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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.
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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
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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
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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)
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654
293
157
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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)
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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)
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227
155
653
1033
241
172
53
118
155
63
176
ISO
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42
14
411
300
203
322
333
207
207
146
307
321
242
393
234
172
198
347
287
460
300
194
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57
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BQ
50
51
83
90
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