Political campaigns employ UNL students
Campaigning
offers pay,
class credit
By Angle Schemtt
Staff Reporter "
PC might not stand for politi
cally correct for some UNL stu
dents.
For students working for can
didates running for office, it could
stand for “political campaign.”
Because this is an election year,
student volunteers are working
hard to get their candidates' names
out before voting day.
Sophomore Joe Cipolla is presi
dent of Students for Kerrey. Bob
Kerrey, a Democrat, is running for
re-election to the U.S. Senate
against Republican candidate Jan
Stoney.
“I put in 30-plus hours a week,
at least,” he said.
Cipolla also is a member of Re
publicans for Kerrey, where he
works as a paid intern. In addition
to the pay, he receives six credit
hours from the political science
department.
Political science professor Rob
ert Miewald said Political Science
395, the class that gives the credit,
has been offered for about 20 years.
“If students do more than stuff
ing envelopes and putting up yard
signs, and they work with many
significant aspects of the cam
paign, they can get credit for that
work,” Miewald said.
In addition to volunteering at a
political campaign, students can
work in a senator’s office or at dif
ferent organizations, Miewald
said.
Senior Kyle McCormick, a po
litical science major, works for
Patrick Combs, who is running
against Doug Bereuter for the 1st
District seat in the U.S. House of
Representatives. McCormick, who
is the campaign’s field director and
volunteer coordinator, said he gets
paid and works about 60 hours a
week.
“Volunteers go to parades, they
do phone work, and they do gen
eral office and clerical work,”
McCormick said.
Working as a volunteer is also
a good way to get your foot in the
door for later political work.
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McCormick said.
He began as a volunteer for two
weeks, and then was approached
for a paid position.
They also can inform people
what their candidates’ policies are
or let others know what events are
going on with the campaign. Vol
unteers have campaigned before
football games and at the state fair,
he said.
Before NU’s football game
against the University of Pacific
James MehsKng/DN
Saturday, freshmen Amy Williams
and Tammi Reichel handed out
rosters containing advertisements
for Stoney.
Williams, a chemical engineer
ing major, and Reichel, an ac
counting major, both said they had
no interest in getting involved in
politics later on but believed in
their candidate.
“I volunteer about two hours a
week,” Williams said.
Williams also volunteered for
me \jeurge Dusn lor rresiaent
campaign in 1992 when she was
in high school.
Reichel is a member of College
Republicans and had been a mem
ber of the Young Republicans in
high school.
“It’s a great, free way to get in
volved on campus and in the com
munity,” Reichel said. “It’s also a
great way to meet people.”
Students from colleges and uni
versities across the state volunteer
for political campaigns. Students
from the University of Nebraska at
Omaha also were handing out ros
ters and stickers for Stoney before
the game.
Tricia Bruning, a senior politi
cal science major, is state coordi
nator for Students for Kerrey. She
oversees all the Students for Kerrey
chapters in Nebraska.
“Doane, Creighton and Wayne
State all have Students for Kerrey
organizations,” she said.
Sophomore English major
Genelle Campbell is another stu
dent involved with Kerrey’s cam
paign. She had been a volunteer
but was promoted to an intern and
will receive political science credit.
“Working on a political cam
paign is fun, and it looks great on
a resume,” she said. “In order to
get an internship, you have to have
experience.”
Volunteering is the best way to
get experience and to network, she
said. Even if the volunteering
doesn’t pay right away, it doesn’t
cost anything to join the campaign,
Campbell said.
Freshman Will Stanley, a politi
cal science major, said he saw a
booth for College Republicans at
Big Red Welcome and signed up.
He now volunteers about 10 hours
a week for the Stoney campaign.
“I’ve always been interested in
politics. I do it for both the sup
port and the experience," Stanley
said.
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University’s enrollment drops
3.6 percent since fall of 1993
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Enrollment at the University of Nebraska
has decreased 3.6 percent since last fall.
The number of students enrolled on all four
NU campuses has decreased from 51,342 in
the fall of 1993 to its current enrollment of
49,502, a decrease of 1,840 students. The num
bers include undergraduate, graduate and pro
fessional studies.
With a 2.8 percent increase, the University
of Nebraska Medical Center was the only NU
campus to show an increase in enrollment.
UNMC added 75 students to its 1993 fall total
of 2,703.
Enrollment at the University of Nebraska
Lincoln campus decreased 2.5 percent, a 606
student drop from 24,695. The Omaha and
Kearney campuses had more dramatic de
creases, 5.3 percent for Omaha (848 students)
and 5.7 percent for Kearney (461 students).
The University of Nebraska at Keamey re
ported 8,045 students for fall 1993, whereas
the University of Nebraska at Omaha had
15,899 at that time.
Graduate enrollment, however, has in
creased at all four campuses. UNL saw its num
ber of graduate students rise 7 percent, or 311
students, from its previous report of 4,421.
UNO reported the second-largest increase,
119 students or 4.6 percent, in graduate stu
dents. It previously had 2,588 students.
UNK saw an increase of 27 graduate stu
dents, 2.4 percent, from 1,105. UNMC gained
eight graduate students, an increase of 2.2 per
cent.
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ance is something that students would look for
in that type of setting.”
The Crib could not be changed into a per
manent club, Swanson said, at least for the time
being.
“It would have to be dual purpose,”
Swanson said. “A student lounge by day and
nightclub by night. We can ill afford to desig
nate space to a single purpose.”
Depending on the popularity of the club, a
more permanent change could still be added
to the proposed future renovation of the Ne
braska Union.
There is nothing about a club in the pro
gram statement now, he said, but like the club,
renovation plans are still in the early stages.
Bower said the concept for an alcohol-free
nightclub was announced at a deans and di
rectors meeting in the spring. Swanson said
he immediately volunteered the Crib as a pos
sible location.
A 17-item survey of200 students from greek
houses, residence halls and academic classes
just before the end of the spring semester indi
cated that 86 percent wanted tne club.
Of those, 82 percent said they would be
willing to pay a $2 to $3 cover charge. Bower
said.
Swanson said additional funding could
come from both Fund A and Fund B student
fees.
The Nebraska Union and University Health
Center, which receive Fund B fees, nave al
ready said they were willing to commit some
money toward the project, he said. Organizers
plan to ask the University Program Council,
student government and other organizations
receiving Fund A allocations for additional
support.
Bower said it would be impossible for one
department to shoulder a project this large. In
the coming year, he said, the committee plans
to contact as many organizations as possible
to widen the scope and the responsibility.
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