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Yom Kippur starts tonight By Melissa Hosek_ Staff Reporter For many Jewish students, Yom Kippur. beginning tonight at sun down. is a day for reckoning their sins and reflecting on what it means to be Jewish. Those who observe Yom Kip pur abstain from eatingor drinking, washing, using lotion or other oils, wearing leather shoes and having sexual relations. Those Yom Kip pur rules were developed through interpretation ofthe Torah, the book of Jewish literature and oral tradi tions. * On this day. men and women conduct their own comparative self reflection. preparing themselves to go before God for the Jewish community's final, annual judg ment. This day is Yom Kippur, the final day of llic Jewish High Holi days. Yom Kippur concludes the 10 Days of Awe that began with Rosh Hashanah on Sept. 5. Rosh Hashanah is the Jewish New Year. According to the Jewish calendar, the year 5755 has just begun. In the 10 days between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. Jews are expected to reflect on their sins against Jewish Law. Seth Schuchman said the day helped him appreciate his Jewish heritage. “The 10 days are for me to con nect with my Jewish past." said Schuchman. a sophomore. “I like to read and study the history. It's a time to ask what 1 can do to improve myself." Yom Kippur, also called the Sabbath of Sabbaths or Day of Atonement, is the most solemn or all the major Jewish holidays, said Alan Weiss, a Lincoln resident. It is the day all people's fates arc deter mined. he said. Freshman Joshua Levi said the day gave him a chance to start over. “1 like to look at it as a new year,” Levi said. “A waking up call to be better and do belter deeds. Jews can observe this day by attending three services, one on Wednesday evening and two on Thursday. Levi said. The most dis tinguishing prayer of the three ser vices is the Koi Nidrc. played on the cello, which annuls the vows between man and God, he said. “1 believe the Kol Nidrc is one of the most beautiful things in Jew ish religion.” Levi said. A series of other prayers and cantors arc performed at each of the three services, in which Jewish men and women beg God to seal them into the Book of Life. The services are concluded at sundown on Thurs day with a cantor reading of the “Sheman.” dancing, singing and repetition of the phrase. Prayer, repentance and charity.” To break the fast, enormous feasts arc held, often as communal dinners at synagogues. Levi, who is from Connecticut, is separated from his family and will attend a dinner at the Congregation B'Nai Jcshunm. his local synagogue. Schuchman. from Lincoln, will have his tradi tional meal with his family. Neither will attend classes on Thursday. Services will be held at both Lincoln synagogues. Congregation B'Nai Jcshurun. 20th and South streets, and Tifcrcth Israel Syna gogue. 3219 Sheridan Blvd. Officers Continued from Page 1 made officers realize that similar situ> ations could happen to them. “It can happen to anybody at any lime.” he said. Caublc said someone from the Employee Assistance Program at UNL would talk with department supervi sors today about identifying symp toms of stress caused by the incident. Group sessions also would be offered to officers who want to talk about what happened, he said “It's natural for us to have some stress and anxiety built up by this. Caublc said. “It’s important for offic ers to be able to express that.” Caublc said students, faculty and administrators had called him to learn about Soflin's condition and to wish ihc officer well. Chancellor Graham Spanicr visited Soflin in the hospital Monday night. Cauble said “That docs make you feel good when the community you're working in expresses those things to you. Cauble said “I know it makes Rob feel good." Cauble said Soflin's spirits were good Tuesday morning when he vis ited Soflin in the hospital. “He’s in some pain, in his hand mostly." he said. “He was talking to me about when he could come back to work." . . Fred Soflin. the wounded officer s father, said his son was doing “reason ably well under the circumstances." The shot caused some nerve damage in his hand, but his son had a chance at a full recovery. The elder SofNn also said his son was in good spirits after being injured. He said his son told the surgeon to be careful before putting him under anes thetics. “Rob told him his chosen profes sion was law enforcement, so he needed to handle a weapon and drive a car,” Fred Soflin said. “But he said he also had to field a ball at shortstop and throw the guy out.” Soflin reactcd exactly the way he should have during the incident. Caublc said. He said officers were trained to act quickly in unexpected situations and to take cover when shots were fired at them. When the gunman pointed his weapon at Soflin. Caublc said Soflin fell across his scat. “Had he froze and not been pre pared. he probably would have been hit several times." Caublc said. Senior Reporter Matthew Waite con tributed to this report. Students lasso skills in horse-training class By Gregg Madsen__ Staff Reporter An East Campus class is pulling a new twist to the three R's. For 10 students every Tuesday and Thursday this semester, it's reading, riding and ‘rithmetic. The class is Advanced Equitation, and it offers students a chance to fur ther their horse-training skills. Kathy Anderson, assistant profes sor and extension horse specialist, leaches the class and also a basic equi tation class in the spring. Anderson said equitation involved most aspects of riding and covered most general maneuvers that any horse should be able to do. She said the class had one basic objective — “to take the students riding skills one step further and teach training and more advanced tech niques. ' Some of the horses arc temporary donations from generous owners, she said, but the rest arc university prop erty. The class is divided into two seg ments. The first hour of class is de voted to working on riding skills and techniques with older horses that have been ridden before. Duri ng this segment, students work on everything from posture to reign position, she said. “We cover a lot of things that arc review for me. but we learn new thi ngs also," saidTonya McKissick. a senior veterinary science major taking the class. The fi nal hour of class allows stu dents to do ground work with young, unridden horses. Groundwork is basi cally any training without a rider on the horse. McKissick said. Students work in pairs, which gives them the opportunity to share ideas, she said. Student Mike Schram added. “Ba sically all of us have started horses before, but when you get around other people, you can learn other tech “7his is so much more practical. You couldn't teach what we do in just any classroom. ” ■ MIKE SCHRAM Advanced Equitation student niques" The class offers students an