Memorial honoring Rabin planned for this weekend From Staff Reports A memorial will be held in Lincoln this weekend in honor ofYitzhak Rabin, the 73-year old slain prime minister of Israel. The memorial will be at the Tifereth Israel Synagogue, 3219 Sheridan Blvd., Sunday night at 7:30. Rabin, who was known for his firm stand on maintaining peace in the Middle East, was as sassinated shortly after giving a speech Satur day in Tel Aviv. Tens of thousands of people came to mourn the loss of Rabin at his funeral Monday in Jerusalem. Among those expected to attend the memo rial are: Herbert Friedman, president of the Jew ish Federation of Lincoln; Lt. Gov. Kim Robak; and Sam Ismail, vice president of the Arab American Heritage Society. Thompson Continued from Page 1 not exclusively. He's studied the history of reli gion and is currently auditing a class on the poetry ofW.B. Yeats andT.S. Eliot. He hopes to study music theory and then ... "Asian history. I’ve had some, a little Chi nese history, and then classic literature. I have some Shakespeare and a few Russian novels, but classical literature, I guess." These classes push back the frontiers of his own knowledge. “Taking classes is, in a way, like traveling in that it opens up new vistas and forces you to think differently than you did before. “It’s another form of traveling, you see? Stimulating, like travel is" Age and the weight of vast experience have not dimmed his sense of the present, or his hopes for the future, of history unfolding. He says each generation must continue the work of previous generations, while exploring its own truths. “Keep up the good work," he advises those younger than he. When asked, “What good work?" he shrugs and smiles. “Whatever." EXPRESS YOURSELF ^—-—* * J*-' ' — Scott Bruhn/DN Misty Banks, a junior English and women’s studies major, reads one of her poems Thursday night at Lincoln’s first “Poetry Slam” in the Nebraska Union. The event gave students and other poets a chance to read their work in front of an interactive and sometimes noisy audience. Estes Continued from Page 1 specialized in grass research. That expertise, Grew said, will tie in with the university’s com mitment to Great Plains research. “He is well known in the national museum community and will strengthen our ability to compete for federal funds,” Grew said in a statement. Estes, who also is the curator of the Robert Bebb Herbarium (a dried plant collection) at Oklahoma, said he would bring the state mu seum into the computer age. “Because of its exceptional scientific hold ings and its highly professional staff. UNL is in the position to assume national leadership in computerization of museum collections.” In August 1994, the museum was granted a 10-year accreditation from the American Association of Museums. About 740 of the country’s 8,500 museums are awarded accredi tation. Estes has been on the Oklahoma faculty since 1967. He earned his bachelor’s degree in biology from Midwestern State University in Wichita Falls, Texas, in 1959. He earned his doctorate degree in botany from Oregon State University in 1967. -—---I Estes has been involved with the National Science Foundation since 1990. He was the president of the American Society of Plant Taxonomists in 1989 and the president of the Oklahoma Academy of Sciences in 1992-93. “The public exhibits and educational pro grams of the museum are treasured by the citi zens of Nebraska, and they are heavily visited by those same citizens,” he said. “Museums are the centerpieces of this movement, but the form of exhibits is changing. Consequently, the public programs of the museum need to keep pace, and the public elements need to continue to evolve and grow.” Law & Order I _ i Woman robbed Wednesday By Jeff Zeleny Senior Reporter An 18-year-old Martell woman was robbed in the parking lot of a south Lincoln grocery store Wednesday night. Police said the woman finished her work shift about 10 p.m. at Hy Vee, 40th Street and Old Cheney Road, and walked to her vehicle. A man in his mid-20s, who was hid ing by the driver’s side of her car, grabbed the woman by the coat and said, “Give me the money.” The man’s face was covered with brown pantyhose, police said. The woman gave the suspect S3 and , he fled the scene on foot, police j said. No suspects have been identi fied. Prlve-by shooting The Holy Savior Lutheran Church in north Lincoln is the lat est target of a drive-by shooting. The pastor discovered Wednes day morning that the assembly area inside the church was damaged. Later that day, police found two bullet holes on the south side of the building. 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