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University of Nebraska-Lincoln
March 11,1933
Vol. 82, No. 122
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Two of the four ASUN presidential
candidates still have to keep their fingers
crossed. The Reach team of presidential
candidate Matt Wallace and vice-presidential
candidate Regina Rogers will go head-to-head
with the Action team of Laura
Meyer and Greg Krieser Wednesday in a
run-off election. Only four votes separ
ated first-place Reach and second-place
Action.
Electoral Commissioner Jennifer Fager
said candidates must win by 10 percent or
receive a majority of the vote in the
original election. If they do not, the top
two vote-getters go to a run-off election,
where a one-vote margin is sufficient.
There will also be a run-off between
second vice presidential candidates Bill
Buntain of Reach and Kay Hinn of Action.
The Committee for Fees Allocation race
for residence halls will be re-run in the
run-offs because a name was misspelled
on the ballot.
Thirty-five ASUN senators were elected;
18 from the Action Party, 12 from Reach
and five with no party affiliation.
In the Fund A question, 2,299 students
voted for the 90-cent Daily Nebraskan
fee, 619 voted against. For the Campus
Speakers Program, 1,984 voted for the
$2.28 allocation, 914 voted against.
Student government officer salaries for
1983-84, a $1.26 allocation, was defeated
1,573 to 1,316. The Nebraska State
Student Association's allocation of 50
cents was approved, 1,761 to 1,080.
UNL students voted in favor of the
nuclear freeze resolution on the ballot,
2,118 to 895.
Dave "Milo" Mumgaard, chairman of
the UNL Nuclear Weapons Freeze
Campaign, said he was surprised at the
large margin.
"I think it says something," he said.
"We're the young people that have to face
the consequences of the decisions
that are being made. I think I can say that
the majority of the students feel the
consequences are too dire to deal with."
Fourteen percent of UNL students
voted this year, compared with 9 percent
last year.
Voter turnout at the 1983 Residence
Hall Association elections increased 4.8
percent from last year, from 1 & percent
of 4,900 students to 12.6 percent of
4,846 residence hall students. RHA
Electoral Commissioner Kathy Mach
attributed the increase to combined
RHA-ASUN polling places, used this year
for the first time.
"It was a lot easier for people to vote
this year," she said.
Of 61 1 voters, Progressive Party
presidential candidate Bob Wolz received
364 votes, while presidential candidate
Tom Myers of the BEER Party had 22 1 .
Two votes went to write-in candidate
Steve Bray.
The Progressive Party took, a straight
ticket victory with 59 percent of the vote.
Besides Wolz, Jerome Studer was elected
vice president; Shelley Wolfe, secretary
and Tom Lauder, treasurer
President-elect Wolz was pleased with
the increased voter participation.
"When we appeal to voters, they will
come out (to the polls) more. I think
we really presented ourselves as an
appealing party. . .we appealed to the
people who were tired of (RHA's) not
getting things done."
Wolz disagreed, however, that the
combined RHA-ASUN polls caused
increased voter turnout.
"It was a great idea, but I would have
suggested two different polls in the same
area, because I know through the grapevine
that some students didn't vote for RHA
because they didn't want to vote for
ASUN," he said.
Myers of the BEER Party said he was
surprised the election was as close as it was.
"We were actually amazed that it was so
close. . .we were mostly in it for fun, and
we got what we wanted out of it," he said.
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By Jann Nyffeler
Laura Meyer, Action presidential
candidate, said in a press conference
Thursday evening that she has met with
officials of Missouri Pacific Railroad to
work toward a "permanent solution"
to the crossing problem near the Harper-Schramm-Smith
resident halls.
Meyer said that Missouri Pacific's
supervisor of operation, Ron McCoy, has
agreed to begin negotiations to shift most
of their traffic that passes through campus
to another nearby line. She said McCoy
told her the negotiations would last about
60 to 90 days.
Accoiding to Meyer, this shift would
result in trains decreasing in length from
approximately 80 cars to an average of
8 cars per train.
"The outcome of these negotiaitons will
determine whether the plan can be
implemented," Meyer said.
Action plans to have a booth at Harper-Schramm-Smith
Food service to inform
students about this latest development.
Workers in the booth will also conduct
a survey of Harper-Schramm-Smith
residents to study whether they would
use an overpass, should the negotiations
not conclude as planned. Meyer added that
university officials originally told Missouri
Pacific that students would not use an
overpass.
"This is by far the most progress that
Ac
has been achieved in finding a solution to
the railroad crossing problem," she said.
Meyer also said she recognized the
importance of working with the Resident
Hall Association on this and other matters
in the future.
