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onday Sports nusKers assistant Kevin Steele leaves Nebraska, page 7 Arts & Entertainment Le Cafe Shakes becomes Lincoln's foremost all-ages venue, page 9 January 23, 1995 Crumbling buildings await attention Asbestos, water main concerns for maintenance of old buildings By Paula Lavigne Senior Reporter Both Burnett Hall and Richards Hall on UNL’s City Campus are po tential nominees for the National Register for Historic Places. But their historic antiquity can be a blessing and a curse. In a tour by the Daily Nebraskan last week, the dark, unlit comers of these historic build ings showed evidence of deteriora tion and needed repair. Warped wooden beams bend un der the weight of a sloping roof on Richards Hall. A plastic bucket sits in the middle of the attic to catch leak ing water. From ceiling to basement, asbes tos hides safely suspended behind panels, duct work and tiles of Burnett Hall. Burnett and Richards halls have topped UNL’s Capital Construction List for more than six years. Building maintenance problems and other con struction requests are submitted to the list for funding approval. This year both halls made it on the _ NU Board of Regents’ list, but only Burnett Hall’s almost $6 million re quest was included in the governor’s budget to the Legislature. It awaits approval in July. Bob Carpenter, facilities planning manager, said a shortage of funds had made renovation impossible. Instead, he said, the buildings have to be taken care of in a piecemeal and costly fashion. See INSIGHT on 3 Jeff Haller/ON Damian Hoesing, a university custodian, takes care of trash in a Richards Hall bathroom Friday evening. Some students think Richards Hall deserves immediate attention, especially the bathrooms. Hoesing said, “When we mention renovation, we laugh until it happens.” Walk draws opposing groups Jon Waller/DN Margaret Proskovel of Wahoo holds an anti-abortion sign in the Centennial Ballroom during Attorney General Don Stenberg’s speech during Saturday s 20th Annual Walk for Life. Group strives to keep anti-abortion protests peaceful and poignant By Matthew Waite Senior Reporter The anti-abortion movement unequivo cally condemns the violence occurring out side abortion clinics, state Sen. John Lind say of Omaha said during Saturday’s 20th annual Walk for Life. Lindsay, one of the keynote speakers for the march, said the anti-aoortion movement was gaining strength, but obstacles, such as violence at abortion clinics, stood in its way to banning abortions. Counter demonstrators say ‘anti-choice’ rhetoric to blame for violence By Brian Sharp Senior Reporter A woman stood silent, holding a sign that read “Pro-choice, Pro-child,” while an anti-abortion activist mocked her message. Police cars marked the area, lights flash ing, as an officer stood watching the scene. Across the street, an anti-abortion activ ist mirrored the woman. Her sign, however, held the message “Abortion is Savage Mur der.” The 20th annual Walk For Life at the State Capitol Saturday also attracted a Lindsay said the media s portrayal of the attackers as mainstream anti-abortion ad vocates was another obstacle. “We must not allow their ... rhetoric to dissuade us from peaceful protest,” Lindsay said. The anti-abortion movement also con demned the violence outside the abortion clinics because it detracted from what was going on inside, he said. “Our message is simple ^—abortion kills children,” Lindsay said. “We must not al low people to detract from that message.” Lindsay said the abortion issue tran scended all political ideologies and reli gion. He said anti-abortion activists needed See ANTI-ABORTION on 6 counter demonstration of about two dozen abortion-rights supporters. But while the national debate over abortion lately has been mired in violence, the weekend dem onstrations passed, for the most part, with out confrontation. While speakers at the anti-abortion rally disassociated the movement from the vio lent acts of a few extremists, Kay Siebler said separation was not possible. Siebler, president of the Pro-Choice Coa lition of Nebraska, characterized actions of the “anti-choice” side as terrorism — both in Lincoln and across the country. “They cannot separate themselves from the murders and violence that has been See PROTEST on 6 TV viewers to trade soaps for Simpson LOS ANGELES (AP)—He will be on stage as never before, millions of viewers focusing on him worldwide, and across the room 22 pairs of eyes watching his every move. How he’s perceived by jurors, and any alter nates who may be called to duty, could tilt the scales of justice for or against O.J. Simpson. “He may very well not take the witness stand, and if that is the case, the only thing the jury will get from him is what they see on his face,” said Loyola University law professor Laurie Levenson. “If he acts appropriately it could help him. If he acts inappropriately, it could hurt him very much.” in early court Hearings, outside tne presence of jurors, Simpson rolled his eyes, grimaced, muttered to his lawyers, turned to look at the courtroom audience and once wiped tears from his eyes. “He has to present an attentive but stoic attitude,” said Southwestern University pro fessor Robert Pugsley. “The rolling of eyes can only hurt him.” While television viewers will see every twitch, frown, smile and furrow of Simpson’s brow captured by a zoom lens, jurors will see him at a distance. “A lot of the time jurors won’t even be looking at him,” Levenson said. “But at times they will be fixated on him.” They will monitor his reaction when the bloody slayings of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman are described in gruesome detail. They will see how he reacts to allega tions that he beat and stalked his slain ex-wife. See O.J. on 6