friday, march 21, 1980
lincoln, nebraska vol. 104, no. 50
Wesseb declared ASIM president
By Kathy Stokebrand
and Kent Warn eke
For Renee Wessels it was worth the eight days of
suspense.
When the long-awaited results of the March 12 ASUN
election were finally announced Wessels of the US party
had been declared ASUN president, defeating runner-up
John Parsons, STAR party, 1 ,825 to 1 ,403.
Tim Munson, LSD party , finished with 617 votes with
write-in candidate Lynn Rogers receiving 417 votes and
JayWillhoft88.
Mark Hirschfeld STAR party, was declared the new
ASUN first vice president with Glenn Popper, US party,
winning the 2nd vice president race.
Chief Justice of Student Court Scott Cook said the
court acted properly in issuing the injunction last week.
He said the injunction on the results was lifted because
the court decided the proper time for Parsons' petition
was before the election.
Didn't look at merits
The court did not look at the merits of the case, it look
ed at the causes, Cook said. The court will issue an
opinion on the decision as soon as possible, he added.
Wessels said she was glad the court was able to see the
issues at hand.
"Improvements need to be made in the system, but I
was glad the court recognized that holding another elec
tion was not the best solution," she said.
Bob Gleason, counsel for Parsons, said the court, in
handing down the decision, was afraid to face the issue.
Anderson: TNE
is just a fallacy
Sitting at her desk beneath a portrait of 13 alleged
TNE members, Jayne Wade Anderson said, "I don't really
believe there is a TNE organization in operation on this
campus."
'Anderson, director of Greek Affairs and Cooperatives,
said that in her opinion, the secret fraternity TNE
doesn't exist. She said she found the picture about two
weeks ago in front of her office door. The photograph por
trays 13 people dressed in black robes and hoods standing
behind the TNE symbol of a skull with crossed keys.
Robert Olson, photographer with The Picture Man,
said he has taken two p'ictures of TNE members. Olson,
who was reluctant to be interviewed, would say only that
the portraits were not taken at his studio and would not
disclose" where the pictures were taken. He said he has
never seen any faces of the members, and that only one
member had ever spoken to him.
The Daily Nebraskan obtained a letter thai lists alleged
members of TNE. The list was printed on IFC stationery
Anderson said Thursday the fact that the names
ot the alleged TNE members were written on Interfrater
nity Council letterhead didn't necessarily imply that the
letter was written byn IFC member.
"There is nothing sacred about IFC stationery," Ander
son said.
She said the stationery is not kept under lock. If some
one came in and asked her for a piece of paper and a piece
of IFC stationery was handy she would give it to him, she
said.
Rachel Jensen, secretary for the Interfraternity
Council, agreed with Anderson that there was no reason
to keep the stationery under lock. She said anybody could
walk in and take IFC letterhead stationery.
Because of the easy access to IFC stationery, she said
she had a theory that someone outside IFC used their
stationery to make it look like an IFC member wrote the
letter. She said anyone writing the letter would not use
their own stationery.
Jensen said before an IFC member takes office, he
must take an oath vowing not to belong to any sub-rosa
organization while in. office.
She said no one in IFC would be in an organization like
TNE.
"I've been here 13 years. I think I'm a pretty good
judge of people," Jensen said.
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The court members wanted to absolve themselves of the
burden of dealing with the real issues themselves, he said.
The reasons for the petition could not be brought up
before the election, according to Brad Belt,- another
counselor for Parsons.
"I still stick by my guns in saying that if a person's
rights are violated the only time he knows that is during
the election," Parsons said. Accepting the court's decision,
Parsons said he filed the petition with the court because
students' rights were violated, not because of rumors fly
ing around about who won.
Strong leadership needed
Wessels said strong leadership is needed in UNL's stu
dent government, especially with the confusion that has
surrounded the election.
"I'm excited and enthusiastic about student govern
ment and what it can do," she said.
Top on her priority list will be a revision of the elec
tion process, Wessels said. The new president said she
would like to establish a committee to research the elec
toral process and come up with a better system.
Wessels also said that students must start meeting with
state legislators to build lobbying alliances and she added
that she is pleased with the University's budget progress.
"The percent amount (12.75) UNL is receiving is more
than requested so I'm pleased with that and glad that the
appropriations committee saw this campus' needs,"
Wessels said.
Parsons, Rogers and Willhoft were unavailable for com
ment but third-place finisher Tim Munson revealed what
he called the true purpose of his campaign.
"It was a sociological study using participant observa
tion," Munson said. "Our radical platform and statements
were used only to observe reactions from students."
Munson said he never considered himself a "true" can
didate and said he didn't feel he had much of a chance of
winning.
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Not disappointed
"I'm not disappointed because that would mean I was
a legitimate candidate, this was only a study," Munson
said.
The other two executive candidates for the LSD party,
Paul Richardson and Dan Swinarski, also knew of the
purpose of the campaign, but LSD's senatorial candidates
only "more or less" knew, Munson said.
The STAR and US party both had 15 candidates win
senatorial positions with La Raza winning three positions,
all in the graduate college. LSD had no candidates elected.
In addition to the write-in votes received by Lynn
Rogers, Sen. Jim Davidson said there were 12 assorted
other write-ins.
"Mickey Mouse got a couple of votes and Richard
Nixon even got one," Davidson said.
The remaining results were released at 7:30 p.m.
Thursday.
Colleen McBride (US) and Julie Keaschall (US) were
elected College of Home Economics senators. College
of Agriculture senators are Jane Pauley (US), Steve Alt
house (US) and John D. Massey (US).
College of business Administration senators are Carrie
Christensen (STAR), Eric Torrison (STAR), Mike Abram
son (STAR), Tom Vergith (US) and Laura Burkland
(STAR).
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on a long bike. For more photos, see page 8.
Temporary captive
Wheelchair an effective prison
By Mary Fastenau
Editor's note: This is the first of a two-part series
describing the situation for handicapped students at UNL.
The second part deals with the financial and legislative
aspects of the available programs.
I felt like a prisoner without a crime .
My guard was a panel truck parked in the middle of
the sidewalk. A curb and gutter stood watch on one side
while decorative rocks and wood prevented passage in.the
other direction. " . . r
I tested both sides for escape, but I couldn't slip
between the guards. I was so frustrated I wanted to pound
the truck with my fists, but I knew it would be futile.
There I sat imprisoned on a sidewalk in the middle of the
UNL campus with throngs of people passing by. ' ; -
The truck was my temporary guard, but my real captor
was a wheelchair which for three days stifled my move
ment more effectively than a ball and chain.
I was a voluntary prisoner, living in a wheelchair to
learn firsthand about the life of a disabled person at UNL
During my captivity, I found that panel trucks were only
outposts of greater enemies such as attitudes, lack of
financing and personal mental and physical frustration.
I learned to slowly pull myself up ramps and to slow
down during descent, but I failed to understand the in
consideration of people who blocked sidewalks, parked
in spaces reserved for the handicapped or used access
ramps when it wasn't necessary.
I also learned that although UNL adequately provides
for its handicapped students, most of the programming
and financing comes as an afterthought. A shortage of
funds and definite guidelines multiply the difficulties
when working with disabled students.
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