women m abusive relationships
need plan of action for safety
By Tanna Kinnaman
Start Reporter
Domestic abuse calls have more
than quadrupled in Nebraska in the
last decade, according to the Nebraska
Domestic Violence Sexual Assault
Coalition.
NDVSAC received a record of
68,016 domestic abuse calls state
wide in 1994, compared to 15,095 in
1984.
Herbert Lingren, a family life spe
cialist at the University of Nebraska
Lincoln, said the increase may be
connected to a greater willingness to
speak out instead of a rise in the
number of abusive homes.
Violence against women is not as
tolerated today as it was 10 or 20
years ago, he said. When one woman
speaks out, others are encouraged to
do the same, he said.
Tiffany Mullison, coordinator of
training and program development
for NDVSAC, said the use of weap
ons in violence against college-aged
women is increasing at an alarming
rate.
Domestic violence is becoming
more lethal to women, Mullison said.
National crime statistics show that
nine out of 10 murdered women are
killed by males, and three out of four
of those women are killed by their
intimate male partners.
Of the 59 homicides committed in
Nebraska during 1993, 61 percent
originated in domestic violence or
sexual assault.
An upcoming bill in the Nebraska
Legislature targets victims of domes
tic violence. If passed, the bill, spon
sored by Sen. Joyce Hillman of Gering,
would expand the definition of do
mestic violence to include people who
date or have dated.
It also would allow law enforce
ment officers to confiscate weapons
involved in or threatened to be in
volved in any domestic violence inci
dent.
Domestic violence occurs in four
phases. The first and second phases
are typified by increasing tension,
verbal fights and threats. Physical
violence mounts in the third phase of
domestic violence.
The fourth phase may result in
serious injury or death to the woman,
her family or friends, Mulligan said.
George Rowe, associate professor
of Human Development and the Fam
ily at UNL, said alcohol played a
large role in the level of violence that
existed among college-aged adults.
“Ninety to 95 percent of the seri
ous violence that turns up in court can
be attributed to alcohol,” Rowe said.
“And that’s just the tip of the ice
berg.”
Mullison said women in an abu
sive situation should have a safety
plan. They should know the crisis
line number and have a change of
clothing and money readily avail
able, she said.
“The best thing a friend can do for
the woman is to stay by her side and
help her develop a safety plan,”
Mullison said.
“Without help,” Lingren said,
“they may find themselves in a simi
lar relationship in the future.”
Agencies in Lincoln that offer help
to victims of domestic abuse include
the NDV SAC, the Rape/Spouse Abuse
Crisis Center and Friendship Home,
a shelter for women and children.
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Research conference
to showcase students
py varegg iwaqsen
Staff Reporter
Students will have the chance to
showcase research projects in the
Undergraduate Research Confer
ence at the University of Nebraska
Lincoln on April 21-22.
Patrice Berger, director of the
UNL Honors program, is coordi
nating the conference.
Berger said the conference
would present research results de
veloped by students. The confer
ence will not focus on any specific
field.
He said he would like to see all
areas of study represented at the
conference, which anyone can at
tend.
The presentations will take place
in the College of Business Admin
istration and in Manter, Sheldon,
Woods and Hamilton halls to sup
port the wide range of entries ex
pected. Each project also will be
published in a conference sum
mary.
Berger said students would ben
efit from this experience.
“Research is
happening in allfields,
and it needs to be
recognized. ”
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PATRICE BERGER
Director of the UNL Honors
Program
“The students will have an op
portunity to present their research
to an audience,” Berger said.
Students not participating also
could benefit, Berger said.
“Hopefully this will educate
other students on research meth
ods and also inspire them to do
research to their own,” he said.
Berger said the goal of the pro
gram was to highlight the hard
work and research of students.
“Research is happening in all
fields, and it needs to be recog
nized,” Berger said.
Suspect’s funds
total more than
was estimated
From Staff Reports
Records filed Thursday in
Lancaster County District Court show
Gerald Schlondorf had almost
$30,000 more than expected in a sav
ings account.
Schlondorf, 31, is charged with
attempted second-degree murder
along with eight other felonies stem
ming from a Sept. 12 incident in
which he allegedly shot a UNL police
officer.
The former criminal justice major
at the University of Nebraska-Lin
coln fired nine rounds at Robert Soflin
near 16th and R streets, police allege.
Soflin was struck in his right hand,
shoulder and neck.
Earlier this week, Merrick County
Sheriff Dan Scheinderheinz received
a District Court order to take control
of Schlondorf s account. The order
was made at the request of Soflin,
who filed a $ 1 million lawsuit against
Schlondorf last Wednesday.
According to the lawsuit,
Schlondorf had a money market ac
count at Clarks Bank in Clarks, Neb.,
estimated at $136,000.
Scheinderheinz reported the account
totaled more than $164,000.
Schlondorf has claimed poverty
and has requested that a public de
fender be appointed on his behalf.
Soflin is seeking a jury trial in the
lawsuit.
Arizona artist
donates money
to Buros center
From Staff Reports
The Buros Institute for Mental
Measurement, part of the UNL Teach
ers College, recently received a gift
that will allow it to add new pro
grams.
Luella Buros, an artist from
Tuscon, Ariz., donated $300,000 for
the creation of the Oscar and Luella
Buros Center for Testing.
Two new institutes will be a part of
the center: the Institute for Assess
ment Consultation and Outreach and
the Institute for Research on Innova
tive Assessment Strategies.
The center will offer new services,
including providing information that
helps people use and interpret many
commercially available tests, said
Barbara Plake, director of the Buros
Institute for Mental Measurements.
The new center is expected to be
used by people throughout the com
munity, including teachers, parents,
policy makers and business leaders.
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