventhwin of the season.

In the first game, the Loperswere up 3-0 in the fourth, butASC had started a comebackand were only behind 3-4 at thetop of the seventh. Amanda Hittscored on an Adams Statethrowing error in the seventh,giving UNK a buffer pointheading into the final at bat.

It didn’t prove enoughthough as ASC immediatelyloaded the bases.

A wild pitch and sac fly tiedthe game, and an infield singleby Grizzly Stephanie Williamsscored the winning run forAdams State.

Raymond crushed her fourth

hit of the week over the fence,“You just go up there swingingas hard as you can and hope forthe best,” Raymond said.

Ashley Speak also was pro-ductive at the plate going twofor three.

Three Loper errors in gametwo allowed Adams to gain a

four-run lead on the blue andgold (6-2) by the second inning.

Anderson threw four score-less innings of relief for UNKand junior Cody Pettibone wenttwo for four at the plate.

This weekend the LadyLopers finish their regular sea-son at home against Fort Lewis.

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UNK track team dominates relays The Loper track and field

team was away again this week-end at both the Kansas andDoane Relays.

The Kansas Relays is one ofthe biggest meets in the countrythat features 5,000 athletes from19 different states. A total of620 teams participated in thisyear’s event, and 1,274 medalswere handed out.

For UNK, 16 Lopers com-peted including eight men andeight women.

The 800-meter run allowedtwo women to place in the topsix in a field of 24 competitors.

Hildreth senior Kathryn Altfinished sixth with a run of2:19.77, and Lexington juniorAndrea Andersen finished thirdwith a personal record time of2:18.14.

Andersen was excited abouther place and time in the event.

“This was a really big meet,and I was pleased with my per-formance,” Andersen said.

She is currently sitting insecond place on the RMAC listfor the 800-meter run and hopesto compete well.

“It is every runners goal todo well at RMAC, and I hope toget some of my best timesthere,” Andersen said.

Other leading performanceson the track included Bellwoodjunior Kate Semin who ran oneof the fastest 400-meter dashesin the prelims in school historyat 54.98.

This time was also the thirdfastest in Division II this year.She ended up placing seventh inthe event after running a 56.57in the finals.

Springfield junior DeniseKolar contributed to her team’seffort by placing seventeenth inthe 400-meter hurdles.

The women’s field eventsalso took home several spots forUNK.

Butte junior AmberTienfenthaler placed seven-teenth out of 32 in the hammerthrow with a toss of 149-6, andCulbertson freshman SaraWagner finished tenth in a fieldof 35 with a leap of 18-04.25 inthe long jump, and placed tenthin the triple jump as well. Hereffort in the long jump provi-sionally qualified her for theNCAA Championships.

In the pole vault, Hooperjunior Cali Cordes was fifteenthand Kearney freshman KellieHawkins took twenty-second.

For the Loper men, Kansassenior Nate Wheat and Kearneyfreshman Chase Beideck hadtop ten finishes in the shot put.Wheat was fifth while Beidecktook eighth. Kansas sophomoreKellen Jacobs took ninth out of30 competitors in the hammerwith a toss 167-1.

Lexington senior John Lauxfinished tenth in the triple jumpwith a top effort of 48-6.Kansas senior Skyler Price was-

n’t too far behind with a twelfthplace finish. Laux’s jump pro-visionally qualifies him for theNCAA Championships.

Ansley senior Derek Baileytook home the sixteenth place inthe high jump along with aneleventh place finish in the pre-lims of the 110 high hurdles.

Another outstanding perfor-mance was Grand Island seniorClark Spanel’s top jump of 23-8to take eighth in a field of 30competitors.

The men’s throwers were thehigh point at the Doane Relaysthat UNK also competed in thisweekend.

Although some of theLoper’s top athletes were com-peting at the Kansas Relays, theUNK track team still managedto take 22 top five finishes at theevent held in Crete.

Placing first for UNK weresenior Nate Wheat in the shotput, junior Denise Kolar in the400-meter hurdles, and sopho-more Drew Tonniges in the

5,000-meter run. The men’sthrowers dominated for UNKtaking four of the top six spotsin the shot, four of the top sevenin the discus, and three in thetop eight of the hammer.

Kearney freshman ChaseBeideck took third place in theshot put while Eustis sopho-more Lance Pfeiffer was fifth.

Grand Island senior ScottJorgensen was second in boththe discus and the hammer, withWalthill junior Derek Frese hav-ing the next best effort in eachevent.

Tonniges won the 5,000-meter run with a time of15:17.17, and Grand Islandsenior Clark Spanel took thirdin the 200-meter dash aftercompeting at the KansasRelays.

Kearney junior Nolan Littlewas fifth in the 800-meters at1:58.54.

For the women, placing sec-ond on the track were Wyomingsenior Angela Sorensen in the

200, and Marshland sophomoreRandi Furman in the 100-meterdash. Furman also took fifth inthe 200, and Lincoln juniorAndrea Herndon was third inthe 5,000 meter run.

