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Term Continued from Pagel to place the issue on the ballot didn’t have enough signatures. Though the latest petition was “so flawed and so poorly drafted,” Chambers said he expected the district court to rule as it did. Chambers said lower courts were reluctant to make radical de cisions on controversial issues. “When the potato’s too hot, they pass it on, and this one’s smok ing,” Chambers said. Ally Milder of Nebraskans For Term Limits said she was delighted by the decision. She said argu ments against Measure 408 were weak. Milder said an overwhelming majority of Nebraskans would sup port the term limit amendment. She said the rest of the country was the same way; 16 states already . have term limits, and six states will vote on them today. “People feel the system is cor rupt,” she said. “They want change and think term lim iting is the way.” Milder said elections were so skewed in favor of incumbents that challengers were often over matched. She said term limits evened the playing field and gave citizens a greater role in govern ment. Chambers, however, said advo cates of term limits were shooting themselves in the foot. He said politicians facing a limited term would succumb to special inter ests. They also would seek per sonal gain without regard to the political consequences. Chambers said voting incum bents out of office was the sure way for citizens to keep control of government. Rebuild Continued from Page 1 happened to one member directly affected 70 to 80 members. Good from bad But even with all the recent bad publicity, the incident was not with out a silver lining, he said. The parents of new pledges were pleased that a graduate student would be living with their sons, Spitzenberger said. Thev know noth ing bad will happen under his super vision. The incident had a positive effect on the remaining members, too, he said. “It strengthened the guys here who chose to stay,” he said. “They have a higher sense of commitment.” Mike Johnson, a Fiji officer and a junior biology major, said that for a few months after the incident, frater nity members did not know whether they would still have a chapter at UNL. “We all stuck together,” he said, “and it brought us much closer.” Johnson said he was disappointed the other greek houses wanted to kick Fiji off campus instead of sticking together. “They voted 22-1 to boot us off,” he said. But Johnson said he had seen an improvement in other fraternity’s at titudes toward Fiji. “I have friends in a lot of other houses, and they know we’re trying to rebuild,” he said. “And we’re do ing good things, and we’re making good progress.” Looking ahead Their progress has pleased Jayne Wade Anderson, director of greek affairs. Anderson said the Fiji house had complied with the sanctions and the code of conduct. “They’re moving ahead and try ing to do the right thing,’’ she said. “I think they’ve handled it well.” Anderson said she did not know how long the memory of the Knoll incident would remain a part of the Fiji identity. “Hopefully, there will be a day when someone says, ‘Yeah, some thing tragic happened once, but I can’t remember who that was,”’ she said. Spitzenberger said the incident should not be forgotten, but it should be put in perspective. “When the members start losing focus of what happened, I have to try to put it into balance,” he said. “Look ing back and not learning doesn’t help anybody. “They’ve just got to get beyond it and move forward.” l/‘ ' -N YOU’RE LOOKING AT TWO COMPLETELY OPPOSITE, FUNDAMENTALLY DIFFERENT WAYS TO INVEST IN STOCKS. WE RECOMMEND BOTH. 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