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V. Jt of the ten ASUN senators whose-
appointments were ceciarsd invalid Tues
day by tks UNL Student Court were re
appointed by the Senate st their We-dnss-
Qayton Eari, Ii:a Danbcrg, Mike l!:r
ir.ia, Rick Martin, Sheila Jones, Dave
Lberhart, Cathy Koubek and Dave Rothr
were reinstated at the meeting In Nihraeki
Union.
Two others, Andrew Jefferson end
Chs&s Ld, werenot st the meeting end
their appointments were tabled until next
week.
A Student Court decision declaring null
and void all fiction cir.es Dec. 15, 1976
invalidated their appointments.
The decision was reachsd Tuesday nir.ht
in a cats filed by UNL students Randall
Murphy End Dritt Miller charging that the
Senate had not hd a legil quorum since
Dec. 1 .
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Eighteen castors elected or appointed
before Dec. IS unanimously voted for tha
reappointments. '
That action wis made possible by a
clause in tha Student Court decision lower-,
ing tha quorum needed st ASUN meetings
from two thirds of the number of seats
supposed to be filled (35) to two thirds of
tha number of senators currently serving.
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Hie Senate also voted to accept resolu
tion 56, which declares as valid tl actions
taken since Dec. 15.
The re solution was discussed at a fpedal
Senate masting Tuesday but they failed
to vote because cf lack of a quorum.
ASUN President CO Mueller said the
appointments end resolution 56 were hand
lad separately as a safeguard for the Senate.
"We're being awfully careful so certain
people dont think we're trying to railroad
these appointments, which we're not,"
Mueller said.
Sen. Frank- Thompson . questioned
whether the resolution should include all
action taken by the Senate. That would in
include government bills, he said, which
require a two week waiting period after
first reading.
However, it was determined that the
bills had been read to the Senate at prev
ious meetings, even though a correct quo
rum wasn't present.
Thompson also spoke in Open Forum
asking the Senate to appeal the Student
Court's decision to the Council on Student
Life.
- The Senate also discussed a resolution
by Sen. Scott . Cook asking the ASUN
Electoral Commission to schedule the
ASUN General Election for April 13. How
ever, by 10 pjnno action had been taken,
la othsr business, the Senate approved
the appointment of tew ' student Sue
Leslie as an audita Student Court
justice for the remainder cf the 1977-73
academic year arrd appointed Fritz Sieldik
as this year's Chief Justice.
See related stories below erJ ca p. 3.
Don't -03 late!
Friday is the last day students may pre
register for first semester of next year and
qualify for free drop and add. Students
who do not turn in their forms and $25
fee to Administration ESdg. 204 by 5 pjn.
will not be allowed to go through the free
drop and add period uuring finals week
this semester.
Students still may pre-register until July
1 , but may not go through drop and add
until July.
Students who pre-register by Friday,
then decide to withdraw from UNL, will
be entitled to a full refund.
not due until early July'
By Mike Patten '
Lincclaitcs will have to wait at bast
three more months before the first -bottle
of Colorado's most famous export
appears on local liquor store shelves.
The Adolph Coors Drawing Co., in
Golden, Colo, recently named two lincoln
businessmen as distributers for the Lincoln
area. The announcement brought lia
colnites a step closer to the beer in the
funny cans. Coors beer comes in 7, 1 1 , and
'15 -usee cans.' ..
George and Robert Eaaisy recently were
named by the brewery along with 13 other
Nebraska distributers to distribute Coors in
Nebraska, which becomes the 14th state
where Coors is sold.
Robert Easley is chairman of the board
of Mutual Savings Co. His son George, is
vice president of the investment firm of
Kkkpatrick-Fettis Smith Poiian Inc.
" - Available in Jury
s According to George Easley, the earliest
Coors will be available in Lincoln is the
first of July. The Eas&ys currently are
building a refrigerated warehouse and hav
ing their federal permit to - distribute
processed.
days and six months" before the beer
would be sold in lincoln.
and " Easley estimated
probably would be
Anita Krajeski of the Coors pu
reHaons stall in uoiaen sau trx normal
wait for a permit to be processed is 60-90
days. After their permit is processed, she
said, it would be "anywhere between 60
By RJsiy So Fitzl
The appeal of nine would-be ASUN Senate candidates
was rejected by the UNL Student Court Wednesday.
