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S^r-Daily-V\. I NebraskaN_ Opinions vary about Baldwin’s condition By Sam S. Kepfield Staff Reporter Cebraska student-athlete An drew Scott Baldwin remains out on bail after a probable cause hearing to determine whether he should receive additional evalua tion for his condition Wednesday. Lancaster District Court Judge Paul Merritt took the matter under advise ment until next week, adding a condi tion to Baldwin’s bond that he not possess any alcohol or controlled sub stances. Baldwin was charged in the Janu ary 18 beating of Gina Simanek Moun tain. He was acquitted by reason of insanity earlier this month. There was no question among three psychiatrists cal led by prosecution and defense lawyers that Baldwin suffers from a mental illness. However, there was a difference of opinion as to what the nature of the illness is, and the likelihood of it causing Baldwin to be a danger to others in the future. Dr. Bruce Gutnik, an Omaha psy chiatrist who examined Baldwin in March, diagnosed Baldwin at that lime as having either major depression or a bipolar disorder, which arc both dis orders of mood. Bipolar disorders, or manic de pression, cause swings between acute depression on the one hand, and peri ods where the patient is exuberant, almost giddy, Gulnik said. Gutnik said that bipolar disorders are not self-healing, and to prevent future recurrences similar to the at tack on Gina Simanek Mountain, Baldwin should continue his current treatment, which involves the use of lithium combined with weekly visits to a therapist. Dr. John Riedler, who practices psychiatry in Omaha, disagreed with Gutnik’s diagnosis. After interview ing Baldwin twice, once in March and again last week, Riedler concluded that Baldwin suffers from aschizoform disorder, as opposed to depression. The difference, Riedler explained, is that while depression is a disorder of mood, schizoform disorders effect thought processes. Although he initially diagnosed Baldwin as suffering depression, Riedler changed his mind after the See BALDWIN on 3 Stad McKee/DN Judi Stems of Lincoln takes a lunch break in one of the Nebraska State Capitol's halls Wednesday afternoon. Sterns works for Woodmen Accident and Life Company. Rape prevention and education vital on UNL’s campus M. One of every seven women raped on college campuses By DeDra Janssen Staff Reporter Rape is often viewed as a taboo crime in our society; few people like to talk about it and few victims are willing to report it, said Barbara Snyder, vice chancellor for student affairs at the University of Nebraska at Kearney. But at the June NU Board of Regent’s meet ing, a group of administrators, faculty and students came forward to talk about the prob lem of rape on campus, and to request the Board’s support in an effort for rape prevention and education at UNL. Snyder told the regents that the problem of rape onNebraska university campuses has in creased, and that more rape education and counseling activities are needed. “It lakes deliberate education to help stop rape,” Snyder said. According to Snyder, approximately one in seven women are raped on college campuses and one in four arc victims of attempted rape, she said. Only 5 to 10 percent of rapes are actually repotted. There has been a 15 percent increase in rape in the general population of the United Slates, she said. The increase is primarily a result of poor communication between the sexes, Snyder said. To hinder rape, she said, students must be made aware of tne problem and taught preven tative measures. “Education makes people more aware of their behavior and of other people’s behavior,” Snyder said. “We need to leach women to say no and mean no, and leach men that when women say no, they really mean it.” But, Snyder admitted that statistics are not a good measure of the problem, because rape goes unreported so much because of fear on the part of the victims that no one will believe them. “Females are conditioned to believe they cause rape to occur and that’s wrong,” Snyder said. “Rape is a crime of violence, not passion. It is brought on many times by the way men arc raised. “We must work on both sides.” She said that both men and women need to See RAPE on 2 Athletic director candidates spark football controversy tjy bam a. Kepneia Staff Reporter UNL’s search for a new ath letic director heated up last week when the failure to include a candidate from within the university sparked rumors of the resignation of Nebraska Foot ball Coach Tom Osborne. Jim O’ Hanlon, chairman of the search committee, said that more than one hundred candidates ap plied for the athletic director posi tion at the University of Nebraska Lincoln left vacant by the retire mcni 01 bod uevaney. UNL Chancellor Graham Spanier announced the three final ists on June 17. They are William Byrne, Jr., athletic director at the University of Oregon, William Myles, Jr., assistant athletic direc tor at Ohio State and Iowa State Athletic Director Max Urick. Left off the list was UNL Assis tant Athletic Director for Adminis trative Services A1 Papik. Dan Hergert, president of the Touchdown Club, met with See AD on 2 Judaic studies to bring new program to UNL By Steffeme Fries Staff Reporter A Judaic studies program could be new to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln this fall pending acceptance by the Academic Planning Committee and the NU Board of Regents. Jean Cahan, visiting assistant pro fessor of history and political science, said the concept of the Norman and Bernice Harris Center for Judaic Stud ies arose from the interests of profes sors from various departments at the university. The center, which will be funded by private donations, will not be lim ited to university classes, she said. One aspect of the program might in volve a study abroad option in Israel for students. Undergraduate students will bcable to cither major or minor in the pro gram, with one or two areas of con centration involved in obtaining a major, Cahan said. The staff is cur rently working on what kind of re quirements would be needed. The actual courses will span a spec trum of topics under the influence of Judaic studies, Cahan said. She said that the interdepartmental program will consist of courses in Jewish history, Jewish philosophy and the history of Jewish art to name a few. “It’s a very broad program,’’Cahan said. She said that the university is plan ning to hire three new endowed chair men in addition to the 17 current instructors to staff the center. The response to the center has been good, not only from students and fac ulty, but from the Lincoln and Omaha Jewish communities as well, Cahan said. “There have been lots of expres sions of interest," Cahan said. While primary funding for the cen ter is through the donation of Norman and Bemice Harris, other contribu tions were made by Zella Rosenberg, Mr. and Mrs. James Wolf, Gretl Wald, Mr. and Mrs. Milton Abrahams and Norman and Helene Krivosha.