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spobts m TUESDAY New shirts A man remembered August 26,1997 . Bobby Newcombe’s NU football career will begin Saturday Country band Sawyer Brown pays tribute to Cornhusker against Akron, while Eric Crouch has decided to redshirt this sea- legend Brook Berringer tonight at the Nebraska State Fair. SSSSSSSSTICKY son. PAGE 7 PAGE 9 Partly sunny, high 88. Partly c)o?J|^onight low 67. I ' I VOL. 97 COVERING THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA-LINCOLN SINCE 1901 NO. 3 Lawsuit focuses on name ■ Nebraska Spirit owner claims new store, Huskers Authentic, infringes on his trademark for HuskerAuthentics. By Jessica Fargen Staff Reporter A business owner is in the process of suing the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and the NU Athletic Department over a name, at least on the surface. Huskers Authentic is the name of the new store, paid for by the NU Athletic Department, to open Friday in the parking garage on T Street and Stadium Drive. Brent White, owner of Nebraska Spirit at 1120 P Street, said he has a trademark on the name HuskerAuthentics and has filed a lawsuit aaainst the Athletic Denartment “The Athletic Department is infringing on my trade name by using something so close and so similar.” White said. White said he was not sure what his plans were for the name Husker Authentics. There was a smail possibility, he said, of changing the name Nebraska Spirit, to Husker AuthenticsT but he did not know. Huskers Authentic, which is 5,500 square feet and will sell authentic Husker gear, is scheduled to open in the new parking garage on T Street and Stadium Drive. But White’s opposition goes deeper than owning a name. “The purpose of the lawsuit is to get the Athletic Department to quit using my name, but I have other problems with the store,” White said. White said government is competing against private industry, because the Athletic Please see AUTHENTIC on 2 FRESHMAN BIOLOGY MAJOR Natalya Shannon, who pledged Gamma Phi Beta, is hugged by Charlsi Hulsebus, a sophomore interior design major. Rush ended Monday with Bid Day when the rushees learned which house accepted them. Bid Day concludes sorority rush By Darren Ivy Staff Reporter Five days of waiting ended Monday for 434 UNL women. Bid Day concluded this years sorority rush as the women, who have spent the past few days visiting sorority after sorority, found out which house accepted them. “It was nerve-racking and stressful, but all of the hard work paid off because I got into the house I wanted to,” said Kylee White, a fresh man elementary education major, who was accepted into Gamma Phi Beta. White and two of her new Gamma Phi Beta sisters, Jaime Chamberlain, a sophomore pre physical therapy major, and Michelle Sasek, a « Our feet were killing us by the end ot the night.” Jaime Chamberlain sophomore pre-physical therapy major freshman in general studies, came to Lincoln last week to prepare for rush. Rush began Wednesday, with students moving into the residence halls, attending ori entation and going through open houses at 14 campus sororities. A typical day for the women involved get ting up early, picking up their invitations for the day, dressing up, visiting sororities and then walking home at the end of the night, Chamberlain said. “Our feet were killing us by the end of the night,” Chamberlain said. “We walked from Please see BID DAY on 3 Jensen back on campus after summer of strides By Brian Carlson Assignment Reporter ^AJiew months ago, Tracy Jensen probably didn’t expect to be celebrat ing the 1997 sorority rush weekend with herTri Delta sisters. But after making great strides this summer - literally - she spent Saturday night “going crazy” on the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s greek row. Jensen, a former UNL cheer leader who suffered a spinal injury as a result of a fall during practice last December, spent the summer recu perating in her hometown of Lyons. With the help of three grueling physical therapy workouts each week in Lincoln, she has progressed steadi ly and is once again walking on her own. .“I’m feeling fine, but I’m kind of tired,” she said. Although she is not enrolled as a full-time UNL student this fall, Jensen said, her therapy schedule will allow her to attend a human physiolo gy class on campus. She said she hopes to enroll full time for the spring semester. This weekend’s sorority festivi ties allowed Jensen to see many of the Please see JENSEN on 6 Two judicial boards dropped Erin Gibson Senior Reporter A little-mentioned change in the Student Code of Conduct this sum mer may result in a more evenhanded disciplinary process this semester for students and student groups. Instead of facing one of three sep arate judicial boards, all University of Nebraska-Lincoln students accused of misconduct who choose to under go a university disciplinary hearing will have their case heard by one uni versity judicial board. Three separate boards - one for on-campus housing, one for the greek system and one for all university stu dents - held hearings before this July, said Charles Green, student judicial affairs director. The university abolished the sub ordinate housing and greek boards and kept the main, all-university judi cial board in order to improve the consistency of disciplinary action, Green said. Students accused of misconduct may use the judicial board to appeal punishment recommended for their infraction by a university staff mem ber in judicial affairs. Five Association of .Students of the University of Nebraska senators and four faculty members now serve on the judicial board. A university appeals board, con sisting of four ASUN senators and three faculty members, will continue to hear appeals from the judicial board. Curt Ruwe, ASUN president, said the board would give much-needed uniformity to student discipline on campus. “Before, maybe, the greeks would receive a different consequence for a similar offense than someone in the residence halls,” Ruwe said. “But now, it’s assured that it will be the same.” Ruwe said he knew of no incident when students received differing con sequences under the three boards. But the appearance of different treatment existed, he said. “You can’t just be right; you have to look right,” said Doug Zatechka, UNL housing director. “A fair appearance as well as substance has Please see JUDICIAL on 3 Read the Daily Nebraskan on the World Wide Web at http: / / www.unl.edu /DailyNeb