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WEATHER INDEX Monday, mostly sunny, high around 50, north- News Digest.2 west wind 10-20 miles per hour becoming light Editorial.4 south wind. Monday night, partly cloudy and not Arts & Entertainment.6 as windy, low in the upper-20s. Tuesday, partly Spor.s 9 sunny and pleasantly warmer, high 65-70. Classifieds.11 VoL 89 No. 2 Bowman: 4Secret deal’ prompts change - sfa/fJ®e^erUenther Appointment rumors lead to VISION endorsement Joe Bowman, unsuccessful presidential can didate for the STAND party, endorsed VISION in the runoff election for Asso ciation of Students of the University of Ne braska president and first vice president, and accused TODAY of a “secret deal.” Bowman said he decided to support VI SION - a party he once called “MIRAGE” - after hearing rumors Thursday that TODAY presidential candidate Deb Fiddelke had agreed to appoint Tami Lindau to Government Liai son Committee chairman if Fiddelke won the election. Lindau currently is federal liaison for the committee. Bowman, who made the announcement at a press conference Friday afternoon, originally said he would not support cither party and ■ would campaign against VISION. “The stuff in my pillow has more substance than VISION’s platform,” Bowman had said. But after learning of the alleged “secret deal” Fiddelke made last week, Bowman said, he decided to support VISION. Fiddelke denied the allegations at a press conference Sunday. She said she was not even aware that Lindau planned to apply for GLC chairman. “I have promised absolutely no positions to anyone,” Fiddelke said in a prepared state ment. “Joe Bowman was given a lot of power by the results of last Wednesday’s elections,” she said. “Buthc misused that power by basing his decision to endorse the VISION party on un substantiated rumors.” Bowman said Lindau announced Tuesday —. ■- ■ i night at her sorority, Alpha Phi, that Fiddelkc agreed to appoint her as GLC chairman “with the understanding that (Lindau) would become (ASUN) president the year after that.” That indicates “cronyism within ASUN,” and Fiddelke’s alleged agreement to appoint Lindau “violates every principle” of the STAND party, Bowman said. Fiddclke would become the fourth consecu tive GLC chairman to become ASUN president if she wins Wednesday’s runoff election. Bowman said current ASUN President Bryan Hill and last year’s president, Jeff Petersen, support Lindau for those positions. “This is a dynasty we’ve got going on here,” Bowman said. “We want to break it.” Both Hill and Petersen said they never dis cussed with any presidential candidates the appointment of GLC chairman. Bowman’s comments were “crazy,” Pe tersen said, because Petersen has “no control” over ASUN appointments. Hill stated in a letter Saturday that he has no intention of becoming involved with the next ASUN administration or choosing the GLC chairman. Bowman said he learned of the alleged deal from his campaign manager, Mark Buhrdorf. But Bowman would not reveal where Buhrdorf learned of it. Bowman did say the source was not a VISION candidate or worker. ‘ ‘ We checked around with people we trust,” Bowman said. ‘ ‘ And we are convinced that this deal did take place, and that it is wrong.” After finding out about the alleged deal, Bowman said, he and some STAND members spoke with Phil Gosch, VISION presidential candidate. Although Bowman said neither VISION nor TODAY is “perfect,” STAND decided to support VISION after discussing its platform with Gosch. • “We have resolved some of the differences between us,” Bowman said. “Phil has at least been honest and forthright throughout the proc ess. And after listening to us, he has pledged his support in advancing many of the key items in our platform.” Bowman said Gosch agreed to include items such as the Cultural Diversity Affairs Commit tee, minority scats on the AS UN Special Top ics Committee and the carbon dioxide whistle security system on the VISION platform. Bowman said Fiddclke told him no deal took place. “I don’t think -- guilty or not -- that she would say, ‘Yes, I made this totally immoral and unethical deal with people,’” Bowman said. Lindau said she never spoke to Fiddclke about any appointments. But Lindau said she told members of her sorority that she thought she had a good chance of becoming GLC chairman if Fiddclke won the election. Lindau said she made the statement to try to gain support for Fiddclke after Gosch cam paigned at ihc Alpha Phi house Wednesday night. If Fiddclke were to win the election, Lindau said, she would be fairer in choosing the GLC chairman. “I just didn’t think that with Phil I would get a fair chance because he probably had already promised it (the GLC chairman) away,” Lindau said. Both Lindau and Fiddclke said they were upset that Bowman never contacted them about his allegations. Fiddclke said she contacted Bowman about 15 minutes before his press conference after SoeENDORSEMENT on3 STAND refutes endorsement By Jerry Guenther Staff Reporter Six members of the STAND party de livered a letter to the Daily Nebras