Law & Order
T-shirt thieves keep UNL jobs
From Staff Reports
Two UNL freshmen are complet
ing a program through Diversion Ser
vices in connection with the theft of
National Championship merchandise
from the University Bookstore.
Charles Griesen, 19, and Seth
Gardner, 19, were charged with Class
I misdemeanor theft after being ar
rested Jan. 6 for allegedly taking 118
Nebraska T-shirts valued at $1,968.
Griesen is the son of UNL Vice
Chancellor for Student Affairs James
Griesen.
The students, who are employees
at University Printing Services, were
taking a delivery to the bookstore,
police said. They left the bookstore
with the shirts, police said, and loaded
them into a university vehicle.
UNL Police Sgt. Bill Manning
said witnesses led authorities to the
men, and the shirts were recovered in
Gardner’s vehicle near 16th and W
streets.
“They didn’t have a chance to do
anything with them,” Manning said.
“Anything that was taken was recov
ered.”
Viann Schroeder, acting assistant
to the vice chancellor of business and
finance, said Griesen and Gardner
were still employed with printing
services. However, Schroeder said
the two were no longer allowed to
drive university vehicles.
Schroeder said there was no de
partment policy on theft. Each case is
handled individually, she said.
“I’m willing to go an extra mile,”
said Schroeder, who oversees the
printing services department. “I think
we have a situation where someone
gets themself into a bad situation —
are they going to be helped by being
out of a job? I doubt that.”
Gwen Plummer, assistant manager
of University Bookstore, said the mer
chandise was returned and the situation
was resolved to the store’s satisfaction.
Ice cream heist melts quickly
POLICE REPORT
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From Staff Reports
A Lincoln drifter who police say
robbed Snowflakes Ice Cream Parlor
was scooped up by authorities shortly
afterward.
Robert Jones, 31, was arrested for
attempted robbery Friday night, less
than two hours after slipping out of
the parlor, 107 N. 27th St., with $ 110.
According to police reports, Jones
shoved the cash-register attendant,
grabbed the cash drawer and, after
taking the money, threw the drawer
at the attendant.
The attendant reported suffering from
chest pains following the incident.
Police arrested Jones at 8:20 p.m.
near 30th and Fisher streets. Jones
was identified as a transient. He is
being held at the Lancaster County
Jail without bond for trial.
Auto theft leads to charges
From Staff Reports
A Lincoln man, arrested in con
nection with an auto theft, was also
cited for an earlier robbery of an area
Coastal Mart.
Dominic Deollos, 18, is being held
in Lancaster County Jail on charges
of theft, fleeing to avoid arrest and
robbery.
Police reports show Deollos stole
a white Chevy S-10 Blazer from 1924
F St. The owner had left the vehicle
running and had gone inside the resi
dence to make a telephone call.
Dale Murray told police he heard
the Blazer door shut and then saw it
being backed out of the driveway and
driven away. He tried to stop the
vehicle, but failed. Murray then called
police.
An officer saw the Blazer near
33rd and Randolph streets and fol
lowed it until it struck a telephone
pole. Deollos then allegedly jumped
from the Blazer and ran away.
A police dog was used to track the
scent of the man, and Deollos was
arrested a short time later.
Beginning midnight Sunday
1:00 p.m.—Meter lot west ofSelleck,
vandalism/criminal mischief, dent in
door, $250 damage.
2:34 p.m.—625 N. 16th St., larceny
from building, $80 loss.
4:47 p.m. — Area 20 lot at 10th and
Avery streets, auto accident, $300dam
age.
5:16 p.m.—Area2lotnearSandoz,
vandalism/criminal mischief, vehicle
keyed, $100 damage.
Beginning midnight Saturday
10:20 a.m.—Devaney Sports Cen
ter, injury/sickness, party refused
medical treatment.
1:08 p.m. — West side of Devaney
Sports Center, larceny.
2:48 p.m. — Abel Hall basketball
court, injury/sickness, party trans
ported to Lincoln General Hospital.
3:36 p.m.—State Fairgrounds, auto
accident, $105 damage.
5:05 p.m.—Area 3 lot near Harper/
Schramm/Smith, larceny from auto,
CD player taken, $500 loss.
6:24 p.m.—Area 3 lot near Harper/
Schramm/Smith, auto accident, $300
damage.
10:22 p.m. — 17th and R streets,
alcohol/drunk, one party transported
to detoxification center.
11:49 p.m. — Area 5 near Harper/
Schramm/Smith, 3rd degree assault.
