NU student presidents
support Sigerson s bid
By Sean Green
Senior Reporter
The sludcni government presidents
of two University of Nebraska cam
puses officially endorsed Andrew
Sigerson on Monday in his race for
ASUN president.
Mike Farquhar, student govern
ment president at the University of
Nebraska at Omaha, and Bob Caldwell,
student government president at the
University of
Nebraska at Kear
ney, both said
Sigerson had the
qualifications to
make him a good
student govern
ment leader.
Sigerson, a junior economics ma
jor at the University of Ncbraska
Lincoln, is running for sludcni gov
ernment president on the COMMIT
ticket against ACTION candidate
Alyssa Williams, a junior philosophy
major.
The ASUN presidency carries with
it the role of UNL’s student regent.
Farquhar said he believed Siger
son had the ability, knowledge and
experience required to make a good
student regent.
He said Sigerson had worked with
Nebraska legislators and UNL offi
cials on several occasions and knew
several of the legislators well.
“We certainly know that the Leg
islature is the hand that feeds us,”
Farquhar said, “and Sigcrson’s work
related to the Legislature will be valu
able for us all.”
Farquhar said he acknowledged
that UNL and UNO were bound to
have differences because of their
locations and sizes, but said he would
be able to work with Sigcrson to re
solve those differences.
“Andrew will make a welcome
addition to the board,” Farquhar said.
“I won’t always agree with him, but I
will respect his opinion and work
with him.”
Caldwell also said Sigcrson’s
experience made him the better can
didate.
“Student leaders need to hit the
ground running after they arc elected,
and Andy can do that because he
knows the people within the system,”
he said.
Williams attended the press con
ference and said afterwards she thought
the endorsement lacked substance.
“1 know that they have not done
thorough research on both sides,” she
said.
Williams said she had experience
as a page for the Legislature and
knew the system belter than her oppo
nent.
She also discounted the endorse
ment of a UNL candidate by UNK
and UNO students.
“(Farquhar and Caldwell) arc from
UNO and UNK and have not worked
with Sigcrson on a day-to-day basis,”
she said. “So what’s the point in their
endorsement?”
Harassment a control
struggle, panelist says
By Michelle McGowan
Staff Reporter _
Not talking about sexual har
assment is one of the biggest prob
lems women can make, a UNL
professor said Monday in the Ne
braska Union.
Helen Moore, a professor of so
ciology and women’s studies at the
University of Nebraska-Lincoln,
said not talking about sexual har
assment only leads to further abuses.
Moore spoke on sexual harassment
as part of Women’s Week 1992, a
week-long program sponsored by
the Women’s Resource Center.
Moore also discussed several
myths about sexual harassment.
“One of the myths is that it’s
really just good fun and someone is
overreacting,” she said. “It’s an
assumption that women should be
flattered by comments with a sex
ual emphasis, and that it’s just
teasing.”
Moore said sexual harassment
was not merely a teasing comment
to which anyone could adequately
respond, and women often were
afraid to challenge people who were
sexually harassing them.
Cathy Whitney-Vuchctich, one
of nine women who testified at a
legislative hearing on sexual har
assment in January, also was one
of the panelists. She said she lost
her job because of sexual harass
ment.
Whimey-Vucheiich worked as
a nursing technician at Madonna
Rehabilitation Hospital, in Lincoln,
where she said she was harassed by
a co-worker.
She said that after she reported
the harassment to her supervisor
and the Human Resources Man
ager at Madonna, they instructed
her to act appropriately.
“The answer for me was not to
give in, but to fight back,” she said.
“Sexual harassment is not an issue
of sex, but of control.”
She said she was fired from her
job at Madonna because it was
easier for her bosses than dealing
with the problem. The man >vho
harassed her still is employed there,
she said.
“Laws and attitudes have to
change, restitution must be made
to the victim,” she said.
Carmen Maurer, interim direc
tor of the Affirmative Action/Equal
Opportunity Office at UNL, said
sexual harassment complaints were
the greatest number of cases handled
by the affirmative action office.
Anna Shavers, an assistant pro
fessor of law at UNL, said many
people were afraid of the proce
dures required in reporting sexual
harassment.
“Many people just pul up with
it, and arc afraid to go through the
legal processes,” Shavers said. “Too
many people just end up pulling up
with this conduct.”
Tidball Award —
winners honored
From Staff Reports
The Eleventh Annual Sue Tidball
Award Celebration will be held Sun
day at 7 p.m. at St. Mark’s on the
Campus Episcopal Church, 1309 R
St.
The award honors candidates from
the campus who arc recognized by
their peers as making significant
contributions to the development of
an open and caring community at
UNL.
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POLICE REPORT
Beginning midnight Friday
9:10 a.m. — Gate arm broken,
15th and U strects^^*
9:35 a.m. — Intoxicated male trans
ported from Pound Residence Hall
parking lot to Detoxifiealion Cen
ter, 721 KSt.
12:09 a.m. — Two-car accident,
parking lot east of Power Plant.
S300.
12:34 a.m. — Verbal disturbance
over parking, East Campus Mall.
3:12 p.m. — Vehicle hood orna
ment stolen, parking lot at 38th and
Fair streets, S30.
3:18p.m.—Bike stolen, Nebraska
Hall, $460.
3:18 p.m.—Bike stolen, Nebraska
Hall, S265.
3:20 p.m. — Backpack stolen, Ne
braska Union, S40.
3:21 p.m. — Backpack stolen, Ne
braska Union, S142.
5:04 p.m. — Bike stolen, Morrill
Hall, S510.
9:03 p.m. — Parking disturbance,
person hit in face, Temple Build
ing.
9:35 p.m. — Minor in possession
of alcohol, west side of Temple
Building.
Beginning midnight Saturday
7:35 a.m. — Vehicle stolen and re
covered, Sigma Chi Fraternity, 1510
Vine St.
3:51 p.m. — Purse stolen from ve
hicle, Mabel Lee Hall, $30.
4:17 p.m. — Trespassing, 1950 T
St.
4:34 p.m.—B ike stolen, Nebraska
Union, $453.
9:15 pjn. — Intoxicated male trans
ported from Bob Dcvancy Sports
Center to Detoxification Center,
721 K St.
10:37 p.m. — Hit-and-run, Harpcr
Schramm-Smith Residence Hall
parking lot.
Beginning midnight Sunday
11:22 a.m. — Vending machine
' broken into, money stolen, Avery
Hall, $19.
12:39 a.m. — Bat stolen from ve
hicle, Abel Residence Hall park
ing lot, $200.
1:09 p.m. — Bike stolen, Reun
ion, $125.
1:28 p.m. — Bike tire, scat and
post stolen, north side of Abel
Residence Hall, $125.
4:44 p.m. — Headphones stolen,
Lee and Helene Sapp Recreation
Center, $20.
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