ROTC cadets help
'rescue' student
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Ryan Mali searches Ed Non for weapons and biteffigence after Iwan was ambushed during the ROTC exercises Thursday.
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David Wright said.
“The purpose of this was to
get them used to working with
helicopters under time con
straints.”
Wright said the cadets
would perform much more
physically and mentally chal
lenging exercises in the course
of the year.
And in some cases, they’re
too challenging.
“I’ve seen cadets break
down and cry on us, suddenly
go (mute),” Wright said.
“Other cadets just love (the
exercises).”
For the main rescue mis
sion, the cadets got off the hel
icopters and worked their way
through an “enemy”-held
woods, toward the downed
pilot.
The pilot’s orange para
chute was hanging in a tree
above him. The cadets had to
fight their way to the downed
• pilot against sparse “enemy”
resistance.
“They know the general
vicinity he was in, and the next
logical thing is to look for the
‘chute,’” Maj. Matt Person
said.
Person is an assistant pro
fessor of military science at
UNL.
“I’ve seen cadets break
down and cry on ust
suddenly go (mute).
Other cadets just love
(the exercises).”
Sgt David Wright
UNLROTC
The downed pilot was
played by senior Tony
Timanus, who wore an avia
tor’s helmet and harness.
The cadets had to assess
the damage to Timanus, per
form first aid and load him on
a tarp in about five minutes.
They carried Timanus out of
the woods and into a helicop
ter that arrived later.
The exercise was part of a
weekly lab taken by the ROTC
students, but it was anything
but ordinary.
* The class’ labs are usually
conducted in or near the
Military and Naval Science
building, hardly ever at Camp
Ashland.
The exercise involved
cadets of all ages and military
goals, but they all were
required to participate.
“Everybody learns infantry
regardless of where they’re
going afterward," Person said.
Burglars steal money from
apartment washers, dryers
The money from die washers
and dryers of two different apart
ment complexes was stolen this
weekend. Lincoln police said
between March 1 and die week of
March 26, the coin-operated
washing machines at Pine Lake
Heights Apartments, 7021S. 38th
St, were burglarized.
Police said there was more
than $300 damage to the
machines and $60 stolen.
Police said Quail Valley
Apartments, 5500 Shady Creek
Ct, also were broken into in the
same time frame. There was $450
of damage done to the washing
machines, and $500 was stolen,
police said.
Police are still looking for sus
pects.
Police recover stolen car
With the help of one UNL
police officer, Lincoln police offi
cers recovered a stolen car.
Assistant Police Chief Mylo
Bushing said a UNL officer found
a vehicle parked on the west side
of Griffith Street, south of
Leighton Street Wednesday.
The officer knew the car was
reported missing earlier in the
day, and gota hold of die Lincoln
Police Department
Police urge students to take
precautions after prank calls
After several disturbing
phone calls were made to resi
dents in Selleck Hall Saturday
and Sunday students are urged
to take caution if they receive a
call
Bushing said a male
described as having a scratchy
voice made several phone calls to
Selleck Hall and Abel Hall.
Bushing warned students not
to answer any of the caller’s ques
tions, and hang up immediately.
After the phone is hung up,
lift up the handset and dial *57,
he said
Directions will then be given
for the trace to be successful, he
said
The trace is sent to Alltel
Communications where it is
available for law enforcement
only, Bushing said
A$1.00 charge is added to the
student’s bill for every successful
call.
After dialing *57, students are
urged to call the UNL police
department at (402) 472-3555 to
report the call. '
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Crowe upsets Princeton students
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
PRINCETON, N.J. — Russell
Crowe has Princeton University
students up in arms after mak
ing an obscene gesture with just
one finger.
Crowe stuck out his middle
finger at a 21-year-old Princeton
student who snapped his pic
ture on campus as he prepared
to shoot a movie scene on
Tuesday.
But Ron Howard, who's
directing Crowe in "A Beautiful
Mind,” defended the actor, who
won the best-actor Oscar on
Sunday for "(Radiator.”
“He’s not a bad guy,” Howard
told The Trentonian on
Wednesday while on the set of
the film, which co-stars Jennifer
Connelly and is due in theaters
in December.
"It was out of character for
him. He was signing a lot more
autographs than giving middle
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fingers,” he said.
Crowe wouldn’t confirm to a
television news crew that he
made the gesture to student
Meredith Moroney, who took
the shot from her friend’s dorm
room.
"Well, you know whatever is
printed in the newspaper is
absolutely true,” the actor said
sarcastically.
Moroney said she was sur
prised at the attention her photo
has received.
“I’ll be happy when it's over,”
she said.
Crowe’s gesture angered
some Princeton students.
"You’d think he would be
more gracious,” sophomore
Lauren Chu said.
“It kind of annoyed me,”
added junior Tovah Rosen.
"He comes on campus, and
we’ve been pretty good about it
It was just a stupid thing to da”
Others were more forgiving.
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some people asked for auto
graphs,” said freshman Ann
Marie McGintee.
“He let people take pictures,
and he cracked a joke about the
pronunciation of my last name.
He spent about 15 minutes sign
ing autographs. He seemed like
a really nice guy.”
Princeton representatives
tried to downplay the incident.
“Hie university promotes an
atmosphere of civility and
respect, and we hope that every
one on campus will do the
same,” spokeswoman Laura
Robinson-Brown said.
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