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Court judges
ASUN quotas
discriminatory
By Bill Stratbucker
Staff Reporter
In a declaratory judgment open to inter
pretation, ASUN’s Student Court ruled 6
1 Wednesday that the structures of a Racial
Affairs Committee and a Gay/Lesbian/Bisex
ual Committee are unconstitutional.
The judgment stated that since the commit
tees would have established membership quo
tas, they “clearly violate the non-discrimina
tory clause of the ASUN Constitution.”
The Association of Students of the Univer
sity of Nebraska created the two committees in
December by passing By laws L and M.
Bylaw L states that the Racial Affairs
Committee will consist of one Native Ameri
can, one Caucasian American, one African
American, one Asian American and one inter
national student as chosen by the ASUN Ap
pointments Board.
Bylaw M requires that the Gay/Lesbian/
Bisexual Committee consist of one heterosex
ual, one gay, one lesbian and one bisexual.
Although the debate at a hearing Tuesday
centered on the constitutionality of the quotas
and not the necessity of the committees, the
ruling could eliminate the committees them
selves.
AS UN President Phil Gosch, who defended
the committees’ constitutionality, said he be
lieves the court found the bylaws to be uncon
stitutional, not just the membership require
ments.
UNL law student Clark Sackschcwsky, who
filed the request for the Student Court to rule on
the quotas, said that since the court didn ’ t strike
any language in the two bylaws, he thinks the
ruling eliminated the committees.
“It’s what I expected. I thought it was pretty
clear that both (bylaws) violated the constitution,”
he said.
“I’ve always been in favor of the commit
tees,” he said, “but maybe (eliminating the
committees) was how the court had to do it,
saying ‘Start over, guys.”’
Mark Fahleson, chief justice of the Student
Court, declined to comment on the ruling.
The extent to which the ruling affects the
committees’ existence, he said, was “subject to
interpretation.”
Denise Campbell, a student representing the
Coalition of People of Color, said she was
“disappointed and frustrated” by the ruling.
“No one has a perfect way of representation.
We had a very good sysjem,” she said.
“We’re the best people to ask how we should
be represented,” Campbell said. “I think it’s
very ironic that they arc saying (the quotas) are
discrimination when they arc not the ones
discriminated against.
“It’s like me telling people who are blind
what it’s like to be blind.”
Actor/producer/director Mike Farrell speaks Wednesday night in the
Centennial Ballroom of the Nebraska Union at the Nebraska Model
United Nations conference.
Human rights activist Farrell
urges fight against censorship
By Julie Naughton
Senior Editor
American citizens must search for
the truth of actions in the Persian
Gulf conflict amid press restric
tions, said human rights activist and actor
Mike Farrell.
Farrell, speaking to about 400 people
on human rights issues in the Nebraska
Union Wednesday as keynote speaker for
the Nebraska Model United Nations con
ference, said the fact that some American
citizens approve of press censorship in
wartime is “a sign of disease in this coun
try.”
Farrell said he docs not purport to be
an expert on the Middle East, but that his
firsthand views of the country give him a
unique perspective on the conflict. Among
his many other human rights activities,
Farrell has made several trips to the
Middle East with peace delegations.
Farrell said his opposition to press cen
sorship docs not refer to classified infor
mation that would endanger the lives of
American troops, but to information that
would give the American people a
balanced view of what is going on in the
Middle East.
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Cease-fire
Bush says Iraqi
army defeated
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Bush
announced Wednesday night that
“Kuwait is liberated. Iraq’s army is
defeated.” At midnight “all United States and
coalition forces will suspend offensive combat
operations.”
In an Oval Office ad
dress, Bush said the allied
forces will implement a
permanent cease-fire when
Iraq releases all coalition
prisoners of war, hostages
of third-country nations
and the remains of all who
have fallen.
He also said Baghdad must comply with all
United Nations resolutions. Iraqi officials said
Wcdnesdaynight that they are ready to comply
with some, but not all, of the resolutions.
Bush also said the suspension of combat
operations was dependent upon Iraqi forces not
firing upon coalition troops and on no more
Scud missile attacks.
After 100 hours of ground war, Bush said,
“The Kuwaiti flag flies above the capital of a
free and sovereign nation and the American
flag flics above the embassy” in Kuwait City.
“This war is now behind us,” Bush said.
“Ahead of us is the task of achieving a poten
tially historic peace” in the Middle East.
