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Cole pleads
not guilty
to charges
SyJohn Fulwider__
Staff Reporter
The man whom NU wingback Riley Wash
ington is charged with shooting was arraigned
Tuesday on charges that he broke into an ex
girlfriend’s home this weekend.
Jermaine Cole, 22, pleaded not guilty to
charges of making terroristic threats, criminal
trespass, third-degree assault and criminal mis
chief. _ .
Judge Lyn Ferer set bond at $30,000. In an
emotional plea, Cole asked Ferer to set a lower
bond. He said he was trying to get his life back
together and find a job so he could make child
support payments.
Cole could not be assigned a public defender
because the public defender’s office is repre-'
senting Washington in his case. Washington
faces attempted second-degree murder charges
in connection with Cole’s shooting on Aug. 2.
Cole will get a private attorney.
The charges were filed against Cole after he
allegedly broke into the home of Ann Ohle, his
former girlfriend, early Sunday morning.
According to Lancaster County sheriffs re
ports, Cole arrived at Ohle’s parents’ apartment
and knocked on the door. When there was no
answer, police said, he used a metal rod to
smash through a sliding glass door, then entered
the apartment.
ORle called 911 wh^sheTieiRrThrpgg^
breaking. Cole confronted her, according to
sheriffs reports, knocking the phone from her
hand and hitting her. He then attempted to enter
the room where Cole’s and Ohle’s 18-month
old child was sleeping.
The woman blocked his path. Sheriff s depu
ties then-arrived. Cole at first would not allow
the woman and child to leave, but eventually
did. After a short period of negotiation, Cole
also came out and was arrested without inci
dent.
The maximum penalties for, each of the
- charges filed against Cole are listed-as follows:
five years in jail and a $ 10,000 fine for terroris
tic threats; one year in jail and a $ 1,000 fine for
criminal trespass and third-degree assault; and
six months in jail and a $ 1,000 fine for criminal
mischief.
Osborne bans
DN reporters
from practice
By Paula Lavigne
Senior Reporter *
NU football coach Tom Osborne banned
Daily Nebraskan reporters from the practice
field Monday because of two editorial cartoons
criticizing Comhusker players.
But the ban may violate federal civil rights
laws, said a communications law professor.
“Attending our practices is a privilege, not a
right,” Osborne said in a statement he released .
Tuesday. “I felt that the cartoons were very
inappropriate, and for this reason,'the Daily
Nebraskan will no longer be welcome at our
practices this year.”
The ban applies only to practices and does
not apply to press conferences or individual
interviews.
JohnBender.an assistant news-editorial pro
fessor, said Osborne^ s' action violated the
newspaper’s civil rights. The UNL College of
Journalism and Mass Communications is not .
affiliated with the Daily Nebraskan.'
Because Osborne is employed by a public
university, Bolder said, he is a public official.
And public officials cannot isolate and dis
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Sisterly welcome
Bid Day ends rushees’ busy weekend
By Angie Schendt
Staff Reporter
Tuesday was not just another hot, muggy
day for new sorority pledges.
It was the end of rush week and the
beginning of sisterhood.
Bid Day, the day when many University
of Nebraska-Lincoln female students pledge
sororities, was the end of a long, hectic
weekend for freshman Carrie Kohler, a food
service and administration major and now a
Chi Omega Sorority pledge.
A change in the rush schedule contributed,
to the frenzy, she said. Previously, rush took
■ place the week before school started. This
' year, rush spanned the Labor Day weekend
—;two weeks after school started.
“I wish it would have been before school
: because I didn’t know a lot of people for two
weeks,” Kohler said.
On Bid Day, rushees go to the Nebraska
Union to pick up invitations to join a soror
ity-. A few active members of each sorority
meet the new pledges at the union and escort
them to their new sorority house.
The rest of the active members wait on
their lawns for the new pledges to arrive.
When they see the pledges coming, they
cheer and chant to welcome them.
The pledges are ushered into their new
houses after hugging and posing for pictures.
They receive matching T-shirts and other
. items sporting their new sorority letters.
Kappa Delta Sorority pledges received
decorated water bottles, stationery, pens and
window stickers for their cars.
The active members of the sororities plan
activities to welcome the pledges. Kappa
Delta pledges went to Bethany Park for a
barbecue, said freshman pledge Jenni .
Schulte, a general studies major.
Sarah Burleson, an Alpha Omicron Pi
k. ... .
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Chi Omega Sorority members wait for new pledges outside their house
Tuesday morning.
Sorority pledge and freshman architecture
major, said she and her new sisters had a
picnic and pool party at Fountain Glen apart
ments.
Burleson said rush was stressful, but she
was glad she did it because she loved her
house and met a lot of people.
Rush also was worth it for freshman broad
casting major Britt Anderson, an Alpha Phi
Sorority pledge.
“I-loved it,” she said.
However, Anderson said she would have
preferred to go through rush before school
started. - ^
“At the end of some of the nights,” she
said, ‘^you’re like, ‘what happened?’”
Theresa Bliefemich, a freshman nursing
major and an AlphaPhf pledge, also said she
would have rather rushed during the sum
mer.
“It seemed like professors didn’t realize
that rush took up the entire weekend,”
Bliefemich said..
Schulte said she thought rush was inter
esting, and she loved Kappa Delta, but that
she was glad rush was over. .
“I would have liked to go home this week
end,” she said.
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