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— *-:-:—x"---: —~l Mortar Board recognizes faculty \ ■ : -—— By Sandi Alswager Staff writer Mortar Board members expressed their gratitude Tuesday night to teachers who have motivated them at the forth annual “People Who Inspire” banquet. The banquet gave Mortar Board members an opportunity to thank UNL faculty members who have given them guidance and support. The national senior honor soci ety’s 26 members gave a one- to two minute speech on how the professors inspired them. Priscilla Grew, University of Nebraska-Lincoln vice chancellor for research, gave a short speech to begin the night “The person who is inspired takes an active part of being inspired,” Grew said. “They must be open to inspiration.” Kelly Pollard, a senior meteorolo gy major, chose Clint Rowe, associ ate professor in family and consumer sciences. Pollard said Rowe has helped to make sure she is in the right field. “He’s helped me to be a critical thinker,” she said. “He has a sense of humor and always has time for stu dents.” Jill Taylor, a senior elementary education and special education major, honored Jan Kauffman, Junior Math Prognosis coordinator for the Center for Science, Mathematics and Computer Education. The prognosis is a test given to high schools throughout the state. Taylor attended one of Kauffman’s classes on Thursday nights from 6-10 p.m. “I loved coming to the class,” Taylor said. “She makes people feel like they are die only people in die world” w Molly Weichman, a senior biolo- - gy major, chose John Janovy, profes sor of biological sciences. Weichman said Janovy is willing to take hours and hours to show her how to do something. “He is a professor who wants his students to think about every scope of education - including music and art,” Weichman said. Paul Kelter, associate professor of chemistry, ended the evening with the faculty’s response to the honors they received that night. Kelter said students also inspire faculty members and help them to do what they do. He said the faculty has the constant pleasure to see students do well. “We are inspired by not who you are, but by the changes you are going to bring.” £ options JEAYUK frontpage 1 Lincoln City Council will have 30 days to choose an interim rftayor. Leading list of possible selections is Councilman Dale Young, a seven year member of the council. “He’s certainly qualified to take the position,” Donaldson said. “He knows the city and he knows the peo ple involved.” Young declined to make a state ment on whether or not he would accept the position if selected. “It’s really premature to talk about it right now,” Young said. “The coun cil just has so much gomg on. - * The council will hold a special meeting Monday where it wiilbegin talking about interim mayor possibili ties. In addition to Young, former City Councilman Gates Minnick also was considered for the interim position. Minnick said he would not have the time to serve as mayor. “It’s nice to be asked,” he said. “But I’m just not going to be able to do it.” Minnick now serves as chairman of the board at DuTeau Chevrolet Geo-Subaru. With Johanns resignation, Donaldson immediately takes over as acting mayor until a vote can be made to approve an interim mayor. After nominations, it takes a sim ple councirmajority vote of four to approve the substitute. The interim mayor would serve until the mayoral general election in May. The primary election is in April. State Sen. Don Wesely of Lincoln has been the only person thus far to announce his candidacy for the city’s top office. Councilwoman Cindy Johnson is also expected to join the race. 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Candidates also must have access to a car. f •, We also offer full-time job opportunities for college gradu ates in all disciplines of the newspaper business. We have a three-year Circulation Specialist program and two-year programs for Accounting Operations Specialists and Information Systems Specialists. i These are ofily d few otthe many opportunities at Gannett, awaiting bright, energetic, results-oriented individuals who want to be part of a diverse and dynamic Fortune 500 com pany. We share candidates' credentials with our more than 70 newspapers nationwide, so wherever you interview, your materials are available to all Gannett department heads; Our recruiting teams visit more than 50 college campuses each fall. We invite you to meet with us to learn more about the exciting opportunities available at Gannett newspapers. Woman issued citation in jail A Lincoln woman was issued a second child neglect citation Wednesday while in jail on another child-neglect charge. On Wednesday, Lincoln police were called to an apartment to inves tigate more child-neglect complaints against the mother, who left her four children in th^ care of a friend while she turned herself into police Tuesday. Wednesday afternoon, after the mother was already in jail, her friend called police and told them that she could no longer take