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Nebraskan
EcHtorial Board
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
JeffZeleny.....Editor, 472-1766
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Campaign ‘94
Daily Nebraskan Endorsements
Ready to serve
Miller takes a stand; Hoch waffles
In the race for the 4th District seat for the NU Board of Regents,
one candidate has a plan that is well thought out; the other has
none.
Drew Miller already is prepared to be a member of the board.
Nancy Hoch has been a regent since 1982, but still is unprepared
In December, the regents will make a decision on a new engi
neering college at the University of Nebraska at Omaha, but Hoch
is not ready.
Hoch has publicly stated both her approval and disapproval of
the new college, depending on her audience. Her stance now is that
she’ll support the recommendation of NU President Dennis Smith.
Her indecision does not bode well.
On such a vital issue to the university, regents candidates should
make up their minds. They should,'with a vote looming, have come
to a conclusion. Hoch should not be hanging on the word of the
president.
While Hoch has felt out popular opinion, Miller has mapped out
the possibilities. Though his proposal would not keep a college
dean at UNL, (he’s proposed to rotate the dean between UNO and
UNL every five years) at least he’s considered the options.
Miller also would encourage NU to adopt techniques to control
administrative costs, something he has practiced in the business
world at ConAgra. He already has proposed a regent subcommittee
devoted to cutting costs.
Drew Miller is ready to step in as a regent The Daily Nebras
kan endorses him because he would bring a new perspective to the
board, something Nancy Hoch has failed to add in more than 10
years as a regent.
Tie-breaker
Regents need Hassebrook’s rural ties
Two qualified candidates arc running for the vacant 3rd District
seat for the NU Board of Regents.
Chuck Hassebrook, a program director at the Center for Rural
Affairs in Walthill, and Keith Vrbicky, a physician from Norfolk,
both are seeking the position
In this race, the Daily Nebraskan favors Hassebrook slightly
over Vrbricky because we feel Hassebrook’s representation of rural
Nebraska would add a needed perspective to the board.
Hassebrook’s focus on accessibility also is commendable.
Hassebrook said he worried that higher education was becoming
too expensive for many Nebraskans. He also said NU’s policy of
equal recognition of women and minorities would be one of his
priorities.
Both Vrbricky and Hassebrook are against the creation of a
separate engineering college at the University of Nebraska at
Omaha. Both favor NU President Dennis Smith's plan to assume
greater control over the university’s budget.
“He’s a very capable man,” Hassebrook said of Smith. “Some
times I agree with him, and sometimes I don’t.”
We agree that Hassebrook would be good for the NU Board of
Regents.
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Ignorance
The cries of ignorance once
again plea for a chance to be heard
through Daily Nebraskan columnist
Jamie Karl (DN, Oct. 29,1994).
Since no one has actually quoted
me, one of the whiny applicants, I
intend to speak for myself on this
Homecoming issue and once again
“poop on the party.”
The intentions Kwani and I had
when deciding to appeal the
Homecoming Royalty selection
process were to point out the
inconsistencies and gray matter. If
the main application stipulations
had been clear and adhered to,
there would not have been three
extra people added to the candidate
total, and applicants could not use
university-affiliated activities as
university-related activities for
application requirements.
There were also indications that
the main criteria by which the
applicants were to be judged was
overridden by a completely
different category. Shall 1 continue
...?
1 nese were our main points,
overlooked from the beginning.
Neither one of us was asking to
automatically be Homecoming
royalty or to receive an interview
(which we both rightfully deserved)
solely based on the color of our
skin.
As Andy Vuko, Homecoming
royalty chairperson, so ‘eloquently’
said: “There’s nothing (on the
application) that says please mark
your religion, your race.’’ But it
didn’t take a rocket scientist to
figure those things out. Race and
ethnicity were shown through our
essays, community-related activi
ties, honors, awards and scholar
ships, and some university-related
activities.
We represent those people who
feel left out of Homecoming each
year: nongreeks, on-campus
residents, off-campus residents,
athletes and people of color (to
name a few). Nobody cares about
Homecoming, or votes in its
election, because it is not an
inclusive event representing the
diversity on campus.
No one knows the candidates.
As a matter of fact, a good question
to ask is: “Why is this whole
process so secretive?” Why can
students not see the candidates’
applications to see what contribu
tions candidates have given to this
campus as leaders?
So, Mr. Karl, when you men
tioned in your irrelevant article that
I felt the selection process was
biased ... you bet I do! When the
chairwoman of the Homecoming
royalty committee makes a remark
like: “Ayanna, hopefully, after all
this is over we can be friends. And,
hopefully, you won’t try to jump
me on campus,” I tend to feel like
the odds were definitely against
me.
As for your whole bit on slavery
and that “30 million black Ameri
cans have achieved a measure of
prosperity and freedom ...” save
that verbal diarrhea and total
misconception for another day.
Ayanna Boykins
senior
art education
Bret Gottschall/DN
Goal Posts
Let me see if I have this right.
When dealing with the UNL police,
it is more dangerous to walk down
Holdrege Street in a lawful manner
than to unlawfully destroy state
($8,000 goal posts) and private
(ABC television camera) property
in Memorial Stadium? What kind
of mixed messages are the UNL
police sending?
Why was the word put out on
Friday that no attempt would be
made to stop fans from tearing
down the goal posts? Why, instead,
wasn’t it announced that video
cameras would be focused on each
goal post, and any UNL student
who was identified attempting to or
tearing down a goal post would be
subject to the university’s disciplin
ary code?
Why wasn’t it announced that
any nonstudent who was identified
attempting to or tearing down the
{’oal post would be subject to state
aw and would be dealt with in
such a manner? By announcing no
attempt to stop this vandal istic
attack would be made, isn’t it
logical to assume that the UNL
police are liable for the damage
subsequent to their tIHbted • • > ;
announcement?
Why should the UNL athletic
department have to assume the cost
to replace the vandalized goal
posts? It’s about time that we as
students demand more from the
“campus cops” than merely being a
bunch of bureaucratic meter maids.
If I was Tom Osborne or ‘‘Slick
Wil lie- the-ticket-price- raiser”
Byrne, the goal post bill would go
to the UNL Police.
Harold Houser
graduate student
political science
Good Luck
I feel somewhat obligated to
write this letter, since I was all set
to write a really nasty letter to the
DN after the Buffs trampled your
beloved Comhuskers; and I, in
turn, got lynched after the game.
Well, neither happened, and I
must commend the Husker fans for
being pretty decent about the whole
ordeal. I did receive several
negative comments while making
my way to my seat, but trash
talking is an integral part of all
sports. And as the game wore on
and a Husker victory became
eminent, a few comments were
mostly good-natured and consola
tory.
So I escaped from Memorial
Stadium embarrassed but un
scathed. I have to hand it to the
Husker fans few being courteous —
and even somewhat humble —
winners. I don’t know what would
have happened had the Buffs
actually won, but I guess I’ll have
to wait until ’96 to find out.
Congratulations to the Huskers
and all of their fans. They beat the
best team in the nation on Saturday
and deserve to win it all. I'm
rooting for you from tore on out.
Good luck in the Orange BowJ.
As for my beaten Buffaloes, I’m
left with the lingering thought of
the Nebraska state motto: ‘‘There’s
always next year.”
Mike Meyer
sophomore
English