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Committee
starts search
for chancellor
BY JILLZEMAN_
With resignations and retirements running
rampant among UNL administrators, the univer
sity faces the daunting task of filling each slot as it
is vacated.
The first step in filling the biggest position was
taken Friday as NU President Dennis Smith
named members of the University of Nebraska
Lincoln chancellor search committee.
The group will review and recruit candidates
vying to fill the top slot on campus, vacated by
James Moeser in July.
Harvey Perlman, former University of
Nebraska law dean, is acting as interim chancellor.
The committee is headed by Jim Van Etten,
plant pathology professor, said Joe Rowson, NU
director of communications.
Van Etten has been a UNL faculty member
since 1966 and is a nationally recognized in his
^m field, Rowson said.
The committee is composed
‘ "G of students, community leaders
intent is and faculty members, he said.
tn havp “The intent is to have repre
iu nave sentation by major groups who
represen- work directly with the chancel
tation by lor’"Rowson sai±
. y Van Etten said he has never
major served on a search committee of
arOUPS magnitude but has been a
y t' member of several vice chancel
WhO lor search committees.
WOrk The group must first meet
. - with Smith to discuss plans for
aireCUy the search and then will recruit
With the candidates, as well as review
rhnnrol nominations submitted, Van
cnuncei-" Ettensaid
lor." The committee will narrow its
choices to about 12 candidates,
Joe Rowson who will be interviewed off cam
NU pus, he said.
spokesman .™e first r°und of nominees
- will be cut to between two and
five. The finalists will be brought
on campus and formally inter
viewed, he said.
Van Etten said he has no time frame for when
the new chancellor may be selected, although he
hopes to get it done as quickly as possible.
The new chancellor must be able to adapt to
universitywide issues facing different campus
groups, said Diane Wasser, project assistant in
agricultural economics and a member of the
search committee.
Wasser represents NU office personnel and
said the president of office personnel is part of the
chancellor’s cabinet, which meets weekly.
Wasser said Moeser was the first to include
office personnel in the cabinet, and she hopes this
type of cooperation will continue with the new
chancellor.
“We want the chancellor to be aware that we re
here, and we have issues that need to be
addressed,” she said.
OfficerTyler Schmidt s reflection sMics on the gas cap of the UNI Pofce Department* new motorcycle.The motorcycle was leased for a two-year trialbasis.Th«UnivefsityP«lceisttieonlyde|Mrt
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UNL Police gets its motor running with new Hog
■ One officer is trained to ride the
new motorcyde, which was bought
to aid law enforcement on campus.
BY JOSH FUNK
This weekend, the Spartans, the
Huskers and a Hog will see action for
the first time.
As Nebraska faces San Jose State
on the football field, the Hog, the
University Police Department’s new
Harley-Davidson, will face off against
the traffic.
For those who can’t wait for the
weekend, the latest addition to the
university’s police force will be on dis
play at the State Fair law enforcement
booth this week.
The motorcycle was leased on a
two-year trial basis for its maneuver
ability and traffic enforcement
virtues, University Police Chief Ken
Cauble said.
“A motorcycle is a lot better to get
around on campus,” Cauble said.
The university leased the police
model Harley from Frontier Harley
Davidson June 1. Modifications,
including the installation of sirens
and radios, were completed this week.
Right now, Ofc. Tyler Schmidt is
the only officer trained to ride the
motorcycle, and it will be used for
Schmidt’s first-shift duties and events
with large crowds.
Earlier in his career, Cauble was a
motorcycle officer with the Lincoln
Police Department, but now the uni
versity police will be the only depart
ment in Lancaster County with a
motorcycle.
At one-third the cost of a regular
police cruiser, the motorcycle is an
economical option. Cauble said the
Harley will cost about $6,000 in the
first year with the lease and purchase
of sirens and radios. The second year
it is expected to cost $3,000.
“Compared to cars, motorcycles
are a lot cheaper to operate,” Cauble
said. “The only thingyou can’t do on a
motorcycle is transport people.”
Scott Lewis, who was the interim
vice chancellor for business and
finance last spring, said leasing the
motorcycle was a simple decision.
“Chief Cauble came forward and
said this would be something that
would improve the department,”
Lewis said.
Another reason police wanted to
try out the motorcycle was to plan for
the future, Cauble said.
The Antelope Valley project, along
with the campus master plan, will re
route 16th and 17th streets around
campus and turn Vine Street, from
Memorial Stadium to 17th Street, into
a grassy mall.
