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Fliers to warn, not scare
Photos of man posted on campus to increase awareness
By Michelle Starr
Staff writer
UNL students should pay close
attention to fliers posted in computer
labs, residence halls and sorority houses
that warn of a potentially dangerous vis
itor to UNEs campus, a university offi
cial said.
A man accused of raping an
Arkansas student could be coming to
Lincoln, said Scott Lewis, University of
Nebraska interim vice chancellor for
business and finance.
The man, Gayle Alan Sanford III,
20, of Fayetteville, Aik., has a history of
using computer labs and the Internet to
meet women, Lewis said.
^Tuesday afternoon, University
Police officers learned from Kansas
Gfty and Arkansas authorities that
Saajford could appear in Lincoln. Police
began posting fliers Tuesday evening,
said Lewis, who oversees the University
Police.
Sanford is not a fugitive, nor has he
been convicted of the Arkansas rape,
but it would be helpful for University
Police to be awareaf his whereabouts,
Lewis said.
If students see Sanford, they are
advised to contact University Police.
University police officials from
Kansas City and Arkansas also
informed UNL police that Sanford had
previously been arrested for offenses
other than die rape.
Police decided to post fliers display
ing Sanford’s mug shot as a precaution,
Lewis said.
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Doubt arises over
Culture Center plans
ByCaraFesek
Staff writer
Between Wendy’s and the Lambda
Chi Alpha Fraternity house is a build
ing that to many appears to be another
campus chapel.
To some UNL students, this build
ing is not unlike a chapel. It is a meet
ing place for many students with simi
lar beliefs, and in some cases, similar
backgrounds.
In addition, the center is headquar
ters for minority student organizations
and occasionally welcomes live bands.
It is the Culture Center, a building
sometimes referred to as UNEs third
union. And it is in desperate need of
repairs.
The heating, ventilation and air
conditioning system is aging, and only
the first floor is accessible for those
with disabilities, said Daryl Swanson,
Nebraska Unions director. The union
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—ASUN—
Amended
research
bill passes
BySaraSalkeJd
Staff writer
After 4!4haurs of reconsideration, ASUN
voted again to pass the bid presented at last week’s
meeting to lobby against the legislative bid oppos
ing research on aborted fetal tissue.
About 60 people attended the meeting to voice
their (pinions.
Unlike last week’s Association of Students of
the University of Nebraska meeting, die majority
of attendees spoke in favor of Schuerman’s bill
and asked die senators not to reconsider passing
die bid.
“Since the babies can’t grow up and have a life
and contribute to society, this (research) is a way
they can,” said Emily Scherzberg, a junior in the
college of Human Resources and Family
Sciences.
Some opposition still remained.
As a result of last week’s vote, senior meteo
rology major Jeremy Wesley said students were
asking to have their portions of student fees that
support ASUN refunded
“I was opposed to the bill proposed, and I did
n’t want my money to support fetal tissue research;
I am morally opposed to anything that supports'
abortion,” Wesley said
The students’ response to last week^ passing
of ASUN’s bill prompted General Studies Sen.
Michelle Schrage to ask the senators reconsider
their vote.
“The number of people who are being misrep
resented is substantial enough for us to take a neu
tral stance,” Schrage said
Arts and Sciences Sen. Jason Mashek and
General Studies Sen. Andy Mixan proposed a
neutrality bill to replace die original bill presented
by President Andy Schuerman.
Mashek said his bill’s position of neutrality
would “encourage people to speak (to state sena
tors) on their own behalf.”
The neutrality bill failed, but an amendment
proposed by College of Arts and Sciences Sen.
Natalie Hoover added some aspects of neutrality
to die original bill.
Hoover’s amendment stated the Government
Liaison Committee’s lobby will not keep students
from lobbying their own individual opinions at the
Legislature.
“I want to reiterate that we cannot take die stu
dents’ voice away,” Hoover said.
With Hooveri amendment, die bill was passed
with a vote of 14-11. The original bill had passed
with vote of 13-9 with two senators abstaining.
In other business, ASUN appointed Jason
Kidd as a senator for the College of Business
Administration.
Josh Wolfe/DN
TABETHA MCKELSON, a Beatrice High School
student, cries after a speaker said Andrea
Scherling, a Beatrice graduate, died last
week of viral complications. Scherling was
active In anti-smoking efforts.
JoshWolfe/DN
CHAMUSA WOOD, a student at Marian High School in Omaha, anergizes a crowd of young peo
ple gathered outside the Capitol on Wednesday for the Teens Take On Tobacco Youth Rally.
Youths rally at Capitol
against teen tobacco use
By Margaret Behm
Staff writer
More than 400 young people from across
Nebraska marched to the Capitol for the sec
ond annual Teens Take On Tobacco youth rally.
“We are not only the voice of tomorrow,
we are the voice of today,” said Sarah Urban, a
senior at Omaha Bryan High School. “We
want to prevent figure teens from using tobac
co. That is what today is all about.”
Sera Barnett, who was on the planning
committee, said the rally’s purpose was to
show young people they make a difference.
‘Today is to get the youth that attended to
realize that they can have an impact,” said
Barnett, a freshman biochemistry major. “If
they go out in their communities, they can be
heard ifthey stand up for what they believe in.”
Gov. Mike Johanns spoke to the youth
about his experiences with smoking.
“When I was about your age, I started
smoking,” Johanns said. “I started because my
friends around me smoked.”
Johanns said his smoking became a ritual
that increased during his college years.
“Before I knew it, I was smoking a pack a
day, then two packs a day,”
Johanns said. “I hate to tell you that there were
many a day that I opened a third pack.”
Johanns said he experienced health effects
because of smoking.
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