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Sheets, 22, was ordered to stand
trial Wednesday on first-degree mur
der. His attorney, J. William Gallup,
had argued that charges should be dis
missed on the grounds that police have
no physical evidence linking Sheets to
the crime.
“All you have is Barnett said Mr.
Sheets committed the crime,” Gallup
said. “What if Barnett said Ben Nelson
or anyone else in this courtroom com
mitted the crime? ... Would you bind
them over?”
Sheets was arrested in Maine,
where he was stationed with the Navy.
Base spokesman John James said
Sheets joined the Navy 10 months ago,
completed basic training this spring
and was stationed in Brunswick in July.
Bush, 17, was abducted from out
side her high school. She was raped and
had her throat cut, according to police
reports. Her body was found in a coun
try road ditch on Oct. 3,1992.
Omaha police fielded hundreds of
calls and followed up dozens of leads
over the years, but it wasn’t until they
got a tip in late September that Sheets
and Barnett were tied to the case.
The mother of one of Barnett’s
friends told police Sept. 17 that Barnett
had told the friend that he and Sheets
had been involved in the killing,
Jadlowski said.
Jadlowski said Barnett’s friend was
then fitted with a hidden tape recorder
and got Barnett to talk about the slay
ing again.
Barnett later told police that he and
Sheets had driven to North High and
saw Bush in front of the school,
Jadlowski said. Both men got out of
the car and pushed Bush into the back
seat.
“Essentially, Adapi Barnett said she
was targeted because she was black,”
Jadlowski said.
Barnett said Sheets also had hatred
toward black people, the detective said.
The men took Bush to N.P. Dodge
Park, where she was killed, Jadlowski
said.
ASUN participates in
diversity teleconference
National broadcast focuses on campus issues
By Tasha E. Kelter
Staff Reporter
Several ASUN senators focused on
diversity issues Wednesday night by
attending a national teleconference
broadcast in the Nebraska Union.
Michael Dyson, professor of com
munications studies at the University
of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and
Ronald Takaki, professor of ethnic
studies, were part of a panel group dis
cussing diversity issues. About 200
universities watched the telecast.
The 75-member audience watched
the beginning of the teleconference for
half an hour and then broke into small
groups for discussion.
Reshell Ray, coordinator of ethnic
minority programs at UNL, said the
panelists raised a number of discussion
questions, such as the definition of di
versity and what it meant to each indi
vidual.
“They raised questions and issues
that were very thought-provoking,”
Ray said. “It sparked a lot of different
discussions.”
Within the small groups, students,
faculty and staff talked about diversity
issues specific to UNL, strengths and
weaknesses of the campus and personal
experiences with racism, sexism and
homophobia.
After the group discussions, the
UNL group picked up the teleconfer
ence. The panelists answered audience
and phoned-in questions and discussed
problems such as complacency and
lack of exposure to different cultures.
They suggested actively educating
all students about ethnic and gender
issues.
“If you can’t stand the heat,” Dyson
said, “turn on the fan and keep cook
ing.”
The Association of the Students of
the University of Nebraska senators
agreed it was part of their roles as mem
bers of student government to see that
cultural and ethnic awareness was pro
moted on campus.
Senator Robyn Seals said all the
attendees need to act on what they
learned.
“If people go away from this and
take no action, it’s been nothing but a
waste of time,” she said.
Viet Hoang, Special Topics Com
mittee chairman, said it was “exhila
rating” to see students meeting to dis
cuss promoting diversity.
“We all have a role in shaping this
campus.”
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in the Midwest.
Founded in 1990 by Bill Acree,
executive director and president,
KSDS has placed 168 service and
guide dogs in homes across 20 states
in die last five years, with oily three
placements needing re-evaluation.
“We try very hard to match the
dog with the needs and wants of the
owners,” Acree said. “The dogs
show the staff during training what
areas the animals can excel at.”
Acree, along with five staff
members, breeds and trains the re
trievers solely for the program. And
with training costs at $10,000 per
service dog and $15,000 per guide
dog, KSDS receives all its funding
from charitable contributions. Some
corporate sponsors even provide
food to the owners for the dogs.
Puppies aged eight weeks to 18
months receive special, more re
laxed training by volunteer “foster
parents.” In addition, all of the dogs
receive intensive instruction regard
ing the individual tasks they will be
expected to perform, Acree said.
During this more intensive pe
riod, animals are matched with their
prospective owners, Acree said.
After applicants submit a com
plete medical history and a video
tape including an interview and
tours through the hone and work
place, KSDS trainers use the tapes
and information to tailor instruction
specifically for that client, he said.
Finally, owners must attend
classes ranging from one week to
24 days at the school site, where
they learn the best way to work with
and care for their special compan
ions.
But Carver describes Capp as
more than a pet, more than a com
panion. The basic commands taught
by KSDS has allowed her to train
Capp to pick up items, turn lights
on and off and close and open doors.
“He’s really an extension of me,”
she said. In fact, there are few places
they don’t go together. They go to
classes and movies together, and
they travel together—even on air
planes.
But aside from the numerous
barriers Carver’s teammate has
helped her overcome, she said
people sometimes inadvertently
cause problems by coming up and
petting or talking to Capp.
“One of the largest barriers to
using service dogs is the amount of
distraction the dogs are expected to
deal with,” Carver said. “The dogs
work for their owner because of
love, affection, and caring. People
don’t understand that by distracting
the dog, they’re putting that
person’s life in danger.”
Unwelcome attention from
strangers has caused obedience
problems with Cappuccino in the
past, Carver said, including an epi
sode where the dog ran into tne
grass dragging Carver and her
wheelchair behind him.
“He (Capp) did go through a pe
riod where he did not want to work,”
she said. As a result, Capp had to
be almost entirely retrained. .
Acree agreed that public distrac
tion of the dogs is a major problem
with many of the school’s “gradu
ates,” and that adults by far are
worse than kids about respecting the
dog and owner’s autonomy when
out in public.
“Kids just seem to understand
about these things,” he said. “It re
ally comes down to having respect
for others.”
After Carver graduates from
UNL in May, she said she hopes to
incorporate Capp and the lessons to
be learned about service dogs and
disabilities into a kindergarten cur
riculum.
“Kids are so open-minded,”
Carver said, “I tell the kids what
Capp’s job is, that he*s at work when
we’re out, and then they correct
other kids about what pot to do
around him.”
And because the KSDS donates
its animals for the duration of the
dog’s lifetime, even in the event of
a recovery from the disability,
Carver and Capp will continue to
rely on each other as life presents
new obstacles to overcome.
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