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NetSraskan **tt**i*&ffii*>y_— —_,___.——.... WEATHER Wednesday, good chance of thundershowers, high 55-60, variable winds 10-20 miles per hour shifting to northeast. Wednesday night, 50 per cent chance of thundershowers, colder, low in the upper-30s. Thursday, blustery and cooler, mostly cloudy, high 40-45. INDEX News.2 Editorial.4 Sports.7 Arts ft Entertainment.9 Classifieds.10 ividrui ___University of Nebraska-Lincoln_Vol. 89 No. \dm (ZjCj Legislature advances restructuring proposal By Victoria Ayotte Senior Reporter The Nebraska Legislature on Tuesday advanced the resolu tion that would call voters to the polls in November for a constitu tional amendment to restructure higher education governance. Senators debated LR239CA all morning before advancing it to a second round of debate, select file, on a 26 19 vote. The resolution would re place the current NU Board of Re gents and the Slate College Board of Trustees with a Board of Regents for Nebraska Higher Education and a board of trustees for each of the seven tatc colleges and uni versities. State Sen. LaVon Crosby of Lincoln was one of those against the resolution and said it would create “more provincial ism” because seven boards in stead of two would vie for money from the Legislature. Crosby said she believes voters want more elected regents, not a par tially appointed board as proposed by the resolution. Crosby said senators should not be so eager to change the system be cause of disapproval of the regents’ dismissal of former NU President Ronald Roskens. Sen. Scott Moore of Seward said the restructuring proposal has noth ing to do with Roskens’ dismissal. The present system is “flawed,” Moore said, and senators arc trying to improve it. “I think it’s high lime forachangc in higher education,” Moore said. Other senators agreed with Moore. Most of those opposed to the re structuring, Sen. Ron Withem of Papillion said, are just against change. “We need to lift ourselves out of that,” Withem said. “There is wide spread support for this proposal.” But Sen. Dianna Schimek of Lin coln warned that the restructuring could create a “political nightmare” for the Legislature with more boards than ever lobbying the Legislature. “Change for change’s sake is not a valid reason,” Sen. Jim McFarland of Lincoln said. Sen. Howard Lamb of Anselmo also spoke against the resolution, warning that restructuring could lead to “years and years of indecision.” “Nobody is going to know where they stand,” Lamb said, . . and postsecondiary education in this state is going to suffer as a consequence.” Sen. Lowell Johnson of North Bend said the proposed restructuring is a “serious blueprint” for higher edu cation and could help serve the in creasingly diverse needs of students. “The time has clearly arrived for the rational framework envisioned by LR239(CA),” Johnson said. Sen. David Landis of Lincoln voted to advance the resolution, but said he is concerned about the effect of rc See RESOLUTION on 6 HBBfl | Rider in the storm .. . Paul Durbin, • math teacher at the Lincoln branches of Doane College and College of St. Mary, was prepared for Tuesday s thundershowers as he crossed campus. Durbin's bride and joy” that he has ndden since he was 15 years old, is a late 1940s Schwinn. It now serves as his rain bike, Durbin said. __ Social Security exemption proposal would cut student jobs, raise tuition By Cindy Wostrel Staff Reporter A Bush administration proposal that would eliminate the Social Security tax ex emption for students employed by state colleges and universities could cut student jobs and increase tuition. The budget proposal would require univer sities nationwide to withhold 7.65 percent ot student employees paychecks tor the Social Security tax. Universities would be required to match that amount. The bill could replace a 1973 agreemenl between Nebraska and the federal govemmem exempting those students. Nebraska Deputy Attorney General Eugene Crump said that although he hasn’t seen the agreemenl, he believes it would be superseded See SECURITY on f Candidates plug platforms, encourage student voting By Emily Rosenbaum Senior Reporter In the final ASUN debate Tuesday at the Nebraska Union, presidential and first vice presidential candidates encouraged students to vote and touted their parties’ tick ets. Phil Gosch, VISION party presidential candidate, urged students to increase last year’s 12 percent turnout. Gosch said student leaders are blocked in their attempt to lobby the Nebraska Legislature because they “don’t have legitimacy.” A large turnout today would