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October 29, 1986
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Vol. 86 No. 47
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A UNL Health Center employee prepares to give a measles immunization shot Tuesday at
the health center.
Former UNL professor
is charged with escape
By The Associated Press
OMAHA A former university crim
inal justice professor arrested at his
Lincoln home has been wanted in New
York since he escaped from custody 1 1
years ago, authorities said Tuesday.
Paul Stewart was arrested by police
Monday on a warrant issued by the New
York state Department cf Correctional
Services. 11 n FBI crime lab matched
Stewart's fingerprints to those of a man
who has eight felony convictions and
escaped in 1975, a New York prison
official said.
Stewart joined the University of
Nebraska-Omaha staff in August 1985
and resigned soon after he was arrested
in Lincoln on a burglary charge in July.
Following that arrest, Stewart's finger
prints were sent to the crime lab for a
routine check of outstanding warrants.
Stewart, who taught classes at UNL
and Omaha, was held in the Lancaster
County Jail and scheduled to appear in
court Wednesday for the start of extra
dition proceedings. Several students at
UNL said they were surprised by the
allegations against their former teacher.
"I felt a little bit let down that he
could have possibly done something
like that after standing up for a whole
semester and teaching us what's right
and what's wrong," senior Linda Jensen
said.
UNO spokesman Lou Cartier said
Stewart had superior academic cre
dentials that were verified by officials
at UNO.
"These are very dramatic allegations,"
Cartier said. "Of course we were
surprised.'.'
Stewart's academic record includes
a 1976 bachelor's degree summa cum
laude from the City College of New
York, a 1980 law degree from the Uni
versity of Cincinnati, a 1984 master's
degree from CCNY and work on a spe
cialized master's law degree at the
University of Wisconsin.
He is married to Ruth Witherspoon,
assistant dean of the UNL College of
Law.
Harvey Perlman, dean of the law
school, said Witherspoon wouldn't
comment on her husband's arrest or
background.
Faculty members were shocked, said
Fred Holbert, UNL associate professor of
criminal justice and Stewart's imme
diate superior.
"He's a fine teacher, very good with
students, the kind of colleague you like
to have around in a department," Hol
bert said.
Stewart has been sought since April
23, 1975, when he was accidentally
released by New York City police fol
lowing a court appearance, said James
Flateau, spokesman for the state
Department of Correctional Services.
Stewart was serving three years for
possession of a forged instrument and
was in court for a hearing on an appeal,
Flateau said. His other convictions in
clude burglary, larceny, vagrancy and
desertion from the Army, a prison offi
cial said.
Stewart was arrested July 16 in Lin
coln after a foot pursuit by an off-duty
policeman and a physician. The physi
cian discovered a man apparently
breaking into his office and was chas
ing him when the officer joined the
chase.
Stewart's burglary charge was
dropped after he agreed to enter a pre
trial diversion program. He is several
months away from completing the pro
gram, which involves community ser
vice work, the Lancaster County Attor
ney's Office said.
Jewish leaders divided on
proposed advertisement
By Michael Hooper
Senior Reporter
Some controvery has been sparked
within the Jewish community over the
Daily Nebraskan's decision not to run
an advertisement that proposed a debate
over whether or not six million Jews
were exterminated in World War II.
Lincoln Rabbi Ian Jacknis and Anti
defamation League President Jeffrey
Yitzak Santis both said they agreed
with the DN's decision not to run
Columbus businessman William Cur
ry's ad, but disagreed with the view of
Oliver von Birkenwaldau-Leadabrand,
president of Hillel, a UNL Jewish stu
dent group.
Birkenwaldau-Leadabrand said the
ad should have run, even though what
it was suggesting was "bigoted and
ignorant."
"It's better to have that ignorance
and bigotry brought out in the open
rather than shoved under the rug,"
Birkenwaldau-Leadabrand said.
See HOLOCAUST on 3
UNL I
ivestock-jud,
mng
team wins first place
By Jeff Gromowsky
Staff Reporter
The UNL livestock-judging team
recently placed first out of six
teams at the Northern International
Livestock Exposition in Billings,
Mont.
Several team members also did
well at the contest. Honors went to-
Gary Kliewer, high individual; Steve
Bath, second individual; Rod May,
third individual; Bruce Nisely, sixth
individual; Todd Marotz, ninth indi
vidual, and Brent Ruttman, 10th
individual.
According to Dr. Keith Gilster,
UNL livestock-judging coach, the
exposition was unusual for the team
because in addition to the usual
judging of cattle, hogs, and sheep,
they were looking at horses, wool
and dairy cows.
In a competition, team members
rank species of livestock by visual
analysis and provide a set of reasons
for their rankings. The competitor's
performance is then judged.
"Judging is difficult because it
takes a combination of knowledge
of livestock and of the livestock
industry, and it also takes a sharp
eye and lot of practice," said team
member Scott Kurz. "It all comes
from a lot of hard work and deter
mination." According to Kurz, most of the
team members have farm-related
backgrounds, but it is not necessary
to be a good judge.
"Judging can be learned, just like
any other subject," Kurz said.
Members of the senior and junior
judging teams are chosen on the
basis of performance from the stu
dents in Gilster's animal-science
classes.
The next competition for the
team will be the American Royal in
Kansas City on Nov. 8.