Those traffic flow changes could
be a problem with the University
Police station in its current location -
where 16th and 17th streets meet
Holdrege Street
“One of the reasons we considered
(the motorcycle) is Antelope Valley,
which will put a road between us and
campus, which will make it tough to
respond to emergencies,” Cauble
said.
If the motorcycle works well for
the department, Cauble said, he may
add another after a year.
Lewis, who still works in the busi
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ness and finance office, said that other
locations for die University Police sta
tion, such as inside one of the new
parking garages, have been consid
ered, but there are no plans to move it
now
“I think where the station is locat
ed under the master plan is a little bit
of a problem, but it’s not like all of the
officers are sitting at the station wait
ing for calls,” Lewis said.
Nebraska prisoners'cases compared to Mandela's
■ Activists called for the
release of the men, who have
been incarcerated for 30 years.
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Supporters of David Rice and
Ed Poindexter compared the two
men's cases to Nelson Mandela’s
at a rally marking the 30th
anniversary of their incarceration.
Two internationally known
"warriors in the fight against
injustice” joined Nebraska
activists on the capitol steps in
calling for the release of the two
men.
Poindexter and Rice, who later
changed his name to Mondo we
Langa, were both Black Panther
leaders in Omaha during die late
1960s. Their supporters argue that
the two men were jailed for their
politics, and not for any role in the
suitcase bombing that killed
Omaha Police Ofc. Larry Minard.
"(These men) have been
incarcerated three decades on
evidence so flimsy that people
around the nation can see that
they were victims of a frame-up,”
said Angela Davis, a former Black
Panther.
Charlene Mitchell, a human
rights activist, and Davis head
lined the capitol event, which also
included former Gov. Frank
Morrison, Leola Bullock and
Cantor Michael Weisser.
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Internationally known human rights activist Angela Davis speaks to a crowd of about 175 people on the steps of the Capitol on
Monday. Davis and Charlene MltdteN headlined the rally to raise awareness of Black Panther leaders Ed Poindextert and David
Rkrt case on the BO* anniversary of their incarceration.
Important evidence in the
case such as the tape-recorded
911 call that summoned police to
the bombing scene was not avail
able until after the trial
Supporters said the FBI sup
pressed the evidence as part of an
organized campaign to eliminate
the Black Panther party.
"Times have changed. What
was considered radical in the
1960s and 1970s is now common
sense,” Davis said, citing racial
profiling as an example.
Davis, who was also a mem
ber of the Black Panthers and the
Communist Party, gained notori
ety when she was imprisoned for
16 months in the early 1970s and
later acquitted of charges that
stemmed from a shoot-out in
front of a California courthouse.
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University Police chief leads
world campus-police group
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As part of his job description,
he unlocks doors, deals with
drunks, handles Phils and teach
es life lessons.
Now he will share the wisdom
he’s learned through those tasks
worldwide.
University Police Chief Ken
Cauble has the opportunity to
help other campus security agen
cies as president of the
International Association of
Campus Law Enforcement
Administrators.
“There are so many more
opportunities here to be a positive
influence,” Cauble said of the dif
ference between campus and
municipal law enforcement
The campus environment
presents special challenges for
police, but Cauble’s temperament
and philosophy have helped him
meet those.
Scott Lewis, associate vice
chancellor for business and
finance, whose office oversees the
university police, said Cauble
brought valuable experience to
the job.
“Ken is not easily excited ...
With a chief of police, you want
someone who thinks things
through and doesn’t overreact,”
Lewis said.
As head of the international
organization, Cauble, who spent
12 years on the Lincoln Police
force, is charged with coordinat
ing the group's functions and act
ing as a spokesman.
One of the group’s most
importantfunctionsispruvidinga
venue for member departments
to share lessons they have learned
and keep members informed
about new developments such as
legislation, Cauble said.
“We communicate back and
forth when something happens
on one campus, so others can look
at it” Cauble said.
The organization offers a sup
port structure and a sounding
board for campus law enforce
ment administrators to team from
others and test new ideas.
University Police depart
ments deal with a population that
is similar in age but diverse in
almost every other way, said Fred
Behr, director of public safety at St
Olaf College in Minnesota and
current president of the organiza
tion’s sixth region.
Because of this diverse popu
lation, campus officers must be
skilled in handling the public, said
Behr, who has known Cauble
seven years.
To be eligible to run for the
group’s presidency, Cauble served
three years on the board of direc
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