ISPOBTS
Net loss
The Nebraska men’s tennis team ended its season
Thursday with a 4-0 loss to Texas Tech in the Big
12 Championships. PAGE 11
A&E
Roll in the Haydn
This weekend, UNL’s School of Music will get
Biblical with its production of Joseph Haydn’s
_ “Creation.” PAGE 15
FRIDAY
April 24, 1998
Hooky Alert!
Breezy, warm, high 80. Cloudy tonight, low 53.
Lincoln couple
found stabbed
■ The incident, ending in
the deaths of both, is being
treated as a homicide.
By Josh Funk
Senior Reporter
Police are investigating the
deaths of a husband and wife
found stabbed in their north
Lincoln home Thursday morning.
Another family member found
the two and called police at 7:40
a.m.. said Lincoln Police Capt.
Gary Engel.
Four other family members
were in the house at the time of the
homicides. Engel said. Police are
conducting a comprehensive
investigation but need an inter
preter to interview' the family,
which is Vietnamese.
When police and medical units
arrived at the house on the 3500
block of North Fourth Street
Court, the wife, 28, was dead and
the husband, 33, had a weak pulse,
Engel said. Police were not releas
ing names of the couple pending
notification of the family.
The husband was taken to
Lincoln General Hospital’s trauma
center, where he died about two
hours later.
Both of the victims suffered
several stab wounds, but Engel
would not speculate on the cause
of death until after autopsies could
be performed.Engel said the
deaths are being treated as homi
cides, but he would not comment
on the circumstances of the deaths
until the investigation is complet
ed.
Police said the incident
occurred early Thursday morning
and several hours elapsed before
the couple was found.
There wasn’t a history of prob
lems at the house, Engel said, but
police were called out to a domes
tic dispute between the two vic
tims Tuesday night.
Police are investigating the
possibility that the homicides were
related to a domestic problem.
There was no sign of forced
entry at the house, Engel said.
Additional information will be
released by the Lancaster County
Attorney after the investigation
and the autopsies have been com
pleted.
Donated cell phones
may help crime victims
By Josh Funk
Senior Reporter
Cellular One has made it possi
ble for Lincoln Police to give 10
more crime victims peace of mind.
Police check out emergency
cellular phones to crime victims,
usually domestic assault victims,
to give them a better sense of secu
rity after going though such a
tough time, Lincoln Police Chief
Tom Casady said.
The donation from Cellular
One gives the police 13 to 23
phones at their disposal.
The phones are set up so they
can only dial 91 1, but potential
victims could use the phones from
almost anywhere in the country,
said Gary Smith, general manager
of Cellular One's Nebraska region.
Smith decided to donate
phones after hearing a radio inter
view with Joanna Svoboda, admin
istrator of the police department’s
victim/witness unit, on his way to
work last week.
Svoboda explained how the
phones helped victims get on with
their lives after a crime by giving
them peace of mind, so Smith
decided to help.
“I said, ‘We need to help this
program,”’ Smith said.
u
These phones are
a safety tool. ...”
Gary Smith
Cellular One general manager
So Smith made some calls and
arranged the donation a week later.
“We want to be more involved
and visible in the community,”
Smith said.
1 he police victim unit, statted
largely by volunteers, reviews all
assault cases and offers the phones
to victims the volunteers think
could benefit from them, Casady
said.
For many families, Casady
said, cellular phones just aren’t in
the budget. This program provides
that protection for those families.
The phone donation came at a
very appropriate time, as April 19
25 is also National Crime Victims’
Rights Week.
Smith pledged Cellular One’s
continued support for this program
and the police, offering to do
whatever they can to help.
“These phones are a safety
tool, not just a communication
tool.”
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LINDA TRAN is a Regents Scholar and co-founder and president of the Asian Student Alliance, a new UNL
organization that started Asian Awareness Week, which ends today.
Tran aims to unify campus
By Anne Heitz
Staff Reporter
Even before she arrived on cam
pus, UNL junior Linda Tran knew
what it felt like to be Asian and “dif
ferent” in Nebraska.
The Omaha native knew different
meant feeling uncomfortably stereo
typed and often misunderstood.
So ever since she stepped onto
campus, she has worked so other Asian
students don’t have to feel the same.
This year, in addition to her work
as a Regents Scholar, she’s promoting
Asian culture on campus by serving
as president of the Asian Student
Alliance.
It’s a new organization at the
University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and
it founded this week’s Asian
Awareness Week celebration.
Her goals for the organization are
to unify Asian students on campus
and to develop an appreciation of the
diversity of the Asian culture.
“People here have stereotypes of
Asian students,” Tran said. “We are all
completely different from each other.
We all come from very different cul
tures.”
In order to bridge the gap between
Asian and white students on campus,
Tran said, everyone should work
together when organizing programs
or events on campus.
“The same people seem to come to
all of the events celebrating Asian
Amencan Awareness Week,” Tran said.
“It would be good if some majority stu
dents would attend our functions.”
Tran said the most difficult part of
starting the Asian Student Alliance
was telling students of all races - not
just Asians - they were welcome to
participate in the organization.
“We're always wanting new
members,” she said. “We encourage
everyone to attend our meetings.”
Founding Asian American
Awareness Week was a huge step
toward creating an appreciation and
awareness of Asian culture among all
races on campus, Tran said.
Although getting the group start
ed was a struggle, Tran said, she feels
satisfied with the group’s cooperation
to promote cultural awareness.
“We are becoming a united
voice,” Tran said.
That united voice is a direct result
of Tran’s strong leadership, said
Chuck van Rossum, assistant director
of Multicultural Affairs.
She has improved the quality of
life on campus for students of color,
van Rossum said. As a result, she won
this year’s Shades Leadership award,
which is given to outstanding minori
ty student leaders on campus.
But her greatest accomplishment,
van Rossum said, “has been bringing
individuals together.”
Professor awarded for action
By Ann Mary Landis
Staff Reporter
A sociology professor received
an award Thursday afternoon she
wished didn’t even exist.
Helen Moore received the
Chancellor’s Award for
Outstanding Contributions to the
Status of Women. The award, pre
sented to her at the Sheldon
Memorial Art Gallery annually
recognizes a person promoting
and encouraging women’s issues.
Chancellor James Moeser, who
presented the award, said inci
dents have created a “less-than
welcoming community” on our
campus, and the people at the
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
should not tolerate behavior which
makes others feel threatened.
“The kind of climate we want
requires powerful leadership.
Passive acceptance is not leader
ship,” Moeser said. “One person
who has not stood passively by is
Helen Moore.”
Moore had mixed feelings
about getting the award, which she
said recognized work that, unfor
tunately, had to be done. She
praised the work of people who try
to advance women and minorities.
“There is a certain joy, not in
the award, but in the knowledge
we are all working on this togeth
er,” Moore said.
Nancy Mitchell, chairwoman
of the Chancellor’s Commission
on the Status of Women, praised
Moore's work.
“Her contributions are out
standing. She’s a champion of
causes that deal with gender equi
ty and diversity,” Mitchell said.
Moore has spoken to student
groups, served as a student advis
er, developed Sociology 409 -
Sociology of Women - and was a
founder of the women’s studies
program.
The award allows Moore to
choose a department or organiza
tion to receive $1,000.
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