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PARTY: SCUM
CANDIDATES: Jon Johnston, Kurt Klanderud, Geoff
McMurty.
MAIN GOAL: Presidential candidate Jon Johnston said
giving Texas back to Mexico is the party's main goal. "It
wasn't ours to begin with. I can't believe we took it," he
said.
PARTY PLATFORM: The candidates said increasing
university funding, improving communication between
residence hall and Greek house residents and preserving
the skeletons in Morrill Hall would be the party's campaign
platform.
ASUN'S ROLE: Johnston said he sees ASUN as a
student council. "The only reason the organization exists
is for the administrators to be sola to say they sought
student input through ASUN," ho said.
PROPOSAL AND CHANGES: Klanderud said changes
within the party's platform include creating an annual
event called "Prom-n-aid." The event would not only
increase communication between greeks and people in
residence halls but the profits would be donated to
teachers' salaries, he said. The candidates also suggested
moving the skeletons in Morrill Hall to the Lied Center
because the new building's maintenance funding would
ensure the preservation of the skeletons.
V THREE MOST IMPORTANT ISSUES: Klanderud said
their proposals and changes reflect what they think are
important campus Issues.
Proposed budget cuts to university funding is also an
important concern of UNL students, he said.
To meet that need, SCUM proposes to unite UNL and
Kansas University to create a two-state tax base for
university funding.
The unification would also create a trade-off between
UNL and KU, Johnston said. "UNL would receive a good
basketball coach and KU would receive a good football
team," he said.
STUDENT REGENT: SCUM said giving student regents
the right to vote would increase the validity of student
input at the administrative level.
ASUN'S EFFECTIVENESS: The candidates said they
think ASUN has no influence or effect on decisions made
concerning the university by administrators and state
legislators.
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PARTY: Simple
CANDIDATES: President, Myron Wilder; vice president,
Darryl Mattox; second vice president, Joe Hovorka.
MAIN GOAL: Wilder, an English major, said his party's
main priority i3 to bring Bruce Springsteen and other big
stars back to UNL.
PARTY PLATFORM: SimpJe's three plank platform
includes:
O lower fares end night-time bus service for UNL
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o increased recruitment of minority faculty
0 elimination of the university's "grumpy teachers,"
which would make for a "happier" college and open
positions for more minority faculty.
ASUN'S ROLE: The Simple candidates said ASUN
should be: -
O the voice of the student body and the channel
through which students can present their views to NU
administrators.
O the vehicle through which students are made more
aware of their rights and privileges.
PROPOSALS AND CHANGES: If elected, Simple candi
dates Wilder and Mattox, a public relations major, said
they would transform the presidential and vice presidential
positions into one "co-president" chair. Although they
would stiM have only one voice on the MU Board of
Regents, they would occupy two seats and be able to
discuss issues with each other, Hovorka, a math major,
said.
Wilder and Mattox also said if the ASUN president was
paid, they would donate the money to teachers' salaries or
a local charity.
THREE IMPORTANT ISSUES:
O The university's tight budget is forcing teachers to
leave and does not support proper maintenance of UNL
facilities, the candidates said.
O The lack of big-name concerts, scheduled by the
University Program Council, is a major problem, they
said.
UNL students are apathetic, the candidates said,
because they don't know how to be involved. Students will
participate more if they know their rights and are asked by
ASUN more often to express their views on campus
issues, the candidates said.
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PARTY: The World Wrestling Federation
CANDIDATES: "Gentleman" Jack Christiansen, presi
dent. He claims to be a 14th year art major but really is a
sophomore mechanical engineering major, Charlie "The
Skull Crusher" Manson (alias Scott Staberg, a freshman
computer science major), vice president. Carl "The Atomic
Crop- Manson (alias William Stone, a junior arts and
sciences major), second vice president,
MAIN GOAL: Party membors said they plan to body
slam everyone In ASUN and the Legislature. Also, they
said, to rape the cows and pillage the women on campus.
.PARTY PLATFORM: Tho candidates will ask Hulk
Hogan to body starn Chancellor Martin Massenga'a at the
Party's victory celebration.
; ASUN'S ROLE ThJSndidatas said ASUN doesn't have.
role, because it dc::n't to anything.
PROPOSALS AND CHANCES: Gt rid of ASUN, the
Candidate said.
Unofficial DN poll: Students split
about value of voting for ASUN
By Linda Hartmann
and Michelle Kubik
Staff Reporters
ASUN's past effectiveness, or
lack thereof, seems to be the
deciding factor for students con
sidering whether or not to vote
in Wednesday's ASUN election.
An unofficial survey Monday
of 20 UNL students showed an
even split: 10 students will vote,
10 won't.
Tom Mitchell, a sophomore
accounting major, said he would
vote since he knows some can
didates. Mitchell, who attended one of
the debates, said Excel stood
out in his mind as having quality
candidates who researched the
issues.
"I think ASUN has the poten
tial to bring about change and
could accomplish their goals,"
he said.
Ann Tharp, a fifth-year senior
majoring in psychology and
women's studies, said she will
probably vote Wednesday be
cause ASUN has more power
than people give them credit for.
"I don't think it's taken seriously
enough," she said.
Sophomore nursing major
Patty Van Brocklin said ASUN
candidates have visited some of
her classes to encourage nurs
ing students to vote.
"They (ASUN officials) did a
lot for us this summer when they
were considering closing the
school," she said.
Bob Shambora, a sophomore
business major, said he also will
vote.
"I think the issues are impor
tant. . .I think ASUN is more im
portant than a lot of people say,"
he said.
On the other side of the issue
is Doug Murphy, a senior ac
counting major, who said he will
not vote in Wednesday's elec
tions because he doesn't think
ASUN does much.
"I don't feel like any big result's
going to come of it either way,"
he said.
Bill White, a senior geography
major, also said he will not vote ,
in the elections.
"I've got more important things
on my mind," he said.
White said he kept up with
campaign progress "to an ex
tent" by reading the paper.
Like White, Richard Gies, a
junior electrical engineering
major, has read some of the par
tys' platforms. But, he said, he
doesn't know much about the
election.
"Most of the parties don't seem
to be taking the elections too
seriously," Gies said. "They ap
pear to be mocking ASUN, por
traying it as a joke."
Mike Keefe, a senior business
major, also doesn't plan fo vote.
"ASUN doesn't have any pow
er," he said. "The university is
essentially run by the NU Board
of Regents. They have the final
say in everything."