In a statement released late Wednesday afternoon,
the court denied a petition asking to nullify the disqua
lifications of nine members of the High People's Coali
tion (THCLSD) party. HaintiiTs in the case were Paul
Eejot, et al., according to the opinion released by student
justice Rich Moderow.
- The court had decided the case early Wednesday
morning after three and a half hours of deliberation but
did not release the result until the formal opinion was
-written. It was cne cf two cases invohisg ASUN,
and dcIUsfflrated ca by the court Tuesday ciht.
' The cmdiiites were dlsquslifled three weeks ago by
the ATJN Cectoral Cor-T:.;ica becsse their filing ft
tiliorj lacked the required t'ostures. Elactioa rules state
each endiiate must hip 35 sfjniturci from students
witlin the csndEate's co2?5.
Moderow taii the court denied the petition because it
was beyond reisonsi-le eoniderstioa t&ZZi by Dec-
cause the Senate did not have a legal quorum.
Ia his opinion Moderow wrote:
"It is my opinion that should the present Senate
approve all the activities of the Senate between Dec. 15,
1976 and March 29, 1977, which concern the ASUN
elections, it would not be necessary for a new filing period
to be opened. "
If the Senate takes this option, the Dection Com
mission decision to bar the plaintiffs from the ballot
If the Senate reopens the filing period, the 35 signa
tures requirement from the candidate's college is fair
f applied as earlier this yesr, Moderow wrote. ..
The only duty remaining for the six student justices
who hesrd the two suits is to write concurring opinions on
the ! IZer-Murply ruii.
The MZkr-Murphy opinion released by Chief Justice
Fritz Stehllk was a geral statement ca the justices
wtis? m the suit, according to Moderow.
hid trouble getting identical opinions to reach
Both Krajeski
that the beef
available in July.
According to Easley, Coors wSl be
priced comparable to other premium beersi
"We will be ia the nieghborhood of
$5.45 a case," he said.
: . Eastcsa-esr titt ?
'"'.'"Nebraska' wilTjori Kansss'acd Texas as
the eastern-most states ia which Coors will
be sold. Coors currently is sold in Ariz
ona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Kansas,
Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma,
Texas, Wyoming, Utah and Washington.
Krajeski said the brewery ships about
three-fourths of its beer by train and the
rest by truck. The ultimate decision about
how to ship Nebraska's beer will be made
by the Coors Transportation Dept. The
company will decide after reviewing the
needs of the 14 distributers chosen, Kra
jeski said. All distributers are required to
provide trucks, warehouses and anything
else needed for beer distribution, she said.
"We chose them (the distributers) on
the basis of three criteria, she said. "First,
we looked at their business ability. Second
we looked st their community activities,
and last, they had to have the capital." -
Among those recently turned down by
Coors distributerships was former Vice
President Spiro Agnew.
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tute a quorum. Under these new rules, 16 senators were
required for a quorum at Wednesday's ASUN meeting.
A declaratory statement issued by the court on Dec.
19, interpreted the ASUN constitution to define a
quorum as 24 members. This measure was an attempt to
clarify the interpretation of a quorum, Learned say, but
it was violated by ASUN members.
The court therefore ruled that only senators elected
or appointed before Dec. 15 are valid ASUN representa
tives. Under this rule, 24 senators as cf Wednesday were
legal representatives. ... - : '
Changing its December position, the court ruled Wed
nesday that two-thirds of the current seated ASUN mem
bers constitute a quorum. Sixteen senate members veers
required for a quorum at Wednesday's ASUN meeting
under tlis two-thlrdi rds.
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ment to tl;cw a person's comeruttmer.t to seeking the
office J!eircw seid ia his written opinion.
Mu'row's opicioa relates to the other ru!lr.s handed
down at 3 tan. Wednesday. That ruling on a petition filed
by Eritt IZZst mi Randsll Murphy, stated i2 action
Ukta by the ASUN Senate since Dec. 15 is invalid be-
opinions wiU give csch justice a chance to express lis
rpecific views on the suit.
Student justice Susaa Ugai said the concurring opin
ions will be completed at each justice's discretion. There
is no deadline.
Gasifying the court's decision ca quorums, student
justice Jackie Learned said that as cf Wednesday, two
thirds cf the current seated ASUN members will consti-
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the Lr;!iturs todiy p. 5
Entrtiinsiecst: University Studies Don Wbslow r.?s
his play p. 8
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