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ASUN President Andrew Sigerson sits in his office in the Nebraska City Union Sunday. Sigerson spent the summer in Washington D.C. Sigerson Continued from Page 1 Sigerson’s goals for the future don’t diminish, either: his dream is to be a U.S. senator. But that’s one plan that may have to wait for a while. Sigerson, 21, plans to graduate in May 1993 with a business de gree, and he has a lot he wants to accomplish before his term as stu dent body president ends in the spring. At the top of his list of things to change is the prevailing indiffer ence of UNL students toward stu dent government. “I think if students knew how much ASUN really docs, they’d be more involved with it,” he said. “People use ASUN and benefit from it all the time, and they don’t even know u. But even more difficult than quelling student apathy, Sigerson admitted, will be the creation of a cultural diversity program — one of the main promises of his cam paign. A stepping stone to a more cul turally diverse campus would be the formation of a cabinet of cam pus minority leaders, with whom Sigerson would meet each week. “It’s something we definitely want to try, but it won’t be easy to put together,” he said. “But the problem of racism and lack of un derstanding of racial issues on this campus is something that needs to be taken care of as soon as pos sible.” Other plans include improve ments in UNL’s parking and park ing lot lighting, an increase in handi tap iu iam|;u^ uuiiu ings and a campus wide rape aware ness program. Sigerson said his internship in Washington, D.C., taught him a lot about higher education, particu larly the processes necessary to get things done. But, he said, nothing willchange at UNL, or anyplace else, unless people arc educated enough to know what can and cannot be changed, and how to make the changes that are possible. “Students at UNL just aren’t aware of how AS UN serves them, and what potential there is tochange things we don’t like,’’ he said. “It’s tough to change people’s minds once they have this idea of what something like AS UN does or doesn’t do. “But that’s one of the main rea sons I’m here. We’ve got to try.” Professor says that ‘anything can happen’ in November election By Jeremy Fitzpatrick Staff Reporter Allhough the Republican and Democratic conventions are over, most Americans probably sti 11 haven ’ t decided which presidential candidate they will vote for, a professor said. Robert Sittig, a po litical science pro fessor at UNL.said that despite all the media coverage sur rounding the con ventions, most Americans do not pay much attention to them. “Strong Democrats will vote for their nominee, and strong Republi cans will vote for their nominee,” he said. “For those in the middle to kind of casual parly members and indepen dents, they aren’t paying too much attention.” iviucn is said in incmcuiaaDoumic boost in the polls that candidates re ceive from their conventions, he said, but those boosts may be temporary. “Someone will ask people who they prefer during and after the con ventions, and they’ll usually give a response, but the intensity isn’t there, so they can be dislodged from their inclinations,” he said. ‘Things arc kind of in flux — anything can hap pen.” Sitlig said people’s opinions would slowly start to firm up about which candidate they would support as the Nov. 10 election approaches. Sitlig said he doubled whether there would be any defining moment - such as the television debates between John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon in 1960,ortelcvisionadsin l§88aliack ing Michael Dukakis’ record on crime • that would swing voters to one can didate or the other. One possible surprise that could change theclcclion, Siltig said, would be if former independent candidate Ross Perot threw his support to one of the candidates. Sittig said he thought Perot would lean toward supporting Clinton if he endorsed a candidate. But barring a surprise by election day, Sittig said, about 90 percent of those who are going to vote will have made up their minds. He predicted Bush would cut into Clinton’s lead in the polls and win a second term in a close election. The Democrats might stand a bet ter chance in