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January 27, 1986
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Vol. 85 No. 88
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By Linda Hartmann
Staff Reporter
Scott Stebelman, a leading spokes
man for Lincoln's gays and lesbians,
will leave UNL next month to become
coordinator of library instruction at
George Washington University in Wash
ington, D.C.
Stebelman, a UNL associate profes
sor of libraries, said he has accomp
lished his goal of advancing civil rights
for gays in Lincoln during the last eight
years.
Stebelman said he will leave know
ing he has helped "sensitize" the peo
ple of Lincoln and UNL to the lives of
gay people.
People now know "that we don't
conform to their stereotypes, that we
are responsible lawyers, teachers and
librarians, that we are many people
with different backgrounds," he said.
Stebelman, 37, was spokesman for
the Coalition for Gay and Lesbian Civil
Rights. The coalition was formed to
promote an amendment to the city's
civil rights ordinance that would have
prohibited discrimination on the basis
of sexual orientation.
In 1082, Stebelman lobbied for
adoption of the amendment. The effort
was defeated. Yet Stebelman continued
to work with the coalition as it changed
its focus from legislation to education.
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Keating gives his closing statement to the Constitutional Revision and Recreation Committee at the Legislature on Friday.
By Thorn Gabrukiewicz
Managing Editor
An unfavorable report by state
Attorney General Robert Spire could
quash any chance student regents
might have to vote on policy issues
before the NU Board of Regents, legis
lators said Friday.
Members of the Constitutional Revi
sion and Recreation Committee failed
to advance LR306, which seeks to
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amend the Nebraska Constitution to
allow one collective vote among stu
dent leaders at UNL, UNO and NU Med
ical Center in Omaha.
The committee will vote again on
LR306 after Spire's ruling later this
week on the resolution's constitution
ality. Sen. John DeCamp of Neligh, spon
sor of the resolution, said it is illogical
to give responsibility to student regents
without also giving them a vote.
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"A one-and-a-two
end that was It for me," was how Nebraska's Chris Logan (left) described his fight with Iowa
State's Jeff Grayer during the game Saturday et the Bob Devaney Sports Center. Logan had a
cut above his right eye that required stitches. Both players were ejected from the game. See
story on page 7.
"It makes no sense to have a student
regent if they have no vote," he said.
"They have no power, and every student
knows that."
At issue is the "one-man, one-vote"
rule included in the U.S. Constitution.
Regent Margaret Robinson of Nor
folk testified against the student
regent vote. As registered voters of the
state, Robinson said, NU students
would be allowed "one-man, two-votes."
Student regents could vote for the
regent in their home district and come
together and vote for members of the
Board of Regents as well, she said.
ASUN President Gerard Keating said
that the way the board operates now,
students play a minor role as lobbyists.
Regents usually have their minds made
up on an issue and disregard any lobby
ing efforts by the student regents, he
said.
"This group of people (the students)
that are the consumers of the product
definitely deserve a right of represen
tation," Keating said, "that product
being the University of Nebraska."
Sen. Bernice Labedz of Omaha chal
lenged Keating, saying that if student
regents were allowed to vote, the situa
tion might allow other elected boards
to add voting members for the con
stituencies. "The people of Nebraska decided in
1974 that we are regents," Keating
said. "The people of Nebraska want
students on the board."
Robinson said student regents are
appreciated, but as representatives
from small constituencies, they cannot
in fairness be given a collective vote.
Student regents also don't have as
much time as elected regents do," she
said.
"A regent cannot plan for one year,"
Robinson said. "A regent has to look
five or 10 years down the road to deter
mine what is best for this university."
Sen. Don Wesely of Lincoln moved to
advance the resolution and received a
second from Omaha Sen. Tim Hall.
However, Sen. Chris Beutler of Lin
coln, who was not present for the tes
timony but attended the executive ses
sion, said he had trouble passing the
resolution without clearly understand
ing its constitutionality.
Police say no foul play
in UNL student's death
From staff and wire reports
Police have ruled out foul play in the
death of a 22-year-old UNL student
whose body was found early Friday on
the Salt Creek bridge, near 26th Street
and Comhusker Highway.
Robert A. Hogendorn was found
leaning against the bridge railing, a
duffle bag full of clean laundry slung
over one shoulder, police said. Hogen
dorn's legs extended into the outside
westbound lane of Comhusker High
way. Hogendorn of Long Island, N.Y., was
a resident of Burr Hall on East Campus.
Police said nothing unusual was found
in his room.
Hogendorn's friends told police that
Hogendorn usually did his laundry in a
laundromat near 35th Street and Com
husker Highway.
Police also are investigating a 1957
Ford pickup abandoned on the approach
to the 25th Street bridge. Police
thought the truck might have been
involved in the death, but later ruled
that it ran out of gas and was aban
doned. The passenger side door was
open, however.
Authorities are awaiting a toxicol
ogy report to determine the cause of
death.
An autopsy performed Friday found
no obvious cause of death, police said.