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More foundation grants
goal of UNL researchers
Competitive program
benefits departments
by return of revenues
By Matthew Waite
Senior Reporter
The University of Nebraska-Lin
coln is looking to increase its piece of
the National Science Foundation
grant pie, said Donald Helmuth, as
sociate vice chancellor for research.
Helmuth said Monday that in the
next year, UNL would compete for
large grants from NSF that would set
up academic centers and fund inter
disciplinary research projects.
According to an NU Board of
Regents’ report, the University of
Nebraska-Lincoln has received more
than $5.2 million in grants from Oct.
1 to Dec. 31.
In that time, UNL won $474,409
from the NSF, a federal program. In
1993-94, UNL won more than $8.2
million in competitive NSF grants.
Earning a grant starts with NSF
posing a problem or possible project
to departments across the country.
Departments then draft and submit
proposals to solve the problem.
UNL sends several hundred pro
posals to the NSF each year, Helmuth
said, and is successful in getting
grants.
Many research projects in the UNL
physics, chemistry, engineering and
education areas are funded by the
NSF, Helmuth said.
Some have potential. for a large
revenue return, he said. Helmuth said
a physics project in the testing phase
now, called the Physics InfoMall,
was one such project.
The project, a CD-ROM database
of physics textbooks, received a $ 1.8
million grant from the NSF. Helmuth
said part of the grant would allow
money from the project to be re
turned to the university.
Helmuth said the InfoMall was
the first in his memory where the
money went directly back to the uni
versity. He said other grant projects
that made money went back to the
grantor, with a small percentage go
ing to the university.
NU seniors to take on legends
From Staff Reports
Seniors from the national cham
pion Nebraska Comhuskers will take
on Husker football legends in the
fifth annual Hoops for Heart basket
ball game tonight at Lincoln South
east High School.
The legends have won three of the
previous four matches, which are
sponsored by the American Heart
Association. Bryan Memorial Hospi
tal and radio station KLIN are also
sponsoring the game.
Tickets are $5 for adults and $ 1 for
children age 12 and under. They can
be purchased at the door, Walgreens,
Nebraska Bookstore, Lawlors at
Edgewood, Stacy’s Locker Room,
Play it Again Sports or the American
Heart Association office.
All proceeds go to benefit the
association’s research, community
service and educational programs.
Micron
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because Micron’s decision is coming
soon, prolonged opposition to the
bills could hurt Omaha’s chances to
lure the plant.
Efforts to use the Micron plant to
pressure him into helping the ethanol
industry were misdirected, Nelson
said, because he is a big supporter of
the fuel.
He said $500 million in construc
tion was under way on ethanol facili
ties, and $200 million to $250 mil
lion in additional construction was
planned.
“My word should be good enough
for them,” Nelson said.
Nelson will meet with several sena
tors together to try to put the infight
ing to rest.
“I’ll work with all parties to dc
what’s right,” he said.
Nelson said his cooperation ex
tended to an amendment proposed b>
Sen. Jerome Warner of Waverly. It
would lower the required investment
needed to receive the benefits in
LB828, LB829 and LB830, and aims
to lure a different plant to Lincoln.
“I’ve been a big champion of etha
nol, Micron and a Lincoln plant.”
Casady
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als used their access to the news
media ...”
He then stopped, and declined to
talk further.
Part of the healing should include
a better understanding of the police
department, Casady said.
“But I really don’t know how at
tentive the general public is to these
meetings,” he said.
The scars from the past months
have marked not only the Renteria
family and the city of Lincoln, but
also the Casady family and the police
department.
At home, he said, his wife and
children are getting out from under
the “deep depression” that has sur
rounded the family for the past few
months.
“It was always there, all the time
— thinking about it, talking about it,
day after day,” Casady said.
But the dark cloud has not lifted
from the department.
Casady admits he is “definitely
out of the communications loop” with
officers in his return. The same goes
for the administration and the paper
work.
His first full day as chief was
Monday while most of the depart
ment had the day off. He spent time
cleaning out files and getting caught
up on what has been done in his
absence.
“At the police department,
everyone’s emotional energy has re
ally been sucked away by the storm
of controversy surrounding the death
of Francisco Renteria,” he said.
“The focus is still on the aftermath
of the death of Francisco Renteria.
And it’s likely to remain that way for
some time into the future.”
Casady said he knew that would
also be his focus as he returns to the
career he says defines him. But he
said he didn’t know what kind of
mark the past months will place on
his life.
There are no small
victories in the fight
against heart disease.
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