Manslaughter charge issued
By Jake Bleed
m. Senior staff writer
* A 22-year-old Lincoln woman was
charged with manslaughter Wednesday
after a child she allegedly put in scald
ing-hot water died in a Lincoln hospital.
Sandra Roberts, 830 N. 13“ St,
was originally charged with felony
child abuse after she brought her 2
year-old daughter to St. Elizabeth’s
Hospital on Sept. 22 with second- and
third-degree burns on her body and
feet
Roberts’ daughter died in the hospi
tal in November, causing prosecutors to
increase the charges against the 22
year-old.
Prosecuting attorneys asked
Lancaster County Court Judge Mary L.
Doyle to increase the bond held against
Roberts to 10 percent of $100,000.
Roberts had already paid 10 percent
of a $25,000 bond after she was
charged with felony child abuse.
The request was made because
Roberts had lived in Lincoln only since
May and, because her other child
remains in state custody, prosecutors
feared she would flee the state. She is
originally from Alabama.
Roberts’ attorney, Shawn Elliott,
argued against the increase in the bond,
stating that Roberts has yet to miss a
court appearance and had no previous
criminal record.
Doyle decided to not increase the
bond but did ask Roberts to move out of
her home because she lived with four
children. The children do not belong to
Roberts.
“I don’t see her as being a threat to
the public at large,” Doyle said. “I’m
not comfortable with her living in a
household with four children.”
Roberts told Doyle she would move
in with a friend. She is not to live with
children below the age of 16 and must
report her new address to the county
attorney’s office.
ASUN sets tentative election rules
By Veronica Daehn
„ Staff writer ~~~ — ~
The ASUN Electoral
Commission now has a working set
of rules for next spring’s student body
election, but those could change early
next semester.
The Association of Students of
the University of Nebraska senators
passed the proposed rules Wednesday
night after a lengthy discussion
regarding party names on ballots.
Several senators disagreed with
the rule change from last year that
would add party names to election
ballots this year.
ine asuin constitution says tnat
Electoral Commission rules must be
voted on and approved by the senate
each semester.
The rules that were approved
Wednesday night will be voted on
again next semester, and senators
could vote them down in their second
vote.
If that happens, the Electoral,
Commission will meet again and
decide whether any changes need to
be made.
The rules would then go back to
the Senate for approval. If the rules
prosecute juauck
Lincoln’s most famous neo-Nazi,
Gary Lauck, will find out later this
month if die state has enough evidence
to prosmite him for lying on a gun per
mit application.
Lauck app
Gestures prompt recall ofNU basketball posters
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Nebraska,” he said. “We don’t want
anything in a negative way associated
with the University of Nebraska or
with Nebraska basketball.”
Anderson stressed that the players
were not actually-making gang signs
They had been told to relax and act
natural.
Nee said the players were sur
prised when they found out die posters
were being recalled.
“They were stunned,” Nee said.
“They laughed like, ‘What are you
talking about?’ There was no associa
tion whatsoever because (making
gang signs) was not their intention.”
Anderson said the Lincoln Police
Department verified that the gestures
made by the players were not gang
signs and that the gestures did not'
appear in the Athletic Department’s
load gang book.
The players had no intention of
offending anyone, she said.
“We believe die players were 100
percent sure they woe not doing gang
signs,” she said. “We’re 100 percent
putting our best foot forward as role
models.”
Anderson said new posters are not
being printed because it would be too
expensive. Fewer than 500 of the orig
inal 4,000 that woe printed were dis
tributed.
Nee said the three players involved
had talked with die media in the past
week, but when contacted by the Daily
Nebraskan, Buckendahl did not want
to comment.
Fields and Walker couldjnot be
reached Wednesday.
Anderson said a similar situation
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We believe the players
were 100 percent sure
they were not doing
gang signs:f
V- Chris Anderson •
Sports Information director
had happened before, but she would
not elaborate.
Nee agreed that the gestures were
not gang signs but said pulling the
posters was a positive thing.
“We didn't want to take a chance,”
he said. “We have to not send a nega
tive signal to young people.”
are voted down next semester, there
would be a period of time with no
rules governing the campaign or elec
tion.
College of Arts and Sciences
Senator Natalie Hoover said party
names should not be added to the bal
lots.
“I am more comfortable knowing
people vote for me because they
agree with what I’m saying,” Hoover
said. “We, as candidates, must make
our voters more accountable.”
Hoover said leaving the party
names off the ballots encourages can
didates to be known by name.
Government Liaison Committee
Chairman Andy Faltin disagreed, say
ing most voters tend to vote for candi
dates from the same party anyway.
“What is the problem with voting
along a party line?” Faltin said.
“Party members run with similar
platforms. They rally behind their
name. It’s a symbolic gesture of what
a party is.”
rirst vice rresident ana electoral
Commission Member Rachelle
Winkle said the commission decided
to reinstate party names on the ballots
because the point of taking them off
last year wasn’t achieved.
Winkle said party names were
originally taken off to encourage
more independent candidates to run
for office.
College of Arts and Sciences
County Court on Wednesday. Attorneys
on both sides of the case have until next
week to submit written arguments.
Lauck, 46, marked “no” on the gun
permit application when asked if he had
ever been convicted of any crime pun
ishable tty one year in prisoa
Lauck spent three years in European
prisons after being convicted of inciting
racial hatred in Germany in 1996.
Officer arrests two
for breaking into car
A Lincoln police officer on patrol in
south Lincoln arrested a Lincoln man
tt
lam more
comfortable knowing
people vote for me
because they agree
with what I’m saying.’’
Natalie Hoover
ASUN senator
Senator Urrvano Gamez said the bal
lots without party names ought to be
given another chance. It takes longer
than a year to see results, he said.
In other business, ASUN senators
approved the parties for next spring’s
ASUN election - Empower and
Impact.
ASUN President Andy
Schuerman said these groups are like
ad-hoc organizations and will dis
solve after one year.
Senators also passed an amend
ment to the bylaw that deals with stu
dent organizations.
The amendment now makes it
mandatory for a representative from a
new student organization to go
through a brief orientation in the
Student Involvement office.
This must be done within three
weeks of the organization receiving
and a teen-ager early Tuesday morning
after hearing them try to break into a car,
Lincoln Police Ofc. Katherine Finnell
said
Son Mai, 20, of930 S. 37th St., and
a 16-year-old boy were arrested for
attempted entrance of a motor vehicle
without permission.
The officer heard a noise and, after
arriving, saw the two, who looked suspi
cious, driving in the area, Finnell said
He then stopped the pair and made the
arrest
Compiled by senior staff writer
Jake Heed
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