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Victory in the shadows
Nebraska’s soccer team entered itself ih the
national title race with two victories over ranked
teams this weekend. PAGE 12
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Portraits of an Artist
John Falter’s drawings, on display at the
Nebraska History Museum, depict the greats of
jazz. PAGE 15
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Nine-year-old Lindsay and her mother, Kelly Thompson, participate in the Nebraska AIDS
walk at Antelope Park on Sunday morning.
Walk participants:
AIDS fight not over
■r ByCaraPesek
Staff writer
Dozens of people donning red shirts and red
ribbons followed a trail of black and red stick
ers through Lincoln’s Antelope Park on Sunday.
The visitors to Antelope Park woe walking
to raise money for the Nebraska AIDS Project
at foe eighth annual Nebraska AIDS Walk.
Registration for foe event began at 9 a.m.
Upon registering, participants were directed by
volunteers to a twisting trail marked by stick
* ers. Participants could follow one of three
routes - 10 kilometers, 4.2 miles, or three
miles.
Unlike in years past, where all walkers
began at the same time* participants could
begin walking as soon as they registered.
Gail Linderholm, who works with resource
development for the Lincoln branch of the
Nebraska Aids Project, was one of many volun
teers who attended.
“One of the reasons we’re here today is to
dispel myths that this disease is under control.”
Linderholm said. “News media has done a
good job of talking about new drugs, but what
they don't say is that drugs don’t work in about
30 percent of die cases.”
Linderholm said what differentiates the
Nebraska AIDS Walk from other AIDS fund
raisers is that the proceeds aren’t sent out of
state for research. Instead, they’re used to pro
vide services to Nebraskans with HIV and
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Chief presents claim
for remains, artifacts
By Kimberly Sweet
Senior staff writer
Northern Cheyenne Indian Chief John
Sipes said he believes his great-great uncle died
in Nebraska accompanying an 1852 Indian Wai
party near Ord.
But, Sipes said, instead ofbeing among toe
soil and artifacts buried near toe banks of the
South Loup River, some of his ancestors could
be among the human remains and artifacts
housed on UNL property that university offi
cials ^ can’t be tied to a particular tribe.
Sipes’ discovery led to his filing a claim
with UNDs Native American Graves Protection
and Repatriation Act coordinator Priscilla
* Grew.
On Friday, Randy Thomas, an activist with
Grassroots NAGPRA Inc., presented a claim ol
lineal descent to the University of Nebraska
Lincoln on behalf of Sipes.
The claim states that some oftoe more than
643 un^ffi^B^uftoMns^UNf. can possibly
He identrfto^imerthcni Cheyenne, belonging
to Sipes’ lineage.
After extensively researching his lineage,
Sipes said he was convinced some ofhisftm^y
members were part ofa l4-person War party
that crossed through Nefetaskainore than a cen
tury ago and died at the bands of Pawnee
Indians.
After discovering that some of his family
members died in Nebraska, Sq*es said he began
to wonder whether their remains could be
among those toe university says can’t be affili
ated with any tribe.
“As I got to looking atthe remains, I figured
out that toe probability is high that there may be
a family member there,” Sipes said.
The information accompanying the claim is
the second batch of evidence Thomas has
brought forward to prove Sipes’ relatives were
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John Sipes
Northern Cheyenne Indian chief
in Nebraska. Thomas said he would be giving
more evidence to Grew in a couple of weeks.
Since it was made public last fall that the
universfty had unaffiliated remains in its pos
session^ Thomas has been searching the univer
sity’s inventory for clues to help discern to
which tribes fee unaffiliated remains belong.
Thomas started Grassroots NAGPRA Inc.,
so he could have access to the university’s
to forward information
about the unaffiliated remains to tribes,
Ifcomassaid.
Sipes’ claim pf lined descent is the first of
its kind that has-been filed at UNL, Thomas
said.
After reviewing the claim, Grew said, she
would forward it to University of Nebraska
attorney Richard Wood.
If the claim is acknowledged, the university
will have to establish a time and place for Sipes
to review the inventory in order to be in accor
dance with NAGPRA law, Thomas said
In order for the remains to be buried in
accordance with each tribes’ ceremonial prac
tices, Thomas said it is necessary to identify to
which tribes die unaffiliated remains belong.
“We need to get these remains back in the
ground,” Thomas said.
Alternatives to driving
examined during forum
■ Biking, walking or taking the
bus are viable options to help
parking, participants say.
By JoshKnaub
Staff writer
“Jesus would have walked,” read one
placard.
Omaha junior Elizabeth Goodbrake’s
hand-lettered statement attempted to answer
the question of where Jesus would park,
posed by a sign at last week’s parking rally.
The international studies major’s mes
sage presented one of the options promoted
at Friday’s transportation solutions forum.
The forum at Broyhill Fountain was held
to promote alternatives to driving to campus.
It was sponsored in part by die University of
Nebraska Environmental Resource Center.
Speakers told students passing by that
they did not need to drive to campus.
Students could avoid parking problems by
walking, biking or, in the future, even taking
a train, speakers said.
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Christina Anhalt said she will be biking
or riding the bus. Although she owns a cat,
Anhalt, co^^^^^^^^^raviron
mental resource center, said Lincoln’s main
transportation problem - a problem she said
was shared by die entire United States - was
reliance on the automobile.
She said Lincoln’s population and park
ing problems were growing faster than city
officials could solve with parking garages.
“My concern is that we will see Lincoln
and this scenic campus paved over,” she said.
Anhalt said Lincoln must find other solu
tions, such as better bus service.
For students wanting to take the bus,
Anhalt said StarTran service was good, but
not good enough.
Anhalt said the city should provide more
money to extend StarTran hours so riding the
bus becomes a more convenient alternative
to driving.
She said the city also should look at
adding bike lanes.
Stephen Stein, UNL career resources
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