fudenf couri debates ASUN's fate late Tuesday
By Marjb Lundstrom
At 9:15 Tuesday night the UNL Stu
dent Court had not readied a decision on a
suit seeking to abolish the ASUN Senate.
However, Chief Justice Fritz Stehlik said
a decision would be made late Tuesday
night.
Trie UNL Student Court heard two
cases Tuesday night, the first contesting
the disqualification of nine candidates of
the High People's Coalition party (THC
LSD), and the second concerning ASUN
abolishment.
Nine members of the THCLSD party
were ruled ineligible because they did not
obtain the required 35 signatures from per
sons in the colleges they represent.
"Thirty-five signatures is very reason
able to show that the candidate does have
some support in the college he wishes to
run," said Joe Stavas, ASUN vice presi
dent. Stavas said some of the THCLSD
candidates' signatures also had false add
resses and telephone numbers.
THCLSD presidential candidate Kirk
Hemphill said the candidates did not know
the information was false. Hemphill added
that the THCLSD party is "not a joke
party to mock ASUN elections."
"The only thing that is a joke about us
is our name," Hemphill said. "It's for voter
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"I am a serious candidate. I've had lots
of experience with ASUN, and I was in
sulted that we were called a joke party,"
he said. "I would like to see ASUN be
meaningful and worthwhile to the stu
dents." James Rawly, a senior law student re
presenting Hemphill, said the 35 signature
requirement was "inappropriate" and
should be proportional to the size of each
college.
Colleges are of different popuation,"
Rawly said. Individual colleges and the
number of people in them should deter
mine the required number of signatures."
Rawly said there have been "irregular
ities in enforcing this rule" in past ASUN
elections.
The court also heard a suit filed by two
UNL students to abolish the ASUN Senate.
Britt Miller and Randall Murphy said
they examined ASUN meeting minutes
and attendance records and found that
ASUN h isn't had a legal quorum since Dec.
By ASUN constitution a legal quorum
requires 24 ASUN senators to be present.
Miller and Murphy charged that since 24
senators were not present at previous meet
ings, the actions should be declared null
and void.
Because senators were appointed on
Dec. 15 and Jan. 26 without a quorum,
they said, those senators are ineligible.
"We can not interpret the law (ASUN
constitution) one time and reverse it for a
different situation," Miller said.
He said if the constitution was declared
void, the NU Board of Regents or the ad
ministration would write a new one and
"hopefully write it properly."
Steve Voight, a second year law student
representing ASUN said that Miller's and
Murphy's interpretation of the facts was
false.
Voight said although a quorum must be
present for most decisions, the replace
ment of senator vacancies constitutes an
emergency.
By Robert's Rules of Order, he said,
emergency action validly can be taken
without the presence of a quorum. .
Student in fair condition after Jump from building
By John Minnick
An 18-year-old UNL student was listed in fair condi
tion at Lincoln General Hospital Tuesday after he ran
across and jumped from the roof of Piper Residence Hall
in the Neihardt Residence Center, Monday.
Campus police said Charles Michael Koch of Gretna
jumped from the roof at2:10 p.m., and eyewitnesses
immediately called for help. The police said there was no
sign of foul play.
A Lincoln General spokeswoman said Koch is in the
intensive care unit with broken bones and cuts.
Tim Martin, a freshman from Lincoln, said he was on
the roof of the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity across the street,
when he heard banging on the door to Piper's roof.
"He (Koch) broke through a boarded-up window in the
door, fell down as he came out the north door and ran
down the roof shrieking, 'I'm Jesus, I'm Jesus,' then ran
down the west side of the roof until he jumped," Martin
said. ,
Martin said that as Koch was falling he kept moving his
arms and legs as if he was running. Koch landed feet first,
then fell on his left side striking his head, Martin said.
Two people followed Koch but Koch had already jumped
by the time they got to the roof, according to Martin.
Followed Koch
Amir Rahbari, a graduate student from Iran who lives
across the hall from Koch's room, was one of the students
who followed Koch to the roof.
Rahbari said Koch had been running up and down the
hall all afternoon yelling for his rommate. Koch seemed
nervous so Rahbari and a friend, followed him, Rahbari
said. He said Koch ran upstairs to the roof.
"He (Koch) went upstairs and had broken through the
door by the time we got there," he said. "When we could
get through the door, all I could see was his head going
below the edge of the building."
