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By Michael Hooper
Staff Reporter
After testimony Friday in U.S. Dis
trict Court, Judge Warren Urbora asked
lawyers representing the Daily Nebras
kan and two Lincoln residents to pres
ent more information on state influ
ence over DN policy.
Urbom said that before he can rule
the discrimination lawsuit brought by
Michael Sinn and Pam Pearn against
the DN, he must determine the degree
of influence the state has over the
newspaper's policy, said John Wiltes,
attorney for the DN.
Daniel Shattil, DN general manager,
said the judge must decide whether the
UNL Publications Board is part of UNL
administration or the DN.
Attorneys will submit their informa
tion May 8, and Judge Urbom said he
will rule on the case "as soon as possi
ble." Sinn and Pearn filed suit last fall
against the NU Board of Regents, the
Publications Board and Shattil because
the DN refused to run their separate
roommate ads in which they had iden
tified sexual orientation.
Jerry Soucie, the plaintiffs attorney,
said the DN cannot turn down an ad
since it is a publicly owned newspaper.
Payne urges Moch
to resign regent post
By Lise Olsen
Senior Reporter
NU Regent John Payne of Kearney
says Regent Nancy Hoch should resign
from the board because she has a con
flict of interest as a gubernatorial
candidate.
The conflict is obvious, he says: The
regents ask the governor for the univer
sity budget.
Hoch, who is running for the Repub
lican nomination, disagrees, according
to a report Saturday by the Associated
Press.
"There is no conflict of interest. . .
There's no legal requirement for me to
resign," she said. The Daily Nebraskan
could not reach Hoch for comment
Sunday.
Payne, in a telephone interview Sun
day, expanded on his earlier call for
Hoch's resignation. He said former
regents such as Dick Herman and Val
Peterson admitted they had a conflict
of interest and resigned when they ran
for governor, which Payne called a
highly visible office.
Hoch said she does not have a con
flict of interest because the regents'
position is unpaid, the AP report said.
Payne disagrees.
"It doesn't matter whether it is a
paid or non-paid position. If we didn't
have to depend on the governor and the
Legislature, it wouldn't be a conflict of
interest," he said.
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'Only private newspapers can turn down
ads that state sexual orientation, he
said.
Under the First and 14th amend
ments to the U.S. Constitution, Soucie
said, the DN's current ad policy, which
excludes statements of sexual orienta
tion from its classified roommate adver
tisements, denies freedom of expres
sion. But Wiltse said that if the DN allows
statements of sexual orientation in its
roommate ads, it would be a "conduit"
for discrimination. Such ads imply
someone seeks a roommate of a spe
cific sexual orientation, which is as
discriminatory as specifying racial or
religious preferences, he said.
Don Walton, a reporter for the Lin
coln Star and professional adviser to
the DN, testified Friday that under the
DN's policy, potential roommates can
discuss sexual orientation over the
telephone.
Walton said the policy allows adver
tisers to state their gender and whether
they smoke.
Shattil said confirming someone's
sexual orientation would be necessary
because the DN would risk a libel suit
if it were improperly stated. That hap
pend in a case against Pennsylvania
State University, he said.
As an example of the conflict, Payne
cited Hoch's obligation to help formu
late an NU budget plan that will be
submitted to the governor in Septem
ber. That report could become a cam
paign issue, Payne said.
Robert Koefoot, board of regents
chairman, said earlier that he agreed
Hoch has a conflict of interest.
In the campaign for the gubernator
ial primary in May, two other candi
dates resigned from their state govern
ment posts: Helen Boosalis, former
Nebraska Commission on Aging Direc
tor, and Chris Beutler, former state
senator.
There is no conflict of
interest... There's no le
gal requirement for me
to resign.'
Hoch
Payne declined to comment on whe
ther the time required by Hoch's cam
paign has affected her work as a regent.
Hoch said she will continue to serve,
as regent unless she is elected gover
nor, according to the AP story.
"I was elected to serve and repres
ent the people of my district," Hoch
was quoted as saving. "I have no inten
tion of resigning."
Payne said he will not pressure,
Hoch to give up her position.
"It's her decision," he said.
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Honor is the first
By Merry Hayes
Staff Reporter
The Students' Choice Award for
Outstanding Biology Teacher recently
was awarded to Professor Gerald
Tharp.
Tri Beta, the biology students'
honorary society, is the first student
group to give a distinguished teach
ing award to a biology teacher.
Sanjay Gupta, president of Tri
Beta, said it is important that good
teaching is recognized.
"I feci it was time the students
had the opportunity to honor some
of the people who have helped them
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Fund-raising project for Morrill Hall
ends with elementary students' visit
By Jen Deselms
Staff Reporter
Children crowded into the office of
the Morrill Hall director Friday. Pocket
cameras dangled from the wrists of
kneeling students, and one boy held a
giant card that read "We love Elephant
Hall."
Three of the students from G. Stan
ley Hall Elementary School in LaVista,
gave the card and plastic envelope
filled with money to Morrill Hall Inte
rim Director John Janovy.
Janovy said the students' $200 dona
tion will be put into a NU Foundation
fund to provide an air conditioning sys
tem for the museum. Janovy said cli
mate control in Morrill Hall is needed
to prevent further decay of artifacts.
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one given by a student group
in their career," said Gupta, asenior.
"We have a lot of good professors. I
think the award is something impor
tant that needed to be done."
Tharp, who has been teaching at
UNL since 1967, won a distinguished
teaching award at the university
level in 1980. .
"It's great to be recognized,".
Tharp said, "I think we need to rec
ognize teaching on campus. There's
a lot of work that goes into teaching,
and there are not that many awards
because we're not dealing with a
finished product The student is
continually being molded.
"It's not like making a painting;
it's never finished " he said.
Wendy Robinson, a fourth grade
teacher at Hall elementary, said the
idea for an Elephant Hall fund raiser
came for Montclair Elementary School
in Millard. Robinson and two other
teachers started the project in their
classes.
Most of the students had never been
to the museum before, Robinson said,
but they were excited about raising
money to help it. Robinson said films
and slides of the museum and stories
from children who had been to Morrill
Hall helped build the interest of stu
dents who had never visited the mus
eum. The students raised $130 through a
bake sale. The student and parent
councils contributed another $70.
Kim Daub, LaVista fourth grader,
said she and her classmates raised the
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chers of their choice and a Tri Beta .
committee, using six criteria, chose
the winner. The nominees were
judged according to concern for
students and ability to recognize
and deal with their problems; devel
opment and promotion of the learn
ing process with emphasis on bio
logical methods; ability to create a
stimulating and rewarding class
room atmosphere for undergradu
ates; amount of practical and innova
tive research opportunities provided
for undergraduates; help in career
planning, and availability and ap
proachability for students' questions
and advice.
money because they wanted to visit
Morrill Hall.
"We didn't want this place to close
down," Daub said.
Erin Vargas, a fourth grader, said she
raised money because she wanted to
see the Capitol and the museum.
Students Eddie Hamblen, Jeff Knott
and John Thirlwall agreed that the best
part of raising money was selling food
at the bake sale.
Lisa Petersen, a student, said that
after seeing the museum she is glad her
class raised the money.
After the presentation of the money,
Janovy took the students through the
museum to point out some of his favor
ite things. The big animals, particu
larly the Alaskan Brown Bear, were the
favorite attractions for the students.
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