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■ Chimney Rock, the Capitol or Comhusker foot ball are all viable choices for the coin, Nebraskans say By Dane Stickney Staffwriter Over tiie past year, five versions of quarters have turned up without the tra ditional eagle on the flip-side of George Washington’s profile. Those nontraditional quarters instead feature designs commemorat ing the first five states that entered the union, f Each year, starting with this year, the U.S. Treasury Department is issuing five coins until all 50 states are hon ored. Nebraska, the 37th state to be admit ted to the union, will get its turn in 2004 or later, said Chris Peterson, spokesman for Gov. Mike Johanns. “The process for selecting the design has not yet been determined,” he said. “We probably won’t do anything until the Treasury Department contacts us, and they probably won’t do that until 2002, if not later.” Nebraska’s quarter design is wide open, Peterson said. “I expect it to be creative,” he said. “There are a lot of events and symbols that are reflective ofNebraska history and pride.” Despite the wait, some Nebraskans are already thinking of potential designs that will represent the state. Andrew Hammond, a University of Nebraska-Lincoln freshman civil engi neering major, said he hoped the state would not pick something clicbed. “They definitely should not use com,” he said. “Whenever out-of-state people think ofNebraska, iheytiunk of com. When the jMoneenPi^ttled this area, there was no cOfatiSS^^heS^ Hammond said a scene from Nebraska’s early days would be a good fit “They should do some kind of prairie scene,” he said. “Maybe an old saloon would be cool. You know, kind of a Wild-West-type theme.” Brent McCracken, a sophomore film studies and English major, said Chimney Rock, near Scottsbluff, should be incorporated in the quarter’s design. “They should use some defining landmark like Chimney Rock,” McCracken said. “They could also think about using something related to the Platte River because Nebraska is basically the Platte River.” Gary Moulton, a history professor at UNL, also jumped on the Chimney Rock bandwagon. “I think many Nebraskans will be wanting something that unites the state, and I think the best example of that is Chimney Rock,” he said. “If I had to choose something, it would def initely be Chimney Rock.” Moulton also suggested using author Mari Sandoz’s character Old Jules.., “I think Old Jules would represent the state well,” he said. “He was an iras cible frontier type, and that’s what many early Nebraskans were.” Ann Watson, a sophomore manage ment major, said die Capitol would be an ideal choice. ~ “It’s just something that’s a neat landmark,” she said. “It’s a building that defines the state.” Noah Burton, a sophomore com munications major, said the Capitol would not be a good idea because it’s just a building. v “When you think of this state, you don’t think of a building. You think of football and com,” he said. “The design should have a football with a champi er than com in this state is frwtb^^^ Shawn Drapal/DN The conspiracy goes deeper/www.dailyneb.com I trust us -• it really does. — Police say boy stabbed his older brother An 11 -year-old boy angry with his older brother for burning one of the 11-year-old’s candles stabbed his brother in the back just after midnight Thursday morning, Lincoln Police Ofc. Katherine Finnell said. The older brother, 14, and a friend of his began burning the candle just before midnight in their family’s home at 1401 W. Commodore Blvd., Finnell said. The 11-year-old became angry, went into the kitchen and returned with a knife. He then sank the knife about an inch just below his brother’s neck. The 14-year-old was taken to BryanLGH West where he remained in stable condition Thursday, Finnell said. University police name lot for students’ cars over break University police are asking stu dents planning on leaving their cars in campus parking lots over winter break to park the vehicles in a lot at 14th and Avery streets. Sgt. Mylo Bushing said, starting after finals week and running until school begins in January, any car with valid university parking permits should park in the No. 20 lot. Police will be better able to patrol cars left on campus over break if they are left in the same lot. . •. Leaving cars in one lot will also help snow-removal crews clear other lots in the event of a snow fall over break. Compiled by senior staff writer Jake Bleed AOL blocks move by AT&T RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - The bat tle over instant messaging is heating up, with AT&T Corp. turning up the pres sure on industry leader America Online Inc. to open its instant messaging net work to other companies’ customers. Just hours after AT&T announced Wednesday it would let its 1.8 million subscribers instant message - or exchange real-time text over the Internet - with AOCs 50 million users, AOL blocked die move, just as it did to several similar attempts by the Microsoft Network earlier this year. “What’s happening here is sort of like AT&T saying to its customers, “If you’re an MCI customer, you can’t talk to each other,”’ said AT&T spokesman RitchBlasi. Blasi said the company managed to work around AOLs block late Thursday afternoon. But he conceded that because AOL has ultimate say over who reaches cus tomers using its free Instant Messenger software, die attempt was largely sym bolic and would probably be aban doned if AOL continues to resist “I don’t know that we’ll realty want to get into a tit-for-tat match for AOL,” Blasi said. Microsoft eventually abandoned its attempt to connect its instant-message users to AOLs but is now allowing sub scribers to instant message with AT&T’s. The Redmond, Wash.-based software giant continues to call for an industry-wide standard that would link every instant messenger, regardless of its company link.