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ASUN presidential candidates participate in a debate last week at Harper Kail. From left; Mike
Geiger (Unite), Tim Durke (Fashin), Mark Scudder (Aim), Kevin Goldstein (United Students). Roo
candidate John Hazuka and Don Ho candidate Jeff Jackson were not present.
he said, and so the work must be done with the
people in position already. Geiger said student
apathy is a problem that ASUN can't solve.
I do promise that I will be ; working for the,
students," Geiger said. "That means apathetic stud
ents, students interested in student government,
and students affected by an issue,"
Geiger, a senior political science and communica-;
tions major; attended St. Cecilia High School in'
Hastings, where he was involved in athletics and
was a member of the student council his senior year.'
Geiger's career goal involves public relations or
graduate school. ' - t
or lose, race
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The Unite Party offers UNL students a viable
choice for the ASUN eleciton and has an excellent
chance to win, presidential candidate Mike Geiger
said, But, win)r,lose, the experience and knowledge
he has gained from the campaign is valuable, Geiger
said, and he is happy he has stuck withjt.; r ;
Geiser(sait Unite. has three goals: j;o restructure,,
ASUN organization for better communication; to
add five ASUN senators; and to work to let the
Legislature, the NU Board of Regents and. the
administration know vhat issues are important to
students. . '
: Although the first two goals will require constitu
tional changes, Geiger said Unite will work for those
changes if elected. Two new senators would be
elected from off-campus, one from a residence hall
on each campus and one from the Greek system,
Geiger said. This would improve not only the informa
tion flow among the different living unites, he said,
but it would free the other senators for matters that
affect the student body as a whole.
The ASUN election is presently a three-party race,
Geiger said, with United Students in the lead, Unite
in second and Aim breathing down Unite's neck.
Unite was the third-place party, Geiger said, but it
took what he called the Tom Osborne approach.
"It's early in the ball game, we can still go for the
title," Geiger said of the party's strategy.
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Geiger said.
By Donna Sisson . ?: :
From his experience in ASUN, Aim presidential
candidate Mark Scudder said he realized how much
leadership is involved in the presidential role.
"Without leadership, nobody else gets fired up,"
Scudder said. "Unless ASUN goes out and tries to
create interest among the student body, people
have proven they will not seek out ASUN, so the
president needs to be a leader who will seek out the
students."
' Scudder comes from the Lincoln area. He attend
ed Waverly High School, where he worked on the
school newspaper and yearbook staff and was
active in track, cross country and basketball.
; Scudder currently is ASUN Student Life Commis
sion chairman and Phi Kappa Psi rush chairman.
Scudder said he has been working on his cam-'
n
Geiger said that if he had the campaign to do over,
he might avoid having a campaign manager "so
enthusiastic that he will run for president." Geiger
referred to Aim presidential candidate Mark Scudder,
who began as Unite's campaign manager.
The split between Scudder and himself came from
the plan to reorganize the ASUN committees, Geiger
said. He said Scudder disagreed with the plan.
"I don't necessarily like the way politics goes; it
can be a real dirty game," Geiger said. Despite some
unpleasant experiences and what he called "political
crap," Geiger said he had become a better person
from the campaign.
Geiger said he participates in many campus
activities, giving him a good view of student opinions.
Geiger has been president of the Sigma Alpha Mu
fraternity, a member of two chancellor's commis
sions, a member of the Arts and Sciences Advisory
Board and an ASUN senator.
"I've seen a lot of the organization work and I'm
ready for the job," Geiger said.
Unite has spend about $750 on the campaign for
items such as sweatshirts, buttons, ads, posters and
20 radio spots on KXXS radio, Geiger said.
"I've been working at a car wash to pay off the
campaign." .
"We want to see some of our goals and ideologies
go through the senate," Geiger said. ASUN doesn't
have the time or power to do everything in one term,
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paign since last December. Scudder said he decided
to run because issues existed, that other parties
hadn't addressed at the time. .
"I thought I could do a good job organizing people
to run and a lot of quality people weren't going to
run at the time," Scudder saidThey showed inter
est to run with me and to back me."
