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Identity theft may become a felony IP from pagel victims at all. According to the law, the real victims are the stores and busi nesses that lose money because of stolen identities. Redfield’s bill, heard Thursday in the Judiciary Committee, would make identi ty theft a felony and give the per son whose identity was stolen access to police reports and court documents. Under the bill, mandatory restitution is provided for the victim, who would also be able to take civil action against the person who has stolen the vic tim’s identity. If someone steals a car or money, Redfield said, both can be replaced over time, Hb'ut if someone steals your good name, your reputation is ruined forever.” Congress passed legislation that made identity theft a crime in 1998, but under the bill the states are responsible for enact ing the legislation. And that’s why people like Lincolnite Lelia Coyne, who had her Social Security number stolen, can’t get any lawyer to prosecute the person who stole her identity. “Prosecutors may want to prosecute, but state law doesn’t make the case worth it,” Redfield said. Shirley Anne Rewolinski dis covered someone had stolen her Social Security number in June 2000. Just by obtaining Rewolinski’s Social Security number, someone destroyed her credit and her criminal record. “A Social Security number is not supposed to be used as a form of identification,” Rewolinski said. Rewolinski said she wanted to get a misdemeanor warrant for the person who stole her Social Security number. "I’m not doing this for mone tary reasons. I want her to be punished,” she said. ■DOUGLAS THEATRE CO. www.douglastheatres.co Movie info: 441-0222 Call for Showtimesl Coming Soon....... “The Mexican” • “Heartbreakers” 'See Spot Run' • “15 Minutes” “Enemy at the Gates” ^^SSS^^SSSbm^^SSSS^S^SSSSSmmS5SSSSS5SSSSSS55SS^^^5S^SSSSSBSSSS^SSSSSSSS5^^ i /' A WEEK UNLIMITED X $®*° *; / 5 Must present coupon. » Outreach programs included in report MISSION from page 1 funding, it will be used to extend the program into colleges other than the College of Business Administration, Sebora said. “Unfortunately, students think entrepreneurship is only in (the college of) business,” he said. Plus, being chosen as a pri ority increases the visibility of the program, Sebora said, which could help increase internships, mentorships and outside fund ing. “The entrepreneurship cen ter is a pretty good secret within the university, but not in the nation,” Sebora said. UNL’s entrepreneurship program is ranked among the top 30 of similar programs nationwide, he said. While some programs will probably receive extra money for being identified as a priority, other priorities will rely on increased recognition. For instance, the Marriage and Family Therapy Outreach and Research Programs won’t receive any extra money as of yet, but its director, Richard Bischoff, said he was pleased to be on the list. The program delivers men tal health services to Arthur County, which does not have any other mental health servic es. The idea came up two years ago, and students began work ing with patients in January, he said. Graduate students work with patients, either through distance technology or hands on in Arthur County. Bischoff said he didn’t know of any additional funding for the program but said the visibility and recognition could still boost it. The University of Nebraska Medical Center offers telemedi cine services, but other than that, no other schools in the state offer mental health coun seling for rural Nebraska. “In terms of what we're doing, we’re unique," he said. ‘The entrepreneurship center is a pretty good secret within the university, but not in the nation. ” Terry Sebora director, Nebraska Center for Entrepreneurship If the program takes off, it could include other rural coun ties, Bischoff said. Another priority identified was UNL’s distance education program. Dean of Continuing Studies, Don Swoboda said he was happy the program was includ ed on the list. "What it says to me is that this campus is serious about the outreach mission of this univer sity,” Swoboda said. Swoboda said he didn't know of any additional funding the distance education program would receive, but being includ ed on the list provided both external and internal recogni tion for the program. If distance education does receive more money, Swoboda said, it would be used to make the distance education technol ogy more user-friendly. UNL's distance education program is nationally recog nized in a number of areas, Swoboda said. Distance education doesn't comprise the majority of UNL’s enrollment, but it’s been grow ing steadily in the past three or four years, he said. "We don't think it’s anyone’s mission to have every course offered as a distance education course,” he said. “But we’re growing, and (distance educa tion) provides an option that students want.” CLEMENTS.- KlNYUNEU - PAGGJ LIETTE Integrity: Cambridge dictionary defines it as "the quality of being honest and having strong moral principles Dear fellow students, that you refuse to change.” i . ;ivJ As a bit of background information on what really happened to NUFORCE within the past few weeks: As we were trying to gather signatures to run for office, Angela Clements gave to Terrence Batiste in good faith Rowena Pacquette’s signature sheet to go gather a few signatures at Selleck residence hall from his friends who lived there. Five hours later, Terrence came back with 35 signatures. There was no reason to doubt these signatures until last Thursday, February 15th when John Conley, director of the Electoral Commission called NUFORCE saying that there was alleged forgery of signatures. Angela, upon looking at the signatures in question, knew by looking at the particular sheet that it was the sheet she had given to Terrence to gather signatures. Rowena, Erick, Angela and anyone else involved or running with NUFORCE had no idea that these signatures were not valid until the ASUN office called it to our attention. Since then, Terrence Batiste has written and signed in front of a witness a letter of absolute confession, admitting his fault. Copies of the letter are available at request. Terrence’s actions are incomprehensible to NUFORCE and especially to Angela Clements who has also had to deal with the betrayal of a friendship. Our campaign has been conducted with the utmost of integrity. We have spoken with hun dreds, if not thousands of students who have never had anyone from student government care to include them into the system. We have received endorsements from several campus organizations that have never had a voice in their student government. We have brought so many students into a process, into a system that has excluded and will continue to do so if serious changes to not occur in student government. Above all, we would like to apologize. We know that it is only our hearts that can know the truth and that some of the extraordinary people who have supported us may be wondering what to think about our integrity. We say, look behind the media and look into our hearts, our passion. NUFORCE has been to the mountaintop; it has seen the good that can come out of strong coalitions with all students. The journey may be long and dangerous but NUFORCE is not prepared to quit regardless of anyone else’s intentions. This ad is not meant to gain sympa thy but to shed light on a matter of concern to all. We urge all of you to look at all parties and decide which best represents your ideas, be it NUFORCE or any other. Let us all go out and vote, that this may not have been in vain. If you wish to contact us, you may email NUFORCE2001@hotmail.com. Peace, NUFORCE ASUN Student Government Elections February 28, 2001 NUFORCE NUFORCE NUFORCL ILEMENTS - KlNYUNBU - PACGJUETTE CLEMENTS - K.INYUNEU * PACQLIETTE C l^MENT^MO^UNEL^PACqUErrB