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University police chief fired
■A source dose to the UNL
department says Ken Cauble
was forced to resign.
BY CHARLIE KAUFFMAN
COPYRIGHT @2001
DAILY NEBRASKAN
University of
Nebraska-Lincoln Campus
Police Chief Ken Cauble was fired
Thursday an anonymous source
close to the police department
told the Daily Nebraskan.
Vice Chancellor for Business
and Finance Christine Jackson
forced Cauble to resign late last
week, the source said Sunday.
When contacted about the
firing, Jackson was tight-lipped.
“Chief Cauble has handed in
his resignation,” Jackson said.
“And we’ve made no comment
because he asked for the oppor
tunity to meet with his staff.”
The Daily Nebraskan could
not reach Cauble for comment.
Cauble had served on the
UNL police force since 1983,
according to the department’s
Web site.
Before coming to UNL,
Cauble spent 12 years with the
Lincoln Police Department
He was elected president of
the International Association of
Campus Law Enforcement
Administrators in August, after
serving three years as regional
president for the organization.
According to the anonymous
source, UNL police officers met
with the university’s Department
of Human Resources in
December to express any com
plaints about the way the depart
ment was being run.
The source said Jackson met
with Cauble on Thursday with a
list of things to change within the
department, and Cauble “blew
her off,” which the source said led
to the chief’s firing.
The police department is a
unit of the Office of Business and
Finance, which Jackson has
headed since June.
According to the anonymous
source, officers were notified
Friday the locks on university
buildings, including keyless
ones, had been changed to deny
Cauble entry.
UNL Chancellor Harvey
Perlman refused to comment on
Cauble’s resignation or whether it
was voluntary or involuntary on
Cauble's part
Lincoln Police Chief Tom
Casady, who said he makes it a
habit "not to lie to reporters,” also
refused to comment
Vice Chancellor for Student
Affairs James Griesen said he
knew nothing about the resigna
tion.
In August, Cauble was lauded
by members of the international
campus police officers' group he
heads.
Several campus officers from
around the country attributed
Cauble's success in campus law
enforcement to his work ethic
and easy-going attitude.
“You have to be flexible in this
type of business," Jerry Garrett,
police chief at the University of
Missourt-Kansas City, said in
August. “Ken has the ability to
handle multiple tasks at the same
time and still be able to do the job
he was hired to do.”
Cauble’s wife, lisa, also works
in the police department - and
has since 1985 - as the Victim
Services coordinator.
A press release concerning
Cauble's resignation is scheduled
to be distributed today, Jackson
said.
The anonymous source said
officers will meet with Cauble
tonight to discuss his resigna
tion.
Despite Cauble’s position as
president of a campus police
group, the source said members
of the UNL Police force would not
shed tears about Cauble’s depar
ture because many were unhap
py with the chief’s performance.
Pat Roach of
Beatrice listens
to praise over
loudspeakers
about the elec
tion of anti
abortion candi
dates to office
during the
Nebraska Walk
For Life on
Saturday morn
ing. She and
other demon
strators started
the rally by
praying for
unborn babies.
Speakers call research a'holocaust'
BY UNPSEY BAKER
Below freezing temperatures
didn't stop 2,000 anti-abortion
ists' fight for life Saturday.
The annual Nebraska Walk for
Life focused on banning research
using aborted fetal tissue, which
is conducted at the University of
Nebraska Medical Center.
“May we not back off when
we stand in defense of our chil
dren,” Lincoln Sen. Mike Foley
said.
Foley was one of four state
senators to speak at the the rally,
which began at the Capitol and
continued at the Nebraska Union
after the march.
Speakers encouraged
marchers to pray for those ques
tioning the legality of abortion,
which causes what they refer to as
the "American Holocaust”
Omaha Metro Right to Life
President Bob Blank said he sup
ported the comparison of Nazi
Germany to the use of aborted
fetal tissue for research.
“The logic that (doctors) are
using is exactly the same,” he said.
Blank proposed that doctors and
researchers at UNMC find study
alternatives to fetal tissue or that
federal funding for such research
be stopped.
Executive Director of the
Nebraska Family Council Guyla
Mills said she agreed. Mills was
the driving force behind Initiative
416, Nebraska’s so-called Defense
of Marriage Act.
“We are all pro-research,” she
said. “But do not desecrate the
lives of the least among us.”
Mills asked why human tissue
was needed, she said when mon
key or mouse tissue could be
alternatives for the research. She
called for march participants to
communicate with state senators
to end the use of fetal tissue with a
quote from Edmond Burke.
“All that is necessary for evil
to flourish is for good man to do
nothing’,” Mills said.
“I want you to make prayer a
priority. Talk and talk often with
your state senator. Success on this
is only going to come when we do
our part of prayer and action.'*
“I’ve always been against the
death penalty,” marcher Kara
Slaughter said. “I’ve come to real
ize the logical inconsistency of
being anti-death penalty and
pro-choice. So if I know killing is
wrong, then it’s wrong in all situa
tions."
Marcher Sandy McCarty said
she supported adoption over
abortion, which she said is not a
"quick-fix” for unwanted preg
nancies.
