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Nebraska’s Tyrone Williams celebrates after recovering his second fumble of the game against Iowa State on
Saturday. The two fumble recoveries helped the Comhuskers jump to an early 14-0 lead en route to Nebraska’s
49-17 win over the Cyclones. The victory gave the Huskers their third straight Big Eight championship.
Proposal stresses perimeter parking
By Paula Lavigne
Staff Reporter
Proposals to limit traffic in the core of
campus are in the planning stages now,
but could be implemented by next fall,
a UNL official said Sunday.
Paul Carlson, associate vice chancellor of
business and finance, said the proposals,
discussed at a Parking Advisory Committee
meeting last week, included plans of trying to
increase parking on the perimeter of campus.
“There’s no way you can fit 10,000 cars in
the tore of the campus,” he said.
He said additional parking spaces would be
created at the Union Insurance Building, South
10th St., and at the George W. Beadle Center.
Restriping the loop south of the Coliseum also
would create more parking space, he said.
Carlson said the proposed green space north
of the Nebraska Union, although a minor part
of the policy, would fit with the policy struc
ture by limiting the traffic in the core of the
campus.
Eliminating reserved parking spaces for fac
ulty and staff also would solve parking con
gestion, he said.
“We want to better utilize the reserved spots
by going to more of a zone concept,” he said.
“If you can consolidate faculty and staff park
ing, then you can create more spaces.”
Carlson said improving university shuttle
service and city bus service was included in
the proposal.
Although Carlson said he had no official
numbers, he said parking costs could be af
fected by the new proposal because of the cost
of adding new lots and lost revenue from re
served parking.
“We anticipate people who had reserved
spots will pay less,” Carlson said.
“There will be some increase for those with
out reserved spots.” he said. “This includes
faculty, staff'and students.”
City undecided on appeal in otticer s case
From Stall and Wire Reports
district judge’s order to grant full dis
ability payments to the officer who
assisted in the arrest of former Nebras
ka football player Scott Baldwin stands un
challenged, at least for now.
Assistant City Attorney Joel Pedersen said
the city had not yet decided whether to appeal
Lancaster County District Judge Jeffrc
Chcuvront’s order, which required the city to
place former Lincoln police officer Linda
Jensen on permanent disability.
The city also must pay 58 percent of Jensen’s
regular salary from March 4 1992, the date
she consulted doctors about her condition.
Jensen filed a request for disability retire
ment benefits with the city of Lincoln in Octo
ber, but the review committee denied the request,
saying her disability was not permanent.
However, Cheuvront wrote Jensen had
“overwhelming” evidence that her disability
was permanent.
“The undisputed facts show that the plain
tiff went from an officer who was rated as
‘commendable’ or ‘outstanding’ before the in
cident to a person who was unable to function
as an officer,” Cheuvront wrote.
“Despite the arguments of the city, there is
no evidence that the plaintiff has fabricated
her condition.”
Pedersen refused to comment on when or if
the city might appeal the order, but he said
more information could be available this week.
Jensen said in the request that she suffered
post-traumatic stress after she helped arrest
Baldwin on Jan. 18,1992, when he was arrest
ed for the beating of Lincoln resident Gina
Simanek.
Baldwin was found not responsible for the
assault by reason of insanity by Lancaster
County District Judge Paul Merritt.
Baldwin was later involved in an incident
with Omaha police, in which he was shot and
paralyzed from the neck down.
Training site for editing program returns
By Ann Stack
Staff Reporter
The University of Nebraska
Lincoln's College of Journal
ism and Mass Communica
tions has re-established itself as a
training site for Dow Jones copy ed
iting internships.
The Dow Jones Newspaper Fund.
Inc., sponsors summer copy editing
internships for college juniors, se
niors and graduate students, Dick
Thicn, a professional lecturer in the
college, said.
Thien said the internship program
was an excellent opportunity for stu
dents.
