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tuesday, march 27, 2012
volume 111, issue 124
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Weeklong event aims to promote LGBT awareness conor dunn daily nebraskan
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln LGBTQA Resource Center is sponsoring “Be The Change 2012” this week to bring awareness about the importance of LGBT activism. Stacey Cleveland, a teaching, learning and teacher education graduate student, said the goal is to educate people about ways they can change their communities instead of simply hoping for the change to happen. “When you provide education,” she said, “people have a greater awareness of LGBT issues and are more likely to change things.” Cleveland said it’s the first year the resource center has hosted “Be The Change Week.” The activity-filled week began Monday and will continue through March 31. All events are free and open to the public in the Nebraska Union. On Monday, the center put on “Sex in the Dark” and “Sex Toys 101” to give students the chance to talk and ask questions about sex and sex toys they might have been uncomfortable talking about openly before. The center will host its “Ask a Queer” panel Tuesday from 3:30 to 4:45 p.m. The three panelists will share their personal experiences with the LGBT community and will answer questions. Pat Tetreault, director of the LGBTQA Resource Center, said a problem with LGBT awareness is people believe they don’t know anyone who is LGBT-affiliated. She said the real case is they aren’t aware they know somebody.
University Health Center wellness educator Lee Heerten speaks to an audience about sex toys on Monday in the Nebraska Union.
story by daniel wheaton | photos by kyle bruggeman
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large red dildo, a powder blue vibrator and an assortment of cock rings sat on a table Monday evening in the Nebraska Union. After a “Sex in the Dark” discussion, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln LGBTQA Resource Center hosted a “Sex Toys 101” workshop as part of “Be the Change Week.” The workshop was hosted by LeeAnn Pancharoen, a health educator from Planned Parenthood, and Lee Heerten, a sexual health educator with the University Health Center. The workshop opened with an icebreaker to help open discussion of sex toys. People drew cards with either a sex toy or a
definition. Henry Cabrera, a junior political science major, drew the definition of a sleeve, which is a jelly-like tube used to facilitate male masturbation. “I don’t really know what this is,” Cabrera said. After the icebreaker, the pair began their lecture. They offered explanations of each kind of sex toy and offered suggestions on usage and what to avoid. The lecture was split by each kind of body part meant for stimulation. Anal toys
“Anal toys include beads, butt plugs or anything meant to stimulate the anus,”
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“It’s a good environment to be able to see LGBT people as individuals,” she said. From 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, the Omaha Pride Players will perform skits and monologues in the Union Auditorium about what it means to be an LGBT-affiliated or straightallied teen in Omaha. Tetreault said although the players perform stories based on personal experiences in Omaha, the issues apply to the LGBT community as a whole. On Wednesday, the center will host LGBTea, where visitors can receive a cup of hot tea while examining an LGBT display in the Rotunda Gallery of the union from 2 to 4 p.m. Tetreault said the display will be up all week and features photographs of individuals and events that have helped create change. On Thursday, the center will have an educational booth in the union to distribute information on how to “be the change,” from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tetreault said students can also bring their lunches to the LGBTQA Resource Center’s office and participate in its brown-bag discussion. This week’s topic is “being out on campus and in the classroom,” and will be facilitated by Counseling and Psychological Services. The resource center will also co-host the 2nd Annual Prairie Pride Film Festival March 28-31 with the student group Allies and Advocates for LGBT at the Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center. Shows start at 7 p.m. March 28-30 and 3 p.m. on March 31. Tickets are $7 at the door.
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Haymarket plaza approved despite alcohol concerns Julia peterson Daily nebraskan
Lincoln City Council members approved the West Haymarket Redevelopment Agreement Monday despite worries expressed at a meeting on March 19 that an alcohol-serving plaza would be too close to what could be student apartments and lofts. The plaza, named The Yard, would house various restaurants, many of which would obtain liquor licenses, David Landis said on March 19. Landis is the director of the City of Lincoln Urban Development Department. The housing complex
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would sit across the street from the plaza. It is intended to supply 71 units of multiple bedroom and loftstyle apartments and condominiums, Landis said. Councilman Jon Camp expressed concern about what could happen if the units across the street from a potential new bar scene became mostly inhabited by students. “No one wants another 14th and O (streets) situation with student housing and a beer garden across the street,” Camp said last week. Lawyer Tom Huston said the building is not limited to student housing. Last
week, he said if the design is intended for students at all, it’s aimed at the older undergraduate and graduate students. The idea was to target young professionals. But Huston said he understands how it could turn into mostly student housing. “A younger generation is much more willing to pioneer an area,” he said. For this reason, The Yard will place restrictions on which businesses can occupy a space in the plaza to avoid the type of situation mentioned by Camp. “We didn’t want this to be just a college bar scene,”
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Huston said. Eighty-five percent of potential tenants must meet all of these requirements to hold a spot in The Yard plaza: •Have a licensed kitchen. •Be open from at least 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. to offer service during the lunch hour. •Offer a full menu from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Only 85 percent must abide by these regulations because not all will be restaurants, Huston said. Some will be banks and retail shops. But all food-and-drinkserving businesses will have to uphold these rules. In addition, no more than
half of all businesses that will open in The Yard can have more than 50 percent of their total sales be from alcohol, encouraging restaurants to occupy The Yard instead of bars. If any of these businesses violate liquor rules and regulations established by the Nebraska Liquor Control Commission they can be forced to close their doors. Members said they agreed to all the plans presented during the meeting held on March 19. Councilman Doug Emery said he believes the city needs to move forward in developing the Haymarket. “We were going down
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this road and we need to continue down this road,” Emery said. Councilman Carl Eskridge said he believed placing businesses close to the new arena would be beneficial. “Part of the reason for building this arena is to put other things around it,” Eskridge said. The vote was a unanimous 6-0, with councilman Camp abstaining because he said he owns property near the Haymarket. The construction of these areas in the West Haymarket is the first phase of a plan to redevelop the Downtown Haymarket.
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