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Senior Reporter
Hundreds of eyes watched in dis
j belief as the water of Broyhill Foun
tain fell dead.
t - It was the eerie climax of “Broyhill
_ Finale,” where more than 100 people
f gathered in Memorial Plaza to say
goodbye to Broyhill Fountain.
All that remained was the frame
work of Broyhill’s colorful lights,
wires, the motionless water — and a
lot of memories.
And, for those in attendance, the
memories of Broyhill Fountain will last
long after the fountain is destroyed in
December. The fountain is in the path
of the planned Nebraska Union expan
sion.
Shutting off the fountain Wednes
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day was only a symbolic gesture for !
an official goodbye. The waters will
run until the temperatures drop to j
where the fountain can’t operate,
which could possibly be this weekend.
The going-away festivities included
local bands, free refreshments and a
ceremonial collection of BroyhiU’s
water, which will be placed in the
union’s future fountain.
But the night really belonged to
swapping tales about one of the
university’s most prominent land
marks. j.
“I wonder if our founding fathers
knew how important this landmark
would be,” Daryl Swanson, director of
the Nebraska Unions, said.
The fountain was donated by Mr.
and Mrs. Roy Broyhill in 1970 in
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SOPhuxauu bo demurer oirutners (left), an engineering
n^jor, and Jennifer Griffith, a music education major,
splash in Broyhill Fountain during its fairwell party
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Presidential
debate turns
to principles
By John King
AP Political Writer
SAN DIEGO (AP) - In this year’s last presi
dential debate, Bob Dole accused President
Clinton of presiding over an administration with
“scandals almost on a daily basis.”
And Clinton sought to deflect Dole’s criti
cism, saying “no attack ever created a job,”
during the town hall-style debate Wednesday
night at the University of San Diego in Califor
nia.
With just 19 days left to turn around the
polls, Dole criticized Clinton at every turn. On
issue after issue, the Republican nominee
painted his opponent as an unprincipled liberal
who was hiding behind election-year conser
vative rhetoric.
“The president doesn’t have any ideas so he
is out trashing ours,” the Republican challenger
said. He accused Clinton of grossly misrepre
senting Dole’s positions on taxes, balancing the
budget and Medicare.
Clinton, ahead in Aepolls, was restrained
in his responses. He listened to Dole’s attacks
with skeptical looks and let several attacks go
unanswered, including Dole’s demand that
Clinton rule out pardons for Arkansas associ
ates targeted by the Whitewater investigation.
“No attack ever created a job or educated a
child, no insult ever cleaned up a toxic waste
dump or helped an elderly person,” Clinton said.
Trust was a central theme for Dole. He said
Clinton had violated the public’s trust with ad
ministration “scandals almost on a daily basis,”
reminding the audience that the White House
had collected sensitive FBI files on prominent
Republicans.
Dole said Clinton had promised to cut taxes,
then raised them, and talked of curtailing pro
grams with racial quotas, but eliminated only
one.
When Clinton labeled Dole’s $548 billion
tax-cut plan a “scheme,” Dole vigorously pro
tested.
Staring at Clinton and chopping his hand in
the air, Dole said, “l am going to keep my word
to you.” He then turned to the audience and said,
“I am going to keep my word to the American
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yuayle: Dole must show agenda effectively
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trict House of Representatives seat
against Democratic challenger James
Martin Davis, an Omaha attorney.
Quayle spoke briefly to a crowd of
about 50 about the upcoming presiden
tial election.
If Bob Dole wants to win die elec
tion, Quayle said, all he needs to do is
effectively present his agenda of moral
uprightness and lowering taxes.
When Clinton was elected presi
dent, Quayle said, he scored votes from
“skewed” presentations of his agenda.
For instance he said, Clinton told
Americans four years ago that the
country was in an economic recession.
And although the economy has slowed
even more since, Quayle said, Clinton
says things are fine.
“It seems to be that happy days are
here again,” Quayle said sarcastically.
Dole has more support from Con
gress than people think, Quayle said.
“I guarantee that if there was a se
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It seems to be that
happy days are here
again.”
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Dan Quatle
Former Vice President
cret vote in the senate, Bob Dole would
win 70 percent,” Quayle said.
Quayle Urged Nebraskans to vote
for Republican candidates, and he said
Democratic groups were spending
millions on advertising for votes.
“The battle for Congress is intense
this year,” Quayle said. “Are the
American people going tq be bought?
I don’t think so. They don’t want to be
bought by labor bosses.”
