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March20, 1990 University of Nebraska-Lincoln Vol. 89 No. t22 /^t
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Elections show boost in residence hall voters
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Source: Office of Greek Affairs; ASUN office;
Office of Institutional Research Plan
ning and Fiscal Analysis.
John Bruce/Daily Nebraskan
By Eric Pfanner
Senior Editor
For the first time in at least four
years, students in residence halls
made up the largest portion of
voters in Association of Students of
the University of Nebraska elections.
Stacy Mohling, VISION party first
vice presidential candidate, said more
residence hall students voted this year
because polling sites were placed in
Abel/Sandoz and Neihardt residence
halls.
Deb Fiddclkc, TODAY party presi
dential candidate, said more students
voted at those sites than at any of the
five locations aside from the Nebraska
Union.
Last year, there were no polls in
residence halls.
About 42 percent of 1990 voters
live in residence halls, about 29 per
cent in fraternities and sororities and
about 27 percent off campus.
“That’s great,’’ Fiddclkc said of
the increase in voters from residence
halls. But “obviously, it’s not enough.”
Not enough, she said, because the
portion of voters in fraternities and
sororities still is disproportionate with
the amount of students who live there.
More than half of UNL students
live off campus, but represent only 27
percent of 1990 voters.
That percentage was almost un
changed from 1989, dropping 1 per
cent. The big shift was in the propor
tion of voters from fraternities and
sororities, which dropped from 38
percent in 1989 to 29 percent in 1990.
Residence hall voters look up the
slack, increasing 10 percentage points
from 32 percent in 1989.
Mohling, who also is Residence
Hall Association president, said pro
posals to restructure ASUN may have
conmbuhxi to the greater percentage
As you broaden the
base of involvement,
it will have a snow
ball effect for the
future.
Fiddelke
ASUN presidential
candidate
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of residence hall voters. TODAY,
VISION and STAND all included
restructuring plans on their platforms
this year in an effort to broaden the
base of voters.
Fiddelke said she thinks this year’s
results may be a “sign that things are
changing.” The restructuring propos
als may gain momentum because of
the larger percentage of residence hall
voters, she said.
“As you broaden the base of in
volvement, it will have a snowball
effect for the future,” she said.
Program developed to evaluate
division of national forest land
By James P. Webb
Staff Reporter
The U.S. Department of Agriculture For
est Service is developing a program to
manage the division of national forest
land, according to a Forest Service official.
Bill Rictvcld, project leader for the serv
ice’s experiment station at the University of
Ncbraska-Lincoln’s East Campus, said the
service has recognized a trend toward more
recreation and wildlife in national forests.
Following that trend, Rictvcld said, the
agency’s New Perspectives program will evalu
ate how forests arc divided.
As a conservation agency, the Forest Serv
ice is charged with finding the most efficient
division of 154 national forests for timber,
wildlife, water, recreation and range.
New Perspectives will bring competing inter
est groups together to confront new environ
mental issues.
“We want to get everyone involved and get
people to talk to each other,” Rictvcld said.
“Through that understanding (we can) de
velop better policy for our national forests.”
Currently, he said, people misunderstand
the Forest Service’s mission because of the
conflict between logging companies and envi
ronmentalists.
The number of lawsuits filed against the
agency from both sides is indicative of the
increasingly intense conflict over resources, he
said.
He said the Office of Management and
Budget has cut Forest Service spending for
recreation and wildlife.
It’s a case where “everyone is guilty and
everyone is innocent,” Riclvcld said. “We’re
right in thcmiddlc. We can’t take either side.”
Rictveld said some restrictions arc neces
sary to reduce the Forest Service’s sales of its
timber.
“The logging companies have cut most of
their land. Now they’re looking at the old
growth on national forests... this is conflicting
with the demands of the environmentally con
scious people in the Northwest,” he said.
But Rietveld said restrictions would hurt
local governments that depend on logging for
income.
He said the limber industry also bolsters
local economics with hidden benefits, which
arc overlooked by environmentalists.
Second forests, those regenerated from natu
ral disaster or from harvesting, arc able to
support more wildlife because of fresh under
growth, he said.
The additional wildlife attracts hunters and
backpackers who, through license permits and
other purchases, help local economies, he said.
Hunters and backpackers benefit from ex
isting logging roads built with government
money, he said, and the value of the roads
increases with additional use.
Rietveld said each dollar the government
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Anti-discrimination resolution passed
By Sara Bauaer
Staff Reporter _
A resolution condemning discrimination
was passed by the RHA Senate on Sun
day.
The resolution, passed unanimously, had
been drafted at last week’s meeting in reaction
to fliers advertising a white supremacist group.
The Residence Hall Association did not act on
the resolution then because there was no quo
rum.
Debate continued at this week s meeting.
The resolution was amended to state that
RHA will promote minority recruitment for
faculty members and students alike.
The amendment, proposed by Selleck Sen.
Randy Eliason, also encourages administrators
to broaden the multi-cultural curriculum at
UNL. . .
Eliason said the amendment was needed
because the resolution had “no teeth” without
it. He said the amendment changed the intent of
the resolution from condemning discrimina
tion to actually suggesting action.
Shawn Carson, presidential proxy from Ca(hcr
Residence Hall who had opposed the resolu
tion a week ago, said he now supports it. He
said it would have been bad timing to adopt the
resolution last week.
Last week, the resolution would have been
seen as condemning students who participated
in a white-supremacist group, he said.
“1 no longer see RH A as condemning stu
dents,” he said. “I see us more as supporting
those who marched against racism.”
On March 12, about 300 students marched
to protest the formation of the group for whites
only. No one claiming to belong to the su
premacist group showed up at the proposed
meeting site. L
Joe Hein/le Daily Nebraskan
Outlining a vision
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Bill Hoppner speaks Monday at
Henzlik Hall. Outlining his views on education, Hoppner said the current
school finance system does not provide equal educational opportuni
ties and he proposed a school finance system that focuses on the indi
vidual child.