Transcrypt joins Technology Park
By Steve Smith
Senior Reporter
Technology Park, a joint venture
between Lincoln and UNL, has signed
its first tenant, officials said Monday.
Mayor Mike Johanns and Univer
sity of Ncbraska-Lincoln Chancellor
Graham Spanier said the first 10 acres
of the 130-acre area, located near
Superior Street and I nterstate 80, were
starting to be filled.
Transcrypt International, a Lin
coln-based communications compa
ny, broke ground Nov. 11 for a new
location at 4800 N.W. First Ave. Tran
script purchased 9.41 acres for their
world headquarters and plans to build
in two stages.
Transcrypt is an international cor
poration that specializes in wireless
communication for public safety or
ganizations, said John Connor, chair
man and chief executive officer of
Transcrypt International.
The firm has customers in more
than 70 countries, including the Hong
Kong Police, Scotland Yard and law
enforcement agencies in Russia and
Egypt.
Connor said the new facil ity would
allow the company to grow from 57 to
about 100 employees, with potential
for expansion to almost 250 workers.
Technology Park plans date back
to December 1987, when then-UNL
Chancellor Martin Massengale and
former Mayor Bill Harris conducted a
feasibility study for a proposed site,
Johanns said.
When the city annexed 130 acres
of land in the Highlands District, the
possibility of a technology park sky
rocketed, Johanns said.
Johanns said the international firm
provided an excellent blueprint for
other companies to follow.
“It’s a kind of business we like to
see in the technology park,” Johanns
said, ‘it also strengthens (the city’s)
ties with the university.”
UNL provides much of
Transcrypt’s manpower, Spanier said.
The company makes a habit of hiring
UNL graduates and student interns.
Spanier said UNL and Transcrypt
have had a successful partnership over
the years. Transcrypt hired UNL’s
Center for Information and Commu
nication Services to review their firm,
and company officials visit campus
often to confer with engineering and
marketing classes.
Having UNL near Transcrypt’s
world headquarters was vital to the
business, Connor said.
Spanier said he was pleased
Transcrypt saw its relationship with
UNL as a partnership.
Connor said Transcrypt was aim
ing for a June relocation from their
downtown offices.
I-Police Report-1
Beginning midnight Wednesday
1:01 a.m.—Driving while intoxicat
ed, 11 th and Q streets, case cleared
with one arrest.
3:41 p.m. — Stereo stolen from
car, 21st and Vine streets, $730.
6:35 p.m. — Car vandalized, 19th
and R streets, $100.
9:17 p.m. — Bike stolen, Avery
Hall, $900.
Beginning midnight Thursday
10 a.m. — Money stolen, South
Memorial Stadium, $420.
12:03 p.m. — Coat stolen, Memo
rial Stadium, $150.
12:05 p.m.—Mirror broken, Harp
* er-Schramm-Smith Residence Halls
parking lot, $110.
12:36 p.m.—Handset stolen, Col
lege of Dentistry, $500.
Beginning midnight Friday
5:28 a.m.—Fire alarm accidentally
tripped, Selleck Quadrangle.
9:06 a.m. — Window broken, 19th
and Vine streets, $100.
1:27 p.m.—Tapes stolen from car,
1640 Y St., $42 loss, $100 damage.
9:11 p.m. — Machine malfunction,
Nebraska Union.
9:30 p.m. — Jacket stolen, Cam
pus Recreation Center, $80.
Beginning midnight Saturday
1:05 a.m. — Theft from auto,
Cather/Pound gravel parking lot,
$100 damage, $329 loss.
7:27 a.m.—Statue stolen, Sheldon
Memorial Art Galfery, $25,000, re
covered, five arrested.
9:19a.m.—Door hingepins taken,
Mabel Lee Hall, $6.
9:37 a.m. — Flag stolen, 1800 N.
33rd St., $50.
9:52 p.m. — Computer keyboard
stolen, Walter Scott Engineering
Center, $200.
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NEWS BRIEFS-,
UNL services plan shorter hours
From Staff Reports
Operation hours for the University Nc
braska-Lincoln facilities have been short
ened for the Thanksgiving holiday from
Wednesday through Sunday.
The Nebraska Union will be open Tues
day until 10 p.m. The Union will be open
Wednesday and Friday from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m.
and closed Thursday and Saturday. It will
resume normal hours Sunday.
The University Bookstore, Campus Rec
reation Center and Union food court restau
rants have different hours during the break.
The East Campus Union will close at
5:30 p.m. Tuesday. It will be open from 7:30
a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday. The cafeteria
will close at 1 p.m. The East Campus Union
will be closed from Thursday through Sun
day and will reopen with regular hours on
Preliminary hearing se
Monday at 6:45 a.m.
Love Library will be open from 8 a.m. to
5 p.m. Wednesday, closed Thursday and
open Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Normal
library hours will resume Saturday.
The University Health Center will be
closed for appointments Thursday through
Sunday. The center will close Wednesday at
5 p.m. The health center’s 24-hour emergen
cy care services remain in effect. Normal
hours will resume Monday at 8 a.m.
The rcc center will be open Wednesday
from 6:15 a.m. to 8 p.m. It will be closed
Thanksgiving Day, open Friday and Satur
day from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Sunday from
9 a.m. to 11 p.m.
