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UNL received lower quartile rat
i ings than other schools in the percent
ages of graduation rates and of fresh
men who were in the top 10percent of
their high school classes.
That ranking was based on faculty
resources, financial resources, alum
ni satisfaction and student selectivity.
Basing a rank on such factors puts
UNL at a disadvantage, said Joan
Leitzel, senior vice chancellor for
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“Those kinds of rankings are a
problem for us,” she said. Any survey
that factors in student selectivity to
the evaluation process automatically
will send UNL to the bottom of the
list, Leitzel said.
UNL has an open-admissions pol
icy. Students know before they apply
whether they will be admitted be
cause UNL lists the qualifications for
admission on the application.
“Only people who know they’re
going to be admitted apply, therefore
it looks like we take everybody,” she
said. “That’s not a good measure of
quality.”
Numerically, it may seem that UN L
doesn’t stand up to other schools,
Leitzel said, when in reality the uni
versity’s admission standards have
nothing to do with the quality of pro
grams here.
Herb Howe, UNL associate to the
chancellor, said UNL could expect a
jump in rank when plans for tougher
admission standards take effect.
The higher rank will take some
time to appear in surveys, he said.
Daniloff
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Russia needs to be
gently nudged, gen
tly pushed in to de
mocracy.
—Daniloff,
UPI correspondent
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makers out of the Russian White
House.
He said he witnessed the battle
from CNN’s broadcast center atop
a nearby building. When tanks fired
on the rebels, it literally “shook
Moscow,” he said.
American input, which has the
most influence in the chaos-ridden
Russian republic, is needed now
more than ever, he said.
Daniloff said the United States
should be a more visible force in
the aftermath of the armed confl ict..
“I think the United States has
been a little too silent on the issue
of getting back to democratic val
ues,” he said. Democratic influ
ence —American or otherwise—
to help Russia recover and move
toward economic and political sta
bility is essential, Daniloff said.
“Russia needs to be gently
nudged, gently pushed intodemoc
racy,” he said. “Because, as we’ve
seen, they can backslide easily.”
DanilofTcriticized Washington
for its silence on the issue and
called on President Bill Clinton to
take a more active role in the Rus
sian situation.
“President Clinton has support
cd Boris Yeltsin 110 percent, but
he left the message among the Rus
sian people that he’s more interest
ed in political stability there than
actual reform,” he said.
“I’m saddened we haven’t heard
more from Washington. I think
(Clinton) ought to pay a little more
attention to Russia.”
DaniloIT is no stranger to Rus
sian political unrest. He made world
headlines in 1986 when Soviet au
thorities arrested him in retaliation
for the United States’ arrest of
Gannadi Zakharov for espionage.
DaniloIT later was released as
the result of a Soviet-American
agreement, and all espionage charg
es against him were dropped.
DaniloIT said the military in
volvement in the latest Russian
episode was justified.
Boris Ycl tsin ’ s “strongman” tac
tics, which are not allowed by the
Russian constitution, were neces
sary to keep political stability.
DaniloITsaid.
“If you remember, Abraham Lin
coln took strong measures to pre
serve the Union during the Civil
War,” DaniloIT said. But DaniloIT
said those dictator-like actions
should be a source of concern if
they continue, he said.
“My concern is whether or not
this strongman position he's taken
will be permanent,” Daniloff said,
“instead of a temporary position
leading to democratic progress.”
Though he said the Russian sit
uation was cause for pessimism in
the short term, Daniloff said he was
optimistic about Russia’slong-term
future.
The country is “wealthy with
resources,” including a strong work
force and grass-roots economic ef
forts, he said.
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keep his mind focused.
‘ I was afraid if I fell asleep I would
die,” he said.
At about 7 a.m. the next day, con
struction workers rescued Lindvall.
He was taken to Lincoln General
Hospital, where he remained for al
most two months.
“The first week I have no recollec
tion,” he said. “I’m real fuzzy about
the whole stay.”
Both of Lindvall’s legs were threat
ened by the accident. Draining the
infected blood from his right leg saved
the limb. But his entire left leg was
amputated.
Lindvall said he vaguely remem
bered doctors telling him his left leg
would be amputated, but didn’t real
ize it until he regained consciousness.
Losing a limb is much like losing
a family member, he said. There is a
grieving process involved.
“There were times in the hospital
when I thought death was a much
more pleasant alternative,” he said.
But the depressing times were m in
imal, Lindvall said, and his attitudes
were usually positive.
The cardiac arrest kept Lindvall in
Lincoln General Hospital for an addi
tional month. After 10 operations per
formed by 14 different doctors,
Lindvall was transferred to the Ma
donna Rehabilitation Hospital on July
26.
He was rehabilitated and trained to
use a prosthetic leg while he was at
Madonna.
“I had to relearn how to walk,
basically,” he said. “I had problems
trusting it. You don’t want to trust
something that’s not you."
But through therapy, Lindvall said,
he has learned to rely on his prosthetic
leg. He will begin using it permanent
ly once an infection on his leg clears
up.
Lindvall received support from
Sen. Bob Kerrey, who lost a leg in
Vietnam, as well as from other ampu
tees. The support system included
practical advice, he said.
“I’d never met an amputee until I
became one,” he said.
Fritson said she cried for four
months after the accident. But through
the parents of other amputee victims
she learned to cope wjth her son’s
condition, she said.
“It’s like, wow, there can be life
after this,” she said.
Lindvall will begin taking classes
in January. He already has become
active in fraternity activities.
“It’s good to be back in my envi
ronment,” he said.
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drunk, he said, which limits what
police can do.
Cauble said three officers were on
duty the night of the attack to patrol
both city and east campuses on a busy
homecoming weekend. From 300 to
400 people attended Rapfcst, he said.
Looking back, Cauble said, off
duty police officers should have been
at Rapfcst all night. Cauble said he
blamed the mistake on a breakdown
in communications between UNL
Police and APU.
Normally, police must determine
whether an event needs security be
fore it can take place, he said. Al
though pol ice knew of Rapfcst, a “stu
dent organization event registration
form” was not filed.
“They didn’t get a hold of us. Our
people didn’t callthcm/’Cauble said.
“Who was at fault is now irrelevant.”
Steps have been taken to ensure
such a mix-up won’t happen again,
Cauble said.