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IIUI4VIUJf ilVIWIIIWVI U, daily page 3 rive continues Petition d ii By Joyletta Woodruff The Lancaster County District Court Judges's decision not to call a grand jury investigation of the Arvid Shcrdell Lewis shooting has had little, if any, effect on the petition drive trying to call such a grand jury- An order filed Nov. 3 by the five Dis trict Court Judges seated that because law enforcement agencies are part of the execu tive branch of government, the. District Court has "no authority to investigate the policies, procedures or make-up" of these agencies. The order also stated that a grand jury cannot be called to investigate one " crime alone. The court decision answered a City County Common request that a grand jury be called to investigate the Lewis killing. Lewis was killed by Lancaster County Deputy Sheriff Rod Loos in a Sept. 24 drug raid. Citizen group After the killing, a citizen group, the ASUN: Justice for Lewis Committee, formed and began circulating petitions calling for grand jury investigations of the killings of Lewis and another black Lincoln resident, Elijah Childers. Childers was shot in his home by a I incoln policeman Feb. 1. Jessie Payne, chairman of the Justice for Lewis Cormittee, said the Court's de cision did not surprise committee members. 'There was no real reaction on the part of members. It was something we all ex pected," he said. According to Cynthia Grandberry, State Sen. Ernest Chambers' secretary, about 2,000 of the 4,824 signatures needed to call the grand jury have been obtained. The committee has a booth in the Gate way Shopping Center mall and plans to cir culate petitions in downtown Lincoln and various neighborhoods. Grandberry said the committee hopes more university stu dents become involved in the petition drive. Women's Resource Center The Women's Resource Center is circu lating a petition and anyone wishing to sign may go to the office, said Chris Stout, a volunteer. The center also is providing free trans portation to the County-City Bldg. for per sons wanting to register to vote, she said. Persons wanting to sign or circulate pe titions must be registered to vote in Lan caster County. The petition calls for a grand jury to investigate "alleged violations of the laws of Nebraska by various officers, known and unknown, of the Lincoln-Police Dept., Lancaster County Sheriff Dept. and the Nebraska State PatroU" in connection with the Childers and Lewis shootings. State law requires the Clerk of the Dis trict Court to call a grand jury if the re quired number of signatures are obtained. Persons circulating petitions for the grand jury are asked to return them to the Malone Center, 2030 T St., Saturday. Quality of life in Nebraska suggested for study topic Center's site questioned The location of a proposed Campus Assistance Center in the current Nebraska Union TV lounge was questioned at the ASUN Senate meeting Wednesday evening. The center will open in January or Feb ruary, according to Carol Lou, center director. The center will be designed to give stu dents "accurate and relevant answers" to their questions and problems, Lou said. She added that the center would give stu dents information about the university, the community in general and act as a referral service directing students to places where they can find answers to their questions or help for personal problems. Lou said the present TV lounge, located in the main lounge of the Union, would be expanded 12 feet and would contain desk space and area for students to read pam phlets and listen to information played on cassettes. Senator Frank Thompson said he thought the center would fill a student gathering spot. He said that if the Union keeps taking area and giving it to business es and organizations, there soon won't be much space for students to sit and talk. Todd McDaniel of the Assistance Center Steering Committee said original plans had the center in the present study lounge of the Union, but the committee didnt want to take away the area for study. He said Union Director Al Bennett then approved the use of the TV lounge for the site of the assistance center. Lou said the center would serve as a walk-in service for Help Line. She said Help Line would be moved 'from its present space in Seaton Hall to the Union. She said that the cost of moving Help Line would not be substantial and that Help Line is paid for by tax dollars and not student fees. Thompson said student fees built the Union and that when the administration takes away space in the Union they are taking something owned by students. He said he would introduce a resolution at next week's meeting to prevent the cen ter from moving into the TV lounge until more student input is received on the move. In other action, the Senate passed a resolution calling on all colleges in the uni- versify to insure that all students have an opportunity to evaluate their courses and teachers, that the data goes to each depart ment chairman and that its contents be released to the teachers only after the end of each grading period. The resolution also said the evaluation process should