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VOL. 96 COVERING THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA-LINCOLN SINCE 1901 NO. 97
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{Riders recuperate
in rodeo program
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By Ryan Soderlin
Staff Photographer
As bull riders rub rosin on their bull
ropes and bronc riders practice their
timing, “Back in the Saddle Again”
plays over the public address system
at Pershing Auditorium.
The song set the stage for this
weekend’s World’s Toughest Rodeo,
but some cowboys need a little boost
before they’re back in the saddle again.
A mix of chew-spit and dirt coated
the floor. But in a dimly lit room on
the southeast side of the stage, Ace
bandages, athletic tape and antiseptic
cleaners sat on a clean, white table.
The medical supplies were the tools
of doctors and trainers with the Justin
Boots Sportsmedicine program in
charge of helping cowboys—and cow
| girls — get back in the game. .—^
Rick Foster, program manager, ex
amined bull rider Bob Smith of Britton,
S.D. Smith was stepped on by a bull
three weeks ago. Purple and green
bruises covered his right leg. Electrodes
were attached to his skin, and his leg
quivered slightly.
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The athletes here
appreciate what you
are doing. And they
really want to get
better. If they don’t
ride, they don’t get
paid.”
Mike Livergood
associate athletic trainer
“Getting up and down the road -
would be tough without it (the pro
gram),” Smith said. “Last year I was
injury-free, but I haven’t started out
very well this year.”
Another bull rider, Troy Meech
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RICK FOSTER, program manager and athletic trainer for the Justin Beets Sportsmedlcine program, tapes up a
cowboy’s knee before the Worlds Toughest Rodeo Saturday night at Pershing Auditorium. Foster began volunteering
In 1981 and became a full-time trainer In 1985. More than 125 rodeos benefit every year from the services provided
through the Sportsmedlcine program.
Celebration
ties Chinese
to tradition
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By Lindsay Young
Staff Reporter
The celebration of the Chinese
New Year brought Chinese students
and families of Lincoln closer to
home Friday night.
Thousands of miles away from
their homes in China, the Chinese
came together at the Nebraska
Union to celebrate their country’s
largest holiday.
Joining the Chinese in the sold
out crowd of600 were many Ameri
can guests and friends of the Asian
families.
Tom Furby, principal of
Goodrich Middle School, and his
daughter Anna Furby came to spend
die holiday withm Chinese family
they met through the Lincoln
Friends of Foreign Students pro
gram.
“Celebrating activities and holi
days of other cultures gives oppor
tunities for a variety of people to
get together,” he said.
This statement was echoed by
' Ping Liu, president of the Chinese
Students and Scholars Association.
“In China we have closed our
door to the world for several cen
turies,” he said. “The door was
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GARY YU AN entertains the audience at the Chinese New Year festivities
with an exhibition of Chinese kungfu using bntterfly knives. The
celebration was held in the Centennial Room of the Nebraska Union
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■ iiQfly evening.
opened 20 years ago. This change
is very exciting.
“This is the first time Fhave felt
my home culture outside my home
culture.”
After the speeches came the fruit
of the evening—the entertainment.
The goal of festivities, oiganizers
said, was to scare away the beast.
The beast is winter. The Chinese
New Year is the celebration of the
start of spring and focuses on scar
ing away winter.
Entertainment ranged from a tra
ditional Chinese lion dance' to di
verse musical selections to a Chi
nese painting demonstration. At the
end, Chinese culture bent toward
_ the West when participants joined
in the Macarena.
Bill targets
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By Erin Schulte
- Senior Reporter
Lancaster County Attorney Gary
Lacey says he has proof that pedophiles
will sexually victimize children repeat
edly if released untreated from prison.
On Friday, he told the Legislature’s
Judiciary Committee a story about a
convicted sex criminal — the kind of
person who would be affected by
LB323.
The Sexual Predator Act would
assign a point system to sex crimes.
Points accumulated over the years
would mean longer, even lifetime, sen
tences.
Lacey said the repeat sex offender
was released from prison and moved
into a house across the street from an
elementary school.
The man masturbated white watoh- 1
ing children. When he w^s later ar-4
rested, Lacey said, police found semen
soaked tissues in die waste basket near
the window. The evidence was proof
he could not be cured, Lacey said.
Although the bill was co-signed by
19 other senators, Sen. Ernie Cham
bers of Omaha, a Judiciary Committee
member, had doubts about the bill.
“What did you charge him with?
Masturbating? Is that a crime in
Lancaster County?” Chambers said.
Lacey said the man was charged
with approaching a child.
“Those are the kind of people I
worry about,” Lacey said. “The reason
I’m here is because I want to protect
the kids.”
But Chambers said the bill was po
litical and catered to the public. He said
prosecutors should take advantage of
existing laws and stop sex criminals
from plea bargaining for shorter sen
tences.
The bill also would require sex of
fenders to undergo treatment before
being paroled.
David Babcock, legal counsel for
the Nebraska Department of Health and
Human services, said treatment is sue- """
cessful if the person is motivated to do
it.
^Ba^fpibk said treatment ^focuses
a peaopHiie’s sexual interest in adult
partners. He said treatment will not
stop the desire, but helps people from
acting on it
Scott Moore, a psychologist who
does court-ordered mental evaluations,
also said pedophiles were untreatable.
“The legal profession has dumped
these people on the psychiatric profes
sion as if we could treat them,” Moore
said. “If we can’t treat them, why
should we have them in a mental hos
pital?
“They should be in prison.”