Image provided by: University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries, Lincoln, NE
About The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 8, 2001)
SKETCHING AWAY: Austin Arnold, an undeclared freshman, sits and draws in his free time in Morrill Hall. Jerome Montalto/DN Ashcroft criticizes Clinton's pardon THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON - John Ashcroft used his first interview as attorney general to take out after Bill Clinton over the war on drugs and his pardon of fugitive finan cier Marc Rich. In a television interview Wednesday night, the new attor ney general said his top three goals were to increase gun prose cutions, reinvigorate die war on drugs and to stamp out racial dis crimination. But he also looked back at some of former President Clinton’s most controversial moves, including his pardon of Rich on his last day in office. “A pardon should be reserved for a situation where there is a manifest sense of injustice,” Ashcroft said Wednesday night on CNN’s “Larry King Live” program. “The American people are trou bled whenever they think a par don would be associated with political support or financial sup port” Although expressing “sur prise” with the pardon, Ashcroft nevertheless said the Constitution gives a president a “pretty unfet tered right” to pardon anyone. Clinton's pardon has been criticized because Rich has stayed in Switzerland rather than return ing to face 51 counts of tax evasion and fraud filed against him in 1983. In addition, the pardon was requested by his ex-wife, Denise, who has given Democrats about $1 million since 1993. Clinton has denied any political or financial motivation. The new attorney general also blamed Clinton in part for a rise in marijuana use during the 1990s. In the 1992 campaign, Clinton said he once had smoked marijua na, but didn’t inhale. He later told an MTV town forum that if he had to do it again, he would inhale “if I could; I tried before.” “I think that sends the wrong signal,” Ashcroft said. “It’s so important you have a president who will speak forcefully against drug use, rather than wink and give die nod in some sense, saying T didn't inhale, but I wish I had’” Ashcroft said he and President Bush want to “concentrate on educating children away from drugs.” Listing his three top priorities, Ashcroft said, “I want to stop gun violence, to reinvigorate the war on drugs, to end discrimination wherever I find it” He particularly mentioned enforcing voting rights, fair hous ing laws and putting a stop to racial profiling by police. “It’s wrong for police to stop people based on race.” After his civil rights record was bitterly attacked during a stormy Senate confirmation battle, Ashcroft is inviting Justice Department's civil rights division officials to a brown bag lunch in his private department dining room next week, chief spokes woman Mindy Tucker said. Civil rights will be first, but he plans to hold these lunches with each divi sion. With every news organization clamoring to talk to him, Ashcroft unveiled his priorities in an inter view with King, known for polite questioning rather than hostile cross-examination. Koreas hold talks to establish railroad THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SEOUL, South Korea - Officials of North and South Korea met in two separate talks on Thursday, hoping to wrap up deals to build a cross-border railway and ease the impover ished North’s acute energy shortages. The talks, one on the border and the other on the North’s territory, came as the two once hostile countries pledged to step up efforts to promote reconciliation. The meeting at the border village of Panmunjom, which involved the militaries of the two sides, sought agreement on safe guards and other protective arrangements to build a railway across their heavily armed bor der. The project, one of the most significant symbols of thawing inter-Korea relations, requires the militaries of both sides to clear thousands of mines inside the 2 1/2 -mile wide demilitarized zone that separates them. Both Koreas already completed clearing all mines outside a corridor of the buffer zone where the railway and a parallel highway will be built Mine-clearing inside the buffer zone has yet to start At four