guarantee student anonymity and assure students that their evaluation will be used by the teacher and department chairperson "to improve the quality of the teachinglearning environ ment at UNL." Program on film being considered An interdisciplinary approach to the study of film is being discussed among several UNL departments. Discussion is still in the "tentative exploratory stage," said Dan Howard, chairman of the Art Dept. At this point there is "nothing firm enough" concerning plans or curriculum for a film program, he said. Howard said the art, history, English and journalism departments are interested in exploring the interdisciplinary format. The English Dept. offers several courses in film study. The Art Dept. offers a complete program in photography, he said, but "planning for a major or minor in film in the' Art Dept. is not the concern." Discussion has centered on which departments would be involved and the feasibility of the program, Howard said. He said facilities, space, personnel, student interest and fi nancing will be considered in formulating an interdisciplinary approach. Court to resolve election rules suit A decision about dismissing the suit filed by three Scotts Bluff County residents concerning former State Sen. Terry Carpenter will be made in about one week, according to tu. Urr nf thm 1 1 S District Court. If Judge Warren Urbom denies trie motion to dismiss the case, it will then be heard by a three-judge panel. The si "t was filed after ballots cast by the three residents were disqualified by election officials. It contests the con stitutionality of state laws dealing with election rules for write-in candidates. . Carpenter a write-in candidate, lost the election to William Nich'oi of Scottsbluff. Nichol now holds the legisla tive seat for District 48. By Sandy Mohr Nebraska the good life. The quality of life in Nebraska, re flected in the state slogan, is subject of a .proposed study by the University Bureau of Sociological Research. The bureau, which is the research arm of the UNL Sociology Dept., is seeking fi nancing from state and federal agencies for the first year of an annual study based on population trends in Nebraska, according to the survey director. David Johnson, assistant professor of sociology, said no one knows why people move to or leave Nebraska. A study on the quality of life here might tell why, he said. Quality indicators "Low crime rates, a high life expec tancy, high per capita income and years of school completed are among the indica tors showing the state enjoys high quality life," he said. "However, Nebraska's low population density and high rate of population re distribution are problems that threaten the vitality of the state." Data on these subjects would be useful to state, federal and university agencies, Johnson said, and they could purchase it proportionately from the bureau. Population, housing, employment, edu cation, crime, income, social trends and how a person spends his time would be some of the primary types of data collect ed, he said. Other surveys Although some public and private agen cies already do their own survey, Johnson said he thinks that this study would pro vide for a cheaper and more accurate way for agencies to obtain needed information. The survey would be conducted by means of hour-and-a-half interviews with about 2,400 persons throughout the stite. This number of people , is based on the $68,000 budget proposed for the first year. Two surveys of the same questions would be conducted each year, Johnson said. In one, called a panel survey, persons would be reinterviewed every two years to determine actual changes during the period. Alternate interviewing This involves two sub-panels, one re interviewed on even-numbered years, the other on odd-numbered years. Each year a new sample of Nebraskans then would be interviewed for a trend study, he said. Johnson said he does not think any other state does tins type of a survey on a regular basis. Since Nebraska has what he called such a wide variety of population densities, he said, it would be a good place to study how density effects the state. Ag honor group sponsors forum Alpha Zeta agriculture honorary is spon soring an agricultural forum today at 7:30 pjn. in the Home Economics Bldg. Auditorium. A panel discussion on "Nutrition in the World Today" will include Master's Week participant Ruth Leverton, science adviser for the Agricultural Research Service of the UJS. Department of Agriculture. Other panelists include Ernest Peo, pro fessor of animal sciences; Raymond Borchers, professor of biochemistry and head of the agriculture biochemistry lab and Lowell Satterlee, associate professor of food science and technology. J i i C"ecak'e Sweaters. f For gift giving this Christmas, !" f a we nave a collection of the most collectable fV 2? sweat8rs around. This group has a Tyrolean f influence in winter white with pastel I '7-rf flowersThe toggle-button cardigan $20., V 8d v Pm the vest $12. The Johnny collared 2V. pullover $20. Each in sizes S-M-L. ' M '&ff)f e tne collection in Unique '''P-l T'vvi Downtown. 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