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University of Nobraska-Lincoln
Vol. 83 No. 116
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dH ' issues
The ASUN election will be next Wednesday. As a
service to the Daily Nebraskan readers, the six rec
ognized ASUN candidates will respond to common
issues brought forth in the 1984 campaign in the
Daily Nebraskan issues preceding the election.
Each candidate was asked the same quesitons
and given any amount of time he needed to respond.
. The candidates were told the first question in
advance; the rest were impromptu. The remaining
questions will appear in subsequent issues one
question per issue.
Question One: What Is the student perception of
' ASUN? If it needs to be changed or improved, how
can it be done? How, if elected, will your party do
that?
DON HO: (Responding: Presidential candidate
Jeff Jackson) "Since Bruce Wcyne is a friend of
ours, we could have him use the Batcopterto dis
pense questionnaires asking the students to tell
us what they think about ASUN. The students
could write their answers in coconut shells, send
them to Eroyhill Fountain, and we would pick
them up there.
Some might feel like it's a women's workers
union. Some think it's a football team. Once we est
Wessels encourages
participation in politics
CyLIUU Kir.
Editor's Nets: This is the Crzt cf a fssr-part
seriss cn pact ASUN prcs
The 1980-81 ASUN presidency wasn't all fun and
games for Renee Wessels, now a staff assistant to
Gov. Bob Kerrey. But Wessels said it was a produc
tive experience. -
Wessels said her primary struggle was helping the
Board of Regents understand student life.
She instigated monthly news conferences to explain
the students' positions on issues before board meet
ings. The Nebraska State Student Association was
created during Wessels' presidency.
"I helped to make NSSA a reality," Wessels said.
The idea behind NSSA is that UNL fares better
when education across the state fares better, Wes
sels said.
"If we work together for higher education across
the state" Wessels said, the education at UNL will
improve.
Wessels said it was disappointing to see students
at the university tear down an organization that has
offered responsible effective representation.
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Inside .
New York playhouse attracted Dorothy
Lyman to soap operas. Pzzs 6
UNL's women's track and field team gets
to defend its national indoor title . . . P3 13
John Lennon's latest record in only a half
bad album 12
Index - .". .
Classified ...-19
Crossword 23
Editorial 4
Highlights 7
Off The Wire 2
Sports 18
We have some concrete ideas on how to improve
our visibility. The first would be committee res
tructure:. We would also like to see ASUN add an
additional five senators, representing off-campus
students, residence hall students and Greeks.
This way, ASUN would still have representatives
from the colleges, but also representatives from
living units. We want to continue to go out to cam
pus organizations to improve our visibility.'
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all the sheUs out of Broyhill Fountain, we'll let a
computer determine the answer."
UNITE: (Responding: Presidential candidate Mike
Geiger, and first vice-presidential candidate Heidi
Burklund)
"As far as the students' perception of ASUN,
there are three. First, there are the students that
don't give a darn about ASUN. They're apathetic,
and they're not going to care about ASUN no mat
ter what we do. Second, there are the people that
do care, that will get involved. The third type of
person doesn't feel they're effected, but when an
important issue comes up, they will get involved.
"We are going to concentrate on those last two.
AIM: (Responding: Presidential candidate Mark
Scudder and first vice-presidential candidate Curt
Oltmans)
"I think we need to get students to understand
that ASUN is not a student government. We are an
advocacy group. Although ASUN does have some
power, with student groups, it does not have the
power to regulate and change the university. We
cannot walk in and change anything; only the
regents do have the power to do that. It does take
representation, though. Students need to under
stand that the student regent is the only one who
does represent them on the board. Without good
representation, nothing is going to take the direc
tion students want it to."
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Winter wonderland . . .
Students are flogged by wind and snow during a 20-minute storm Wednesday afternoon. After the
brief blizzard conditions, the sky cleared.
Contest addresses speaking skills
Dy Handy Christy .
Students spoke about auctioneering, pesticide
usage and the Norden Dam project at the 1984
Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness Club's
speech contest Tuesday night at the East Campus
Union.
Mark Caspers placed first in the division forjunior
and senior students. Traci Roth took top honors for
sophomores and freshmen.
Dan Stehlik placed second, and Matt Keating
placed third in the upperclassmen division.
The club has the contest to promote students'
communication skills and inform its members about
current agricultural issues, said Denise Barnes,
chairwoman of the contest.
Judges for the competition were Bill Miller, of the
Agricultural Economics Department; Anne John
son, Agricultural Communications instructor and
coordinator of the employment seminar course; and
John Langemeier, student judge.
"Many people can master technical skills," Miller
said, "but do not have the ability to translate that
technical information in a way their audience can
understand."
Miller said the ability to write, speak and organize
thoughts well will pay off no matter what profes
sion one chooses.
Caspers, a junior in agricultural economics, said,
"I participated in the contest last year and although
I didn't do too well I learned a great deal and it got
me interested in improving my public speaking
skills."
The Federal Land Bank & Federal Land Bank
Associations and Federal Intermediate Credit Bank
& the Production Credit Associations sponsored the
contest with a $100 fund for cash prizes.
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