University Daily Kansan / Friday, February 28, 1992
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Trouble mars Huskers
The Associated Press
LINCOLN, Neb. — A series of unrelated incidents has smudged the image of Nebraska, considered by coaches one of the cleanest programs around.
A running back awaits trial on charges of beating a woman. Some football and baseball players got into brawl. A basketball player was suspended for disciplinary problems. And the Big Eight Conference will decide next month if Nebraska should forfeit games for using a football player who might have used up his eligibility.
"We've looked at eachother, some of us, and wondered, 'When is this going to stop?' assistant athletic director Don Bryant said yesterday.
The longtime Nebraska official and former Lincoln sports writer said the chain of events that began shortly before Nebraska's Orange Bowl appearance had been embarrassing to the university.
"The public will have to judge us as they see us, some good, some bad," said head football coach Tom Osborne.
The rash of incidents began when backfill Omar Sato was ruled ineligible to play in the Orange Bowl against Miami. The senior apparently had used up his eligibility in 1990 because he took part in a presseason scrimmage at a California junior college he never officially attended.
In January, junior running back Scott Baldwin was charged with the assault of a Lincoln woman, who suffered serious head injuries and was hospitalized for almost two months. Osborne visited Baldwin at a mental hospital, where the normally mild-mannered player underwent psychiatric testing, and in jail. The coach also sat in court Wednesday when Baldwin pleaded not guilty and not guilty by reason of insanity.
Friday, police cited seven football players for a fight with six members and a former member of the school's
baseball team at a house party in Lincoln. No formal charges have been filed, but the players are scheduled to appear in court.
Osborne kicked two football players involved in Friday's fight off the team. The others face suspension from part or all of spring practice.
"They had been told to avoid trouble. "Osborne said.
On Tuesday, basketball coach Danny Nee suspended starting forward Carl Hayes for one game for unspecified disciplinary problems. Hayes did not make the trip to Stillwater, Okla., Wednesday night in No. 25 Nebraska's 72-51 loss to No. 14 Oklahoma State.
And in that game, sophomore point guard Jamar Johnson and Oklahoma State guard Darwyn Alexander were ejected for fighting. Johnson automatically was suspended by the Big Eight for one game, meaning he will be out of tomorrow's home game against Colorado.
No.4 UCLA loses at USC
The Associated Press
LOS ANGELES — Harold Miner had 29 points as No. 13 Southern California swept UCLA for just the second time in 50 years with an 83-79 victory last night.
Southern Cal seemed to have taken control of the battle of intra-city rivals early in the second half, taking a 59-45
lead with 15:08 to play
The Southern Cal Trojans (20-14, 12-2) moved into a first-place tie in the Pac-10 with the fourth-ranked UCLA Bruins (21-12, 12-3), who lost their second straight and will play top-tranked Duke University on Sunday.
However, UCLA, which lost to Southern Cal for its only other conference loss this season, chipped away at the score and was within six points with 10:05 to play.
But Miner, the Trojans' all-time leading scorer, then scored on the next three possessions, offsetting UCLA baskets each time.
Yamen Sanders scored on a break dunk and a rebound around a 3-pointer by UCLA's Tracy Murray, who had 28 points, and the Trojans led 74-66 with 5:59 to play.
Southern Cal had just one field goal the rest of the game but managed to make seven of 12 free throws in that span. Miner's last, the first of two with 1.5 seconds left, sealed the victory.
Miner had scored 30 or more points in his last four games and missed extending the streak by one point.
Southern Cal dominated the offensive boards in the first half and took a 48-41 halftime lead. The Trojans outrebounded UCLA 23-15, 11-on the offensive end, as Miner converted three out of five rebounds into baskets.
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On February 2,1972, noted feminist, Robin Morgan spoke to an overflow crowd at the Kansas Union where women publicly voiced their dissatisfactions. Two days later,20-30 women known as the February Sisters, occupied the East Asian Studies building and presented the KU administration with a list of demands.
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