Talk focuses on human rights I
By Heidi White
Staff Reporter
A former political prisoner will
lead a roundtable discussion Wednes
day on the struggle for human rights in
East Asia.
Francis Scow, a former Singapore
government official, will answer ques
tions at noon in 538 Oldfather Hall.
Scow fell out of favor with the
government and was imprisoned, said
David Forsythe, political science
chairman.
“We want to get an understanding
of human rights in East Asia and how
to interact with governments like
Singapore and China to see if they can
become human rights protective,”
Forsythe said.
Four members of the University ot
Nebraska-Lincoln political science
department, including Forsythe, will
form the panel. The other three are:
David Rapkin, an associate professor,
and Valerie Schwebach and Andrew
Wedeman, both assistant professors.
The discussion will address human
rights conditions in several East Asian
countries, including Japan and Indo
nesia.
The panel will discuss whether
human rights performance is linked to
economic transitions. The roundtable
also will cover topics such as China’s
policy restricting personal and family
privacy and Japan’s foreign policy
supporting civil rights and democracy
in China.
Forsythe said anyone could attend.
Those attending may bring lunch.
Similar forums are held by the
political science department
throughout the year. The next will
discuss water usage and environ
mental water issues. Peter Longo, a
professor on sabbatical from the
University of Nebraska at Kearney,
will speak at the discussion, which
will be in late November or early
December, Forsythe said.
Program enhances small towns
By Jenny Parmenter
Staff Reporter
A town’s main street is often the
hub of activity in Nebraska.
But in many dusty farm towns, that
activity is coming to a standstill.
The first statewide conference of
the Nebraska Lied Main Street Pro
gram will be Saturday from 8 a.m. to
5 p.m. at the Cornhusker Hotel, 333 S.
13th St., in Lincoln.
The program provides Nebraska
towns with populations fewer than
50,000 the opportunity to revitalize
their central business communities
through historic preservation and eco
nomic development.
“Many small communities all over
the United States are experiencing
sales leakages,” said Anne Johnson,
coordinator of the conference.
“The program provides assistance
to Nebraska towns to help them de
velop strong commercial districts, re
cruit volunteers and heighten appre
ciation of historic resources.”
The Main Street Conference is
sponsored by the UNL College of
Architecture, the Nebraska Depart
ment of Economic Development, the
State Historical Society and the Ne
braska Department of Roads.
Eligible Nebraska communities are
encouraged to submit applications,
which ask questions about the town’s
resource availability and its ability to
organize volunteers and raise money.
“We try to encourage the small town
communities to be proud of their rich
historic heritage,” Johnson said.
“We’re bringing in state and national
experts to give the town representa
tives hands-on training in the fields of
economic development and historic
preservation.”
Communities that participated in
the program last year, including Red
Cloud, Alliance, Wakefield and Fre
mont, will be given special recogni
tion awards at the conference.
“The program helps these commu
nities to educate their employees, ac
cept credit cards and install ATM
machines,” Johnson said.
“Red Cloud focused on their his
toric preservation by increasing tour
ism to the Willa Cather memorial,
and Alliance building owners are
taking off the metal coverings, re
vealing the true history of the vari
ous buildings.”
Those wanting to attend the con
ference need to register by today. The
cost is $45 for the general public and
$35 for students. Along with the op
portunity to attend seven seminars,
participants will be served breakfast
and lunch.
NU fraternity
collects food
for city’s needy
By Thor Schrock
Staff Reporter
The Lincoln chapter of Lambda
Chi Alpha Fraternity collected more
than 1,500 pounds of food this month
for the city ’ s needy in the largest single
day, Greek humanitarian project ever.
The third annual international food
drive, “Brothers Feeding Others,” in
cluded more than 200 Lambda Chi
chapters in both the United States and
Canada. Chapter Services Director
Kevin O’Neil said the fraternity col
lected a record-setting 533,000 pounds
of food Nov. 4, bringing its three-year
total to more than 1.2 million pounds.
