Chancellor says UNL will
not tolerate violence
By Matthew Waite
Editor
One week ago Chancellor James
Moeser called the media together to
unveil the final reccomendations of a
task force studying behavioral trends
atUNL.
In a press conference that lasted a
little over an hour, Moeser said UNL
was not a campus in trouble — finan
cially, academically or socially — but
that didn’t mean the work was fin
ished.
“We are not in crisis over student
conduct,” Moeser said. “This is a safe
campus.”
But the nice rhetoric stopped there.
Replaced with a “get-tough” atti
tude, Moeser outlined changes in the
way UNL conducts discipline.
While he said the report dealt with
many areas, much of Moeser’s speech
— and the following discussion —
was about violence committed by UNL
students.
“We will not tolerate violence”
Moeser said. “We will insist on a bal
ance between the rights of the indi
vidual and the needs of the institution.
“Representing this university is a
privilege, not a right.”
However, the physical size of the
document is not an indicator of the
effect the document will have on the
way the university does business.
James Griesen, vice chacellor for
student affairs, and Peg Blake, co
chairwoman of the committee and di
rector of the health center, both said
no major upheavals were in the works.
Both agreed the recommendations were
a “fine-tuning” of current policy.
Blake said during the task force
meetings, the committee found that
many people did not know about the
processes in place. She said discrep
ancies in enforcement came from
people not knowing who was respon
sible for what.
The recomendations show that the
processes in place work, but some
work needs to be done to improve
them, Blake said.
Recommendations made by the
committee included:
• The university adopting a zero
tolerance policy of abusive or violent
behavior.
• The university consistently en
forcing existing alcohol policies on
campus.
• The ban on guns on campus,
which currently only applies to stu
dents, would be extended to faculty
and staff.
The recommendations also stated
that the judicial board should suspend
a student from participating in activi
ties for up to a year if charged with a
violation of the student code of con
duct, or of any criminal offense.
Griesen said last week that in the
past, the Judicial Board either expelled
a student or allowed them to stay with
activities privileges intact.
Now, a student can stay in school,
but no longer represent the university
in any area.
Football players at Nebraska are
closely watched by fans and espe
cially by the media. Griesen said
Wednesday he was not concerned
that Nebraska athletes would be un
fairly treated by the judicial board.
“I have great confidence that our
judicial board andjudicial officers will
continue to treat all students the same
regardless to how much their name is
known,” he said.
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