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Friday, March 22, 1035 PSQ3 6 Dally Nebrcskan False alarms cost Hcva Yen Cicckcd cur Food Prices Lately? 7 S ice 1a rr H f ! ! -( .. 1 a 0 FOOD 4 LESS is the food store that brought low food prices to Lincoln. You'll always spend less it Food 4 Ltaj. FJftr: nnyn it ash gs jwmc: ill Mara 11.. t . ; r, 3 Convenient locations with hours that fit Your schedule! 4Sth & 0 St. 63rd & Haveiock Ave. 43th & Pioneers Open 24 Hours Mon. Sat. 7:00-10:00 Mon.-Sat. 7:33-10:00 Sun. 9:00-10:00 Sun. 9:03-10:00 At about 4 a.m., Dec. 0, 1C3I, resi dents cf Selleck Quadrangle were awakened by the piercing clang of a f.re alarm. They tumbled out cf their beds ar.d rushed outside. The Lincoln Fire Department dis patched firs trucks in response to the alarm. Like the bey who cried wolf, no fire Lume d. It wasn't even a fire drill, but a false dorm, pulled for some unknown reason. Mirk Kesick, a 19-year-old UNL student who allegedly pulled the later was convicted cf fa J reporting fined $5C0 and sentenced to eight days in jail. According to the report filed by UNL police, Kesick turned himself in ar.d admitted he was responsible for the alarm. Kesick was arrested and charged with false reporting, a class one misdemeanor. When reciting the events leading up to the incident, Kesick told police that he and tvo friends recently had r3 r in rci rm y Lisa L l U S)p w OPIPl I AT n 0 KINKO's businei starts early and ends late, so we're here when you need us most! 12th Ci n 475-2S79 48th Ci Vin a A Nationwide Network cf ESectrensc Prlntshcps Copies Reductions Enlargements Passport Photos Binding And much more! Tr r" n n r, "i -r r-- rrs Si ms in i 1 HI 3 loloild 4 J : f S?cndax weeks in beautiful Newport, R.i. with pay at the Naval Science Institute and come back next fall on track for a Navy officer commission. Exciting opportunities are available in Miziion, Surfacs Warfare, and Noel ear Power. - Cell Lt. Ems, 472-2475, or stop by the M&N Bldg. Room 105A Ask about scholarship opportunities. You owe it to yourself to find out. Don't dchy, the deadline is April 1, 1985. .. V returned ton drinking beer in Coun cil EufTs. As he L?nn to descend the north stairwell cf 7200 Eslleck, Kes ick sr. the fire alarm on the wall. Kesick told police he pulled It and ran dovnstain to his roeni and went to tC(3 Like all cases involving UNL, Kes ick's ca".e was tried in Lancaster County Court. Chi? Lowe, the county's prcsecut- ing attorney in the case, said Kedek's penalty was unusual because the Judpient was harsh. Sentences such as Keskk's are rare for other petty crimes, such cs tire slashing, indecent exposure cr having less than or,3 ounce cf mari juana, Lowe said. Assxning someone is caught with less than cr.e ounce cf marijuana, the fine i3 $1C0. But the maximum fine for class one misdemeanors, like Keskk's, is one year or less in prison, a $1,000 fine or both. The minimum penalty is nothing, said UNL police Capt. Eill Manning. Manning said that $500 is the usual fine for pulling a fire alarm. In the past three or four years, police have "cracked down" on falsa firs alarms. Since the cra.ck dov.-n, a I5G0 fine is consistent, Manning said. Jail time depends on the individual esse and judge, he said. But Lowe still say3 the case is unusual. Besides the penalty, the judge wrote a tepage opinion, highly unusual in i&isdesus&nor cases, Lowe said. The penalty and opinion indicate at least one county Jsd'a's attitude tcrsrd fciss fiis ttenss. In the cplrion, County Judge Cab Pckoray offered severs! rsssons for the pesdty fce fcsuji "WJicn, as here, fcssdreds of thou sands cf do'lw-i vcrth cf emergency equipment end dc?ccs of firemen and po!!cem:n 3 c-nt cut cn an expen sive and tote!! r.edlcns venture tcsa (t0 ill v.kiiuiiciil act of one person, the court has to examine that act in context and t-ainat its reper cur.;:cr..i to arrive &t the sanction society ouv.t to hnpcc5," Pokorny wrcte. Pckcrny sM there are certain "heaihss" that t:z part cf living in a a!!' town. "Cut at seme point, the courts havs to draw a line of sorts ar.d anncur.ee that there is a point beyond which certain conduct