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1 inside C thursday, march 18, 1976 vol. 3 no. 93 lincoln, ncbreska Money moving: The Nebraska Legislature approves amendments to the NU budget and moves LB690 to select file. ........................ p.2 Money moves: But it is going to take a few more stamps to make sure your preregistration packet pays its way to the Bursar TV'-H r r " : I r '---V'-l-.. 1 a r?r nrn LiJ t. ' - i' V - ' r r " , -: 1 it " A few cf ths ijES'stedenSs vofeg ia Wednes day's ASUN elections resdy their student ID cards ' st the Nebraska Ihkm vctssg booth. SJSy mere than 13 of IEL students voted. . Apparent thievery of Daily Nebrasfcan being investigated By Gail Smith Questions about the apparent 'theft of large quantities of Wednesday's Daily Nebraskan remained unanswered late Wednesday. The papers were discovered missing about 11:30 am, said Editor-in-chief Vince Boucher. - Boucher said he found no newspapers in most City Campus buildings after he discovered die apparent theft. It is unlikely they were removed by the normal distribu tion process, he said, adding that he thinks the removal of the newspapers was a theft, not a "prank. "Negative reaction that Daily Nebraskan editors have received leads me to believe the theft of the newspapers possibly may be related to some of our coverage of the ASUN election," Boucher said. v Boucher said an anonymous man telephoned him at the Daily Nebraskan office Wednesday about 4 pjn. and said only "look what we can do." , Ivlors prpess ordered After the apparent theft was discovered, Business Man ager Jerri Ilaussler ssid, she notified Campus Folice and : ordered 8 XX) additions! copies of the papsr; printed, which were distributed by staff members to 11 Gty Campus buildings. " Randy Gordon, Dally Nebraskan managing editor, said -"poll workers at the election site at fJebraska Ihl told me theyjiad seen some persons remove the Dally t&braskaa . in large quantities from the distribution box at the west entry." ' About 16 00 copies of the psper are printed for each publication day, t&usskr said, and about 13,203 cf these are distributed to City Campus buildings. &s said she knew cf no lzrge quantities cf psrs, Ukea from East Csmpus buildings. Campus Police Lt. Robert Edmunds csid he fckrtrd of ficers on both City and East campuses to witch for per sons removing krge quantities of the newspapers dslivercd after the apparent theft was discovered. Officers cbscrvexS no unusual activity, he ssid. " ' n Independent presidential candidate BUI Mueller had a substantial lead in ASUN preliminary election results early Thursday moniing, according to ASUN EkrtoralCommis sioner Ray Walden. Mueller, who was endorsed by the Greek slate, had a preliminary vote total of 906. University Student Aware ' ness (USA) candidate Scott Cook was second with 518 votes. Independent first vice-presidential candidate Paula Hae der, also endorsed by the slate, led that category with a ' preliminary total of 643 votes. Alliance of Concerned Stu dents (ACS) candidate Rachel Young apparently was second with 552 votes. New Student Coalition (NSC) second vice-presidential candidate Dennis Martin showed a substantial preliminary lead with 1,021 votes, followed by USA candidate John Welch with 678 votes. Walden said he was surprised at the preliminary elec tion results. As the thing turned out with the Greek slate sweeping the executive spots and it's starting to look like they took the Senate positions too, the Greek slate had an influence, he said. "To that I attribute the higher voting turnout, about 100 higher than last year." Walden said although the figures are preliminary ones, he "can't see a reversal" for any of the executive winners.' An estimated 2390 ballots were cast, he added. . Mueller, ASUN president-elect, said he was "very, very surprised by the vote." "Students probably said more (in the election) than they have on this campus in a long while," Mueller said. "I think students voted for a change. . Soi st student more like themselves." He said being endorsed by the slate and being what he , called "an outsider" : (not an incumbent) were "very - helpful" in his victory ' - "The slate had a large effect," Mueller said. "Greeks got out and voted like they never had before, but I also obviously had some independent support." Mueller said