ASUN President-elect Steve Fowler
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Fowler slate wins as 4,500 vote
Pioneer Park weather didn't
hurt turnout for the annual
ASUN Spring Election
Wednesday- almost 4500
students punched
computer-card ballots to elect
Steve Fowler ASUN President,
as well as approve the Vietnam
Peace Treaty and the
continued use of student fees
for the partial support of the
Daily Nebraskan.
Voting in the two polling
places was heavier than most
student government observers
had predicted. The turnout
represents nearly one fourth of
the eligible voters; last year less
than 15 per cent voted.
Fowler, an ASUN Senator
from Lincoln, rode to victory
over his nearest rival and fellow
ASUN Senator Tim Kincaid.
The other two members of
Fowler's slate, First Vice
President Michele Coyle and
second Vice President Rod
More
Hernandez also dumped their
opponents.
Because of the large number
of students voting in the
Wednesday ASUN election,
improperly marked ballots in
some colleges and problems
with the computer-counting,
complete ASUN election
results were not available in the
early hours of Thursday
morning.
All results reported in the
Thursday Daily Nebraskan are
unofficial and are subject to
revision later Thursday
afternoon when tabulations are
expected to be complete.
Students can obtain
up-to-date election results
Thursday by calling the
student government office, in
the Nebraska Union at
472-2581.
Complete and official
election results will be reported
in the next issue of the Daily
Nebraskan after Easter
vacation on April 21.
Although student elections
are hard to predict, speculation
throughout the several-week
campaign was that Fowler,
leader of the University
Coalition party, and his two
running mates would prevail. It
was generally thought that
Kincaid would come in second.
Perhaps one of the reasons
for the turnout Wednesday was
three referendum issues which
had garnered considerable
publicity and occasionally
sparked controversy in past
months.
The Daily Nebraskan, under
attack from some students
during the past year because of
its $1.25 per full-time student
per semester subsidy, easily
won support of the voters.
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unofficial election results on page 8
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THURSDAY. APRIL 8. 1971
LINCOLN, NEBRASKA
VOL. 94 NO. 99
Senator Gravel:
devote more time
to problem solving
U. S. Senator Mike Gravel of Alaska outlined a
number of elements in conflict in society
Wednesday afternoon before telling a small crowd in
the Union Centennial Room,"This nation will have to
devote more time to problem solving".
Gravel, who delivered his speech as part of the"
Montgomery Lecture Series, said, "The problem of
getting it all together is something this nation must
attack within the next decade or two.
"The problem is one of method," he continued,
"and the test is can we do it within the context of
representative government? "
The Columbia University graduate noted, "The
difference between rural and urban problems at the
highest level is negligible. We've failed in achieving the
true quality of "life in urban and in rural America."
THE ALASKAN also explained the controversy
surrounding the proposed Alaskan pipeline. A plan,
known as the Alaskan Plan, provides for a pipeline to
run through Canada to the Puget Sound area from
where Alaskan oil could be transported to other areas
of the U.S.
The difficulty, according to Gravel, has been in
getting a right-of-way for the pipeline.
"By 1980 we'll be importing 50 per cent of our
oil," Gravel said. "The conflict is a result of our
national ecological concern."
The Alaskan approach is being studied to assure its
ecological safety. Gravel agreed that the pipeline
method of oil transportation should be studied but
noted that the two other methods under
consideration, a land and a sea route, should be given
an equally thorough study.
"I feel that if we can send people to the moon we
should have tankers which can transport oil on our
oceans safely," Gravel said.
GRAVEL CHARGED that government programs
have succeeded only in the areas of space, defense
and highway systems. He also stated that in the space
and defense programs the "sustaining elements were
not profit but concepts surrounding our new
technology."
The legislator changed the subject somewhat to
give his views on the idea that "the best government
is the least government".
"In 1969 I voted for a tax cut." Gravel said. "I
think it was a mistake. It will be a long time before 1
do it again. It's idiotic to vote for a tax cut when we
don't fund our environmental programs, and when we
don't fund our educational systems."
HE ALSO ATTACKED the work ethic: "The
profit motive must come under examination. The
concept of profit motive flies in the face of our
environmental problems."
Pursuing this theme Gravel opined, "Our view
must be altered. If I have wealth I don't see why my
children should have to go to work at age twelve. My
boy shouldn't have to cut lawns if I can afford to
have my own lawn cut by somebody else."
However, he admitted, "Again we come into
conflict with a romantic idea of conservative society
that has a nun working twelve hours a day to provide
for his family.
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Hansen appointment
remains uncertain
After an explosive special ASUN Senate meeting
Wednesday afternoon, the question of John Hansen's
eligibility to serve on the Presidential Search
Committee was still undecided.
Hansen, who was one of three students selected to
serve on the committee, was declared ineligible
Friday by Student Affairs because he is not a
full-time student.
He appealed the decision but it was upheld by the
Standing. Committee onJtudent Organizations and
the Council on Student Life decided not to hear the
case. Hansen then added three hours of independent
study under Stephen Rozman in the political science
department. After receiving his tuition receipt,
Hansen returned to Student Affairs and announced
that he was a full-time student with 13 hours.
Ron Gierhan, assistant in the Office of Student
Affairs, then contacted Walter K. Beggs, who is
Hansen's Dean in the Teachers College. Beggs ruled
that Hansen could not add the three hours because he
already had 1 5 hours of incompletes.
HANSEN DISAGREED , stating that he had only
six incomplete hours, three of which could not be
made up at this time because the necessary books had
not yet arrived in town.
He told the Senate that he wanted to add the
course (I) to make him eligible to serve on the
committee, (2) because he had already done much of
the necessary research, some of which would be
out-of-date if he waited until next year to take the
course, and (3) because he had great respect for
Rozman and wanted to study under him.
Since Teachers College had refused his add,
Hansen today transferred to Arts and Sciences. Arts
and Sciences will decide whether he may add the
course sometime Thursday.
A motion to reaffirm Hansen's appointment was
refused by First Vice President Bob Pfeiffer. Pfeiffer
said Hansen was still officially ineligible.
Sen. Nancy Ryan then moved that "should John
Hansen be declared a full-time student this semester
by his college Dean he shall immediately assume his
seat on the Presidential Search Committee." Ryan's
motion received no negative votes but failed because
not enough of the Senate voted.
TEMPERS FLARED AS the body prepared to
vote on an alternate Committee member to replace
Hansen. Some Senators hurled profanity and a few
began to walk out in an attempt to remove the
quorum so the Senate couldn't vote.
Finally a compromise was reached when the group
decided to adjourn until Arts -and Sciences came to a
decision on Hansen's add. It was not immediately
known when they would meet again.
In related business, ASUN passed a resolution by
Sen. Ed Eggleston directing the Council on Student
Life to review the policy concerning participation in
extra-curricular activities "with special attention
being given to the 1 2 hour requirement and a more
explicit definition of an extra-curricular activity.
The Senate also approved a motion to change the
last line of the ASUN oath of office from
"remembering at the same time that what is best for
the University will be in the long run be best for all
its students" to read "remembering at the same time
that what is best for all of the students will in the
long run be best for the University.