“It’s an internship program in the
professional ranks — it’s highly re
spected,” Thien said.
Interns train for two weeks during
May at universities nationwide be
fore editing copy for 12 weeks at
newspapers that participate in the
Dow Jones program.
UNL’s journalism college was se
lected Friday as a training site.
Richard Holden, executive direc
tor of the Dow Jones Newspaper Fund
Editing Internship Program, said the
Dow Jones Board of Directors met
Friday to discuss reopening the train
ing site at UNL.
“We’ve seen Nebraska produce
some of the best editing interns in the
country,’’ Holden said.
Thien said the journalism college
found out Friday afternoon that Ne
braska was chosen as the newest train
ing site.
“I’m not surprised at all. It’s the
kind of program that belonj
he said.
Only 40 to 60 students ar
from more than 700 appli
participate in the program,
Thien said 17 students fre
applied this year for the inte
Students must take an edit
potency exam at their univ
the fall and write an essay t<
for the program.
Holden said host universi
given grants to fund the trai
all expenses.
Bjorklund trial
concludes with
final arguments,
jury instructions
► Attorneys from both sides will present closing
arguments 8:30 a.m. Monday to the jury.
► After closing arguments, the jury will begin
deliberating whether evidence shows Bjorklund is
guilty of first-degree murder and a felony charge.
► Attorneys met in closed session Friday and
Saturday to create a list of final instructions for
the jury.__
By Steve Smith
and Alan Phelps
Senior Reporters
Roger Bjorklund will find his fate in the
hands of 12 jurors from Cheyenne
County Monday.
Bjorklund, 31, and Scott Barney, 24, are
charged in the abduction, rape and murder of
University of Nebraska-Lincoln student
Candice Harms. Harms, of Lincoln, was in her
first semester at UNL when she disappeared
Sept. 22, 1992.
County Attorney Gary Lacey and Chief
Deputy Public Defender Scott Hclvie arc
scheduled to give closing arguments Monday.
After Lancaster County District Judge
Donald Endacott gives instructions to the jury
Monday afternoon, the members will begin
deliberating whether evidence shows Bjorklund
is guilty of first-degree murder and a weapons
charge.
During closed hearings Friday and Satur
day, attorneys for the prosecution and defense
and Endacott discussed what instructions would
be given to the jury. Lacey and Helvie will
have two hours each for closing statements.
The final statements culminate 13 days of
testimony, in which prosecutors presented 641
pieces of evidence and called 59 witnesses in
an attempt to convict Bjorklund.
Hclvie rested his case last Thursday with
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Injured pledge
leaves hospital
From Staff Reports
he University of Ncbraska-Lincoln stu
dent who fell from a fraternity house
window has been transferred to an Oma
ha rehabilitation center.
Jeff Knoll, 19, was released Wednesday
from Lincoln General Hospital, a nursing su
pervisor said. He was taken to Immanuel Med
ical Center.
Knoll suffered a closed head injury and
facial fractures when he fell from a third-floor
window at the Phi Gamma Delta house Nov.
3.
University officials said Knoll, a Fiji pledge,
was forced by fraternity members to consume
alcohol before the fall. He apparently was
trying to climb down a drainpipe outside a
bathroom window when he fell, landing on
concrete and a metal grate.
After the incident, Knoll was listed in criti
cal condition. He was later upgraded to seri
ous condition after waking from a coma.
Nurses at Immanuel said they could not
comment on Knoll’s condition Sunday.
home to UNL
gs here,” “The training centers prepare a
budget for all the expenses — hous
c chosen ing, meals, salary for the faculty. All
icants to the normal expenses,” Holden said
he said. Professors from various univer
)m UNL sities and newspaper professionals
irtiship. from across the country staff the
ting com- training centers, Holden said.
'ersity in Four other training sites are local
o qualify t»d around the country. The sites in
clude the University of Missouri in
ties were. ____
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