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1 FD,nA\ WEATHER: Today - Mostly sunny. South wind 10 to 15 mph. Tonight - Isolated evening thunderstorm. Low 70 to 75. <—>.. _ _ September 1, 1995 Washington’s hearing set for next week By Jeff Zeleny Senior Reporter Hours before Nebraska defended its national championship title Thursday, NU wingback Riley Washington was in court defending an attempted second-degree murder charge against him. Washington, who faces two felony charges in connection with the Aug. z snooting or Jermaine ^uic, appeared Thursday before Judge James Foster in Lancaster County Court. After an hour of testimony, Washington’s preliminary hearing was recessed until Sept. 8. Willis Brown, Washing ton’s former roommate and football teammate, testmea Brown ’ that he was with Washing ton on the night ofthe shoot ing. Brown said that although he didn’t see who shot Cole, he didn’t think Washington was responsible. “Riley doesn' t like to get a lot of stuff started,r> said Brown, who was called as a prosecution witness. Washington, 22, has said he did not shoot Cole, who received minor injuries. Brown sauLan argument, initiated by Cole and a group of friends, at a Lincoln liquor store escalated into a fight and shooting at a conve nience store a few blocks away. Brown said that after he and Washington were harassed by Cole and a group of his friends, the two wait back to Brown’s apart ment, which he shares with former NU football player and current graduate assistant coach Abdul Muhammad. A few minutes lata, Brown, Washington and Muhammad wait to Kwik Shop, 2710 W St., to get snacks. As the three walked out ofthe store, Brown said, Cole and his friendsjumped out of a silva car and began to cause trouble. Gang-related slurs wae exchanged between the two groups of men, Brown said. Deputy County Attorney Dave Stempson asked Brown if he was in a gang. After pausing for about 15 seconds, Brown lowaed his head and said: “When you live in a neighborhood, you don’t have to be a part of a gang. But where I live there are gangs. “But going out gang-bangin,’ no, I can’t say that,” Brown said. Police have said the shooting was gang related. Brown said he was closer to members of a See WASHINGTON on 2 Stillwater slaughter ' >: ^ :__— -Si*:—w„;.a. i—i ..■■it >- — --- - * — ' — Travis Heying/DN. Jesse Brodsen of Wayne shows his support for the national champion Comhusker football team during Nebraska’s season opener Thursday night in Stillwater, Okla. NU jumped out to an early lead in the nationally-televised game and cruised to a 64-21 victory. For additional coverage, please see page 7. Cool air hot item at jam-packed fair By Matt Woody Senior Reporter Overcast skies and thunderstorms in Lin coln held down temperatures Thursday after a scorching week. And die clouds arrived not a moment too soon for workers at the Nebraska State Fair. Blistering heat pushed temperatures into the upper 90s earlier this week, hitdng 100 degrees on Sunday. But temperatures maxed out at 74 degrees Thursday, according to the National Weather Service. “It was so hot. It was like a steam bath,” said concession worker Sonya Haase. Ironically, Haase was working in a frozen yogurt tent on the fairgrounds that didn’t have air conditioning. Most concession stands, though, have air conditioning. “It’s nice today,” she said. “Why couldn’t it “It was so hot. It was like a steam bath ...It’s nice today. Why couldn’t it be like it is now?”’’ CONYA HAASE concession worker be like it is now?” But fair officials said the heat hadn’t kept the crowds away. Attendance so far this year has eclipsed last year’s pace, said John Skold, fair manager. Skold said the fair had been encouraging attendees to protect themselves from the heat, in part by making announcements over the public address system urging people to drink plenty of fluids. But some have felt the effects of the high temperatures. One hog died this week while at the fair, said Jerry DeNoyer, a hog breeder from North Loup. TTie hog wasn’t his, though. Lincoln residents should continue to see relief from the heat today. The National W eather Service forecasts a high temperature in the mid 80s with a chance of storms, especially in the evening. Changes, fill-ins common at UNL Editor’s note: This is the final story in a four-day series on UNL’s chang ing university and college adminis tration. By Paula Lavigne Senior Reporter After he left, she filled in, then he filled in for her, and he filled in for him. Try to reach some NU administra tors, and you may be on a wild goose chase around campus. It’s a place where “interim” is the new buzzword, and search commit tees seek candi dates to fill high level positions. People are changing hats faster than their business cards can keep up. For example, Chancellor Graham Spanier leaves. Joan Leitzel, senior vice chancellor for academic affairs, takes his place. Harvey Perlman, dean of the law college, fills in for Leitzel. Rob Denicola, law professor, fills in for Perlman. And the chain ends... for now. The changes come as a natural chain of command for Interim Chan cellor Leitzel. Turnover is common, she said, because the average stay of a dean is five to seven years. It just happened that this year more than one dean needed a replacement. A lot of people in junior-level ad ministrative positions—-such as Eric Jolly, former affirmative action direc tor —also leave because they want to move up, but they are on the last step oftheNU ladder. Although it may be hard for people to figure out who goes where, the switches don’t cause chaos, Leitzel said, because the system is designed for change. “There’s just an administrative team,” she said. “And it’s an effective group of people.” A university is used to change, she said. “You can move people into admin istrative positions without shaking things up too much,” she said. Instruction and research takes place within the departments, she said, which basically remain undisturbed. David Lou, chairman of the me chanical engineering department, said everything went smoothly when the college moved from a former to in terim to new dean. “It does not hurt,” he said. “Dean (William) Splinter took the interim job as if it were his. He did everything as a true dean.” But warming up to a new dean takes time for faculty members, Lou said. And it happens on an individual, not collective, basis. “It’s like a blind date,” Lou said. “The faculty member met the dean See ADMINISTRATION on 2 Parking change opens up new stalls for commuters By Ted Taylor Staff Reporter A small change in student parking options will provide bigrelieffor about 150 University of Nebraska-Lincoln commuters. That is the number of people who will be able to park in additional stalls opened up to students with area 20 parking permits. Tad McDowell, parking services manager, said Thursday that four lots previously closed to City Campus com muter students would be opened to ease the parking crunch. The lots McDowell targeted were: An area 21 lot south of the Beadle Center; an area 10 lot east of the Mail Services building, 1820 R St.; and three area 1 lots, previously reserved for residence hall students, on the southeast edge of campus. McDowell said the changes were only the first step in handling UNL’s annual parking problems. “Making those changes have been steps in the parking planning pro cess,” McDowell said. “There are many planning issues that need to be looked at.” The UNL Parking Advisory Board will meet in mid-September to discuss that planning process and possible solutions to the current problems, he said. “One focus of the Parking Advi sory meetings will be to simplify num ber and color designations,” he said. McDowell said the past weeks had put Parking Services under pressures it wasn’t used to. And it has been pressure McDowell hasn’t experi enced in his three years at UNL. “This has been a very strange year for me,” McDowell said. “We have had to address issues much earlier than we expected. See PARKING on 2