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Marintzer Continued from Page 1 campaign in fall of 1995, Marintzer said, when he decided to go ahead and try for the top. “I really decided to go into it then and not turn back,” he said. With the help of his running mate, Jason Bynum, Marintzer said, he was able to gain the support he needed. “We sat down and thought about it all,” Marintzer said. “I started talking to people.” Marintzer is no stranger to ASUN either. He’s been involved with student government since his freshman year. That year, he ran on presidential candidate Andrew Loudon’s slate as senator for the Division of Gen eral Studies — and won. His sophomore year, Marintzer served as vice chairman of the Com mittee for Fees Allocation. This year, he was chairman of the Government Liaison Commit tee. “That was a big job,” Marintzer said. “It’s something I’ve been in volved with since I was a fresh man.” Now one of his jobs will be trying to change the apathy stu dents have toward ASUN, he said, which was shown by the low elec tion turnout. “It’s unfortunate most students don’t realize how much is affected by student government,” Marintzer said, “whether it’s keeping tuition down or free hot dogs before foot ball games.” To get stronger student support,. “It's unfortunate most students don't realize how much is affected by student government — whether it’s keeping tuition down or free hot dogs before football games. ” ERIC MARINTZER ASUN president-elect he said, he and his party need to reach out and talk to more student organizations. But students need to be willing to listen and care about ASUN, Marintzer said. “It’s a two-fold situation,” he said. “Students have to want to lis ten.” So far, students have been want ing to talk to him. His phone was practically ring ing off the hook Thursday with stu dents offering congratulations, he said. “There’s been quite a few phone calls ” Marintzer said. “Everyone’s been positive, and there’s been a great outpouring of congratulations. It’s been great.” Marintzer will take office on March 27. As he looks to the year ahead, he said it should be positive. “I’m very optimistic about at taining our goals,” he said. “I’m going to give it a heck of a shot.” Even EZ-er than 1040EZ. yfuni Department of the Treasury ■■■ Y/xA'I' Internal Revenue Service 852 ■ Changing for good. It’s free. It’s fast. It works. Warehouse Sale 3 Days Only! Friday-Saturday-Sunday Huge Savings on Championship T-Shirts, NFL Jackets, Magazines and More!!! 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UNL does not discriminate in its academic, admission or employment programs, and abides by all federal regulations pertaining to same. Judge to decide on UNK lawsuit By Chad Lorenz Senior Reporter Making Douglas Rader live in a University of Nebraska at Kearney residence hall would not be like send ing him to a prison, a university attor ney said Thursday. “Mr. Rader, by living in a residence hall, will not be locked up by the uni versity,” said John Wiltse, NU associ ate general counsel during closing arguments in U.S. District Court. Rader has filed a civil lawsuit against the NU Board of Regents seek ing an injunction to live off campus in the Christian Student Fellowship house as a freshman. Jefferson Downing, the UNK freshman’s attorney, said in his clos ing arguments that his client was de nied freedom of religion by having to live in university housing. Rader, 18 of Trumbull, should be granted an exception to the freshman on-campus residency requirement, Downing said. U.S. Magistrate Judge David Piester is expected to make a quick ruling on the case because the last day of classes at the university is May 3. Rader, who will turn 19 in May, is living in the Christian Student Fellowship house while the lawsuit is pending. He requested permission in March 1994 to live there so he could live in an environment that supported his reli gious beliefs. Officials at UNK denied the re quest, and Rader filed a civil suit against the University of Nebraska Board of Regents last August. The university requires that fresh man students under the age of 19 live in university housing unless they are married or live with parents or legal guardians. The university has granted excep tions to freshmen for medical reasons, family circumstances or authorization from a university regent, Downing said, butdiscriminated against the religious. “Once the government opens the door, it cannot be slammed shut in the face of religion,” Downing said. Rader said he thought he would be surrounded in the residence halls by immoral behavior such as profanity, alcohol and substance abuse, and pre marital sex. But his problem was of conve nience, not constitutional rights, Wiltse said. Rader still could go to the Chris tian Student Fellowship house to pray and be with friends. Wiltse referred to Rader’s own tes timony during which he said his faith would remain intact even if forced to live in the residence halls. Downing said Rader had provided sufficient proof that he would be nega tively affected by living in residence halls. UNK didn’t care if a student lived in university housing or not, because there was no policy for students who paid to live in the residence halls and actually lived elsewhere, Downing said. “It isn’t the freshmen-live-on-cam pus policy. This is a student-sign-thc conlract-and-pay-your-rent policy.” Agenda Continued from Page 1 Omaha Sen. Ernie Chambers’ bill that would raise the state’s speed limit to 75 mph is still awaiting a first-round vote. But Beutlcr said senators were try ing to get to all of the bills and hadn’t been holding legislation up with lengthy, breathy debate. “Everyone is making an effort to move things along,” he said. “There hasn’t been any extreme debate.” Sen. Kate Witek of Omaha said there was a simple reason why things seemed to be moving slowly. “We introduce far too many bills,” she said. Witek,*who introduced nine bills this session — her highest number since she came to the Unicameral in 1992 — said the abundance of pro posed legislation meant senators were not able to focus on bills in the com mittees. “We wouldn’t have all the debate on the floor if we would have had the time to work on the bills in commit tee,” she said. But Witek said that floor debate had not yet reached the crisis point. “It’s been more in the direction of improving bills so that we aren’t pass ing pieces of junk,” she said. Senators will take a three-day week end before beginning the second full week of floor debate on Monday. Because today is mystery meat day It's everyvA\ev& you want to be?
