By The
Associated Press
Edited by Jeff Singer
News digest
Nebraskan
Wednesday, Octobar 20,1093
Clinton orders Army Rangers out of Somalia
WASHINGTON — In a further
step back from armed confrontation
with Mohamed Farrah Aidid, Presi
dent Clinton ordered a pullout Tues
day of Army Ranger forces he had
sent to Somalia to capture the clan
leader.
The move re
flected the ad
ministration’sef
fort to shift the
focus in Somalia
toward pursuing
apolitical settle
mcnt tollowing
the deaths of 18
Americans in the disastrous Ranger
raid on Aidid loyalists Oct. 3.
“Right now we are engaging in a
political process to see how we can
resolve our mission in Somalia,”
Clinton told reporters at the White
House. “So right now we’re in a stand
Top students
say cheating
happens often
WASHINGTON — Cheating is
pervasive among the nation’s top high
school students, according toa survey
of juniors and seniors with at least a B
average. Nearly 80 percent admitted
some dishonesty, such as copying
someone else’s homework or cheat
ing on an exam.
The survey by Who’s Who Among
American High School Students cov
ered a wide range of topics and found
that principals have a lot more to
worry about than providing students a
good education.
“High school is a very dangerous
place today,” Paul ICrousc, the Who’s
Who publisher, said Tuesday.
The 24th Annual Survey of High
Achievers, completed during the 1992
93 academic year found that among
the 1,975 students questioned:
• One in five of the females had
been a victim of a sexual assault, in
most instances by someone she knew.
In one-third of the cases, the assailant
was another student.
• One in three knows someone
who has brought a weapon to school.
• Forty-two percent of the males
have access to one or more firearms.
• More than half reported frequent
fights between students. Five percent
said there had been a shooting on
school grounds, and 7.3 percent re
ported a knife fight.
• One-third coasidered suicide.
The survey also found the teens
had a “startling lack of responsibility
down position.”
At the Pentagon, spokeswoman
Kathleen deLaski said a Ranger task
force of about 750 men would be
withdrawn from Somalia “in the next
couple of days.” Officials declined to
provide a full breakdown.
Sixteen of the 18 Americans who
died in the Oct. 3 raid were members
of the Ranger task force.
DeLaski said about 6,300 U.S.
troops now remain in Somalia.
Clinton said the time was right to
pull out the Rangers because two
Marine Expeditionary Units, totaling
about 3,600 men with helicopters and
armored vehicles, had arrived off the
Somali coast aboard Navy ships.
Clinton suggested the Marines could
substitute for the Rangers if neces
sary, although deLaski said there were
no plans to bring the Marines ashore,
barring an emergency.
Clinton’s announcement came two
days after the U.S. ambassador to the
United Nations, Madeleine Albright,
publicly confirmed that U.S. soldiers
in Somalia had stopped trying to cap
ture Aidid, DcLaski noted that he
remains wanted by the United Na
tions for his alleged role in a June
attack in Mogadishu, the Somali cap
ital , in which 24 Pakistani peacekeep
ers were killed.
“There is not an active effort to
search for members of the Aidid ap
paratus,” DcLaski said.
Clinton sent an initial contingent
of 400 Army Rangers to Mogadishu
on Aug. 24 in response to a series ot
bloody attackson Americans forwhich
Aidid or his loyalists were blamed.
Although the administration did not
say so publicly at the time, the Rang
ers’ mission was to capture the elu
sive Aidid.
Cheating
The overwhelming majority of high achievers surveyed admit
to cheating. Most of them say they have copied some else’s
homework, but a disturbing 40.3% confess to having cheated
on a test or quiz.
Question: How common
i&cheoting?
Question: Which of the following
htvoyoudono?
Corned someone else's homework
about their physical welfare. AIDS
doesn’t scare them. Pregnancy does,
but not enough to make them take
precautions consistently. And drink*
ing is a way of life, even behind the
wheel.”
(Crouse said there is a sense of
invulnerability during the teen years,
the bel ief that “it can’t happen to me.”
That might partially explain the
high rate of cheating. Krousc said
students might think, “I’m not going
to get caught, so what’s the harm,
what’s the danger, what’s the risk?”
Eighty percent of the students said
cheating was common at their schools,
and 78 percent admitted to doing some
themselves. One-third said peer pres
sure prompted them to cheat.
Yet at the same time the teens
admitted cheating, “students are tell
ing us that school could be much more
challenging,” Krousc said. “More than
half are telling us they’re studying
eight hours a week or less. You would
think that would tell us it’s not too
difficult for them to do well.”
That goal was never achieved, and
the launching of the Ranger mission
itself now stands out as a turning point
in U.S. military involvement in So
malia. The deployment triggered a
fresh burst of questions and criticisms
from the public on whether the ad
ministration had a plan for getting
out.
Also, Defense Secretary Lcs Aspin
has cited the Ranger deployment in
explaining why he denied the requests
of U.S. commanders in Somalia for
more armor to protect American forc
es. The lack of armor figured in the
outcome of the October Ranger raid,
which in turn led Cl inton to announce
four days later that he was beefing up
U.S. forces in Somalia while setting a
March 31 date for full withdrawal.
Aspin met for 2 1/2 hours behind
closed doors with members of the
House Armed Services Committee on
Tuesday. Afterward he refused to talk
with reporters, and several committee
members criticized him for not agree
ing to make the session open to the
public.
Rep. Curt Weldon, R-Pa„ said
Aspin was not answering hard ques
tions and “I’m going to hound him
until he does.”
The committee chairman. Rep. Ron
Dellums, D-Calif., who had criticized
Cl inton for sending the Rangers in the
first place, said he was pleased they
were returning home.
“The president is on target,” he
said. “He is no longer groping.”
