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February 13,1989 University of Nebraska-Lincoln Vol. 88 No. 99
Man arrested Sunday
for alleged sex assault
at Phi Gamma Delta
By Brandon Loomis
Senior Reporter
Lincoln police officers arrested
a 20-year-old man Sunday
morning at the Phi Gamma
Delta fraternity house, 1425 R St., on
suspicion of first-degree sexual as
sault.
Lt. Ron Bruder said police re
sponded Sunday to a 5:57 a.m. call
about a 3:35 a.m. assault on a young
woman at the fraternity house. The
alleged victim is a 17-ycar-old
high School senior from Omaha.
Although police could not verify
that the suspect is a University of
Nebraska-Lincoln student, Bruder
said the man listed the Phi Gamma
Delta house as his residence.
Bruder defined first-degree sex
ual assault as sexual assault with
penetration. •
Kevin Larsen, Phi Gamma Delta
president, said he was not in the
house when the incident allegedly
occurred.
Larsen said he was not yet sure
who was involved, and said he is not
at liberty to say whether the arrested
man is a member of the fraternity.
‘‘I honestly don’t know what’s
up,” Larsen said.
Brudcr said the arrested man told
police he had been drinking, but
where the drinking took place has not
been established.
‘‘I don’t know that there was a
party going on, but it appears there
was some drinking going on,”
Brudcr said.
Larsen said his house did not have
a party or large gathering Saturday
night.
Lt. Albert Maxey said that the
police investigation of the incident is
still under way.
Brudcr said the suspect will be
arraigned in Lancaster County Court
at 2 p.m. Monday.
Legislative bills would require
prescription before steroid use
By Jana Pedersen
Staff Reporter '
Two bills regulating the use
and distribution of anabolic
steroids were discussed Fri
day in the Judiciary Committee of the
Nebraska Legislature.
legiUffiB
The bills, LB496 and LB571,
would prohibit anabolic steroids for
any use other than valid medical
purposes and would make the drugs
available only by prescription.
Steve Johnson, executive director
of the Nebraska Coaches Association
who spoke in support of the two bills,
said the bills are necessary because of
the current availability of steroids.
Many local health clubs and
weight-lifting centers provide easy
access to steroids, he said.
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
football coach Tom Osborne agreed
that steroids are easily available.
Anywhere from 6 to 10 percent of
high school senior males^use steroids,
he said.
Osborne said prolonged use of
steroids can have negative effects on
not only physical, but also psycho
logical health.
‘‘I think in the last couple years
people have become more aware of
the psychological implications of
steroid use,” he said.
Amendments to the bills that
would exempt steroid implants used
in livestock and human growth
hormones also were suggested.
Joe Scheely, aide to Sen. Merton
Dierks of Ewing, who introduced the
bills, said the implant amendment
was necessary to avoid excessive
costs for livestock producers.
Gloria Petit, a marketing special
ist for a company that produces
human growth hormones, said that
since only a limited number of chil
dren in Nebraska need the hormone,
its regulation would be an added in
convenience for families that already
have to travel to Omaha to get it.
Currently, the human growth
hormone is only available from two
sources in Omaha, she said. No action
• was taken on the amendments or ci- *
ther bill by the committee.
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William Lamar Daily Nobra&kan
. James Gunnerson, curator of anthropology, examines artifacts during “Spend an
Aftempon with a Scientist” at Morrill Hall Sunday.
Artifact identification draws support
and Folk Art from Around the
World” program held Sunday at
Morrill Hall.
About 30. to 35 participants
brought various items from cul
tures around the world for anthro
pologists to identify during the
afternoon program, which was a
part of the museum’s Sunday Af
ternoon with a Scientist series.
James Gunnerson and Thomas
Myers, museum curators of an
thropology, based the idea for the
e vent on a successful January pro
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Resolution asks for delay of bills
Regents support 10-month investigation by study group
By Lisa Twiestmeyer
Staff Reporter
The NU Board of Regents Sat
urday voted 7-2 to pass a reso
lution urging that a study
group be formed to consider the reor
ganization of Nebraska’s post-secon
dary schools before any legislation on
the matter is passed.
The resolution, introduced by
Regent Don Blank of McCook, states
that LB 160, which would transfer
Kearney State College to the Univer
sity of Nebraska system, and LB760,
which would create a second state
university system, should be deferred
until the 1990 legislative session so
the Legislature can consider the study
group’s findings.
The group would have 10 months
to study whether structural or govern
ance changes in the university, state
colleges and technical community
colleges would better serve the state.
It also would study the financial
ramifications of such changes and
how the needs of Nebraska students
can best be served by the proposed
higher education system.
The board approved an amend
ment to the resolution by Regent
Margaret Robinson of Norfolk stat
ing that before any reorganization
takes place, the following concerns
should be resolved:
• that the additional costs of reor
ganization be determined and the
Legislature fund those costs noi at the
expense of other university pro
grams;
• that decisions regarding post
graduate education rest with the re
gents;
• that the role of the other three
state colleges be considered;
• that the present salary increase
commitment for the university not be
affected by the merger;
• that within any reorganization,
the University of Nebraska-Lincoln
remain the flagship research institu
tion.
Blank said he thinks Kearney Slate
will become part of the university
system, but the state needs to know
the long-range effects of such a
merger first
Economic development is directly
linked to the stale’s post-secondary
institutions and their ability to pro
vide research, he said. Nebraska must
offer the finest post-secondary edu
cation system it can provide, he said.
“Restructuring needs to be thor
oughly examined to ensure the best
system and best results possible,”
Blank said.
Regents Kcrmit Hansen of Elk
horn and John Payne of Kearney, and
student Regent Paula Efflc of the
University of Nebraska at Omaha
opposed the resolution.
Hansen, said the resolution is
“politically unwise” and makes the
board look like it doesn’t support
LB 160 and LB760. He said passirg
the resolution could injure the
board’s relationship with the Legisla
ture.
Kcgcm Kaync expressca inc same
concern. After the meeting, Payne
said he couldn’t support the resolu
tion because it would postpone
LB 160 until 1990. The sponsor of
LB 160, Sen. Jerome Warner of
Waverly, also is the chairman of the
Legislature’s Appropriations Com
mittee, he said, which the university
relies heavily on for funding.
Blank said the purpose of the reso
lution is not to defeat LB 160, but
merely to hold off on action so more
time can be devoted to the issue. The
chairman of the education commit
tee, Gov. Kay Orr and the Board of
Trustees have all asked for a study of
reorganization, he said.
“We arc being responsible people
by saying, ‘let’s be sure we are going
in the right direction before we do it’
(reorganize). I have -no intention of
killing any of those (legislative) pro
posals.’’
Efflc said she didn’t think the
word “flagship’’ should be used to
describe UNL in terms of research.
Lincoln snouiun i receive exclusive
research rights, she said, because this
may discourage UNO from pursuing
research.
"I think it (the resolution) will, in
the future, hurt UNO’s interests,” she
said.
Student Regent Jeff Petersen said
he opposes a merger with Kearney
State. Kearney is a “very good col
lege,” he said, but it is not at the same
level of excellence as UNL.
Improving Kearney would require
money, Petersen said, and it is not v
realistic for the state to spend that
money now. Kearnev already faces
severe financial problems, he said,
and needs more than a S12 million
budget increase just to bring it to the„
average of its peer group.
UNL also faces severe financial
problems, Petersen said. The faculty
salary increase plan is in jeopardy,
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