he has not found a first priority yet, but said he will be "brainstorming" with those who are elected executives and senators. Cook said his first reaction to the results of the elec ' tion is that "a few controlled" the election results. lie added that he hopes ASUN Senate will be able to v t it t 3 J continue the credibility and interest "that it has been able to gather this year " Defeated NSC presidential candidate Ron Sindelar, who showed 381 votes, said he thought the Daily Nebras ' kan "was very effective in eliciting support for the Greek ticket," with it's publication of stories about the Greek slate in Wednesday's issue. Paul Morrison, ACS presidential candidate, said both he and NSC candidate Sindelar "had worked our asses off. We know what we're doing in ASUN." "I question whether B21 Mueller knows anything about it," he continued. "I'm disappointed the Greeks went out and voted like that. ASUN is supposed to represent the students not the fucking Greeks." Morrison said he would file an ekction appeal with the ASUN Electoral Commission first thing Thursday. He said he had "three strong cases to have the election nullified:" "By God , I'm not going to sit here and let somebody as incompetent as Dill Mueller take over the realms of ASUN," Morrison said. E21 even admitted during the campaign that he knows nothing abouf ASUN." Stupid Americans Party (SAP) candidate Young, who tied with Morrison, said that he was a bit upset by the way the election turned out aitd that he was upset by the Greek slate. ' v If he had known there was going to be a Greek slate, he said, he would not have run. Independent presidential candidate Mark Blongewicz, who received 132 unofficial votes, said he thought Mueller's victory was "a sad state of affairs when people vote along the lines of an endorsement of living units in stead of voting because of the issues." " Judith-Anne Sadler, Independent presidential candi date who trailed the other candidates, said she thought that "after all the publicity (about the Greek slate) I felt it would go .to a straight party ticket or the Greek slate." She said if it is true that Greeks and non-Greeks really do not get along, that next year's Senate "should be fun." -Prasidait-Bill Mueller. SOS; Scott Cook (USA). 518; Ron . Sindelar (NSC). 331 ; Paul Morrison (ACS) and Mark Young (SAP), 312; Mark Blongewicz 132; and Judith-Anne Sadler. 88. First vice-president-Paula Haeder, 643; Rachel Young (ACS). 552; Susie Reitz. (USA) .517; Britt Miller (NSC). 432; and Dave Waskowiak. 361. Second vice-president Dennis Martin (NSC) 1,021; John Welch (USA) 678; Scott Buckley (ACS). 433; and Jeff Taebel (SAP) 372. 7 8 i ... , .... .. t-. ' V 1 Its dipcI cf tlrce Vciscsdcy cdlllsss cf the D!y Oliikther IliTs is teirj fcrrersd by Ccrpus Felice. Kebrrsa in a Deispsy Dusritex between Ccrzett and The apparent theft cf thess ai ether UzZy U&zzSzzi However, he added that cfBcers found some loose cewapers in tmh cans inside buildings and in large trash cans outside buHdizgs. .. - Ccssdsred a crrne Doucher said some Dd2y Nsbrsaa stziT cembers fcund tied stacks of papers in outdoor trzh cans. Edmunds said he is sure the apparest theft would be considered arinse and o iaYtstirticn is underway. Tfasre cy tea cmce t?lz& the Di!2y lfebmaTi because, cf the cost cf replacing the papers, he sid, and a crhss tgsist students who wot dtprired cf. the papers. There axe no aspects cow, hs tdd, but if suspects are found, a report wD be sent to County Arty. Ron Lahncrs. - Lshners ssM vVcdsday afternoon that he would have to research the law before he knew what crime and penalty, if any, would spply to this type cf case. He said "appropriate action would be taken. The first edition and the additional copies printed Vedaesday cost about S4,2CO including sr.f.zrwl printing and other costs, Eiusslei said. The actual cost of the incident is undetennincd, she said. -: $iarevsd The Dz2y braskan is supported partislly for the 1975-76 school year by S34.CXX) in studsat fees, acccrd "ing to Don Veseh, chiimrn of the Fees ATocatica Board. "Its the students in the end who art ripped off, net the IfcHy Kcbraskan, he said. .. The DzSy Nebraskan is offerins a $IC3 reward for per sons calling the Nebraskan office with infonnatsoa ksding to the prosecution cf persons involved in the apparent theft, Doucher said.