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Law & Order Lincoln man arrested for accosting women By Chad Lorenz Staff Reporter A Lincoln man was arrested for third-degree sexual assault for ac costing two women at Russ’ B & R IGA at 17th and Washington streets Saturday night. The women, 16 and 18-year old stepsisters, were at a pay phone when Rick Ross, 41, approached one of them, Lincoln Police Sgt. Ann Heermann said. Ross began yelling and strug gling with the youngest woman. The older stepsister interfered. Ross grabbed her by the wrist and tried to drag her away while yell ing he would take her home and have sex with her, Heermann said. She kicked him in the knee and escaped. Ross ran to his home at 1758 Garfield St., where he was arrested and taken into custody by Lincoln police. Burglary Lincoln area schools were not safe from theft either last week end. A computer was taken from an unlocked computer lab at Lincoln East High School, 1000 S. 70th St., after school let out Friday. The school reported a $1,000 loss. A television and VCR were re moved through an open door at Lakeview Elementary School, 300 Capital Beach Blvd., a $600 loss. Burglary Glass shattered across Lincoln Sunday and Monday as burglars entered two buildings through bro ken windows. Between Sunday afternoon and Monday morning, an unknown party entered the window of a south door of Good Shepherd Lutheran Church at 3825 Wildbriar St. The burglar took $1,235.18 in cash and checks from unsecured cabinets in the office. AIDS benefit proceeds stolen following concert By Josh Wimmer staff Reporter ' It’s a shame that people Scott Roewer was on a high. “Bro ken Silence,” the benefit concert he helped organize, had raised nearly $1,000 for the Nebraska AIDS Project. But everything came crashing down when Roewer returned home Tuesday afternoon to discover that all the money had been stolen. Roewer had been at class from 9 a.m. until 3:30 p.m. He wasjust about to bring the money to the bank, he said. He returned home and found his front door open about two inches. The manila envelope — containing all the money, cadi and checks — was gone, he said. Roewer called the police, who checked out his house, but there was little they could do, he said. “The police said that I was the victim, because it was my house that was broken into,” Roewer said. “Re ally, Nebraska AIDS Project is the victim.” Roewer has no clue who might have stolen the money. The burglar could have been someone who knew that Roewer had the money, or the entire incident could have been a - coincidence, he said. Roewer said he and the others who organized the concert were looking for people to make a “sympathy do nation” to re-raise as much of the dolen $1,000 as possible. I— Police Report — Beginning Midnight Monday 10:58 a.m.—West Memorial Sta dium, burglary, radios and chargers taken,$350loss. 1:08 p.m. — Area 10 lot at the East Union, car fire, $10 damage. 2:11 p.m.—Bob Devaney Sports Center, nit-and-run accident, $150 damage. 2:34 p.m. — City Union, bicycle taken, $285 loss. 4:45 p.m. — Jacobs lot (remote lot south of Devaney Sports Center), hit-and-run accident, $300damage. Burglary The music died for a Lincoln man who had $5,300 of music equipment stolen from his ground floor apartment, including three electric guitars. A Gibson guitar and two Fender guitars were taken from Odelia Hernandez’s apartment at 2525 S St. The burglar entered by kicking in the rear porch door, causing $100 damage. The party also removed a multi track recorder, a boom box and an Epson computer. An unknown party broke into Rockbrook Camera, 4005 O St., between Sunday night and Mon day morning. The burglar broke the front door window with a rock and removed $6,785 in camera equipment from the store. A Sony video camera, a Vivitar video camera, Nikon and Minolta 35 mm cameras and lenses and a Tamron lens were among the losses. Monday morning, a burglar took $2,560 in tools from a White Knight Sewer and Drain Service van. The burglar broke the window of the van, which was parked at 1404 N. 25th St. spent money for Nebraska AIDS Project and now it’s all gone to P&y for someone’s pizza. ■ SCOTT ROEWER event organizer If the stolen money is returned, Roewer said, no questions will be asked. Roewer said he still felt a respon sibility to NAP. ‘Tve put in tons of work for an organization I care very much about, and it’s very frustrating to see it all go to waste,” he said. Roewer said he also felt a respon sibility to the people who attended the Sunday concert at Kimball Re cital Hall and donated money to the cause. “It’s a shame that people spent money for Nebraska AIDS Project, and now it’s all gone to pay for someone’s pizza,” he said. Anyone who wishes to make a donation should send it to the School of Music at the University of Ne braska-Lincoln in care of “Broken Silence.” ASUN to vote on union proposal By Melanie Branded Staff Reporter ASUN senators will vote tonight whether to encourage the NU Board of Regents to approve a proposal to expand the Nebraska Union. More than 70 percent of UNL students in last week’s ASUN election voted in favor of the pro posed expansion of the union. Nearly 56 percent approved an in crease in mandatory student iees to fund the project. The expansion would cost $ 11.83 million, and could add such retail shops as a convenience store or copy shop. It would also add40,000 square feet of new space and renovate 66,000 square feet. Shawn tell Hurtgen, Association of Students of the University of Ne braska president-elect, said the ex pansion was needed because the union was one of the most-used buildings on campus. The union is a major source of capital, she said. Hurtgen also said the building needed to update its handicapped accessible areas on the west side. Asbestos also needs to be removed to comply with buildings codes, she said. TTie senate will also decide whether to approve two bylaw changes. One change would require sena tors to attend their colleges’ student advisory board meetings on a monthly basis. Senators now hold constituent meetings, which have proved to be ineffective because of the low turn out, Hurtgen said. Paul Cain, senator for the College of Arts and Sciences and co-sponsor of the bill, said the change would help senators and advisory board members work more closely. “The advisory board could bring up ideas to senators,” he said. “Sena tors then draft bills and make JL. JL changes.” Another bylaw change would make the A SUN Communications Committee responsible for maintain ing its Internet Bulletin Board, which was recently updated to include more items. Cain, chairman of the committee, said the bulletin board was created to reach students with a different kind of medium and to inform them better. “If it increases students’ aware ness and participation in ASUN, I’m all for it,” he said. Items such as election results, openings for next year’s committee positions and the senate’s constitu tion have been placed on the board, Cain said. The change would also help com mittee members respond to student concerns presented on-line, he said. “If the committee feels that it is not physically capable to do that, senators could do that during their office hours so they can become Internet-literate,” Cain said.