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ASUN plans ‘happy’ meeting From Staff Reports Swamped with Homecoming and regents meeting preparations, Wednesday night’s meeting probably will be the least of ASUN senators’ worries, President Keith Benes said. , The only resolution up for senate consideration is one commending UNL football coach Tom Osborne for his 200th win. “It’s going tobeahap^ py, feel-good meeting,” he said. Benes said the Association of Students of the University of Nebraska office was buzz ing with preparations for Friday’s NU Board of Regents meeting and this week’s Home coming activities. Student leaders will nave luncn witn re gents Friday at the Wick Alumni Center, he said. Senators will approach regents with ques tions and concerns, he said. Benes, the University of Nebraska-Lin coln student regent, said he would be busy getting ready for the Friday afternoon meet ing. Regents will vote on whether to approve UNL Chancellor Graham Spanier’s propos al to replace a parking lot north of the Nebraska Union with green space—orwhat Benes said he called a “grassy knoll.” Benes said he would write a letter to the regents prior to the meeting to voice student concerns about green space. “We’re going to present our case and let them vote it up,” he said. Benes said student senators would be busy with homecoming activities this week. ASUN’s electoral commission is in charge of counting student votes for homecoming royalty. Senate members also co-host a pre game tailgate party at Broyhill Fountain. The ad hoc committee ASUN formed to study strategic planning issues on campus also is keeping senators working hard, Benes said. The seven-member committee is devel oping a short list of priorities for campus improvement from the student perspective. This committee will look at projects such as green space and Richards Hall renovations. College Republicans pucker up for Homecoming, heterosexuality By Alan Phelps Senior Reporter A College Republican kissing booth Wednes day at Broyhill Plaza is not meant to have any moral significance, the group’s treasurer said. Mark Byars said posters around campus urging students to smooch in support ofhetero sexual ity and Christopher Columbus were a bit eccentric. “The posters are kind of wild and crazy things,” he said. “Mainly what it is is a home coming activity.” Shawntell Hurtgen, secretary of College Republicans, said nearly 20 kissers of both sexes would be on hand between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. to pucker up for 50 cents. Part of the proceeds, she said, would go to charity.. If urtgen said she thought the booth would be fuotind a good way to promote heterosexual ity, something she said College Republicans be lieved in. “I think during Coming Out Week, it (het erosexuality) is kind of put on the back burner,” she said. “I think it’s a nice promotion. “It’s just like the booth the homosexuals I think during Coming Out Week, It (heterosexuality) Is kind of put on the back burner. _^urtgen College Republican -tf - had,” she said, referring to a Gay and Lesbian Student Association information booth in Ne braska Union on Monday. The College Republicans’ booth isn’t meant to criticize homosexuality, Hurtgcn said. “We’re not actively coming out against any certain group,” she said. “It’s just the students that will be in the booth and working in the booth will be heterosexuals.” Homosexuals can kiss people in the booth, she said, but only those of the opposite sex. “They’re welcome to kiss someone in the booth, just of the opposite sex,” Hurtgcn said, “We’re not discriminating against anyone, we just have certain rules.” h ' You don't need to be an artist to wirvjust send us a doodle or pencil sketch of your idea for the new UNL Student Visa card. If your desisn is chosen by our judges, we'll present you $1,000.00 good toward your ( UNL tuition bill. A few guidelines to follow: ^ Your design should be creative and symbolize UNL, ^ Must not exceed the space we’ve indicated above, and, ► Be a simple, one-color design (red, black or blue). Don't miss out! 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TOr FIRST BANKCARD CENTER Attn: Matt Srryder 2223 Dodge Street jj Omaha NE 68102 Student ticketed following collision of bicycle, truck By Amy Hopfensperger Staff Reporter Two University of Nebraska-Lin coln students were cited for negli gence in an automobile accident in volving a bicycle Monday next to Memorial Stadium. Kevin Kolb, a senior advertising major, refused medical treatment at the scene of the accident when the 18 spded Schwinn bicycle he was riding and a 1986 N issan pickup truck driven by UNL student Cnad Helmke coll id ed. The truck was turning off of an access road between Richards Hall and the south entrance of the stadium. Kolb said the truck did not make a complete stop at a stop sign at the end of the road as Kolb began passing on the sidewalk in front of the truck. Helmke could not be reached for comment. The truck collided with Kolb, but he sustained no injuries. The police report shows an esti mate of $200 damage to the truck. The Lincoln Police Department issued citations to both Helmke and Kolb following the accident. Helmke was ticketed for failure to yield. Kolb was cited for not licensing his bike. Lincoln Police Sgt. Ann Heermann said the accident reflected a trend of bicycle accidents in Lincoln. Heermann said the number of bike car accidents was more common near the university campus. Heermann said statistics for 1993 were not available, but she said recent rates have not been unusual in com parison to past statistics. In 1991,200 bike accidents were reported; in 1992, the number rose to 206. Senate Continued from Page 1 college at both universities. Engineer ing courses are fil 1 ing at both campus es, he said. Critics of the UNO college have said two engineering colleges were unneeded because they would dupli cate each other. But Sokol said that wasn’t the issue. “If a need exists, is duplicating a sin if there is a different role and mission?” Sokol said. UNO is not planning to duplicate UNL’s research and graduate pro grams, he said. Although he did not have exact figures, Sokol said cost for the college could include adding a new building, seven new faculty members and new facilities. Senate members who spoke at the meeting said Chen and Sokol’s pre sentation did not provide enough in formation for them to make a sound decision. Wanda Leonard, UNL associate professor of agricultural economics, said money for the college would be hard to get in a time of budgetary constraints.