Residence halls not offering vacation
housing will close at 10 a.m. Wednesday
and will reopen Sunday at 1 p.m. Food
service will resume Monday morning.
t for sexual assault case
From Staff Reports_
A Dec. 10 preliminary hearing was set for
Richard Barrett, a UNL sophomore who was
charged with first-degree sexual assault Oct.
21.
Police say Barrett was one of several
students studying in a 20-ycar-old woman’s
apartment. The woman, also a University of
Ncbraska-Lincoln student, fell asleep and
Barrett allegedly had forced sexual inter
course with her, police said.
Barrett was released from the Lancaster
County Jail Oct. 27 after paying 10 percent
of a SI 0,000 bond.
Marines to kick off Toys for Tots at Friday’s game
From Staff Reports ’
The Lincoln Marine Corps will kick off
their annual “Toys for Tots” holiday gift
collection program at the Nebraska-Oklaho
ma football game Friday.
Gunnery Sgt. Dan Nislcy, of the local
Marine Recruiting Office, said Marines
would be posted by gates around the outside
of Memorial Stadium to collect toys for the
program.
“Toys for Tots” provides area children
with Christmas gifts.
Football fans who wish to donate new.
unwrapped toys, can give their donations to
a Marine Corp representative before the
game, Nislcy said.
Nisley said this was the first time the
corps had collected toys at a Nebraska foot
ball game, and he hoped the fans would
make the kick-off successful.
“I’d love to collect 10,000 toys,” he said.
I ,ast year, the corps collected 3,000 toys
for area children, he said.
Post Office advises sending gifts, greetings early
From Staff Reports
As the holiday season approaches, the
U.S. Postal Service advises students to mail
their cards and packages early to ensure they
arrive on time.
The post off ce suggests mailing packag
es by Dec. 2 and mailing cards and letters by
Dec. 9. Mailing early gives customers a
chance to avoid the glut of mail being pro
cessed in the days just before Christmas.
Early mailing also reduces risks of inclem
ent weather delaying delivery.
The post office also asks mailers to fill
out addresses completely and legibly.
Statue
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They were contacted at the house, 3601
Apple St.,by UNL police Sunday afternoon, he
said, and were taken to the police station for
questioning. The students were arrested there
without incident.
“It looks as if they were going to take the
statue back to Missouri with them,” he said.
Lee Thurber, president of Farmhouse Fra
ternity at UNL, said no students from his chap
ter were involved. The Missouri students were
in Lincoln on an activity, he said, and were
staying at the house for the weekend.
The president of the Missouri Farmhouse
chapter, Mark Broughton, said about 25 stu
, dents came to Lincoln for the weekend. Most
have returned to Columbia, he said, but some
are still in Lincoln helping the five students that
were jailed.
Manning said the statue’s value was estimat
ed between $25,000 to $ 150,000. About $ 10,000
damage was done to the base of the statue,
Manning said. It will not be returned to the
gallery until it is released by the county attor
ney’s office, he said.
Deputy County Attorney Patrick Condon
said charges would be filed in the case after the
arraignment, The students were cited for crim
inal mischief and theft, he said, which arc Class
III felonies.
Class III felonies arc punishable by a max
imum of 20 years in prison and a $25,000 fine
or a minimum of one year in prison.
State focuses on gang prevention
By Steve Smith
Senior Reporter_. _
Nebraska has received a $500,000 grant
from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and
Firearms to fund a gang resistance education
program, Gov. Ben Nelson announced Mon
day.
The program, Gang Resistance Education
and Training, or GREAT, presents the hard
facts about gang life to junior high students,
Nelson said.
Prevention, a tactic Nelson has pinpointed
often since his August meeting with U.S. Attor
ney General Janet Reno, is vital in curbing
youth violence, the governor said.
Nelson said prevention was the main focus
of the new program.
“In the past, we’ve spent a lot of time on
intervention and then detention,” Nelson said.
“We need to focus on prevention more.”
Of the funds, 80 percent will be channeled to
the local level, Nelson said. The other 20
percent will be used for officer training.
A majority of those funds will be used to
teach pol ice oITeers classroom techniques, John
Packed, chief of LaVista police, said.
The Papillion-LaVista school district was
the first in the state to implement GREAT,
Nelson said. Only a handful of cities, including
Lexington, Scottsbluff and Norfolk, have ex
pressed interest in the program so far.
“What we’re doing is taking a police officer
who has been trained to be a crime fighter and
changing them a little bit, to make them teach
ers,” Packctt said.
The Nebraska State Patrol will administer
the program.
Lt. David Gales, who will be the program
administrator, will assist towns and cities ap
plying for the program, help train officers and
develop the curriculum in Nebraska’s school
districts.
Col. Ron Tussing of the Nebraska State
Patrol said because the funds for the program
were received Oct. 28, cities haven’t had much
time to get a good look at the program. Howev
er, he said he expected most larger towns and
cities in Nebraska to apply for the funds before
the Nov. 30 deadline.
“This is a very competitive process,” T ussing
said. “Obviously, we won’t be able to go into
every junior high in the state.”
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