Throwing for the womenwere Central City sophomoreShauna Birchard who was run-ner up in the shot, and took fifthin the hammer.

Kearney senior Lisa Callerozwas second in the discus, andprovisionally qualified for thisevent with a 141-8.

Finally, Elkhorn juniorLesley Crutcher was third in thehigh jump with Gering fresh-man Katie Schaneman takingfifth in the pole vault.

The Lopers are looking for-ward to the competition at theNebraska Wesleyan Invite thisFriday in Lincoln.

“I hope the team will havegood competition this weekend,and that we all get high marksand some personal records,”Andersen said.

Softball splits with Adams State

by Sarah StuartAntelope Staff Writer

by Amy Jo HandAntelope Staff Writer

Men’s tennis wins twice

The University of Nebraskaat Kearney men’s tennis teamfinally got to play their oppo-nents at home and they took fulladvantage of it as they defeatedthe University of Colorado-Colorado Springs and theUniversity of Colorado State-Pueblo by the scores of 6-3 and5-4.

UNK coach Patrick Fischersaid that the win againstColorado State-Pueblo wasreally big for this team.

“It was really close andeveryone got super excited, andso I was worried about a letdown on Saturday,” Fischersaid.

UNK had reason to be con-cerned against ColoradoSprings as they were up only 2-1 after doubles play was overand relied on its #1 singles play-

er Jorge Ramos to turn themoment back to UNK.

“Doubles didn’t turn out aswell as I had hoped for. Wewere up 2-1 and our #2 and #3singles lost and Jorge playing at#1 really stepped up after losingthe first set 6-1 and reallyfought hard to win the secondset 6-3 and then really brokethis opponents spirits and steamrolled him in the third set,”Fischer said.

After the win by Ramos, #4singles Nate Wiegand, #5 sin-gles Luke Backhaus, and #6 sin-gles Tyson Thomas all won toclose the door on any upset bidof Colorado Springs.

Fischer said it was good tofinally play at home and makethe opponent adjust to the loweraltitude as opposed to the thinair of Colorado.

“Usually when we go toColorado the altitude is a factor.This time it’s the other way

around when were at homebecause people come down andhave to adjust to playing at alower altitude with differentballs and I think it certainlyhelped us and we took advan-tage of it,” Fischer said.

The Lopers won’t changetheir strategy much as they nowgo into the conference tourna-ment.

UNK, Colorado School ofMines, and Colorado State-Pueblo are in a three way tie forfirst place with a record of 12-3and with a couple of other con-ference opponents not too farbehind.

UNK cannot afford to underestimate any opponent if theyplan on making it to the region-al tournament.

“We just gotta make sure weplay our best game, worry aboutus first, and everything will fallinto place I’m pretty sure,”Fischer said.

by Kory EngelAntelope Staff Writer

Photo by Jaime DusinAbove: The Loper women’s tennis team was also in action against Colorado State-Pueblo andthe University of Colorado-Colorado Springs. Unfortunately, the women lost both matches.

Questions? Comments? Email the Sports Editor at antelopesports@hotmail.com

NEWSTHE ANTELOPE THE WEEK OF APRIL 22, 2004

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The average lifespan of bloodcells is as little as five days forplatelets and 42 days for redcells. With this in mind, it isstressed that donating blood isan important part of a successfullife-saving structure.

On March 31 and April 1,Randall Hall sponsored this

spring’s annual Blood Wars inthe Nebraskan Student Union.This year’s blood drive wasrecorded as being the best everheld on UNK soil.

Jody Elson, president of theRandall Hall Council, was theevent's main organizer. “This isthe best blood drive that the RedCross has had since they’vebeen to UNK. About 35 volun-teers had a hand in the event. Wehad approximately 140 good

units of blood altogether. Wecollected enough blood to save420 lives," Elson said.

The Curtis native also hadsome promising news about thetype of blood collected. “Fifty-one percent of the units collect-ed were Type O blood. This ofcourse is the universal bloodtype that can be given to anyone.This is important because theKearney area has been having arecent blood shortage,” Elson

said. First year graduate student

Amy Grenier of Littleton, Colo.,said, "We just kind of mixed itup this year. In the past it wassolely put on by RAs and staffmembers. This year we left it upto the Randall Hall Council. Wewere very excited by the turnout.We exceeded our goals bothdays."

Jenny Stahla, a junior fromLexington, also a hand in orga-

nizing the drive. "My duty wasmaking sure there were rewardsfor the donors,” said Stahla.Most of these rewards came inthe form of Easter candy or giftcertificates from local business-es.

Elson had more informationon the approximate 200 donorsover the two days: “We gaveprizes to the top participatingorganizations here on campus.Randall Hall and Martin Hall

each received two DVDs fortheir participation. URNreceived one DVD, as did SigmaPhi Epsilon. The Chi Omegasorority earned themselves afree pizza party,” she said.