Mills was hopeful that
President George W. Bush would
rid the nation of legal abortion.
"All life is precious from con
ception to natural death,” she
said. “We need to pray for our
president that he can rescind the
present system. We will persevere.
Life will again be held in high
esteem.”
David Gasen/DN
Demonstrators from the far comers of Nebraska held a rally to
stop abortions at the steps of the Capitol on Saturday.
And they're off ...ASUN campaigns already gearing up
BY MARGARET BEHM
Student election groups are scurry
ing to polish their campaign slogans as
the weeks until election day wind
down.
As of Sunday, five parties have
expressed their intent to run in the
upcoming Association of Students of
the University of Nebraska elections.
TWo parties, Hie One Party and No
Mo Ho, couldn't be reached for com
ment on Sunday.
Arts and Sciences Sen. Nathan
Fuerst, who is running for president
with the Score! Party, said he was
pleased with the number of parties
competing.
“Competition is good,” he said. “It
keeps everyone on their toes.”
The deadline to run for senator,
second vice president, first vice presi
dent and president is 4 p.m. on Jan. 31.
The election will be held Feb. 28.
It is important for people who want
to run in the election to be aware of the
time commitment, Fuerst said.
“I just hope that every single person
who has their name on the ballot
knows that this will take up some of
their time,” he said. “This is something
that they have spent time on.”
Arts and Sciences Sen. Angela
Clements, who is running for president
with the NUFORCE party, said that she
had taken a leave of absence from her
job to ensure she had enough time to
Jk
campaign. She planned to work 25-40
hours a week on her campaign.
Former Arts and Sciences Sen.
Andy Mixan, who is running for presi
dent with the NO BULL party said he
planned to spend 25-30 hours a week
on his campaign.
Although students can run without
a party affiliation, Fuerst said he decid
ed to run with senators.
“Ifyou're working with a senate that
has the same goals as you do, it’s a lot
easier to reach those goals,” Mixan said.
Clements said it had been difficult
finding senators for her party because
of ASUN’s negative reputation.
“It’s hard to find people who are
willing to run for senate, which in itself
says something about ASUN,”
Clements said.
Mixan said his party was still
recruiting senators.
"I’m just looking for the best people
who will work hard and be committed
to the organization,” he said.
If a student wants to run for senate,
he or she needs to collect 35 to 50 signa
tures, depending on his or her college,
said ASUN President Joel Schafer.
To run for president and vice-presi
dent, students need to collect 400 sig
natures from the student population.
To run for second vice president, a stu
dent needs to collect 200 signatures.
Anyone who wants to run for a
position should to go to the ASUN
office at 136 Nebraska Union to pick up
an information packet
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Peru State
nearUNL
sparks ire
BYJILLZEMAN__
A four-year college will open a branch within
walking distance of UNL’s city campus, and some
university administrators say there’s reason to be
concerned.
Peru State College..based in Peru, will open its
doors this fall at 1 ltn and 0 streets at Energy
Square, where a branch of Southeast Community
College is also located.
The new branch was approved Thursday by the
Coordinating Commission for Post Secondary
Education.
Peru, which already has a branch campus at
Southeast’s campus at 88m and O streets, will offer
a bachelor of technology degree at its downtown
location.
UNL doesn’t have a technology degree pro
gram, but the
courses a stu
dent at Peru “It’s true the university
rre'tohobtea^ shouldn't be in
the degree at competition with Peru,
Peru could coin- put peru shouldn *t
cide with cours- . .
es UNL offers, open a campus in the
said Richard middle of downtown
Edwards, senior , inrnin »
vice chancellor CinCOin.
for academic
affairs. Richard Edwards
“It’s true the senior vice chancellor for
university academic affairs
shouldn’t be in -
competition
with Peru, but Peru shouldn't open a campus in
the middle of downtown Lincoln,” Edwards said.
UNL Interim Chancellor Harvey Perlman said
he agreed with Edwards because Peru could dupli
cate UNL’s courses.
“It’s a concern because there are a lot of educa
tional needs (in Nebraska)," Perlman said.
“Why duplicate them within a four-block dis
tance?”
Ben Johnson, Peru State College President,
said it was important Peru open a branch because
it could help community college students contin
ue their education after obtaining their associates'
degrees.
With Peru and Southeast in the same building,
it could be easier for students to continue taking
classes, Johnson said.
“We found if we bring the programs to them,
they’ll keep going with their education," Johnson
said.
Another reason Johnson said the new branch
was important is because each state college in
Nebraska has a provider area it's able to cover.
Peru’s provider area consists of 19 counties -
including Lancaster County - that it’s responsible
for academically.
Criminal justice, business and teacher's educa
tion are other programs Peru would like to add on
to its downtown campus eventually, Johnson said.
UNL offers these programs, and Edwards said
the university could lose students to Peru because
of the similarity in courses and proximity of Peru’s
downtown branch.
Johnson said he didn’t think UNL should worry
about competition caused by Peru’s new campus
branch.
“All we’re doing is the same thing we’ve done
just down the road ” Johnson said, in reference to
Peru's branch at 88m and O streets.
“The university just doesn’t want to compete
with poor little ol’ Peru.”
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