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COVERING THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA SINCE 1901 VOL. 94 NO. 58 _
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next two months picking up yard signs.
Campaigners reflect on season
By JtfF Bamtall
Staff Reporter
For many campaign workers, the days
after the election felt much like the days
after Christmas.
Campaigners’ post-election emotions
included satisfaction, disappointment, stress
and relief — all at the same time.
Joe Kelly, campaign press agent for Gov.
Ben Nelson, summed up his thoughts about
the campaign in three words: “It was great.”
Nelson defeated challenger Gene Spence
by a 48 percent margin to earn another four
years in office.
Kelly has worked on numerous cam
paigns, he said, but he had suspended his
career as political animal for several yean.
His return to politics and Nelson’s campaign
this year was simply “for something to do,”
Ire said.
Kelly said he was pleased with every as
pect of the campaign.
“I think we ran a positive campaign, es
pecially internally,” he said. “Everyone in
volved worked eagerly, promptly and with
real enthusiasm. The total cooperation of
the candidate and volunteers was terrific. I
have nothing to complain about.”
Doug Patton, campaign communications
director for Jon Christensen, said the nights
of the primary and general elections were
“emotional high points” that he would not
soon forget.
Christensen defeated incumbent Peter
Hoagland in a tight race to take the 2nd
District House of Representatives seat. The
margin of victory was about 1,800 votes.
“Obviously, I’m elated to have been a
Krt of such an extraordinary campaign,”
tton said. “With all the changes that were
made in government this year, I really feel
like I have taken part in history.”
The Christensen campaign was Patton’s
first serious involvement with politics, an
experience he called positive.
“It’s exciting; it’s a lot of work,” he said.
“But it's not just a job; it’s an opportunity
to make a difference and to be a part of his
tory in the making. Looking back, it doesn’t
seem like work at all.”
Those who supported losing candidates
had the extra challenge of dealing with the
fact that their hard work didn’t lead to vic
tory.
Jack Cheloha, campaign manager for
Patrick Combs, said he had mixed feelings
when he looked back at the campaign.
Combs was defeated in his bid for the 1st
District seat in the House of Representa
lives.
“It’s hard not to feel disappointed after
going through so much,” Cheloha said.
“The candidate, the volunteers, they have
all worked very hard over the past year, and
to come up short was very disappointing.”
Although the loss was disappointing,
Cheloha said, the experience was positive.
“I was glad to have had the opportunity
to develop personal relationships with both
the candidate and all of the volunteer staff,”
he said.
Winding down the campaign was an ex
tensive process that required legal, mental
and physical actions, Cheloha said. The few
days after the campaign will be spent pack
ing boxes, paying bills, filing reports and
thanking supporters.
Brent Rose, campaign manager for
Spence, said ending a campaign always was
a difficult experience.
“Campaigns are just like a game,” Rose
said. “Win or lose, it’s always hard to walk
away."
Strong personal relationships developed
during the campaign, he said.
“There are no glory jobs in a political
campaign,” he said. “Everyone is working
side by side, trying to get the job done.
City issues
no-tolerance
gang policy
BylffaMitharp
Senior Reporter
Lincoln is quietly at war.
“We will not cede one house, one block, one
neighborhood to gangs,” Lincoln Police Chief
Tom Casady said. “We stand for an absolute
no-tolerance policy.”
Casady said Thursday that gang activity still
was in its early stages in Lincoln, and that's
how he wanted it to stay.
Casady's statements came at a press con
ference following the release of the
department's stepped-up approach to dealing
with gangs: “Gang Activity In the City of Lin
coln — A Strategy for Prevention and Re
sponse.”
Mayor Mike Johanns said communication
was the key when it came to battling gangs.
Ignoring the issue wouldn't make it go away,
he said.
“We would be less than candid with our
community if we attempted to say that we do
not have gang activity in the city of Lincoln,”
Johanns said. “But that does not mean we, as
a community, need to surrender to that activ
ity.”
More than 50 police officers also attended
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4-H committee
won’t be asked
about its vote
■y Matthew Waite
Senior Reporter
Members of a committee who voted to
change a 4-H camp’s policy regarding sexual
orientation will not be questioned about their
actions, the director of affirmative action and
diversity said on Thursday.
The committee, which oversees a 4-H camp
in Gretna, voted 20-15 last month to remove
sexual orientation from the camp’s nondis
crimination policy.
Eric Jolly said the committee members t)ad
a right to voice their opinions.
“People have the right to vote,” Jolly said.
But their vote was meaningless, University
of Nebraska-Lincoln spokeswoman Phyllis
Larsen said. The committee had no right to
narrow the nondiscrimination policy, she said.
They must comply with the university’s policy,
which includes sexual orientation.
Ray Massey, however, was removed last
Wednesday from a search committee for a new
director for the Southeast Research and Ex
tension Center, which oversees programs such
as 4-H.
Massey came before the camp committee,
of which he is not a member, and proposed to
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New regents work on strategies, goals for university
Hassebrook plans to focus
on Nebraska farm families
RyJaff Randall
Staff Reporter
After learning of his victory in the 3rd Dis
trict regent race, Chuck Hassebrook began
looking to the future.
Hassebrook defeated challenger Keith
Vrbicky by a narrow margin in a tightly con
tested race that Vrbicky described as “positive
... with integrity.” Hassebrook won 52 percent
of the vote.
Hassebrook said that once seated, his main
concerns would be the ones he emphasized in
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the campaign.
“Obviously, I’m glad to have won,”
Hassebrook said, “but now I have to start on
the more serious problems I sec in the univer
sity system.”
Hassebrook said he had set goals but still
was considering strategies.
He will focus much of his attention on av
erage Nebraskan farm families, a group he
thinks has been underrepresented in the past,
Hassebrook said.
“I plan on hying to refocus agricultural pro
Jjrams to more accurately address the family
arm and the problems it faces,” he said.
Rising tuition costs must be curbed to make
higher education affordable for average Ne
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Miller to request study
of administration efficiency
By Chad Lorenz _
Staff Reporter
The newly elected 4th District NU regent
already has a strategy to battle the university's
budget crunch in 1995.
Drew Miller said he wanted to cut admin
istrative costs to fund other areas of the uni
versity, such as the libraries and engineering
programs.
Miller defeated two-term incumbent Nancy
Hoch on Tuesday by winning 54 percent of the
vote.
He said his first move would be to create a
regent subcommittee to evaluate the efficiency
of the University of Nebraska administration.
Miller said his background in business, edu
cation and public policy gave him a sound base
for implementing his plan. Miller was a man
ager ot special projects and corporate planning
for ConAgra and is chairman of the Sarpy
County Board.
Another issue the regents may address next
year is a proposal to create a separate engi
neering college in Omaha, he said The board
is scheduled to decide the issue before the new
members take office.
But Miller said the new board could recon
sider the proposal. Even if the board sticks with
the December decision, members still will have
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