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Chambers criticizes auto loans to athletes
By Alan Phelps
Staff Reporter
On the heels of a recent revelation that
two Nebraska basketball players ac
cepted questionable loans, a state sena
tor has leveled allegations over an auto dealer’s
involvement in Nebraska athletics.
During debate Thursday on LB827, a bill to
change provisions of the Low Level Waste
Disposal Act, Sen. Ernie Chambers of Omaha
asked legislators if a“violation of NCAA rules”
would be addressed.
Two Nebraska basketball players, Tony
Farmer and Jose Ramos, bought cars in late
February with loans from Raymond J. Peery,
executive director of the Central Interstate
Low-Level Radioactive Waste Compact. Peery
has been charged with embezzling $600,000of
compact funds for his personal use.
Chambers said Misle Chevrolet and Im
Fanner Ramos
ports, now under the name Park Place Chev
roletand Imports, had illegally funneled money
to Nebraska football players in the past.
The University of Nebraska Athletic De
partment was forced to report the basketball
players’ car loans to the NCAA because offi
cials realized the issue would be revealed later,
Chambers said.
Farmer’s eligibility was in doubt for the first
round of the NCAA tournament March 14. He
was ruled eligible by the NCAA the day of the
game.
Ramos left the team during the Big Eight
tournament and rejoined after the end of the
season.
Because Nebraska is the “jewel in the crown
of the NCAA” and generates a lot of revenue,
Farmer was deemed eligible to play, Chambers
said.
Farmer apparently met Peery while em
ployed at Misle last summer, said A! Papik,
Nebraska assistant athletic director for admin
istrative services and NCAA compliance coor
dinator.
Brad Rank, Park Place sales manager, said
Peery was a customer during the time Farmer
was employed and probably came into contact
with Fanner at that time.
Papik said one of the autos, either a 1985
BMW or a 1987 Blazer, was purchased at
Kelli Roeber and her mother, Sheryll, will both graduate in May. a° *"* * V
Mother to join daughter in graduation
By Lori Stones
Staff Reporter
Sheryll Rocber won’t be watching from
the audience when her daughter, Kelli,
graduates from college in May.
Instead, she’ll share the stage when they
graduate together from the University of Nc
braska-Lincoln.Sheryll will receive a master’s
degree in education. Kelli, a student teacher at
Lincoln Southeast High School, will receive a
math degree with a certification to teach.
Going to college with her daughter has been
fun. Sheryll said. The two have helped each
other while studying at home.
Kelli said her mother often proofread her
papers, which was a great asset. Kelli returned
the favor with things such as selling up a
grading system.
On campus, however, the two rarely saw
each other — only when they used computers
or went to the library to conduct research.
Having two family members in college at
the same time has meant some adjustments at
the Roeber household, husband and lather Deon
said.
One of the most difficult things was to find
a convenient place for Sheryll to study. She
chose the kitchen. Because the kitchen and
living room arc adjoined, Deon and teenage
son Jay had to miss a little television, but he
said that was not a big sacrifice.
Kelli said that at limes the different study
schedules caused problems around the house.
Some adjustments had to be made to get the
cleaning done.
“It’s been pretty lough for the family. Wc
gel stressed around finals, and we’re a little
grumpy, but it has all worked out OK,” she
said.
‘‘If anything, we have learned to be more
organized and learned how to cook.”
Deon and Jay discovered that if they wanted
something done they would have to do it them
selves or do without. One chore tney learned
was to wash the dishes.
“I didn’t do as much as I could have. There
is always room for improvement,’’ Deon said.
Deon cooked a few meals but said he wouldn’t
brag about them. The family referred to his
meals as “Pop’s luck.”
When Sheryll realized she could graduate
with her daughter this year, she took four
classes last summer so that it would be pos
sible.
“It’s a neat experience to graduate with
her,” Kelli said.
Deon and Jay have prepared a party for
Sheryll and Kelli and want to write “Mom” and
“daughter” on their graduation hats.