“Last year, we had a goal of
400.000, and we raised more than
422.000, ” O’Neil said. “This year,
our goal was 500,000.”
There are still a few chapters that
haven’t reported, he said.
Lincoln’s chapter nearly doubled
its poundage from last year, O’Neil
said. It raised 600 pounds in the drive’s
first year and then jumped to 800
pounds in 1994, bringing its three
year total to 2,900 pounds.
Two weeks before the drive started,
more than 60 chapter volunteers
handed out fliers and solicited door
to-door, said chapter Vice President
Jon Engle.
“The fliers basically explained how
the international food drive worked
and that we would be taking dona
tions,” he said.
Though the event is organized on
the international level, each chapter
gives the food it raises to a local char
ity, O’Neil said.
Law & Order
Two teens arrested after fight
By Jeff Zeleny
Senior Reporter
Two 14-year-old Lincoln boys
were arrested in a Monday after
noon disturbance near Lincoln High
School.
Police said the two failed to com
ply with a police order. One also
was charged with resisting arrest,
said Lincoln police Lt. Steve lines.
The incident, which police said
began on a city bus, was reported at
3:41 p.m.
Police said a group of middle
school students were on the bus
near 21 st Street and Randolph Bou
levard when they began “play fight
ing.”
Imes said the driver of the
StarTran bus called police when
some of the students began taking
the fight seriously. A minor distur
bance was under way when several
police officers arrived on the scene
west of Lincoln High School.
About 3:50 p.m., a group of
about 15 young females was stand
ing in the middle of Randolph Bou
levard screaming at police officers
for handcuffing the two boys. It
was unclear if those females were
on the bus.
The group of females also yelled
at a small group of photographers
who were covering the spectacle.
The students do not attend Lincoln
High, Imes said. Police were un
sure which middle school the stu
dents attend.
Police were continuing to inves
tigate the disturbance Monday af
ternoon. Imes said additional people
would be questioned.
The two arrested juveniles were
questioned at police headquarters
on the misdemeanor charges. Imes
said the two youths would be re
leased to the custody of their par
ents or guardians.
Cameras
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al a security system that would allow
students to run their IDs through a
scanner to open the door.
Though that system is expensive,
Shumann said, it would cut costs in the
long run and still keep the building
secure.
“Security isn’t something we can
ignore,” he said.
Housing officials have wanted to
do something like this for the last few
years, Shumann said. If responses to
the experiment are positive, cameras
may be installed in other residence
halls.
Night hosts who currently monitor
each of the three doors to the halls and
manually run IDs through a scanner
are expensive to employ, he said.
Junior animal science major Kevin
Cliytil, who works as a night clerk in
the Abcl-Sandoz complex, said the
cameras were a good idea, but that he
didn ’ t know how secure the halls would
be without a person at the door.
“But people still find ways to get in
even with us here,” he said.
Leitzel
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means these should be very strong
candidates.”
Jose said he also considered Leitzel
to be a strong candidate for three rea
sons.
“She’s done a good job as interim
chancellor,” he said. “She’s been very
responsive to issues that have come
up. She’s a woman.”
If Leitzel was on the list, Jose said,
that would have sent the message that
internal candidates are given serious
consideration.
Herb Howe, associate to the chan
cellor, said that when a board chooses
outside candidates, it’s scndinga mes
sage that the university needs “fresh
blood from the outside.”
However, he said he wanted to see
Leitzel on the list and did not know
why she was not included.
“This search has been conducted
with exceptionally good confidential
ity,” he said. “I might as well be read
ing tea leaves.”
A confidential search committee
can come up with qualified candi
dates, Regent Chairwoman Nancy
O’Brien said.
The administrators did not know
anything about the candidates, and
many had never even heard their
names.
Jose has heard of George, who also
is an organist, but only in music circles.
Miller said he was disappointed
that none of the candidates had expe
rience outside the “ivory tower” of
higher education. None had worked
in business, non-profit organizations
or government.
The three candidates will meet with
the regents, faculty and administra
tors when they visit the campus in the
next two weeks.
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