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Secretary pleads not guilty The chemistry' department secre tary accused of stealing more than $150,000 from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln pleaded not guilty to the charge of theft by deception Wednesday. Diane Stevens, 51, was in charge of the hiring of new employees in die chemistry department. She is accused of using her posi tion to create a fake faculty member and then collecting the paychecks. Stevens was arrested in January after university administrators dis covered the fraud. She is scheduled for district court trial at 9 a.m. on July 6. Liquor store robbed A nylon-clad man robbed J Ryans liquor store just before closing Sunday. The man entered the store, 1434 N. 27th St, with his hand in his pock et and demanded money, Lincoln Police Sgt. Ann Heermann said. The man, described as a black man, 5 foot 8 inches tall, 140 pounds and having a mustache, left the store southbound on 27* Street. He was wearing a black coat and a nylon over his face. Thieves caught red-handed Two would-be safe crackers were caught in the act at Dave’s Shur-Save grocery store early Monday morning. Police responding to reports of a suspicious vehicle in the neighbor hood found signs of entry at the back of the store at 13th and High streets, Heermann said. Police surrounded the store and got a key .Inside they found two men trying to open the safe. Police arrested Billie Chapman, 29, of Lincoln, and Shawn Stark, 21, ofPlainview, for burglary. Man foils stabbing attempt A Lincoln man awoke to someone trying to stab him Sunday morning. The victim awoke when his attacker bumped the bed, Heermann said. The victim rolled over to find Joseph Slagle, 30, standing over him with a lock-blade knife. The victim grabbed Slagle’s arm and wrestled the knife away from him and ran from the apartment to call the police. When officers arrived, Slagle was still in the man’s apartment. He was arrested for burglary and first-degree assault. The victim sustained minor cuts to his hand and arm in the struggle. Compiled by Senior Reporter Josh Funk A hole in one is not par for our course The l/niversity Health Center Pental Offh cze 472-7495 15th and "U" Streets A Blue Cross, Blue Shield PPO provider for UNL students, faculty and staff. Join the Husker Football Recruiters Students, help the Husker Football team and coaches recruit student-athletes. Call Curt at 472-3116 by April 10 for details and to set up an interview. I Woods Tennis Center (33rd & “J” St) FUGITIVE POSES 6-9 APRIL 1998 Gerald Vrienor is the most prolific Native American writer of rhe twentieth century. He is a professor of Native American literature at the University of (".alifrirhia, Berkeley, and the author of more than twenty hooks on Native histories, literature, and critical studies, including Fugitive Poses: Native American Indian Scenes of Absence and Presence, published by the University of Nebraska Press. 1/ Monday. April A NATIVE AMERICAN SOVEREIGNTY VISIONARY TRANSMOTION ANTI SIIRVIVANCE Vi7rnor offers a provocative perspective on current polincal and culmral dehares about Narivr sovereignty. Tuesday April 7 FUGITIVE. POSES: INTF.RIMAGF. SIMULATIONS OF NATIVE AMERICANS Native Americans have been captured countless times in photographs and paintings, as well as other media. What is the effect of such images on our conceptions of Native peoples and Native Americans’ views of themselves? Wednesday, April 8 LITERARY ANIMALS: FIGURATIVE CREATURES IN NATIVE AMERICAN FICTION Misunderstandings of Native conceptions of nature’s dynamic relationships have contributed to a nostalgic and romanticized view of Native Americans. Vizenor shatters this illusion by shedding light on the range of significance of animals and nature in Native literature and culture. 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