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UNO student regent receives fines, repriman
By Eric Gregory
DIiy Nebnukaa EtxJT Reporter
Mike DeBolt has been named
UNL student Regent after havi
been through an election, a runoff
election and a protest hearing
before the Student Election
Commission.
After voters failed to provide a
10 percent margin lead for any of
four candidates in the Oct. 29
through 31 election, a runoff
election was held Nov. 18 and 19
between the two top candidates,
Jim Corson and Mike DeBolt.
DeBolt defeated Corson 386-220.
Corson then filed a protest
alleging that DeBolt and his cam
paign agents made slanderous
statements about him to hun
dreds students. These included
referring to him as a jerk, saying
that he has only a 2.0 grade point
average and that he is carrying
only three credit hours.
The protest also alleged that
DeBolt posted campaign signs in
the UNO Student Center that
were larger than the permissible
size. Under Election Commission
rules, posters cannot be larger
than 14 inches by 22 inches. Any
thing larger is considered a banner
and candidates are allowed only
one banner each.
The final allegation ac
cused DeBolt and his agents of
campaigning inside of designated
polling areas, which according to
Corson is another violation of
student government election
rules.
"I'm carrying more than three
credit hours, my GPA is higher
than 2.0 and I don't think I'm a
jerk . . . " Corson said.
DeBolt denied slandering Cor
son and referring to him as a jerk,
but did admit to making a com
ment about Corson's GPA and
credit hours. According to DeBolt,
the incident began during the
first election when, "a friend of
Jim's came up to me and said she
was voting for me because Jim
has a 2.0 GPA and is only carrying
three credit hours," Debolt said.
When asked in the runoff elec
tion what his GPA is and if he
knew Corso's, DeBolt repeated
what he had heard publicly.
DeBolt described the statement
as "an of the cuff comment that
was blown way out of proportion."
DeBolt said he wasn't sure if a
person's GPA or credit hours is a
relevant issue or not, but that to
participate in athletics you have
to carry 12 credit hours and keep
a certain GPA. My perception of
student government is the same.
Academics come first . . ."
Regarding the charge
about oversize posters DeBolt ad
mitted that, although he didn't
lem once he got to know them.
know it at the time, he displayed doesn't help me any.
four nosters that were lanzer than
the permissible size. There's about When asked if his credibil- DeBolt said the election could
20 pages of rules and regulations ity has been hurt, DeBolt said he have been decided the first time
and I guess I missed that one. It didn't think so, but he thought around if the voter turnout had
was purely an oversight," he said. Corson ha3 a stronger backing in been larger. According to DeBolt,
Campaigning too near the pol- the student senate. He added UNO has about 16,000 students,
ling areas "was probably the one that he was optimistic about About 700 voted in the first elec-
thing I was guilty of. They didn't working with the senate anddidnt tion and about 600 in the runoff
have them marked off clearly think there would be any prob- election.
enough, Debolt said.
The protest was heard by the
Student Election Commission in
a public hearing Nov. 27th in the
Milo Bail Student Center. Dan
Brodkey, student election com
missioner, presided at the hearing.
The commission found DeBolt
guilty of slander because of the
comment on Corson's GPA and
credit hours. They also found him
guilty of displaying oversized po
sters. DeBolt was fined $25 for
each offense and reprimanded.
Brodkey said a candidate would
have to be found guilty of some
thing "more drastic, like falsifying
records," to warrant overturning
an election. He said he thought
the commission's punishment was
appropriate and added, "There's
never been a student fined for this
before. Hopefully it will set some
precedent and keep people in
line in the future."
Corson disagreed with the ap
propriateness of the ruling say
ing, "I was the one who was dam
aged and their fining him $50
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