The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current, February 11, 1998, Page 7, Image 7
Camera equipment stolen An unknown party walked out of the Daily Nebraskan offices with approximately $6,000 of camera equipment Monday. The man, described as 6-foot tall, slender, black and in his late 20s, was seen leaving the offices with two camera bags shortly before 8 a.m., UNL Police said. Because it was before busi ness hours, the man was able to walk into the offices almost unnoticed. Later in the day the man sold half the equipment, valued at almost $2,000, to Harmon’s Camera Center for $125. Luckily the equipment was recovered from Harmon’s when a Daily Nebraskan photographer entered the store and saw the - equipment on the counter. The thief still is at large with the rest of the camera equip ment. Student carjacked A Lincoln High School stu dent was robbed at knife-point by three fellow students as he drove into the school’s parking lot Monday morning. A 17-year-old student stopped and rolled down his window after a classmate sig naled him to stop, Lincoln Police Sgt. Ann Heermann said. With the window down, the classmate pulled a knife, put it to the driver’s throat and demanded he get out of the car. The victim complied and the boy with the knife and two other boys got into the 1984 Ford Tempo and drove away. About 30 minutes later a police officer spotted the car parked near 10th Street and Park Boulevard. Three boys, matching the suspects’ descriptions, were walking up 10th Street. The officer contacted them in front of the detention center, where he arrested the three of them. The boy with the knife was charged with robbery and the use of a weapon to commit a felony. The others, both 17, were charged with robbery. Bus window shot out Two juveniles shot out a school bus window as the bus passed by their house Monday afternoon. The bus was driving along Woodstock Avenue towards Saint Michael’s Road when the bus driver heard a popping noise like something hitting glass fol lowed by screams. The driver stopped to investi gate the noise and found one of the windows had been shot, Heermann said. The driver determined the shots came from a house along Woodstock Avenue where police found two juveniles, ages 13 and 14, with their BB gun. No fur ther information was available. Student sexually assaulted A UNL student was sexually assaulted Friday night in the Harper/Schramm/Smith Residence Complex parking lot, UNL Police said. On her way back from her car she was ctfhfronted by three men, UNL Police Sgt. Mylo Bushing said. One of the men shoved the woman between two cars and started to touch her breasts. The men fled when they were stopped by a community service officer patrolling the lot. Special assistant hired University of Nebraska President Dennis Smith has named a special assistant for diversity and equity, effective April 20. Shari Clarke comes to NU from the University of Maine, where she was associate dean for multicultural affairs and a doctorate degree candi date. Clarice, whose annual salary will be $65,000, will be in charge of assisting the president in improving NU’s gender and racial diversity. She also will develop methods of assessing NU’s progress toward equi ty goals. Clarke has held both academic and administrative positions on four major college and university campus es, working with both student athletes and international students, develop ing cultural heritage celebrations and serving as a housing manager. “We could hardly have found a person with a broader base of suc cessful experience,” Smith said. - ■ 1 Entries in for Moo Movies While milk does its best to do body good, the Dairy Council o Central States is doing its best to pro mote it. The Dairy Council is sponsorin its annual Moo Movies contest t help promote nutrition and other ben efits of milk, said Mary Kerb, direc tor of programs for the council. Contest entrants must submit two- to five-minute Moo Movie or video that pertains to milk and cow or other mammals, Korb said. The contest is open to all UN] students, and top winners will receiv cash prizes of $100 to $400, she sait “We hope that students will us this contest to learn something aboi milk, nutrition, the dairy industry an animals,” she said. The council will accept entrie until April 1. The grand prize winm will have his or her video shown i the Henry Doorly Zoo in Omaha. For more information call 1-80C 279-2643. Correction Nasim Zawadi was incorrectly identified in Friday and Monday edi tions of die Daily Nebraskan. He is not currently enrolled at UNL. 1 Campus rec fees to increase By Jessica Fargen Assignment Reporter Last semester UNL students paid about $43 to play football in Cook Pavilion, work out on stairmasters and use Campus Recreation Center facilities. Next year, it will probably cost them a little more. Campus rec is requesting a $1 increase each semester to pay for short term projects and a 32 cent increase each semester to cover oper ating expenses. Campus rec Director Stan Campbell, said the 32 cents - 0.8 per cent - was needed to offset a 4 per cent loss the center suffered due to reduced enrollment, which meant less money from student fees in 1997-98. Campbell said the center also was forced to decrease the hours it was open, reduce the number of referees for intramural sports and discontinue supervision at Mabel Lee Hall. These practices, Campbell said, have hurt students, and the center has received complaints from them. The center is asking for the 0.8 percent increase to cover increased costs for things such as utilities, wages to pay for licenses mandated by the State of Nebraska Health Department and extra staff to keep the climbing wall open 10 more hours per week. But Campbell said the center does anticipate an increase in self generated income mostly from its massage therapy program, which off sets some of those other increases. Campbell said in 1967 students were charged two dollars a semester for repair, but that has been inflated to $9.71 in 1997 to purchase the same goods and services. Students paid $9 each semester during the 1997-98 school year. The $1 increase is for short-term 3SbEp projects, such as the purchase of weight equipment and facility upkeep, Campbell said. Funds for longer-term projects, like the new turf in Cook Pavilion, also come from student fees. Kendall Swenson, chairman of the Committee for Fees Allocation, said normally campus rec’s budget doesn’t get much debate because the numbers are usually accurate and organized, but with the $20 increase in student fees coming thanks to Nebraska Union renovations, CFA will have to be a little more frugal before they vote on the union’s bud get Feb. 12. CFA Tuesday also passed the University Health Center’s zero per cent budget request for 1998-99. ♦ The following Is a list of goals ASUN has set, and the progress It has made. 1. To enmo successful programming for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day on Jan. 19 as wb! aa croato a MaHn Luther King Jr. Day coordfiaUng commission for 1999. -ASUN President Cut Ruwe said he met vwto Omar Maienina, a UNL junior and member of toe African Peoples Union,Tuesday to plan toe jnftaatojckie of toe oommiae tor toe 1999coordreting commission. 2. Research and work toward the implsmenlalion of midterm and standard academic evaluations In addWon to fhe existing departmental evaluations. —Because ASUN has been concerning a lot of is elorts to deal wifi tie confrcversy summing UNL Ergtah professor DeMdHMer* recent e-mai, no work was done on Ms project tois week, Ruwe sail 3. Continue to worit toward ImpiomontaHon of a paridng education dasa. - Ruwe met Monday wihTad McDowell manager of UNLls Parting and Trans* Services, and wl be gathering stodentB’opinions about paridhgappetes tees andapossfcleloss of warning tickets toatcodd come wih toe imptemeniafion of toe class. 4. Work toward Internet registration for classfis. -No action was tekBn on tois goal since toe last meeting. 5. Lobby for student support for the “brain dfcainforain gain” bill. -Rum said ASUN vi probably vote onatJ voicing is support for LB1176 at torijtofc ASUN meeting. A represertatore from Gov Ben Nelson'S office vfl be speaking at toe meeting on Feb. 11 toanswer any questions senators may have. tk nave nw snuobir lupsci ana uovefnmefit u&son commiDBe start campus -Tuesday membem^^^et to dscuss is elorts and progress in toe beautification project They wl report toeir ideas at tonights meeting. 7. 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