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About The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current | View Entire Issue (July 16, 1992)
-y--i-^dULy-m^ mu NebraskaN_ Mountain wants to move on By Sam S. Kepfield Staff Reporter One day after District Judge Paul Merritt ruled to keep Scott Baldwin under the jurisdiction of the court, Gina Simanek Mountain, the Jan. 18 victim of Baldwin’s as sault, made her first public statement on the attack and her recovery. “It’s like you’re one year old grow ing back up. I’ve lost my patience. I’ve lost my endurance. I get tired easily, I get angry easily,” Mountain said. Mountain gave the news confer ence from the back yard of her in laws’ residence in southeast Lincoln, flanked by her husband, Steve Moun tain, and her attorney, John Hendry of Lincoln. Ow Hendry began the contcrcnce by reading a short, prepared statement that thanked those friends and family who stood by her during her recovery, as well as the thousands who contrib uted to her recovery fund at Nebraska’s spring football game. The only comment on Baldwin from Mountain was in the statement: “I must say I am disappointed the law permits someone to inflict serious physical and emotional harm upon another person and then be allowed to go free.” However, Mountain did praise Nebraska Football Coach Tom Osborne, who has remained in touch with her and her family through the ordeal. Mountain said she is still seeing a psychologist at Madonna Center, but is receiving no physical therapy. The total cost of her recovery was estimated at $55,000. Contributions from the spring football game totalled $35,000 and Malmo Wesleyan in Wahoo donated another $7,000. The support she received was a major factor in getting her through the recovery, Mountain said. “It makes you feel human again, that people care.” Mountain has returned to work full See MOUNTAIN on 4 Stad McKee/DN In your face Renee Jensen of Geneva has a problem trying to com pete with the wind during a hign school flag camp on campus this week. Members of the UNL flag corps (Marching Band) are conducting the camp. Lincoln’s July Jamm to heat up downtown By Steffenie Fries Staff Reporter In the heat of the summer, down town Lincoln will be have a place to listen to some cool music and eat some specialty foods — at July Jamm. Officials of the event are expect ing some 10,000 people to attend the three-day festival, said Dave Erickson, president of Updowntowners Jazz Festival. The main stage of the Jamm will be located on 12th and N streets, with the festival extending north and east as well. Admission is free until 8:30 p.m. on Friday, July 24 and Saturday, July 25. After that time, there will be a $3 cover charge. Sunday is the annual Updowntowner’s Kid’s Day, which has been combined with the festival this year. Erickson said that alcoholic See JAMM on 4 New vice chancellor to take over post in August By DeDra Janssen Staff Reporter — ‘ ' he highest ranking administra tive position under the chan cellor at the University of Ne braska-Lincoln will be filled this August by Joan Leitzel. Leitzel will be senior vice chancel lor for academic affairs. She replaces Robert Furgason, who left UNL last year to assume a university presi dency in Texas. Leitzel is coming to UNL from Ohio State University where she has been a professor of mathematics since 1970 and was associate provost from 1985 to 1990. As associate provost, she was re sponsible for academic program as sessment, academic space assign ments and instruction and curricu lum. She also has been division director of materials development, research and informal science education for the National Science Foundation for the last two and a half years. Leitzel said that these positions have given her the background and experience that is needed at UNL. “I’m bringing with me to UNL wide responsibility forcurriculum and instruction as well as administrative experience from a federal agency,” Leitzel said. But the most important asset Leitzel said she will bring to UNL is her strong commitment to public educa tion and her great interest in bringing an environment to UNL that is invit ing to a broad mix of students. “I want people to be comfortable' there, whatever their various back grounds arc,” Leitzel said. “The importance of public higher education is that it provides an oppor tunity for all citizens in this country to have choices. It is a vehicle that per mits people from all backgrounds to get an education. “UNL belongs to a special set of state supported land grant institutions that were put in place to provide re search and teaching and service to the people df the stale. They are a place See LEITZEL on 4 Budget dissatisfies regents SCOTTSBLUFF(AP)—Caught between a lack of information and a deadline, the University of Nebraska Board of Regents passed budget guidelines that left most of the board members dissatisfied. The regents on Saturday also ap proved personnel recommendations that included C. William Byrne Jr. as athletic director, effective Jan. 4,1993. Byrne replaces longtime athletic di rector Bob Dcvaney. Byrne’s appointment passed unani mously and received little comment from the regents. In its first meeting here since 1987, the board reluctantly gave approval to a $625.5 million budget, plus a $827,594 supplemental request from the University of Nebraskaat Kearney. The budget calls for about an 8 percent increase in state funds in 1993 94 and an additional 8 percent in crease in 1994-95. The final budget must be submit ted to Gov. Ben Nelson by Sept. 15. University president Marlin Masscngale’s first budget request was turned down by a majority of the board, as was an alternate request. After a five-minute recess, the board passed the alternate plan on the sec ond try. “Whatchangcd significantly in the last five minutes?”asked regent Nancy O’Brien of Waterloo before the sec ond vote. “Attitude,” answered Omaha re gent Rosemary Skrupa. Regent Don Blank of McCook said the plan passed the second lime be i cause regents were more uncomfort able with the budgeting process than with the budget plan, and because they realized the need to move for ward. The difference between the two budget proposals came in money for academic programs, which fell by $7.2 million in the approved plan. That decrease wasn’t acceptable for regent Robert Allen of Hastings, who voted against both measures. “The trend to do so well research wise is hard to understand when we’re not as good as we should be academi cally,” Allen said. “The concern is how this will make us look. We need the support of our citizens, and 1 get a lot of comments that we don’t support our classrooms,” he said. Allen advocated decreasing health insurance coverage, and questioned the wisdom of opening new buildings at a critical financial lime for the state. During the budget debate, several regents called for a change in the school’s budgeting process. Without more program information and more detail, the board can’t tell what priori ties are being followed, he said. “We have the responsibility of say ing to the Legislature, ‘This is the way we should be going,”’ Allen said. “Everyone here has a level of discom fort.” Budget materials presented the regents with lump sums for health insurance, utilities, new buildingopen See REGENTS on 4 ■ i