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friday, april 19, 2013 volume 112, issue 141
Inside Coverage
The long haul
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Tractor museum needs funding for renovation
After midweek sweep, NU goes to Purdue
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GROUP-ON!
Hannah Hooper from GROUPLOVE dances onstage at the University Program Council’’s annual spring concert in the Colisuem Thursday night.
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Work begins on mixed-use project near East Campus Redevelopment project will offer retail, restaurants, housing Lis Arneson Dn
A woman holds up a T-shirt in support of the Keystone XL pipeline at the state department hearing in Grand Island Thursday. The state department hosted the only public hearing on the route of the Keystone XL pipeline, allowing individuals to have their comments included in the Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement.
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bout 1,000 people traveled to Grand Island Thursday to attend the only public hearing on TransCanada’s Keystone XL pipeline – more than one-fourth of them signed up to
A supporter of BOLD Nebraska in a polar bear suit and a Keystone XL pipeline supporter listen to the public comments at the state department hearing in Grand Island Thursday. BOLD Nebraska supporters showed their opposition to the pipeline by donning “Pipeline Fighter” arm bands and apparel and standing up when fellow opponents testified.
testify. They braved near-blizzard conditions Thursday morning to attend the hearing, hosted by the U.S. Department of State. The hearing, held in the Heartland Events Center, was meant to include public opinion in the department’s Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement. The Keystone XL pipeline is reaching its political endgame as the approval process nears completion. Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman approved a new route of Keystone XL in January, allowing the
state department to move forward with the project. On March 1, the Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement gave the project a thumbs-up. Kerri-Ann Jones, assistant secretary of state for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs, has been coordinating the state department’s dealings with Keystone XL. Speaking to reporters, she said she felt positive about the developments in the project and that the department is excited to hear comments from the public. She did warn that the state department is mostly concerned with the wider implications of the pipeline, which include national security concerns and economic benefits. “We’ve received 800,000 comments so far,” Jones
Work is underway on a mixed-use redevelopment project at 35th and Holdrege streets, located across from the University of NebraskaLincoln’s East Campus. According to Will Scott of WRK, LLC, the project is an investment into Idylwild Drive and the nearby park. The redevelopment site, which encompasses about three blocks, will include two three-story buildings, with ground-level retail or restaurants, and apartments and office space above, Scott said. “We are really excited about our East Campus project and hope it helps provide much-needed services and amenities to the university while enhancing the surrounding neighborhood,” Scott said. The first building, slated for completion in December, will include more than 26 studio-style apartments, Scott said. “Urban living in a mixed-use project provides the resident a different experience,” Scott said in a March 5 interview. “Having the option for suburban and urban living adds to our quality of living and strength of our community.” Valentino’s at 3457 Holdrege St., which opened in 1957, will relocate to the first building when construction begins on the second building in early spring 2014, Scott said. “The plan is for a seamless transition; so no downtime,” Scott said. “It is a real opportunity for Valentino’s to update and create more efficiencies.” The second building could contain more apartments, Scott said. “(Residential space) will be open to everyone but very attractive to grad students that want their own space and no room-
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keystone: see page 3
Study: False memories could deter drinking Researchers found they could implant negative memories of beverages andrew barry dn Implanting false memories into the human mind is nothing new, but researchers may have discovered a new use for the practice: making people drink alcohol less. Elizabeth Loftus, a psychology professor at the University of California, Irvine, and her colleagues conducted a study with
147 undergraduate psychology student participants. The team was able to manipulate 20 percent of the participants into believing they had a memory in which a certain drink made them sick. The majority of those participants in turn had a reduced preference for that drink. “They asked these people to try to remember, and with some folk, after a while, they start to draw up images of something that never happened,” said Robert Belli, a University of NebraskaLincoln psychology professor and false memory expert. “It feels like any other memory that they would have had on their autobio-
graphical path.” In the study, which was published in Acta Psychologica, Loftus had her volunteers answer a series of questions about the history of their food and beverage choices before age 16. They returned a week later and were given profiles, supposedly based on their previous answers. For some of the students, these profiles included faulty information about getting sick from rum or vodka when they were younger. Those students included in the false memory groups then had their knowledge of these memories tested, and they were asked to retake the survey again afterward.
It’s kind of a way of brainwashing. I think with the use of drugs and alcohol it’s not as bad.”
melissa hilgenkamp
secondary math education major
Belli said he thinks the numbers released in the study were not only statistically significant, but also conceptually significant because those numbers suggest one out of every five people developed a false memory. Because of the nature of false memories, the ethics of research like this have been debated but largely differ from person to per-
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son. “People need to grow up with the truth and live their own life and know their own experiences,” said Melissa Hilgenkamp, a junior secondary math education major. “It’s kind of a way of brainwashing. I think with the use of drugs of alcohol it’s not as bad.” Brainwashing might not be the best way to describe this
phenomenon, especially because even Belli admitted he thinks he has created false memories for himself. According to Belli, the human mind is malleable, and memories, no matter true or false, are relatively similar. “A false and true memory have the same properties in terms of how people make judgments of their acts and remembering something from the past,” Belli said. “It’s only that a true memory has greater veracity with something that really did happen, and a false memory has less veracity in terms of what really did happen.” news@ dailynebraskan.com