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I I —j-1—, Student regents want to go to Orange Bowl UNO, UNK representatives call process discriminatory By Sarah Scalet Staff Reporter Although a final decision has yet to be made, two NU student regents arc con cerned about a break in tradition that could prevent them from joining other regents at this year’s Orange Bowl. -* UNL Chancellor Graham Spanicr said a secretary from his office had contacted all four student regents last week to wam them that he was re-examining who would make the trip to Miami. Spanicr said he wanted the student regents to be “prepared for the possibility” that they might not be attending the Orange Bowl along with other university officials. To stay within the budget that NU isgiven by the Orange Bowl Committee, Spanicr said he was cutting back on the number of people traveling to Miami. He emphasized it was too early to guess who would be attending and said the final announce ment would be made at the regents’ meeting Saturday. However, Natalie Olson, student regent from the University of Nebraska Medical Center, said she was notified by Spanier’s office last Tuesday that she and student regents from the University ol Nebraska campuses at Kearney and Omaha were “prohibited” from attending the Orange Bowl. She also said she was informed that Andrew Sigcrson, student regent from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, would be the only student regent traveling to Miami. Olson said Spanicr’s office told her the decision involved a “policy change.” Although Olson said she understood the expense of sending students to Florida, she said she was frustrated with the decision because it singled out certain members, when the regents should represent the university as a whole. Being told she was “prohibited” from at tending the Orange Bowl almost made her feel as though she had done something wrong, she said. Also, the decision would separate NU’s four* campuses, Olson said, when they should be working together as one university. Mike Farquhar, student regent at the Univer sity of Nebraska at Omaha, expressed concern about the precedent that could pc set by inviting only certain regents to the QraTrgcr Bowl. He said cither all or none of the 12 regents should be invited. Aside from the lack of voting privileges, he said, student regents have the same job as other regents and should be treated equally. “There’s no kiddie table in the comer some where,” Farquhar said. “We’re not second class citizens.” In addition, Farquhar and Olson both said the announcement should have been made ear lier so they could make plans for the semester break. Olson said she had re-arranged a flight home so she could attend the Orange Bowl, and Farquhar said he had changed plans for a skiing trip. Kevin McCully, student regent at the Uni versity of Nebraska at Kearney, could not be reached Wednesday. Friends, family remember Harms’ faith at Pius Mass By Erik Unger Staff Reporter Stan Harms said Wednesday that his daugh ter Candice Harms had spoken to him in a dream and assured him she was OK. Stan Harms, speaking at a Mass in memory of his daughter at Pius X High School, 6000 A St., said she assured him God was real and heaven was much better than earth. Although her mur der was gruesome, Stan Harms said, his daughter told him she had help getting through it. “She said even though she suffered some pain, guardian angels were by her side and helped her endure,” he said. “She wants us to make God the most important part of our lives.” Harms said his daughter wanted her former schoolmates to have fun, but without drugs, alcohol, premarital sex and cigarettes. “She wants them to think of God first, before other vices,” Stan Harms said. Harms repeated his daughter’s message to about 7(X) high school students, friends and Jamily members. Ben Ashman, a 17-year-old senior at Pius X and a friend of Candice Harms’, said her mes sage put him “more in touch spiritually,” and her cigarette warning brought back memories. “I remember her telling me to throw my cancer sticks away,” he said. Despite the somber occasion, some of Harms’ former classmates remembered happier times. Alison Mizerski, an 18-year-old senior at Pius, said she remembered working with Harms on the Pius Players, Pius’ drama group. “I just remembered she was always back stage wailing with a big smile on her face and words of encouragement,” she said. “She was always there with the hugs.” During a recent performance of “Ok lahoma,” the Pius Players wore yellow ribbons, dedicat ing the production to Candice Harms. Stan Harms said he was grateful for this and all the support Pius had given the family. “The Pius students’ wonderful support, thoughts and prayers have uplifted us,” Stan Harms said. "Without you guys, I don’t know what we would have done ... ^__x _ Julia Mikolajcik/ON Tina Patterson, a junior at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, recently began her reign as Miss Black UNL. Patterson is the first woman to wear the title since the last competition in 1988. Miss Black UNL Diversity to reign under Patterson By Corey Russman Staff Reporter One University of Nebraska-Lincoln student will navigate previously abandoned territory as Miss Black | UNL. Tina Patterson, a junior from Olathe, Kan., is the first woman to be crowned Miss Black UNL since 1988, when the university last had such a pageant. Patterson graduated in May with a bachelor’s degree in sociology, and now is working on a nursing degree. Because no one nas oecn crowned in recent years, Patterson said she wasn’t quite sure what her duties would be. “I’m setting the standards,” she said. “I carry an enormous weight on my shoul ders.” Patterson said she wanted to focus on diversity during her reign as Miss Black UNL. One of her goals, she said, is to explain certain questions that whites have about blacks. “When (whites) ask me ‘what does ‘dis’ See PATTER SO Non 3 By air; land, Husker fans to trek to Miami Scott Maurer/DN By Shelley Biggs Senior Reporter It’s that time again. The Huskcrs have earned an other trip to the Orange Bowl, and fans following the team to sunny Florida will have lodig deep into their pockets. Ron Thomas, travel agent for World Travel Center in Omaha, said the agency was offering two different Orange Bowl packages this year. About half of the 180 available pack ages already have been sold, he said. The deluxe package contains all the extras for a vacation in Florida, Thomas said, including round-trip, non-stop flights from Omaha to Or lando, four nights at the Orlando Hyatt airport hotel, Orange Bowl tickets, a day’s admission to Sea World, Uni versal Studios and Epcot Center or Disney World’s Magic Kingdom, a trip to Sawgrass Mills’ 250 stores and restaurants and a New Year’s Eve dinner. The package’s price for a single reservation is $1,129, Thomas said. The price, per person, is $979 for two reservations, $949 for three reserva tions and $939 for four reservations. Taxes, gratuities and all transfers to attractions arc included. The second package docs not in clude New Year’s Eve dinner, admis sion to Sea World, Universal Studios and Epcot Center or the Magic King dom, Thomas said. The price is $969 for a single reservation and $819, per person, for two reservations, $799 for three reservations and $789 for four reservations. The packages arc sold on a first come, first-serve basis, Thomas said, and people who cancel will receive a full refund. If fans prefer the open road to the friendly skies, they better set aside See TRAVEL on 3