will net be talented by the ccr.rnur.ity," he '.vrcte. "Firemen and policemen have died in tragic col!i:iau responding to calls for he!?, emergency equipment can be dams jad cr dcatrtytd, emer gency rescue equipment needlessly committed to a fclse alarm obviously isn't available v.cre there a genuine tragedy in another location, thou sands cf dollars a::d hours cf time are wasted. Falsa fire alarms cannot be dismissed as a prank," Pokorny said. In 1C34, a tctaJ ef 179 fire alarms sounded cn campus. Of those, 102 were system rcaiTanctions, 39 were actual fires, and 23 were accidentally tripped by somebody hitting a pull station, smoking a pipe or somehow creating too i::uah smcke near a detector. Twelve were false fire alarms that were purled by somebody in o act of crmuital miscMef. Mgnnir.g said the number of false firs alarms has decreased since the pendiiss have become stiTer. Now, the avcra'3 number cf false fire alarms eaah year is bet?;een 10 to 20, Marring said. Thrse cr four years ago, about 103 (she ire alarms might have oecured in the residence halls, he said -Wl m. m V ft 11 MRS !3 r. wjk... vv&4 w.vrivik2 iiwM4i! center services rsn more smoothly than Willdmon Imd expected, he said. For the nst cf the semester, the csnf er will effar senlce il 3 percent of capacity whild the new systems are 1C0 percest befare Ml, he said. Eoems in the old psrt cf the health cents? i&lll be used for c3ce space end sters23 of medical records aad files. The addition includes four extra examination rooms, brining the tctal to 21. 'Ti.is j-:ot givss us elbow room," Vvllkinson said. The health center isn't ir..3 current senioe to the level "where it's supposed to be," he said. The health center- also has a new phone system. Most phone numbers 1 54 have been re-assiped except for the tppointment phone su&ber and the r.".r.l:rs for Eeptone Insurance and mental health sppointsents. The new niimbsrs will be printed in a Daily Kebrssksa advertisement, he Money for the expansion canse from a bsd replacement fend and an equip ment reserve, WHMnson said. Student fees will Increase about $1 so an extra medical casteiio can be hired for the addition. Movinj the clinics to their new loca tions doesn't mean the building is oS daily cpea, Wilkinson said. "We still hsm a lot to do" he said. "Students are going to have to be patient with us while we get all the bugs worked est" The center's grand opening will be early next Ml, ha sail Campus group... Questions tWO end thrift venrenl. 1 in,i to the intended aedlenee. Faculty will be asked: To whst decree do you I think current UNL gradsstes reflect I . these qualities? And, whst do you I believe the university could do to 1 devslep.beCter these desirshle qualities? owuueuw ej3 rjsmg aszeo: to what dej:ee do you think your experience at UNL Mil serve to derslop these quail ties? And, whst da you believe the uni versity could do to develop better these qualities in you? Alumni are asked: To what decree do you think that these qualities it UNL have helped you to develop these quali ties? And, v.;.et do y:u tei.eve the uni versity csald do to develop better these qualities in fetu-e stLlents? And p Bon l r't- if! 1 degree do yoa think that the expe rience cf the UNL student(s) in your family will help them develop these cities? And what do yoa believe the university could do to develop these qualities in theUKL&tudeat(s) vour TSie commission is fcsskfeg written respenss frein existbl presets such as ths UNL Faculty Sennte, ASUK student government, the UNL Alumni Associa tion and Tsrlcus collefs committees. In addition, it is asking each UNL ? to use existing groups onacuiiy, s ar.i r. to discuss tnese i:s;':,s. Inril, ti.e criiimisokn plans a series cf tlf.lsi d::ou;Jon meetings designed to cut icrceo existing college mi dcterrlsl Unco. 'VUlhe:: the committee believes Hrmly in the- iT;:r:.vee cf personal thro f if' ;:eiar.3 m wonu cilzVii cr.vnittees ana It e! 3 is.iees direct sug l 1 c -'z i:i avyor.e IT! 0..k i i r crr:i:see at UNL cerv.enl; 1 " '.'ibsdirccteo to the Cc:;- 1; ;. I: : Dean Meisels, Ccils-3 cf j iss" i Ci :r Cidfather 111 1.;; u:;i, iir :ein, i;z ::::3-c3i2.