Choosing the party members was a month's search,
Scudder said., During 1 Christmas vacation, he
called from 80 to 90 people, fie said. People who had
proven their abilities to do good jobs in other organ
izations filled the slots, he said.
The Aim Party chose its name because it has con
notations of focusing on goals, Scudder said.
If he could do it all over again, Scudder said he
would start earlier. Some of the problems the cam
paign ran into were motivation and convincing peo
ple of a genuine concern, he said.
Scudder said his campaign went well overall and
that he enjoyed meeting people and talking to
. organizations. Being ASUN president would help
him become a more confident speaker, learn to deal
with older people in positions of authority, and
encourage his political aspirations, Scudder said.
"ASUN needs an open president, one that's willing
to talk to a lot of people, and that's a quality I
possess," Scudder said.
As president, Scudder said, he would place more
emphasis on the Legislature, especially through the
Government Liason Committee. He would also in
crease senatorial involvement, both within individ
ual colleges and other student organizations.
ASUN does have power in certain situations,
Scudder said. They have a power of persuasion, and
the administration and the NU Board of Regents
wants to listen, he said.
Currently a j unior English major, Scudder likes to
stay active and tries to run every morning. After
graduation, he said he wants to go to Harvard Uni
versity Law School to become a corporate lawyer.
Goldoteiii Gtesooes
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By MilU King
The ASUN campaign was "fairly hectic" and lack
ed concentration on senatorial candidates, media
attention and student involvement in addressing
important issues, said Kevin Goldstein, United Stu
dents presidential candidate.
Goldstein, campaign manager for the Reach Party
last year, has three years of ASUN experience.
Among his proposals are to make ASUN a more
service-oriented organization by incorporating a
typing center, expanded student legal services and,-
update sheets,
f The US Party is comprised of mostly off-campus
and residence hall candidates, with less than half
living. in Greek houses, he said. i
Goldstein said, he targeted stu ..o v. .. i"were.
s uccessful in other campus organiz. ins . offer! i
ed them a challenge. W
; v ASUN has more potential than any other student
organization on campus," he said. t 7
If elected, Goldstein said the Structure 6f ASUN
which has always been effective, will stay the same,?
but there needs to be a change in the people and in
the negative attitude toward issues, he said. --
During the campaign, the US Party worked on
such issues as night towing, cuts in financial aid and
the typing Center. : - ; A;r.:::rfiPH-:,:
Goldstein said US created an awareness of these
iscues arid got them onto the ASUN policy agenda by
doing the leg work , - - ,
v Goldstein attended Wood River High School and
participated in football, wrestling and National "
Honor Society.
. A finance major, he has been ah ASUN senator,,
and a "member of the academic planning, faculty
senate and central planning committees. vHe has
also been Interfraternity Council chariman, an IFC- "
Cabinet member, a member of the search committee
? for the office of pre-admission advising, speaker at
the Dean of Students Forum, an executive office
holder' in tDelta" Tau Delta, a UNL debate team ,
member 'and a Homecoming finalist.
By Donna Sisson .-: ," ; " ; . -
The Roo Party is an alternative to writing in Bugs
Bunny on the ASUN ballot, said John Hazuka, presi
dential candidate for the party.
One of the reasons he decided to run for ASUN,
Hazuka said, was to see just how much of a joke it
" was.
"It seems like something for rich people to be in
and spend money," he said. "Who knows why they do
it because they won't get any power." r
When soliciting his petition for candidacy, most
people asked what the letters ASUN stood for, Haz
uka said. "I still don't know what ASUN stands for,"
he said.
If elected, The Roo Party would like to change the
achronym ASUN to KANGA, Hazuka said. That way,
he said, Kanga and Roo could be reunited. The two
characters were separated in the book about Winnie"
the Pooh, he said.
"I've always liked kangaroos, ever since last year
when I wanted our floor T-shirts to be the Abel 9
Roos," Hazuka said.
Hazuka is a graduate of Central High School in
as a hobby he would like to be a research chemist.