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daily nebraskan
thursday, march 8, 1979
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After three weeks of debate about where it is fair to all
students to place voting booths in the ASUN election, the
Senate adopted its Electoral Commission's recommendat
ion. The booths will be placed at:
-Both Unions, Nebraska Hall, Henzllk Hall, Love
library, HarperSchrammSmith from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
-AbelSando Nelhardt Hall, C.Y. Thompson Library,
five Greek houses or Cooperatives to be determined on a
geographical basis provided those houses agree to have the
booths from 5 pjn. to 8 pm.
-Wesley House, College of Business Administration,
Andrews Hall, Old father Hall from 8 a.m. to 4 pjn.
Unfair to Greeks
However, Mike Phillips, president of the Interfraternity
Council strongly objected to the proposal.
"Booths will be placed in all but two dorms and only
five houses," he said.
"In no way is that anywhere near fair. Booths In resi
dence halls should be equal at least in percentage to the
Greek houses. As far as off campus (students), they have
central building, to vote in-we can't do anything about
that," he said.
Last week ASUN rejected all four proposals tot polling
locations presented by the commission. Phillips said that
IFC, Panhellenic and Residence Hall Association had
agreed to two of those proposals.
"But you knocked all of them down," he said.
RHA objections
Objections also came from RHA President Bill
Skoneki, according to Sen. Bruce Kendall.
Kendall said Skoneki was unhappy with the proposal
because he had planned to run the RHA elections at the
same place as the ASUN voting booths. He said he would
like to place the booths in the eating part of the halls so
the maximum amount of students will see the polls and
vote.
However, Sen. Jim Davidson disagreed that Skoneki's
opinion should be considered to in the final outcome of
locations.
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"Skoneki's opinion should not weigh a whole gosh
awful lot with us. We should be thinking of students
voting In the ASUN election," he said.
Davidson also argued that the senate was wrong in
trying to be specific in polling location proposals. He said
that the specifics should be left up to the Electoral Com
mission. Constitution change
ASUN also voted to call a "constitutional convention"
to allow students to vote on a proposed revision of the
senate constitution.
The act originally read that all changes would be made
by student vote on election ballots.
However, many senators charged that this was unethi
cal and was "railroading" a new constitution because stu
dents would only be able to vote on the decision to
change the constitution not the revisions themselves.
The act was then changed to include a vote to change
only the constitution section on amendment procedures.
"Students will be able to have more direct Impact on
the workings of the government" according to Sen. Joe
Nigro.
sBdr wars' won't end soon senators
By Randy Essex
UNL students were told by two urban state senators
Wednesday that supporters of a move to raise the state's
drinking age to 21 face an uphill battle, but will not give
up if they fail this year.
Steve Fowler of Lincoln and Frank Lewis of Bellevue
were members of a "stacked panel" sponsored by the
Government Liaison Committee and the Talks and Topics
Committee.
Lewis predicted that the Legislature's Miscellaneous
Subjects Committee will not advance LB221 to the uni
cameral floor after they hear it next Thursday. Lewis also
said he thinks there is a better chance that the Constitut
ional Revision Committee, which heard and held LB3S0,
will advance their drinking age bill.
Fowler said that even if both bills are killed in com
mittee, Grand Island Sen. Ralph Kelly will somehow bring
the subject before the entire Legislature.
War not over
"The drinking age has become the symbol and goal of
Senator Kelly," Fowler said. He said Kelly will try to
bring the issue to the floor either by amendment to
another bill, or by asking the Legislature to bring one of
the bills out of committee by special motion.
Fowler told students if they succeed in keeping the age
from begin raised this year they will not have won, the
war. He said Kelly has indicated that he will lead a
petition drive to let the public vote if the bill fails.
Fowler added that he does not think half the state
senators are firmly opposed to Kelly's frlan.
He urged students to lobby for support from rural
rather than urban senators because urban senators are less
likely to vote for Kelly's bills without extensive lobbying.
Stereotypes
He told students who plan to attend the public hearing
on LB221 not to threaten senators, and not to regard the.
hearing as a party.
"I don't think it would be a good idea to show up in
anti-Kelly T-shirts and Budweiser hats," Fowler said.
He said antagonism exists toward students in the mind
of some state senators. Because students are not full-time
members of the working force, they are regarded by some
as second-class citizens, he said.
"You need to shatter those stereotypes before the
Legislature," Fowler said. "You need to show the senators
that more than half of the 19-and 20-year olds are part of
the working force."
Fowler said he thinks Kelly's approach to the drinking
problems turns 19 and 20 -year -olds into scapegoats. He
said he simply cannot believe that raising the age will help
the high school drinking problem.
"I have great faith in the American high school student
who wants to drink and find alochol," Fowler said.
Both senators said students should suggest alternatives
to Kelly's plan that might help solve drinking problems.
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Placement Interview Fair,
Centennial Ballroom.
8 a.m .-Mortar Board,
Room 203.
11:30 a.m.- ACU-I Host
Committee, Room 216.
12 noon-Society of Wo
men EngineersGJM. Lunch
eon, Room 202.
12 noon-College of Bus
iness Luncheon, Room
202A.
12 noon - Southeast
Community College Lunch
eon, Room 242-243.
12:30 p.m. - Campus
Crusade for Christ, South
Conference Room.
1:30 pjn -Student Life
Judicial Review, North Con
ference Room.
1:30 p. m -Student Aff
airs Staff , Development,
Room 203.
2 pjn -Nebraska Union
Board Interview Committee,
Room 243.
3 pjn .-Parking Advisory
Committee, Room 202 A.
3 p. m -Model UN Inter
views, Room 216.
4 pjn.-NUPIRG, South
Conference Room.
4:30 pjn.-Nebraska Hu
man Resources Foundation
-L.D.R., North Conference
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Scott Brittenham, presidential candidate with the
Students Advocating Innovative Leadership party , refused
to particiffkte in a test given "to all presidential
candidates Wednesday afternoon.
The test, which comprised objective questions about
the university, was made by the Innocents Society, ASUN
President Ken Marienau and the Daily Nebraskan.
In a written statement, Brittenham said that the SAIL
party failed "to find precedence for a test of this nature in
any national, state or local election where 'ADULTS'
participate."
He stated that the party believed students should judge
candidates on their platforms, public statements and per
sonal interactions with other students rather than on a
test.
Brittenham also charged that it would be "political
suicide' for any SAIL candidate to take the test and ac
cused test administrators of openly supporting other
political parties in the election.
He also made an appeal that candidates campaign as.
"adults" to gain NU Board of Regents support.
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