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Wednesday, april 30, 1980
lincoln, nebraska vol. 104, no. 73
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Anderson independent mm requires strategy
By Patti Gallagher
Presidential hopeful John Anderson's
change from the Republican to Independ
ent ticket will bring at least two changes in
the Nebraska Anderson for President
campaign, according to campaign coordina.
tors.
UNL senior Lucy Bighia said Tuesday
that Anderson's Independent candidacy
will prompt a switch in campaign strategy
from the Nebraska May 13 primary
election to the November general election.
Anderson's national campaign also will
be altered with the elimination of federal
'matching funds."
According to Secretary of State Allen
Beermann, federal law mandates that
Independent candidates cannot receive
matching funds, as do Democrat and Rep
ublican candidates.
Matching funds provide a federal dollar
for every dollar contributed on the state
level for a candidate.
UNL senior May Fejfar said prohibiting
Independents from receiving these funds is
discriminatory and gives the two-party
system an unfair advantage.
FeQar said because the focus of the
Anderson campaign has been switched
from the primary to the general election,
they wfll concentrate on getting Anderson
on the Nebraska general election ballot in
November.
Because Anderson announced his switch
only last week, he will remain on the
Nebraska primary as a Republican, Beer
mann said. He can pick up votes from
Nebraska delegates, but the delegates are
committed by law to remain Republican.
According to Beermann, the policy
required for independents to get on the
general election ballot varies from state to
state. In Nebraska, he said, a petition with
2,500 valid signatures supporting Anderson
is necessary.
Beermann told the Lincoln Journal last
week that a valid signature comes from
Nebraskans who do not vote in either
major party's primary election.
The petition must also name a running
mate, five electoral representatives and be
completed 70 days prior to the general
elections, he said.
Beermann said it is impossible to deter
mine the number of delegates committed
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to Anderson at this time. With between
600 and 700 delegates listed on the
primary ballot and only 25 positions open,
Anderson delegate support cannot be
calculated until after May 13.
Bighia said Anderson's switch will
broaden support for him. She said
Independents formerly uncommitted and
Democrats not satisfied with their choice
of candidates will be less hesitant to
support him now.
Although Independent runners have
traditionally not done well in the polls,
Fejfar said Anderson has made respect
able showings.
Anderson, a U.S. Representative
from Ulinios, is drawing an equal number
of votes from both Republican candidate
Ronald Reagan and Democrat incumbent
Jimmy Carter, Fejfar said. She added that,
according to national polls, Anderson has
22 percent drawing support.
"He's the strongest Independent candi
date that's ever run," Fejfar said.
Asked why Anderson made the ticket
switch, Fejfar said that "he probably con
sidered it the best way he could win."
Although Anderson has often been call
ed the students candidate, Bighia said the
absence of students for summer campaign
ing will not be detrimental.
She said many workers (between 200
300) are not students, and added that the
group has much of the fall semester to
campaign for student support.
Fejfar said that since Anderson's
announcement, they have had an increase
in response from the community.
Bighia said the Nebraska Anderson
campaign will make its biggest push during
the summer, and is planning numerous
fund-raisers.
Despite Regents' split vote,
committee's plans proceed
By Kent Wameke
Plans for campus speakers for the 1980
81 school year are proceeding the same as
in any other year, the University Program
Council's Talks and Topics chairperson
said, even though the NU Board of Regents
hasn't approved Fund A student fees.
Kathy Sjulin, chairperson of Talks and
Topics said, the. committee is going full
Speed ahead with planning for possible
speakers in hopes that the regents will
approve the Fund A fees, which are Talks
and Topics' only source of money from the
university.
At their April meeting, the regents
voted 44 on Fund A student fees alloca
tions. The board will not discuss the issue
again until its May meeting.
An open forum was conducted last
week to encourage input and suggestions
for speakers from UNL students and
others.
"The meeting was the chance for Uni
versity faculty, students and the Lincoln
community to express their ideas on who
they would like to hear at UNL," Sjulin
said.
Small turnout, big list
Although the turnout was small, Sjulin
said that the visitors, along with regular
committee members, came up with a siz
able list of speaker ideas.
The open-forum type meeting is sup
posed by an annual occurrence, according
to UPC bylaws, she said, to encourage sug
gestions. Sjulin said the committee is always open
for suggestions and input, but, considering
the amount of money used for advertising
the meeting, she wished the turnout could
have been higher.
One proposal was to bring in a nationally-known
journalist to speak.
"With this being election year, we
would like to bring a well-known journalist
to speak on the role of the media in politi
cal elections," Sjulin said.
Another speaker possibility is an enter
tainer, such as Alan Alda or Katherine Hep
burn. Students want entertainment in their
extracurricular activities, and name recog
nition is needed for a entertainer to draw
crowds, Sjulin said.
Out of classroom
"I've always felt that a big pari of edu
cation was out of the classroom and Talks
and Topics is one of the best examples of
this," Sjulin said. "Without speakers, stu
dents will suffer."
Sjulin said that, without student fees,
the speakers program would face a serious
curtailment.
It is not realistic to hope for money for
speakers from outside sources with the
times as tough as they are, Sjulin said.
Without student fees, she said, the quality
of the program would suffer and the "big
name" speakers would be almost non
existent. "Hopefully, the regents will look at their
decision, give careful thought to all the
implications of it and pass Fund A," Sjulin
said. "And for right now, we have to go on
the assumption that we will be getting
some student fee support."
Legal alcohol at concert
will be first Pershing effort
There will be a major difference be
tween the May 8 Bonnie Raitt concert at
Pershing Auditorium and past concerts
alcoholic beverages will be available.
According to Pershing Manager Doug
Kuhnel, making alcohol available is a new
venture.
"This is just an experiment that we
hope will give Lincoln some additional
entertainment," Kuhnel said.
Although alcoholic beverages have been
served at past Pershing events, it will be a
first for this type of concert, he said.
Because of the alcohol, only those 19
and older will be allowed in Pershing to see
the concert. Identification will be checked,
Kuhnel said. The seating will be cabaret
style, using tables on the main floor.
Only half of the arena will be used, re
ducing the number of seats from 7,500 to
2,500. Kuhnel said the sale of alcohol will
offset smaller ticket sales.
Kuhnel said he came up with the idea of
serving alcohol after the REO Speedwagon
concert in March, which was presented by
Schon Productions. He asked officials from
the production company if a concert serv
ing alcohol could be arranged because it
was being done at Omaha's Music Hall.
The concert is arranged to be financially
feasible for Schon Productions, lie said.
Bonnie Raitt's name was suggested because
it was throught she would be a suitable per
former for this type of concert.
Assistant Police Chief John Miller said
serving alcohol may create more problems,
but overall he thinks there will be fewer
problems because there will be fewer
people. He said there probably will be less
security because of the smaller crowd.