Scott Hess, a junior from Omaha, said he was across
the street and, after he saw Koch jump he ran across the
streel into the Chi Omega sorority house and asked one of
the girls to call 911 the emergency services number.
"He kept going full-speed," Hess said. "I thought he
was going to stop, but he didn't."
Health tide
Dan Macholan, Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity health
aide, said he saw Koch jump from across the street. He
said he heard Koch's body hit the ground and ran toward
it. .
"He was bleeding pretty bad, and tried to move right
away," Macholan said. I told him to lie back. He was.
choking ... so I gently turned his head to the side and
cleared his throat ... Macholan said.
Koch's roommate, Ed Lacy, a sophomore from
Hastings, said he was at work when Koch jumped, but he
had seen Koch before he left for work at 1:30 pjn. and
said he was all right
"I've known Mike since the beginning of the year,"
Lacy said. "He hadn't had any problems recently. I have
no idea why it happened."
Greg Hansen, a sophomore from Franklin, said he had
a class with Koch and never had the idea he was different
or anything was bothering him when he talked to him.
"He is a real nice kid, very outgoing and easy to talk
to. I was really surprised when I found out," Hansen said.
Polls are open
Students may vote from 9 ixa. to 8 pjn. today in the
Nebraska Union, Nebraska Hall and Nebraska East Union
for ASUN executive and senatorial candidates.
Each student must present his own identification card
when voting, according to ASUN election rules. No stu
dent can vote more than once. Disabled students should
arrange before noon with the ASUN secretary to vote.
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Ambulance attendants prepare to take Charles Michael Koch to Lincoln General Hospital Monday after Koch
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A list of Greek candidates for today's ASUN election
was distributed to a majority of fraternities and sororities
early this week, but apparently it differs from last year's
so-called Greek slate.
This year's list was supposed to include all Greek can
didates, according to Doug Kristensen, Acacia fraternity
member and past Interfraternity Council (IFC) president
who helped compile and distribute the sheet.
"The big impetus is to get people out to vote," Kristen
sen said. The list also is to inform fraternity and soror
ity members of Greek candidates, he said.
However, at least 16 Greek candidates have been left
off this year's list, a check indicated. Also, 12 fraternity
or sorority presidents contacted said they had not
received a list.
Kristensen said the list is not to be confused with last
year's slate. '
Organizers of the slate told the Daily Nebrasktm
that it was to encourage Greeks to vote and the secrecy
surrounding its selection and distribution was to attract
interest. The slate did not attempt to list all Greek can
didates. Kristensen said if any names were left off this year's
list, the. mistake was not intentional. .
"You talk about endorsing people but that's not it,"
Kristensen said. "That's not our aim. We feel very badly if
we left anyone off," he said.
The list also included recommended voting for the six
constitutional amendments on today's ballot. It suggested
that Greeks approve the first amendment which would
give final approval of student fee allocations to student
organizations. The list recommended a negative vote for
the the other five amendments.
Abel said the amendments were discussed at meetings
of the students compiling the list, adding ASUN senators
were consulted.
Greeks are not being forced to vote according to the
list Abel Siii, stressing it is only a recommendation.
Instructions at the bottom of the list explained an
attempt was made to list all Greeks running for office,
and encouraged any deleted names to be added.
Kristensen said he and two friends distributed the
mimeographed sheets to Greek houses Sunday afternoon.
"I got tired of walking," Kristensen said, adding the
chore "got to be bigger than we thought."
Gary Abel, Kappa Sigma fraternity president, who
said he helped Kristensen compile the list, was surprised
to hear at least 16 Greeks had been omitted from the
Greek candidate list.
"Wow! Sixteen?" Abel said. "Whoops."
Abel said the error could have happened when the list
was being typed, because when there were questions if
some were Greeks, "Instead of guessing, we left them
off" AKol -A
Abel said the list was compiled by some fraternity and
sorority members with input from a variety of contacts,
including residence hall and off-campus representatives.
"If you want to vote Greek, here's the best way to do,
it," he said.
The list started last semester with a group of people
interested in recruiting candidates for the ASUN elec
tion, Abel said. He declined to identify the students
involved, although he said committees were formed to'
handle various duties.
A running list of candidate possibilities, a ballet from'
last week's edition of the Daily Nebraskan, and opinions
of the students involved were used as a guide in typing
up the final copy of the list, Abel said.
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