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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
