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News Digest.2
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September 11,1990___University of Nebraska-Lincoln_ Vol. 90 No. 11
Gosch admits to campaign impropriety
By Ryan Steeves
Staff Reporter
Student government President
Phil Gosch admitted Monday
that he agreed to fire ASUN’s
director of development before he
was elected in March, then reneged
on the agreement.
Gosch signed a document in March
before the runoff election saying he
would fire Marlene Bcyke within 10
days after taking office.
Two members of the STAND party,
a Gosch campaign adviser and a
mediator attested to the agreement.
Former STAND presidential candi
date Joe Bowman and Russ Johnson,
a former Gosch campaign adviser,
said Gosch signed it in exchange for
Bowman’s support in the runoff elec
tion.
Gosch denied
that and called
STAND mem
bers a “disen
chanted few with
extreme views.”
STAND lost
the regular elec
tion on March
14. VISION, Gosch
Gosch’s party, and TODAY were too
close to declare a winner that day and
competed in a runoff a week later.
Gosch denied he made the agree
ment to win votes, saying he believed
that leaders of STAND were right
about Beyke’s power in ASUN.
Johnson, Bowman and Mark Buhrdorf,
the STAND campaign manager, said
Beyke has too much influence over
ASUN.
Gosch said he decided not to fire
Beyke after working with her for a
couple of weeks. He said he found her
a great asset to the Association of
Students of the University of Nebraska.
“I’m sickened that I ever consid
ered doing this,” Gosch said. “I’m
disappointed in myself.”
Since working with Beyke, Gosch
said, he has found her to be a caring
and helpful person. Gosch admitted
he was unethical for signing the docu
ment before scrutinizing Beyke’s job
better.
Kiley Tlmperley/Oaily Nebraskan
Vice President Dan Quayie speaks to students at Boys Town in Omaha on Monday afternoon.
Quayle: Summit set precedent
Vice president says Bush has not ruled out military action
By Sara Bauder Schott
Sarny Reporter
OMAHA - A joint con
demnation of Saddam
Hussein’s actions by Presi
dent George Bush and SovietPresi
dent Mikhail Gorbachev has sent a
powerful message to the Iraqi presi
dent, Vice President Dan Quayle
said Monday.
“The message is: The world is
united against you,” Quayle said,
speaking at a press conference at
Boys Town in Omaha.
The vice president was in Omaha
to campaign for Republican Sen
ate Candidate Hal Daub. Quayle
spoke to students earlier Monday
in Kearney and campaigned for
Gov. Kay Orr at a fund-raiser.
The condemnation of Iraq by
the two world leaders showed that
the nations could work as partners
without competing on every issue.
Quayle said.
“We are now out of the Cold
War period,” he said. “But this
world of ours is still unfortunately
a dangerous place.”
The United States and Soviet
Union have a lot of common ground
despite the differences that still
exist, Quayle said. Major differ
ences between the nations will
remain as long as the countries
have different political systems, he
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Gosch said he was running against
more than two other parties. There
were other forces
he was running
against, he said.
He refused to
specify.
“But Joe con
vinced me that
the director of
development
„ . was part of those
Bevke problems,"
Gosch said.
Gosch did complain about ASUN
Electoral Commission members al
legedly wealing TODAY stickers while
at grcck houses supportive of TO
DAY the night of the election.
Bowman also confessed to impro
priety.
When he announced his support
for Gosch’s party at a press confer
ence March 16, Bowman said it was
because Deb Fiddclke, former presi
dential candidate for TODAY, had
agreed to make an appointment be
fore the election.
The real reason, Bowman 'said,
was the agreement to oust Beykc.
‘ * I have no doubt Phil had appoint
ments made ahead of time as well,”
Bowman said.
Gosch denied the allegation.
Bowman scolded Gosch for going
See ASUNon 3
Pawnee remains returned,
but artifact still disputed
By Rose Riccetti
Staff Reporter
The Pawnee Tribe of Okla
homa successfully claimed
skeletal remains of its ances
tors from the Nebraska Stale Histori
cal Society Monday, but the owner
ship of one artifact remains in ques
tion.
The society relumed 435 coffins
containing remains and burial arti
facts to representatives of the tribe.
But it refuses to return a peace medal
excavated from a Pawnee grave in
1925.
The medal, bearing a likeness of
King George III of England, wa£
included in the society’s inventory in
compliance with LB340, a stale law
requiring return ol remains and asso
ciated artifacts for reburial.
The society staff claimed that the
medal did not have to be returned to
the tribe because the six skull frag
ments associated with the medal were
missing.
Robert Hogc, curator of the Ameri
can Numismatic Association, veri
fied the authenticity of the medal, a
rare and valuable heirloom.
The society currently has two King
James III medals, Hoge said. Each
medal is different and has its own
historical significance, he said.
