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Excel: Hofmeister, Scudder and Coe
Excel
PARTY: Excel
CANDIDATES: President, Chris Scudder; first vice
president, Dan Hofmeister; second vice president, Tony
Coe.
MAIN GOAL: Presidential candidate Chris Scudder
said Excel's main goal is to achieve excellence within
ASUN and in Nil's educational system.
PLATFORM:
to involve students from all areas of the UNL cam
pus in ASUN
O work to bring a full-service bank to the Nebraska
Union
O demand the effective use of teacher evaluations by
department chairs
0 support a night bus service between East and City
campuses that would be financed by the administration
and extend service hours
O continue to work for a student regent vote
O support the NSSA, but not the manner in which the
campus selects its delegates
support the increasing role of minorities in student
government.
ASUN'S ROLE: "We want to start out by improving the
image of ASUN and students," Scudder said. "We're plan
ning on going to boards of education and the town coun
cils throughout the state to tell them that the university
system has been cut to the marrow.
PROPOSALS AND CHANGES: "We would head every
thing under excellence in education," Scudder said.
"When they start taking teachers and classes away, that's
where ASUN will play a major role.
ROLE OF STUDENT REGENT: "To take the concerns
of students to the (NU Board of Regents)," Scudder said.
"It's really simple, the board goes to the student regent
when they want to know what's going on. The student
regent has to know everything that's going on with the
board of regents."
ASUN'S EFFECTIVENESS: "Senators love to hear from
students, but it doesn't matter unless what students say
matches their constituents," Scudder said.
Impact: Gelsert, Rise end Penncr
Impact
PARTY: Impact
CANDIDATES: President, Rod Penner; first vice presi
dent, Mark Rise; second vice president, Tim Geisert.
MAIN GOAL: Impact wants to provide representation
for students and set realistic, tangible goals, Penner said.
PARTY PLATFORM:
increase student lobbying at the Legislature
work with the University Information Office and the
Nebraska Alumni Association to develop "support groups"
throughout the state
effective coordination with Government Liaison
Committee and ASUN
freshman forums on appointments and information
sessions as positions open
develop a "timely topics" column with GLC for the
Daily Nebraskan.
ASUN'S ROLE: Impact would like to improve commun
ication between students and establish a freshman forum,
which would acquaint students with ASUN.
PROPOSAL AND CHANGES: Penner said Impact would
work to improve communication between ASUN and the
rest of the student body.
"When students know about something, they like it,"
Penner said. "We would also emphasize ASUN efforts to
lobby the legislators."
THREE MOST IMPORTANT ISSUES:
O showing the significance of the university to the
legislators and the state
O improving students services
O improving communication between students and
ASUN
ROLE OF STUDENT REGENT: Penner said the student
regent should provide a strong voice for all UNL students.
But the student regent still should show respect for the
NU Board of Regents and administrators, he said.
EFFECTIVENESS: ASUN needs to be vocal, Penner
said, because we do not have a binding vote (on the board
of regents).
"It all ties in with working from the standpoint of
respect," Penner said. "We have to be accountable for
student Opinion, so that when we speak to the senators
they feel that we speak for the majority of the students."
"We have to become increasingly visible at the capitol,"
he said.
Party: Manning, E
ARTY
PARTY: Party
CANDIDATES: President,
Steve Henning; second vice i
MAIN GOAL The Party Pi
alcohol to UNL. Henning s
Criminal Justice Departmeni
dents have had a drink on a
think Party Party is a joke pa;
The policy banning alcohol
five policy, not a constitution
PARTY PLATFORM: The c
put a bar in Union Square. I
generate money for UNL.
without driving, he said.
ASUN'S ROLE: ASUN shot,
greatest degree possible, Brc
PROPOSALS AND CHANC
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IMPORTANT ISSUES: The
dents already are drinking o
well be legalized so the unive
the sales. Henning said if drir
would be easier to control. F
could use university building
off-campus sites, which wc
accidents, he said.
Mothers Against Drunk Dri
the plan since it would keep
Henning said.
Henning also said that if al
distributors would be wiliinc
center, which UNL needs. He
be located halfway betwee
students.
These two goals, Hennin
credibility again.
STUDENT REGENT: The
regent would present Party I
Board of Regents and makf
They also said the student re
other regents and administra
Aspiring ASUN party executives
report disparate campaign expenses
By Todd von Kampen
Staff Reporter
By the time polls open Wed
nesday, the two "major" ASUN
Parties figure to have spent three
times as much on their cam
paigns as the other three parties
on the ballot.
Representatives of the Excel
and Impact parties said Sunday
their campaign expenses should
total between $1,600 and $1,800
each by the end of the cam
paign. The three parties Party,
SCUM and Simple spent
$549.88 between them. The re
maining two parties, So?! and
the World Wrestling Federation,
are write-in parties.
Campaign rules permit a party
to spend a maximum of $2,200
on campaign materials and pub
licity, said Excel presidential
candidate Chris Scudder. Al
though Excel's total approaches
that mark, she said, the party did
not rely on big contributions to
fund the campaign.
Scudder said Excel assessed
each candidate for ASUN Senate
$20 and each student advisory
board candidate $15 to pay for
campaign expenses.
Impact assessed the maximum
of $1 25 per executive candidate,
$25 per senate candidate and
$20 per student advisory board
candidate, said Impact presiden
tial candidate Rod Penner.
Both parties spent most of
their money on similar campaign
items. Scudder and Penner said
their parties paid for buttons,
stickers, copies of their party
platforms, "table tents" in cam
pus dining rooms and Daily Ne
braskan advertising and posters.
Excel produced specialized pos
ters with the pictures of the
executive, senate and student
advisory board candidates, Scud
der said.
Impact also printed business
cards for the candidates and
placed advertising on buses
running between campuses,
Penner said.
The other three parties on the
ballot took a more economical
approach. Party presidential
candidate Tim Burke said his
party spent $350, with the ex
penses divided among buttons,
flyers and banners. Party's ad
vertising in the Daily Nebraskan
was paid forwith donations from
Dinsdale's Restaurant and
Lounge at 1228 P St., he said. .
Burke said each Party candi
date was assessed $7, but cam
paign expenses have averaged
only $3 per candidate so far.
Jon Johnston, SCUM presiden
tial candidate, said his party's
campaign expenses totaled
$68.25 for buttons, $66.63 for
beer and $30 "for a Rug Doctor
to clean up after the beer."
Expenses for the Simple party
lived up to the party's name, said
Simple first vice presidential
candidate Darryl Mattox. Simple
spent $15 on signs and $20 for
100 buttons, he said.
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So?!
PARTY: So?!
CANDIDATES: Mark Janda, Joe Lutes and Karl Vogel.
MAIN GOAL: Janda said that every year ASUN elections
are dominated by Greeks and it is about time off-campus
students are represented in ASUN. All three of the
candidates live off-campus.
The candidates said they decided to become write-in
candidates becaus3 the student body is unimpressed by
ASUN but it needs to to represented.
PARTY PLATFORM: Ito canities ssid their party
platform is accessibility.
"VVa want to .nako it a ctrr.t bzly Government, not a
government cf a few siur.ij," Vcr.l sIJ.
ASUN'S ROLE: AGUE'S tz'.i b to rc?rc:cnt students,
LutcS said.
PROPOSALS AND CHAfCCrC: L!c:t cf th3 changes the
CO?! Party vvsnis d:al wti'n t:-.j r credibility of the
executives, Jnda tzd.