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Stalking Continued from Page 1 Lancaster County attorney Gary Lacey called the bill that was passed last year “inadequate.” “The victim was only covered by law if they were stalked by a person who threat ened to kill or do serious bodily injury,” Lacey said. “The bill now covers activities (commit ted by stalkers) that arc so subtle in nature,” Lacey said. These activities include follow ing or stalking a person or telephoning the -44 / have had my life threat ened, and my parent’s lives have been threatened, as well as those of my friends. I’m tired of it, I just want to live. I want to be free. — Hennecke stalking victim -ft - person. Lori Hennecke of Lincoln, who said she had been stalked for the past two years, testified in favor of the bill. She told the committee of the terror that surrounded herself and those around her. “I have had my life threatened, and my parent’s lives have been threatened, as well as those of my friends,” Hennecke said. “I’m tired of it, I just want to live,” she said. “I want to be free.” Program to help disabled find jobs By Sarah Scalet Staff Reporter Disabled students at UNL and UNO are being asked what they think about campus services for the disabled as part of a new program to help students with disabilities in the job market, an official said. Dr. Mary Friehc, co-director of Postsecondary RESUME, said a survey being sent out would determine how often students use services for the disabled and how helpful those services are. RESUME stands for Rel evant Employment for Students in University Mediated Experiences. The survey,due Feb. 15,also will determine any additional needs of disabled students and how those needs can be met, Friehc said. Once the survey results are known, Postsecondary RESUME co-directors Friehc, of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and Jan Leuenbcrgcr, of the University of Nebraska at Omaha, will determine what steps should be taken to ease the transition of disabled students from college to the work force, Friehc said. The project’s advisory committee, which will meet Wednesday, will draw together grant personnel, students with disabilities and busi ness and university representatives, Friehc said. Friche said she thought students with dis abilities might need help preparing for the work world, both in finding and keeping jobs at their . skill levels. “National surveys suggest thalsludenls with disabilities may have difficulty finding em ployment,” she said. “When they do get em ployment, they sometimes have difficulties - i 1 " keeping a job, or sometimes are unable to get a job at a level that is equal to their level of training.” Exactly why this occurs is one thing the project aims to find out, Frichc said. Possible reasons include employers’ attitudes, work ac commodations and expectations of graduates. Postsecondary RESUME will help students vices, Friehe said. The one-year grant, which was awarded to Friehe and Leucnberger last October, can be renewed for a total of three years, she said. By the end of those three years the service should be in place. People working under the grant include a full-time project coordinator, a part-time ca — - National surveys suggest that students with disabilities may have difficulty finding employment. When they do get employ ment, they sometimes have difficulties keeping a job, or some times are unable to get a job at a level that is equal to their level of training. —Friehe, co-director of Postsecondary RESUME with disabilities plan for careers and obtain appropriate work experience and internships before they graduate, she said. The project will coordinate programs al ready in place at UNL and UNO, she said, including Career Planning and Placement, the Office for Students with Disabilities and Voca tional Rchabililalional Services. In addition to preparing students for the work place, the program also will prepare the work place for the students, Friehc said. Project members will work with businesses to help employers understand the capabilities of disabled students and graduates, she said. The program is funded by a $135,(XX) grant from the U.S. Department of Education Office of Special Education and Rehabilitation Scr - ? w recr planning and placement counselor, a part time rehabilitation counselor, and graduate as sistants at both UNL and UNO, Frichc said. Poslsecondary RESU ME is part of a nation wide trend to help citizens with disabilities, Frichc said. Although Poslsecondary RESUME is the first program of its kind in Nebraska, similar programs exist in other slates, Frichc said. The Americans with Disabilities Act, passed in 1990, aimstocliminatcdiscrimination against people with disabilities and assist them in the work place, she said. However, the ADA targets disabled citizens in general, while Poslsecondary RESUME tar gets those who arc college graduates, Frichc said. -1 China Continued from Page 1 Chai said the United Stales could speed up the insertion of democracy by putting pressure on the Chinese government. She said she was opti mistic that President Clinton would do just that. “We need to attach conditions to China’s most-favored-nation trade status with the United States,” Chai said. Chai. who became the international spokeswoman for the Chinese De mocracy Movement in 1990, is now a graduate student at Princeton. She was nominated for the Nobel Peace Price in 1990 and 1991. In her time at Princeton, Chai said she had noticed a huge political and cultural gap between the United States and China. “You havejustelecicd a new presi dent, and everything is so peaceful,” she said. “Everything is so smooth and happy and enjoyable. “What we wanted three and a half years ago was the same thing — we only wanted equal dialogue with our government officials. Instead of sit ting down and listening to our voice, they sent tanks and troops,” she said. “That is the difference between com munism and democracy.” Chai gave a firsthand account of the incident at Tiananmen Square and , her flight from China, from the muzzle flashes of the tank guns to the V0 month exile she endured to escape from her country. She said friends, military officers, civilians and total strangers helped her and other student leaders marked for execution flee China. “They gave me my freedom, that is true,’’Chai said. “But there was really nothing left for me.” -44 There’s a very strong tendency toward democ ratization almost every where (in the world). I don’t think China shouldy be too far behind. —Chai Chinese student leader -ff - Sometimes she said she asks her self what it would be like if the move ment and the Tiananmen Square inci dent had never happened. “I think of how nice it would be if my friends were still alive, if my family would not have been taken away from me, and if China was still my home country,” she said. “But facts tell me, ‘No, the massacre did happen.’” Chai said that it was only a matter of lime until the Chinese accept de mocracy. “There’s a very strong tendency toward democratization almost ev erywhere (in the world),” she said. “I don’t think China should be loo far behind.” Death Continued from Page 1 was murdered by Charles Palmer in 1979, said “There’s just no way they can guarantee with this bill that a person will serve a life sentence.” Amicus Nebraska founder William Beatty Brown of Omaha said LB651 was a “shell game” that promised life in prisonbut could not deliver. Amicus Nebraska is a group that supports capital punishment. Donald McCall, vice chairman of the Slate Board of Parole, testified in favor of repealing the death penalty. McCall said a murderer sentenced to life without parole had nochance to be pardoned unless the Slate Board of Pardons commuted that sentence, which is highly unlikely. “Commutation is a long, arduous and even litigious process which of ten lasts longer than the offender’s life span,” McCall said. Only three senators — two fewer than needed — voted for the ad vance mentof the bill: Sens. Chambers, Tim Hall and John Lindsay, all of Omaha. Voting against advancement were Sen. Carol Hudkinsof Malcolm, Chris Abboud of Ralston, Dwitc Pedersen of Elkhorn and Jennie Robak of Co lumbus. Sen. Dan Fisher of Grand Island was absent. The committee advanced another death penalty bill, LB600, by a 6-1 vote. That bill would allow condemned inmates to choose lethal injection, rather than electrocution, as the method of execution. 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