Sen. Dennis Baackof Kimball said
the documentation of the medal is
enough qualification lor reburial under
LB 340.
Sen. Ernie Chambers of Omaha
agreed, saying he believed the medal
should be returned right away and
ultimately would be returned in the
future.
The 435 coffins were to be taken to
Genoa Monday evening. The remains
will be buried today in a Genoa ceme
tery located near a Pawnee traditional
burial ground.
Robert Chapman, president of the
Pawnee Tribe of Oklahoma, said the
Nebraska site was chosen because the
support of Nebraskans had been help
ful in the recovery of the remains.
Bob Peregoy, an attorney for the
Native American Rights Fund which
represents the tribe, said tribe mem
bers felt safe burying their ancestors
there because the cemetery is fenced
and patrolled. He said the remains
would be undisturbed. “We’re
all very sad that the medal will not be
returned and buried with the rest of
the remains,” Peregoy said.
Peregoy has filed a grievance over
the medal and is prepared to go to
court “if he is forced to,” he said.
James Hanson, director of the
society, was unavailable for comment,
but said in a letter addressed to ‘ ‘The
People of the state of Nebraska and
the People of the Pawnee Tribe of
Oklahoma” that he was deeply sorry
if the society has caused any offense.
“It is my earnest prayer that all
persons, living and dead, may finally
have an opportunity to be at rest,”
Hanson wrote.
Chapman said that although he
was pleased to take the remains they
were given for reburial, the burial
would not be complete without the
medal.
“When we get all the pieces back,
then and only then can our ancestors
and our people be at peace.” Chapman
said.
Morrill Hall plans $4 million for its exhibits
By David Burchett
Staff Reporter
With the renovation of Morrill Hall’s in
terior nearly complete, the museum’s
staff can concentrate on “the fun part,’’
improving and adding to exhibits, the mu
seum’s director said.
Hugh Genoways said the building’s $4
million renovation, which began in September
1988, includes climate control, roof, windows,
doors, wiring, lights, carpeting and paint.
“We’re about 99 percent complete right
now,” Genoways said. Finishing touches, in
cluding the installation of security systems,
will be done in another month or two, he said.
But the renovation of the building was only
the first phase of improvements to the state
museum, Genoways said. The second phase,
he said, is work on the exhibits.
Genoways said he has another $4-million
plan in mind to improve, restore and add to the
m urn’s exhibits.
useum officials propose that the improve
mcnt project be financed half by the Nebraska
Legislature and half by private donations. The
renovation project was financed entirely by the
Legislature.
However, the money for the next phase isn’t
readily available.
“I don’t have the money in hand, and I don’t
have any prospects for it at this point,” Genoways
said.
So instead of embarking on (he second phase
all at once, Genoways said, the museum is
working op a pay-as-you-go basis, with dona
tions financing smaller projects.
Improvement projects on exhibits are easy
to break into smaller parts and pursue sepa
rately, Genoways said.
The current Phase II project is in Elephant
Hall, the front room of the museum where
skeletons of huge land creatures arc displayed.
Genoways said $50,000 is being invested in the
restoration and preservation of these speci
mens.
Also, $30,000 to $35,000 is being spent on
the room itself to restore it to the way it
appeared in the late 1920s and early ’30s.
Gcnoways said changes include moving the
African elephant specimens back to the middle
of the hall and restoring the woodwork to its
original color.
Genoways said the museum’s staff wants to
restore the room to its original condition be
cause only the “grand museum’’ ambiance,
popular in Europe at the time the building was
constructed, fits the character of the room with
its high, vaulted ceilings.
One of the purposes of a museum is to
preserve the past, Gcnoways said.
The work on Elephant Hall began last Janu
ary and should be finished by December, he
said.
The project was given $25,000 from the
Institute of Museum Services iu Washington,
and $15,000 from Nebraska school children,
with the rest of the project financed by Friends
of the State Museum, a non-profit organization
that helps support Morrill Hall.
But while Elephant Hall is being restored to
its historical look, Gcnoways said other parts of
the museum would lake advantage of today’s
style and technology.
“In other galleries, we’re going to be as
innovative and modem as we possibly can,’ ’ he
said.
New additions may include hands-on exhib
its - items that are meant to be touched - and
interactive exhibits utilizing laser disk technol
ogy, he said.
“We have quite a bit of space,’’ with as
much as 40 percent of the building standing
empty wailing for new exhibits, Gcnoways
said.
More space was created by the consolida
tion of items and the remodeling of rooms
previously used by the geology and anthropol
ogy departments, Gcnoways said.
The museum staff now is seeking donors to
finance new exhibits for the building’s empty
space, Gcnoways said. The museum works
with the NU Foundation to line up interested
benefactors, he said.