care of the chil dren. Police went to the apartment, on the 3700 block of North 56th Street, to investigate. upon arrival,. Qnicers iouna me apartment’s gas heating had been shut off and the temperature inside was 57 degrees. The children’s beds had no blan kets, and animal feces, trash and dirty clothes were found throughout the house, Lincoln Police Sgt> Ann Heermann said. - The children, two boys, ages 10 and 11, and two girls, ages 7 and 9, were immediately taken into protec tive custody and put under the care of child-protective services. The 36-year-old mother was served another citation for child neglect while in jail on the previous warrant. The woman caretaker was not cited. Drugs found in traffic stop During a routine traffic stop Thursday morning, Lincoln police discovered seven plastic bags of mar ijuana and made a narcotics arrest. Officers stopped a Lincoln man on the 1200 block of Belmont Street and arrested him on a previous war rant. A search of the car uncovered the marijuana and $175 in cash. The 26-year-old man was arrest ed for possession of a controlled sub stance with intent to deliver, Heermann said. Arrests made for robbery Police arrested three people Wednesday night in connection with a robbery at the Gas ’N Shop at 1140 N. 48th St. Two men, ages 18 and 20, and one woman, age 20, were arrested and placed in jail for their involvement in the Oct. 28 robbery, Lincoln Police Capt. Doug Srb said. /i 4-1* « 4n.^ A x v/iivv ouj iuy i»»v auoj/vvi'O entered the convenience store with pillowcases over their heads and threatened the two female clerks with a knife and a can of Mace. The men barricaded the tlerks in the store’s refrigeration cooler and took an undisclosed amount of cash from the register. Before leaving they also smashed the security camera and took the tape. The knife was left at die scene. The female suspect, a daughter of one of the clerks, arrived at the store just moments after the robbery occurred, police said. Police became aware of the sus pects after the mother said she recog nized the men and had suspicions about her daughter’s involvement. The money was not recovered. Srb said the investigation will continue as police contemplate more arrests in the case. Compiled by staff writer Adam KUnker ASUN subcommittee offers e-mail listserv for students Students with concerns about bicycling and alternative transporta tion can voice their concerns about safety, city transportation planning and the weather with an e-mail list serv sponsored by ASUN’s Environmental Issues Subcommittee. A “Campus Bike Talk” listserv is an open forum to discuss community cycling issues and alternative trans portation methods, Subcommittee Chairman Tony White said. “It’s something small that will hopefully grow and initiate conversa tion within die campus community,” he said White said the subcommittee’s long-term goal is to decrease the number of single-occupant vehicle drivers on campus. The listserv is just one part of an ongoing effort by the ASUN subcom mittee to promote alternative forms .jpf of transportation on City and East campuses, White said. Other projects include a creative ad campaign intended to raise cam pus awareness of available public mass transit, a map of all existing bike racks and a “Walkability” sur vey focusing on pedestria§ concerns, he said. . Anyone interested in biking and alternative transportation is encour aged to subscribe to the online forum. To subscribe to the “Campus Bike Talk” listserv, send an e-mail mes sage to LISTSERV@UNL.EDU. In the body of the message type “SUB SCRIBE CAMPUSBIKETALK. Subscribers will then receive a mes sage indicating they have successful ly subscribed to the listserv, along with instruction on how to post mes sages. Local manslaughter case tried in NU College of Law courtroom COURT from page 1-_ not be beneficial to their clients, he said. However, Reagan said he had not noticed a difference in the atmosphere between the college courtroom and a usual courtroom. Students do get a chance to see the Supreme Court hear appellate cases once a year and the 8® Circuit Court of Appeals every three years, but they rarely get a chance to see an actual trial. And Court TV does not count. Television only gives one per spective, she said. * “Here you can watch everything happening at once. You can see the witness asking a question, you can see what the judge is doing and see how the jury reacts.” Dustin Dingman, a first-year law student, watched closing argu ments Wednesday, which were not what he expected based on his tele vision experience. “There wasn’t music like L.A. Law,” he joked. Lawyers in the case also molded themselves to what they thought jurors wanted, he said. They approached the jury in a “real kind of aw-shucks, folksy” way, not seen in class, he said. Russell Bartholow, a first-year law student, said holding a trial in a place convenient to students made sense and was something that he wanted to happen more often. “It’s practical - our book-learn ing brought to life.”
