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r Daily Nebraskan Robert F. Kennedy Jr. urges Nebraskans to take back their environment at Omaha event In News/2 STREB dance troupe brings daredevil acrobatics to the Lied Center this Saturday In Arts/5 JoshWolfe/DN Ward Lewis and Kelly Sheridan perform during the'America Revealed: Abolishing Stereotypes of All Wnds'fashion show, which was held in Nebraska Union Auditorium on Thursday night The show was sponsored by the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgendered Student Association. Show undresses stereotypes ■ Students and community members hit the runway to benefit efforts to defeat 416. BY UNDSEY BAKER The runways of Milan have been busy these past few weeks. Yesterday, a little bit of that fashion fever was brought to UNLs campus - just not by your typical models. "America Revealed: Abolishing Stereotypes of All Kinds," sponsored by the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual andlYansgender Student Association, featured volunteer models - students and non students - in a series of vignettes intended to dispel stereotypes drawn from manners of dressing. “I think we’re trying to deal with how peo ple stereotype based on appearance,” said Deanna Zaffke, event coordinator for the GLBT Student Association. “If you judge people based on what they wear, how canyou judge on the quality of character?” Zaffke said the stereotypes the show target ed were those put on all people, not just homo sexuals. “As a lesbian, I get up in the morning and know how to dress in a heterosexual world,” she said. “A lot of people don't question why they dress the way they do. We’re making con scious decisions about how we want to be per ceived.” The fashion show, directed by Lincoln Benefit Life data processor Stephanie Barth, consisted of six scenes, each depicting a “story" of stereotyping by dress and the effects of those judgments. “I wanted to pull people’s emotions," Barth said, who has a background in retail and expe Please see FASHION on 3 College fills dean spot BY VERONICA PAEHN Come February, Nebraska will have a new face on its UNL campus. Richard Hoffman, dean of arts and sciences at the State University of New York at Albany, will be the new dean of arts and sciences at the University of Nebraska-Iincoln. The position opened when Brian Foster left for the University of New Mexico last spring. Hoffman, who worked at Iowa State University for 18 years before going to New York, said he was looking forward to working with the College of Arts and Sciences at UNL Hoffman, a biologist, said the quality of academic programs at UNL was broad and deep, and the interdisciplinary research was appealing. He’s interested in learning more about and dealing with the life sciences in Nebraska, too, he said. It was too early to say what strategies Hoffman may imple ment when he starts at UNL, he said. He wants to help the college reach its objectives, but he said things at UNL were in good shape. “It's a very good place,” he said. Interim Chancellor Harvey Perlman said the people he's talked to in arts and sciences all seem comfortable with Hoffman’s views. “He’s going to be great," Perlman said. "He will be a strong leader but one who “He has a good vision of what a college of arts and sciences can do." Steven Hilliard English department chairman understands the role of faculty development” Steven Hilliard, English department chairman, said he looked forward to working with Hoffman. "He seems experienced,” Hilliard said. “He’s a good listen er, and he has a good vision of what a college of arts and sci ences can do.” Hilliard said he had talked to Hoffman twice during the inter view process and left with a posi tive feeling each time. Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Evelyn Jacobson, chairwoman of the search committee, agreed that Hoffman was a good choice. "He was the best candidate,” Jacobson said. “He's a very dynamic person, and he has an excellent academic and leader ship record.” Hoffman understands the missions and the various disci- - plines of an arts and sciences college, she said. The search committee that helped choose the dean was made up of faculty from the col lege, a student, a staff member and a member of the communi ty. Please see DEAN on 3 McCain to rally for Stenberg BY BRIAN CARLSON Sen. John McCain, the politi cal maverick and former presi dential candidate, will visit Nebraska today to campaign for Don Stenberg. Originally, the Stenberg cam paign hoped McCain could include the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in his visit, Stenberg campaign chairwoman Christine Vanderford said. But McCain, who discovered he had skin cancer during this year's Republican National Convention, has had to pare back his travel schedule