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Judge rules that
Baldwin might be
a community threat
Judgment planned in August
By Sam S. Kepfield
Staff Reporter
Lancaster county District Court Tues
day found probable cause to believe that
UNL student-athlete Scott Baldwin is a
danger to himself or others under Nebraska law.
The decision follows a trial that found
Baldwin not responsible for the Jan. 18 beating
ofGinaSimanck Mountainbccauseofinsanity.
The probable cause finding by Judge Paul
Merritt is not a definitive ruling that Baldwin is
mentally ill and dangerous, but merely a state
ment that some evidence exists which could
lead to such a finding at a later hearing sched
uled for August 24.
In August, the prosecution will have to
prove that Baldwin is, in fact, mentally ill and
a danger to himself and others, and likely to
remain so for the near future.
Should the court agree, it will consider a
treatment plan prepared by St. Joseph’s Center
for Mental Health in Omaha and order any
modifications deemed necessary. Baldwin
would slay under the jurisdiction of the court,
and subject to periodic review as to his progress.
However, if the court does not find Baldwin
to be mentally ill and potentially dangerous,
Lancaster County Attorney Gary Lacey said it
may still be able to order him to continue
treatment along present lines.
Both sides agreed with Merritt’s findings,
and said that it was what they anticipated.
“ You couldn ’ t come to any other cone I usion
that what the judge did,” Lacey said after the
hearing.
He also said he has no objections to the
current plan of treatment, but will scrutinize
any proposed plan that St. Joseph’s comes up
with.
Lacey also discounted any belief that Baldwin
was given preferential treatment because of his
status as a Nebraska football player.
Defense attorneys Hal Anderson of Lincoln
and Al Stoler of Omaha said the decision was
“the best one we could get.” They claim that
Baldwin is not dangerous, and arc hoping the
St. Joseph’s plan will back them up.
Merrill declined to order an additional evalu
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Riding the Wind
Sean Robinson and Lisa Schwanz, both of Lincoln, spend
Tuesday afternoon windsailing at Holmes Lake.
Professor says SSC
needed for science
By Steffenie Fries
Staff Reporter
If the U.S. Senate votes down support for
the Superconducting Super Collider at the
end of this month, the loss would be greater
than that of a science facility alone, one UNL
professor said.
William Campbell, acting chair of Physics
and Astronomy at the University of Nebraska
Lincoln, said that losing the dream of the SS(T
would stand as a symbol that the United Slates
is retreating from its position as a world leader
in science.
“It symbolizes a step back from our strengths,
which is the wrong thing to do,” Campbell said.
“You may be throwing away investment in the
future which you don’t want to throw away.”
Campbell ison the steering committee of the
Rocky Mountain Consortium for High Energy
Physics, funded by the Texas National Re
search Laboratory Commission.
i ne consortium was lormca 10 provide me
low population western and mid western states *
more clout in attracting high energy physicists
to the area.
Scientists imported to the area would ulti
mately be working on the SSC, if federal sup
port was maintained and the facility were to be
built.
The SSC is a proposed ring-shaped particle
accelerator, 54 miles in circumference, to be
built near Waxahachie,Texas.
The accelerator would hurl beams of protons
at each other at energies 20 limes in excess of
the world’s largest such machine—thcTcvatron
at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
in Batavia, 111.
However, deficit-conscious congressional
officials seem to have second thoughts about
funding the collider.
Congress contends that because the U.S.
deficit is so great, it can’t afford the SSC.
“It ought to be put in context,” Campbell
said. In a letter to Congress, Campbell demon
strated that withholding the cost of the SSC
would not serve toclcar the deficit. Using round
figures of $500 million for the SSC against the
current $400 billion national deficit, he showed
that it would lake 800 SSC’s to eradicate the
deficit.
Campbell explained that the price for such a
facility is so high for several reasons. One
reason he said, was that building the collider
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Money available for students who know where to look
Students need to be aware of scams
By DeDra Janssen
Staff Roportor
Looking for money for college?
Thinking of sending $75.95 to a new
miracle company that has promised you
thousands of dollars in unclaimed scholarships
after you fill out a few simple forms?
UNL administrators and the Better Business
Bureau will tell you to think again.
Attorney Generals across the United States
arc trying to keep up with complaints that have
been pouring into their offices about scholar
ship companies that promise to find students
thousands of dollars in unclaimed scholarship
money for fees ranging from $45 to $200.
Usually, respondents receive a list of finan
cial aid programs and scholarships that thev
could have obtained free at a local library or
school.
Some get lists of scholarships and grants that
they are ineligible for, while others receive lists
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I Farm families aet suDDort for college
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By DeDra Janssen
Staff Reporter
Anew compromise reaulhorization bill
passed last week by the United Stales
Senate will substantially increase col
lege financial aid to middle and low income
families and will benefit farm families, a UNL
official said.
John Beacon, director of scholarships and
financial aid at the University of Nebraska
Lincoln, said that the most important change in
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the new bill is that it removes home and farm
equities from the criteria of financial need.
Under current law, he said, people who have
a lot of money invested in their property do not
look like they have a lot of need and are told to
take out a second mortgage on their homes and
farms to pay for college. People with less
money invested in property show more need
and receive more financial aid.
“In the new bill, it doesn’t matter how much
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