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friday, march 21,1930 pago2 daily ncbraskan Case withdrawn; unobjectivity cited as reason By Kent Warncke Diane Walkowiak and Paul Crabowski withdrew their student court case against the Electoral Commission Thursday afternoon. We are backing down from the case, but not from the issue," Walkowiak said. During a press conference, the two plaintiffs stressed that election reform is badly needed at UNL, but said they felt the ASUN Student Court could not hear their case objectively. In their amended petition, Walkowiak and Crabowski asked for a binding commitment from all the presidential candidates before the election results were released to take steps to resolve the problems in the UNL election system before the 1981 ASUN election. Walkowiak said, in a prepared statement, that because one justice is a defendant in their suit, another is the counsel in another court case, and another actively is in volved in a candidate's campaign, she doubted the court's objectivity. , . The student court is also unclear about its exai powers, she added, and has never determined the extent its jurisdiction covers. . What we're asking for, they (student court) can t give," Walkowiak said. They couldn't enforce the bind ing we wanted." Faced with an opportunity to constructively reform ASUN election system, Walkowiak said the materia has become so embroiled in campus politics that it would be impossible to achieve their purpose . "We are sorely distressed that the whole matter has been drug down to the likes of a shabby rendition of the Gong Show and Family Fued ," Walkowiak said. Both Crabowski and Walkowiak said a workable set of procedures should be developed so that future elections can be fair, proper and better organizeu. Johnson requests Pub Board reply English instructor linnea Johnson and her attorney Elaine Waggoner requested Thursday the UNL Publica tions Board respond to her charges that the Daily Ne braskan printed libelous material last semester. Johnson and Maria Lemmon, instructor in the Eng lish Department, released a nine-page rebuttal Oct. 11 to charges published in the Daily Nebraskan that two men were excluded from a women's poetry class on Aug. 29. They maintained that the Daily Nebraskan's "assertions were in error and misleading, and that in fact, all allegations were false ." The Publications Board responded to allegations in an Oct. 26 letter saying the board planned to take no further action. Mark Bowen, chairman of the Publications Board, said at the meeting that -the last letter to Unnea (Johnson) spelled it out pretty well" and said the board had "assumed the matter closed." Waggoner said the matter was not closed because Johnson's career had been "harmed by the obvious un truth." Waggoner said they were "contemplating a libel suit." Publications Board member Riflca Keilson question ed the time lag between the last letter and the Thurs day meeting, asking if the statute of limitations had expired. Johnson said she "didn't seem to think the time lag was important" because a story "stays libelous once it is in print." U mmmmJ . ... "' "-iuj m X iimni'ir HERE'S HOW: TRADE U your man's gold High School ring (limit one per sale). CHOOSE any Siladium ring. (Siladium is a fine quality jewelers' alloy guaranteed for a lifetime.) 8JWE on a new gold College ring with the trade-in of a man's gold High School ring. ORDER NOW Rata March 24th-March 27th PIpa North Side of Lobby, City Union "a To continue to sweep problems under the rug is to prepare ourselves for a total breakdown of the election process in the future," Walkowiak said. on Walkowiak said she plans to go before-the NU Board of Regents in an attempt to solve the problems of the election procedures and will help others with similar efforts. Walkowiak said she agreed with John Parsons' court case that the ballot system used in the elections was unfair. "I would not support a decision for a new election for all ASUN offices, but I have not decided as to my support for a new election between executive positions," she said. Grabowski and Walkowiak said they had hoped ASUN would join in their effort to resolve the issue in a con. structive manner. "This is not being done and we refuse to don our clown suits and join the circus," Walkowiak said . sGq?6 staff April 15 is the deadline for applications for a fall semester internship through the Washington Center for Learning Alternatives. Minority students with fi nancial need are eligible to apply for a small scholar ship to help defray costs of the program. For more in formation, contact the Co ordinator for Experiential Education, Oldfather 1218, 472-1452 before spring break. Celebration Days, spon sored by the College Career Christian Fellowship, will feature Scott Bartchy at 7 p.m. tonight in the Nebra ska Union Rostrum. The topic of discussion will be "Sin, Slavery and the Status Quo". At 9:30 pjii. Scott Bartchy and Christopher will speak on "Jazz and Jam." The UNL Folk Dance Club will meet at 7:30 pjn. tonight in Mabel Lee Hall 119. The American Institute of Chemical Engineers will host the 1980 Mid Ameri can Regional Conference on Friday and Saturday, March 21 and 22, at the UNL East Campus Union. Speakers in clude Dr. William Scheller, Director of the National Gasohol Commission. There will be a tour of the Mead Solar Energy Plant Saturday afternoon. mm m m ml Editor in chief: Rocky H.A. Strunk; News editor: Mike Sweeney; Associate editor: Randy Essex; Managing editor: Frank Hassler; Associate news editor: Margaret Stafford; Magazine and specials editor: Jill Denning; Night news editor: Bob Lannin; Features editor: Alice Hrnicek; Layout editor: Denise Andersen; Entertainment editor: Kim Wilt; Sports editor: Shelley Smith; Photography chief: Mark Billingsley; Art director: Rick Hemphill, Assistant night news editor: Andre Everett; East campus bureau chief: Kevin Field; Legislative bureau chief: Gordon Johnson; Ombudsperson: Liz Austin. ' Copy editors: Diane Andersen, Barb Bierman, Roger Budden berg, Cindy Coglianese, Nancy Ellis, Pam George, Kris Hansen, Lynn Mongar, Martha Murdock, Barb Richardson, Kathy Sjulin and Mary Kay Way man. x Business manager: Anne Shank; Production manager: Kitty Policky; Advertising manager: Denise Jordan; Assistant advertising manager: Art Small. 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