Czechoslovakian students Jana Slamova (left), Jan Flemr, Hana Ulmanova, Martin Humpal and
Hanka Polova sit behind Schramm Hall and converse with Daily Nebraskan reporter Cindy
Wostrel Tuesday afternoon. The five students are taking history and literature classes at the
University of Nebraska-Lincoln for two weeks.
Czech students study at UN L
By Cindy Wostrel
Staff Reporter
Five students from Prague, Czecho
slovakia, in the first exchange pro
Kwith the University of Nebraska
oln, said of changes happening
ihere, “We’re glad.”
Jan Flemr, 20, said, “That’s what
we all wished.”
The students from Charles Uni
versity arrived Thursday night at UNL.
They will attend history and litera
ture classes for two weeks here, study
at the University of Nebraska at Omaha
for two weeks, then visit Washing
ton, D.C., for two days, while five
Nebraska students study in Prague.
Jana Slamova, 24, said that before
this exchange program, many Eng
lish teachers in Czechoslovakia had
never been to an English-speaking
country.
The Czech students said the recent
changes in their country have made it
easier for them to come to the United
States, although the planning for this
trip began about two years ago.
Slamova said that because she
participated in the November demon
strations herself, “I could not see
(what was happening) as a whole.”
By watching the demonstrations
on videotape, “You could see the
growing anger,” Slamova said.
On Nov. 17, people other than
students joined die demonstration, she
said.
Others like state security mem
bers, Flcmr said.
Czech police didn’t shoot at the
demonstrators, Slamova said. They
“just beat the people,” using more
psychological than physical force, she
said.
Flcmr said that a rumor that a
student had been killed “helped us
(the student demonstrators) a lot.”
Hanka Polova, 22, said it led adults
to worry that the police were beating
their children, fueling anger.
Slamova said she was happy the
workers joined a general strike. She
said workerscould afford cars, houses
and what they needed, and didn’t
want become involved in politics for
fear of losing what they had.
Flcmr said the workers were sup
posed to support the government.
“That (the workers striking) was
the greatest support,” Slamova said.
For now, the political changes have
no impact on everyday life, the stu
dents said.
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Book discusses history
of State Capitol building
From staff reports__
Nebraskans soon will have another
perspective of their State Capitol
building and the vast heritage it rep
resents.
The recently released book, “A
Harmony of the Arts,” which is a
photographic and literary history of
Nebraska’s State Capitol building, was
edited by Frederick Lucbkc, history
professor at the University of Nc
braska-Lincoln.
Lucbkc said the book represents
statewide cooperation among Nebraska
writers, artists and photographers
whose, efforts reflect early Nebras
kans’ work with the construction of
the Capitol.
“This project demonstrates a har
mony among people who’ll one day
hold this book up with pride, a har
mony of the state and it’s people,”
Luebke said at a press conference in
the Capitol rotunda Monday.
NU organizations involved with
the book’s production were the Uni
versity of Nebraska Press, the NU
Foundation and the Center for Great
Plains Studies.
The book developed from a five
year lecture scries given by Luebke
which covered the Capitol’s history.
Regents
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do understand that you have a close
working relationship with them, and
what I would like to ask you to do is
use your good offices to help them to
understand why one might divest.
According to August, 1988, fig
ures, McShane said, five of the seven
other Big Eight schools had com
pletely divested from South Africa,
while nine of UNL’s 10 peer institu
tions had.
The NU Foundation has figured it
would have lost over SI million had it
divested eight years ago, McShane
said. But the profits on investments in
South Africa have decreased over that
period of lime, he said.
McShane said he doesn’t believe
the NU Foundation’s board of direc
tors supports the principles behind
apartheid. But “an unwillingness to
divest... does in fact support apart
heid,” he said.
“Moving the South African gov
emmcnt away from its apartheid stance
is the enhancement of human dignity
and the enhancement of human po
tcntial, which is what the university is
about,” he said.
In other action at the regents’
meeting in North Platte, regent Rose
mary Skrupa of Omaha said she would
postpone her introduction of a resolu
tion to give an official vote on the NU
President Search Committee to a
committee member from Kearney State
College until the September meeting.
The regents do not meet in August.
The regents also voted unanimously
to approve a revised version of the
UNL Student Code of Conduct.
UNL Student Regent Phil Gosch
said UNL students, faculty members
and administrators worked together
on the revisions, which reflect a 6
month process to make the code more
clear to studcnLs and to eliminate some
“archaic” procedures.
Case sent to higher court
By Mark (ieorgeff
Staff Reporter
The testimony of three University
of Ncbraska-Lincoln students against
a Lint cite automotive repair shop owner
accused of consumer fraud and theft
have helped send the case to District
Court.
Katherine Tabor and David C.
Schrocdcr,current UNL students, and
Kurt Brocr, a UNL graduate, have
charged the defendant Judson Cush
ing of Judson Automotive Ltd., w ith
three felony counts of theft and theft
by deception.
A fourth count, filed on behalf of
Jacklynn Fynbuc of Lincoln, was
dismissed.
1 .arte as ter County Court Judge C iale
Pokomy released an opinion paper
June 27 that said, “The Court iso! the
opinion that the evidence shows an
organized pattern of systematic fraud
upon the customers of Cushing Auto
motive” and the probability that of
fenses have been committed.
The suit alleges that the plaintiffs’
vehicles were taken to Judson Auto
motive for free diagnosis and esti
mates for possible repair work that
was eventually done without the plain
tiffs’ authorization.
Pokomy’s opinion paper stated that
Schrocder’s and Brocr’s vehicles were
supposedly given and charged for new
engine parts, when evidence showed
that either the original or used parts
were installed.
On July 18, Cushing remained si
lent during his District Court arraign
ment proceedings, offering no response
to the counts labeled against him.
On August 20, the District Court
will decide on Cushing’s plea ol
abatement, either lor dismissal or for
acceptance of all three counts against
Cushing.
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