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..I I i Mud slinging, charges, counter-charges and promises dominated debate as the Governor and J.J. came to the University Wednesday night. Democratic guberna t o r i a 1 candidate J. J. Exon told the overflowing crowd at the Nebraska Union that he wasn't "going to duck any questions." He kept his promise but his answers frequently brought groans from the student dominated audience. Exon said as governor he would not recommend as much Nixon to be in Omaha U. S. Senator Roman L. Ilruska Wednesday night announced President Rich ard M. Nixon will come to Omaha Thursday, Oct 29, on behalf of Republican candidates. The President will speak at the Ak-Sar-Ben Colise um at 3:30 p.m. Thursday, Ilruska said. Further plans are Indefinite. money to the University as Gov. Tiemann. But the democratic candidate promised he would not be a "scrooge" when it came to making budget r e commendations to the Legislature. "The University of Nebraska budget would be in a lot more trouble without the victories of j- 'W fV, c. mif "' 1 J THE TWELVE DAYS OF HALLOWEEN (last verse) On the twelfth day of Halloween my true love gave to me twelve bats a-flying, eleven masks a-lecring, ten ghouls a-gronning, nine ghosts a-booing, eight monsters shrieking, seven pumpkins glowing, six goblins gobbling, five scarey spooks, four skeletons, three black cats, two trick or-treaters, and an owl In a dead tree. ... so sang the Youth International Party (YIP) choir Wednesday la the Nebraska Union. the NU football team," Exon said. Unlike Exon, Gov. Tiemann refused to mention specific areas of the University budget he thought should be trimmed. "More important than what is going to be cut from the University budget is the role the University is going to play in the development of the state," responded Tiemann. One of the hottest points of the debate between the gubernatorial candidates was the issue of law and order on the campus. While admitting unnecessary force should not be used to quell disturbances, Exon said he favored "bringing in the necessary force" to deal with campus violence. "Before I send in the Na tional Guard on this campus I would consult Chancellor Varner," promised the Democratic candidate. The Governor said he would confer with the University administration and student leaders before calling the National Guard on campus. He also remarked that trained and experienced guardsmen carry ing live ammunition would come on campus only if regular law enforcement officers could not handle the disruption. Turning to last spring's unrest on the University campus, the Republican Governor praised student leaders for keeping the campus peaceful. "The principal reason there was no serious trouble was that you had some Turn to page 6 m can 21UDU THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1970 LINCOLN, NEB. VOL. 94, NO. 22 Controversy settled by JOHN DVORAK Nebraska Staff Writer "Personally, I just think that some people are raising hell to make political hay. But I just want to clear up this issue." With those words, ASUN President Steve Tiwald began a discussion at the student senate meeting Wednesday on an issue that nearly everyone senators,' administrators faculty and newsmen hope has been put to rest. That issue is the expenditures during last May's strike ac tivities. The final point of con troversy which may have been settled Wednesday is $1,565.82 used to pay for three town meetings in the NU Coliseum. The issue has been haggled to death, most people agree. But the conflict seemed to culminate this week with a news release issued by ASUN Sen-. Bruce Wimmer. The release, which appeared! Come back, please come back Besides controversy, con fusion and complexity, the ASUN Senate has had to deal with another serious problem this year. Senators don't seem to want to stay for the entire meetings. The meetings have gotten a little long. Wednesday's lasted until 6:15. The two meetings before that were also marathons. At the Wednesday meeting, discussions dragged on and as supper time neared the ranks of senators thinned. Before any new business was introduced, the Senate had lost its quorum which for all practical purposes renders the legislative body helpless. ASUN President Steve in most area newspapers, charged a "blatant cover-up attempt of President Joseph Soshik's actions during the disruptive acitvity, by Miles Tommeraasen, University fi nance and business director." Wimmer charged the student money "was wrongly spent." Tommeraasen, as well as two of the three ASUN senators who Investigated the issue recently, agreed the whole problem was one of an error in accounting procedures. The costs of the three mass meetings last May were paid from unallocated student fee allocations, not ASUN funds. Tommeraasen told the senators. The money was never sup posed to pass through the books of ASUN, he continued. However, through mistake it did. The bookkeeping error was rectified when caught. Costs of the mass meeting Tiwald became increasingly irritated as he watched senator after senator walk from the meeting room. Finally, in a very mild out burst, the ASUN president chastised the senators for leaving. "I see some of the senators leaving now are the very ones who weren't here at 4 'clock and prevented us from starting the meeting on time." Bob Pfeiffer then seconded Tiwald's request for the senators to stay put. But several ASUN officials had already noticed that the quorum (22 voting senators) had been lost. Several people were already out trying to persuade wayward senators into return . . . hopefully included setting up and putting away chairs, procuring sound equipment and lighting. . "Everything was automatically charged to ASUN, but it shouldn't have been," Tommeraasen said. "The University administration considered t h e all-student meetings a proper acitvity to be paid for with a supplemental appropriation of unallocated student fees." The administration made no judment on tlie issues to bo discussed at the mass meetings, Tommeraasen said. The important thing was that the administration deemed the meetings important and legitimate expenses, he add ed. Apparently satisfied with Tommeraasen's explanation, the Senate amended slightly the investigating report of the three ASUN Senators. Wim Turn to page 2 ing for more of the action. But after seeing that the quorum was definitely gone Pfeiffer, who conducts the meetings, stated: "I know where there are three senators." With that h e hurriedly left the room. A five minute unof ficial break ensued. Pretty soon a senator returned to the room. Then another, and then another Then several more. And finally Pfeiffer himself returned. With 25 senators present, three more than the quorum, the meeting went on despite the occasional looks of nervousness and anxiousness on the faces of senators who wanted so badly to leave. 1 u A- .i'J f ! ; .. i4' i ,' 1, t V V. V !; i 4 I J .