previous talks, the two Korean mil itaries agreed to clear mines inside the demili tarized zone but failed to resolve details aimed at preventing disputes or accidental clashes, Seoul officials said. Before starting Thursday's meeting, South Korean defense officials said they were hope ful that a full agreement could be reached. If reconnected, the railway will become the first direct land transport link between the two Koreas since their 1950-53 war, which ended in an uneasy truce, not in a peace treaty. It will connect Seoul and Pyongyang, the two Korean capitals, and continue to Shinuiju, a major city on the North’s border with China. In Pyongyang, the North's capital, officials of both sides opened three days of talks on measures to help ease North Korea's chronic energy shortages. In December, North Korea requested that South Korea provide it 500,000 kilowatts of electricity. South Korea insisted that it consid er the request only after both sides conduct a joint survey of the North's energy shortages. At Thursday's meeting, South Korean offi cials proposed that both sides jointly survey the entire peninsula’s energy situation. South Korean delegates specifically offered to visit one hydraulic and two thermal North Korean power plants during their stay in the North, which ends Saturday, pool reports said. The reports did not say how North Korea responded to the South's suggestion. According to South Korean figures, North Korea has dozens of power plants capable of generating 7.3 million kilowatts of electricity but can produce only 2 million kilowatts because of outdated facilities and fuel short ages. South Korea has the capacity to produce 43 million kilowatts of power but does not have enough reserves to help North Korea, officials said. Relations between the twp Koreas improved significantly following a historic summit of their leaders in June, when the^ agreed to work together for reconciliation. The Korean peninsula was partitioned into the communist North and pro-Western South in 1945. Top teacher gives advice BY MARC SALEME The University of Nebraska Lincoln was graced by a visit this week from the national teacher of the year, Marilyn Jachetti Whirry. Whirry, who teaches English to high school and college stu dents, came to Nebraska as part of her tour, which has so far included the United States, Japan and Canada. After speaking to two assem blies at Lincoln High School, she came to UNL. Although her job is to stand in front of a class of high school ers, Whirry said she wasn't used to the attention of hundreds of students on her alone. "It was interesting - speak ing to a room full of high school students," she said. Tuesday she held an infor mal discussion with professors from the English department, she said, and answered ques tions about teaching writing and literature. Wednesday, Whirry spoke to the students at the Teachers College about excellence in teaching - a topic her recent award affirmed her expertise in. “I spoke about what makes a great teacher - the difference between a good teacher and a mediocre one,” she said. Since winning the national teacher of the year award, Whirry has taken a sabbatical from her teaching position in California and is touring and giving lectures wherever she is summoned. She has been on the road since May and has spoken at 71 different locations, including 26 universities. She’s even gone overseas to the Universities of Tokyo and Kyoto in Japan. Japan was the only stop that required a translator, she said. The school at which she teaches is paying her teacher’s salary during her time out and about, and whoever wants her to come and speak will pay for travel expenses. "I just do what I'm told,” Whirry said. Next, she’ll be off to Georgia, Texas and Louisiana. And in a few weeks, she’ll go to Ontario, Canada. Whirry is a teacher of English at Mira Costa High School and at Loyola University in Los Angeles. She was first nominated to be considered for teacher of the^ear for the school district, and she won for the state of California. “Then I sent my resumes and essays to Washington, and I made it as one of four finalists,” she said. Soon after, the vote was in to make her the national teacher of the year. Whirry said she's happy she was able to visit UNL “I