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VOL. 97 COVERING THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA-LINCOLN SINCE 1901 NO. 42
Lincoln police
go after meth
By Matthew Waite
Senior Reporter
In less than two months, Lincoln
police have doubled the amount of
methamphetamine seized all last
year, and they took almost three more
pounds of the drug off the street
Tuesday.
Lincoln Police Capt. Duaine
Bullock said it’s only going to get
worse.
“We’re hearing about a lot of meth
in the community,” the department’s
chief narcotics investigator said.
In a series of searches that started
Tuesday afternoon, narcotics investi
gators seized more than 45 ounces of
\ methamphetamine, a small amount of
cocaine, a baggie of marijuana and
* two guns. Police also seized more
than $12,000 in cash, on top of the
more than $100,000 in drugs.
Three men and a juvenile were
jailed on drug charges, and another
man was cited for possession.
It was another series of searches
and seizures for Lincoln police. Last
week, a two-year investigation came
to a close with 25 street-level dealers
being arrested.
In the last fiscal year - ending
August 31 - Lincoln police confiscat
ed slightly more than a pound of
methamphetamine. This fiscal year,
police had confiscated 2.65 pounds
before Monday’s seizure.
On Monday, a confidential infor
mant told narcotics officers that
Marino Beltran-Gastelum would be
delivering two ounces of metham
phetamine to 3251 Orchard St. Apt.
B, according to affidavits filed
Tuesday in Lancaster County Court.
Police set up surveillance on
Beltran-Gastelum at his home, 120
Gaslight Circle. When he arrived at
32nd and Orchard streets, officers
stopped and searched him. The two
ounces of methamphetamine was
found in his pocket.
Beltran-Gastelum, 37, was arrest
ed for possession of a controlled sub
stance and possession with intent to
deliver.
At 7:08 p.m., officers with a
search warrant went to 3251 Orchard
Please see METH on 3
Geographers win
praise, face split-up
■ Colleagues rank UNL’s
geography department
among the nation’s best.
By Erin Gibson
Senior Reporter
Although it soon will lose half its
faculty members and more than 78 stu
dents, the UNL geography department
ranks in the top 20 nationwide, a newly
released study shows.
The study, produced by faculty
from Michigan State University in
East Lansing, Mich., examined the
productivity of 48 Ph.D. geography
programs from 1980 through 1994,
and then ranked the top 30 programs in
the United States.
Professional Geographer, an acad
emic journal, published the 15-year
study in its November issue.
Despite its small size, the
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
placed 19“ or higher in each of four
categories: placement of Ph.D. gradu
ates, teaching outcomes, number of
articles in selected journals and num
ber of books published.
UNL placed 15th in the number of
books published by each faculty mem
ber, which places UNL geography fac
ulty above many esteemed colleagues,
including those at the universities of
North Carolina, Minnesota, Arizona
State and Califomia-Santa Barbara.
“I think it’s wonderful,” said Steve
Lavin, geography department chair
man. “Since we’re such a small depart
ment - even before the break-up we’re
small - all the faculty had to pull their
weight to get us up there.”
The department now consists of 11
faculty members, Lavin said.
But four faculty members special
izing in meteorology must move to a
newly created geosciences department
at UNL, which the NU Board of
Regents approved in July.
Another faculty member will hold
a joint appointment between geogra
phy and the new department, which
consists of the former geology depart
ment and geography’s climatology and
meteorology programs, Lavin said.
“Without replacing at least some of
those (faculty members), it’s doubtful
that we’d be able repeat this kind of
performance in the survey,” he said.
“It’s hard to see a department like this
one achieve this and be hurt by the loss
of faculty.”
Lavin said he has yet to talk with
Brian Foster, dean of the College of
Arts and Sciences, regarding hiring
new faculty for the department. He
hopes the department can receive two
new faculty appointments, which
could help the department recover
from the loss of meteorology, he said.
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■ Daniel Luedert/DN
AMY LOHRBERG PATT, a licensed massage therapist, massages Holly Wade, a UNL senior advertising major, in the
Campus Recreation Center. Demonstration massages will be given for $1 throughout the week.
Rubbing folks the right way
Massage week promotes therapy
By Darren Ivy
Staff Reporter
Before National Massage Therapy
Awareness Week, Debbie McKnight
and Andrew Weides had never had
massages before. Now Weides wants
to do it on a regular basis.
“I think it is a great way to relieve
stress or sore spots,” Weides said.
“During the massage I felt relaxed,
and that feeling stuck with me for an
hour after the massage.”
Weides, a junior exercise science
major, and McKnight, a junior psy
chology major, are just two of the
many University of Nebraska
Lincoln students who have taken
advantage of National Massage
Therapy Awareness Week programs,
which began Sunday and will run
through Saturday.
To celebrate National Massage
Therapy Awareness Week, the three
licensed massage therapists at the
Campus Recreation Center and some
Mayotherapy Institute students have
done and will continue to do chair
massage demonstrations at City
Union, East Campus Union and cam
pus rec.
Demonstrations at campus rec
will be from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
today through Friday. Demonstrations
at the Nebraska East Union will be
over the lunch hour today and
Thursday. On Friday, demonstrations
will be held from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. in
the Nebraska Union.
Brad Decker, a licensed massage
therapist at campus rec, said it will
cost $1 for a five-minute chair mas
sage and $2 for a 10-minute session.
For each dollar, the students will
have their name put in a drawing for a
free 45-minute massage.
Students who like the chair mas
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Masseuse loves
‘hands on’ work
at campus rec
By Darren Ivy
Staff Reporter
When • UNL’s Campus
Recreation Center and Athletic
Department hired Amy Lohrberg
Patt as their first full-time massage
therapist, it was a dream come true
for the Lincoln native.
“I am honored, because it is like
a dream job for me,” said Patt,
Campus Recreation Center and
Athletic Department massage ther
apy coordinator. “It’s what I hoped
for in massage therapy when I grad
uated in 1986.”
Patt works with student athletes
Please see PATT on 3
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