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a very capable and considerate job. I
don’t think there were any surprises.”
Cauble said stories published in
weekend editions of the Lincoln Jour
nal-Star misinterpreted the
committee’s report and his own com
ments. Reports that a “bar-arm neck
restraint” was used are not true,
Cauble said.
That restraint is applied by plac
ing the forearm against the front of a
person’s neck, supporting the forearm
with the other hand and pulling back
wards. It is a “final means of con
trol,” Cauble said, and is considered
deadly force by UNL Police policy.
The newspaper reported Saturday
that Vfeskma used the “bar-arm neck
restraint” and reported Sunday that
Lincoln Police Officer Luke Wilke
had used it. It stated Cauble had veri
fied the latter claim.
But Cauble on Sunday told the
Daily Nebraskan that was inaccurate.
Cauble said no one used the “bar-arm
neck restraint.”
The committee report did not
specify which officer used the re
straint, but the report said, “as we
understand it, this technique ... was
used on Renteria.”
Vfeskraa did try a “bar-arm take
down,” Cauble said, which takes a
person from a standing position to the
ground.
The move is done by standing be
hind a person, placing one hand
around the person’s wrist and the
other by the shoulder. While pulling
bade on the wrist, the shoulder is
pushed forward, straightening the
arm and forcing the suspect off bal
ance and to the ground.
Cauble said after Veskrna was
unsuccessful in applying that move,
Officer Wilke tried to apply a “lat
eral-vascular neck restraint.”
That move is done by wrapping an
arm around a person’s neck, so the
trachea is cradled in the fold of the
arm, reducing risk. By closing the
arm, the suspect then is restrained by
pressure on both sides of the neck.
Wilke’s attempt also was unsuc
cessful, Cauble said. Further attempts
to take down Renteria were made, he
said, and Veskrna tried a move in
which she struck Renteria in the right
leg with her knee.
The move is designed to hit a
nerve, causing considerable pain but
no injury, Cauble said.
According to the report, \feskma
told the committee she tried the move
to distract Renteria and gain control
of his arm. Four or five strikes, how
ever, proved unsuccessful.
Cauble said those were the only
actions Veskrna took against
Renteria. >
The committee report reeptor
mends that the use-of-force policy be
rewritten, because it is vague and
open to many interpretations.
Cauble said a policy that would
address every issue was impossible,
and training already was in place to
address those questions.
Many of the issues raised in the
report already have been addressed
by the police department, Cauble
said.
Cauble said the community rela
tions training was inadequate—both
at Grand Island and UNL—but said
there never could be enough. 1
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Breast cancer not top killer
By PePni Jw—n
Senior Reporter
Lung cancer has replaced breast
cancer as the leading cause of can
cer death among Nebraska women
for the first time in the state’s his
tory, according to a report released
by the Nebraska Department of
Health.
The 1993 Vital Statistics Report
showed that of 3,333 Nebraska
women who died of cancer that
year, 276 died of lung cancer and
267 died of breast cancer.
Marla Augustine, spokes
woman for the state health depart
ment, said the change was signifi
cant because breast cancer had
been the leading cause of cancer
deaths among women for many
years.
“Breast cancer has for many,
many years ranked in the top three
causes of cancer deaths among
women,” Augustine said. “The sig
nificance is it’s just not No. 1.”
Augustine said she expected
lung cancer cases to outnumber
breast cancer cases.
“Lung cancer cases among
women have been growing over the
years, probably as a result of more
women smoking,” she said.
Augustine said she did not
know why more women smoked.
Another report that the health
department released recently
showed that Nebraska women were
less likely to get mammograms.
These are important because they
can detect cancer early, when the
chances for treatment and recov
ery are high.
The Behavioral Risk Factor
Survey for 1991-92 showed that
one-third of Nebraska women be
tween ages 40 and 64 said they
never had a mammogram. Woman .
age 65 and older were even more
likely to say they never had a
mammogram, the report showed.
However, preliminary data from
the 1993 Behavioral Risk Factor
Survey indicates that trend may be
changing. The number of Ne
braska women age 50 and older
who reported having a
mammogram in the last year has
jumped from 34 percent in 1992
to 43 percent, the data shows.
Augustine said the increase
might nave occurred because more
women were aware of the need for
mammograms. A new program of
fered by the health department may
have contributed to that awareness,
she said.
The Every Woman Matters Pro
gram was started two years ago to
help women become more aware
of the need for mammograms, Au
gustine said.
The program also offers free or
inexpensive mammograms to
women who normally could not
afford them, she said. Women en
rolled in the program pay only as
much as they can afford based on
their incomes, she said.
The program aims to reach low
income women older than 50 and,
in particular, minorities, she said.
Minorities tend to have less access
to mammograms, she said.
The health department has en
rolled more than 3,000 women in
the program in the last two years,
Augustine said. She said it was too
soon to tell whether the program
helped cause a decrease in the
number of breast cancer deaths in
the state.
The American Cancer Society
recommends women have their
first mammogram by age 40.
Women between ages 40 and 49
who have had no symptoms of
breast cancer, including lumps,
should have a mammogram every
one to two years. Women older
than age 50 should have a
mammogram every year.
According to the American
Cancer Society, women can get
high-quality mammograms at six
Lincoln locations.
Those locations are Lincoln
General Hospital, Bryan Medical
Plaza, Saint Elizabeth Health Cen
ter, The Women’s Clinic, Bryan
Mammography Center and Health
America.
As of Oct. 7, all were accred
ited for mammography by the
American College of Radiology. To
be accredited, those centers must
meet strict equipment and person
nel requirements.
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Halloween
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day the 13th” movies.
“I remember being scared ... be
cause my parents weren’t home and
I was all alone,” Skaden said.
The worst part of Halloween, said
Steve Zurlske, a philosophy gradu
ate student, was getting stupid foods
like raisins or popcorn when trick
or-treating. Caramel apples, however,
were better scores, he said.
Jim Crable, a senior accounting
major, remembers a particularly dis
appointing Halloween when he lost
his trick-or-treating stash.
“Everyone divided theirs up and
gave it to me, so it turned out all
right,” he said..
Because only children usually go
trick-or-treating, some students said
they found alternative celebrations for
Halloween.
Costume parties, dances, haunted
houses and just acting crazy all were
listed as possible activities.
“I don’t care if it is supposed to be
for kids,” Sweeney said. “Halloween
is still fon.”
Some students said they carried on
family Halloween traditions like carv
ing pumpkins. Laura Spies, a fresh
man construction management ma
jor, said she carved pumpkins for her
room, but they rotted in four days.
Kristen Whitted, a sophomore
broadcasting nuQor, carved pumpkins
for Chi Omega Sorority’s Pumpkin
Fcst. The pumpkins were displayed
in front of the house.
Skaden said he had left Hallow
een in his childhood.
“Halloween goes right by, and I
don’t even notice it,” he said.
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