alter native to a typical classroom. Schram said. “This is so much more practical." Schram said. “You couldn't teach what we do in just any classroom" The Animal Science Building's giant indoor arena provides a top notch venue for the class, leaching assistant Kristin Barkhousc said “We are really lucky to have this type of facility. I think the students gel a lot out of it" she said. But the class doesn't just involve riding Each of the 10 students must write a research paper for the semes ter. The students choose a trainer in the United States and report on that trainer's basic philosophy. Students may interview thei r trainers and travel to sec them. The students also arc required to critique their own riding. Anderson said. The rest of the grading system for the class involves various quizzes and tests about the maneuvers that have been taught in the class. Barkhousc said the most important clement of the class was learning pa tience. “That is the key" she said. “People have to keep in mind that young horses don't know what you warfl of theta. 1 you have to have a lot of patience" From Southern California Antone's Recording artist CANDYE KANE and the Swinging Armadillos Former stripper Candye Kane is now a blues singer and touring with her red-hot band. R-rated R&B at it's best. Wed-Sat., Sept 14-17 The Zoo Bar, 136 No. 14th YOU'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS! 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(A career politician perhaps?) 4) Pat would like the green space more if the sidewalk didn't criss-cross in the middle of the field so we could play tackle football. 3) Pat is a closet Barney Basher. 2) Pat has taken a lie detector test and results show that he knows nothing about the "Beer Gut” graffiti. I) Pat predicts two major victories this year - Patrick Combs beating a 16-year incumbent, and the Huskers winning the Orange Bowl!! To Volunteer call Kyle at (402) 47fs-VOTE (86H3] UNL to merge onto information highway From Staff Reports The road work to put the university on the information highway is being planned. Chancellor Graham Spanicr told the Academic Senate on Tues day. Spanicr said during the senate meet ing that the university was planning the information technology initiative, a multimillion-dollar project to rewire the university using fiber-optic tech nology. The technology would be used to connect classrooms with interactive audiovisual capabilities, he said The system also would connect faculty members to research at other universi ties and federal agencies. Spaniersaid the initiative included students. The campus would be re wired to connect residence halls to the campus Internet program Students now access the Internet system using phone lines, he said Under the initiative, students would be able to access the Internet by direct terminal connections, eliminating the use of phone modems, campus, such as in the Col lege of Law building, already have such technol ogy. Spanicr said. Spanicr said the initiative was a high priority for the university, be cause it would keep UNL at the fore front of higher education institutions. Schlondorf Continued from Page 1 mined to continue trying for the Lin coln police and never really showed any resentment toward them. In fact, he never talked about his feelings at all. Peterson said. That’s why Peterson never ex pected what happened on April 27. 1993. ■ Schlondorf called him late that af ternoon from his room. Peterson said. He had been drinki ng and told Peterson he was sick When Peterson got there. Schlondorf was alone, half conscious with a severe cut on his left arm. It was a self-indicted wound, Peterson said. Schlondorf didn't say anything, and Peterson called the po lice. Peterson said he went to see Schlondorf in the hospital once after that. Schlondorf thanked him for com ing over, he said, but it didn't sound like he meant it. That was the last li me the two would talk until a couple weeks ago. when Schlondorf started calling. He needed help moving into his apartment. Peterson said. Peterson said he didn't talk to Schlondorfduring a battle he had with ITNL police to get back his belong ings. which police had taken from Scnlondorf s residence hall room af ter the suicide attempt. Among those belongings was the gun that Schlondorf allegedly used in the shooting Mon day night Schlondorf. described as an angry man by UNL police, had a temper. Peterson said. But he had it under control. “It really surprised me that he did this.” Peterson said. “I didn't think he'd be the type of person to go out and hurt a person, unless they pro voked him.'' Background Continued from Page 1 Schlondorf with a “self-inflicted wound to (his) left arm,” police re ports show. The wound was described as severe. ■ Caublc said university police took the gun because of the type of incident and because the university doesn't allow students to have firearms in resi dence hall rooms. Schlondorf contacted police sev eral times after that, trying to have his belongings returned, but police re fused. Caublc said police were forced to return the items to Schlondorf after he filed a lawsuit against the university. The university had no legal right to hold the items. Cauble said Casady said he was angered by the fact that Schlondorf had the gun. In cases like bchlondorrs, where police take someone into emergency protective custody after a psychotic crisis — such as a suicide — steps to deny them access to firearms seldom arc taken. Casady said Casady said U S. law stated that a person could be denied purchase or a firearm if they have been "adjudi cated. mentally defective or commit ted to a mental institution." Most suspects arc taken to an emer gency room, stabilized and released. Casady said. They also may voluntar ily accept treatment. In those eases, the suspect would not be committed by process of law. he said. What that means, he said, is that a person can have repeated psychotic crises and never be committed. Given that, they legally can walk into a gun shop and purchase a firearm, he said. Even if people arc committed, a state-required background check on gun buyers would not discover tnai. Casady said. "We in law enforcement have no way of knowing if someone has been committed to a mental health facil ity." Casady said. “There arc no records. Mental institutions won't re lease that information to anybody Casady said police had tried to obtain access to the information in the past, but the county attorney's office turned down their request. The result is that some people in Lincoln who own firearms "have ex tensive records of criminal arrests and convictions and have what 1 would consider serious mental health histo ries." Casady said. “(They are) certainly people I would not trust with any kind of weapon — people I wouldn’t let keep my tropical fish.” But there’s nothing police can do. he said.