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T'V T 1_ Neumann resigns ■ M ^^k I I %/ Nebraska wrestling coach Tim Neumann leaves the M JL. JL y Husker program amidst allegations of wrongdoing in the |m ¥ ■ J ■ program. SPORTS, PAGE 20 Nebraskan ?=r. What was the question? Wednesday, April 19,2000 dailyneb.com Vol 99, Issue 143 opinion,page 5 Schools scour small applicant field National recruiters see fewer teaching candidates at Education Recruitment Day ” I remember 10 years ago when no one was recruiting teachers at all.” Tom Synnott Colorado recruiter By Lindsay Young Senior editor As education students Kaela Tworek and Missy Keith walked out die door of the Nebraska Union’s Centennial Room, a man in a group of recruiters asked them: “Spanish?” Keith told him, “Just elementary ed. That’s all,” and walked on. But Tworek, who is an elementary education major with a Spanish endorsement, was pulled back into the room. It was a typical scenario Tuesday: School principals, superintendents and program directors aggressively worked to avoid the already slim number of qualified teaching candidates’ slipping through their grasp. Eighty-eight school districts from 13 states flocked to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln to recruit from a rap idly shrinking national pool of appli cants. According to a report released in early 1999, Nebraska could need 1,200 to 2,000 more teachers than are current ly available by the year 2003. Other states, including Texas and California, are facing more severe shortages. On Tuesday, applicants were either chosen ahead of time to interview for positions, could sign up for interviews that day or could show up and do more informal preliminary interviews with recruiters. The most sought-after were stu dents with special education, math and science endorsements. Bilingual stu dents were also in high demand. Places such as the Houston Independent School District were offer ing start-up bonuses of as much as $2,000 to students with experience in those fields. “I remember 10 years ago when no one was recruiting teachers at all,” said Tom Synnott, a Jefferson County, Colo., school district recruiter who has been in education for 30 years. In the past, Synnott said, students had to search for jobs, and if they were offered positions, it was best to take them right away. “(Now) it’s exciting,” he said. “Coast to coast, (students) have their choice.” Tuesday, about 2 p.m., few students were left milling around the tables behind which their potential employers sat. The day started early, at 8, and was scheduled to end about 5 p.m. Please see TEACHERS on page 7 __ Heather Glenboski/DN ABOVE: BUC DOERR, aka Volaiiar Katzbalger, fights Ryan Neal, aka TMteh, in front of the Nebraska Union on Ibesday as part of a medieval reen actment, put on Iqr the Society for Creative Anachnmism. Tin group will also be sponsoring a ban on April 20 at 8p.m. In the Nebraska Union Baltroom. TOP. PAT ANDERSON, aka Etttenette I’Bluet, embroiders a design for a medieval cloak. Medieval society true to historical facts, traditions By Veronica Daehn Staff writer Duncan the Wanderer wears the minimum amount of armor. Steel plates cover his knees, arms, groin and kid ney. A helmet weighing up to 20 pounds sits atop his head. Others sport more armor, but Duncan says it weighs down his small frame. In combat, one can’t be too heavy. Agility is impor tant. “Pain is a wonderful teacher,” he says. “When you get hit, it stings. You’re more agile with less armor.” Duncan the Wanderer’s real name is Joe Raible. Raible, a University of Nebraska-Lincoln graduate student, is part of the medieval re-enactment group the Society for Creative Anachronism. Group members wear cos tumes, stage battles, make pottery, practice archery, cook feasts, learn calligraphy, com plete leather working and cre ate jewelry, among other things. Tuesday night, Raible and other members of the medieval group held a tourna ment outside the Nebraska Union. Please see WAR on page 9 — ELECTION 2000 — Rustad drops out of race By Brian Carlson "s&ZSZ--— Elliott Rustad dropped out of the Republican Senate race Tuesday, saying he was unwilling to run a campaign that would divide the Republican Party. Rustad, a Lincoln dermatologist, became the second candidate in a week’s time to with draw from the race. Omaha businessman George Grogan dropped out last week, saying he wanted to protect his family from media scrutiny and personal attacks. Rukad said he was encouraged by his cam paign’s recent internal polling results. But in order to win the May 9 primary, he said, he would have been forced to use campaign tactics that would have hurt the party - a strategy he was not willing to employ. “It’s clear that I had a realistic chance of win ning the nomination, and I’ve no doubt that I could defeat (likely Democratic nominee) Ben Nelson in the fall,” Rustad said in a statement. “But it’s also clear that in order to win I would have to wage a contrast campaign that could divide the Republican party, and that I’m not willing to do. “Nebraskans want and deserve a campaign based on positive ideas and values, and I share their belief” Rustad said he took satisfaction from the attention his campaign brought to issues, such as health care, a patient bill of rights, tax reform, rural economic development, Social Security reform and veterans’ issues. Now that Rustad and Grogan have dropped out of the race, four GOP candidates remain: Attorney General Don Stenberg, Secretary of State Scott Moore, Scottsbluff agribusinessman Dave Hergert and former state Sen. John DeCamp. Like Grogan, Rustad did not immedi ately endorse another candidate after dropping out. Along with Stenberg, Rustad was one of two candidates already in the race when Democratic Sen. Bob Kerrey announced in January he would not seek re-election. Rustad, who failed in a 1998 bid for the GOP nomination for lieutenant governor, spent significant amounts of his own money on the Senate race. In a statement, Stenberg said he appreciated Rustad^ decision. Please see RUSTAD on page 3