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ASUN plans preelection rally PT IWAnuAHcT BtHM Student government is busy planning a rally to get students prepared for the Feb. 28 elec tion. The Voice Your Vote Radio Rally will take place from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Tuesday in the Crib in the Nebraska Union. Communications Chairwoman Vicki Geiser said the rally will be an excellent opportunity for students to get to know all ASUN candidates. “It gives them a chance to meet people one-on-one," said Geiser. Current ASUN senators will also be on hand, which will be an excellent opportunity for stu dents to tell senators what’s up, Geiser said. “This is a chance for people to voice their opinions about ASUN," she said. “We don't know exactly what problems students have unless they come to us." The campus radio station, 90.3 KRNU, will be on hand dur ing the rally to interview any candidate who desires to speak on air, ueiser saiu. ruou ana prizes will also be given away at the event. Seven local bands will be playing throughout the event. There’s a variety of music for varying tastes, Geiser said. “There should be a music genre for everybody," she said. Geiser said that the main goal of this event is to arm stu dents with first-hand informa tion they can use when voting for the Association of Students of the University of Nebraska. “It’s important for us to reach out to students before they get to the booth," she said. Chancellor receptions to be held ■Students,faculty members and staff haveachanoe to visit with thefinalistsfbrthe position. FROM STAFF REPORTS After a highly secretive search for chancellor finalists, the public will have the chance the meet the final two in person. Interviews and receptions have been scheduled for die two chancellor finalists, UNL Interim Chancellor Harvey Perlman and William Hogan, a member of the University of Minnesota Board of Regents. NU President Dennis Smith announced the candidates last week. Interviews are scheduled for early March, when each candi date will meet with Smith and members of the NU Board of Regents. They will also meet with members of the Chancellor Search Committee. Faculty members, staff, administrators and students will all have the chance to meet with the two finalists during recep tions. Hogan’s reception will be held March 5 from 4:30 to 5:45 p.m., and Perlman’s reception will be held March 6 from 4:30 to 5:45 pm Both receptions will be held at the Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery. Bill would speed steps to remove bad tenants BY QEORQE GREEN Pesky tenants might want to keep their bags packed. If a bill introduced by Sen. Mark Quandahl of Omaha becomes law, landlords will be able to boot dangerous renters within three days of an eviction notice. Quandahl said the current statute sticks landlords with ten ants who jeopardize die safety of other renters for weeks. State law requires landlords to notify tenants of an eviction and allow them 14 days to fix or end their dangerous behaviors. If the renters fail to modify their behaviors, they receive an official ' eviction notice 16 days later. Quandahl said his bill, LB116, only lets landlords quickly evict tenants that physically threaten or assault others, illegally use a firearm or have controlled sub stances in their rented units. Sen. Kermit Brashear - a tra ditionally conservative senator and Sen. Ernie Chambers - a tra ditionally liberal senator - formed an odd couple Wednesday when they both questioned the bill’s specificity. “Under die terms of this bill, almost anything can used” to evict tenants, Chambers said. Kevin Hopp, a lawyer from Omaha, said the bill has to force dangerous renters out quickly to assure the safety of those who live the around the person. Currently, some risky renters can stay in an apartment for months if they play their cards right in court, he said. “They (tenants) have to live next door to criminal elements” for several weeks, Hopp said. * Brashear said he could empathize with renters who want to get rid of dangerous neighbors. But, he said, three days might not be enough time to allow a person to fulfill their rights to prepare for a court battle. People need time to “martial facts,” and under the bill’s “extremely compressed” time period, they might not have to opportunity to do that he said. Carol Shead, who operates a 200-unit apartment in Bellevue, didn’t have much sympathy for the renters who would be tossed. She said some of her tenants have toted automatic weapons around the building and used illegal drugs in their rooms. This type of behavior has made many of her other renters scared to go home, Shead said. “They are afraid,” she said. Chambers said he didn't con done violent behavior, but the bill might be pushing a constitu tional envelope because it didn’t allow renters the opportunity to change their behaviors. A one-time incident can result in an eviction, he said. Chambers said he had several concerns about the bill’s lan guage. Chambers said die bill is “one of the broadest, most far-reach ing” pieces of legislation he has seen. Burqlers hit family on vacation The arrest of two forgery sus pects led to the arrest of the man who stole die checks in the first place. Lincoln Police arrested Aaron Gibbs,41,foraburgLaryinwhicha car, a television, a VCR, credit cards and a number of blank checks were stolen. Gibbs was also arrested for two counts of felony aiding and abetting. Police also arrested Sandra L Johnson, 32, and Tonia Berens Medicine Horn, 26, for second degree forgery. The owners of the burglarized house were away on vacation dur ing the burglary, but when they called their local bank and discov ered they had no funds left, they knew a burglary had taken place. Insulin swindler has new stony The man who has fooled an untold number of people into giv ing him money for insulin shots has a new scam. Spencer Stordahl, 27, used the story of a diabetic girlfriend who needed money for insulin to get money from unsuspecting peo ple. Stordahl was arrested Jan. 27 and posted bond almost immedi ately. He has been free ever since, using a new scam Police said Stordahl's new story is that he is locked out of his apartment and needs money to pay for a locksmith or to pay his " I J- . . . .. No matter your situation, if you’re experiencing an unplanned pregnancy, you have choices to make. Hie Nebraska Children’s Home Sooeiy can help you make the best decisions for you and your baby - without obligations. To speak with us confidentially, please contact us. 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Leo Perreault, Nebraska mar ket area president for Alltel Communications said the outage occurred because of damage to the only incoming line to die Hall of Justice Building, 555 S. 10th St Alltel Communications offi cials and various city officials dis cussed possible solutions in a morning meeting Hiesday, Alltel communications manager Dwain Hebda said. "It was a very productive meeting, and everybody came with good ideas," Hebda said. Alltel suggested several pro posals to fix the problem. A list will be made of critical numbers that need to be spread into two different lines, said the executive director for the 911 emergency center manager, Julie Righter. “There’ll be two points of entry as opposed to the one, which is where we had the failure,” she said. Righter said she hoped to have a list assembled to give to Alltel by the end of the week. Work on the expansion will take about two to three weeks, she said. Righter said she did not know the cost of the project Alltel also made long-term proposals, but Hebda would not comment on them because the city is considered a customer, whose information is kept private. “Right now we just want to find a solution that will last into die future,” Hebda said. One long-term proposal already in action is the backup dis patch center, Righter said. The dispatch center is in con struction stage now in the Highlands Fire Station, 5435 N.W. 1st St, she said. “We still have a technical design and tentative plans we can’t finalize until its built,” Righter said Righter said the backup center should be done in six months. Because 911 calls can only be routed to one place at a time, the backup center can only be used in an emergency, Righter said. Righter said Alltel would switch incoming calls with its soft ware in the event of an emergency. In a press conference Jan. 15, Perreault cited another issue was that alarms did not alert Alltel to a problem in time. 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