McElroy files lawsuit
asking for damages
From Staff Report!
Former UNL student Arthur
McElroy, who is charged in the 1992
attempted shooting ofhis classmates,
has filed a lawsuit in U.S. District
Court asking for the return of his
property and $550,000 in damages.
McElroy, 45, has been charged
with second-degree attempted mur
der, making terroristic threats and
two counts of using a weapon to
commit a felony.
Prosecutors charge that on Oct.
12, 1992, McElroy entered an actu
arial science class in Ferguson Hall
and pointed a loaded semiautomatic
rifle at 20 students in the room.
The gun jammed and McElroy
fled, authorities charge. Police said
they found the gun in the back seat of
McElroy’s car, loaded with a 30
round magazine, when he was ar
rested later. Police said McElroy had
another 30-round clip in his pocket.
In the handwritten claim, McElroy
requests the court to return the fol
lowing items: four pieces of com
puter equipment and diskettes, cloth
ing, a watch, a wallet, a book bag and
books.
McElroy wrote that University of
Nebraska-Lincoln Police actions de
prived him of his constitutional rights
by taking property that was not speci
fied in the search warrant on Oct. 15,
1992. /
McElroy also requests that the
court suppress all evidence seized,
including his car, the gun, ammuni
tion and photos. He requests a total of
$550,000 in punitive damages in four
separate claims.
Federal Magistrate David Piester
has ruled that McElroy’s claims may
not be considered by the federal court
until the state charges are resolved.
McElroy has until Nov. 28 to file
an amended complaint.
The Associated Press contributed to this
report.
Sandwich artists make debut
By Shannon Jacobs
Staff Reporter
After about a two-month delay,
Subway opened for business in the
Nebraska Union Monday, selling
more than 100 sandwiches in its first
hour of business.
Greg Moe, co-owner of Subway,
said he had expected sales to be high
because Subway restaurants on other
college campuses were successful.
Subway’s menu appeals to col
lege students because its food tends
to be healthier than many other fast
food places, he said.
Jeremy Bracken, a freshman art
student, said he was happy Subway
finally opened. Bracken stood in line
behind 15 people to order his favorite
sandwich — a veggie and cheese
meatball sauce sandwich on wheat
bread.
“I like Subway because it’s
cheaper, less greasy and I like the
food,” Bracken said.
Moe said he also was eager for the
store open.
Daryl Swanson, the director of
Nebraska Unions, said negotiations
between the university and the Sub
way corporate offices caused the de
lay in the opening, which was first
scheduled for August.
Showers in hall flood Manter
From •tolt Reports
Vandalism in Manter Hall has
caused an undetermined amount of
water damage, UNL Police said Mon
day.
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Sgt. Bill Manning said a shower in
the first floor south hallway of the
building was activated Saturday
morning, causing water to flood the
hallway and seep into the basement.
The water leaked into the fire alarm
system in the hall’s generator room,
setting off a fire alarm, he said.
The fire department and univer
sity police were dispatched to Manter
Hall at about 4:30 a.m. to check the
alarm. Manning said.
A team of six custodians from the
custodial division of Facilities Man
agement worked from 5 a.m. to 10
a.m. to clean up the water, said Jo
seph Vrtiska, a supervisor in the cus
todial division. Another custodian
worked an additional four hours Sun
day to complete the cleanup, he said.
Vrtiska said he estimated 800 gal
lons of water flooded the hall, some
classrooms and labs.
Police had no suspects and no
damage estimate Monday. Classes in
Manter Hall were not canceled Mon
day, Manning said. i
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Marlon O’Loary. head of tho department for Mochomlstry, loft, shows Congressman
Doug Boroutor tho now Beadle Center. Boroutor toured tho building Monday.
Bereuter tours Beadle Center
By Til Taylor
Staff Reporter
Congressman Doug Bereuter
got a firsthand look Monday at
what university officials call, “the
most technically demanding build
ing in the history of UNL,” the
George W. Beadle Center for
Biogenetics Research.
Bereuter, who is running for his
ninth term in the 1 st Congressional
District, toured the $31.7 million
project for almost an hour.
The building is scheduled to
open in late March or early April,
said Marion O’Leary, head of the
biochemistry department.
“I feel our chances of moving in
April 1 are very good,” O’Leary
said. “The greenhouses will prob
ably be available for use on March
1.”
* Bereuter said the building was
worth the expense.
/‘It’s understandable when you
see the utilities and special equip
ment going in here to see why it’s
the most expensive building the
university has ever built,” he said.
The Beadle Center, funded
through federal, state, university
and private funds, will put the
University of Nebraska-Lincoln in
the exclusive company of a dozen
other schools with similar high
tech research facilities, O’Leary
said.
The building complies with the
Americans with Disabilities Act
and features new techniques for
handling hazardous materials, edu
cation facilities and research and
teaching laboratories.
The building will also feature a
ventilation system that does not
recirculate air.
This system will cost more,
Bereuter said.
But Donald Weeks, director of
the Center of Biotechnology, said
it was important for students and
faculty to have a safe work envi
ronment.
“We will try to make up for the
high energy costs by trying to re
capture a lot of heat and reusing
that,” Weeks said.
Bereuter agreed that the build
ing would be safe for its users.
“This building is very well de
signed to meet all the safety and
environmental standards needed,
which is encouraging,” Bereuter
said.
The Beadle Center covers al
most 86,000 square feet and in
cludes a main auditorium that could
hold 175 students, three 40-seat
classrooms, two biochemistry labs
that allow 60-80 students to work
at once and more than 100 offices
for graduate students, post-doctor
ate students and faculty members.
“This will be a wonderful addi
tion to the university scientific and
biochemistry facilities,” Bereuter
said.
Third health care reform symposium tonight
From Staff WoporU
The third in a series of sympo
siums on health care reform will be
held at the Mary Riepma Ross film
:heater tonight at 7 p.m.
Gail R. Wilensky, senior fellow at
Project HOPE, is set to speak. Project
HOPE is an international health foun
dation based in Bethesda, Md.
The symposium is the third in a
series of four presented by the eco
nomics department and the Center
for Insurance and Risk Management
in the University of Nebraska-Lin
coln College of Business Adminis
tration.
The symposium is free •
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