the election, he said, if Clinton’s running mate, Sen. A1 Gore of Tennessee, was first on the ticket. “1 personally would cxpectacloscr outcome if the ticket were reversed and it was Gore and Clinton, rather than Clinton and Gore,” he said. Sittig said Gore’s greater experi ence in national politics would make him less vulnerable to attacks that he is uncapablcof handling the country’s foreign policy. i ill I iik i see a puMuuii diiwuy emerging, he said, “where Bush is going lo focus on h is performance and ridicule Clinton’s, and try to squeeze what bcnefitcomcs from his recordof the last four years.” Sillig said he believed the candi dates would continue to campaign by attacking each other, mostly because the differences between them — at least on economic issues — were not significant. He said issues such as the deficit and specific steps the country should lake in the future would be avoided by both. But voters, not the candidates, are responsible for the content of the cam paign, he said. “I don’t want to blame the candi dates for (a lack of discussion of the issues),” he said. “I want to blame the electorate. We’re so unwilling or un able lo decide in a specific fashion what we arc for or not. “The candidates, it kind of drives them batty trying to figure out where they can lake a stand on the issues that would bring them significant sup port.” JudgedelaysBaldwin’s competency hearing By Chuck Green Senior Reporter A judge on Monday postponed until Sept. 2 a mental competency hearing for University of Ncbraska-Lincoln student Andrew Scott Baldwin. District Court Judge Paul D. Merritt rescheduled the hearing when Lancaster County Attorney Gary Lacey and Baldwin’s attorney, Hal Anderson, submitted new evidence regarding Baldwin’s mental health. “The reason for this hearing is to determine if clear, convincing evi dence exists that shows the defendant to be a danger to himself or others .. . by mental defect... now or in the future,” Merrill said. “Obviously, with this new evidence, I can’ldo that yet.” Baldwin, 22, was charged with attacking Gina Simanck Mountain on Jan. 18 outside her apartment near 25th and T streets. At a June trial, the Lancaster County DistrietCourt found Baldwin not responsible for the beat ing because of insanity. Lacey and Anderson Monday sub milted letters and reports from doc tors treating Baldwin, who still meets with Dr. Donald Swanson at St. Joseph’s Center for Mental Health in Omaha. Baldwin also receives weekly doses of lithium, a depressant. Anderson said Baldwin seemed to be “doing fine.” “He’s back in school and working out with the football team (lifting weights, not practicing), which is therapeutic for him,” Anderson said. “Dr. Swanson says that as long as he continues on his treatment program, he’ll do fine. Anderson said doctors treating Baldwin were trying to determine whether his condition was bipolar — recurring — or unipolar, which in volves just one psychotic episode. If Baldwin’s condition is bipolar, doc tors would be able to detect any mood swings despite his medication. Statistically, Anderson said, if the condition is bipolar, another episode will occur six months to a year after the first. I The Computing Resource Center is offering free' microcomputer seminars to UNL students. The seminars will feature an introduction to Microsoft Wad for the Macin tosh and WordPerfect fa IBM machines. No reservations are required. Lab Location Dates Times Introduction to Microsoft Word for Macintosh Andrews Wednesday. August 26 3:30 - 4:30 p.m. Thursday, August 27 3:00 - 4:00 p.m. Sandoz (Mac) Wednesday. September 2 2:30 - 3:30 p.m. 3:30 - 4:30 p.m. Neihardt Wednesday. September 9 2:30 - 3:30 p.m. 3:30 - 4:30 p.m. Schramm Tuesday. September 15 2:30 - 3:30 p.m. 3:30 - 4:30 p.m. Burr-Fedde Thursday. September 17 2:30 - 3:30 p.m. 3:30 - 4:30 p.m. Introduction to WordPerfect 5.1 for IBM Sandoz (IBM) Thursday. September 3 3:00 - 4:30 p.m. Advanced WordPerfect 5.1 for IBM Sandoz (IBM) Thursday. September 24 3:00 - 4:30 p.m. o NIGHT SERVICE . City Campus East Campus Departure Times Departure Times (Lyman Hall)(Burr-Fedde) 6:15 6:35 6:55 7:15 7:35 7:55 8:15 8:35 8:55 9:35 9:55 10:15 10:35 MON.-THUR. ONLY |fee-supported service of thi Nejj[aski Uniting, |
