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Editor's note: With 1 14 candidates running for
ASUN executive and senate seats in Wednesday's
election, the Daily Nebraskan realizes voters may
find themselves a bit confused as to where various
candidates stand on various subjects. In hopes of
helping limit that confusion, we have established
a list of three major issues and where the four
CSL controversy
The controversy between ASUN Senate and
the Council on Student life (CSL) stems from the ques
tion kst fall of whether the Senate could rescind the
appointment of its members of CSL Since that time, the
controversy has grown untU finally ; at its March 10 meet
ing, the Senate voted to ask Interim Chancellor Adam
Breckenridge to abolish CSL
ACS: According to Paul Morrison, one of the Senate's
problems this year has been a lack of communication be
tween the Senate and its appointees. One of the biggest
problems caused by what he calls bad communication is
the dispute between the Senate and CSL
CSL is treated by the UNL chancellor as "probably one
of the most viable forms of information on certain
matters" he says, "but ASUN is also viable"
NSC: Ron Sindelar says the entire CSL controversy
could have been avoided if ASUN Senate had proper lines
of communications with organizations it makes appoint
ments to. He would restructure the Senate to have several
committees which would make appointments to respec
tive organizations dealing with similar topics.These com
mittees would open lines of communication with organi
zations like CSL, and would try to reach a compromise
with them."
SAP: Mark Young says the current system of ASUN
Senate's relationships with its appointees 'Is stupid."
SAP thinks the real power on campus is in the various
organizations such as CSL.
USA: CSL has a definite role in university life,' says
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In November, 1974, Nebraska "voters approved a Con
stitutional amendment making the presidents of the stu
dent governments of the three NU campuses nonvoting
members of the NU Board of Regents. Yfith that vote,
the position of ASUN president became one not only of
heading UNL's campus government, but also of repre
senting students at monthly board meetings.
ACS: The ACS party thinks the student regent should
reflect the wishes of the students. To do this, they want
to have the agenda of the regents meeting published in ad
vance, probably in the Daily Nebraskan. They then would
have an "open office" a few days before the meeting so
students could come in, talk to the ASUN president about
agenda topics and voice an opinion on what position the
student regent should take.
NSC: Sindelar says that as the student regent, he would
try to win the other regents' respect by being knowledge
able on all issues that come before the board.
"You have to be knowledgeable and take a firm stand
on every issue," he says. "You have to be willing to
defend the students and stand up to the regents. Being
silent is no way to engender respect."
SAP: Taking office as student regent, says presidential
candidate Young, he may attempt to "punch out" the re
gents at the' first meeting he attends. However, he says this
would depend on whether the regents are nice to him and
whether he has a haagover when he comes to the meeting.
If SAP is in the Senate, he says, the party can intimi-
parties, as well as the independent 'executive can
didates, stand on them. Because of space, it was
impossible to note how 19 independent candi
dates for Senate seats stand on these subjects.
Daily Nebraskan reporter George Miller, who has
worked on the campaign from its beginning, com
piled the following information.
Scott Cook, but the role it currently plays is outdated and
conflicts with the Senate.
Since the Senate is linked directly to the student body
through election of senators and executives, decisions and
recommendations of other campus bodies such as CSL
should be channeled through the.Senate so it can serve
as "a sounding board for student concerns," Cook says.
All of the executives stress that ASUN Senate should
not have veto power over CSL and Fees Alb cation Board
(FAB) decisions. They said if ASUN opposes
recommendations or policies of these two bodies, the
executives should send a separate report to the administra
tion giving the Senate's opinion on the matter.
Blongewicz: Mark Blongewicz says he favors making
CSL a branch of ASUN Senate. This way, CSL and other
campus organizations which the Senate makes appoint
ments to, would not be competing with the Senate for
student input, he says. This would allow ASUN Senate
to present a united student front to the administration.
MueCer: Bill Mueller says he would not appoint
senators to boards like CSL but would open it up to stu
dents. "When I appoint someone, I'm saying I trust them to
do my business," Mueller said. "If I don't hold that trust
in them, I shouldn't have appointed them."
Sadler: Judith-Anne Sadler says she would set up a
system with CSL where ASUN Senate could present its
own report to the UNL chancellor along with CSL's if
the two groups cannot agree on an issue.
date the regents because we have nothing to lose. We're
not particularly interested in the prestige involved (with
the Senate) which is minimal at best."
USA: Cook says that how well a student regent can
persuade and work with the regents depends upon his
background and on his ability to work for the student
body.
The student regent should not 'take an adversary role
with the regents but should have "a working relationship
with them," he says. The student regent should press for
things he thinks are necessary and shouli be "aggressive
where circumstances demand," Cook says.'
Hongewkz: The student regent should stand up to the
other regents and show them that students "mean busi
ness" about getting things that they want, he says. If he is
not satisfied with what the regents are doing, he says, he
would tell them to "go to hell," and walk out of the
meeting. x
Mueller: The student Regent should be an equal with
the other regents and speak for students when the time
comes, says presidential candidate Mueller.
"The student regent has to take a stand," he says. "He
can't stand back and watch policy being made without
. having any input."
Sadler: Judith-Anne Sadler says the student regent
should show the regents that students are "reasonable
people and adults."
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note struciwe'
To improve communication among other campus
organizations end to make the ASUN Senate itself more
efficient, many candidates have proposed changes in the
senates structure. Many candidates said they would re
structure the committee system or would brmg back the
ASUN ccbtzet, which is included in the ASUN Consti
tution. . .. . -
ACS: Morrison says he would establish "A President's
Roundtabfe" where the ASUN president would discuss
ideas and problems with members of other campus
groups. Sitting on the round table would be representatives
and presidents of several campus organizations as well as
three Faculty Senate appointees, he says.
NSC: Sindelar says he would reactivate the ASUN
cabinet to provide links with other campus organizations.
He abo says he would establish about seven committees
to replace the current ASUN Senate committee structure.
The new committees would deal with certain specialized
areas of university life, he says. The committees would do
all research on proposed Senate resolutions dealing with
these areas, he says, and would make all student appoint
ments to organizations in these areas. About five senators
would sit on each committee, fie says.
SAP: SAP says it will restructure the ASUN "Senate by
holding its meeting on a round table instead of a square
one.
USA: Cook says he favors restructuring the ASUN
Senate committee system to "even out the workload" so
that all committees do about equal amounts of work. He
also says he would reactivate the ASUN cabinet which
would provide links between the executives and campus
organizations. He would have ASUN senators do more
research on Senate projects, he says. -
PfoEgewict: Restructuring the ASUN Senate by
making all organizations that the Senate makes appoint
ments to a part of the Senate itself is what Hongewicz
says he would do. This way, no other student organization
wouM compete with the Senate for student input, he says.
Madler: Mueller gave no plans for any specific ASUN
Senate restructuring.
Sad!cr: Sadler also says she would reactivate the ASUN
cabinet to. provide links with various campus organiza
tions. The cabinet would include the ASUN executives
and representatives of every organization to which ASUN
Senate makes appointments. She said she would restruc
ture the current committee system and form committees
deaimg with campus life, the Ncbrsa Lecture, ad
mmistration and academics, campus ornizations, budt
and fees and ASUN Senate's internal structure. .