Dellums said Clinton is the first pres
ident in his memory who recognized
he was heading down a slippery slope
of faulty military involvement and
acted to correct it.
-V’V'"'* STATE WIRE
Football player recovering from coma
KEARNEY — A high school
football player who was severely
injured in a game last Friday re
mained in critical condition Tues
day at a Kearney hospital.
But 17-ycar-old Jarod Espersen
of Amherst has come out of a coma,
according to Amherst school su
perintendent and athletic director
Elton Teter.
Teter said Espersen came out of
his coma after having been uncon
scious since collapsing in a game at
Elm Creek.
Doctors said he suffered a
bruised brain in a hard blow to the
head.
Teter said Esperscn appeared to
be aware of his surroundings at
Good Samaritan Hospital.
Doctors told Espersen’sparcnts,
Jarold and Jill Espcrsen of rural
Amherst, that they were very opti
mistic about Jarod’s chances for a
full recovery, Teter said.
“1 think he’ll be back by Christ
mas,” Teter said.
Esperscn apparently was injured
during an offensive play, but game
films don’t clearly reveal when the
injury occurred, Teter said.
Espersen, 5-foot-9 and 180
pounds, played fullback and line
backer or defensive end.
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Elway losing touch for late-game heroics
DENVER — What happened to
John Elway’s magic touch? Two
straight weeks now, the Denver Bron
cos had a chance to win in the closing
minutes — and didn’t.
With the score 20-20 and Denver
on its 30 with 3:36 to play, it was
clearly Elway time Monday night at
Mile High Stadium.
The Broncos couldn’t get a first
down and punted. The Los Angeles
Raiders moved inside the Denver 40,
and Jeff Jaeger kicked a 53-yard field
foal with 16 seconds left to win it 23
0.
Back up a week to last Sunday at
Green Bay. Down 30-27, Denver got
jih^al^ith^OMenjElwa^atc^
ers awaited the inevitable heroics.
Packers defensive end Reggie White
sacked Elway twice and Denver lost.
Has the man with 31 fourth-quar
ter game saves lost his touch? Coach
Wade Phillips said Tuesday that isn’t
it at all.
“It’s probably other people more
than him to a great extent,” he said.
“You’ vc got to give him time to throw
the ball, and he can do his magic."
Elway said it’s hard for him to lead
the Broncos with the team not playing
its best.
“We’ve got to come out of the
blocks,” Elway said. “We’reonly play
ing about 30 minutes now.”
Plans for green space being refined slowly
By Jan Calinger
Staff Reporter
UNL officials slowly arc working
out details for the planned park north
of the Nebraska Union, a Landscape
Services official said Tuesday.
The NU Board of Regents on Fri
day approved University of Nebras
ka-Lincoln Chancellor Graham
Spanier’s proposal to replace a park
ing lot there with a park.
Kim Todd, campus landscape ar
chitect, said at a Union Board meeting
Tuesday that plans to develop the
space were being made around differ
ent traffic and use factors.
Tgdd said a major factor to be
considered when creating the park
was pedestrian traffic. Many students
cut across the lot on their way to
classes, she said.
“The circulation pattern is very
strong on the diagonal,” she said. “In
a couple of places, there’s quite a
strong northeast-southwest drag.”
Todd also said building placement
around the area played a large role in
development of the space. Building
placement makes the site a natural
spot for the park and will determine
what goes into it, she said.
“A lot has to do with focal points
and relationships,” she said. “Unless
you’re trained, you don’t know, but
something about a space makes you
want to be there.”
Though Todd has received many
ideas for developing the space, such
as building an amphitheater and a
stage for theatrical performances, she
said many of these ideas weren’t prac
tical. The concrete area around
Broyhill Fountain is a better location
for these activities, she said.
Todd said UNL would hire an out
side firm to design the green space,
but she would make many decisions
in the project.
Much of the plan is consistent with
a 1967 Campus Master Plan, Todd
said. The plan called for improved
traffic circulation through the campus
by emphasizing pedestrian traffic.
Parking lots would be moved away
from the center of campus, according
to the plan.
Todd said although some parking
spaces would be eliminated, the over*
all effect on parking wouldn' t be dras
tic. All campus buildings will be ac
cessible by vehicles, she said.
“There’s a difference between ac
cess and parking," she said. “And
we’re not denying parking. We’re
saying it won’t be as convenient as
some want it to be.”
Todd said construction on the
project should begin by the May grad
uation ceremony and should be fin
ished before classes begin in the fall
of 1994.
Bjorklund
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major employer in Sidney.
All of the potential jurors said they
could maintain their individual judg
ment and would not be influenced by
family or friends.
Bjorklund, 31, is charged with first
degree murder and use of a weapon to
commit a felony in the abduction and
shooting death of Candice Harms, a
University of Nebraska-Lincoln stu
dent.
Harms, 18, was missing for almost
three months before another man
charged in the case led police on Dec.
6 to her shallow grave in a field south
of Lincoln.
A judge decided to seek the jury in
Sidney, *50 miles west of Lincoln,
because of pretrial publicity in the
case. The trial is scheduled to begin
Monday in Lincoln.
Scott Helvie, Lancaster Countv
chief public defender, asked each
potential juror “if you can look at the
- it
I realize this could get
* complicated In a
community this size.
— Lacey
Lancaster County Attorney
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defendant and believe him innocent
until proven guilty beyond a reason
able doubt.”
Helvie repeatedly asked each indi
vidual if he or she had an opinion
about whether the defendant was in
nocent or guilty.
Prosecutors have said they will
seek the death penalty against
Bjorklund if he is convicted.
The other man charged in the case,
Scott Barney, 24, has agreed to plead
guilty to first-degree murder and tes
tify against Bjorklund. In exchange,
prosecutors have promised not to seek
the death penalty against Barney.
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