1997_01 The Daily Collegian January 1997

              THE DAILY
COLLEGIAN ,
Tuesday, January 28,1997
News
News Editor: Matthew Hart
Telephone: (209) 278-5735
Fraternity draws attention for burning cross
LINCOLN. Neb — Members of
a University of Nebraska fraternity
are in hot water after apparently
burning a 6-foot cross near the Lin¬
coln campus.
Lancaster County Sheriff Terry
Wagner said the incident does not
appear to be a hate crime but still
raises serious concerns.
The Lincoln (Neb.) Journal Star
said members of UNL's Sigma Chi
fraternity burned the wooden cross
Thursday night as part of a pledge
ritual. The incident took place on
private land some 17 miles south¬
west of Lincoln.
Two deputies had stopped at the
site the nigh>of the ritual. They
found about 30 men gathered with
Civil War memorabilia, including
a Confederate flag and Confeder¬
ate uniforms, but the deputies left
after finding no criminal activity.
Wagner and a deputy found the
charred remains of the cross the
next day. Former Sigma Chi chap¬
ter adviser Curt Denker was not at
the event, but he described the ritual
as a rcenactment of a Civil War-era
meeting in which a small band of
Confederate soldiers came together
to form a new fraternity chapter.
Denker said the skit has no ra¬
cial connotation whatsoever and
does not normally involve cross
burning. He said the fraternity
brothers were only "having a vers
simple skit that (they) have cver>
year."
Cyber-porn sting nets student
ALBANY. NY—A New York
college student who wants to be a
kindergarten teacher is under arrest
following a sting operation target¬
ing child pornography on the Inter¬
net.
Nathaniel Levy is accused of
using America Online to transmit
three dozen sexually explicit pho¬
tos of children—including pictures
of children as young as 18 months
old engaged in sex acts.
A spokesman for New York At¬
torney General Dennis Vacco says
Levy sent the porn to undercover
investigators who monitor
Cyberspace for illegal activities.
The 21-year-old business major
was arrested Wednesday in his
dorm room at the Slate University
of New York at Albany. The mate¬
rial was allegedly sent from a com¬
puter at Levy's Manhattan home.
Investigators plan to seize the PC.
Levy supposedly told investiga¬
tors he hoped to become an early-
childhood educator, and Vacco says
he finds that "especially disturb¬
ing."
The attorney general also says
that while the Internet is an invalu¬
able tool for sharing information,
it has also become "a playground
for perverts."
His office is prosecuting three
other New York men who allegedly
transmitted child pornography by
computer.
Senator: Funding is at issue
Continued from page I.
Monreal.
The prime issue which still
plagues the board is the distribution
of an excess SI 32.000. This money
is the result of a cut in ASI fees from
S16 to S8 per semester. These cuts
were not forwarded in enough time
to be approved by the board for the
school year. •
Rizzotti said the money should
have gone to help fund the library
Monreal said he wants the
money to be given to various cul¬
tural clubs.
"One of the major parts of ASI
is to fund the clubs and organiza¬
tions, not the library." he said,
"that's the university's business."
Rizzotti said that as long as
Monreal remains in office, nothing
will be accomplished.
"I've never met anyone like
this," he said.
Literary
Continued from page 1.
According to Deakin. no ob¬
jectionable or risque writing has
been submitted and the Review
asks for very little revision be-
>ond grammar and spelling.
Deakin jests that "no typos"
is the motto for this year's edi¬
tion.
Regardless of the budget
cuts, submissions for the 1997
edition are up two-to-three times
that of last year, according to
Deakin.
Submissions for the 1997 Re¬
view were due on December
10th and each submission will
be reviewed individually before
the final selections are made.
The Review staff is currently
in the process of selecting what
will appear in the 1997 Review.
There are eight staff mem¬
bers, including two managing
editors, and all staff members
have writing experience. This
includes courses taken in cre¬
ative writing and literature
Some staff members are pub¬
lished or are actively seeking
publication.
Deakin said all staff members
volunteer their services.
The Review is distributed in
mid-April free of charge in front
of the English Department.
Deakin said some copies
have been available through Java
Cafe and other "friendly." local
bookstores and cafes.
Any work printed in the Re¬
view can be submitted to other
magazines for publication.
"It's not really a publication
All rights revert to the authors."
Deakin said.
In the future, the Review may
look to outside sources for con¬
tributions, similar to other ma¬
jor literary publications such as
the Atlantic Monthly or the Mis¬
souri Review.
"That's something to look at
down the road." Deakin said.
Promise: Fresno bound
Continued from page 1.
nization in August.
"Mayor Patterson was the only
mayor of a city bidding for the con¬
vention to attend negotiations."
. Johnson said. "I think that's what
Lptrru-j over the top."
Before embarking in his politi¬
cal career. Patterson owned and
operated a Christian radio station in
Fresno.
Promise Keepers is a ministry
founded by former University of
Colorado Head Football Coach Bill
McCartney and Dave Wardell.
According to the Promise Keep¬
ers' World Wide Web site.
McCartney and Wardell were on a
three-hour car ride to a Fellowship
of Christian Athletes meeting in
Pueblo. Colo., when the idea of fill¬
ing a stadium with Christian men
first came up.
Since 1991. the Promise Keep¬
ers have attracted over 2 million
men to conventions at stadiums and
arenas across the country.
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