Two men arrested
Two men throwing chairs at each
other while doing their laundry ended
up in jail Wednesday evening.
Police were called to the City
Laundry, 1547 S. 17th St., at 7:35 p.m.
on reports of two men fighting, Lincoln
Police Sgt. Ann Heermann said.
R.C. Johns Jr. said he was chased
from the building by David Hill, who
was brandishing a chair. Hill said Johns
found a hoe outside and chased him
back into the Laundromat swinging the
garden tool.
Police arrested both men, Johns for
second-degree assault and Hill for
third-degree assault. Both men were
cited for criminal mischief when the
owners found one of the dryers was
damaged from a thrown chair.
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example have tried to instill in our
children a sense of community, and
being involved, and I think that has
really reflected well,” Barbara
Musselman said.
Leah Musselman has served as
philanthropy chairwoman for Alpha
Phi Sorority and worked with the
Boys Town National Research
Hospital and the Omaha Food Bank.
Pratt’s family has had a long
standing tradition with the Ak-Sar
Ben Ball. Her grandfather had served
as an Ak-Sar-Ben councilor from
1962 to 1975. Her sister Rebecca, a
1996 UNL graduate, was an Ak-Sar
Ben princess in 1995. Her mother,
Anne, was a princess in 1969, and she
also has aunts who have been hon
ored. “The ball is just a huge party,”
Pratt said, “and I’m looking forward
to experiencing it.”
Peyton “Tom” Pratt'Jr., is proud of
his daughter, but said the ball is more
than an honor.
“I think it will be a good experi
ence for her to see the pageantry and
meet the people who have made great
contributions to this community. It
really gives these girls a chance to be
in the spotlight.”
Tom Pratt is involved with the
Omaha Chamber of Commerce. Anne
Pratt serves with the Douglas County
Republican Party, the National
Federation of Republican Women and
the City of Omaha Human Relations
Board. Jennifer Pratt has volunteered
with her church and in Kappa Kappa
Gamma Sorority.
Borchman said her family also
was honored and excited about her
selection. Her mother Kandie was an
active member with Omaha
Community Playhouse as a
Chairwoman of Gala and as a board
member. She also served with
Children’s Crisis Center and the
Fontenelle Forest Guild. She now
owns her own business, Centre Court,
a tennis shop, and is a member of the
Omaha Chamber of Commerce.
“I think (the ball) is a great expe
rience for young people to feel a con
nection to Nebraska and their heritage
and hopefully the tradition of volun
teerism that goes with the ball can
hold them close (to Nebraska),”
Kandie Borchman said.
Brittni Borchman has been active
with the Lincoln branch of the
YWCA and has also been a tennis
instructor for the Tennis Our Way pro
gram. She has remained active in the
community through Kappa Kappa
Gamma Sorority.
The princesses met for an intro
ductory meeting Aug. 3 where they
were oriented on what the ball
encompasses and what the pageantry
will include. The duties of the newly
appointed royalty will be to promote
leadership and involvement through
out Nebraska.
Cafeteria food free of E. coli
E. COLI from page 1
that everything you are using is
clean,” Brashears said.
Carol Mitchell, Lancaster
County Department of Health com
municable disease coordinator, said
there is concern for students who
make their own food.
“They need to keep the hot things
hot, the cold things cold and cook
everything thoroughly, which stu
dents can’t always do,” Mitchell said.
UNL also maintains a food safety
Web page at <http://www.foodsafe
ty.unl.edu/foodsafety/index.html>.
The page is done by the food pro
cessing department.
This summer’s recall left some
local Burger King and Boston
Market restaurants without ham
burger for a couple of days until
more meat could be delivered.
Hudson received meat scraps
contaminated with E. coli from one
«
We have never had any problems with
food poisoning in food service ”
Pamela Edwards
dietitian
of its suppliers. The scraps were then
mixed in with all the other days’ meat
and ground into hamburger, thus
contaminating all the meat.
The volume of meat Hudson
deals with made it difficult for
USDA inspectors to trace the conta
mination back to its original source.
The E. coli scare made people
aware of the problem and how to pre
vent it, Edwards said.
“E. coli is easy to take for grant
ed, but this brings it all home because
it is so close,” Edwards said.
Many strains, or types, of E. coli
bacteria exist, some of which are
completely harmless, Brashears said.
The strain that caused problems this
summer was E. coli 0157:H7.
When in the intestinal tract,
0157:H7 secrets a toxin that causes
bloody diarrhea, she said. If left
unchecked it can cause blood clots in
the intestines and kidney failure,
Brashears said.
“If you have diarrhea for more
than two days or a high fever, you
should definitely go to a doctor,”
Mitchell said. *
Students told of policy
ALCOHOL from page 1
do not have a safe place to come back
to,” Wilhelm said.
She said that students afraid of
being punished might put themselves
in a greater danger by staying in an
unfamiliar environment where a
crime such as rape could occur.
“We’d rather have you come
back,” Wilhelm said. “I want people
to have the trust enough to say that
this is your home and that you can
come back to it.”
Zatechka agreed completely.
“Don’t stay in any situation where
you don’t know the people,” Zatechka
said. “Come back. This applies to a
woman or to a man.”
Although there have been initial
concerns about the policy, both
Zatechka and Wilhelm said the stu
dent response has been positive.
John Janda, a 22-year-old junior
interior design major, said he sup
ported the policy.
“At first, I saw it as an inconve
nience,” Janda said, “but as a whole, I
saw it as a good thing for the entire
campus.”
The reason, Janda explained, was
a matter of responsibility.
“Having a student sign a form
does put the responsibility on the stu
dent,” Janda said. “You know the
rules, you know the consequences
and you have to make the decisions.”
Curt Ruwe, president of ASUN,
said that there had been no student
outcry to change the policy.
“We’ll address it if we get a reac
tion from the students that necessi
tates a reaction,” Ruwe said. “But at
this point we don’t see it as a prob
lem.”
Currently, the alcohol policy
applies to all residence halls on the
UNL campus. But in upcoming
weeks, the policy will also affect
those students living in sorority and
fraternity houses.
Linda Schwartzkopf, director of
Greek Affairs, said copies of the alco
hol plan had not been distributed to
students living in greek houses, but
that they probably would soon.
“Our goal is to be as consistent as
possible with the guidelines set forth
by UNL,” Schwartzkopf said. “At this
point, however, the greek govern
ments have just gotten started.”
But if students take nothing else
from the new alcohol policy,
Zatechka hopes it will be an educa
tion and responsibility for one’s
actions.
“My ultimate goal with the policy
is not to be punitive,” Zatechka said.
“If this is an issue that students will
think more about, and if it makes
them more aware about the conse
quences of their actions - than that’s
all I can hope for.”
Now you know the
root of the story.
UNL housing is circulating a document for
residence hall students to read and sign to raise
greater awareness of the university’s alcohol policy.
A document of this kind has never been given to
students, and officials want students to know up front
what the consequences will be should they choose
to drink on or off campus. The following consequences
correspond to the five levels of violations that the
university has outlined.
Level* .
' — University warning.
—Motivational interviewing session with
director.
Level!
-University police notified.
-Mandatory participation in alcohol skills, training program and drug education.
LevelC
-Mandatory participation in brief alcohol skills intervention for students and drug education.
LevwlD
—Parental notification.
-Referral to Judicial Affairs Office with mandatory substance abuse evaluation recommendation.
Leveli
—Housing eviction.
Source: Office of University Housing Aaron Steckelberg/DN