"Because we have the endorsement of
the newly elected RHA government,"
Meyer said, "Action is confident that we
will be successful in working with them
and representing resident hall students."
Commenting on recent criticism that
Action spent more money on its campaign
than did other parties, Meyer said, "We
were forced to spend more money to
publicize our achievements and stands on
the issues. The purpose of the elections is
so that students can make better informed
decisions based on the issues and party
accomplishments.
"If we feel the issues are not covered
properly, we have no choice but to do so
ourselves."
She said that money was also used to
send cards and petitions to the University
Foundation and the legislative
appropriations committee on such matters
as changing the drinking age and increasing
funds to UNL's computer system.
"We spent out money to solve issues,"
Meyer said.
Meyer said that in the run-off election
Action will not be allowed to put up
posters in the unions, but she was unsure
whether they would be able to do so in
residence halls.
By Vicki rtuhga
Preliminary campaign expense reports
for ASUN elections revealed that the
Reach Party spent S625 to get 1 ,175
votes, and Action spent SI ,143 to get
1,171 votes, said Bill Buntain, second
vice presidential candidate for Reach.
Reach campaign manager Kevin Gold
stein said each candidate donates up to
$25 for the election, and no money comes
from ASUN or student fees.
At a 2:30 p. m. press conference in
the Nebraska Union, Buntain said the
Reach Party was very excited to be in a
run-off election with Action, because it
would give both parties a chance to clear
their differences on issues. The run-off
election also gives students a greater
opportunity to compare what he called
the concrete issues of Reach with the
abstract issues of Action.
Goldstein said Reach will continue to
stress concrete issues for the upcoming
run-off election. He said Reach also will be
encouraging individual students to vote.
Regina Rogers, Reach first vice presid
ential candidate, said if Reach is elected,
students will see senators all year-round,
instead of only when they pass out pam
phlets at election time.
Because more than 75 percent of the
incoming senators are Greek, Rogers,
the only executive candidate who lives
in a residence hall, said she was concerned
about representation of all UNL students.
Rogers said Reach would look at issues
affecting all students, like the expansion
of Student Legal Services.
Matt Wallace, Reach presidential candid
ate, said the expansion of Student Legal
Services is a realistic program that Reach
has already started working on.
The first part of the expansion is to
educate students about legal issues through
seminars, guest speakers, or the Student
Legal Services handbook, which will be
released soon, Wallace said.
Secondly, Wallace said, he would try
to establish a Better Landlord Bureau,
similar to the Better Business Bureau.
This service would benefit nearly every
student because most will have to live
off campus at some time, he said. A
cross index of different landlords and
students' complaints could be estab
lished, Wallace said, and it could be a
student-run service.
The third phase is to allow senior law
students to litigate in court under the
senior practice rule and the supervision of
Shelly Stall, director of Student Legal
Services.
Law student Tony Fejfar of Reach
said the program could be implemented at
minimal cost with volunteer labor, possibly
some work-study money. There may be
some credit for the work through the law
college, he said.
The senior law students would handle
only misdemeanor cases where students
are not able to get help from outside
lawyers. They would not handle felonies
or any litigation against the university,
and he said they would be careful not
to take fee-producing cases from lawyers.
Fejfar said Stall is very supportive of the
expansion, so Reach will take the pro
posal to the regents and hope for a policy
change.
Fejfar said there definitely would be
a need for the landlord-tenant service
on campus. He said Colorado State Un
iversity's service handles 5,000 to 8,000
complaints a year.
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State Sen. Howard Lamb of Anselmo
said Thursday that if Nebraska does not
match federal planning money for the
state's proposed regional veterinary college,
it is doubtful the project will proceed.
Lamb presented an amendment
Wednesday to the Legislature's
Appropriation Committee that calls for
the state operating budget to set aside
S827.000 to match federal funds
appropriated for the school's
pre-construction and planning costs.
Nebraska's congressional representa
tives have indicated to supporters of the
college that a dollar-for-dollar match is
necessary for the state to receive federal
funds for the school, Lamb said.
Gov. Bob Kerrey has asked that
$50,000 be appropriated in the state
budget for planning costs for the college.
Lamb said it is essential that Nebraska
match the federal money to send a positive
signal to the government and states that
may participate in the regional college.
He said that by matching the federal
planning funds, the state will show "that
we are serious about going ahead with the
vet school," and that Nebraska is
committed to the project.
Lamb's amendment also requested that
$373,500 be appropriated in the 1984-85
state budget for planning an animal science
building to be built on East Campus.
Lamb said this project is not a
substitute for the veterinary school plan,
but that the animal science building would
complement the school. He said he hopes
both projects can be completed.