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Darin Jurgens paints a circle in the intersection of
16th and L streets for the State of Nebraska Natural
Resources Commission on Monday. The commission
was painting the circles for an aerial photograph that
will be useato make a map of the area around
Antelope Creek.
UNL student to race for others
By Bob Ray
Staff Reporter
Last November, University of Ne
braska-Lincoln student Shane Smith
ran the New York Marathon for the
Omaha Leukemia Society, placing in
the top 2 percent of the 25,000 run
ners that participated.
Today, Smith has his sights on a
similar contest—the Honolulu Mara
thon in Hawaii on Dec. 11.
Smith again is planning on mak
ing the run for those with Leukemia.
And he wants as many UNL students
as possible to run with him.
“It’s fun,” he said. “Youdon’t need
to be a runner to do this. Just by being
-there for the kids makes you feel better
because the kids are so glad to sec you,
and it brightens their day.”
Smith, a senior business manage
ment major, raised about $3,000 for
the New York Marathon.
Ninety percent of the money went
to his sponsor child in Omaha, he
said, and the other 10 percent went for
the trip to New York.
“(If you) look at it as a challenge,
it’s rewarding the more you go along
with it,” Smith said. “The rewards
pay off.”
Smith said UNL students could
enjoy a trip to Hawaii if they got
involved with the Omaha Leukemia
Society.
“Look at it as a chance to go to
Hawaii and help a cancer patient by
raising money,” Smith said.
Smith, who will graduate in May,
said he hoped more UNL students
would get involved in the fund-rais
ing project.
“It’s a great program and a good
deal,” Smith said.
In addition to soaking up the sun,
students would be helping a good
cause by raising money for cancer
patients who need all the help and
support they can get, Smith said.
He has plenty of information for
those interested.
“1 am more than glad to be the
middleman for the students,” Smith
said.
Smith said his high finish in the
New York race took back seat to the
experience he received just being
around the Leukemia patients.
“We have a party a week or two
after the race with the kids that we
sponsor; that’s when it’s most re
warding,” Smith said.
RHA write-in party allowed to debate
Candidates stress
keeping in touch
with constituents
By Paula Lavigne
Senior Reporter
After a discussion over whether a
write-in party, the
Fishheads, would
be allowed to par
ticipate with the
three declared par
ties. Residence Hall
Associ at ion deba tes
J got underway Mon
day night.
Fishheads candidates Kris Larson
and Andrea Casart were not allowed
to participate in the question-and
answer section of the debate. How
ever, they were allowed the four min
utes to discuss their party’s platform.
Larson, current RHA vice presi
dent, said she had seen all the good
and bad points of RHA and wanted to
build on the good ones.
“We’re in it for the long haul,” she
said.
Casart said her party would ad
dress serious areas involving residence
hall government.
“Wc want to go to high schools to
recruit young leaders. We want a liai
son to ASUN and UPC,” she said.
Casart said RHA needed tosel time
1 im its on events whi le address ing more
specific issues.
Alliance party presidential candi
date J ames Mack iewicz said he wan ted
to “make people excited about living
in residence halls.” He said the Alli
an cc par ty wa nted to c rcatc more pi aces
for students to gather, such as a coffee
house or pizza place.
Communication between student
assistants, floor governments, resi
dents and RHA was necessary to
strengthen RHA’s voice on campus,
he said.
PRIORITY presidential candidate
and current RHA president Raqucl
Wright said she was willing to admit
she made mistakes in the past to ad
dress concerns she had for the future.
“Wc need to follow up on the work
of committee chairs,” she said. “We
plan on working jointly with housing
to work on smoking policies in the
halls.”
Wright said her proposal would
place smoking floors at the top of the
halls to combat the problems with
non-smokers.
Mark Stuevcn, PRIORITY vice
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We need one strong
voice in RHA, but we
need lots of little
voices to make that
up.
—Buttress
RHA vice presidential
candidate
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presidential candidate, said he was a
“politician at heart” because he worked
at the state capitol and could use that
experience in working with RHA.
Stuevcn said he would propose a lock
on parking fees.
“They’re imposing nearly a 100
percent increase, and I can’t stand it,”
he said.
Publicity and promoting residence
hall activities were the objectives of
Reform party candidates, presidential
candidate Christopher Abel and vice
presidential candidate Adam Buttress
said.
“We need one strongvoice in RHA,
but we need lots of little voices to
make that up,” Buttress said.
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