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University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Vol. 84 No. 36
Demolition to pave way for new ag
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By Gsns Gentnip
Daily Nbrkn SerJcejsorter
The fat-steer barn," as it is known to
UNL's East Campus faculty and students,
will be razed soon to make way for a new
$20 million animal science complex to be
constructed in February of 19,85.
Elton Aberle, chairman of the UNL
animal science department, said the 61-year-old
landmark barn originally was
used to house breeding herd, show cattle,
experimental steers and livestock for
classroom purposes. Today it houses the
only livestock and teaching facilities on
East Campus for livestock-oriented
classes.
Since 1 967, almost all beef, sheep, swine
and dairy animals once housed on East
Campus are at the NU Field Laboratory
near Mead, virtually eliminating student
access to the livestock.
The barn was built in 1923 at a cost of
$24,720 and through the years provided
living quarters for many UNL students
who served as barn caretakers.
Known as the "Hereford Hotel" and the
"Angus Inn," the distinctive two-story
structui e, 132 feet by 38 feet, has a small
south wing for offices and sleeping quart
ers. Heat, light and water from the campus
power plant make such conveniences
modern for the time.
On the ground floor are offices, locker
room and baths in the south wing, 14 box
stalls, an enclosed calving room for cold
weather, a wagon dump, an elevator and
a grinding and mixing room.
Sleeping quarters for student care
takers are above the offices.
. Aberle said the new animal science
complex will connect Marvel Baker Hail
and Loeffel Meat Lab and extend onto
the east, providing modern livestock pro
duction facilities, improved classrooms
and special laboratories for nutrition,
physiology and meats research. Areas to
house animals for teaching and short
term intensive research will be included.
"It gives us the opportunity to have one
of the finest animal science facilities in
the country," Aberle said. "It is important
to the state of Nebraska because of the
role that animal agriculture plays in the
state."
He said livestock receipts accounted
for $3.7 billion of the state's total $8.6
billion in agricultural receipts for 1982.
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Rob Pischel, a freshman in mechanical agriculture, tries to prompt a
stubborn Holstein around the front cf the East Campus "Beef Barn"
Thursday.
'. , By Barbara Comlto. .
v Di!y'Kbrska Staff Ceparter
College-age women have been
the victims in seven of nine sex
ual assaults committed in the
.Near South neighborhood since
August 1983, Lincoln Police De
partment Detective Jim Spanei
said Wednesday.
One man, tagged the "Near
South Rapist," b thought to have
committed all nine assaults, said
Spanei, who has been working on
the case since the first assault.
Seven of the assaults were com
mitted between mid-August 1983
and mid-January 1984. The sub
sequent lull, whether because of
additional assaults going unre
ported or the suspect's inactivity,
ended Aug. 11, when another
assault, similar in detail to the
others, was committed against a
22-year-old woman at her Near
South residence. An attempted
assault occurred in September,
Spanei said, but the woman res
isted and the man left.
The man, described by Spanei
as "confident and quiet," is
believed to be black, between 20
and 25 years old, 5 foot-7 to 5-foot-9
with a slim, muscular build,
according to the police.
He is believed to have chosen
his victims by prowling and window
peeking a few hours before actu
ally entering the victims' residen
ces through unlocked windows.
He has been known to frequent
still prowling Lincoln
the area around G to South streets
and 27th to 13th streets. The
assaults all have occurred during
early morning hours.
Although he has threatened
his victims with a knife, the assai
lant has been described as "polite"
by several of the women, and his
actions have been "fairly passive,"
Spanei said. One woman received
a surface wound from the sus
pect's knife, apparent!; when he
panicked, Spanei said. There were
no other incidents of beating or
, cutting, he said.
"He's not a nut," Spanei said.
The indications are that he has a
good educational and religious
background, he said.
When questioned as to how a
woman might keep from becom
ing a victim of the Near South
Rapist, Spanei said, "Lock your
windows." To date, the suspect
has not "forced his entry" by break
ing windows or locks, nor has he
been indoors waiting when the
victims came home.
According to Margie Rine, com
munity educator for the Rape
Spouse Abuse Crisis Center, one
of the most essential steps a
woman can take to prevent sex
ual assault is to be aware that she
can be a victim. That naive atti
tude, 'not me,' is dangerous," Rine
said.
Detective Spanei said the maj
ority of the assaulted women have
been "substantially intelligent"
women who did not frequent bars
and were either working pr in
school There is no sign that the
suspect knew his victims, Spanei
said.
Rine said a woman needs to-be
aware of what are potentially
dangerous situations and deter
mine what can be done to make
them safer.
