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Suspect: Death was accidental BY JOSH FUNK The man believed responsi ble for Wednesday’s fatal stab bing told police he did not mean for it to happen. Charles Eagleboy, 24, is expected to be charged with second-degree murder this afternoon for his role in the fight that ended in death. At 4 a.m. Wednesday, police were called to 908 N. Eighth St. where they found Jason Daniels, 29, lying on the ground with a large stab wound to his chest. Daniels died a short time later at BryanLGH Medical Center West. Documents filed in court detail the events leading up to Daniels' death: Six to 10 adults were gath ered at the home for a party, and six children from several fami lies were asleep inside the home, police said. Some of the other people at the party told police that before the fight began Daniels had been insulting some of the other guests. One of Daniels’ former neighbors, Michelle Kavanagh, said Daniels used to fight with his brothers after he had been drinking. Daniels also had an exten sive criminal record that dates back to a 1989 manslaughter conviction. At the party, Daniels went out on the front porch with Monique, Melanie and Mindy Falcon and three men, includ ing Eagleboy. Police records show Monique and Mindy Falcon and Eagleboy all lived at the house where the party took place The fight erupted on the porch when Daniels punched Timothy Gulbrandson Jr. and then John D. Brownell, accord ing to what those men told police. After waiving his Miranda rights, Eagleboy told police that he was standing on the porch when the fight started, and Gulbrandson told him to get a knife from the house. When Eagleboy returned with the knife concealed in his pants, he, Daniels, Gulbrandson and Mindy Falcon became tan gled in the fight. Brownell told police that he could not tell who was fighting and who was trying to separate people as the four rolled on the ground. During the fight, 18-year-old Mindy Falcon also was cut on the arm, though the injury was not life-threatening. At least three different wit ness accounts of the details of the fight between Eagleboy and Daniels are included in the court documents. At some point during the exchange, Eagleboy pulled the knife and stabbed Daniels. Eagleboy told police that he had asked Daniels to leave, but Daniels came at him again and was stabbed. Then Eagleboy threw the knife away to the south and ran. Police found Eagleboy with blood on his hands and shirt two blocks away from the mur der. UNL works to diversify system CREEK from page! want to be a part of a group with others who can relate to their experiences. These experiences come from being minority females and, in many cases, first-gener ation college students, Barrera said. Nanez said she did not look into joining an established sorority on campus. “I didn’t think I would fit in and feel welcome,” Nanez said. She said Sigma Lambda Gamma has an emphasis on academics, community service and morals but also on cultural awareness and diversity. This entails the sharing of culture and the retaining of one’s'own culture, Nanez said. Sigma Lambda Gamma is expected to be a chapter within this academic year, Webster said. Webster would also like to bring the nine historically African-American fraternities Lecturer creates art one stitch at a time QUILTfrom pagel in the Musee des Arts Decoratifs du Louvre in Paris and the Kunstindustrie Museum in Copenhagen, among other places. Rita Kean, interim dean of the College of Human Resources and Family Sciences, said James’ repu tation and enthusiasm for teach ing have opened valuable oppor tunities for students. “He’s world-famous,” she said. “He is the preeminent contempo rary quilt designer in the world.” One student who took advan tage of James’ arrival at UNL was Lean Sorenson Hayes, who decid ed to pursue a master's degree in textile design after learning that James had agreed to teach. “He has a master grasp of color usage,” she said. “The pieces he creates are masterful. They are exquisite visually, as well as tech nically.” Hayes studied under James in workshops each of the past two summers and said she was hooked. “He just stretches you to the limits and pushes you over the edge,” she said. “He's a real boon to die university.” ruigcia uucuuici, a lusi-yccii interior design student, had not heard of James before she enrolled in his visual literacy class this semester. But she soon was impressed with his work and his enthusiasm for teaching. “He teaches us to be visually literate, to see things in a different perspective and to see things in ways that other people may not see them," she said "Some of the things he does are unreal. His quilts are visually stunning. They grab you and evoke emotion in you.” James said he decided to teach full-time so that he could build long-term relationships with students and watch their work improve. He and his wife, Judy, moved to Lincoln this sum mer, and he intends to make teaching a long-term commit ment Guenther said James is demanding of his students. James agreed, saying: “I set their stan dards high, as I set them high for myself.” James received his training in painting and printmaking. In the 1970s, he was one in a group of 728 Q. Street Hay market FREE' WINGS B E-ST IN TOWN GUARANTEED EVERY FRIDAY 5-7 P.M. WITH DfUNK PURCHASE HAPPY HOUR $ z.zs 1J ©z. DOMESTIC DRAWS GET IV THEZQVE M artists who realized the artistic potential of quilts. In graduate school, he decided that the pre vailing wisdom, which said the only true arts were painting and sculpture, was “art-elitism at its worst" He also disregarded stereo types that assigned quilting solely to women. “I did have to ask myself what I was doing as a man getting into this field," he said. “But I liked what I was doing, and it was so satisfying, I decided it didn’t mat ter what people thought of it. If they didn’t like it, that was their problem.” James’ work defies easy description. His "Rhythm/Color: Spanish Dance,” made in 1985, was the first in a series of eight pieces devoted to music. Incorporating colors from across the spectrum, and composed of square blocks with diagonal lines and checkers, the piece uses swirling figures that converge in the center. “There is a musical quality to the piece,” he said. “I suppose either you feel it or you don’t feel it “Some people have criticized r my work as being too intellectu al,” he said, “but I see the world that way. I am intellectually ori ented.” James lists many influences on his work, including 19th Century Amish quilts, 20th Century painting, ethnic textiles and 14th- and 15th-Century Russian icons. He said his focus now is on texture and patterns, and less on color. But for about 15 years, he said, color itself was the subject of his work. “Color is probably the most expressive medium in art after the line,” he said. "In a sense, color does open a window into the mind of the artist” That is about as far as James will go in describing the philoso phy behind his work. He hopes that, as with other great pieces of art, viewers will sense that “the artist’s presence and thought process are palpable.” “I used to have a very different idea of what my work was about,” he said. "But that’s kind of a trap because it locks people into one way of thinking about it “Every viewer makes associa tions that do not necessarily “He just stretches you , to the limits and pushes you over the edge. He’s a real boon to the university Leah Sorensen Hayes graduate textile design student reflect my associations, and that’s great That’s the way it should be." However individual viewers react to his works, James said, his works succeeds when viewers are interested enough to stick around His goal is to arrest viewers, forcing them to study his pieces and contemplate them. “This is more like approach ing a stone Buddha,” he said "You have to stop and think about it, and give it time. It’s not something that rewards just a casual nod of the head.” and sororities to UNLs campus, she said. The addition of multicultur al greek organizations will also help UNL recruit more students who are racial minorities, Webster said. One historically black frater nity, Kappa Alpha Psi, has a chapter on campus. Zeta Phi Beta, a historically black sorori ty, had a chapter at UNL but has since become inactive, she said. Zeta Phi Beta will be reacti vated this semester, she said, and an informational session will also be held Saturday at 3 p.m. in the Nebraska Union. Webster also is working to develop a council that would govern the multicultural greek groups, similar to the way 7 think it will give the students more of a sense of community ... togetherness." Judy Webster National Pan-Hellenic adviser Panhellenic Association and Interfraternity Council govern UNL’s current greek chapters. 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