University of Nebraska-Lincoln
March 1, 1S33
Vol. 82, No. 114
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Larry Weixelman
By Bill Allen
Larry Weixelman said he thinks the
current ASUN candidates are making
issues out of areas that aren't that import
ant, while important issues shrink into
the background.
He said the main goal of his party,
Students for Political Awareness Regard
ing Education, is to make students aware
of the political power they have.
Weixelman, a senior history major,
is the presidential candidate for SPARE.
He said he and vice-presidential candidate,
Dave Sanden, a junior history major,
plan to re-evaluate ASUN and return it
to its proper position as an active politi
cal voice with a strong, willing and organi
zed student body united behind it.
"To be honest," he said, "who cares
where the bookstore is? Parking is an
issue. It's also a city problem."'
Weixelman said students, and the state
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legislatuie, should be concerned with
maintaining and improving the quality
of education.
"I know that has been said before and
it sounds like such a general topic." he
said, "But there are ways to accomplish
this. To start with the state should be
concerned with keeping and maintaining
instructors. You do this by increasing
salaries."
He said it's hard to keep a qualified
professor teaching for $20,000 a year when
he could be making $70,000 in a non
teaching job.
"It's been shown that a strong
university will attract business," he said.
"They know they have a strong source of
knowledge to tap."
If given the opportunity, he said the
first thing he would try to initiate would
be a registered group of student lobbyists
in the State Legislature.
Hopefully, he said, this will help toward
SPARE'S ultimate goal of changing student
altitudes toward the effectiveness of their
government.
"We have roughly 23,500 students,
and out of these, I'd say 00 percent are
eligible to vote," he said. "That makes
us the one of the single largest voting
blocks in the state."
Weixelman said he and the SPARE
Party are willing to make ASUN senators
work.
And that, he said, is another important
issue.
At present. SPARE is a party of two,
Weixelman and Sanden. Weixelman said
they don't have the icsouices that the
other parlies have, or the campaign time,
although he did say there were some
people working for them.
ASUN needs someone who is willing
to "jump in there and take some Hack,"
and to be willing to cut thiough the red
tup? and confront the real issues, he said.
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Editor's Note: This is the first in a five
part series profiling ASUN Senate parties.
By Mono Koppclman
Action Party members see distinct
differences between their party and other
ASUN hopefuls at this stage in the cam
paign, presidential candidate Laura Meyer
said.
"I think we have really attacked the
issues. We are an issue-oriented party,"
said Meyer, who is a junior majoring in
business finance.
"Every year there are a lot of pro
mises made by parties," Meyer said.
"They (parties) really do focus on im
portant problems, but then issues aren't
followed up."
"We want to show students what the
important issues are and that something
can be done about them," she said. .
From talking to students and cam
paigning, she said that the main concern
of students is "the police department
problem."
"Last year, 45,000 parking tickets
were given and $584,000 collected in
fines," Meyer said. "All of that money
went back into a fund called 'parking
enforcement,' and none was used to ex
pand parking facilities."
The combined need for faculty and
student parking totaled 10,000 stalls
and only 5,000 exist, she said.
"There's no way everyone can park
legally," she said. "Some are forced to
park a long way from campus, and the
rest park illegally.
. "We feci the. whole policcjdepartment
issue needs to be looked into, especially
the role and purpose of the police depart
ment on this campus."
Action is calling for a task force to
study the UNL Police Department. Night
patrols are a second major concern of
students.
According to Action's platform state
ment, "the police department employs
50 people of which only about 5 work
at night . . . Action wants the police
department to spend less time giving
tickets and more time patrolling the cam
pus and buildings at night."
"One major problem that strikes me
at UNL is that there isn't enough money
going to instructional facilities," Meyer
said.
; "State tax dollars appropriated id Hie
administration increased 1 15 percent,
State tax dollars appropriated to instruct
ional activities has decreased by 22 per
cent," Meyer said. "And our enrollment
is up by 10 percent."
"Money is not going to instructional
areas where it directly benefits students,"
she said.
"We want to form a study group to
study the university budget year-round
and work with state legislators," she said.
According to Action's platform state
ment, "by having a specific group highly
informed on this issue, our (ASUN's)
opinon will carry more weight."
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Students mark the passing of "MASH" at a "MASH Bash" held Monday
night at East Union. Lori Kozisek, a sophomore journalism major, is the patient
having her pulse taken. The others are: left, Lisa Richardson, a freshman teacher's
college major, Carol Pribyl, a junior business major and president of UPC-East,
Kurt Borg, a sophomore animal science major, Steve Carter, who worked on
MASH" production as a production observer and dialog coach, Kathleen Rathje
a senior business marketing major and Deann Hopkins a freshman animal science
major.
By Kris Mullen
What is the Korean town nearest the
4077th? What is the name of Major
Winchester's sister? What are the tables in
the Officers' Club made of?
These were some of the questions
of the MASH trivia quiz, part of the
MASH Bash sponsored by Union
Program Council East at East Union
Monday.
After several tie-breaker questions.
Curt Arens was declared the winner.
He received a "Goodbye, Farewell,
Amen ..." T-shirt, commenting the
final episode of the 1 1 -year series.
Second prize, a 1983 MASH
calendar, went to Scott Gilbert.
Carol Pribyl, president of UPC East,
said that the prizes were ordered from
Twentieth Century Fox Television.
In the East Union cafeteria, UPC
set up a replica of "The Swamp," the
tent shared by B.J., Charles and Hawkeye.
The remake was complete .with cots,
dartboard. putter and martini glasses.
The winner of the costume contest,
Deann Hopkins, wore a Navy ROTC
uniform and dark glasses.
Kurt Borg won second place for his
Hawkeye costume of bath robe, cow boy
hat and boots.
Dressed in army fatigues, Kathleen
Rathje said that she and her roommate
had thought of the MASH Bash idea.
"We thought a lot of people would be
involved," she said, "because there are
so many 'MASH' fans."
One of the "MASH" fans at the
bash was Steven Carter, a journalism
graduate student.
Carter, who said that his interests are
writing, directing and producing, has
worked with "MASH" productions.
He set up a table with many
autographed MASH photos, scripts
and other memorabilia, including one of
Hawkey e's martini glasses.
He said that the final episode is extra
special for him because he has worked
with the cast.
"They're going out on top," he said.
"I hate to see them go."
