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^_ _I UNL professor resigns m wake or arrest - By Wendy Navratil Senior Editor Clifford Walton resigned his posi tion as a UNL associate professor of chemical engineering Tuesday after being arrested last week on charges of third-degree sexual assault. Ken Cauble, chief of University of Nebraska-Lincoln Police, said Tues day night that police were still inves tigating the sexual assault and formal charges had not yet been filed. Walton, who had been acting as the adviser of the UNL boxing club, was arrested after police received re ports of an alleged incident following a boxing lesson he had given, Cauble said. Walton allegedly had invited a stu dent who was a member of the club to his home for a private boxing lesson. The boxing club normally meets in the Lee & Helene Sapp Recreation Center, Cauble said. Walton gave some lessons to the Boxing adviser accused of sexual assault student, who was wearing shorts at the time, Cauble said. After the lessons were finished, Walton allegedly asked the student to remove all of his clothing so that Walton could weigh him. The student did so and was weighed, Cauble said. “Then (Walton) told him he was going to give him a massage,’’Cauble said, “under the guise of it being a normal thing because of tight muscles.” The student indicated after the in cident that he had fell uncomfortable about the massage. “But having not been involved in this type of activity (boxing) before, he went ahead,” Cauble said. “There was no indication at that point that it was out of the ordinary.” But Walton allegedly began mas saging the student “in an inappropri ale manner and areas, Cauble said. He would not elaborate. The student objected, Cauble said. “When he was able to get up, he pul his clothes on and left the premises.” The student later talked to his par ents about the incident, Cauble said, and his parents called the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs to report it. That office then informed the Of fice of Affirmative Action and Diver sity, and Eric Jolly, the director of that office, called UNL Police. Police began investigating the in cident immed ialcly, Cauble said. They contacted the victim’s parents and Walton. During the investigation, Walton declined to be questioned without the services of an attorney, Cauble said. Based on Walton’s refusal to talk lo police and the evidence police had gathered, they arrested him at his office. “The cooperation of the affirma tive action office is what made things moveas fastas they4*d,”Cauble said. “When (Jolly) found out what had occurred, he immediately sent it lo us.” Walton did not return phone calls made to him Tuesday. Cauble said he would not give any identification of the victim. He said students and others at the university must know that their identification and rights always would be protected when they reported a crime. The county attorney will decide whether to file formal charges against Walton, Cauble said, based on whether there is sufficient evidence that Walton committed the crime. Walton’s arraignment is scheduled for Sept. 30. In the mean time, Cauble said, police will continue investigating. “We’re still contacting people to see if there were any other activities of a criminal nature that involved (Walton), and not only members of the boxing club, but of the univer Richard Gil^rt, chairman ofdfie chemical engineering department, said Walton was teaching two three credit chemical engineering classes this semester: Chemical Engineering 112 and Chemical Engineering 202. Walton had taught at all levels in the five years he had been at UNL, and had received both national and local awards for teaching, Gilbert said. “He was one of our best teachers,” Gilbert said. Stan Liberty, dean of the College of Engineering and Technology, also See ASSAULT on 7 University can’t afford s budget cuts, officials say By Angie Brunkow Staff Reporter Both administrators and student repre sentatives agree that the University of Nebraska-Lincoln cannot handle any more budget cuts. Administrators will mcOl this morning with the Nebraska Legislature’s Appropriations Committee to discuss bud get cuts, which have been proposed to help the stale deal with a shortage of funds, said Michael Mulnix, executive director of uni versity relations. Mulnix said the meeting would be an infor mational session for both the university and the appropriations committee to sec how both groups were planning to deal with the cuts. Gov. Ben Nelson’s budget proposal calls for See BUDGET on 7 Baldwin fund set up to help pay expenses By Nick Hytrek Senior Reporter The Scott Baldwin Fund has been estab lished to help Baldwin pay for expenses related to his paralysis, Nebraska foot ball coach Tom Osborne announced Tuesday at his weekly press conference. “We have some concerns because right now, he has no insurance,” Osborne said, “and, as I understand it, the university is not going to do anything further financially for him other than his (football) scholarship, which we will cer tainly continue until he graduates.” Baldwin, a former Nebraska football player, was paralyzed from the chest down Sept. 5 when he was shot by an Omaha police officer. The officer shot Baldwin after he allegedly tried to wrestle a holstcrcd gun away from her partner. Jim Hawes, vice president and CEO-Nc braska of U S West Communications, helped .... . . See FUNDon 7 Travis Heying/DN Dam Vasina, a senior history major, argues with George “Jed" Smock, president of Campus Ministry, USA, as he preaches to passersby on Broyhill Plaza. J Spreading the Word Preacher aims to convince university students to obey Jesus Christ By Stacey McKenzie Senior Reporter Tuesday was just another day at the office for George “Jed” Smock, professor of the New ARK Theol School in Ohio. Smock, also the president of Campus Ministry, USA, based in Washington, D.C., stopped by Broyhill Plaza for the second day to preach God’s word to passersby with perked cars. He will return today. Smock said he had preached at more than 600 college campuses. The Univer sity of Nebraska-Lincoln has made his list of preaching slops since the 1970s. His message: to convince students to repent of their sins and to obey Jesus Christ. . Each day at about noon, Smock brings his fold-out chair and sits down near the fountain. Soon, people gather around, and the mostly theological debate begins. Here’s a slice of debate regarding the ultraconservative radio and television personality, Rush Limbaugh: The group was discussing the morality of President Bush, Vice President Dan Quayle and Democratic presidential candidate Bill Clinton. Ultimately, Smock told the crowd, even Bush is loo liberal for his liking. A crowd member then asked Smock if he agreed with the views of Rush Limbaugh. “Rush leaches me how to think on these principles,” Smock said. Some members of the crowd guffawed. “It seems to me you’re taking Rush’s word as surely as you’re taking the word of God,” another member said. “God is right all the lime,” Smock said, “but Rush is right 97.2 percent of the lime.” Debate was soon over, and so was Smock s preaching lor the day. “You may not like the way 1 present it or preach it,” he had told the crowd earlier. “But I do know my subject matter.” Earlier in the day, some students became hostile and threatened to throw one of Smock’s supporters into the fountain. “UNL students seem to be more emotional and have less self-control than students at other universities,” Smock said. But the near-violence doesn’t burden Smock, he said. He knows he has changed some students’ lives. And, he said, “I’ve never been thrown in the fountain.” But if Smock were hoisted into the waters of Broyhill, he said he would make sure he had a firm grip on a head of hair. “So if I was going in, they were going in with me."
