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Love on the rocks
Photos by Lane Hickenbottom/DN
ABOVE: Shane Heinzman, left, a freshman math,
compnter science and philosophy major, and
Charlie Varga, a sophomore theater major go
‘boulderlng’ on the rocks of Broyhiil Fountain
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RIGHT: Varga, who works at the climbing waH at
the Campus Recreation Center, wears war
wounds on his feet from climbing the rocks.
House closes;
fraternity will
remain active
■ Phi Delta Theta
members and alumni will
decide the fate of the
vacant house in the next
few weeks.
By Kimberly Sweet
Senior staff writer
The building that houses UNL’s
oldest fraternity will stand empty this
fall because of declining membership
and low rush numbers.
Phi Delta Theta Fraternity, at 1545
R St.,’will not open its doors to mem
bers this year, forcing the chapter to
remain active outside of its historic
house, said John Sullivan, president
of the Phi Delta Theta corporation
board.
The house is listed on the National
Register of Historic Places, and parts
of its design were influenced by the
work of Frank Lloyd Wright - an
alumni of the fraternity, Sullivan said.
Members of the fraternity found
out in July they would not be able to
live in the house after failing to recruit
enough new members to keep it open,
said Dave Lempp, president of the
fraternity.
Lempp said the closing didn’t
come as a surprise to most of the
members.
“We knew what goals we needed
to reach, and we knew the deadline,”
he said.
When the deadline passed and too
few men were recruited, Lempp said
the members knew the fate of the
house was sealed.
“It would have been even more of
a surprise if the housing corporation
said we could move in,” he said.
Sullivan said the closing is a result
of two summers of less-than-success
ful rushes. Although the closing ofthe
house has been on the minds of mem
bers and alumni for a while, he said
both groups were dedicated to finding
enough members this summer to keep
the house open.
“We went through rush this sum
mer with full expectations of opening
the house,” Sullivan said.
Alumni and members will decide
what will happen to the vacant house
in the next couple of weeks, Sullivan
said. He would not discuss the options
being considered but said the mem
bers, both past and present, were ded
icated to keeping the house open.
“Right now, with the members on
the alumni side, with the confidence
on the corporate side and the mem
bers in the chapter, I think we have the
support to do it,” Sullivan said.
While the chapter will remain
active this year and continue recruit
ing, Lempp said the members have
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School shooting
leads to 2 arrests
■ Both suspects in
Tuesday’s shooting, which
took place in front of
Lincoln Northeast High
School, are minors.
By Jake Bleed
Senior staff writer
Two males • were arrested
Wednesday on charges stemming
from a shooting Tuesday afternoon in
front of Lincoln Northeast High
School.
Lincoln police Capt. Doug Srb
i said a 14-year-old student was
charged with attempted first-degree
assault and use of a firearm to com
mit a felony, and a 15-year-old was
charged with aiding and abetting a
felony.
“We intend our response to be
strong enough that it sends a message
that we’re not going to tolerate this
sort of behavior,” Srb said before
charging the students.
Northeast High School Principal
Jerry Wilks said only one of the sus
pects was enrolled in Northeast High
School, and neither had attended
classes, which began Monday, this
year.
No injuries were reported in the
incident, which took plaice about 20
minutes after classes ended Tuesday
afternoon near the northeast corner
of the high school, located on 63rd
Street between Adams and Delhay
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Clinton council member:
Nebraska is Y2K-ready
«
Everyone should
be prepared for a
long winter
weekend. It’s not a
waste of time to
prepare for the
Y2K”
::"v John Koskinen
President Clinton’s Y2K council
By Kelli Lacey
Staffwriter
While some are doing nothing to
prepare for possible Y2K problems
caused by the year 2000, others,
including Shirley Mae Anderson,
have been preparing for years.
In the past three years, the Grand
Island resident has bought numer
ous books, stocked her house with
supplies and worked with other
households in creating a newsletter
* informing people about the possible
disaster.
Six Y2K experts - including die
chairman of President Clinton’s
Y2K Council John Koskinen - par
ticipated in a panel answering ques
tions about the year 2000 at the Y2K
Nebraska Town Hall live broadcast
Wednesday night at the Nebraska
Educational Telecommunications
Network building on East Campus.
The questions were answered
before a live studio audience of
about 30 people. Nebraskans also
could call in with questions.
The pr ogram was sponsored and
underwritten in part by the
Nebraska Y2K Alliance for a
Confident Tomorrow, a coalition of
businesses preparing to educate the
public about the Y2K information,
said Deb Miller, outreach coordina
tor for NETV
Aside from Koskinen, the other
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