because of his health. McCain, who unsuccessfully challenged Texas Gov. George W. Bush for the Republican presiden tial nomination earlier this year, instead plans to make one appearance in Lincoln and two in Omaha. ' McCain, a strong advocate of campaign-finance reform, will speak at a $l,000-per-couple fhnd-raising dinner for Stenberg, the GOP Senate candidate, at the Comhusker Hotel, 333 S. 13th St Sen. Chuck Hagel invited McCain, a close personal friend, to Nebraska. McCain is the fourth U.S. senator since late August to campaign for Stenberg in Nebraska, following Sen. Pete Domenici, R-N.M., Sen. Don Nickles, R*Okla. and Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa. McCain, R-Ariz., failed to defeat Bush in this year’s presi dential primaries, but he brought considerable excitement to the race. A former Vietnam War fighter pilot who was shot down by the North Vietnamese and impris oned for more than five years in Hanoi, McCain called for politi cians to restore the public's trust in Please see MCCAIN on 3 Steven Bender/DN A GHOSTLY GAS: Cody Botte, 11, makes his way through a haunted house Thursday at the Roca Berry Farm. The farm is at T6405 5.38th St in Roca, south of Lincoln.lt has a number of out door activities for children, including a pumpkin patch and hayrack ride, and is open from 9 a.m. to sunset everyday. Gore, Bush at odds on proposals BY BRIAN CARLSON Both of this year’s presidential can didates have made extensive higher education proposals, but they disagree about how and whether each other’s programs would be implemented. Vice President A1 Gore, the Democratic nominee, supports the College Opportunity Tax Cut proposed by the Clinton administration. “While higher education has become ever more important for employability, salary level and job sat isfaction, it has also become more and more expensive,” Gore’s Web site reported. The tax cut would allow families to choose between a federal income tax deduction or a 28 percent tax credit on up to $10,000 in tuition. Gore said the plan would make college, graduate school and courses taken to improve one’s job performance more afford i £r * able. "I believe college tuition up to $10,000 per year ought to be tax deductible so middle-class families can choose to send their children to college,” Gore said in the first presiden tial debate on Oct. 3. Critics said the proposal would only help the middle class, not the poor. Victory 2000, a Republican National Committee coalition, said Republican nominee George W. Bush’s plan to provide $7 billion in funding for needy college students would provide more assistance to those who need it most. “A1 Gore’s plan, on the other hand, only applies to those paying federal income taxes, thereby denying relief to 29 million low- and moderate-income families," the coalition said in a press release. But Gore also proposes tax-free “Education must become... a way of life in the 21st Century A1 Gore Vice President savings accounts for higher education. Individuals and their employers would be able to save money in tax-free 401 (j) accounts for job training, education and lifetime learning for themselves and their families. “Education must become not just a period in our lives but a way of life in the 21st Century,” Gore said. Gore said he would work to keep college costs down through a national savings tuition plan. The program Please see PRESIDENTIAL on 3 Nelson, Stenberg push education, differ on plans BY GEORGE GREEN With university tuition hikes and increases in public school teacher pay on the political horizon, education has become an important election issue. Nebraska’s senatorial candidates agree that education should be a priority for government, and both tout their own edu cational plans. But each candidate focuses on differ ent parts of the educational dilemma. Former Gov. and Democratic Senatorial candidate Ben Nelson wants to increase tax incentives for parents with children in college. Nelson wants parents to be able to afford to send their children to college, said Marcia Cady, a Nelson spokeswoman. He also thinks it’s important to increase money for federal Pell grants and low-interest Stafford loans for college edu cation, she said. Pell grants give money, which doesn’t need to be repaid, to students who can prove financial need. Attorney General Don Stenberg, the Republican Senatorial candidate, sup ports higher education, said John Soukup, Stenberg’s spokesman. But Stenberg’s campaign didn’t pro vide details to the Daily Nebraskan about any plans he has dealing with higher edu cation. Stenberg, though, supports local con trol of public education to maximize tax payer dollars. According to his Web site, Stenberg believes that funneling money through the federal government for grants wastes Please see SENATE on 3 w, > "iff