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* Travis Heying/DN
Gov. Ben Nelson checks out his “Choose or Lose” button Wednesday afternoon at Broyhill Plaza. Nelson visited the
MTV “Choose or Lose” bus, which is touring the country to encourage students to take part in the election process.
MTV bus fuels voting drive
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Staff Reporter
A long, brightly painted bus blaring mu
sic and attracting hordes of students doesn’t
l happen every day on Broyhill Plaza.
But this was the MTV “Choose or Lose”
bus, and the point was to be loud.
Volunteers from several campus groups
were registering students to vote. Many stu
dents were there to enjoy the weather, and
others just wanted to see the bus.
The inside of the bus — with its animal
print, plush furniture, a multi-colored, glass
chip top table, and “Choose or Lose” logos
on the floor — is as loud as the outside, and
it’s also the spot where probable GOP presi
dential nominee Bob Dole was interviewed
by MTV’s Tabitha Sorcn.
But the bus was just a way to attract stu
dent attention to an important issue.
Shannon Jacobs, the advance coordina
tor for the “Choose or Lose” tour, said the
main objective of the campaign was to get
students registered.
She said the number of student-age vot
ers increased in the 1992 election, reversing
a 25-year trend, largely because of the work
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Nelson talks technology on camera
By Todd Anderson
Staff Reporter
Gov. Ben Nelson had a few minutes of
MTV fame Wednesday afternoon when he
spoke for an MTV camera in front of the
“Choose or Lose” bus.
After being pinned with a “Choose or
Lose” button, Nelson talked about how Ne
braska was using technology to make com
munication between voters and public of
ficials easier.
He said the World Wide Web sites set
up by the governor’s office and the Legis
lature allowed voters and public officials
to reach people as quickly and efficiently
as possible.
“We’re eliminating the consequences of
geography,” Nelson said.
He aiso spoke about the rising costs of
education.
Nelson, a graduate of the University of
Nebraska-Lincoln, said he realized the tre
'Were eliminating the
consequences of
geography. ”
BEN NELSON
Governor
mendous expense of higher education to
day, especially when compared to the cost
of education when he was a student.
“It’s very difficult for students to earn
their way through college today,” Nelson
said.
“A lot of things have changed. We’ve
continued to expand the state’s contribu
tion to higher education in Nebraska,” he
said.
“But it’s never enough or as much as
you’d like it to be.”
Session on
‘partial-birth’
abortions
improbable
By Ted Taylor . * V
Senior Reporter
A special legislative session later this year
to deal with a controversial abortion procedure
performed in the state is unlikely but possible,
a spokeswoman for Gov. Ben Nelson said
Wednesday.
Dara Troutman, Nelson’s press secretary, was
speaking in regards to a letter Nelson received
from Metro Right to Life in Omaha.
The letter urged the governor to call a spe
cial session to discuss and ultimately pass leg
islation to ban “partial-birth” abortions in Ne
braska.
The controversy revolves around President
Clinton’s veto last week of the Partial Birth
Abortion Act passed by Congress.
The U.S. House is expected to gather enough
votes to override the president’s veto, but the
vote is still uncertain in the Senate.
The bill, HR1833, would make it illegal to
partially deliver a fetus before killing it and then
continue with the delivery.
Troutman said Nelson supported Metro
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Rising gas costs
Global politics
raise prices
at the pumps
By Chad Lorenz
Senior Reporter
A long, cold winter and ongoing negotiations
between Iraq and the United Nations continue
to boost gasoline prices at Nebraska pumps.
“It’s always normal to see an increase this
time of year, but not this drastic,” said Larry
Kinyon, research analyst for the Nebraska De
partment of Energy.
The average price of unleaded gasoline in
Nebraska has gone up 15 cents per gallon since
the beginning of the year, according to an
American Automobile Association Nebraska
fuel survey. The price has risen 5 cents in the
past two weeks.
The weekly average price for unleaded gaso
line in Nebraska was $ 1.29 per gallon, and $ 1.27
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Matt Miller/DN
Elie Wiesel speaks at the
Lied Center for Performing
Arts Tuesday.
learnfront living history; Wieselsays
By Julie Sobczyk
Senior Reporter
Elie Wiesel survived the horror
of the Holocaust during World War
II.
Now the world-famous author
fears that as time passes, people will
forget the horror he lived through
and the six million Jews that died.
“I’m afraid of this event being
diluted — trivialized,” he said.
“This is happening now.”
To keep the memory of the Ho
locaust alive, Wiesel said, people
should listen to the message of the
survivors.
“The words 'I was there’ are
strong” he said. “We will all die.
Wc need to hear the testimony that
is left.”
Victims, survivors and killers of
the Holocaust have left documents
behind, Wiesel said, and people
should take advantage of those writ
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“No event in history has been
documented as much as this one,”
Wiesel said. “Everyone kept docu
ments. The victims left innumerable
documents, pictures, poems.”
Many movies have been made
about the Holocaust, but Wiesel said
he didn’t think actors should play
victims of such a terrible part of
history.
“I always hate seeing pictures of
naked women lined up for the gas
chambers,” he said. “You don’t hire
people for victims. It’s just not
needed.”
- Wiesel, 67, said when he looked
back on his life in Nazi concentra
tion camps at Auschwitz and
Buchcnwald, he didn’t think of ter
ror only.
Instead, he said, he thought of
ways he could help the cause for
human rights.
“I should do more,” the Nobel
Peace Prize winner said. “I would
give back all the honors I have re
ceived if I could just help one per
son for one hour.”
Although he is angry about the
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“I'm afraid of this
event being diluted—
trivialized... We need
to hear the testimony
that is left. ”
EUE WIESEL
Author and Holocaust survivor
