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Over break Stadium revelry highlights break for police By Brian Sharp _ Senior Reporter ‘ Fifteen minutes of chaos was all that disrupted a quiet winter break for University of Nebraska-Lincoln po lice. Sgt. John Lustrea said the Jan. 1 revelry following a 24-17 win by the Comhusker foot ball team in the Orange Bowl claimed only one victim — Memo rial Stadium. Just before mid night, a crowd be gan to gather out side—and on — the southeast cor ner of the stadium. It wasn’t long before Gate 23 began to fold under the pressure. UNL police stood by, flashingspot lights toward the fence and over the crowd. But the football team had just won its first national championship in 23 years, and years of bottled-up cel ebration broke loose. As midnight neared, the crowd continued to grow. Hundreds of Husker fans surged forward. Several clung to the gate or pushed down from atop the nearby concrete wall. Then the door to the Husker home gave way. Only eight officers were assigned to the stadium, Sgt. Bill Manning said. The goal posts were removed long before, he said. Manning, who was in charge that night, said he had hoped any fans who came knocking would believe the goal posts were down and leave after seeing that police were present. That didn’t happen. Police estimate that rambunctious fans did $1,150 in damage to the stadium—buckling the outside gate, damaging the fence surrounding the field, stealing the sign from the women’s restroom and tearing a safety cushion mat from the southeast fence. Lustrea said police encountered little resistance when he gave the order to clear the stadium. Fans were removed within 15 minutes. Pre-trial motions filed in officers’ cases From Staff Reports Pre-trial motions abound in the cases of three Lincoln police offic ers and a fire captain indicted fol lowing the death of Francisco Renteria. Renteria died Oct. 1 after a struggle with police the night be fore. Special Prosecutor Robert Bartle has said he believes he has the power to file felony charges against officers Luke Wilke, Stephen Schellpeper and Fire Capt. Danny Wright because there may be enough evidence against them. However, lawyers for the defen dants question whether Bartle should have been appointed spe cial counsel in the first place. At issue is whether Gov. Ben Nelson should have appointed Bartle in stead of a panel of judges. Bartle has also asked for co counsel in the case, which lawyers for the defendants have also pro tested. Lancaster County District Court Judge Donald Endacott ordered Friday that initial briefs in the motions for appointing co-counsel and clarifying Bartle’s position to file felony charges must be submit ted by Jan. 18 and responsive briefs by Jan. 25. Several discovery motions have already been filed. Endacott has extended the deadline for filing such motions to Jan. 20. The hearings are in recess until Jan. 30, the order states. UNL student awaiting trial in shooting By Brian Sharp Senior Reporter A UNL student charged with the attempted murders of two uni versity and Lincoln police officers is preparing for his day in court. Gerald Schlondorf waived his right to a preliminary hearing and pled not guilty to the charges in December. His trial is scheduled to begin Jan. 17. On Sept.- 12, Schlondorf was involved in a shooting incident at 16th and R streets, police said. After Lincoln police chased him into the area, police said, Schlondorf got out of his pick-up truck and opened fire at UNL po lice officer Robert Soflin. Schlondorf later fired at other officers from his vehicle until he was arrested at 27th and Highway 2, police said. Schlondorf, a senior criminal justice major, was suspended from classes by UNL Chancellor Gra ham Spanier two days after the incident. He was arraigned Dec. 14 in Lancaster County District Court on the following felony charges: • second-degree attempted mur der of UNL Police Officer Robert Soflin. • first-degree assault on,a peace officer, also involving Soflin. • second-degree attempted mur der of Lincoln Police Officer Mark Stahlhut. • making terroristic threats to Lin coln Police Officer Tim Woolman. • using a weapon "to commit a felony (four counts). • fleeing to avoid arrest. Dennis Keefe, the public de fender representing Schlondorf, filed a discovery motion on Dec. 28, along with a request for a 30 day delay to allow time for deposi tions to be taken if the discovery motion was granted. Keefe said a number of pre-trial motions remained to be filed; he said he didn’t expect the case to be heard until summer. No decision has been made on what type of defense will be used, Keefe said. Allen calls for Spanier’s termination From Staff Reports NU Regent Robert Allen of Hastings was quick to stir up con troversy as the fall semester came to a close. In a letter to NU President Den nis Smith dated Dec. 19, Allen called for the firing of UNL Chan cellor Graham Spanier. Allen wrote that the chancellor believed in political correctness over academic excellence. Spanier is dishonest, he wrote, doesn’t value strong academic deans and doesn’t perform well under pressure. Allen was also critical of those involved in a new five-year review for deans, namely Spanier, for not retaining two deans. Gary Schwendiman, dean of the College of Business Administration, re signed during his review, and Stan Liberty, dean of the College of Engineering and Technology, was asked to step down after his re view. Smith responded to Allen’s let ter Dec. 22 in a statement that said he supported Spanier’s actions and would continue to do so. Deans from all but two UNL colleges also released a statement Dec. 22 supporting Spanier and the review process. The two deans who did not sign were out of town, the statement said. Stenberg asks again for new execution date From The Associated Press Attorney General Don Stenberg again asked again the state Su preme Court to schedule the execu tion of death row inmate Robert Williams. Stenberg filed a motion Friday telling the court there were no fed eral court stays of execution in place to prevent the scheduling of Williams’ execution. Take away those few frenzied moments, and semester break becomes a picture of relative calm, Lustrea said. “(Campus crime) was really kind of light,” he said. “The only thing that bucks the trend is with the sta dium. But that only happens once every 23 years, so we’ll consider our selves fortunate.” The main crime police had to con tend with was arson, he said. “People seem to like to burn things,” Lustrea said while review ing police reports from break. Included in the flames, but suffer ing little-to-no damage, was the Canfield Administration Building, a tree near C. Y. Thompson Library and a book bin at Love Library, where someone set a book ablaze and tossed it in. A number of calls involved minor campus vandalism and theft, he said. But as more students return to campus, police are waiting to see if more serious thefts are reported, he said. WANT TO COMMUNICATE BETTER? LEARN ASSERTIVE SKILLS Would you like to communicate your thoughts and feelings more effectively with others? Our group will help you to become more direct and honest while respecting the rights of others. We will meet for 7 weeks, WEDNESDAYS, February 1-March 15 from 230-430pm. 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