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Sports ■ Comhuskers get ready for Colorado, See special section Weekend Preview ■ The Millions play tonight at Le Cafe Shakes, Page 7 PAGE 2: Syria's Assad wants withdrawal for peace COVERING THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA SINCE 1901 VOL. 94 NO. 48 _ Bereuter, Combs face off By Brian Sharp Senior Reporter Congress is ineffective; that much they could agree on. But candidates in the 1st congres sional district race couldn't agree on who was to blame. Rep. Doug Bereuter and Demo cratic candidate Patrick Combs faced off Thursday night at the Nebraska Educational Television studios in their last debate. Bereuter said the Democratic ma jority in Congress was not showing effective leadership on tough issues like health care and deficit reduction. But Combs blamed the deficiency on a “good-old-boy mentality” with incumbents entrenched in ideas that were out of touch with people back home. What we ve got going in Wash ington right now is not working,” Combs said. “It has failed us.” When moderator Ed Howard, of the Associated Press, brought up tom limits, the disagreements continued. Combs said he would support term limits because the people have said they support them. Combs said he would limit his own terms if elected. When the question was posed to Bereuter, he said he wouldn’t vote for them at this time. If term limits are enacted, he said, it should be done by Constitutional amendment, or in dividual states will suffer. If Nebraska adopted term limits, Bereuter said, no representative would ever chair another committee in Washington, because they wouldn’t be there long enough to gar ner support. One issue the candidates could agree on, at least somewhat, was the balanced budget amendment. Both said they were in favor of such an amendment, but the current proposal was flawed “It’s not perfect,” Combs said, “but it’s a step in the right direction.” Bereuter said the United States had not had a balanced budget in the past 30 years. He has supported such an amendment for the majority of his nine terms, he said, an amendment that would include spending limits. The majority of the debate was spent on health care. So much so that at one point Combs said they were “beating a dead horse ” Bereuter said the current system was faced with tremendous inefficien cies and any proposal should start from scratch. See DEBATE on 6 ^-““““— jaff Hadw/DN Mambara aT Alpha Qamma Sigma seraam and yall at tha pap rally bafara thay ga an to da thalr act far tha Huskar Howl cantaat Thursday night at tha Callaauni. \ Husker football fans a peppy bunch ly Brian in—n Staff Reporter Excited Comhusker fans gath ered at the Nebraska Coliseum Thursday night for the homecom /zj/r XV'^'V' oiuucms ui the Univer sity of Ne / / b r a s k a • Jr\Whelped spon / sor the rally I _J5< Vg; meant to ex cite the cam I a pus about l a _— Saturday’s 200th con secutive sellout football game. NU football players and head football coach Tom Osborne at tended the fan-motivating event. “We would like to see a lot of enthusiasm on Saturday. We hope that we can represent you well out on the field,” Osborne told the au dience. Left comerback Barron Miles and offensive tackle Rob Zatechka also addressed the enthusiastic crowd. Both players said the game against the University of Colorado Buffaloes was going to be a good one, and that tne whole team ap preciated the student support. The homecoming royalty, the Husker Yell Squad and the Scarlet Sensations also did their part to get the crowd revved up. Sigma Phi Epsilon performed their version of “ESPN College Gameday” to win the Husker Howl skit competition. The competition judged which skit, performed by UNL students, showed the most support for the team. Matt Sweney, a UNL varsity cheerleader, said the excitement at the rally showed the entire cam pus was behind the team. “There seems to be a strong show of support for the game, Sweney said. ASUN President Andrew Loudon said the event was a good way to get people ready for the homecoming game. “This is one of the best pep ral lies I've seen in the four years I’ve been here.” Loudon said. “It was a great way to keep all of the stu dents motivated for Saturday’s game” Osborne said he was happy about the support fans showed at the rally, but he also encouraged them to be courteous and respect ful toward Colorado Saturday. Homecoming week festivities continue today with a bonfire at “It was a great way to keep all of the students motivated for Saturday's game." ■ ANDREW LOUDON ASUN president Broyhill Fountain at 6 p.m. ASUN and KFRX radio station will host a tailgate party with free hotdogs and soda Saturday from 9 a m to 10:30 a.m. The Huskers take on the Buffaloes at 11 a.m. at Me morial Stadium. MIomN* PsmUhm/DN Amartean Indian past and artist Linda Anfuso shows a tex tlls class on last Campus sama of her works mada of pa par and fabrle. Artist, poet catching her dreams ■y Paula Lavlgni Senior Reporter A black ring interwoven with col ored strings hangs over Linda Anfuso’s hotel beef The ring is a “dream catcher” — an American In dian charm said to hold good dreams and destroy bad ones. Anfuso s dream catcher is over flowing. “Whether it’s true or not, I like what it symbolizes; I’m capturing my dreams,’* she said. Anfuso, an American Indian who has muscular dystrophy, has over come discrimination and physical obstacles to become a multimillion aire and a renowned poet and artist. She will be giving a storytelling demonstration tonight at 7:30 p.m. at Southeast Community College Auditorium, along with Eric Jolly, assistant to the chancellor and direc tor of the Office of Affirmative Ac tion and Diversity at the University of Ncbraska-Lincoln. Tickets are $5 for adults and $3 for children and will benefit the Rape/ Spouse Abuse Program. Anfuso has been in Lincoln this week giving class lectures and dem onstrations on art, poetry, business, ethics and American Indian issues. When she arrived from New Hampshire on Sunday, Anfuso re ceived a pumpkin carved in her like ness. “I’m immortalized in gourd,” she said, laughing. This small tribute shows little of Anfuso’s accomplishments. Her poetry, published in the books “Stolen Daughter” and “Red Coat,” defines herself, her heritage and her emotions. “I love the vision and richness of language," she said. “1 love the way words are spun together." She said she started writing po etry to survive when she was a child. See POET on 3