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Eidding far s!-ns to direct traflk in, the Nebraska
Union will be completed this sizing and the signs should
be up early this junior, Union director Al Eerusett said
Thursday.
- Ron Gierhan, acting vice chancellor for student affairs,
said. 535 JDGO has been allocated for the s-gns, The
is from 5S0.430 approved by the NUEoard of
Regents and the Nebraska Legislature's Executive Council
for Union replacements asd improvements. .
Bids may be less than $35, (XX) so the entire allocation
may not be spent. The $S0,430 is from the revenue bond
reserve account, Gierhan said.
The total Union Improvement and Renovation budget
for the 1976-77 fiscal year is $141,930, Gierhan said.
Gierhan said the revenue bond-reserve account is used
to pay back principle and interest accrued on the debt.
The debt retirement fund can only be used for mainten
ance and improvement of the University Health Center,
residence haSs and the Union.
Each student pays $"14,50 in student fees each semester ,
in this revenue bondicbt retirement account, Gierhan
said, .
d'ec
ist;$.35;000
Bennett said the sns are designed to clearly identify
srvkes and update the tpptarar.ee of the Union directory
service,
According to Dennett, signs w21 be placed in each mala
entry. These signs wd list the loation and directory of
Union services.
Additional signs wEl be placed throughout the Union
to direct and identify offices, student organizations and
facility services, ' '
Large kiosks will identify the Harvest Room, the Crib,
the injun tourage and the barber shop.
Flans for outdoor kiosks are not included in the pro
ject, Bennett said, but that possibility may be considered
in the future.
Bennett said proposals for outdoor kiosks have been
submitted to his office three or four times. Each time,
he said, the plans were rejected.
Bennett said the Union budget, at this time, would not
be able to finance outdoor kiosks.
Eventually, Bennett said, an outdoor project might be
possible. Ti outside Kiosk would make the Lincoln
community aware of Union programs and services, he
said.5 . '
frictay, jsnusry 23, 1977 vol.100 no. 3 lincoln, ncbrcska
Musker football player arraigned on assault charge
By MsryJoFitzl
A UNL football player was arraigned Thursday in
Lancaster County Court and charged with second degree
sexual assault in connection with a Tuesday incident in ''
Schramm Reisdenee Hall.
Senior Percy Eichelberger, a linebacker on the football
team, was arraigsed before Judge Hcbcrt Camp at 2 pia. "
Thursday according to Deputy County Atty, Rod Rehm.
EsehelbergeT was released on personal recognizance
and scheduled for a preliminary hearing Feb. 15, Rehm
said- ' ;",. . :.,.,,,..,- --.
- Campus police - reported -that-JBichtlbergar- aSsgedly-'
assaulted a female Schramm IIsH resist in an clevator
at 7:45 p ja. Tuesday; The woman was not injured, Rehm
said. ' ..-'".
Second degree sexual assault is sexual contact by fores,
Rehm said. A person convicted of this category of sexual
assault could be subject to a penalty of up to one year in
jail, he sail.
Under the recently enacted sexual assault laws, what is
considered as forcible rape corresponds with first degree
sexual assault, Rehm sail.
- Tuesday's incident is the fourth reported assault on
campus since Jan. 1, Campus Police Officer Joe U'ehner
said.
The four alleged assaults are "more of a coincidence
than anything else," Wehner said.
. A freshman woman was allegedly assaulted in the base
ment of Schramm Hall early last Friday morning, Wehner
said;'
-The next day, a cask student was arrested and charged
-with assault .and.. jbittery agsLi. student security .cf&er.
in the main lobby of Smith flsll. ; v:'. '..
A third assault this year was reported at Harper Hall
but charges were dropped.
Wes had four (alleged) assaults and they Ye all in the -same
area and that's what is unusual," Wehner said. Cam
pus crime rates usually show an increase at the beginning
of the semester, he said, adding that the number of report
ed assarts are actually below average.
July 1976 to Dec. 31 , 1976. Three of those were allegedly
sexual assaults, Wehner said.
I 'don't think they've (Campus Police) had a rash of
assaults," he said.
Dick McKinnon, assistant director of housing in charge
of residence education, said the four reported assaults are
not related. The alleged assaults "just happened to be
there," he said.
The alleged assaults were not the result of inadequate
residence hall security, according to McKinnon.
""As' I understand 'ft, tM" security has "been very good
" there (the lasf&hiasssn-Saith complex)," 'fee said.
Wehner agreed with McKinnon, saying faulty security
is not to blame for the incidents.
"I don't think there's been any breach of security,""
he said.
McKinnon said he will work through residence hall
staffs to encourage students to be more cautious. They
will re-emphasize some of the security precautions recom
mended annually for residence hall students, he said.
of right -tOrdiepFoposoi
By ffedt DUtridc
T, a UNL Student, being of t sound
mind, willfully, and voluntarily make
known my desire that my life shall not be
artificially ; prolonged under the circum-
stroces set fcrth below . . .
"-' So" begins a proposed directive in a
legislative b21 instructing doctors to with
hold or withdraw life-sustaining procedures.
' in the case of a patient's terminal condition.-
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Lincoln Sen. W&Uy Earnett introduced -LB400,the
Righf-to-Die BH
This blU, patterned after a California
statute, states: "Adults haw a fundamen
tal right to control decisions relating to the
rendering of their own medical care."
L2J4G0 demands the "death with dig
nity" document be signed before" two
witnesses, neither of whom can be related
to the patient or benefit from the patient's
estate.
The document could be revoked at any
time, but must be rafUnaed every five
years. It would be void in a preg-
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. - Life-sustaining procedures are those
which "Serve only to artifkiaUy prolong
the moment of death," according to the
bill, which also states a terminal condi
tion means "an incurable condition caused
by injury, disease, or illness."
The attending physician and another
doctor not previously connected with the
case would have to diagnose and certify in
writing that the patient was afflicted with a
terminal condition before the document
would be honored. .
"The bill specifically states it is not an
approval or endorsement cf mercy killing,
euthanasia or anything like that," Earnett
said. -
lie. predicted L4X) would pass and
said it shouldn't be a controversial issue.
CharEsan of the Judiciary Committee,
Earaett introduced the bill hiisslf after his
committee baHced die said.
"They did not study the issue," Earnett
said cf the committee members. Calling
tne ftriit-to-Die EiH "a fairly new issue"
he said,
... iismirgferd Sen. Samuel CuHan said,
"I think we should wait for a few years to
see .tew such legislation works in other
- CCltn, a Jiidxisry Committee member,
did the cornmmittce reviewed many tZls
zzi he didn't remember any particular
discurdsn abct LS400.
Calling himself a proIife person,"
CsIan sail pK?p!e must be rcijsible for
Lfe t zry axi zl itzv.
lis said he hsiat decided how he
wll vcfe a the til, nor did he predict
what decision the Lrgiisturs cht rule.
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