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Swanson proposes new. union restriction policy ■ The new version of the proposal concerning non-students may be voted on tonight. By Jessica Fargen Staff writer The Union Board may vote tonight on a new, scaled down pro posal for restricting non-students from the Nebraska Union after 6 p.m., said Nebraska Unions Director Daryl Swanson. Swanson said he will recommend that non-students be restricted from only the new northwest study area after 6 p.m. Sunday through Thursday. The Union Board delayed a possi ble vote at its last meeting on a pro posed policy that would restrict non students after 6 p.m. in the northwest study lounge, the Crib and unfinished television lounge and billiard room in the basement. Swanson said the new proposed policy would create more of a study ing environment in the lounge. The television would continue be shut off around 6 p.m., he said. “What we’re trying to respondto , is that thefe4s a shortage of good study places on this campus,” he said. ‘fWe think we have a good one to Offer; students paid for it.” Swanson said the new proposed policy will be voted on only if a Union Board member makes a motion to vote on it. Members can make amendments to the new pro posal, he said. Swanson said achieving a more study-friendly environment in the lounge and the Crib was one reason for the original policy. The new poli cy lists just the northwest study lounge as a restricted area. Another area that was frequented by non-students was the now-demol ished arcade on the main level, Swanson said. Prior to union renova tions, some junior high students were disruptive there, he said. After reno vations, the arcade room and billiard room will be in the basement. Swanson said allowing non-stu dents to monopolize the limited facil ities of the billiard room at the expense of fee-paying students is not fair. Since the last Union Board meet ing, he said he has received little stu dent feedback on the proposed policy. Swanson said he and his staff came up with the new proposal. Several union staff members will speak at the meeting. “Union staff are the people who have to confront the behavior (of some non-students) ” he said. "My staff on a daily basis is confronting these behaviors by necessity - that is our job.” He said the public is encouraged to attend the 5:30 p.m. meeting today in the Nebraska Union. Three injured in assault A Lincoln man was arrested Saturday night for assaulting his wife and 2-year-old son. The assault started during a card game between two married couples in a home on the 800 block of H Street, Lincoln Police Sgt. Ann Heermann said. The man hit his wife in the back of the head and arms while they sat at the table, and then he grabbed her hair and pulled her off the chair. In the initial altercation the cou ple’s 2-year-old son was jostled in his high chair. The 21-year-old man then grabbed a kitchen knife and came after his wife, who was then sitting on the front steps of their home with their son. He lunged at his wife and she ran upstairs. The other man stepped between them and was cut on the hand. The assailant was arrested on several charges, including second and third degree assault, two counts of terroristic threats, child abuse and the use of a weapon to commit a felony. Pizza deliveryman robbed A Godfather’s Pizza delivery man was attacked and robbed as he approached a house early Sunday morning. ‘Just after midnight the delivery man arrived at a house on the 900 block of D Street with two pizzas and some soda, Heermann said. There were two women waiting on the porch of the house and a man along die east side. As the deliveryman approached the house another man ran up behind him, knocked him down and stole the pizza, soda and insulated carrier. Godfather’s estimated an $85 loss, including the $40 insulated bag. Alcohol found in Harper University police found 17 cans of beer in a residence hall room after smelling marijuana smoke in the halls Friday night. A community service officer reported the smell of burning mari juana coming from a ninth floor Harper Residence Hall room around 11 p.m., University Police Sgt. Mylo Bushing said. Police contacted the resident and a friend in the room and obtained consent to search the room. A towel was stuffed under the door, incense was burning and the windows were wide open, but police did not find any marijuana. They did find 17 beers in the refrigerator, and the 19-year-old Harper resident was cited for being a minor in possession of alcohol. Student arrested on warrant University police arrested a stu dent in Schramm Residence Hall on an outstanding Lincoln warrant early Monday morning. Shortly after midnight police were called to the third floor of Schramm by a student assistant who liad smelled marijuana in the hall, Bushing said. The SA had already contacted the students in the room, so when officers arrived they could not detect the smell. The resident of the room and her friend did not consent to a search of the room, but a background check showed an outstanding warrant for one of them. Police arrested the 19-year-old freshman, who lived on another floor of Schramm, on a warrant for attempting to purchase alcohol. Man caught trespassing A non-student was arrested for trespassing at Abel Residence Hall Saturday morning after he had been escorted from the building once already. Shortly before 4 a.m. the resi dence director was called to the ninth floor to handle a disturbance in the hall, Bushing said. 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