Blank, Payne win Board of Regents seats
Incumbents pursue quality education
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By Chuck Green
Senior Reporter
McCook’s Don Blank secured the District 7
seat of thcNU Board of Regents on Tuesday by
capturing almost 60 percent of the votes and
defeating John Massey of Scottsbluff.
W ith 94 percent of the votes recorded, Blank
received 56 percent of the votes for a total of
38,692. Massey had 44 percent with 29,981
votes.
Blank, the two-term incumbent for the west
ern Nebraska scat, said he was not surprised by
the close race.
“We knew Massey was a quality opponent,
and he beat us by more than 6,000 votes in the
Scottsbluff area alone,” Blank said. “I’m very
gratified by the results.”
Massey could not be reached for comment.
Regents chairman John Payne of Keamcy,
who ran unopposed for central Nebraska’s Dis
trict 6 scat, said his priorities for the coming
term would be the same as those of his other
terms.
“I’m a people person,” he said, “and I’m
interested in doing whatever it takes to help
students graduate from the University of Ne
braska.”
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Payne, who has been a supporter of tougher
admissions standards, said he would continue
to pursue “what is best for all who arc involved”
in the university system.
Blank, the co-chairman of the comm ittcc of
multiculturalism at the University of Ncbraska
Lincoln, said improving racial relations on
campus would be one of his top priorities.
But, he said, not the only one.
“I think the Regents are on a road that is
heading toward a quality system and a quality
campus,” he said. “Gender equity, academic
excellence and focusing on and solving prob
Icms of minority students arc things we need to
pursue.”
Blank said budget cuts would be the
university’s main obstacle in solving those
problems, but the cuts are necessary to ensure
future success.”
But, Blank said, he is anxious to begin
researching solutions to problems facing the
university system.
“I’m very excited to continue in trying to
make the university system belter for every
one,” he said.
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Election
Continued from Page 1
cralic strongholds, captured key
battlegrounds in Illinois, Ohio and
New Jersey and pul Vermont and
Kentucky in the Democratic column
for the first time in many years.
The 46-ycar-old governor will be
come the nation’s thircl-youngcst
president when he takes office Jan.
20, along with Vice Prcsidcnt-cleci
Albert Gore, 44. Together, the two
men savored their triumph in Little
Rock, where thousands of supporters
gathered to cheer their success and
plot the presidency to come.
When Vice President Dan Quaylc
congratulated Clinton at his Indiana
rally, some in the crowd booed. But
Quayle help up his hand and said of
Clinton, “If he runs the country as
well as he ran this campaign, we’ll be
all right.”
Clinton’s was not the only striking
Democratic victory. Carol Moseley
Braun won in Illinois to become the
first black woman ever elected to the
Senate,and Ben NighihorscCampbell
of Colorado became the first native
American.
Bush gracefully called it the “maj
esty of democracy.” Curtis Gans, an
expert on voter turnout, said at least
100 million Americans had cast their
ballots, eclipsing the previous high of
92.6 million set in 1984 and produc
ing the first reversal in a 32-year
decline in voter turnout.
Clinton
Continued from Page 1
and slate levels of government spoke
to supporters in a crowded banquet
room decorated with red, white and
blue balloons and streamers.
“The old song goes, ‘Baby, it’s
cold outside,’ but it’s warm inside,
and we’re celebrating,” Sen. James
Exon said to a cheering crowd. “We’ve
got a lot to be thankful for.”
Sen. Bob Kerrey said he was
pleased with Clinton’s victory de
spite his own failed run early in the
campaign. Kerrey stopped by the party
for a few minutes to celebrate.
“I’m very happy the American
people picked Bill Clinton,” Kerrey
said. “And they picked him for the
right reasons.”
Suzanne Lipscy, president of U N L
Young Democrats, said she thought
the United Slates’ floundering
economy was reason enough to elect
Clinton.
“I know some people now who just
graduated and can’t find jobs,” Lipscy
said.
Clinton’s education reforms, she
said, will open the job market to col
lege graduates. And, Lipsey said, the
president-elect will help students pay
for their college education.
Clinton has said he would promote
a plan to help students pay back col
lege loans by working for two years in
such jobs as teachers, police officers
or health-care workers.
J.P. Caruso, national vice presi
dent of Young Democrats, said in
stalling Clinton’s plans for reform
wouldn’t be easy.
“It’s going to take some work,” he
said. “Americans arc going to have to
prepare to work toward the future.”
Caruso said he was glad voters had
chosen Clinton as the man to guide the
country in the right direction.
“I’m the happiest guy in the world,
handsdown,”hc said. “Happy, happy,
happy.”
Lottery
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cent of the lottery’s proceeds would
go toward education, 25 percent to
ward environmental trust funds, 25
percent iQward closed landfills and
one percent toward gambling addic
tion programs.
Bowman said he hoped the lottery
would not cause pain to gamblers’
families or skew values.
Amendment IB, which would have
authorized the Legislature to use part
of the lottery’s revenue to compen
sate depositors of bankrupted indus
trial loan and investment companies,
failed 64 percent to 36 percent.
Limits
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hems prevented them from having a
chance at winning.”
State Treasurer Dawn Rockcy, who
opposed Initiative 407, said she was
disappointed Nebraskans had opted
to limit the terms of their stale legis
lators and federal representatives.
Rockcy said she thought the issue
would be raised in the future because
term limits on federal officials could
be found unconstitutional.
Since election to the Congress is
set up in the Constitution, Rockcy
said, slate limits on election to the
Congress might be unconstitutional.
Rockcy said she also felt term lim
its would hurt Nebraska because they
would limit the ability of the state’s
representatives to work in the Con
gress’ seniority system.
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