Thieves hit fraternities hard
By Brian Sharp
Staff Reporter
Thefts from the University of Ne
braska-Lincoln grcek houses have to
taled more than $17,000 in losses in
January, a large increase over past
months, police said.
The amount
triples that of all
residence halls,
which was
$4,808, and
doubles that of all
other campus
buildings, which
was $8,275.
Numbers from
residence halls
and campus build
ings are close to normal, but the prop
erty stolen from greek houses is high,
said UNL Police Sgt. Bill Manning.
Police records show the increase
was first apparent last December.
House members either choose not
to report missing items because they
weren’t covered by insurance or
haven’t realized they were missing,
he said.
According to police reports, a ma
jority of the thefts were reported be
tween 8 a.m. and midnight. But in
only one case was a burglary wit
nessed.
“Sheerspeculation is that the mem
bers of the houses involved have no
idea who is coming in and out of their
houses,” Manning said. “It’s like let
ting a complete stranger into your
1 iving room and not saying anything.”
There are two descriptions of sus
pects, he said, both are males, possi
bly high-school age.
Manning said that when ques
tioned, members in other victimized
houses said they saw people matching
the same descriptions in their houses.
The descriptions have come from
members of the Beta Theta Pi Frater
nity, which was burglarized twice in
one week.
The first incident, on Jan. 23, oc
curred while members were in the
house. A source close to the burglary
said fraternity members saw the sus
pects in the house, but chose not to
confront them. The result was the loss
of more than $ 1,000 in compact discs,
stereo equipment and other items.
The second attempt was foiled when
a fraternity member saw a thief in his
room. The man apparently panicked,
Manning said, struck the fraternity
member in the head and ran off.
Manning said the suspect left be
hind all $862 in stolen goods except a
jacket, which he was wearing. The
member chased the burglar, grabbed
hold of the jacket and tried to restrain
him, but the burglar slipped out of the
coat and escaped.
Brian Mejak, a member of Phi
Gamma Delta, said cooperation and a
change in house security was needed
to stop the thefts.
A theft at the Fiji house, reported
less than an hour after the attempt at
Beta Theta Pi on Jan. 29, recorded
$5,425 in losses.
“As you know, frats are pretty easy
to get into,” Mejak said. “This is the
biggest (theft) I’ve seen since I lived
here. This is by far the largest dollar
amount.”
By locking doors and giving keys
to members, the house hopes to stop
any repeat incidents, he said.
Manning said asking guests who
they were with, reporting crimes as
soon as possible and being more aware
of the current situation were the best
ways to stop the thefts.
Police currently have no evidence
linking the burglaries, he said, but the
investigation is continuing. There is
nothing to indicate anyone inside the
house is stealing, he said, and no
reason to think the reports are false.
rrotessor: Israel needs new viewpoints
By Todd Neeley
Staff Reporter
The societal position of women in
Israel will not change without their
involvement in decision-making pro
cesses, aprofessoremeritus at Hebrew
University of Jerusalem said Thurs
day night in Lincoln.
Ze’ev Falk, who delivered the sec
ond annual Krivosha Lecture, entitled
“Human Rights in Jewish Law in Is
rael,” said women in Israel were in
creasingly becoming a part of the de
cision-making process.
“In order tobr ing about th is change,
women should be well represented in
rabbin ical courts,” Falk said to a crowd
of about SO people in Love Library’s
Great Plains Room.
In some cases, women are already
becoming involved. More rabbis have
been listening to what women have to
say, he said.
Quoting passages from the Bible,
Falk said in the beginning men and
women were considered equal. He
said the Bible also says human rights
should be given to the weaker people
in society.
He said women in Israel should be
declared eligible to chair committees
in religious institutions, a process that
had already begun.
Eight years ago, he said, there was
the creation of elementary schools for
girls in Eastern Europe, and now there
is a move towards giving women for
mal religious educations.
For example, Falk said, there had
been a series of colleges in Israel for
women pursuing courses in Jewish
religion and law.
And since women have become
more involved in rabbi courts, they
are in a position to demand higher
education, he said. But he said there
was a lot of room for improvement in
women’s rights.
“Some rabbis are afraid to take
i nno vati ve stands” on women ’ s rights,
he said.
Falk also stressed the importance
of protecting the family.
He said in such a secularized soci
ety as Israel, it was difficult to see
where the family stands in Jewish
law.
“We are in a situation of plural
ism,” Falk said.
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Rally focuses on diversity
By Rebecca Oltmans
Staff Reporter
Studen ts growi ng up i n Nebraska
may come to college without inter
acting with a person of a different
race, John Harris said Thursday at
an open forum in the Nebraska
Union.
Harris, special assistant to the
vice chancellor for student affairs,
said the forum was designed to
eliminate the ignorance that
stemmed from having little inter
action with people of a different
race.
The forum, entitled “Building a
Cohesive Campus Community,”
was sponsored by the Diversity
Retreat Team and the Racial Plu
ralism Action Team.
During the two-hour discussion,
about 150 members of the audience
answered questions about diversity
that were submitted anonymously
by students.
“It’s a shame that you have to be
sitting here in college learning what
you should have learned in elemen
tary school,” Harris said. “But it
that’s where we have to start, we’ll
start here.”
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cultures and histories was not jusi
about doing the right thing.
“The work force in the year 2004
will be diverse and the work force
i ne structure or the Association
of Students of the University of
that’s not will lose,” he said. “It’s
an economic issue now.”
Several audience members said
the University of Nebraska
Lincoln’s history requirement was
not its only weakness concerning
diversity. Areas such as minority
instructors in courses not specifi
cally targeted towardminorities and
the new structure of the University
Program Council were also ad
dressed.
Nebraska also needed to be exam
ined, Liz Carranza-Rodriguez, an
educational specialist from the
Multicultural Affairs office, said.
Carranza-Rodriguezsaid ASUN
was not representative of the stu
dents they served.
“ASUN is mostly white and
greek,” Carranza-Rodriguez said.
“Maybe ASUN has outlived it’s
usefulness. We need to see what
ASUN could change to meet the
needs of the current student body
— which has changed consider
ably over the years.”
Harris said all races had a story
to tell but were not getting any
closer together about it.
“We all came over on different
ships but we are all in the same boat
now,” Harris said. “If there’s a hole
in the boat—whether you’re in the
front or the back — you’re going
down.”
Campus Rec submits budget
by Kara Korsnoj
Staff Reporter
The Office of Campus Recreation
will find out next week if the Com
mittee for Fees Allocation approves
its budget increase request.
CFA decided to vote Tuesday after
Campus Recreation proposed Thurs
day evening an operating and a re
pair and facilities improvement bud
get, totalling S2.27 more per student
per semester.
Campus Recreation requested a 3.7
percent increase in its operating bud
get, increasing it to $62,147, or $1.27
more per student per semester.
Leah Hall Dorothy, a Campus Rec
reation coordinator, said there were
29 sport clubs, an increase of 10 clubs
from last year.
An increase was requested to attract
students to the new activities.
Campus Recreation’s repair and im
provement budget requested a 20 per
cent increase, or $ 1 per student per
semester.
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