kan on Sunday stating they do not support Joe Bowman’s endorsement of VISION candidates for president and first vice president of the Association of Stu dents of the University of Nebraska. The letter was signed by STAND mem bers Lynn Kisler, Nell Eckersley, Michael Lewis, Todd Long, Jeremy Felker and Chris Potter. The letter stales, “On Friday afternoon, there was a press conference endorsing VI SION because of allegations of corruption within the TODAY party. This endorsement also took place without the consent or knowl edge of the STAND party as a whole. “STAND was a party formed to bring democratic ideals to ASUN through being a party based on democratic ideals. Obvi ously, these ideals were not promoted when the current endorsement of VISION was conceived and implemented without the consent or knowledge of the STANDparty.” Eckersley said those who signed the let ter were upset that the whole party was not included in the endorsement decision. “We feel the (students who) voted for us deserve an explanation,” Eckersley said. See STAND on 3 J Board of Regents gives approval to form constmction review board SBy Mindy Mozer Staff Reporter Ir ■ i he NU Board of Regents on Saturday ap I proved establishing an outside board to impartially review University of Ne braska construction projects. The University Project Review Board will study expansion plans at the University of Ncbraska-Lincoln College of Business Admini stration and Epplcy Science Hall at the Univer sity of Nebraska Medical Center. After those projects are reviewed in Octo ber, the regents will determine if the university should continue to use the review board. Robert Pazdcrka, NU assistant vice presi dent for administration and director of facili ties, said during the regents’ February meeting that five registered architects or engineers would be on the review board. The review board will report its findings and recommendations to the director of facilities of the appropriate campus and Pazdcrka. One member of the review board may be from the College of Architecture or the College of Engineering, he said. Members must be registered architects or engineers and have at least 15 years of experience. The review board will look at site locations and conditions, facility and equipment require ments, special design considerations, cost and efficiency. The board - members will be paid from the project budget . In other action, the regents approved estab lishing the Center for Technology Manage ment and Decision Sciences, which would link engineering, science, management and related areas with international affiliates. The board approved establishing a Bachelor of Science Degree in Natural Resources with majors in fisheries and wildlife, range science, soil science and water science. The regents passed a plan to restructure the UNL Faculty Senate and change the name to the Academic Senate. Each department with five or more members will have one senator. That will increase membership from about 60 to 90. The plan includes establishing a UNL As-4 scmbly, which will discuss matters involving faculty and administrators. The assembly will be composed of assistant professors, associate professors, the chancel lor, vice chancellors and administrators. It will meet twice a year. Senators advance restructuring Dili I By Cindy Wostrel *4 Staff Reporter___ A bill to implement restructuring of Ne Z\ braska’s higher education governance A advanced with little controversy in the Nebraska Legislature on Friday, but the final vote on restructuring will be close, said Sen. Ron Withcm of Papillion. Thai’s because the bill, LB 1141, would have no effect unless senators also support a separate resolution, LR239CA, which proposes a constitutional amendment to approve the restructuring. But Sen. John Lindsay of Omaha said he thinks the Legislature will pass the resolution. Nebraskans then would vote on the proposed constitutional amendment in November. LB1141 and LR239CA would replace the current NU Board of Regents and State College Board of Trustees with an overall board of regents. That board would oversee individual boards of trustees for each of seven higher education institutions. The Legislature advanced LB 1141 to a second-round of debate 25-4. An amendment to finance the changes passed 36-1. Withem said that although the majority of legislators originally supported LR239CA, the vote will be close now. Opposition comes from senators who think the change would happen too quickly and those who object to the change altogether, he said. The resolution provides for far-reaching change, he said, but he thinks it is necessary to improve the system. “I think we have a system of higher educa tion that doesn’t communicate very well among itself,” Withem said. ‘‘The combination of these two (proposals) would do that.” ... , r , Melissa Me Reynolds/Daily Nebraskan Under a watchful eye ... State Sen. Don Wesely of Lincoln credits the people of Nebraska with the $4 million renovation of Morrill Hall. A two-day celebration concluded Sunday with a rededication of the museum.