was very impressed with the quality of professors and even the students here,” she said. ■BnHnHnHHivnHHi Law & Order Man arrested for rape already had warrant Lincoln police arrested Tyrone Hall, 23, on Tuesday for first-degree sexual assault. Hall is accused of raping an unconscious 23-year-old woman three times early Monday morning at the woman's home. Police say the incident may be considered date rape because the two had met at a bar earlier in the evening. A friend of the woman was present in the house where the incident occurred. She observed Hall and the woman having sex in three separate rooms before realizing the woman was unconscious. After the friend discovered the woman was unconscious, she ordered Hall to leave and took the woman to the hospital. Hall also had an outstanding county bench warrant for his arrest. Fire in basement leads to arrestfor meth lab Lincoln police arrested a man Tuesday suspected of building a methamphetamine lab in his parents' basement. Benjamin A. Schwab, 21, was arrested for manufacturing a controlled substance. Police say the meth lab in the base ment his parents’ 4833 S. 66th St. home caught fire Jan. 7. Firemen said they found several compo nents commonly used in meth production, as well as what they suspected to be actual metham phetamine in various stages of production. Schwab suffered burns on the tops of his feet and was taken to the hospital. While Schwab was hospitalized, police made contact with him and found 60 tablets of pseu doephedrine, ' commonly known as Sudafed, which is used in meth production. In Schwab’s father's pickup police found two garbage bags and a propane tank with corrod ed brass fittings - objects used in meth production. The bags contained Sudafed containers and seven cans of ether-based starting fluid, both of which are common meth ingredients. Police said the cans were punctured on the bottom so the product could be obtained in a liquid form. Marvin Schwab, Schwab's father, said his son gave him the items to dispose of. He said he didn't know what the propane tank or the contents of the bags were for. Compiled by Charlie Kauffman Classifieds (402) 472-2588 $5.25/15 words FAX: (402) 472-1761 $3.50/15 words (students) dn@unl.edu $0.15 each additional word $0.75 billing charge $0.75/line headline Deadline: 4 p.m. weekday prior 2oos mm• ijtf 210 Books For Sale Cinnamon's Birthday Sale! 29% Off Entire Stock! Thursday, February B-Sundav, February 11. A Novel Idea Bookstore. 118 North 14th Street.475-8663. 240 Misc. For Sale Surplus City Scooters, camoflauge, airsoft pistols, jeans and much more. 3241 South 13th. 420-5151. 290 Vehicles For Sale 1995 Plymouth Neon HighHne. White, 4 door, 5 speed, CO player. 67,200 miles, $4,800. Call Chee (402)770-1016 after 8:30pm. ‘88 Honda Civic, 2 door hatch back, 148 miles, AC. Automatic, $1200.474-3526. 300s Strafe* 300 Adoption ADOPTION Loving couple. Warm home and a lifetime of love for your baby, expenses paid. Please call toll free Mindy and Paul at 1-877-203-3838. 365 Legal Services Auto Accidents & DWI Other criminal matters, call Sanford Pollack, 476-7474. 378 Pregnancy Free Pregnancy Test Birthright is a confidential helping hand. Please call for appointment or more information, 483-2609. Check out our website www.bkthright.org. 400s Boasts* 400 Roommates Female roommate wanted to share townhouse, non-smoker. Please call Sara or Natalie 328-9445 for more information. Female, share 2 bedroom, 2 bath, 27th and Old Cheney. N/S. $290 plus utilities. Call 423-6362. Male to share newer home in southeast Lincoln. Many extras. 421-0977 leave message. Need a roomate to share 2 bedroom apartment, 23rd and S area. $235 per month + 1/2 utilities. No deposit. 474-1984. Rommate needed, 3 guys, 4 bedroom, 2 bath, 210+untilities. 13th & FT438-1196. Roommate needed newer apartment close to campus. $218 plus 1/3 utilities. Completely fur nished. No deposit. 474-5752. Roommate needed. Nice house, capital beach area. $225 per month + 1/4 utilities. Call 477-2450. 430 Houses For Rent 3 bedroom, $550/montti, $550 deposit, range,' refrigerator, microwave, central air included. 311 N 2.4th. 430-3123. 3 bedroom, 1 bath, W/D hookups, C/A, dish washer, 918 S. 10th, $625. Recently remodeled. 484-7266. 4 bedroom, 2 bath, garage. 