Perlman among finalists
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chancellor at KU from 1978-84.
During that time, Moeser
worked as dean ofKU’s School of
Fine Arts.
Hogan has served on
Minnesota’s Board of Regents
since 1993 and was the board
chairman from 1997-99.
He holds a doctorate in electri
cal engineering from Oklahoma
State University in Stillwater,
while Perlman received his law
and bachelor’s degrees from UNL
Perlman, a professor of law,
served as dean of the NU College
of Law from 1983-1998.
He also served as acting senior
vice chancellor for academic
affairs in 1995-96.
Perlman began working at
UNL in 1967 and became interim
chancellor when Moeser left in
July to become chancellor at the
University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill
NU Interim College of Law
Dean Steven Willborn said he
worked alongside Perlman during
the interim chancellor's tenure as
law dean.
“I could have never expected to
have a better dean,” Willbom said.
“He was a perfect dean, in my eyes.”
Perlman has dealt with several
difficult issues as interim chancel
lor, Willbom said.
Perlman spearheaded the
academic prioritization process
and faced criticism with an
Omaha World-Herald series enti
tled, “UNL: Confronting
Mediocrity.”
But Willbom said he thought
Perlman handled the conflicts
gracefully.
“I’d be tremendously excited if
he was chosen as chancellor,” he
said.
Joel Schafer, Association of
Students of the University of
Nebraska president and member
of the chancellor search commit
tee, said he thought either Hogan
or Perlman would make a good
chancellor.
Schafer also said he was glad
to see diversity - Hogan is black -
in the committee’s selections.
“I’m really interested to see
who’ll get it,” he said.
Sheila Scheideler, Academic
Senate president, said she was
pleased Perlman was named as a
finalist
“I think he’s done a wonderful
job as interim chancellor,”
Scheidelersaid.
While Scheideler said she
thought Perlman was qualified for
the position, she said she didn’t
think Hogan should be out of the
running.
“I think we need to let the
search process run its course,”
Scheideler said. “We need to make
sure the best candidate is picked
for the job.”
Perlman and Hogan will meet
soon with NU President Dennis
Smith and members of the NU
Board of Regents for interviews,
said Joe Rowson, NU spokesman.
Smith will be out of town for a
meeting until Wednesday,
Rowson said.
But in announcing the final
ists, Smith said in a press release,
“I’m pleased that the search com
mittee has identified two out
standing candidates, both of
whom are highly qualified.
“I look forward to conducting
interviews with them in the near
future.”
Bill s controversy persists
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advocate underage drinking.
lb the contrary, he said, the group opposes the
risky behavior and has worked on other bills aimed at
curbing the problem.
Specifically, Hansen said his group has backed
13574, which would change Nebraska drivers' licens
es to thwart phony ID producers.
Despite the groups’ work against underage driv
ing, he said it was compelled to oppose LB114
because the bill was constitutionally suspect
"Legally, this is very troubling to us,” he said.
Current law requires cops to witness minors hold
ing a container of alcohol before they can dish out
citations. 13114’s new provisions would let officers
apprehend a suspect if the suspect exhibit signs of
drinking and is in the proximity of alcohol, even if the
cops doesn’t catch the minor red-handed.
According to the Constitution, Hansesn said, sus
pects are presumed innocent until proven guilty.
Quandahl’s bill would toss the precept out the
window by assuming minors were guilty simply
because they were next to some booze, Hansen said
lake Bettin, a senior at Northwest High School in
Omaha, said well-trained and honest officers would
only ticket guilty minors.
Moreover, he said, it’s not tough to spot a drunk
with a beer can nearby.
“It’s common sense,” he said
Common sense also will prevail when minors learn
how much of a risk they are taking by boozing, he said.
Most won't drink because they want to drive, he
said.
Mike Kelley, a lobbyist for the Nebraska Criminal
Defense Attorneys Association, wasn't so sure that
kids would automatically drop their beer bottles sim
ply because the law upped the stakes.
Rather, he said, most kids will continue partying,
and the random few who get busted will simply have
to deal with unfair consequences.
This bill would nail a first-time MIP offender with
more consequences than a first-time DWI offender,
he said.
“This just goes after everybody with the biggest
stick we can find,” he said.
It ties judges’ hands and forces them to stick good
kids with harsh penalties, he said.
Hansen said a driver’s license suspension could
result in the “academic bankruptcy” of students who
depend on their automobiles to get to class.
Sen. Phil Erdman of Bayard, wasn’t quite so sym
pathetic.
No one forces minors to battle the law, he said.
People stuck under the gun got there by making
bad decisions, he said.
Erdman, 23, said he has yet to taste a drop of alco
hol.
“This is 100 percent preventable I’m living proof
that it can happen,” he said.
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investigation, said shuttle bus
driver Chuck Lindahl.
Drivers picking up students
in front of the Nebraska Union
were told to instead drive down
Q Street and pick students up at
the comer of 14th and R streets,
Lindahl said.
Lindahl said the lead driver
radioed the other drivers and
told them R Street was blocked
because of a spilled bag of
change.
The redirection of the
busses confused some students
trying to get home, Lindahl said.
"I don’t think they really
knew for sure what was going
on,” he said.
Lindahl said he had to flag
students down so they would
see the bus.
He said drivers often have tc
take different routes because ol
construction or road blocks.
Podwinski said the meters
were robbed sometime between
Friday night and Monday morn
ing, but the missing change
wasn’t discovered until Monday
He said police didn’t have
any suspects but that the inves
tigation was ongoing.
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about a possible suspect can cal]
Crime Stoppers at (402) 475-3600.
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