Research candidate visits UNL
■The second of three possible
choices running for the vice
chancellor addresses faculty.
BY SHARON KOCBET
As the search for a new vice
chancellor of research narrows,
the second of three candidates
spoke at the University of
Nebraska-Lincoln Monday.
With three candidates on the
“short-list," UNL seeks a
replacement for Marsha Torr,
who left in August to accept a
position at Virginia
Commonwealth University in
Richmond.
Brooks Keel, associate dean
for research at die University of
Kansas School of Medicine in
Wichita, is one of three candi
dates doing on-campus inter
views this month.
Keel addressed UNL faculty
members Monday afternoon
and stated what would be his
priorities as vice chancellor:
■ Promote a culture of excel
lence.
■ Recruit and retain top fac
ulty.
■ Appreciate that teaching
and research are inseparable.
■ Create interdisciplinary,
interdepartmental and inter
campus collaboration.
■ Aggressively seek funding.
■ Strengthen ties to indus
try.
■ Adhere to a policy of
responsible research.
Keel said UNL was fortunate
to have a strategic research plan
in place.
“I support the 20/20 Vision,”
he said.
The 20/20Vision report out
lines goals for UNL to attain by
the year 2020.
During his presentation,
Keel also addressed the impor
tance of university rankings.
“A high rating helps attract
outstanding faculty and stu
dents. Parents pay attention to
national ranking whether we
like it or not,” he said.
Keel earned his bachelor of
science degree in biology and
chemistry at Augusta (Ga.)
College and a doctorate in
reproductive endocrinology at
the Medical College of Georgia.
Keel is a professor of pediatrics
and president and chief execu
tive officer of the Women’s
Research Institute at the KU
School of Medicine in Wichita.
Scott Gardner, UNL profes
sor and curator of parasitology
at the State Museum, said Keel
seemed to have done his home
work and was well prepared.
Gardner said he planned to
attend each of the three candi
dates’ presentations.
The third candidate for the
position is Sheldon Marc
Schuster from the University of
Florida in Gainsville.
Schuster will visit UNL
Wednesday through Friday.
Prem Paul, associate vice
provost of research at Iowa State
University in Ames, was the first
candidate to visit UNL. He was
on campus last week.
Law & Order
Police arrest man after
burglary of home
Officers arrested one man
after a burglary early Sunday
morning.
Officer Katherine Finnell
said a couple living at 5400 Sea
Mountain Road reported an
intruder in their home around
1:45 a.m.
The prowler, Kenneth
Standingsoldier, 22, asked the
man for the keys to the man’s
1980 red and white Chevy
Suburban, Finnell said.
The man gave
Standingsoldier his keys and
called police, Finnell said.
Finnell said after police were
alerted to look for the Suburban,
officers stopped
Standingsoldier
near 12“ and Elba streets.
Finnell said Standingsoldier
was arrested for burglary, rob
bery, a third DWI offense, oper
ating a motor vehicle with a sus
pended license and negligent
driving.
Pound Hall resident sent
to detox by police
A call requesting an alcohol
evaluation led to one student
taken to detox.
Shortly after 1 a.m. Friday, a
resident assistant in Pound Hall
reported a student lying on a
couch and vomiting, Mylo
Bushing, UNL assistant police
chief said.
Casey Schmeeckle seemed
confused while officers ques
tioned him, Bushing said.
Schmeeckle refused medical
treatment but was taken to
Comhusker Place Detox, where
his blood alcohol level regis
tered at .124, Bushing said. A
blood alcohol level of .10 is
legally drunk.
Outstanding wanant, illegal
possession send man to jad
After a man was reported
shouting obscenities on the cor
ner of 17th and Vine streets,
police discovered he was in pos
session of marijuana.
Around 11:30 p.m., officers
approached Robert Baker, 24,
after he was shouting obsceni
ties at 17* and Vine streets.
Officers discovered Baker
had an outstanding warrant for
Lancaster County and searched
his pockets. They found a bag
containing a leafy substance,
Bushing said.
Although Baker said the sub
stance was herbs, he was cited
for possession of less than an
ounce of marijuana and taken to
Lancaster County Jail for his
warrant.
Negligent driving lands UNL
student in detox
A negligent driver stopped
Saturday received only a night
in detox.
Senior Daniel J. Crawford, 21,
was stopped at 16th and Y streets
around 1 a.m., Saturday morn
ing, Bushing said.
Crawford, who was going
north on 16th Street, was
stopped for driving without
headlights, Bushing said.
Bushing said officers detect
ed alcohol on his breath, and his
pre-test blood alcohol level was
.109, .009 over the legal limit.
Crawford was taken to
Comhusker Place Detox where
he showed minor impairment
during his field sobriety test,
Bushing said.
Student cited for MIP in
Abel residence hall
One student carrying beer in
Abel Hall was cited for MIP after
begin spotted by a Community
Service Officer early Sunday
morning.
Bushing said a CSO saw Erin
Carlson, 20, carrying a beer in
the stairway near the 13th floor
around 2:30 a.m.
Although Carlson said she
was only carrying the beer, offi
cers cited her with MIP.
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Proposed bill targets fatigue
■A newly suggested law
would allow railroad workers a
possible breakfrom long hours.
BY GEORGE GREEN
Bill Gallentine knows hard
work.
Three hundred and 65 days a
year the Burlington Northern
and Santa Fe Railroad used to
call on him.
Anytime, day or night, the
company would beckon
Gallentine to the train station.
They gave him one and-a
half hours to get ready.
And once he returned home,
sometimes after days on the job,
the railroad would call six and
a-half hours later forcing him
back on the job, tired and strung
out
Eventually, Gallentine said
pressure to work these perpetu
al hours and the need to spend
time with his family forced him
to take a five-day-a-week job
with lesser pay.
“It was making my life a holy
hell," he said.
Sen. Patrick Bourne of
Omaha believes extreme fatigue
like Gallentine’s jeopardizes the
safety of Nebraskans, too.
With these safety risks in
mind, Bourne said he intro
duced LB665.
The bill would give railroad
employees who drive trains
from station to station the
option of taking three days off
for every seven days they work.
Federal law mandates that
railroad shifts not exceed 12
hours, but it doesn’t address
how many days in a row railroad
employees may work.
Bourne said the Federal
Railroad Administration attrib
uted one-third of all railroad
accidents to human factors.
The administration said one
of the biggest culprits was
fatigue.
“We have an obligation to
address this for public safety
reasons,” he said.
Roberto Munguia, a
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Northern Railroad, said 24-hour
availability was just part of the
deal.
“There’s no holidays on the
railroad,” he said.
Prospective employees
know up front they could be
called on anytime, and it’s their
obligation to deal with that
strain, he said.
Railroad companies pay
handsome salaries to the work
ers because the quality of their
home life “stinks,” he said.
Scott Hinckley, an employee
of the Union Pacific Railroad,
said even if the hour require
ments were excessive, this bill
doesn’t solve the problem.
Under LB665, he said
employees who want to forgo
the 72-hour off period could
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Not to mention, he said, they
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ulers.
Many workers could poten
tially take off the same three
days, Hinckley said, leaving the
companies struggling to move
trains.
Bourne and other senators
suggested making the days
mandatory or requiring
advanced scheduling.
The railroad companies
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