Inside Monday
Sports
■ NU crushes Pacific In 70-21 rout, Page 8-9
Arts & Entertainment
■ Country craze still alive In Lincoln, Page 12
PAGE 2: More violence expected in Haiti
September 26, 1994
Candidates
debate guns
and abortion
By Utottt—w Walt*
Senior Reporter
OMAHA — Candidates and campaign rep
resentatives for three different Nebraska po
litical offices squared off Sunday at a public
forum in Omaha.
Candidates for governor, U.S. Senate and
the 2nd congressional district answered writ
ten questions from more than 200 people at
the Jewish Community Center.
The forum was sponsored by the National
Association of Jewish Women and the Anti
Defamation League of B’nai B’rith.
Sen. Bob Kerrey, Rep. Peter Hoagland and
Republican gubernatorial candidate Gene
Spence faced campaign representatives from
Republican Senate candidate Jan Stoney, Gov.
Ben Nelson and 2nd district congressional can
didate Jon Christensen, a Republican.
Candidates were questioned about their
stance on gun control, school vouchers for a
private education, religion in the United States,
health care, and abortion.
Candidates tended to stick to party lines on
several issues. But all agreed there should be
some welfare reform and that the United States
should continue to support Israel.
The audience applauded for candidates wno
favored gun control and abortion rights.
The Democrats at the forum supported gun
control and the Republicans opposed it.
Bill Protexter, representing the Christensen
campaign, said his candidate opposed gun con
trol. He said Christensen didn’t believe con
trolling guns would deter crime.
As a boy, Spence said, he hunted every day
after school in Franklin. He said he was wor
ried gun control might infringe on the rights
of hunters.
Spence said the gun control issue changed
from place to place.
“When someone has a shotgun in New York,
you know what it’s for — it’s to kill,” he said.
“When someone has a shotgun in Western
Nebraska, you know what it’s for — to hunt.”
Hoagland read the Second Amendment of
the Constitution to the audience. He said the
amendment provided that there be a well regu
lated militia when colonists were afraid of a
strong central government taking over the new
country.
But, he said, the amendment never intended
that every citizen have the uninfringed right
to own a gun.
On the issue of health care, candidates
tended to agree that there were many questions
left to answer before reform would pass.
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Mike Fultz, right, an assistant football coach at Lincoln High and former UNL football play or, uses Mark Van
Optima, a law school exchange student from Holland, for a demonstration of shoulder pads and the game of
football In Selleck Hall Saturday.
Newcomers tackle Huskers’ game
By Wick Wlltg—i
Staff Reporter
International students at UNL got a taste
of Huskermania Saturday when a group of
former Nebraska football players introduced
them to the game.
Mike Fultz, an All-American who played
at Nebraska from 1973 to 1977, spoke to a
group of about 40 new international students
on the basics of the game.
During a special luncheon in Selleck
Residence Hall, he explained field goals and
first downs, and demonstrated the equip
ment players must wear.
“At each end of the 100-yard field is an
end zone. You want the Huskers to get the
ball into that end zone. When we do, it’s
called a touchdown," Fultz said.
“That’s when you cheer for Nebraska!"
He was joined by more recent football
players, including: Sedric Collins, who was
on the team from 1991 until this fall; Duane
Wiles, who was on the team in 1992; and
Trumane Bell, who played in the 1992 and
1993 seasons.
The international students formed
groups of five or six, and each group had
an American student host. The students and
the hosts ate lunch together and then at
tended the University of Nebraska vs. Uni
versity of Pacific game at Memorial Sta
dium.
The program, now in its second year
here, came out of a meeting of monthly stu
dent leaders, said James Griesen, vice chan
cellor for student affairs.
One student said that to most interna
tional students, “football” conjures up the
image of what Americans call soccer.
Griesen and the students agreed it would
be an interesting idea to start a program that
would acquaint international newcomers
with Nebraska’s sport of fame.
Linda Schwartzkopf, director of student
judicial affairs and co-host of the event, said
that Fultz, currently the assistant football
coach at Lincoln High School, also spoke
at last year’s event.
The reaction to Fultz’s appealing style
was so positive that the event was held again
this year, she said.
