DN photographer cited
From staff Reports
A Daily Nebraskan staff photog
rapher was cited Thursday evening
for failing to comply with a police
officer’s order, Lincoln police Lt.
Bob Wilhelm said.
Wilhelm said the photographer,
Jeffrey Haller, refused to leave or
step back when requested to do so
by officers. Police were originally
responding to a disturbance call
near 24th and W streets at about 10
p.m.
Three police officers responded
to a report that a group of 10 to 15
juveniles had congregated near an
apartment complex at 2412 W St.,
a police radio broadcast said. When
police arrived, Wilhelm said, the
group was breaking up.
No one was arrested in the dis
turbance call, Wilhelm said.
Haller was placed into a police
cruiser for about 15 minutes as the
officers discussed the case.
Wilhelm, the duty commanding of
ficer, was called to the scene to ad
vise the officers about 10:15 p.m.
“How can we do our jobs when
we have you behind our backs?”
Officer D. Phillips told a Daily Ne
braskan reporter who arrived later
to the scene.
Daily Nebraskan Editor J. Chris
topher Hain said that about 10 p.m.,
the photographer responded to the
disturbance, which was about one
block from east edge of the Univer
sity of Nebraska-Lincoln City Cam
pus.
“It appears as though Jeff was a
victim of a hasty action,” Hain said.
“Our photographer and any mem
ber of the media has the right to
gather information at a crime
scene.”
The failure to comply order is a
misdemeanor that carries a maxi
mum penalty of up to 6 months in
jail or a $500 fine, Wilhelm said.
The fine carries no minimum pen
alty.
AIDS
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The State Capitol will dim its exte
rior lights today from 6:45 p.m. to 7
p.m., the same time that the White
House will dim its exterior lights.
Santee said many events were
scheduled in Omaha, too.
A candlelight vigil called the “Bea
con of Hope" will be held in Omaha’s
Memorial Park. Following the half
hour ceremony, the group will gather
at the University of Nebraska at
Omaha campus for the play “Live
Wire," which is about AIDS. The play
will be in the Strauss Performing Arts
Center on the University of Nebraska
at Omaha campus and is free to the
public.
Omaha’s Joslyn Art Museum will
drape its statues in black to commemo
rate the event.
The World Health Organization has
designated “Shared rights and shared
responsibilities" as the new motto for
World AIDS Day.
The theme emphasizes the rights of
individuals to avoid infection, receive
health care if needed and be given
personal freedom and respect from
others, according to the Lincoln
Lancaster County Health Department.
It also encourages the world to fo
cus on all people’s responsibilities of
educating each other, caring for those
who are infected and developing a
support system.
As of June 30, the World Health Or
ganization estimated that 18.5 million
adults and 1.5 million children world
wide had been infected with HIV. As
of December 1994,441,528 people in
the United States had been diagnosed
with AIDS, and 270,870 of them had
died.
AIDS is the leading cause of death
among men ages 25 to 44 and the
fourth leading cause of death among
women in the same age group.
Elinore Coates, director of the
American Social Health Association,
said a number for AIDS information
was available.
An English-speaking hotline is
available 24 hours daily, and a Span
ish-speaking hotline is available from
7 a.m. to 1 a.m. daily.
A hotline for the hearing impaired
also is available from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m
daily. All calls are anonymous, confi
dential and free. Referrals to local test
ing sites and other local resources are
available through the hotlines.
For further information about the
hotlines, call 1-800-342-2437.
UNt helping Turkish students
By Tonya Cross
Staff Reporter
Turkish students will have more
opportunities to get an education
thanks to the Turkish government and
the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
The Turkish government an
nounced recently that it would be ex
panding its higher education program
and modeling it after U.S. universities,
including UNL. Forty-two additional
universities will be created in Turkey,
bringing the total number of universi
ties to 67.
Jean Aigner, executive dean of in
ternational affairs at UNL, said the
Turkish Legislature voted in 1990 to
establish the first 25 universities, of
fering full-time scholarships at each
one.
But first, Turkish students must
come to U.S. universities to get their
doctorates so they can return to their
homeland to be professors at the new
universities.
“It’s a wonderful program and a
huge investment for the government,”
Aigner said. “They’re trying to build
a future.”
That’s where UNL comes in. UNL
is working with other Big Eight
schools to bring the students to the
United States, and it is working with
Kocaeli University in Turkey to place
the students in the United States.
Turkish students send their appli
cations to UNL.The applications then
are forwarded to all the Big Eight uni
versities.
Increased technology in Turkey has
created a demand for more educated
people in the job market, Aigner said.
Officials want to build up the educa
tional system so more qualified people
can obtain college degrees, she said.
Turkey has about one university for
every one million people, Aigner said.
Sixty-five million people live in Tur
key.
“They recognize this problem in
Europe, and it’s worth the investment
for highly qualified people,” she said.
Aigner said the Turkish govern
ment was modeling its university sys
tem after the U.S. system.
Turkish students are involved in the
math, history, political science, agri
cultural sciences and business depart
ments at UNL.
“We’re seeing applications in all
colleges,” she said.
Aigner said UNL offered Turkish
students a nice environment, a good
place for studying and a safe commu
nity.
Necati Sozuoz, a Turkish political
science professor, is the resident man
ager of the UNL program.
“He knows many of the students
personally and can talk to them about
where to apply with the scholarships,”
Aigner said.
She said the prime minister and all
political parties in Turkey agree on the
importance of the program.
“They’ve been very supportive.”
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