frlday, march 2, 1979
lincoln, nebroska vol. 102 no. 88
Rabin: Egyptian peace not the solution
By Brcnda Moskovits
Former Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak
Rabin said Thursday there is no question
that a bilateral peace agreement between
Israel and Egypt will be reached, but last
ing peace in the Middle East depends on
negotiations with other Arab leaders.
Rabin spoke to capacity crowd of more
than 900 in the Nebraska Union Centennial
.Room in a speech sponsored by the Uni
versity Program Council Talks and Topics
Committee.
The only way to solve anything, he said,
is for "the parties of the conflict to sit
around the negotiations table and try to
find a solution to their differences.
"It is illogical' Rabin said, "to assume
that in such a complicated conflict that
you can have yesterday a war and tomor
row a peace."
Egypt lead other Arab nations into war
during every ArabJsraeli war, he said.
"Egypt has realized that 30 years of war
has led nowhere," he said, adding that
Israel and Egypt have no disagreements re
garding a bilateral agreement.
Peace by April
In a press conference earlier, he said an
Egyptian, tsraeli peace agreement will be
reached by April,
Butt "Sadat has not been empowered by
the other Arab leaders," Rabin said and
Middle Bast peace depends on agreements
with them and a solution to establishing a
Palestinean state; ;
Rabin's speech was interrupted several
times by Arab students, shouting "That's
not true," and arguing with him aloud.
Rabin asked the students to "Be quiet.
Be patient" until the question -and -answer
period following his parepared remarks.
Schwarzkopf 'disappointed
Others attending the speech shouted
back at the demonstrators, asking them to
listen. Dr. Adnan Ammouri, a Lincolnite
who is originally from Syria stood up and
asked the protesters to please listen and
wait to ask questions. Ammouri later
traded questions and remarks back and
forth with Rabin.
At one point, NU Regent Ed Schwartz
kopf of Lincoln, who sat in a reserved
front row seat, interrupted the hecklers
when Rabin had stopped for the noise to
subside.
He told the crowd "Pm real disappoint
ed in all of you . . . let's hear what he has
to say." Schwartzkopf received a mixed re
sponse of clapping and booing. '
During questioning, Rabin was frequent
ly interrupted by students wishing to dis
agree. Demonstration
About 60 Arab students, members of
the Organization of Arab Students and the
Iranian Student Association, marched in
front of the south steps of the Nebraska
Union for an hour before the speech.
The students carried signs with slogans
including Victory For Palestine, Zionism is
Racism, Judaism Yes, Zionism No and
Stop Arming Israel.
"Down with Begin" they chanted.
"Down with Sadat. Down with Camp
David, Long Live PLO."
Rabin preluded his speech by saying his
remarks represent the main stream of
Israeli thought.
"I recognize that without a solution to
the Palestinian issue there can be no dur
able peace."
He said Israelis agree with the three
basic agreements laid out in September's
Camp David accords: the first bilateral
agreement should be reached with Egypt,
then after five years of normal relations to
negotiate with other nations, and last to
establish an autonomous Palestinian
nation on the West Bank.
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Photo by Mary Ann Goton
Former Israeli
Yitzhak Rabin
Prime Minister
SUN becomes SON and SINK joins in
By Shelley Smith
For the first time in ASUN election
history, five parties have'bflicidlyii'tMied
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In 1974 and 1975, four parties ran
against each other. This year at 4 pjiu
Thursday '"ill filings were due and the fifth
party, , SINK, declared its candidacy.
Presidential candidate Henry Winkler
(Robert Winkler) with the SINK party said
party candidates have not decided on a
party name to fit the acronym.
"It's the major problem with our
party "he said.
Winkler's first vice presidential candid
ate is Robert E. Lee (Thomas J. Lee), and
second vice presidential candidate Kelly
Krutz (Benjamin Charles Kruu). They are
the only members of the SINK party.
The different first names are be infused
because they are "electable names",
according to Winkler who said he doesn't
really expect to win the election,
meaningful campaign'
""There are a krt of things on campus
bothering us that we want to bring to the
public's view through our advertising " he
said.
However, Krutz said his party is serious
and he expects to be elected if his party s
strategy works
This election is crying for someone to
put on a meaningful campaign,"" Krutz ex
plained. Winkler and the SINK party join Scott
Brittenham with the Students Advocating
Innovative Leadership (SAIL) party, Bud
Cuca with the Students of the University
of Nebraska (SON) party, Joe Nigro with
the Students Organized for Active Repre
sentation (SOAR) party and Denny Wurtz
with the Organized Students for Independ
ents (OSI) party.
Bud Cuca was originally listed with the
SUN party. Cuca announced Tuesday night
that he will file suit against the ASUN
Eectroal Commission for refusing to let his
pirty use SUN 79 as an acronym.
SUN becomes SON
cation of the clause as well as the Com
mission's ruling.
Absurd
"It's absurd," he said. "Especially when
the election rules were ratified only a week
before the filing date."
The election regulations proposal was
presented to the senate February 24 with
the clause reading "previous year's"
parties. Electoral Commissioner Susan Ugai
said it was printed this way in previous
years.
However, at the ASUN meeting that
night the senate, on a motion from Sen.
and presidential candidate Joe Nigra,
agreed to move the apostrophe out of the
word, making the clause include all parties
and acronyms ever used before.
Largest filing
Other filings include five first vice presi
dential candidates, five second vice presi
dential candidates, eight candidates for the
Council on Fees Allocations, 45 Advisor
Board candidates, and 93 senatorial candi
dates, r
The number of people filing is the larg
est since 1976, according to ASUN Presi
dent Ken Marienau.
Marienau attributed the increase to stu
dent awareness of the problems within the
university.
""Students are recognizing that their stu
dent government can challenge and act for
students," he said.
"And, they are becoming frustrated
with repeated actions that make them
"second class' citizens," he said.
SOAR has 28 senatorial candidates
running, SAIL has 21 , OSI has 18, SON has
IS, and there are eght senatorial candi
dates running independently.
Marienau said he was surprised that only
eight students applied for the six positions
on the Council on Fees Allocation. 1
Also, he said he was disappointed that
any uirec siuaenis appuea tor tne sit
A clause in the Electoral Commission
regulations states that "any party using the graduate student senatorial positions,
name or acronym of a previous years party -
b required to get approval signatures from
the majority of that party's members who
axe stifl dig&le to vote in ASUN elect
ions, r s .
Coca re -confirmed his intentions to file
suit in the Student Court Thursday tfter-
" noon, but in order to meet the filing dead
line, changed his party's acronym to SON.
4 ; Although the Electoral Cornnussion
hasnt officially approved the acronym,
Cuca said he expects they w2b
y The suit against the Commission has
changed sliiUy, according to Cuca. He
' said he will challenge the logic of and appU-
The party oven Joke candidates in Stu
dent Bar Association election made an
irfp resson, at least page 8
Wishy-washy: Oh, the perils you go
through to get dean clothes. . . page 4
Batter up: In this weather? Not yet, but
baseball columnist ghes his predictions
for the season page 14