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September 19,1988 _ University of Nebraska-Lincoln Vol. 88 No. 15
Candidates criticize Kerrey for absence
ay v-cioria Ayotte
Senior Reporter
Although Bob Kerrey’s absence in the
middle podium dominated Sunday’s
KETV debate between Sen. Dave Karnes
and state Sen. Emic Chambers, the U.S. Senate
candidates traded opinions on abortion, polls,
farmers and other issues.
Both the candidates said they agreed on the
importance of education. Karnes said educa
tion is the only way for American workers to be
. competitive and get good jobs.
Chambers said many of the 16 million jobs
Karnes said were created in the 1980’s are
minimum wage jobs. He said the only way for
those people to maintain a decent standard of
living is to raise the minimum wage.
Karnes said he didn’t believe an Omaha
World-Herald poll published Sunday, which
put Kerrey 18 points ahead of him in the race,
-r. “My opponent is continuing to run on his
personality instead of the,issues,” Karnes said.
‘The deciding factor I hope will be the issues.”
Chambers said, “The final poll taken will
be at the polls.”
On a more serious issue, Karnes said he is
against abortion and favors a constitutional
amendment banning it
Chambers said he believes abortion is the
woman’s choice and that those opposed are
some of the “moancst, unscrupulous men.”
One questioner brought up an article that
appeared in Sunday's Lincoln Journal-Star that
said Karnes' staffers were being paid by other
senators.
Karnes did not agree or disagree with the
claim, saying after the debate that he had not
read the article.
Kernes again corrected a statement he made
at an earlier debate against Kerrey in which he
said, “we need fewer farmers.”
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U.3. Sen. Dave Karnes (left) and state Sen. Ernie Chambers have a few words before the beginning of KETV's Sunday
night debate in Omaha.
“We don’t need fewer farmers.’’ Karnes
said. “We need more opportunity (*n the form
of new markets).’’
Chambers disagreed saying, “The fact of the
matter is that there are too many farmers
throughout'this region producing too many
products.’*
Too many products create surpluses, which
force prices down, he said.
Kerrey's absence was a dominant issue in
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Massengaie congratulates
UNL for achieving goals
By Natalie Weinstein
Suff Reporter
The University of Nebraska-Lin
soln made substantial progress
in achieving its intended goals
last year, Chancellor Marlin Massen
gale told an estimated 250 faculty
members Saturday morning.
Massengale, speaking at the an
nual faculty breakfast, said he was
[ileascd with the progress made since
ast fall in the areas of salary, re
search, general education and com
munications.
But Masscngale said he was not as
pleased with another of last year s
goals: recruiting and retaining minor
ity students and faculty members.
“We have not progressed as rap
idly as I’d hoped in this area,” he said.
Massengale also outlined his
1988-89 goals for salary, research,
recruiting minorities, libraries and
serving citizens’ needs. Many of the
goals were extensions of what was
accomplished - or not accomplished -
last year.
Salary was last year’s big issue, he
said. Last fall staff and faculty mem
bers faced an uncertain future, Mas
sengale said.
“We’ve made substantial prog
ress,” he said.
The overaP 11 percent sala~y in
crease has had a positive impact nn
faculty and staff and will help reerwt
new people, the chancellor said. He
thanked students who offered to ac
cept a tuition increase to boost sala
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Professor says sanctions „
can help to end apartheid
By Ryan Steeves
Senior Reporter
Further U.S. sanctions against
South Africa can help end apartheid,
a University of Ncbraska-Lincoln
professor told anti-apartheid demon
strators at the Federal Building Fri
day.
Dane Kennedy, associate profes
sor of history, said U.S. senators
should pass pending legislation that
would impose additional sanctions on
South Africa.
Kennedy said sanctions have in
fluenced policies of foreign govern
ments in the past. Thus, sanctions
should be used to end apartheid in
South Africa.,
“(Apartheid) lives on in South
Africa mainly because the West al
lows it to livte on,” he said.
Kennedy said President Ronald
Reagan, who has said he will veto the
upcoming bill, opposes sanctions
against South Africa because he says
they won’t help end apartheid.
Reagan actually opposes such
sanctions, Kennedy said, because
South Africa has a militarily strategic
location and because due United
Stales receives many raw materials
from the country.
“The West has supported apart
heid,’’ he said, “(and) you and I have
supported apartheid largely because
it’s good business."
Kennedy was the keynote speaker +r -
at Friday’s demonstration. Early
Warning and Youth for Global
Awareness, two student peace
groups, sponsored the event
During the demonstration, pro
testors staged a mock funeral similar
to these held for South African
blacks. Six students, dressed in black,
carried an empty, coffin-shaped box
to 16th street before setting it down on
~ See APARTHEID on T