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SPORTS Strickland apparently in limbo Basketball player watches Thursday's football practice. Page 9. Midnight Oil "Outbreak of Lave" tour hits Pershing on Monday. Page 12. Friday 74/53 Today, mostly sunny and dear. Saturday and Sundaj sunny amh highs in September 10, 1993 University of Nebraska-Lincoln Vol. 93 No. 14 I1 —— 1 I Travis Heying/DN Chris Brown, s senior anthropology major, studies Wednesday afternoon on the bleachers at Buck Beltzer Field. Reading between the lines Search committee begins interviews By Sieve smith Senior Reporter A * s the eighth month oflhc NU presiden /\ tial search unfolds, the list of candi A A. dates to succeed NU President Martin Massengale is dwindling. But the presidential search committee has plenty of work left, co-chairman Bob Raun said at the committee meeting Thursday. Raun, a former regent who heads the search committee with Regent Nancy O’Brien of Wa terloo, said the committee was making a lot of headway. “I'd say we’ re about half of the way through,” Raun said. “This process has gone incredibly smoothly.” Committee discussion centered on telephone interviewing techniques. Committee members must interview references for each applicant. During closed sessions of the meeting, the committee decided to begin telephoning the references of 16 of the remaining 62 candi dates, said J.B. Milliken, regents corporation secretary. Committee members also set a tentative schedule for meetings, Milliken said. The com mittee’s next meeting will be Oct. 4. Candidate interviews are tentatively planned for mid-October. The committee plans to re view the interviews in late October. The 18-member search committee includes officials from the four University of Nebraska campuses, local businesses and one student from the University of Nebraska Medical Cen William Funk of the Kom/Ferry Interna tional search firm said one name was added tc the list of candidates, bringing the total to 142 people under consideration for NU’s top posi tion. Of those 142 candidates, 33 applied and 109 were nominated, Funk said. Of the nominees, 29 accepted the offer to be included in the search, 60 declined and20 have not responded. The group was looking at 62 “active candi dates,” Funk said. The committee discussed those and other applicants during a closed session of the meeting. See COMMITTEE on 6 S Regents to inspect engineering at UNO il By Mailt Harms Staff napertar t l W'fc egent Rosemary Skrupa of Omaha is leading a proposal at the NU Board of Regents’ meeting today that would ; create a separate engineering college at UNO. Skrupa said Omaha area industries needed an independent engineering college to further the education of their employees. Without the college, she said, the city could lose businesses. “The business community in this area could i- just say, ‘Hey, we can move out to California or someplace where we can find these types of programs,’” Skrupa said. The University of Nebraska at Omaha had an engineering college before joining the NU 1968, she said. After the merger, some engineering programs gradually were moved to Lincoln. For most engineering programs, students can take the first two years of courses at UNO, but they must complete their degrees at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Regent Don Blank of McCook said he planned to keep an open mind about the proposed engineering college in Omaha. “I know they have some problems out there and we have to find solutions,” he said, “but I’m hesitant to start a new college.” Blank said any decision should wait until a new NU president was named. “I feel strongly that the new president should be a part of that decision,” he said. Also at the meeting, regents will discuss a proposal to change the way former University of Nebraska at Kearney Chancellor William Nester will be paid for his job as special assistant to NU President Martin Masscngale. Nester was hired in AugusLfor a six-month See REGENT on 6 Judge rejects motion to delay Bjorklund trial By Dionne Searcey Senior Reporter and Jeff Zeleny Senior Editor District Judge Donald Endacott denied Thursday a motion to delay the first degree murder trial of Roger Bjorklund. Chief Lancaster County Public Defender Scott Helvie filed the motion to push back the trial date because the Lancaster County Attor ney’s office requested more witnesses testify during the October trial. During Thursday’s pretrial evidence-sup pression hearing, Endacott granted a motion to endorse 80 more witnesses. The added witness es brought the total number to 364 in the case of slain University of Nebraska-Lincoln stu dent Candice Harms. Helvie made the motion for a delay because he said the defense would not have time to investigate all witnesses. Jury selection is sched uled to begin Oct. 18. Without more time, Helvie said, defense attorneys would have to rely solely on police reports for information about the witnesses. That, Helvie said, would deny Bjorklund his right to a fair trial. “We do not believe we can adequately as sess a witness based on what a police report says,” Helvie said. Helvie assured the judge his request had mem. “We are not doing this to delay unnecessar ily this trial,” he said. ”1 know it's a burden on the court. “What inconvenience that may be caused by this should be weighed with the importance that Mr. Bjorklund gets a fair trial,” Helvie said. In his denial of the motion, Endacott said the October dale had been planned long ago. ‘The fact that it’s burdensome on the court is irrelevant,” Endacott said. “We will work with you.” The judge said the court would provide adequate time for motions and hearings if the defense needed it. Later in the afternoon, Endacott offered to give attorneys for both sides copies of the names of 150 potential jurors and their respons es to initial questionnaires. The judge denied Bjorklund immediate ac cess to the documents. Helvie objected, saying his professional eth ics would not allow him to see the documents without being able to discuss them with his client. The judge then decided to withhold the documents from both sides until a later date when Bjorklund would be allowed to view them. Spectators and press members were shuffled in ami out of the courtroom five times during the morning and afternoon sessions. Endacott ailed last week that the hearings would be partially closed. See BJORKLUND on 6 Nebraska businesses getting ready for lottery kickoit Tickets to be sold by 150 retailers in city of Lincoln By Jeff Zeleny Senior Editor Beginning Saturday, Nebras kans no longer will have to cross the border to try their luck at winning cash. Instead, they can try their hand at the Nebraska Lottery. The “Nebraska Match Three” lot tery will feature instant winning game tickets. Up to $5,000 can be won instantly by purchasing a $1 ticket. Brian Roc key, Nebraska Lottery public information officer, said about r 150 Lincoln retailers would sell the tickets. City retailers include convenience stores, liquor stores, video stores, su permarkets and specialty shops. Store owners throughout the city were preparing Thursday for the lot tery' s opening day. The lottery, which was a long-debated issue in the Ne braska Legislature, gained voter ap proval last November. Kelly Erisman, part ownerof Albi no Rhino, 101 N. 14th St., said she was excited about the addition of the lottery to her business. “I don’t think there are too many people in the basic downtown area (selling tickets),” she said. ”1 think we’re going to get bombarded.” Erisman said her specialty shop had a diverse clientele. She expects the lottery to promote diversity even further. “Our clientele now is very mixed with businesspeople, students and moviegoers,” she said. “I think we’ll see the same diverse crowd.” Erisman said the Nebraska Lottery was a good way to keep money in the state because up to now many Nebras kans traveled to Iowa, Kansas and Missouri to buy lottery tickets. “I see millions and millions of dollars going out of state,” she said. “Why not keep it here?” Erisman said she didn’t expect any problems in dealing with winning lot tery tickets. “Once we get in the mode of doing it, it will be like a Visa transaction, she said. The 1,200participating businesses b) HOW TO PLAY !**. i3; i iMa i liCNBfs ai a participating Neorasna lottery retailer, typically service statkms, I Scratch off the play area oe the front of the ticket. Ilf you match three He amounts you can win as much at $5,000 Instantly. ■ ’ ii it&Ml;: : ■! M. ii'S HsU'
