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i 001 U !AifgCo)(fi fnday, march 1 5, 1 974 lincoln, nebraska vol. 97, no. 34 RHA Council decides to pursue lawsuit despite Bader warning By Wes Albers The Residence Hall Association (RHA) Council decided Thursday night to pursue its . alcoholvisitation lawsuit despite administration warnings that doing so might jeopardize the Differentiated Housing Report. In an emergency meeting the Council unanimously approved a resolution stating it was "open to an out-of-court settlement but will continue with the lawsuit." . RHA president Carolyn Grice called the meeting after speaking Wednesday with Ken Bader, vice-chancellor for student affairs, Wednesday night. ' According to Grice, Bader told her there was "some concern" about the regents' willingness to discuss the Differentiated Housing Report at tomorrow's meeting if the lawsuit was not dropped. Grice said she thought Bader's remarks were made out of concern for the students and did not in any way reflect a demand by the administration that the lawsuit be dropped. The lawsuit challenges current residence hall rules which were approved by the Board of. Regents. ASUN and RHA filed the suit. Grice said it is impossible to tell if the regents will discuss the Differentiated Housing Report in light of RHA's refusal to drop the lawsuit. "We would like for them to act on it," she said. "There is so much at stake for us in the proposal." . The Differentiated Housing Report was prepared by the Council on Student Life's (CSL) differentiated housing task force. It was scheduled for discussion at Saturday's Board of Regents meeting. Among task force recommendations was a call for abolition of the open door policy, liberalized visitation hours and legalization of alcohol in all residence halls except Gather, Pound and Fedde Halls. The administration's concern was apparently over the regents' willingness to discuss alcoholvisitation matters while the alcoholvisitation lawsuit was in progress, Grice said. Grice said the regents "may be holding the Differentiated Housing Report over our heads" to encourage dropping the lawsuit. "We have nothing to say that the regents will pass the Differentiated Housing Report Saturday if we drop the lawsuit," she said. "That is our basic concern." The Council's resolution reflected Council members' statements that the lawsuit and the Differentiated Housing Report could be handled simultaneously. Grice said lawyers representing both parties in the lawsuit have signed statements approving discussion of the Differentiated Housing Report while the lawsuit is in progress. In a press release prepared after the meeting, the Council said it would not discuss the next year's proposed housing rate increases if the regents decided not to discuss the differentiated proposal. v ' . ' "J Photo by Stewart Neien RHA President Carolyn Grico USE candidates dominate ASUN positions By Susanne Schafer An unofficial 11 voter turnout of the UN L student body produced a solid victory for candidates of the United Student Effort Party (USE) in the ASUN Senate, executive board elections Wednesday. Ron Clingenpeel, USE candidate for president, won the top spot with 1,011 votes. Sharon Johnson, USE candidate for first vice president, garnered the most votes of any candidate with a total of 1,160. The third executive member of the USE slate, David Howlett, won the seat of second vice president with 1033 votes. In all, including executive positions, 40 USE candidates won seats on both the ASUN Senate and college advisory boards. in contrast, six Active 1 J t L X. V 1 Communications Together Party (ACT) candidates were voted into offices. Thirteen candidates who ran independently, according to the unofficial tally, were elected. Clingenpeel won over ACT candidate Todd McDaniel, who placed second in the presidential race with 654 votes. Third place went to Celibacy, Lysterine and Anti-Permissiveness party (CLAP) leader, Pat Olson, with 293. United for One Party (UFO) candidate Ron Sindelar received 157 presidential votes. Unoff ical voter turnout was estimated to be about 2,406, said Lance Bristol, ASUN electoral commissioner. The constitutional amendment, which would have given the newly elected senate the opportunity to I i f-hoto by Gail f-oWa Elected to ASUN executive positions in Wednesday's election were Ron Clingenpeel (from left), president; Sharon Johnson, first vtca president; and David Howlett, second vies president. restructure the ASUN constitution, was defeated. The votes did not total 15 of the student body number, which Bristol said is needed to pass a constitutional amendment. . The official tally will be released next week. Because of the appearance of write-in candidates, some of the names on' the unofficial tally appear with last names only, he said. This is the case in the Agriculture Advisory Board Division. The tenth senate seat in the A and Sciences division maybe decided in the recount, as two candidates tied with 300 votes. Clingenpeel, along with all senate and executive winners, will be installed at next Wednesday's ASUN Senate meeting. "I'm personally overwhelmed that so many of our people go in tojether," commented Clingenpeel. "I'm sorry to see that more didn't turn out to vote." The coming year in office wili be a "rebuilding period," Clingenpeel said. ASUN can do for them and with them," he said. McDaniel was not available comment, "It's the University's loss," remarked UFO candidate Ron Sindelar, when asked to comment on the election. It was reported in a news release that Pat Olson, CLAP candidate, had retreated to self-imposed exile on the Isle of Langerhaus of the Pancreas. (Asterisks denote unofficial winners) President Ron Clingenpeel (USE) Todd McDaniel (ACT) Pat Olson (CLAP) Ron Sindelar (UFO) First Vice President Slsaron Johnson (USE) 1011 654 293 157 11G0 Marti Ochsnef (ACT) Ron Sindelar (UFO) Greg Sutton (CLAP) Second Vice President Norm Brown (ACT) David Howlett (USE) Jeff Popp (CLAP) Ron Sindelar (UFO) Agriculture Senators Blayne Glissman (ACT) Charles Herbster Mike Jacobson (USE) Larry Koelling Ronn Ross (USE) Brian Schellpepet (USE) Keith Waterbury (ACT) . Architecture Senators Steve Eveans (USE) Tony Ramirez (ACT) Arts & Sciences Senators Art Alexander (USE) Royce Amrnors (ACT) Tim Arthur (ACT) (Cathy Babcock (ACT) Chuck Beck (USE) Scott Buckley Ed Bui! (ACT) Wilma Ennenga (ACT) i : - r - i i m li Tim Evensen (ACTS Jana Hills (USE) Pat Jacobberger (ACT) Mary Jenkins (USE) Becky Jones (ACT) Tom Keuf (ACT) Doug Kristensen Sara LeRoy (USE) William Norton (USE) Scott Svaboda (USE) JimWefso (USE Warren Wilson (ACT) Dennis Onnen (ACT) Engineering & Tech Senators John Dobitz (USE) Mark Nelson (ACT) Chuck Schuster (ACT) Grad fit Professional Senators Bernice Giasor Thomas Owens Cheryl Robbins (USE) Julie Satterfield (ACT C. Stevens Steve Timmons (UCE) John Vihstadt Brian Waid (USE) 65f 227 155 653 1033 241 172 53 118 155 63 176 ISO 43 42 14 411 300 203 322 333 207 207 146 307 321 242 393 234 172 198 347 287 460 300 194 ; 23 88 57 61 m 83 96 BQ 50 51 83 90 Results continued on Pag 3 i s A . fc 4.. ,
