Man charged in shooting death
Linh Bao was charged with first
degree murder Tuesday for the
Saturday night shooting of Vu Hoang
La.
La was found dead in his car out
side of Bao’s trailer at 3700
Comhusker Highway.
Bao was arrested early Sunday
morning on Interstate 80. His bond
was set at $1 million.
Assault charges dropped
Sexual assault charges against
Merle Justice, 2438 S. 10* St., Apt. 4,
were dropped Tuesday because of a
lack of evidence.
Justice, an employee of the group
home the victim was staying at for the
evening, was arrested for raping the
23-year-old woman Saturday night.
The woman was reportedly
coerced into having sex with Justice in
a bedroom, Lincoln Police Ofc.
Katherine Finnell said.
Prosecutors said they lacked
enough evidence to pursue the case.
Man arrested in shooting
A third arrest was made in connec
tion with a shooting in a trailer park at
2525 Cleveland Ave. on Friday night.
Police arrested Aaron Finnell, 19,
2245 N. 30th St., for robbery, first
degree assault and use of a weapon to
commit a felony, Ofc. Katherine
Finnell said.
Police said Aaron Finnell entered
the trailer with a baseball bat.
Davila Lorenzana, 23, was shot in
the leg during the incident, Ofc.
Katherine Finnell said.
Compiled by staff writer
Michelle Starr
Schramm bathroom floods
By Sarah Bachman
Staffwiiter
Schramm residents on the second
floor of Schramm bonded Tuesday over
broken pipes and a flooded bathroom.
The sink nearest to the second-floor
door in the restroom of Schramm
Residence Hall fell off the wall at about
8 p.m., causing broken pipes to spew
water.
Freshman biochemistry major Ben
Bramble was the first of a gathering
crowd to try to control the water.
Grabbing a towel out of a nearby
room and holding it in front of his face,
Bramble covered the broken pipes to
control the spraying water.
Freshman business and marketing
major Eric Schnase taped (me aid of a
hose, which floor residents found, to the
broken pipe, rerouting the hot water into
a nearby shower.
Bramble was able to use a socket
wrench set to shut off the cold water and
partially shut off the hot water.
While Bramble was working with
the pipes, resident assistants and assis
tant resident directors arrived
Standing in the 2-inch-deep water
that was covering the floor, they were
able to shut off the water to the broken
sink and begin the clean-up process.
Assistant Residence Director
Jessica Kingman, a junior accounting
major, said she was particularly
impressed that the residents didn’t panic
and did what needed to be done.
“They were incredible,” she said.
“That really shows what kind of com
munity they have on their floor that they
can {Htll together in a crisis like that”
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Youths rally
against teen
tobacco use
RALLY from 1
“I could tell in my mid-20s the
health effects,” Johanns said. “I’d get
to the top of a flight of stairs, and I
had to catch my breath.”
Johanns said an important
achievement in his life was Mien he
quit smoking when he was 36.
Leslie Nuchow, a singer and
songwriter from New York and
keynote speaker at the rally, said she
turned down a record deal that was
backed by the Virginia Slims ciga
rette company because for people to
purchase her compact disc, they
would have to buy two packs of ciga
rettes as part of a promotional deal.
“Music is something that young
people relate to,” Nuchow said. “So
for the tobacco industry to be using
the music industry as a tool is pretty
disgraceful.”
Johanns said the tobacco indus
try is encouraging youths to smoke.
Nuchow wants young people to
recognize organizations that harm
them and to fight against them.
“I encourage young people to
rebel, but be smart about it,” Nuchow
said. “Don’t rebel against your own
ooay. Keoei against an organization
that is exploiting you.”
Omaha Sen. Pam Redfield
spoke about a friend who had lung
disease and couldn’t breathe deeply.
Redfield encouraged young peo
ple to be grateful for their ability to
breathe and to encourage others to
keep their lungs healthy.
“You need to value every breath
you take, thank God you can take it
and help others take it, too,” she said.
Jonas Randall, a senior at
Sterling High School, said he decid
ed he would never start smoking
because his grandparents, who were
smokers, died from lung cancer
“It’s too bad that instead of them
putting the tobacco down, the tobac
co put them down,” Randall said.
Randall said he was upset that
bills that discourage smoking, such
as LB505, which would add a higher
tax to cigarettes, hadn’t been passed
in Nebraska.
“I think that the senators are sup
posed to represent their people, and
youths are people, too,” Randall said.
“It’s kind of discouraging, but it just
means we have to work harder”
Sen. Jim Jensen of Omaha
encouraged young people not to give
up on the legislative bills.
• “The political process can be a
little slow,” Jensen said. “We do
respond to people like you who say
you want it and want it now.”
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SOPHOMORE PSYCHOLOGY MAJOR Rodney Smith and junior communica
tions major Nakia Jones hang out in the Culture Center on Monday night.
The center serves as a study area, a place to hang out with friends and a
place where various organizations meet.
Rumors fuel doubt
in Culture Center plans
CULTURE from 1
system includes the Nebraska Union,
East Campus Union and the Culture
Center.
Swanson said $37,000 has been set
aside for repairs to the Culture Center’s
HVAC system.
But about four times that amount
will be needed to completely repair the
system, said Marilyn Bugenhagen,
Student Involvement director.
Swanson said another concern is the
handicap-accessibility issue.
“It could easily exceed $100,000,
maybe $200,000, to get an elevator,”
Swanson said.
No money has been set aside to
make the building more accessible,
Swanson said.
Adding to the uncertainty of the
Culture Center’s future is a rumor it may
be moved to a new location.
Howard Parker, UNL facilities,
planning and construction manager,
said there were no plans to move the
Culture Center under the university’s
masterplan.
Still, many students, particularly
minorities, wonder what will become of
the building where they congregate.
William Parker, a senior advertising
student, said he spends 20 to 25 hours
each week at the Culture Center.
Parker saidifte enjoys the time he
spends there and prefers the laid-back
atmosphere of the Culture Center to that
of the Nebraska Unioa
But Parker said he doesn’t think
UNUs “third union” receives the^same
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treatment as the other two buildings.
“If this is a part of the Union,”
Parker said, “it needs to have the same
maintenance,” referring to not only the
aging HVAC system and unheated
offices but also to the non-vacuumed
carpet and dingy walls.
Senior finance major Warren Amos
shares Parker’s views.
“I just think the place shouldn’t look
like some 19th century gothic castle feat
hasn’t been upgraded in years,” Amos
said.
Eddie Brown, president of the
Affikan People’s Union, said cosmetic
improvements such as murals and new
furniture are also needed.
Dustin Manhart, a student member
of ASUN’s Racial Affairs Committee,
said about $25,000 has been set aside
for such improvements.
Manhart also said an advisory
group is being formed to address the
Culture Center’s needs.
But Bugenhagen, who will work
with the advisory group, said she is
unsure of whether fee Culture Center
will stay put
“It’s not moving in any close space
of time” she said, “but changes are pos
sible in fee 14*-and-R-street area.”
The students themselves don’t seem
to care whether or not the building
moves. They just want to see improve
ments.
“You can walk through it and tell it V ~
prehistoric,” Brown said “Don’t call it
fee third union if it’s not looked to and
treated as fee third unioa”
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