SPOBTS
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In the final week of spring practice, quarterbacks
Frankie London, Bobby Newcombe and Eric
Crouch are still battling for the No. 1 spot. PAGE 9
A & E
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Fugazi has become famous despite itself, and its
new album, “End Hits.” will probably only serve
to make matters worse. PAGE 11
April 22, 1998
The Heat Is On
Partly sunny, warmer, high 70. Clear tonight, low 37.
VOL. 97 COVERING THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA-LINCOLN SINCE 1901 NO.145
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Report: Department allows harassment
Political Science program may face 3-year probation-like status for allegations
By Brad Davis
©Daily Nebraskan
The UNL political science department has an
environment that tolerates sexual harassment,
accordmg to a report issued by a faculty committee
last week.
The report, obtained exclusively by the Daily
Nebraskan, details Political Science Professor
Valerie Schwebach’s allegations of sexual harass
ment against the department and also contains sev
eral political science graduate students’ com
plaints.
Schwebach said she has experienced the
department's sometimes-unsafe environment
since soon after she arrived at the University of
Nebraska-Lincoln four years ago.
“I have never set foot on this campus after
hours, since 1995, without either my husband or
my very large dogs,” Schwebach said. “I don’t feel
safe on this campus.”
The problems have not limited themselves to
just Schwebach - other people in the department
have reported harassment. Three graduate students
have left possibly because of such an atmosphere.
the report states.
Other faculty members in the department also
agree the department’s atmosphere tolerates
harassment.
Schwebach’s complaint alleges that in May
1995, fliers posted around the political science
office, which said “Valerie Schwebach is a c-nt,”
were found by a graduate student.
After the incident was brought to the attention
of the political science administration, the com
plaint states, no action was taken on the part of then
department chairman, David Forsythe.
This kind of inaction is what Schwebach said
caused her to file a formal complaint with the uni
versity.
Schwebach said suggestions she gave for
improving the department were ignored, which she
said left her few options except the formal univer
sity hearings.
“1 tried to resolve it constructively, in the
department, first,” Schwebach said.
In June, Schwebach said she contacted Thom
Cope, a Lincoln attorney, to advise her on how to
proceed with her complaint.
Please see REPORT on 7
So long, and thanks for all the beer
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CLAYTON DARNELL, a senior accounting major, and Matt Kralik, a civil engineering major, enjoy a cold beer
in the Wick Alumni Courtyard Tuesday afternoon. More than 400 seniors responded to invitations to attend
the Senior Sendoff.
Koziol child dies from
wreck-related injuries
By Josh Funk
Senior Reporter
One day after his mother's funeral.
4-year-old Aaron Koziol died from the
injuries he sustained in the same car
wreck last week.
Aaron Koziol died Tuesday morn
ing in a Lincoln General Hospital bed,
where he had remained in critical condi
tion since the accident on April 15.
One of Aaron’s three older brothers,
Brian Koziol, 6. remains in critical con
dition at Lincoln General.
Kevin Koziol. 8. died at the scene of
the South 70th Street and Pine Lake
Road accident.
Their mother, Le Ann Koziol, 39,
was airlifted to Lincoln General where
she died later that night.
The oldest of the four Koziol boys,
Matt, 10, was treated for minor injuries
and released.
Ray Koziol. the husband and father,
is operations director at the Nebraska
East Union and was not in the minivan
at the time of the wreck.
Le Ann and the four Koziol boys
were traveling westbound on Pine Lake
Road in their Chrysler minivan
approaching the stop sign and construc
tion area at South 70th Street before the
accident, Lancaster County ShenffTerry
Wagner said.
Koziol did not stop, continuing into
the intersection and the path of a north
bound pickup.
The pickup slammed into the side of
Koziols minivan, propelling both vehi
cles into the ditch northwest of the inter
section, Wagner said.
A memorial fund has been established
for the Koziol family at Havelock Bank.
Several university employees
recently have lent a helping hand to the
Koziols, Nebraska Unions Director
Daryl Swanson said.
At the Nebraska Unions, where Ray
Koziol works, employees have been
wearing white ribbons to show their
sympathy for the family. Several union
employees served the food at the Koziol
funeral Monday.
Swanson told Koziol his work is
covered for as long as he needs.
“Ray is a really highly regarded
employee and friend."
Indian Center offers new family housing
By Chad Ellsworth
Staff Reporter
In the past, living off campus
often involved either enduring esca
lating rent costs or bunking at home
with Mom and Dad.
Now. the Indian Center offers an
affordable alternative.
In 1994, the Indian Center
received a SI.9 million implemen
tation grant from the Department of
Housing and Urban Development to
purchase and renovate 27 houses in
the neighborhood of 27th and T
streets.
The units, which have recently
been put on the market, will be
available for and appealing to
young families because of their
affordability, said Jim Willette,
housing director for the Indian
Center.
These three-bedroom homes can
be purchased by limited-income
families who make less than
S13.000 a year for as little as S400 a
month, Willette said.
And the Indian Center is coop
erating with four Lincoln banks to
assist people in buying the newly
remodeled houses, Willette said.
Nancy Erikson, who has lived in
one of the units since early January,
said she wouldn't have been able to
find a nice, clean, affordable house
without the special financial
arrangements made by the Indian
Center.
The houses have three bed
rooms, 1 Vi baths, living and dining
rooms and off-street parking.
In addition, one of the houses
now meets government standards
for a home child care service,
Willette said.
The house, which was designed
as a day care for preschool-age chil
dren. would preferably be sold to a
licensed day-care provider, he said.
The project began in 1993 when
the U.S. Department of Housing
and Urban Development gave a
planning grant to the Indian Center
to clean up the area.
“The property was in real trou
ble,” Willette said. “There were 43
police calls each month.”
The original tenants of the
Indian Center established a neigh
borhood watch group and stepped
up police involvement in the area,
he said.
“We took care of the problems
and changed the whole complexion
u
We took care of the problems and
changed the whole complexion
of the neighborhood
Jim Willette
Indian Center housing director
of the neighborhood,” he said.
Of special interest to potential
buyers is a “windfall profit clause,”
he said.
This clause allows buyers to
make a profit from selling the prop
erty, as long as they live there for at
least six years. If they do not live
there for at least six years, the sell
ers owe the entire amount for which
the property is sold.
“Even if they don’t want to stay
for a full six years, it still beats pay
ing rent,” he said.
Now the area should be attrac
tive to students, he said.
“Because of its proximity to the
university and its affordability, it’s
something a student should defi
nitely take a look at.”
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