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Student fee debate today
BySaraSalkeld
Staff uriter
ASUN will be voting tonight on
a bill that will dictate whether the
group will recommend raising stu
dent fees by $15 per student per
semester.
At its weekly meeting, the sen
ate’s only task will be to debate the
increase, said Andy Schuerman,
ASUN president.
The run-off elections for the
ASUN presidential, first vice presi
dential and second vice presidential
candidates are today as well.
The student fee request submit
ted by the Committee for Fees
Allocation asks for a total of
$10,996,322, which comes to about
$270 per student per semester. This
year, students are paying $255 per
semester.
Nearly all of the fee users have
requested an increase in the amount
of student fees they receive because
of unfunded increases mandated by
the university. These increases
include a university-wide wage
increase of 4.75 percent, as well as
increases in insurance costs.
There are two parts to the student
fees budget, Fund A and Fund B.
Fund A consists of fees that stu
dents can request to have reim
bursed. It includes the Association of
Students of the University of
Nebraska, the Daily Nebraskan,
University Program Council and the
Lied Center for Performing Arts.
Fund B comprises the Nebraska
Unions, University Health Center,
the Campus Recreation Center, as
well as debt services and contin
gency funds. These fees cannot be
refunded.
The meeting will be held in the
Nebraska Union at 8 p.m. The room
will be posted.
Women’s Week 2000
Celebrating the Beauty in all of Us...Broadening Our Vision
Wednesday. March 8
Shakespeare's Sister Day
A daylong celebration of women writers- sign up to read your
favorites (including your own work!)
9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Bailey Lounge in Andrews Hall
Co-sponsored by the Women’s Studies Program and the Women’s Center.
Tomorrow, don’t miss:
“Radical Women, Then and NOW.”
Panel of women discussing feminist activism, brown bag
lunch. 11 a.m.-1 p.m., March 9th. Nebraska Union.
Co-sponsored by the Lincoln chapter of NOW and the Women’s Center.
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Time: 5:30 p.m.
Venue: Centennial Ballroom
Attire: Semi-formal
Cost: $10 > student
$12 - non-student
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City ban on sexual contact
in businesses lifted for now
■ An injunction granted to
Mataya’s Babydolls gives it
time to file a lawsuit.
ByCaraPesek
Staff uniter
At 12:01 this morning, the city’s
ban on sexual contact in businesses
was lifted, at least for now.
Mataya’s Babydolls, a club that
features exotic dancing, as well as
contact between dancers and patrons,
filed for an injunction Monday to tem
porarily stop the ordinance.
The injunction will give the busi
ness time to file a suit contesting the
ordinance.
The City Council passed the ordi
nance banning sexual contact in busi
nesses at its Feb. 22 meeting.
Although many clubs in Lincoln
feature exotic dancing, Mataya’s
Babydolls was the only one affected
by the ordinance.
It is the only club in Lincoln that
allows contact between patrons and
H Under the ordinance, things like
cheerleading, basketball, and
breast-feeding are all illegal
John Ways
operations manager for Mataya’s Babydolls
employees.
At Babydolls, patrons can lick
whipped cream off a dancer’s legs,
stomach, breasts or back.
Patrons can also engage in couch
dances. During a couch dance, a
patron sits on a couch while a nude
performer dances around and on the
patron.
This sort of contact between
patrons and employees has been ille
gal for years for businesses that have
liquor licenses.
But Mataya’s Babydolls, a juice
bar, doesn’t have a liquor license.
John Ways, operations manager
for Mataya’s Babydolls, said he filed
for the injunction when Police Chief
Tom Casady threatened to shut down
Mataya’s Babydolls for failure to com
ply with the ordinance.
Ways said his business was being
unfairly singled out.
“Under the ordinance, things like
cheerleading, basketball, ballet and
breast-feeding are all illegal,” Ways
said.
However, he said, in the case of
cheerleaders, basketball players and
ballet dancers, the ordinance wasn’t
being enforced.
At Mataya’s Babydolls, it was.
Ways said this was unfair and dis
criminatory enforcement of the law.
A hearing regarding the ordinance
has been scheduled for 9 a.m. today.
Terroristic threat charges filed
after shooting in tattoo parlor
By Michelle Starr
Staff writer
Days after a shooting incident
outside of a tattoo parlor, two people
have been charged with terroristic
threats and use of a firearm to com
mit a felony. A third person turned
himself in.
Zachery Dillon, 26, of Ashland,
was arrested Tuesday at about 9 a.m.
for making terroristic threats and
using a firearm to commit a felony,
said Lincoln Police Capt. David
Beggs.
