Alcohol-free chapters
demandedby fraternity
From Staff Reports
Phi Delta Theta fraternity’s inter
national office has demanded all its
houses be alcohol free, University of
Nebraska-Lincoln chapter members
said Wednesday.
John Sullivan, UNL chapter ad
viser, said the UNL house had only
briefly discussed the declaration, but
the house was already dry as required
by university policy.
“1 think it’s a good thing,” he said,
but “it doesn’t concern our house.”
Mitch Riley, chapter vice presi
dent, said the declaration would only
have an effect on the chapter if it broke
UNL’s no-alcohol rule and was re
ported by a campus security officer.
The chapter then would be penal
ized by Student Judicial Affairs and
also would suffer sanctions from its
international fraternity, he said. Right
now, the chapter would not face pun
ishment from the fraternity, he said.
Sullivan said the province presi
dent of the international fraternity
planned to visit the UNL chapter in
two weeks. He said did not know if
the reason for the president’s visit was
the new dry policy.
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Merger backed by regents
UNMC from page 1
-sociation announced it wanted to
buy Clarkson Hospital several years
ago, the university cited a 1953
agreement that UNMC would have
first dibs on buying the oldest hos
pital in Omaha. A lawsuit was filed
as a result.
Now, unnecessary animosity
exists between the two neighbor
ing hospitals, Allen said. This ani
mosity will dissolve if the two
Omaha hospitals enter a joint op
erating agreement, he said, com
plete with an enclosed walkway
between them.
“It’s better to have people work
ing together,” he said. “They both
have things that the other needs.”
Both Miller and Allen said the
agreement would eliminate dupli
cations in staff and resources be
tween the two hospitals, which are
across the street from each other.
This would save money for both
Nebraska taxpayers and hospital
patients, they said.
Miller said the regents have not
yet officially discussed the partner
ship, but he would be very support
ive.
UNMC spokesman Tom
O’Connor said there were a lot of
details to be hammered out in the
proposal agreement, much of
which will occur if and when the J
regents approve the measure. Nei
ther organization’s existing assets
are included in the possible agree
ment, he said.
The new corporation will be
governed jointly by UNMC and
Clarkson staff on a 12-member
board of directors, O’Connor wrote
in a statement Six members of each
staff will be included, as well as two
nonvoting members—the dean of
UNMC’s College of Medicine and
the yet-to-be-named CEO ‘of the
corporation.
Allen said Clarkson’s current
CEO, Louis Bergher, would be an
excellent candidate for CEO of the
combined corporation. Bergher
helped turn Clarkson from a hos
pital losing doctors and money to
a “modem, money-making ma
chine,” Allen said.
Wiccans celebrate start of spring
mujA irom page i
-gions, said Wicca didn’t have a de
fined dogma and was different for all
participants.
The importance of the vernal equi
nox may be a universal Wiccan belief,
but would be individually understood
and practiced, she said.
“Deity is a personal concept,” Har
ris said. “Some people use the Greek
gods, some the Native American gods,
It’s a very personal thing.”
A different direction
Harris said that although Wiccan
ceremonies were participant-specific,
some basic symbols, tools and actions
provided a general framework used by
all.
All Wiccan ceremonies begin by
“casting a circle,” or creating a circu
lar space in which the ceremonies’
participants are protected and their
energies contained, Harris said.
The action involves honoring and
invoking the four directions — east,
south, west and north—and the four
elements — earth, water, air and fire.
Often, the circle is physically outlined
with stones, herbs or incense sticks.
Harris said reasons for drawing a
circle varied according to the
ceremony’s participants, but could in
clude seeking protection, enlighten
ment or — in the case of the Order of
the Red Grail — honoring spring’s
arrival.
“The general theme would be cel
ebrating nature’s resurrection, the re
turn of spring,” Harris said. “It’s ac
tually a pagan Easter.”
Jason Blodgett-McDeavitt said the
Order of the Red Grail would privately
celebrate spring’s arrival through the
Persephone myth on Saturday.
“It’s a living religion, not static,”
Jason Blodgett-McDeavitt said. “It’s
tied to the earth and, therefore, it is
very natural for it to progress. Some
groups will do the same thing every
year. We like to change and grow as
our group does.”
A public discussion and ritual are
scheduled for 6 pjn. Sunday at the
Unitarian Church, 6300 A St.
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Attempted Escape
A16-year-old boy drew a blade,
which he made in his cell, on an
Attention Center employee while
trying to escape early Tuesday
morning.
The boy asked an employee for
a glass of water at 1:45 a.m. Tues
day, Lincoln Police Sgt. Ann
Heermann said. When the em
ployee returned, he opened the door
to hand it to the boy. The boy then
slammed into the door and ran past
the man.
Heermann said the boy ran to
the exit door, only to find it locked.
He came back and demanded the
keys from the downed employee.
The employee refused,
Heermann said, and the boy drew
a blade made from a piece of
Formica. The boy raised the blade,
commonly known asa shank, at the
man but did not strike, she said.
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Police officers arrived, and the
boy was taken into custody with
out incident.
The Attention Center, 2220 S.
10th St., is a juvenile detention cen
ter.
The boy was cited for assault by
a confined person and attempted
escape.
Domestic Assault
A husband and wife were both
cited in a fight that resulted in the
man getting stabbed in the face and
a neighbor getting slapped.
Police were called to 4721
Briarpark Drive when a neighbor
called 911. When police sorted it
out, Heermann said, they found the
following:
Darrell and Debra Jordan got
into a fight in their apartment, re
portedly over Darrell Jordan’s drug
use. The fight became physical,
with both of them punching and
kicking each other.
At one point, both fell to the
floor. Debra Jordan then grabbed a
knife that was on the TV stand and
slashed his left cheek.
Darrell Jordan then ran into the
hallway, calling for help. He
knocked on a neighbor’s apartment
door, holding a blood soaked towel
to his face, and asked the neighbor
to call 911.
The neighbor went into her
apartment to call 911 when Debra
Jordan appeared at the door. Debra
Jordan said something to her hus
band, then slapped the neighbor
across the face.
Police arrived and cited both
Debra and Darrell Jordan for third
degree assault. Debra Jordan was
booked for second-degree assault
and use of a weapon to commit a
felony for slashing her husband
with the knife.
