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Officer pushed for equality MC€lll from page 1 were weary about working with her, McGill said. “Basically some of them were not impressed with having a woman with them," she said. “I think a lot of them thought if they had to go on calls, they would have to spend their time taking care of a female,” she said. Sharon Wacker, an adminis trative assistant who worked for the UNL Police Department when McGill arrived, said although there was a definite split between the residence hall patrol and the cruiser officers, McGill was never treated poorty because she could handle tough situa tions. “She would not be where she is now, had shebeen a timid per son,” Wacker said. Assistant Chief Police Mylo Bushing, who was then a patrol officer, said the male officers’ weary attitude changed after McGill proved die was not afraid to arrest somebody. “It was kind oflike, 'We’re will ing to work with a female officer, but she’s going to have to prove she can do the job,’” Bushing said. “With Barb’s personality, it didn't really take long for the offi cers to say, 'Hey, I think she’s going to work out okay,’” he said. By then, other female officers were joining die department and following in McGill's footsteps. McGill said she heard a few comments about the females riding in the cruisers with the males, but by then, nobody was too bent out of shape So McGill and the other female officers decided to push for one more concession. Instead of wearing skirts, the women wanted to wear pants, she said. McGill said the ^Jcirts were cold and awkward when the woman were getting in and out of the cruisers. McGill described the knee length skirts as “short little num bers.” Finally, after many com plaints, the woman officers were given slacks instead of skirts, achieving the same status as men. So why would someone stay after having to jump through so many hoops? McGill can answer that ques tion in one word: “Benefits,” she said. ■DOUGLAS THEATRE CO. www.douglastheatres.co Movie info: 441 -02 2 2 Call for Showtimes! Coming Soon. “KngdomCome” “One Night at McCooI’s” “Along Cif a Spider” "BRIDGET JONES DIARY” I Parkinson's implants fail FETAL CELL from page 1 ' ly include tremors, slow move ments, balance problems, mus cle stiffness and a decrease in the ability to make facial expressions and project the voice. Cohen said UNMC only con ducted basic fetal cell research, and didn’t do any implanting or human testing. While the transplant failures are a setback in the overall scheme, he said, research should still be done. "It’s a first step,” Cohen said. "(Scientists) will look at the* results and figure, out why the adverse reactions occur. It’s the approach we take with any new therapy." Cohen compared the implant therapy to developing chemotherapy treatments: if experimental treatments don’t work, he said, scientists and doc tors go back to the drawing board. The theory behind implanti ng fetal cells, Cohen said, is based on “sound science.” Regent Charles Wilson said the number of people involved in the study was fairly low, and, pre cautions should be taken with all human experimentation. The results, he said, are disconcerting. “This raises some obviously serious concerns," Wilson said. He said ?t this point, though, the study was too small to accu rately determine whether fetal cell implants would be beneficial or hurtful for Parkinson’s disease patients. But Wilson said some reports of implants in Alzheimer’s patients had been successful Regent Drew Miller of Papillion said he was not sur prised the implants failed. “The vast majority of experi ments fail,” he said. “It's hard to find new cures.” He said many scientific dis coveries happened accidentally, and that there was no way to pre dict what would happen in scien tific experiments. Miller also said UNMC’s basic fetal cell research should contin ue. “People need to understand that our research at the Med Center is not with transplants,” he said. Guyia Mills, a member of the Board of Directors for the Nebraska Family Council, said while she was not against the use of fetal cells from spontaneous abortions, such as miscarriages, she was against the use of pur posely aborted cells for trans plantation. “Morally, we can not go down that road,” she said. Mills said the failure of the cell therapy was not surprising, and though she would like to see a cure for Parkinson’s disease, she did not want to “exploit the least among us.” “We have to look at what’s being done at the national and international level. When will we ever plan on stopping here?” she said. Fetal research debate continues FETAL from page 1 center officials recently pub lished a legal interpretation of the bill that claims the bill’s loose language extends its juris diction well beyond fetal •research. The opinion, issued by Lincoln attorney Man Peterson, says the bill would ban Nebraskans from using any vac cines, drugs or medical treat ments derived from fetal research. Peterson outlined the con sequences in a letter to the Board of Regents. Harold Maurer, chancellor of the medical center, forward ed Peterson's comments to all of Nebraska’s senators. “I felt compelled to say something to the legislators about the consequences,” he said. The bill, he said, would force Nebraskans to cross state lines to seek basic medical treat ments like vaccines for rubella. This latest legal opinion adds another edition to a string of actions that began in November 1999 when the Omaha-World Herald reported that researchers at the medical center were using fetal tissue in research. Since the announcement, people on both sides of the debate have battled inside and out of the Capitol. Peterson, though, said the conflict may reach its conclu sion soon. “I’m convinced we have enough votes to pass it," he said. NU sports budget may see cut ATHLETICS from page! Byrne couldn't be reached for comment Thursday. Regent Charles Wilson of Lincoln said he thought the Athletic Department had to be willing to explore all its options to save money. But the last option, Wilson said, is cutting sports programs. “It's a shame to consider hav ing to cut sports,” Wilson said. “The athleticism (of stu dents in smaller sports) is as great as it is in any of the other sports.” NU is one of a handful of schools that’s been able to main tain a large number of men’s and women's sports programs with out using taxpayers’ money or student fees, Wilson said. Wilson agreed with Hassebrook, and said cuts prob ably wouldn’t be made from larger sports because top coach es would be less likely to choose NU if salaries weren’t competi tive. It would be difficult to cut a top coach’s salary because the regents don’t arbitrarily choose an amount to pay someone. Rather, it depends on the 7f’s a shame to consider having to cut sports.” Charles Wilson NU regent marketplace and how much other coaches across the coun try are being paid, Wilson said. “If you’re not competitive in the marketplace, people will go somewhere else,” he said. 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