“It really makes you feelgood when you help out withsomething like this that can savea life, maybe even one of yourloved one’s or even your own,”Stahla said.

UNK ‘Blood Wars’ gushing success

Seek Student Support Services

by Chris AraujoAntelope Staff Writer

What do first-generation college students, students on acad-emic probation and non-traditional students have in common?At UNK, they are all candidates for a program known asStudent Support Services. This program strives to help eligiblestudents meet their academic goals.

There are a variety of factors that qualify students to utilizeStudent Support Services, ranging from social, financial andcultural factors to academic factors. The first set of criteria isthat the student is a first-generation college student; the studentis eligible for a Pell Grant, thus meets income guidelines;and/or the student can document a disability that interferes withacademic performance.

“Student Support Services is a federal TRIO program thatwas initiated during the Great Society programs of the 1960s.The federal government identified two aspects of society thatoften hindered students from getting into, and then succeedingin, college: being low-income and/or first-generation,” BrandonBenitz, academic advisor for Student Support Services, said.

“In the 1970s, students with disabilities were likewise iden-tified as a segment of the population that were struggling to getinto, and through, college. So they were added to the criteria.Student Support Services was started as a way to encouragethose students to enter college, then it acts as a support mecha-nism while they are there,” he said.

Students may take advantage of many different services suchas one-on-one counseling for academic success; free tutoringfrom academic mentors; auxiliary advising/counseling; timemanagement/stress reduction tips; financial assistance informa-tion; skills assessment; individualized referrals to appropriateStudent Services; personal advocacy; special needs assistance;cultural opportunities; graduate school exploration; and refer-rals for career planning.

Benitz said, “Student Support Services is a unique programon campus in that we tailor-make our comprehensive servicesto the needs of the individual students who we serve. And ourstudents are just as unique--some students stop in on almost a

daily basis, others check in only periodically, some are in theHonors program and some are recognized as outstanding stu-dent leaders on campus.”

The Student Support Services Mentor Program is an excel-lent way for students to find some academic support. This pro-gram offers tutoring in math, natural sciences, English andother general studies areas. The program also offers advice inhow to study sufficiently and helps in making students feel athome at UNK.

To enter the Student Support Services Mentor Program, astudent must meet one of the following needs: composite ACTscores below 20 or SAT composites of less then 800; EnglishACT scores below 20 or SAT verbal skills of less than 400;math ACT scores below 20 or SAT quantitative of less than400; reading ACT scores below 20; science reasoning scorebelow 20; high school graduation class of less than 100; condi-tional admission; academic probation; students with less than a2.5 GPA; non-traditional students (age 25 and above); graduateschool potential (ACT scores above 25 or equivalent SATscores or GPA of 3.5 or above for current UNK students);English as a second language; or previous participant in a TRIOprogram.

“We try to serve our students in such a way that we look atthe whole person—to incorporate other issues into our solu-tions, not just the problems they may be facing in class,” Benitzsaid.

Benitz said he enjoys his job because he basically gets paidto hang out with college students and can help them make theirlives better by helping them succeed in college.

“It’s a bittersweet moment when I realize that we have givena student the tools they need to succeed and they no longer needus like they once did. Watching them walk across the stage atgraduation and knowing that it’s not just their life that is chang-ing, but their parents’ lives and their children’s lives as well, isso fulfilling,” Benitz said.

All students are encouraged to seek any help that is neededto ensure their academic success. More information aboutStudent Support Services may be found on their Web site athttp://www.unk.edu/offices/sss/programs.html .

by Molly Albrecht and Heather BunsenAntelope Staff Writers

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the wear and tear on thedesks, carpet, beds and otherfurniture does not always getfixed. “Ramada is gearedtoward the families that wantto have a small get togetherafter graduation, not the gradu-ation parties that have hap-pened in the past,” saysMichael Hartman, Front DeskSupervisor for Ramada Inn.

There will never be anotherparty like the Ramada Innthrew after every graduationfor the past many years. “Mosthotels do not tolerate the roomparties like we have seen in thepast,” Williams remarked.Each hotel that has a bar onproperty has a liquor license,and this license means that theestablishments that hold thoselicenses have exclusive rights

to the liquor that is handled onthat property. With that comesthe liability of the people thatdrink alcohol becoming toointoxicated and doing some-thing harmful to either proper-ty or themselves. That liabilitywas just too much for thisyear’s graduation bash.

There are many things thatthe graduates can do that nightbesides party at the RamadaInn. Renting out space at thefairgrounds might be oneoption, the bars around townwill certainly be open thatnight, or the old-fashionedhouse party might be the otheroption; just keep it down or thefirst night as a graduate mightbe spent in the Buffalo CountyCourthouse. “Congratulationsgraduates, have fun and besafe,” Hartman added.

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