Historian traces journey
of slaves’ escape route
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*1 kind of realized what was hap
pening,” Cohen said. “They were
getting scared. It was the same type
of fear that probably entered the
minds of slaves many years ago.”
Yet it was Cohen who became
more familiar with fear during the
recreation of “Box” Brown’s voy
age.
But when the ride was finally
done with, Cohen said he felt what
Henry “Box” Brown might have
felt after his 26 hours in a crate.
“I felt for the first time a sense of
freedom. For the slaves that must
have been the carrot, dangling in
front of them for their lives.”
Cohen also learned how slaves
on the Underground Railroad might
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have felt when they escaped on foot
A class of fourth-graders in
spired him when one asked if he
was scared during his escape.
And while the question was a
few generations off, Cohen said it
made him wonder what exactly
slaves did feel like when they made
the trek to freedom.
So Cohen set out on foot and
traveled 800 miles from Sandy
Spring, Md. to Niagara Falls,
Canada, in six weeks.
Cohen said he still encountered
bad present-day feelings about sla
very.
“Why should you feel guilty for
something your great-grandparents
did?” Cohen asked. “You should
work toward the present.”
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By Sarah Baker
Staff Reporter
The wording of documents con
cerning employee benefits and salary
compensation was a topic of lengthy
discussion at Tuesday’s Academic
Senate meeting.
Mathematics Professor Leo
Chouinard presented an alternate
document to the senate that explained
the duties of the Faculty Compensa
tion Committee.
The alternate document created
discussion over wording that some
senate members believed was unclear.
Chouinard said he thought the word
ing was clear and served the correct
purpose.
“The document says exactly what
I want it to say,” Chouinard said.
Chouinard changed the document
to add the word “compensation” with
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any reference to “salary” because com
pensation includes any other forms of
income faculty receive.
The document defined “compensa
tion” as “including salary and those
benefits where that faculty member
actually receives clear and well-de
fined monetary value from the ben
efit.”
The senators broadened that defi
nition before approving die document.
The senate also discussed a docu
ment from the University of Nebraska
Lincoln benefits committee concern
ing disability leave and parental leave
for faculty members.
The senate discussed the specifics
of the document and confirmed it ap
plied to single parents as well as ho
mosexual couples who adopt children.
Chancellor James Moeser dis
cussed how a student fee will benefit
campus technology. The new fee will
cost students $2 per credit hour next
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year.
“The fee will generate more than
$1 million and will provide 24-hour
computer labs in both Love Library
and C. Y. Thompson Library,” Moeser 1
said.
Gail Latta, professor of reference
services, ^reported the status of-the
post-tenure review coifiiftitteeMbeser
appointed. Latta said her committee
has met once and is still considering
the existing guidelines of the review
process.
The committee will show a draft
of the tenure review proposal to the I
senate next month, she said.
The committee was asked to write
a new post-tenure review policy be
cause the senate was not satisfied with j
Moeser’s original version, which he
presented in February.
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Sen. Jim Jensen of Omaha, the
principal introducer of the bill, op
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posed the amendments, saying those
issues should be explored in public
hearings before attaching them to bills. .
Sen. DiAnna Schimek of Lincoln
said there was no rush to decide the .
issue and suggested an interim study.
Jensen said Hawaii may legalize same
sex marriages as early as this summer,
so the state needed to take action now.
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agenda for the day with no action
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Robbery/assault
A melee at a 7-Eleven ended
with three people in jail, a man’s
glasses being crushed, a female
cleric being assaulted and a man’s
wallet being returned to him.
The ordeal started at 10:03 p.m.
Monday outside the convenience
store at 930 S. 13th St when a 67
year-old man was robbed of his
wallet, Lincoln Police Sgt. Ann
Heermann said.
The man was getting in his car
when he was grabbed from behind,
had his wallet taken and was
pushed to the. ground. >
. Standing nearby, Heermann said,
was Michael Barrett, 22, of 1149 E
St Barrett chased the two men who
had just robbed the man to an apart
ment complex at 1129 E St
Barrett said something to the
men, who then threatened to “kick
his ass,” police reports said. Barrett
called police, who came and found
two men matching descriptions
from the robbery.
Police arrested James Bennett,
28, of 1129 E St for robbery and
Jesse Reatns, 45, no address given,
fpr aiding and abetting a felony.
Police also recovered the $89 taken
in the robbery.
While arresting Reams, police
reports said he kicked an officer
just below the knee. He was then
cited for resisting arrest and as
saulting a police officer.
Meanwhile, back at the 7
Eleven, Bennett’s roommate,
Sammy Brown, went to the conve
nience store. Barrett and the clerk
asked him to leave.
Brown then grabbed Barrett’s
glasses and threatened to kill the
clerk, Heermann said. When Barrett
went to call police, Brown tried to
move toward turn and ended up as
saulting the female clerk, who tried
to stop Brown. Brown then threw
Barren’s glasses into the street. *
Police arrested Brown few as
sault and vandalism. When they
took him to jail, they searched him
and found a small bag of marijuana.
He was then cited for possession of
marijuana, less than an ounce.
Radar Watch
Lincoln police radar units will
be on 27th Street from South Street
to Old Cheney Road, and on Old
Cheney Road from 14th to 27th
streets today. Units will be on
Calvert Street from 27th to 48th
streets and on South Street from
27th to 70th streets.