ASUN creates committee for Cockson scholarship
By Kim Sweet
Staffwriter
After months of fund-raising to
establish a scholarship in the memory
of a UNL student killed by a drunken
driver, ASUN passed a bill Wednesday
night to establish a permanent commit
tee to award it.
Association of Students of the
University of Nebraska President Sara
Russell presented a bill to create a per
manent steering committee that will
select recipients of the Laura Cockson
Memorial Scholarship.
Cockson was killed last March
when a drunken driver crashed into her
car.
The steering committee will be
include a variety of representatives.
Among them will be any family mem
ber of Cockson who desires to be on the
committee; a representative from
Gamma Phi Beta Sorority, to which
Cockson.belonged; an ASUN repre
sentative and a Student Foundation rep
resentative.
Also on the committee will be the
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Drug
and Alcohol Education Coordinator,
Linda Major, who will serve as an
adviser.
The bill requires that future ASUN
presidents appoint members to the
Laura Cockson Memorial Steering
Committee each year.
Russell said the bylaw, which will
outlast her term as president, was
important to continue the efforts she
and the current ASUN senate have put
forth to establish the scholarship.
I Fund-raisers have taken place dur
ing the last year to raise the $15,000
needed to give out $500 scholarships to
UNL students who promote alcohol
awareness and responsible drinking.
Donations from the Cockson fami
ly, ASUN, greek houses, downtown
bars and businesses and other organiza
tions have built the fund.
Russell said she hoped ASUN
would continue to add money to the
scholarship, making it larger.
The more money the scholarship is
worth, the more of an impact it will
have, she said.
“The more money you get to a
cause, the more weight it will have,”
Russell said. “There will be more
emphasis and recognition on how
important alcohol awareness is if there
is more money.”
Applications for the scholarship are
due Feb. 26 and are available at the
ASUN office, 115 Nebraska Union.
All students who have taken efforts to
increase alcohol awareness on campus
are eligible to apply for the scholarship.
Seniors can apply for the scholar
ship and receive it retroactively, Russell
said.
In other news, Russell said ASUN
would start considering dates for the
1999 NU migration football game.
Game dates and location possibili
ties include Sept. 4 against Iowa, Sept.
25 against Missouri, Oct. 30 against
Kansas or Nov. 26 against Colorado.
Russell said students interested in
giving input on the migration game can
e-mail ASUN at asun 1 @unl.edu.
Robber chased by victim
A robbery victim chased down
his assailant Tuesday evening and led
police to the man.
The victim, a 28-year-old man,
had just finished pumping gasoline at
T’s Stop & Shop, 1307 N. 27th St.,
and was on his way to pay when the
robber snatched $100 cash out of the
victim’s hands, Lincoln Police Sgt.
Terry Sherrill said.
The robber ran south with his vic
tim close behind.
The man caught up with the rob
ber in an alley between 26th, 27th,
Orchard and Dudley streets where
they wrestled, but the robber got away
again.
The man followed him at a dis
tance to a house on the 2900 block of
Apple Street where the robber went
inside, and the man then called
police.
After interviewing the three peo
ple in the house, police found out the
robber had stopped in, grabbed his
coat and left.
The people in the house told
police the robber was out of breath
and sweaty when he stopped in.
Police went to the suspect’s apart
ment on the 1500 block of South 22nd
Street and arrested the 23-year-old
man for robbery.
Student cited for drug use
University Police cited a student
for drug use Monday, even though
she said her religion promoted it.
Police were called to the 5000
building of Selleck Quadrangle after
someone smelled burning marijuana
in the hall, Sgt. Mylo Bushing said.
The officer traced the smell to
one room and contacted the 19-year
old woman inside.
She admitted smoking the drug
and gave police a small plastic bag of
marijuana and a stone and brass pipe.
She was cited for possession of
marijuana and drug paraphernalia.
Compiled by senior staff writer
Josh Funk
Washington aide rehired
after hasty resignation
WASHINGTON (AP) T The
mayor of the nation’s capital is rehir
ing an aide who resigned becatTse
some people were offended when he
used the word “niggardly” to describe
how he managed his office’s funds.
D.C. Mayor Anthony Williams
was criticized by city officials for
accepting David Howard’s resigna
tion over the use of the word, which
means stingy and has no racial conno
tation.
On Wednesday, Williams urged
Howard to return to his job as director
of the mayor’s Office of the Public
Advocate.. Howard agreed to go back
to work but asked for a new posting.
Howard said he also was too quick
to offer his resignation Jan. 26. “At
that time, I though it was the best
thing for the city and the administra
tion,” he said.
He resigned because rumors were
spreading that he used a racial epithet
in a Jan. 15 conversation with mem
bers of his staff, and he said those
rumors had compromised his ability
to be an effective public advocate.
Both the mayor, who is black, and
Howard, who is white, said the word
Howard used, when describing how
he managed a fund, was “niggardly.”
Howard said he immediately apol
ogized-for any misunderstanding.
“I understand, full well, how some
African Americans and whites might
be incensed by my use of such an
arcane word. And I sincerely apolo
gize for offending anyone. It as cer
tainly not my intention,” he said.
New party wants to focus on students
FOCUS from page 1
dent concerns.
“The Focus party will evaluate
the current business practices of the
NU athletic department, ensuring
they are focused on the goals of the
entire university,” he said.
The Focus party has started a sig
nature petition drive asking for an
open discussion between students
and the NU athletic department
regarding pricing, quantity and loca
tion of student athletic-game tickets.
Second vice presidential candi
date Trisha Meuret said she planned
to keep a watchful eye on the campus
Master Plan to make sure the stu
dents’ best interests were not over
looked.
“We want to make sure universi
ty administration reflects students’
needs, both now and in the future,”
she said.
Focus members said other con
cerns included minimizing already
high student fees and costs and diver
sity and sensitivity issues on campus.
“We are talking about focusing
on real student issues here,” Schreier
said.
ASUN senators recently voted to
place an amendment on the March 3
ballot that would change the compo
sition of the senate. The amendment
would provide five at-large seats to
groups that historically have been
underrepresented.
Schreier said Focus opposed the
proposed constitutional amendment.
“The amendment does nothing it
claims to,” Schreier said. “The truth
is, minority students will not be guar
anteed these seats. Anyone can file
for, run for and be elected to these
seats.”
To win one of these seats, you
must be one of the top five vote-get
ters on this entire campus ” he said.
Schreier promised Focus would
instead create a diverse student
group that would directly introduce
legislation to the senate.
“This would give these underrep
resented students a chance to have
their views heard immediately and
with impact,” he said.
Students will vote on whether to
pass the constitutional amendment
March 3.
Schreier said the Focus party was
committed to bring about tangible,
real results by the end of its term.
“We know there are a lot of voic
es out there,” he said. “But Focus
stands for what they are actually say
ing.
“We want to keep the focus
where it belongs - the students.”
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