Speaker fears for future of victims i
By Kasey Kerber
Staff Reporter
Tom Laughlin is hopeful and afraid
Laughlin, best known as the star ol
the 1970s Billy Jack films, came to the
University of Nebraska-Lincoln this
week to discuss domestic violence.
A speaker on psychology and the
ology, Laughlin talked to the press
Tuesday afternoon about domestic
violence and well-known figures, in
cluding NU football player Lawrence
Phillips and O.J. Simpson.
The difference in the cases has
caused him to appreciate the growing
awareness of the issue, yet fear for its
victims.
Laughlin said he had spoken tc
Nebraska coach Tom Osborne and
commended him for his stand on
Phillips, who was fouftd guilty last
month of assault against a former girl
friend, NU basketball player Kate
McEwen.
Osborne dismissed Phillips from
the team on the night of the arrest but
has since said Phillips may return in
the future.
Laughlin said Phillips’ case called
for a university center to help battery
and domestic violence victims.
“In a university of education you
have to teach human values,” Laughlin
said. “This is the opportunity to take
this young man’s exposing of a prob
lem and set up a center.”
No such facility exists on univer
sity grounds, said James Griesen, vice
chancellor for student affairs.
“We operate in conjunction with
the Rape/Spouse Abuse Center,”
Griesen said. “They have a crisis line
and have been very receptive to stu
dents’ problems and needs.”
Laughlin said he was concerned
with the rising amount of domestic
violence nationwide.
“In a survey of female students
conducted at the University of Mi
ami,” he said, “200 out of600 respon
dents who had been hit by their boy
friend said iVWas a sign of love.
“That’s frightening.”
He said the not-guilty verdict in the
O. J. Simpson case would hurt victims
of domestic violence.
“This is one of the sickest days in
America,” Laughlin said. “The day he
was arrested, calls to battery hotlines
increased by 400 percent. People will
now be afraid to call because they
think there is no justice.”
Appeal
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Brian Humes, assistant political
science professor, said students should
be allowed to walk and receive a folder
without the degree if they were en
rolled in courses that would have ful
filled their graduation requirements.
He said it could be decided at a
later date if the student actually earned
the degree.
Humes said he had a friend at the
University of Iowa who walked
through graduation three times and
didn’t receive a diploma.
Donald Jensen, psychology pro
fessor and commencement committee
liaison, said the committee opposed
having anyone in the ceremony who
did not earn a degree.
James Griesen, vice chancellor for
student affairs, said he almost let a
student walk without having a degree
because he did not know it had to be
approved by the committee.
“This is a problem,” he said, “and
there are cases beyond a student’s
control.”
He said there have been cases where
a senior’s graduation has depended on
a professor who left the country be
fore turning in final grades.
Another suggestion to resolve the
problem included setting finals for all
senior-level courses earlier in finals
week so grade appeals could be
handled before commencement.
The senate is waiting on a report on
grade appeals from Harvey Perlman,
interim vice chancellor for academic
affairs, before it takes further action.
Conduct
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Greek Affairs have their own judicial
process but have to report to the UNL
Judicial Board if the matter exceeds
their authority .
If a situation cannot be resolved
by the student and a judicial affairs
officer, Griesen said, it goes to a hear
ing.
The athletic department, ROTC and
marching band had the code of con
duct at their core before adding on
stipulations of their own.
Barbara Hibner, associate athletic
director, said all student athletes were
held to the university code and to the
department, Big Eight Conference and
NCAA rules, as well as to city and
state laws.
She said the faculty made every
effort to inform students of the rules
before they come to the university. In
screening athletes, she said, about six
have been turned down recently be
cause of “questionable behavior and
lack of values.”
The department also uses a pro
gram called Life Skills to teach stu
dents about their lives outside of ath
letics, said Keith Zimmer, the
program’s director.
He said it changed athletes from
idealists to realists.
It prepares them for a life after j
sports,” he said, “knowing how few
will make it to the next level in athlet
ics ”
The NCAA has used Nebraska’s
program as a model for its own pro
gram, he said, which was launched in
1994. It deals with career choices,
handling anger, alcohol and drug re
sistance and other personal issues.
Immediately following its discus
sion of judicial affairs, the senate de
layed voting on faculty representa
tives to the Judicial and Appeals Board.
Some senate members wanted more
information on the candidates, and the
senate lacked the 50 representatives it
needed for a quorum.
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