3443 T Street. $750. Available now. 450-5674 or 430-3073. 2521 Sumner 5+1 Bedroom House for Rent. $1200/month. Huge w/fireplace. Must come see, 560-4732 or leave message 475-0750. 440 Duplexes For Rent 4 bedroom, 2 bath, Oarage. Washer/dryer hook up. New duplex. 1758 N. 27th. $1000 per month. Available now. 450-5674 or 430-3073. Minutes From Campus 4BR, 3 full baths, garage, deck, 2 family rooms, washer/dryer, available. $1250.476-4905. Walk to campus. Large remodeled 2 bedroom. Central Air. Washer/drier. Off-street parking. 2410 Vine. $525,432-6476. 450 Apartments For Rent (402)465-8911 1955G.1Bd.$345 2222 Orchard.1Bd.$345 501 North 25th.2Bd.$395 306 North 32nd.2 Bd.$425 1502 David Dr..3 Bd.$650 dn@unledu place your ad the dn way 450 Apartments For Rent •—Looking For An Apartment**** Off Campus Housing Guide ASUN Student Government 136 Nebraska Union—472-2581 www.ofrcampushousingguide.com ***Close to City Campus*** 1 & 2 bedroom, electric-entry, 20/G Street, $349 to $479. <75-7262. *1 Bedroom Heat Paid* Appliances, dishwasher, mini-blinds, coin-op laundry, parking, gas/waterArash paid, cat ok, 3 or 6 month leases, super clean, 1109 N. 28th, $375, 1121 N. 28th, $385. Outdoor pool, (402)489-4857. ♦ 1 bedroom 1555 S. 20th #1. ♦ 1 bedroom 1405 N. 15th #3 Next to Devaney Center. ♦ 1 bedroom 1941 J Street #4 and #6, free ca ble. Call 475-0750 or 560-4732. 1 -bedroom condo for rent in historic Hayward Place. Within walking distance from downtown UNL campus. All appliances, secure building, 12' ceilings, parking and on site laundry. Available now. Call 421-2316. Leave message. 3 bedroom, 2+ garage, 1 bathroom and laundry room only $750.2501 E Street 432-6476. 910 S. 22nd, large 2BR, fireplace, C/A, huge electric kitchen, $475. Available now and 3/1. Call (402) 489-6755 or (402) 450-8561. 3010 Center. Brand New. 4 bedroom, 2 bath, all appliances, fireplace, double garage. $1075. 310-6328. Available Immediately-Close to campus 1-2 bedroom apartment. Kitchen w/stove & refriger ator. Heat paid, 1338 N. 21st. $350.00/month. 480-3588,480-1411. AVAILABLE NOW! 1 or 2 bedrooms, all electric, FREE CABLE, no pets/no smoking. $360 & $460.1900 Knox. 477-7684. 450 Apartments For Rent Munni AVAILABLE NOW! 1, 2 and 3 Bedrooms 402-465-8911 www. H IPrealty.com Clean 2 & 3 bedroom apartments. Newlv re modeled kitchen and bath. Rent $345 and $415 olus electric. For more information, call Pat or -2610 or hearing im -2613. plus electnc. For mon Melody, (402)434-2 paired/TDD, (402)434-2 LARGE, NEW studio apartment ON UNL cam pus. Assigned Parking, trash & water paid, shut tle and bus route, W/D, f 476-8894. , Secured Entry. $350. Open daily 924 South 23rd super, brand-new penthouse like efficiency. In home separate en trance. Furnished $345 or unfurnished $295 N/S and N/P. 730-4885 or 477-8525. Studio and 1 BR itage-stud , $JOO-$350. 432-2288. <A>C XBBIx ENTURY SALES AND MANAGEMENT (XL We provide: ♦ Locations throughout Lincoln ♦ 24-Hour Emergency Maintenance ♦ Professional & Personable Leasing Staff Call us today! 402-437-8300 450 Apartments For Rent Available February, 2BR, $420, near haymarket. A/C, D/W, pet ok, references. 474-4054, leave message. Two bedroom, close to UNL, fireplace. Available November 15. For details contact 438-0777 or 466-8181. ♦ One Bedroom 2000 J St. Parking $310. ♦ One Bedroom 1507 S 19th. Roomy $335. ♦ 3 BR 5232 Cooper, w/d hookup, fire-place, MB $730. No Smokers/Pets 440-3000. 490 Homes For Sale 1530 SW 14th. 3 bedroom, 2 bath, finished basement, privacy fence, no outlet street, min utes from downtown. Call 477-2068. 500s * 500 Help Wanted $$TruGreen-ChemLawn$$ America's number one lawn care company is looking for an evening phone supervisor. Previ ous telemarketing experience preferred. Ap pointment setters (no selling) needed to join our team. We offer competitive wages, flexible hours, and a fun work place. Apply at: 4141 N. 27th or by phone at 888-634-1203. EOE. AAP. M/F/V/D. $9-$12 Per Hour for Delivery Drivers Domino’s Pizza is now hiring for day and eve ning shifts for delivery drivers and limited eve ning inside help. No experience necessary. All you need to start is a good driving record, relia ble personal vehicle, liability insurance, and a good attitude. Apply at any of the Domino's lo cations.