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By iMona Koppclman
Nebraska docs "absolutely nothing" 1'or its students
financially, according to Sen. Sam Cullan of Heniingford.
Cullan and Sen. Bernice Labedz of Omaha want to change
that.
Cullan and Labedz are co-sponsoring LB126, which
would provide a partially state-funded work-study
program for eligible students.
"The basic philosophy behind the bill is to allow
students to finance their schooling through work
experience," Cullan said. "The work is designed to relate
to a student's particular field of education . . . for
example, an engineering student could work for the
Department of Roads."
Cullan said that if LB 126 becomes law, the state will
pay up to 65 percent of a student's salary. The remainder
would be paid by the employer.
"We (Labedz and Cullan) felt that rather than put
together another loan or scholarship program, this would
have the added advantage of developing good work
skills," he said.
"It would allow students to meet people and make
contacts in their job markets and learn about how their
avocation really functions. It is a good opportunity to
sec if a student really likes the profession he's chosen,"
he said.
Research for the bill was done by a task force headed
by former senator Gerald Koch of Ralston and Cullan,
he said.
"Our support for this bill stemmed from our concern
over the drying up of funds in student financial aid,"
Cullan said. "What we found caused me to question the
stability of student assistant programs at federal levels."
Cullan said a "serious proposition" exists to cut almost
half the federal funds distributed at the state and local
levels. If this is done, he said, 40 percent of the students
in Nebraska receiving state assistance would lose it.
"I felt it was appropriate for the state to move in,"
he said. "Currently, the state does absolutely nothing . . .
just nothing."
"We do some matching of funds, but it amounts to
a couple of hundred thousand dollars," he said. "No
serious money."
The task force also supports LB255, which would
appropriate $5 million to an existing student scholarship
program, he said.
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Staff photo by Dave Bentz
Students turned out Wednesday to polling places like this one in the Nebraska Union to vote for ASUN Senate
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Wednesday night's ASUN president and first vice
president elections came down to the wire, with only
four votes separating the leading candidates at midnight
Wednesday. A run-off election has been scheduled for
next Wednesday, March 16.
Presidential candidate Matt Wallace and first president
ial candidate Regina Rogers of the Reach party will
square off against Action's Laura Meyer and her running
mate, Greg Krieser. Wallace and Rogers received the most
votes, 1,175. Meyer and Krieser received 1,171 votes,
Election Commissioner Jennifer Fager said.
Conceptual Anarky's presidential candidate, Joni
Jacobs, and first vice presidential candidate, Beth Berigan,
received 441 votes.
Larry Weixelman, SPARE, and
Dave Sanden, received 200 votes,
received 44 votes in the race.
his running mate,
Write-in candidates
The second vice president also will be decided in the
run-off election next week. Kay Hinn, Action, led the race
with 1,225 votes, followed closely by Bill Buntain, of
Reach, with 1,166.
Tom Mockler, second vice presidential candidate, for
Anarky received 536 votes.
Write-ins received 56 votes in the second vice presi
dential race.
Fager said she was happy with the voter turnout this
year, 14 percent compared with last year's 9 percent.
Last year, Fager said, the ballots were counted by 3
a.m., and this year, she estimated that they could be
finished around midnight. The ballots were counted by
computer both years.
"We knew what we were doing this year," she said.
"Last year, it was all trial and error and the Election
Commission was all new. This year, only half of the
Commission was new."
Fager said the computer system went down only once,
for about five minutes around 10:30 p.m.
Complete results of the senatorial races, Fund A
questions the nuclear freeze survey and Fund B survey
will be available in Friday's Daily Nebraskan.
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The state Supreme Court conducted a trial at the College of Law Wednesday to give
students an opportunity to watch the proceedings up close.
By Kevin Hanken
UNL law students juggled their
schedules Wednesday to find time to
attend sessions of the Nebraska Supreme
Court in the College of Law's Pie rooms.
The court has sessions at the college
every March for the benefit of law
students. Wednesday, students heard
appeal arguments for five cases before the
court.
At first, the Pie room setting may have
lacked the official atmosphere of court
proceedings, but once the eight judges
strode in and the arguments began, the
language and mood created a legal aura.
"I think it's (having the session at the
college) a terrific idea," said Ephraim
Marks, an attorney from Omaha. "I think
it puts us all on our mettle, both the court
and the lawyers."
Marks said the setting was pleasant to
work in as opposed to the sometimes
sterile atmosphere of the courtroom .
Marks, 'of the Omaha law firm Marks,
Clare, Hopkins, Rauth and Cuddigan,
argued on two of the five cases heard.
"I think it's helpful to the law
students," he said. "They can watch and
see what mistakes to avoid."
Catherine Lang-Morrissey, a third-year
law student, said it was interesting to
compare how attorneys handled appellate
cases with how she was taught to present
oral arguments in her courses.
Courses are very structured and specific
procedures are followed, she said. These
cases, however, seemed more relaxed and
not quite as nerve-racking as the courses
make them appear.
Lang-Morrissey said she was most
interested in the judges' reaction to the
attorneys and the way they went about
getting the information they wanted from
the attorneys.
Susan Fine, a second-year law student,
said she was interested in the styles of each
lawyer, and the way they presented
themselves before the court.
"Basically, I'm pleased they're (the
court) out here," said Topher Hansen, a
first-year law student. "It is a real good
experience to view the appeal process."
Hansen said he particularly was
interested in the protocol of the attorneys'
presentations, how refined their styles
were, and to what degree of finesse they
carried out their style.