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Tapped out
ADVANCE may be
ASUN’s last breath
“A little revolution is a good thing.”
KEG party presidential candidate Scott
Brauer firmly believes that.
And where the Association of Students
of the University of Nebraska is concerned,
he’s definitely right.
Unfortunately, right now, Brauer stands
virtually alone.
A revolution requires momentum and the
support of the oppressed (i.e. the 90+ percent
of University of Nebraska-Lincoln students
so disenfranchised with their student govern
ment they don t even bother to vote).
Sadly, the KEG party—with just seven
ASUN senatorial candidates on the ballot and
only a few weeks’ preparation leading up to
the election—just doesn’t have that this year.
The Daily Nebraskan has no choice but
to endorse ADVANCE party candidates Curt
Ruwe, Amy Rager and Malcolm Kass for
ASUN president, first vice president and sec
ond vice president, respectively, in tomorrow’s
election.
Don’t be mistaken: ADVANCE is about
as likely to “advance” students’ interests as
ACTION was to take any action in 1996, as
IMPACT was to have any impact in 1995, as
VISION was to... well, you get the idea.
But ADVANCE does have organization
and a full slate of candidates who, if elected,
will be able to successfully legislate their ideas
— no matter how weak they may be. The
party also has a strong first vice presidential
candidate in Rager, one might wonder w
she is not on the top of the ticket.
The real opportunity this year, though,
lies with KEG (Knowledge and Education
through Government).
If UNL can stomach one more year of
business as usual, the KEG party may yet
offer a chance to end the resume-building
political juggernaut that ASUN has become.
By their own admission, KEG party mem
bers pulled together their campaign at the last
minute. They aren’t ready for office — this
year.
Their platform is strong in its simplicity:
holding administrators accountable for their
actions, increasing student representation and
heightening direct communication between
ASUN and groups on campus.
But how Brauer and company could
achieve those goals with no more than seven
ASUN senators (and it’s quite a stretch that
many — if any — will get elected) is ques
tionable.
If KEG will follow through on its prom
ise to stick around after the election, it will
be a force to be reckoned with next year.
Brauer, only a sophomore, is bright and
dedicated to his cause. Regardless of what
happens in this election, “I will be back,” he
said.
Let’s hold him to that. If he can return
next year with a full slate of candidates, a
little more experience and a lot more student
support, whatever party ASUN chums out
can forget about another cute little name.
It’ll just be SOL.
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Twisted Words
J.J. Harder has struck a new low.
His column “Alpha and the
Omega” (DN, Wednesday) was a
joke! Wake up and smell the coffee,
J.J.
\ Killing in the name of life is like
; screwing in the name of virginity.
And please stop trumpeting the
Bible as the excuse for your blood
lust. Jesus himself is the most
famous victim of capital punishment
and he not only took the thief on the
cross with him to paradise, but he
saved the adulteress in the Bible
from being stoned as well.
It really makes me sick to see
religionists like you use the Bible to
spread your bile around and put
words in the mouths of the prophets
that would have made them retch.
Mark E. Buhrdorf
senior
classics
Another Reason
I would like to respond to a
misrepresentation that was in the
DN’s coverage of the weekly ASUN
meeting Wednesday. The article
stated that “(Eric) Marintzer
opposed both bills, claiming that
devoting 1 percent of UNL’s budget
was monetarily far too much for
minority recruitment.”
This was in response to my
opposition of LB858, which would
require the university to spend 1
percent of its budget to the hiring of
women and minorities.
This statement is a gross misrep
resentation of the discussion that
occurred at the senate meeting. I
explained that I was against this bill
because it would allow the Legisla
ture to tell the university how it
should spend its money, not because
I am against the hiring of women
and minorities.
I will take this opportunity to
reaffirm my stance that I am against
any unfair or racial hiring practices,
and the university should provide an
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atmosphere that is open to all,
regardless of race or gender.
Eric Marintzer
ASUN president
Plain As Your Nose
Kascy Kerber, your column “En
fuego” (DN, Monday) was about as
insightful as telling someone that if
he or she jumps out of an airplane at
30,000 feel, without a parachute,
that they will more than likely die.
Everyone already knows that
smoking is harmful to the body, so
why must you waste paper just to
print your pointless drivel? Why
must you, and most nonsmokers
who I’ve come across, always try to
infringe on the rights and choices of
those of us who do smoke?
1 go to the university just like
you, and 1 pay my own tuition,
which you may or may not do, the
point being how can you say that the
union shouldn’t sell cigarettes to
people?
You state in your column “Or are
you willing to sell a product that has
known and documented harmful
effects?”, and that statement is true;
I won’t argue that with you.
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But what other things are being
sold there also have the potential for
harmful effects? I’d say a lot of
them.
Chocolate, soda - these things
have high sugar and caffeine, yet
you mention nothing of them in your
article.
Also, by your rationale of not
using something that has “known
and harmful effects,” all of the
students and faculty should never
have any part of their skin exposed
while outside because it is docu
mented that too much sun is harmful
to the skin. So congratulations, now
everyone will be wearing full body
armor to avoid the sun.
I don’t see why you’re taking
such a stand on this. Is someone
trying to force you to smoke? Why
should it bother you that some of us
do, and we enjoy it; so why don’t
you try to climb down off of your
high horse and just leave us the hell
alone?!?
Finally I’d like to discuss another
passage in your article. You stated
that “This issue has become a ‘half
assed’ stance.” You were referring to
the university when saying that —
as if you’re so much better by taking
a “whole-assed” stance. From your
article I gathered that you do not
want to have anything to do with
smoking, and if you had your way
no one would smoke. I might be off
on that, but I doubt it.
So let me ask you this: Have you
ever been in the Bob Devaney Sports
Center? If yes, then you are a
hypocrite. You don’t want people to
smoke, but you’re willing to reap
some of the benefits from those of us
who do. That’s right, the Bob
Devaney Sports Center was paid for
by the taxes collected from cigarette
sales. Next time you think about
writing a column on anti-smoking ...
don’t, or else I might have to get
constitutional on your ass (FREE
DOM OF CHOICE)!
Matt Will
sophomore
architecture
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