Mark Van Ophem, a graduate law stu
dent from Holland, was Fultz's demonstra
tion “dummy” during the program. He said
he liked football but the pauses were bor
ing.
“It’s not continuous, like soccer,” Van
Ophem said.
Graduate economics student Herwig
Wouters was among a half-dozen students
who were called outside to show off their
new football knowledge for a television sta
tion.
“I’m looking forward to seeing myself
acting stupid on the screen," Wouters said.
Toshiyuki Taki, a UNL student from Ja
pan, had no reservations about his excite
ment. As the Huskers scored touchdown
after touchdown in the first half, he shouted,
“We’re going to hit a hundred!"
One of the American hosts, Mike
Durkin, said it was an interesting event for
him.
“It’s nice to share a part of our culture
with them,” he said. “I’m from Massachu
setts, and the level of excitement here is
even a little weird for me.”
Alcohol-free nightclub may rock UNL campus
By Brian Sharp
Senior Reporter
Imagine an alcohol-free nightclub with disc
jockeys, dancing, comedians and live bands.
Now imagine that club in the Nebraska
Union.
David Bower, drug education coordinator
at the University Health Center, said the illu
sion should become a reality by next fall. The
club would be located in the Crib, he said, with
events scheduled various nights between
Thursdays and Saturdays.
“We’re really looking at doing this thing
up right,” Bower said. “Who’s to say how popu
lar this thing could be? If we make enough
money to keep us going and everybody has a
good time, that’s our main focus.”
Preventing underage drinking is Bower’s
focus. The club will be geared toward students,
especially those under age 21, he said.
Bower said the concept began last semes
ter, and officials had hoped a club could be
running by this fall. Many groups have tried
to set up clubs in the past, and they have fizzled
in a few months, he said. University of Ne
braska-Lincoln officials didn’t want to rush
things and take the chance of continuing that
trend, he added.
A nine-member steering committee for the
club was named about three weeks ago. The
committee includes representatives from uni
versity housing, the Nebraska Union, the greek
system, the health center and student affairs.
They are looking at clubs such as “The
Static Attic” at the University of Pacific in
Stockton, Calif., “The Gardens Garage” at
Maryland University in College Park, Ma., and
“Union Station” at Kansas State University in
Manhattan, Kan.
“There are a number of successful college
nightclubs on campuses throughout the coun
try,” Bower said. “We just have to find out
why.”
Teto Henderson has been manager of Union
Station since it began four years ago.
“We’re already too small,” Henderson said.
“We’re getting more and more popular as we
go along. We are here for the students and more
and more students are getting involved."
Union Station is located in the KSU stu
dent union and is open every day.
Like the projected UNL club, it started as
an alcohol-free alternative on the campus so
cial scene. But with the addition of delicates
sen food, that focus was soon lost and a diner
of sorts developed.
Jack Sills, KSU union director, said the club
took over what used to be an eight-lane bowl
ing alley, along with some additional space in
the union.
There’s a quiet comer for studying, a dance
floor with a built-in sound system and the bar,
which serves food and drink. The club has old
butcher-block tables and is decorated with uni
versity memorabilia. Sills said.
“The challenge... was adjusting,” Sills said.
“Adjusting to what students want is the secret.
If we were expecting it to survive on non-alco
hol drinks we wouldn’t have survived this
long.”
Henderson agreed, saying the non-alcohol
drinks had never become a problem or an is
sue. Soda is the beverage of choice, he said.
The biggest problem Henderson found was
being limited in what food he could sell. The
kitchen isn’t equipped with a fryer, he said,
which makes it difficult and costly to sell popu
lar items such as french fries.
For UNL, that challenge could be easily
overcome.
Daryl Swanson, director of the Nebraska
Unions, said he planned to talk with manag
ers of the union restaurants about the possibil
ity of keeping later hours, with hours possibly
as late as 1:30 a.m.
The look of the Crib poses the most imme
diate hurdle, Swanson said.
The location already provides seating for
about 200 people, dimming lights, a built in
stage, a small sound system and locking doors
to control entrance.
“The Crib would give us something to start
with,” he said. “But I don’t know if the ambi
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