“I think they both would have been disap
pointed if this didn’t happen,” Deon said.
“It will be different sitting there than when
our other daughter graduated. I don’t know
how I will react... how emotional I will get.”
• * * _
Misle. Rank said he wasn’t certain where either
vehicle was purchased.
Papik said the loan incident first came to
light when Nebraska basketball coach Danny
Nee learned from one of his assistant coaches
that the athletes had purchased the cars.
After asking the athletes how they had fi
nanced the transactions, Nee brought the mat
ter to Papik’s attention, Papik said.
“Immediately, I contacted the two athletes,
and I had them bring in all the documents (of
the loans) to me,” Papik said.
After reviewing the documents, Nebraska
officials decided that although the loans ap
peared to be legal, they should self-report the
incident to the Big Eight and the NCAA, Papik
said. The NCAA reviewed the case during the
first week of March.
“They told us we acted properly. We self
See CARS on 6
Kinko’s lawsuit
could result in
reprinting delays
By Adeana Leftin
Staff Reporter_
□recent lawsuit against Kinko’s Graph
ics Corp. could mean publishing com
panies will be bogged down with re
i».... .oquests, forcing professors and students
to wait for classroom material, one copy center
manager said.
Gail Ogden, copy center manager at the
Nebraska Bookstore, said publishing compa
nies already are backlogged with requests for
copyright permission. Kinko’s will add to the
backload, she said.
Ogden said publishers usually take one to
three months to respond to copyright requests.
She said she fears that if professors don’t get
requests in early enough, students may not
have reading material next fall.
In March, the Court for the Southern Dis
trict of New York ruled in a lawsuit by eight
textbook publishing companies against Kinko’s
that professors using packets in classrooms
must obtain permission from each author.
Carol Eckland, retail assistant at the Univer
sity Bookstore, said Campus Time Publishing,
the copying center being transferred from Burnett
Hall to the bookstore, has a method to cut the
time needed to obtain reprint permission.
The business belongs to a Copyright Clear
ance Center, which grants automatic permis
sion for the agency to reprint books listed with
it.
She said that in the past, the agency wouldn' t
sell a packet until it had permission. Professors
were understanding, she said.
Adrianna Foss, corporate communications
director for Kinko’s, agreed that professors
should try to gel requested material in early to
allow for added time in checking copyrights.
In the past, she said, a Kinko’s worker
would go through submitted material to see if it
was copyrighted. If it was, the worker would
check if the material w as covered by the 1976
Copyright Act’s “fair use” clause.
Under the fair use clause, certain materials
or limited amounts of a work can be copy
righted for classroom use.
Ogden said Nebraska Bookstore policy has
been to ask publishers for permission if more
than 10 percent of a work was to be copied.
Foss said that if the work was covered by the
clause, it was not necessary to contact the
publisher.
Now', she said, the fair use clause cannot be
used by a commercial copier when the work is
copyrighted.
Clark: No more take smiles
By Kim Spurlock
Staff Reporter __
Joe Clark, the former high school
principal depicted in the film
rLean On Me,” told 1,000 UNL
students Thursday to take charge of
their own destinies.
“I am the master of my fate — I
say to you tonight, make sure that you
arc in control of your own destiny,"
the former New Jersey East Side High
School principal said at the Univer
sity of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Lied Center
for Performing Arts,
Clark also sent a message to the
teachers and parents in the audience.
He said that even though teachers
probably are the hardest workers,
America makes them scapegoats for
its “brain-dead” education system.
“You are overworked, underpaid,
you don’t get nearly the respect that
you deserve,” Clark told teachers.
He said parents should be the ones
in control of decisions made about
their children, instead of the bureau
crats on American public education
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Cornhuskers’ Flowers faces
uncertain football future. Page -
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INDEX
DN editor recounts knockout
tale of Toughman/Toughwoman Wire 2
competition. Page 9. Opinion 4
Sports 8
Be sure to check out the A&E 11
Graduation supplement. Classifieds 13