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About The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 10, 1996)
. . - - - -ffiS3BjaSg«»pBBapi>B BETH VANECEK of the UNL Horticulture Club polishes the pumpkins while waiting for someone g to buy the festive melons. The dub sold both orange and white “lumina” pumpkins. By Kasey Kerber Senior Reporter If Linus were to have waited in the Nebraska East Union’s pump kin patch Wednesday, he might have found the “Great Pumpkin” was ghostly white and cost $3. The UNL Horticulture Club’s Pumpkin Sale featured more than 200 pumpkins priced $1 to $3, which included white pumpkins not easily found at nearby grocery stores. Beth Vanecek, president of the UNL Horticulture club, said the white pumpkins were not albinos, but rather a different species of pumpkin known as “lumina.” “They’ve sold really well com pared to the other pumpkins,” Vanecek said. were more delicate than common orange pumpkins. “I think they’re a little softer,” Vanecek said “They just wouldn’t. ship as well.” . All pumpkins sold by the UNL Horticulture Club — white or or ange — are orgamcalfy grown with out commercial pesticides or fertil izers, Vanecek said. Tire pumpkin sale was the club’s first one in five years because it didn’t have a place to grow the 5. Vanecek said she thought .8$ and hoped s more than $400 for the UNL Horticulture Club. vWhat to udo with the leftover pumpkins was another matter. ‘T haven’t figured that out yet,” she said. By John King AP Political Writer * \ ■ - - sMSKEgi.:--* 1 -■■■■■ ‘ft***" » . ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.<|^ — Vice President A1 Gore and Jack Kemp differed politely but pointedly over abortion and affirmative action Wednesday night in an energetiede bate that offered sharply contrasting views of President Clinton’s tenure in the White House. Neither abortion nor affirmative action had come up in Sunday night’s debate between Clinton and GOP nominee Bob Dole, but both issues generated spirited exchanges between the campaign understudies. Although both Dole and Kemp are on record supporting a constitutional amendment outlawing abortion, Kemp said such a dramatic change was not in the cards. A constitutional amendment would not pass,” Kemp said. “We must use persuasion, not intimidation.” That remark, while perhaps an ac curate reflection of the country’s po litical environment, was certain to alienate Christian conservative leaders who have been urging Dole and Kemp to draw sharper contrasts with Clinton and Gore on abortion and other social issues. Affirmative action is another such issue. The vice president said Kemg> had rolling back affirmative action pro grams but later feUmlinewithDole’s support for it after joining the GOP ticket Gene said he wished Kemp had convinced Dole to change his position instead. ~ * “With all due respect,T doriot he m-~ If you won’t use any football stories, I t won’t tell any of my warm and humor ous stories about chlorofluorocarbon abatement.” Vice Presdient Al Gore lieve Abraham Lincoln would have adopted Bob Dole’s position to end all affirmative action,” Gore said. Kemp and Gore faced off in St. Petersburg’s bayftont Mahaffey The ater. Reform Party vice presidential nominee Pat Choate was excluded, on the grounds that he and Ross Perot did not have a realistic chance to win the election. In a quick poll conducted by ABC, 50 percent said Gore won the show down, 27 percent viewed Kemp as the winner and 21 percent called it a draw. For activists in Txrth parties, the evening had an inescapable subplot. Gore, 48, is aU but certain to seek the Democratic presidential nomination in four years. And if Dole loses to Please see DEBATE on 3 Carnival, dance ways to kick off Homecoming ■ K Vigil lightens souls of abuse survivors Annual march-through downtown Lincoln has three times as many participants. By Stacey Range Staff Reporter Wednesday night, about 125 onlookers sur rounded a coffin at the bottom of the Nebraska State Capitol steps. Candlelight illuminated their teary eyes and solemn faces. It could have been a funeral, but it wasn’t. “Step domestic violence before it ends this way,” warns a message on the coffin. | ~ ',v The onlookers were there for that reason. But for 29 domestic violence victims this year, it had already ended. “Unfortunately, these are people that We lost to a highly preventable problem,” said Tiffany Mullison of the National Organization for Women Lincoln chapter. The motive behind die “Take Back the Night” candlelight vigil and march from the University ofNebraska-Lincoln Memorial Plaza to the State Capitol was raising domestic vio lence awareness and giving support for victims. The annual march, which drew only 40 people last year, was sponsored by the YWCA, Uncoln-Lancaster Women’s Commission, UNL Women’s Commission, Lincoln NOW and the Women’s Studies Student Association. In observance of National Domestic Vio lence Awareness Month, mothers, fathers, stn Lane Hickenbottom/DN DARLA WANITSCHKE, a junior corporate communications major at Doane College in Crete, participates in a candlelight vigil Wednesday night at the Nebraska State Capitol. The vigil to remember women and children who have been victims of violence began as a march from the UNL Memorial Plaza. * • than 100 reports of domestic violence in Sep tember. “I pledge to you that we are going to do our best.” Roxanne, a member of the Formerly-Bat tered Women’s Task Force, said patience with victims was key to understanding. “Most of us would like to get out, but we’re scared,” she said. ‘We need to be supportive of each other. If all you can do is just give them a smile or a look of reassurance, that would mean a lot” -
