Committee to consider adding lighting words policy to code By Shelley Miller Staff Reporter A special UNL committee again will consider adding a fighting words policy to the Student Code of Con duct, the vice chancellor for student affairs said. James Griesen said he will appoint between 11 and 13 student and fac ulty representatives to the advisory committee this week. The committee will study changes and additions to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Student Code of Conduct and Disciplinary Procedures, including a fighting words policy. The policy would set up punishments for racial or sexual harassment. Griesen said such a policy is needed to “add some teeth” to the student code to help prevent instances of verbal harassment on campus. Currently there is no penalty in the code for such slurs. Under the proposed policy, abu sive language that is used to inten tionally provoke a violent response would be punishable. A fighting words policy was intro duced last spring and debated by the UNL Student Code Review Commit tee. In April, committee members failed to include the policy in their recommended student code revisions. At that time, some of the commit tee members said further study of the policy was necessary to examine and address all concerns, including free dom of speech considerations. Griesen said the new committee will take into account protection of freedom of speech when formulating the policy. He said he intends to bring ex amples of what other schools have done to prevent verbal harassment to the first committee meeting, which will be in about two weeks. “We will look at what they have done, incorporate our own thoughts and fashion what we think is best for UNL,” he said. Griesen said he would like to see the policy completed by the end of this semester. Ombudsman to settle artifacts dispute By Dionne Searcey Staff Reporter_ The decision of whether the Ne braska State Historical Society should return human remains and burial arti facts claimed by the Pawnee tribe rests in the hands of the state ombuds man, an official said. Steve Moore, staff attorney at the Native American Rights Fund, said the Oklahoma Tribe of Pawnee Indi ans filed a grievance in September with the Nebraska State Historical Society because ihe society would not return artifacts the tribe requested. The tribe had asked for the return of human skeletons and burial goods. James Hanson, director of the Nebraska State Historical Society, said researchers found that the items were not traceable to the Pawnee tribe. But Moore disagreed. “There’s solid evidence that they (the artifacts) arc linked to the Pawn ees. The tribe is not interested in getting (human) remains that aren’t traceable,” he said. Nebraska’s Unmarked Human Burial Sites and Skeletal Remains Protection Act states that if two par tics disagree about the transfer of Indian artifacts, “a third party agreed on by both original parties will assist in the resolution of the dispute.” Moore said it was agreed that the state ombudsman would cast the deciding vote of who is the rightful owner of the artifacts. Under the law, either party can appeal the ombudsman’s decision to the courts. “The Pawnee tribe is not backing off its claims,” Moore said. The ombudsman will decide the case by March 13. Abortion Continued from Page 6 receiving abortions. “I think statistics can tell you a lot,” the Lincoln senator said. “What we need is a profile of who is getting an abortion,” she said. Crosby said that LB478 would add to the list of questions the state is required to ask women having abor tions. LB478 would allow legislators and state agencies to find out what the real problems arc with abortion, she said. “If we get a better profile of the women receiving abortions, it will help us solve the real problem behind abortions,” Crosby said. In many ways, she said, society turns its back on those dealing with an unwanted pregnancy. Members of society want women to “have the baby and then they don’t help” once the child is bom, she said. “I have a great compassion and I think it’s (abortion) a cruel answer to a problem,” she said. Worlds of Fun is conducting an audition tour in search of the best m Midwestern talent to appear in our 1991 show program. If you sing (pop, rock, show tunes), or dance (jazz only), you can earn over $6,000 performing six days per week during the summer, and weekends in the spring and fall. Performers are also needed for the summer only. “All The World’s A Stage" at Worlds of Fun, from our lively 50’s-60’s rock revue, STAX OF WAX, to the musical spectacular at the Tivoli Music Hall to the hand-clappin’, foot-stompin’ goodtime country and bluegrass at the Country Junction Amphitheater. AUDITION INSTRUCTIONS: If you are a singer, please sing one verse and the chorus of two contrasting styles of song; one up-tempo and one ballad. Sing any type of music you enjoy (rock, gospel, show tune, etc.) If you are a dancer, please prepare a jazz routine. Please limit your material to no more than three minutes in length. (No jobs are available for dramatic actors, or instrumentalists). You must provide yourown accompaniment, whether it be a pianist or a cassette tape. We will provide a cassette deck and a piano. THE CLOSEST AUDITIONS: •LINCOLN, NEBRASKA TUESDAY, JANUARY 29 ai the UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA at LINCOLN WESTBROOK MUSIC BUILDING. ROOM 130 4:00 P.M. (Registration begins at 3:30 PM.) • KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI SATURDAY, JANUARY 26 at the ADAM’S MARK HOTEL Located at the intersection of I-70 and Blue Ridge Cut-off, just north of Royals Stadium 9:00 A.M. (Registration begins at 8:30 A M.) For more information and a complete audition schedule, contact the Show Productions Department, Worlds of Fun, 4545 Worlds of Fun Avenue, Kansas City, Missouri, 64161 (816)454-4545 Ext. 1350 JE OFFER GOOD January 1991 UD m z: o ^r ? Bring in this coupon § for a FREE regular wash (^1 We havc bi9 screen ^ J TV, drop off laundry, DC pool tables, videos, p dry cleaning, snack A Jura bar' smaI1 scrccn TVs "™l Per vHV Sit .Some Kc*lriilin ensemble, l k >in$> \\ a\ be\i *nd the simple Ix-at ol a drum Nexus creates sounds heard m it i mh \\ ith \uur ears. Inn w itl\ even inelt of\ < »ur Ixk.I\ ' t.\h( \ \jj{ The Kansas City Symphony performing “ALEXANDER NEVSKY*” Sat., Jan. 26 8:00 p.m. Tickets x |s. s I ». S |0 I NI. 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