The incident occurred Saturday
about 7 p.m. when Robert Freriks, 30,
2501 Dudley St., entered Black
Tattoo, 720 O St., with a pump action
shotgun, said Lincoln Police Sgt.
Brian Jackson.
The day before, Robert’s wife,
Michelle Freriks, 30, said she learned
the brake wires of her car had been
cut. The couple suspected Ronald
Coon, 41,4200 Fluntington Ave., Apt.
2, the owner of the Black Tattoo, had
done it, Jackson said.
The night of the incident,
Michelle Freriks and her brother
Dillon were at the Freriks’ tattoo par
lor, Aardvarx Tattoo, 3233 S. 13th St.,
when they began to worry about
Robert Freriks because he was not
showing up for his scheduled
appointments, Michelle Freriks said
in testimony in court documents.
^ Quite honestly, it would have been
hard to restrain myself, too.”
Ralph Spangler
owner of Ralph’s Hungry Eye Tattoo
The two suspected Robert Freriks
went to confront Coon so they decid
ed to look for him.
Robert Freriks was seen walking
through University of Nebraska
Lincoln campus with the gun because
his car broke down on his way to the
Black Tattoo, Jackson said.
According to court documents,
Michelle Freriks and Dillon saw
Robert Freriks about to enter Coon’s
parlor with a shotgun but could not
stop him.
Robert Freriks entered the parlor
and asked for Coon. According to tes
timony in police documents, Robert
Freriks pointed the gun at Coon’s
head and threatened to kill him.
Robert Freriks then gave the shot
gun to Dillon, and Michelle Freriks
handed a 38-caliber handgun to
Robert Freriks, the documents said.
Robert Freriks and Dillon ran out
side, and Robert Freriks fired three
shots into the air, Jackson said.
Ralph Spangler, owner of Ralph’s
Hungry Eye Tattoo, 112 S. Ninth St.,
said there never have been problems
between tattoo parlor owners before.
But Spangler did not have a favor
able opinion of Coon and thought a
negative presence had been felt in the
tattoo business since Coon opened
his shop.
Spangler, a good friend of Robert
Freriks, said he thought Robert
Freriks was not a dangerous person,
but he didn’t blame him for his
actions.
“From what I know about Rob, he
wouldn’t hurt a flea,” Spangler said.
“Quite honestly, it would have been
hard to restrain myself, too.”
Both Robert and Michelle Freriks
were charged on Tuesday in
Lancaster County Court with terror
istic threats and use of a firearm to
commit a felony.
Michelle Freriks posted the
ordered 10 percent of the $25,000
bond and is scheduled to appear in
court on March 21.
Robert Freriks is scheduled to
appear in Lancaster County Court
today for a bond review.
Both were ordered not to have
contact with Ronald Coon or his
wife, Heather Coon.
Senators kill two teacher pay bills
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Education Committee would have
given public school teachers a collec
tive $72 million salary increase over
two years starting in 2002.
Another bill would have set aside
$20 million this year for a teacher pay
boost.
Both bills were introduced by Sen.
Ardyce Bohlke of Hastings, chair
woman of the Education Committee.
Price said the majority of commit
tee members agreed that there needed
to be a plan before money could be
allocated. ^
“I don’t want to start something we
can’t complete,” Price said. “I am not
willing to distribute money to teachers
until we have an approved plan.”
The task force should come up
with a workable plan. Price said.
According to the bill, the group
needs to report back to the Legislature
on Oct. 1 with its findings.
NSEA President Duane
Obermeier said he was disappointed
that teachers wouldn’t be seeing any
additional money this year.
“We have no problem with the
study at all,” Obermeier said- “But we
definitely feel that this problem is real,
growing and needs to be addressed
with money.
“The money needs to start next
fall.”
Education Committee members
added two provisions to LB 1399
before they passed it out of committee.
The bill would offer teachers who
are nationally certified a $7,500 annu
al bonus.
Nebraska currently has eight certi
fied teachers.
It would also forgive student loans
for teachers who work in Nebraska.
For each year they teach in Nebraska
schools, another year of their student
loans would be forgiven.
Obermeier said he was pleased
with these provisions, but he still wants
to get money to teachers this year.
“I’d like to see if we can get an
amendment on die floor with money in
it,” he said. “The money needs to be
substantial and sustainable.”
Price said she didn’t know if the
state’s budget had room to increase
teacher salaries this year.
But the NSEA plans to continue
the fight for higher teacher salaries,
Obermeier said.
“We need to pay our teachers
more,” he said. “There are lots of
needs, and there never seems to be
enough money for the needs.
“Those salaries have got to come
up if we’re going to keep qualified
teachers in our classrooms.”