help solve that problem, he said. Deb Fiddelke, TODAY party presidential candidate, said her party has pointed out sev eral times that it has4 proven student leaders.” She said that leadership shows in the party’s platform, which was constructed based on input from UNL students. Fiddelke said TODAY’S candidates are not running because of what they can gain from being ASUN leaders, but for what they can do to help students. “You deserve to have the best student lead ers as your representatives,” she said. “Re member that when you go to the polls.” Joe Bowman, STAND presidential candi date, said the rcaJ issue of the election is greck representation in ASUN. He said most ASUN members are in frater nities and sororities because of the cohesive ness and organization between greek houses. As a result, off-campus and residence hall students arc left out of ASUN, he said. ASUN elections often center on student apathy, but there is no apathy, only disregard for non-greek students, Bowman said. “ ST AN D has come to offer you a choice in this election,” Bowman said. “TODAY and VISION arc merely bricks in the wall; ST AND is the trumpet that will bring it down.” Bowman said ST AND is calling for a * ‘bullet vote,” which asks for students to vote only for STAND candidates, none of whom are in fra ternities or sororities. He said the TODAY and VISION parties are “products of inbreeding” from ASUN and, if elected, would produce a “new batch of pro fessional politicians.” “If you don’t stand for something, you’ll fall for anything,” he said. Several of the questions at Tuesday’s debate focused on cultural diversity, problems with racism and concern about homophobia. All the presidential and vice presidential candidates agreed that Monday’s anti-racism rally on campus was a clear indication that students arc concerned about racism. Gosch called the rally a ‘ ‘show of strength,” but said the white supremacist fliers which prompted the rally arc proof that problems still exist. Fiddelke said TODAY has been working to establish a 100-level, multi-cultural awareness See DEBATE on 3 Cult authority tells horror stories of human sacrifice, cannibalism By Sara Bauder Staff Reporter Midway through his lecture Tuesday, satanic cult authority Ted Gunderson read from a book advertising the sale of human parts. The book, circulated to cults, pul the value of a human skull, in good condition, at $300. A skull in secondary condition was worth $200. The book was running a special sale - $10 for a human rib. Gunderson said cults use the body parts in religious rituals. Gunderson, a retired FBI investigator and a 1950 graduate of the University of Nebraska Lincoln, spoke to a crowd of 550 in the Ne braska Union. Gunderson said he wants to make people more aware of cults so that something is done about them. He said the FBI does not investi gate cult activities because satanism is consid ered a religion and because there are no bodies to link with the human sacrifices. Gunderson’s stories brought looks of shock to the faces of many audience members. He described ritualistic sexual molestation of chil dren, complete with robes, chanting and candles. He showed pictures drawn by children who had been molested -- pictures of blood, body parts and genitals. He told the crowd about how cult members ; develop multiple personalities as defense mechanisms. Cult members need those mecha nisms to survive incidents such as being placed in a coffin with a human body, feeling them selves lowered into a grave and hearing dirt being piled on top of the coffin. One woman, who escaped a cult, had 35 different personalities, he said. Escaping from cults is not easy, Gunderson said. He said people who do escape must go into hiding because cults hunt them down and murder them. But some are not able to escape. Gunderson told about “breeders,” or people who are kept in the cult for the sole purpose of producing babies for human sacrifice. Because the babies are bom at home, there is no record of them, so murders cannot be traced. Gunderson, who has investigated cults since he retired from the FBI in 1979, said cults have taken out four con tracts on his life. Cults have infiltrated all levels of society, Gunderson said. He said there are doctors, lawyers, priests, and judges involved with cults. Gunderson said a U .a. Army colonel is a known salanisl. That colonel is in charge of all Army reserve personnel files, he said. Because cult members are in many impor tant positions, they can cover up crimes they commit, Gunderson said. He said those crimes include cannibalism, murder, kidnapping and drug trafficking.