The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current, April 08, 1999, Image 1
SPORTS ARE The promoter Native to the Zoo Even his assistant coach agrees: NU Coach Dan The increasingly famous blues band Indigenous Kendig is a restless promoter, especially when it follows up last night’s Nebraska Union show comes to his gymnastics team.. PAGE 9 with a concert at its favorite local bar. PAGE 12 - ! VOL. 98 COVERING THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA-LINCOLN SINCE 1901 NO. 134 Everybody dance now Rick Townuey/DN^ THE SABOR MEXICANO DANCE TROUPE perfonns in the Nebraska Union Ballroom as a part of a children’s carnival to kick off the 29th Annual Chicano Awareness Days. The troupe consisted of about 36 kids ranging from 4 years of age to about 15yoars old. No-call lists fail in debate Bill may still be considered - c:_4._i __• 4.u* By Jessica Fargen Senior staff writer The Legislature did not answer a senator’s call Wednesday to create a statewide no-call list for peo ple who don’t want telemar keters phoning them. Under the bill, which failed 16-13 in the first round of debate, phone customers could pay $5 to be put on a no call list. The estimated 30,000 tele marketing firms across the ipptip£Q^J?eJined by % • Public Service Commission if they called people on the list. Telemarketing firms would be charged $10 to obtain the list. Although LB427, spon sored by Lincoln Sen. Chris Beutler, was voted down Thursday, it could be up for iiioi luuiiu uvuaiv again lino session. Beutler said the bill was mutually beneficial to tele marketers and customers. “I find it impossible to believe telemarketers are going to sell anything to any body who doesn’t want to be called,’’ Beutler said. “Why would a telemarketer want to make calls to people who don’t want to receive calls?” Unwanted phone solicita tions also disrupt the valuable family time when parents are home from work and spending ^SMskJS^t night, Beutler said,, . “That small amount of time everyday becomes very, very precious. It’s a time and a place that ought to be under your control,” Beutler said. Please see BILL on 6 Police arrest four after crime spree ■ Four young adults are suspected of burglaries, a drive-by shooting and credit card fraud. By Jake Bleed Staff writer Four young adiilts were in custody Wednesday after a mini-crime spree that included shooting one Lincoln family’s dog in the head during a burglary, police said. Starting Tuesday morning, the four suspects, aged 17 to 20, committed two burglaries, a drive-by shoot ing and several incidents of credit card fraud. Police are still investigating related incidents. Three of the four suspects, one 18-year-old man and two women aged 20 and 17, were arrested Tuesday afternoon at Gateway Mall, 66th and O streets. The fourth suspect, another 18-year-old man, was arrested Wednesday morning after police ques tioning. Police said the four suspects, all Lincoln resi dents, spent Monday night together in a cabin near Union - 28 miles east of Lincoln - before starting the crimes. After arriving in Lincoln on Tuesday morning, the Please see SPREE on 6 w w |LJ| I II Y? O LEARNINGS Change heart College experience can shift religious beliefs Sandy Summeks/DN LARRY PEDERSEN reads his Baha’i religious book during a church ser vice at his home Sunday morning. Behind Pedersen, Dawn Dumas, right, rocks her son, Diei, while Jeffrey Alder prays. Editor’s Note: This is the third in a four part series examining the relationship between religion and higher education. ^ By Dane Stickney Staff writer Dorothy Pedersen used to take commu nion in a Methodist church. Now she holds ceremonies for Baha’i, an Eastern religion, in her home. Pedersen, a senior water science major, is testament to the fact that the college years can be a time of religious choice. Students sometimes use that time to pick and choose from religions that are not always the norm in the United States. University of Nebraska-Lincoln Sociology Professor Hugh Whitt has spent years looking into the relationship between higher education and religion. Whitt said college offers students a new found freedom. - Whitt said more than half the people in the United States change their religion at some point in their life. College is ultimately an independent environment where students are free to experience many areas of life, and religion is one of the largest areas to explore, Whitt said. “A lot of it is being away from parents,” he said. “They always have a great deal of religious influence. “It is common for students to lead two lives: a home life influenced by parents and a school life influenced by friends.” Realizing lifelong beliefs After being a Methodist for 24 years, Pedersen decided to look for a different reli gious focus, even though she knew it would Please see RELIGION on 7 • Read the Daily Nebraskan on the World Wide Web at daUyneb.com