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Don Wcscly of Lincoln, reallocates money in NU central administration for UNO. The money will be drawn from a faculty savings fund that holds ben efits and pay from unfilled posi tions. On Sunday, Stan Liberty, dean of the College of Engineering and Technology, said temporary mon ey allowed for only one-time ex penditures, like equipment and fa cility improvements, and not ongo ing costs such as faculty. “We can use any funding pro vided to enhance our programs on either campus,” Liberty said. “We certainly have needs.” Liberty, who oversees engineer ing education for the state of Ne braska, said the money was not enoimn to meet an nccu». However, Liberty said, he 11 take what he can get. Ashford said immediate needs in engineering education at UNO, brought to light by a recent consult ants’ report, spurred the amend ments ._ . „ “We need to stop the bleeding, he said. “After we stop the bleeding we can sec where to go in the future, but now they need four faculty mem bers.” The idea behind reallocating money for UNO was simple, Ashford said. “They are underfunded,” he said. “They need faculty. “If you have to make a choice between funding central adminis tration and faculty ... faculty comes first,” Ashford said. Wesely said he got behind the bill because he was fearful of the reaction to the consultants’ report supporting a separate engineering college at UNO. “I was fearful that the response would be a rush to implement it,” he said. “Knowing politicians, there is a lot of pressure to act on this.” The issue of increased funding for engineering education is uni versally agreed upon by the Legis lature, Wesely said. The amend ment was just a start, he said. 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Bjorklund said his involvemcnNn the Seventh Day Adventist Church came to an abrubt end when the church “let him down” in 1991. “I mentally collapsed,” he said. “I quit.” e While Bjorklund’s involvement in the church decreased, his activity in computers increased. Bjorklund met his accomplice in the Harms murder, Scott Barney, through his computer involvement. While Bjorklund went on an elab orate tangent about computer net works, Lacey covered his eyes and rested his head on the table. *** After Bjorklund’s statement, Lacey told reporters he was unimpressed with his appeal for mercy. “I think Mr. Bjorklund has his priorities as skewed as the day he killed Candi Harms,” Lacey said. “Any time you have the chance to tell a judge at a time so important in your life, you don’t talk about computers and experiences about things that don’t make a difference. “He should have told the court in no uncertain terms how sorry he was," he said. “The only emotion (shown) was when talking about his own wife and family. 1 just ask him to consider what he did to Stan and Pat Harms.” During closing arguments, Special Deputy Publ ic Defender Richard Goos questioned Endacott’s objectiveness of deciding Bjorklund's sentence alone. “I’ve taken an oath to uphold the law. When 1 can't uphold the law I won’t be ajudge,” Endacottsaid.“My personal feelings have nothing to do with that, and I don’t want to hear that argument again.” Chief Deputy Public Defender Scott Helvic said Bjorklund had no signifi cant history of violence. Bjorklund and Barney’s alleged robbery streak from Aug. 29, 1992 to Sept. 21,1992 was Bjorklund’s only major criminal activity, Helvie said. Under Nebraska statute, the crime must be proven to be especially henious to warrant a death sentence. Lacey argued throughout the sentencing hearing that the Harms abduction and murder fit that description. Helvie disagreed. “I’m not going to si t here and argue this wasn’t a heinous murder, it cer tainly was,” Helvie said. “Deciding what is especially heinous is diffi cult.” Helvie oficrcd about 30 reasons Bjorklund should not receive the death penalty. Barney led police to Harms’ body and signed a plea agreement with prosecutors. Barney has been convict ed of the murder and will be sentenced in June. As part of the agreement, Barney cannot be sentenced to death. “To impose the death sentence on Mr. Bjorklund wouldbc excessive and disproportionate to the sentence Mr. Barney will receive,” Helvie said. *** Lacey made a final plea to Endacott on behalf of Harms. Lacey told the judge to put himself in Harms’ place on the night of Sept. 22, 1992. “Think how it must have felt laying in a cold field with your clothes off,” Lacey said. In earlier statements, Bjorklund said the rape of Harms took about five minutes, although he said it must have seemed a lot longer to her. Lacey wept as he tried to convince the court that the atrocities of the abduction, rape and murder were enough to sentence Bjorklund to death in the electric chair. “To me that is especially henious and cruel — there's no way to get around that,” Lacey said. “No argu ments in a. courtroom many months later can change that. Just five min utes ... was especially heinous and cruel.” Seaior kditor Adt-ana I-eftin contributed to this report. Bill Continued from Page 1 Omaha, Baldwin was shot, paralyzed and arrested. LB498 would allow courts to use omissions by a patient to determine whether they were dangerous. Failure to take medication would be an omis sion. The bill also would mandate the development of individual treatment plans for the patient consistent with the court’s orders. If a person was found not complying with the treat ment, a warrant could be issued, and the patient could be put into an appro priate facility. Wcscly said the bill had been a long lime in the making. He said he had help from many sources, including judges, attorneys and University of Nebraska-Lincoln law professors. Treatment of mental illness has progressed,and the law hasn’t, Wcscly said. “W ith modem drugs, (doctors) have identified many (mental) conditions that can be treated,” he said. “Our laws do-not reflect that.” The bill was difficult to draft, but it is a good bill. Wcscly said. “Mental health laws are technical and dilTicult,” he said. “They have to balance the rights of the mentally ill with the right to safety.” Screens Continued from Page 1 board approval. Regent Robert Allen of Hastings said the board needed to go forward to support one of the best eol lege football programs in the nation. The university shouldn’t worry about a shortfall of sponsors, he said. Advertisers would jump at the chance to be affil ialed w ith the Nebraska foot 17th & TNT 8t. 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