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HOLOCAUST VICTIM
They have reason
Opal Oosley, left, and Augusta Kreiner, both of Lincoln, hold bumper stickers describing their
plight as Commonwealth Savings Company depositors during the last day of the Nebraska
Legislature's special session. Commonwealth depositors were rewarded Tuesday morning
when legislators passed L01, correcting the language of a previous bill and paving the way for
partial repayment to depositors. The measure passed 34-10.
Roskens takes self
Meisels still up for
By Todd von Kampen
Senior Reporter
NU President Ronald Roskens has
asked that his name be withdrawn from
the list of semifinalists for the presid
ency of Iowa.
G. G. Meisels, dean of the UNL Col
lege of Arts and Sciences, Wednesday
said he has not "dismissed the idea of
staying within the search" for a new
president at Iowa State University.
Meisels and Roskens were named to
a list of 25 semifinalists to fill the Iowa
Committee
suBBort on
By Diana Johnson
Staff Reporter
"We want the Residence Hall Asso
ciation and ASUN to pass a resolution
that supports action preventing the
opening of the women's athletic study
area until all student governments
including the Harper-Schramm-Smith
complex senate, RHA and ASUN are
satisfied," said ASUN senator Patty
Sokolik on Wednesday in a statement
prepared by the Smith Study Area
Investigative Committee, formerly
known as RHA-ASUN ad hoc committee.
The statement comes after the
Harper-Schramm-Smith complex senate
on Tuesday ordered an immediate halt
on construction of the women's athletic
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State presidency. Roskens said Tuesday
he asked that his name be withdrawn
for "purely personal considerations."
Meisels said the Iowa State job is
attractive because it carries increased
responsibilities compared to his pres
ent job. Although he is flattered to be
on the list, he said, he has no desire to
leave Nebraska.
"I do like Nebraska, I've enjoyed the
last 11 years and I feel the university
has treated me well," he said. "It's a
good fit for me here."
Meisels said "many people with
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asks for resolution
building-use policy
study area following what the senate
alleged was a violation of a building
use policy by the UNL athletic depart
ment. The building-use policy recognizes
the senate's power to regulate the use
of common areas in the complex. The
policy also states that the HSS senate
has the sole power to approve any use
of complex areas not in accordance
with the HSS building policy.
Delaying the opening of the women's
athletic study area in Smith Hall is the
first concern of the investigative
committee.
"No opening will occur until all
questions concerning why there was no
student representation in making the
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ISU job
strong qualifications" are on the semi
final list. Others nominated for the
position include University of Missouri
President Peter Magrath, University of
Oklahoma President Martin Jischke
and Kansas State University President
Duane Acker. Acker is a former UNL
vice chancellor of agriculture and nat
ural resources.
The Iowa Board of Regents is expect
ed to name a new president for Iowa
State by Nov. 1. W. Robert Parks, the
current Iowa State president, plans to
retire in July.
decision to build the facility in Smith
Hall have been answered and how the
decision happened," said Dan
Hofmeister, committee member and
ASUN senator.
The committee said the study area
opening will not occur until a full and
complete agreement between the
athletic department and the three stu
dent governments, ASUN, HSS senate
and RHA is reached.
The committee has been divided
into groups who will meet with admin
istrators, the athletic department and
the Board of Regents.
. A special session of ASUN will meet
at 10 p.m. tonight in the City Union. A
decision to support the committee's
proposal is scheduled to be made then,
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UNL's 'goodwill ambassador
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Nine-month walk
to support; quiest
ffbr world peace
By Michael Hooper
Staff Reporter
A quest for total unilateral disar
mament of nuclear weapons and world
peace is the reason 5,000 people are
planning a nine-month, coast-to-coast
walk March 1, a PRO-Peace official said
Wednesday.
Lori Graff, regional recruiter for PRO
Peace, which is sponsoring the event,
said the marchers should pass through
Lincoln in June as part of the 15-state,
37-city tour.
Participants in the march must be
committed to "the take down of nuclear
weapons."
ASUN is considering endorsing the
march for peace.
The $27 million march is being sup
ported, either financially or personally
by performers Paul Newman, Ed Asner,
Jodie Foster, Leonard Nimoy, Jack
Lemmon, and Kenny Loggins, Graff
said.
Marchers will travel across the
Mohave Desert, over the Rockies,
through the Great Plains, and then on
to Chicago, New York, and Washington
D.C., according to a press release
detailing the march.
Graff estimated some 75 percent of
Americans believe a nuclear war will
take place in their lifetime, but people
"feel they can't do anything about it."
"But through this march people can
do something about the threat of a
nuclear war," she said.
"Somewhere back in our minds is a
fear that we'll all die in a nuclear war.
We need to bring that fear to the front
of our minds, and deal with it and take
responsibility for it," Graff said.
PRO-Peace is seeking 15,000 appli
cants, of which 5,000 will make up the
group of marchers. Applicants must
donate $3,000 for the march, and they
need to pass a physical and be commit
ted to non-violence and ending the
nuclear arms race.
Marchers will cover 15 miles a day
along scenic routes and heavily popu
lated areas. A support caravan of about
40 semis will travel alongside the
marchers with personnel and services,
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including first-aid, mail service, a mobile
radio station, cafeteria, and laundry
services, according to the press release.
"If students are interested in their
career, they have to realize that they'll
not have a job if a nuclear war takes
place," Graff said.
When marchers come through
Nebraska, they will be walking on
Highway 30 and 34. Graff said they will
be looking for support.
"If people want to walk with us dur
ing the day that's great," she said.
Nuclear disarmament "is not a left
wing radical issue because it concerns
everybody," Graff said.
"The only way we can let our leaders
know the importance of unilateral
nuclear disarmament is to work to
gether. "We're working with grass root
organizations, religious groups, freeze
movements," she said. "PRO-Peace is an
organization with one Issue total
unilateral disarmament of nuclear
weapons, she said.
Additionally, through the Investment
for Life program, six colleges have
pledged $15,000 each to pay for the
3,200 square foot tents that will serve
as cafeterias, according to the release.
To fund the $27 million march, PRO
Peace will have a national walk a-thon
November 3, when walkers will be
sponsored for the miles walked.
A similar program is scheduled dur
ing the march called "adopt a marcher."
PRO-Peace will solicit individuals and
groups "to adopt a marcher" by paying
a dollar for every mile the adoptee
walks, or for the whole walk which is
3,235 miles, Graff said.
Graff said, however, that money won't
be accepted from supporters of the
Contras in Nicaragua or anyone invest
ing money in South Africa.
Today, Friday, Monday and Tuesday
PRO-Peace will publicize the event at a
booth in the Nebraska Union. Diane
Randell Mustonan, PRO-Peace state
coordinator, said stuents can stop by
the booth for information on the march
or call (402) 348-1068 or write PRO
Peace 500 S. 18th St. Omaha, Nebr.
68102
Carol WagenerDaily Nebraskan
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