Bill would prioritize Richards Hall
By Becky Becher
Staff Rtportw
ASUN senators tonight will vote
on a bill asking the University of
Nebraska-Lincoln to make the reno
vation of Richards Hall a higher prior
ity.
ASUN President
Keith Benes said
the bill touched
on a much larger
issue.
“It’s the tip of
the iceberg that
gets into issues of
overall strategic
planning and the input that students
will have on that planning,” he said.
Richards Hall is the eighth priority
on the university’s Capital Construe
ASUN
tion list.
Mark Byars, general studies sena
tor, said the building needed many
repairs and did not provide an envi
ronment conducive to studying.
Benes said students also were con
cerned about UNL Chancellor Gra
ham Spanier’s plan to turn the parking
lot directly north of the Nebraska
Union into a “green space.”
Benes said students had approached
the Association of Students of the
University ofNebraska with concerns
about removing the parking lot. He
said students wanted to know why
money would be spent on this project
and what effect it would have on
student parking.
Benes questioned the necessity of
the project and Spanier’s plan for
parking.
Because the lot is used by admin
istration and facility, Benes said stu
dents would not be affected directly.
But, he said, students probably would
be displaced when faculty and admin
istrators were moved to different park
ing spaces.
Benes said students would be ex
pected to park off campus and use
shuttle buses.
• Benes also said he was concerned
about the student representation on
the two UNL planning committees.
Benes said the committees were con
sidering consolidating, which would
leave fewer seats for student mem
bers.
Nelson plans trade junket to China
By Sieve Smith
Senior Reporter
Gov. Ben Nelson said Tuesday he
would spearhead a delegation to Chi
na to stimulate trade between Nebras
ka and the Far East.
Nelson’s delegation will consist of
state businessmen, industry and agri
cultural leaders, state economic de
velopment officials and Nebraska
Agriculture Director Larry Sitzman.
The announcement came after
Nelson’s luncheon at the Governor’s
Mansion with Chinese Ambassador
Daoyu Li, where details of Nelson’s
10-day trip were finalized.
The Nebraska delegation, which
will leave Oct. 24 and return Nov. 2,
is scheduled to visit Shanghai,
Guangzhou, Beijing and Hong Kong.
Nelson said he was optimistic about
what his trip to China would mean to
Nebraska.
Daoyu said both China and Ne
braska would reap benefits from the
trade mission.
“It’s well known that Nebraska is
strong in agricultural products, which
China would have a good interest in,”
he said.
“Hopefully, this trade mission will
lead to better understanding between
the U.S. and China,” Daoyu said.
Secretary of State Allen Beermann
said this visit would mark the first
time a Nebraska governor had been to
China.
Nelson said his 1992 trade mission
to Taiwan, Hong Kong and Japan
yielded excellent results. Since the
1992 trade mission, Japan’s beef im
ports have dropped by almost 15 per
cent, while Nebraska’s share of the
market has jumped almost 300 per
cent.
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UNITE aids
By Steve Smith
Senior Reporter _
An American Indian student
Kat the University of Nebras
icoln is attempting to peti
tion its way to a fair trial for a South
Dakota man.
Members of the University of
Nebraska Inter-Tribal Exchange
have been asking for student signa
tures from their booth in the Ne
braska Union.
The group plans to continue its
efforts to collect signatures Friday
in support of James Weddell, a
Native American man who was
recently convicted of manslaugh
ter in South Dakota. The group
began collecting signatures last
UNITE President Shawn Bor
deaux said the petition drive would
continue next Monday and Tues
day.
Weddell, who pleaded and main
tains his innocence, was sentenced
to 80 years in the Sioux Falls, S.D.,
penitentiary.
Members of UNITE say
Weddell’s appointed attorney failed
to underline all the evidence that
would have worked for his defense.
The group also objects to other
aspects of the trial, such as a pathol
ogist’s controversial testimony that
contributed to Weddell’s convic
tion.
Bordeaux said rumors circulat
ed at the time of Weddell’s trial
that one of the members of
Weddell’s jury was a relative of the
i petitioners
victim.
Because of these and other cir
cumstances, the group contends that
Weddell was convicted unfairly.
“In the name of the Universal
Declaration of Human Rights and
in die name of our own sense of
humanity, we respectfully beg you
... to grant Mr. James Weddell a
new trial, in order that justice will
be done in the fair way, which
every citizen deserves,” the peti
tion stated.
Bordeaux said he first learned of
Weddell’s situation through nation
al television news reports.
Bordeaux found out about the
petition drive when one ofhis South
Dakota acquaintances visited Lin
coln carrying the petition forms.
“I said, ‘Let me have some,’”
Bordeaux said.
UNITE collected about 200 sig
natures in the first three days of the
drive, he said.
“That’s a good start,” he said.
“But we’re going to keep on go
ing.”
Bordeaux said the group wanted
to get as many signatures as possi
ble before sending petitions back to
South Dakota.
Bordeaux said he hoped the
statement would be a convincing
one.
“I don’t know how much it will
do for (Weddell),” Bordeaux said.
“But if we have 2,000 people or so
who want to see him get a fair trial,
we might get something done.”
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