Bush made the announcement on the 42nd
day of the conflict with Iraq.
i iic cessation 0101 tensive action came alter
a tank battle in southern Iraq ended any serious
threat from Iraq’s ballyhoocd Republican Guard.
“It is up to Iraq whether the suspension on
the part of the coalition becomes a permanent
cease-fire,” Bush said, adding later. “If Iraq
violates these terms, coalition forces will be
free to resume military operations.”
In his televised address Bush said, “Our
military objectives are met.” It was not time for
* gloating or euphoria, he said, but for pride in
the coalition troops.
The president spoke as commander in chief
of 537,000 American forces in the gulf and the
head of an unprecedented international coali
tion marshalled to counter Iraqi President Saddam
Hussein’s invasion of Kuwait on Aug. 2.
Seven months ago, he said, the nation drew
a line in the sand and said Iraq’s aggression
would not stand.
“America and the world have kept their
word,” he said,
Bush said he had asked Secretary of State
James Baker to work with the U.N. Security
Council on “the necessary arrangements for
this war to be ended” formally.
“At every opportunity, I have said to the
people of Iraq that our quarrel was not with
them, but instead with their leadership,” Bush
said. “This remains the ease. You, the people of
Iraq, arc not the enemy.
Bill addresses recall of regents
By Lisa Donovan
Senior Reporter
Recent public outcry about the
NU Board of Regents prompted
legislation that would give
Nebraskans the opportunity to recall
those elected officials, state Sen. Ron
Withcm of Papillion told lawmakers
on Tuesday.
W i t h e m ,
sponsor of LB54,
said his constitu
ents told him
they were upset
with die hushed
up firing of for
mer NU Presi
dent Ronald Roskens and the contro
versial hiring of his replacement,
Martin Massengale.
“I’m contending that there should
be an avenue for citizens to take ac
tion,” Withem told the Nebraska
Legislature’s Government, Military
and Veterans Affairs Committee.
The bill was held in committee.
Currently, state statutes do not
include regents in the list of elected
officials who may be recalled.
The only way under current stat
utes for a regent to be removed is
through impeachment, which only can
happen in the case of criminal activ
ity.
“I do think we have a not quite out
of-control situation,” Withem said.
Speaking in opposition to LB54,
Robert Craig, a retired Lincoln den
tist, told the committee that the re
gents have enough to worry about
without being concerned about being
removed from office.
“I feel for the regents. . . . Put
yourselves in their shoes,” he said.
“The regents need a pat on the
back, not legislation,” he said.
Craig said he doesn’t endorse all
the regents’ decisions but thinks over
all die board does a good job.
“They are making progress in
making changes... and they ’re doing
their best.”
Dr. Robert Prokop, who served for
12 years on the board, said the bill
would be a way for those who op
posed regents’ decisions made in the
last few years to gain revenge.
But the bill is directed toward the
present regents and doesn’t serve to
improve accountability as a whole,
he said.
“I’m opposed to this (LB54)....
My fear is that it’s a vengeful piece of
legislation,” Prokop said.
NU Regent Nancy O’Brien of
Omaha testified before the commit
tee in a neutfal capacity and said the
regents support the electoral process.
If citizens have the right to ciect
public officials, O’Brien said, they
should have the right to remove them.
But to ensure that the recall meas
ure is in the best interests of the state,
O’Brien said, the bill shouldn’t “single
out” the regents and be solely a re
flection of recent events.
“If you single the regents out...
you’ll have a situation where you’ve
politicized us,” she said.
Diver
) sions ex*
— A 1— plores the
Kuwaiti flag flies over capital
for first time in six months.
Page 2.
ASUN candidates challenge
rivals to limit campaign spending.
Page 3.
Cowboys lasso Huskers with
a 81-68 defeat. Page 13.
INDEX
Wire 2
Opinion 4
Diversions 5
Sports 13
Classifieds 14
ASUN appoints
Teachers senator
despite protests
By Adeana Leftin
Staff Reporter
Despite protest from some of his
constituents, Steve Thomlison
was appointed a senator repre
senting the Teachers College at
Wednesday’s meeting of the Asso
ciation of Students of the University
of Nebraska.
Scott Shanks, a senior in the Teach
ers College, said he wanted to “give
you senators an opportunity this eve
ning not to make a mistake” in ap
pointing Thomlison an ASUN sena
tor.
In the past, Shanks said, Thomli
son made comments that offended
many people, including gay/lesbian/
bisexual groups and religious organi
zations.
He cited one remark from an ASUN
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