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■4 SUPPLEMENT For An Eternity A look at possible steps in the planning of a wedding. Insert Monday 52/14 Today, partly sunny and mild. Vol. 93 No. 103 Travis Heying/DN Mutton bustin ’ A young cowboy tries his hardest to hang on to the back of a sheep during a break from the bull-riding action Friday night at the Wahoo Bull Riding Rodeo. Authorities trap people making larassing calls By Brian Sharp Staff Reporter The telephone rang in a Pound Residence Hall room last December. The student lifted the receiver and heard the voice of an obscene caller. Last week, that caller was arrested by Uni versity of Nebraska-Lincoln police after a trap was placed on the telephone. uavia luein, a uinl sopn omore, was issued a misde meanor citation for making three calls to the Pound Residence Hall room. Sgt. Bill Manning said UNL had its share of intim idating calls, and police weren’t taking them light ly “If you go to the trouble of making obscene and threatening phone calls and you start interfering with somebody’s life he said, “we are going to come and visit you. Any phone call made with the intent to harass, offend or threaten is a Class III misde meanor with a maximum penalty of three months in prison and a $500 fine. The majority of such calls at UNL fall under the offensive or obscene category, Manning said, and are placed by other students. But there are cases involving outside callers, he said. One in particular, a man from Colorado, is known to call university campuses nationwide. The obscene caller singles out meif, Manning said, and has telephoned UNL students in the past. Aitnougnponce nave laentiticatne man, me phone calls cannot be traced directly to him, Manning said. But in many local cases, identifying the caller is much easier. Manning said that with Caller-I D, the police officer often arrived and was told the caller’s number. Police then must simply call the num ber back and ask for an address, he said. “In cases like that they (the callers) don’t even think before they do something stupid,” he said. When traps are used, Manning said, they are operated through the phone company. With the flip of a switch, a phone record can be kept of times, dates and locations of calls. Police later check phone company records with times of disturbing calls. Manning said the police then got a search warrant for the records if the information was available. See CRIME on 6 i Students earn priority in regent campaigns Two candidates vie for vacated District 3 seat By Jeffrey Robb Senior Editor Regent Rosemary Skrupa said Sunday it didnrt matter “one little bit" whether anyone ran against her in the upcoming NU Board of Regents election. What does matter during this cam paign, she said, is that students of the University of Nebraska and taxpayers of the state have their needs addressed. That sentiment has been echoed by candidates throughout the four devel oping races. “I think it’s a privilege to go to where intentions and concerns arc expressed to discuss them with the people," Skrupa said. Skrupa of Omaha, Robert Allen of Hastings, and Nancy Hoch of Nebras ka City are all planning to run for re election, though none have filed. Skrupa, the District 8 incumbent, said she expected competition, although no one has announced their inten tions. In District 3, two candidates, Keith Vrbicky of Norfolk and Chuck Hassebrook ofWalthill, are seeking to replace Margaret Robinson of Nor folk, who announced she would not run again. Allen, the District 5 regent, will face John Klosterman of David City, who declared in November. Hoch will run against Drew Miller, a Sarpy County commissioner, after she files candidacy for the District 4 seat. Mill er has been campaigning since Octo ber. With 11 days remaining for candi dates to file, no race has the three candidates necessary for it to be placed on May's primary ballot. Over the past few years, Allen said, the university has ignored students’ needs by focusing on the wrong prob lems. Allen said he wanted to help NU Regent Race Incumbent: Margaret Robinson of Norfolk will not run for re-election Candidates* Keith Vrbicky, Norfolk, physician Chuck Hassebrook, Walthill, Center for Rural Affairs Incumbent: Nancy Hoch of Nebraska City will run for re-election Challenger: Drew Miller, Sarpy County Commissioner Incumbent: Robert Allen of Hastings will run for re-election Challenger: John Klosterman, David City, farmer and cattle feeder Incumbent: Rosemary Skrupa of Omaha will run for re-election Candidates: No other declared candidates John An sorgo/ON refocus efforts through his campaign ing. Controversyoverbuilding projects, a commencement prayer, pink trian gles supporting homosexuals and the engineering debate, Allen said, have all distorted NU’s No. 1 priority—its students. “We can’t win discussing homo sexuality, abortion or prayer,” Allen said. “We have the needs of the stu dents that need to be met.” The engineering debate has turned into a public and political fight, Allen said. Members of the Omaha engineer ing community want a separate col lege for increased access to education. Currently, the University of Nebras ka-Lincoln has the only engineering program in the NU system. The problems stem from concerns not being taken through the proper channels. See REGENTS on 6