"You need to really work through
hypothetical situations," Rine
said, likening the idea to school
bomb drills.
"Chances are your reactions
are going to be more effective" if
you have thought through the
possibilities, she said. . , . .
If you live alone, "create an
image of not living alone," Rine
said. ,
Her practical recommendations:
multiple names on mailbox
dog dishes on porch
phone close to bed and phone
jacks in various rooms
lights on in various rooms at
night
metal grates over glass por
tions of doors
outside lighting .
never open doora to strangers
Rine said she is amazed by the
number cf women who raise their
hands when asked the following:
"A man comes to your door and
asks to use your phone because
he's been in an accident. Would
you let him inr
Tell the man you'll, make the
phone call for him, Rine said.
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Police nab toy guns
in kidnapping spo
of
By Joan HcHian
Daily Nefcmskf.n Staff Reporter
Plastic weapons and army
fatigues were part of a "kid
napping" prank that led to a
misunderstanding between Lin coln
police and UNL fraternity
and sorority members Wednes
day night.
Triangle fraternity members
attempted to "kidnap" mem
bers of the Kappa Kappa
Gamma sorority pledge class
so they could walk together for
a study break downtown. The
group was stopped by Lincoln
Police Department officers at
16th and 0 streets after the
officers saw members of the
group carrying what appeared
to be real weapons.
Triangle members were wear
ing "fatigues" black and
olive camouflage clothing
and dark glasses. They also
were carrying plastic Uzi guns,
replicas of automatic weapons
they bought at a store for $4.99
each. -
LPD officers Kent Woodhead
an d Mark Johnson stopped the
group and collected their
weapons and drivers licenses,
then let the group go. Wood
head also warned them that
they were disturbing the peace.
The plastic Uzis were confis
cated and taken to the police
station. Sgt. Tom Casady said:
"We all thought they were real
until we picked them (the
weapons) up." ,
Mike McCullie, Triangle song
chairman who organized the
study break, said he explained
the situation to the officers.
Nancy Culek, pledge educa
tor for Kappa Kappa Gamma,
said she had been informed of
the "kidnapping" plan last
week.
"It wss all done in fun," Culek
saicf. )
. Pledge class members said
they knew nothing of the plan.
"We didn't know if it (the inci
dent with the police) was plan
ned until the cops drove away,"
said Marcia Smith, Kappa
Kappa Gamma pledge class
social director.
Fraternity members involved
in the "kidnapping" went to
the police station later Wed
nesday to reclaim their wea
pons. Terry Cannon, a Lincoln
attorney and associate of one
of the fraternity members, said
that in the future these types
of incidents could be avoided if
fraternity members contact the
police before attempting pranks
of this nature.
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Sectors New Eepcrt Ferraro and Vice President
George Bush traded angry
PHILADELPHIA Democratic charges about U.S. foreign policy
vice-presidential candidate Ger- as they squared off in their only
aldine Ferraro, the first woman face-to-face debate before the
candidate on a major psxty ticket Nov. 6 election,
to appear on a televised debate, Ferraro said three suicide bomb
sought to use the 90 minutes attacks on U.S. facilities in
Thursday night to. build the Lebanon during the past 18
momentum sir.ed from Walter months amounted to a failure of
Mcndaie's public opinion poll vie- kr.tlarshtp on the part of the
ory over President Re:.n in the E-??-on administration. t , . ,
istddla. ' . .. 'Bash retorted: "I dent think
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you can go assigning blame."
Ferraro reacted hotly to Bush's
charge that Mondaie and Ferraro
had suggested that the Marines
killed in Lebanon "died in shame."
"I resent Vice President Bush's
patronizing attitude, that you
have to teach me &bcut forefcsi
policy," she said. She also said
thtt neither she nc-r Ucivdzlz had
evrr c-.-'t2tcd that the Marines
died to i'Mrc.2.
On tl.c &uljsct"of Ui5.-Saviet
relations, Bush said Reagan's
White House meeting last month
with Soviet Foreign Minister
Andrei Gromyko would help bring
the Soviet Union back to the
nuclear bargaining table.
But Ferraro pointed out that
"this is the first president in 40
years not to meet with his Soviet
counterpart."
; On CatrrJ America, Bush de
fended the tdmini-stricas pel-
debate
lcies.
"Grenada was a proud moment,"
he said, referring to last year's
U.S.-led invasion of the Caribbean
island.
Ferraro charged that the" Rea
gan administration is American
ising a regional conflict.
"Instead of supporting the
peace process, the administration,
in Nicaragua, has been support
ing a covert war to overthrow the
Ssndinista govsrnment.'