Candidates hammer away
on economics, character
President Bush said Thursday he
has a “pleasant relationship” with Bill
Clinton, then freshened his attack on
his rival’s character and economic
proposals. The Democrat said that
after 12 years in power, the GOP has
“run out of direction and they ought to
be run out of town.”
The third man in
^ the race has “some
good ideas and he’s
got some nutty
ideas,” the presi
dent said in an in
lerview on “CBS
This Morning.” “I
don’t think people
want to waste their vote (on Ross
Perot) and that’s what it undoubtedly
would be.”
Clinton didn’t mention Perot by
name but lumped him together with
Bush’ by implication.
“Of all the choices you have in this
election, only one has never been part
of the Washington insider establish
ment,” he said of himself.
The Texas businessman has stepped
up his radio and television advertis
ing, and polls suggest he has gained
strength in selected parts of the coun
try after the three presidential de
bates.
• The president’s campaign dis
tributed a letter from 50 retired admi
rals and generals calling on Clinton to
release all the documents in his pos
session about his Vietnam-era draft
status. Clinton reminded hisaudicnce
that 24 retired admirals and generals
have endorsed him.
• Clinton previewed a 30-second
television commercial in support of
his plan to impose higher taxes on
foreign corporations operating in the
United States. The ad says Bush “sup
ports tax loopholes” for the firms,
“supports them so much that he at
tacks Bill Clinton for wanting toclose
them.”
• Bush campaigned with Joseph
Cicippio, a former hostage who was
held in Lebanon.
“God bless America and God bless
the president,” said Cicippio.
• Perot’s running mate, James
Stockdalc, paid a low-key visit to
Seattle, dropping by for 10 minutes at
the ticket’s campaign office to sign
autographs for volunteers.
“Let’s go for victory,” he said.
Campaign finance reports indi
cated that Perot is plowing millions
from his own fortune into his race for
the White House.
Perot was paying for local TV ads
in 23 states. In addition, the Texas
billionaire is spending heavily on ra
dio ads in at least nine states.
Clinton, 45, invoked the name of
an earlier young Democrat as he cam
paigned in Washington and other
Western states.
“About this time in the campaign
of 1960, John Kennedy said to the
American people that at this stage of
the election the choice is about more
than the candidates: It is about the
people themselves. You have to de
cide what l$ind of people you are,
what kind of values you have and
what kind of future you want.”
The Democrats, he said .offer hope
and improvement.
The Republicans, he said, “have
had the White House so long that
they’ve run out of energy, run out of
ideas, run out of direction, and they
ought to be run out of town.”
“In spiteof the economic concerns
that we all feel, I think — I’m confi
dent I’m going to win this election,”
Bush told his CBS interviewer.
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Of all the choices you have in this election, only
one has never been part of the Washington insider
establishment.
— Clinton
Democratic presidential candidate
Homecoming undergoes changes
iioyaity selection,
competition may
boost involvement
By Jan Calinger
Staff Reporter
The selection of Homecoming roy
alty and events has changed this year
to lure more student involvement,
said Marilyn Bugcnhagen, director of
the Office for Student Involvement.
“Thedecision is that Homecoming
is not just for alumni,” she said. “Cur
rent students need to be attached.”
One of the biggest changes this
year was the king and queen selection
process, Bugcnhagen said. Popular
vote no longer was the sole determin
ing factor. A candidate’s interview
also counts for 60 percent.
Bugcnhagen said lack of student,
participation in last year’s popular
vote was the main reason for the
change. Of more than 25,000 students
enrolled last year, only about 1,200
students participated in the election.
“Students think, ‘It doesn’t have
any impact on me,’” she said. “They
don’t know any of the people.”
No major changes were made in
how candidates were chosen, said
Shelly Byrne, director of the Royalty
Committee. Any student who had 75
or more credit hours, a GPA of 2.8 or
higher and no disciplinary actions
could apply.
Semi finalists were chosen based
on acadcm ic performance, answers to
essay questions and campus and com
munity service.
The change in selection will open
the contest to students who are leaders
but who do not have the voting power
that a large campus organization can
provide, Byme said.
“(The change) can eliminate vot
ing in blocs,” she said. This year there
are fewer finalists from sororities and
fraternities than in past years, Byrne
said.
The other major change in Home
coming is a new competition among
students, said Stephanie Smith,chair
woman of the Homecoming Commit
tee. The competition will be during
the week before Homecoming and
will be divided into four categories:
sororities, fraternities, student orga
nizations and residence halls.
Organizations in each division will
compete against one another in
walleyball (like volleyball, butplayed
off a wall), Husker Howl (a cheering
contest), banners and lawn displays.
The winner from each division will be
announced at the Nebraska-Colorado
football game Oct. 31.
Smith said the contests were meant
to increase student spirit and partici
pation in Homecoming. „
“We want to involve many people
and have a spirited week,” she said.
Retreat targets UNL diversity
By Jeremy Fitzpatrick
Staff Reporter_
UNL students, faculty and staff
will have the opportunity to broaden
their horizons at UNL’s fifth annual
Cultural Diversity Retreat this week
end, an official said.
John Harris, special assistant to the
vice chancellor for student affairs, is
coordinating the retreat, which will
be in Gretna Saturday and Sunday. He
said 65 students and 15 faculty and
staff would participate.
The Office of the Vice Chancellor
for Student Affairs and the Racial
Pluralism Action Team arc sponsor
ing the retreat. Harris said it would
include group discussions and inter
active group exercises aimed at in
creasing cultural awareness and break
ing down stereotypes.
“All the participants will get a
better feel for other person’s perspec
tives,” he said. “I think we’ll open
some eyes, and 1 think people will get
the opportunity to learn some things.”
“The bottom line is that we want to
bring it home to UNL,” he said. “We
will try to openly discuss how our
students feel — the problems our
students face on campus — and talk
about what we can do as a campus
community to work better together.
“We’re not talking about a blame
session, but something where the par
ticipants can get some answers.”
The student participants arc bro
ken down into 39 students from 13
student groups, such as the Afrikan
People’s Union and the Association
of Students of the University of Ne
braska. The other 26 students were
selected from applications submitted
by the general student population.
James Gricscn, vice chancellor for
student affairs, selected the 15 faculty
and staff participants, Harris said.
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Muldoon said the investigation
could provide an opportunity for the
Omaha Police Department to prove to
the community that the Baldwin ease
was handled properly.
“(The investigation) could build
up our credibility if the Justice De
partment rules we handled the ease
properly,” he said.
it is possible that the federal inves
tigation could suggest different ways
the ease could have been handled,
Muldoon said, but there is no evi
dence to reverse any conclusions from
the Omaha investigation.
Muldoon said stale Sen. Ernie
Chambers of Omaha had convinced
the Justice Department to investigate
the Omaha Police Department before
on other cases, and no indictments
had been issued.
Muldoon said he disagreed with
Chambers, who claimed that police
reports regarding the shooting of
Baldwin were contradictory.
It is common to have things out of
place because witnesses have differ
ent perspectives and a variety of inter
pretations, he said.
“That’s going to happen in any
type of investigation,” he said.
Muldoon also said Chambers’
claim that a lack of Baldwin’s finger
prints on Officer Peggy Truckenbrod’s
gun proved nothing, because the rough,
checkered surface of a gun handle
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When the community
doesn’t trust you, it’s
somewhat discourag
ing. It’s disturbing to
have people believe
you’re not capable.
Muldoon
Omaha Police Department "
spokesman
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will nol pick up fingerprints. The
police report states that Baldwin was
reach ing for her gun at the time he was
shot.
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