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VOL. 96COVERING THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA-LINCOLN SINCE 1901 * NO. 120
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as keys to victory
By Kasey Berber
Staff Reporter
In a bar packed elbow-to-elbow with sup
s' porters, the three executive officers of the AD
?■ VANCE party said they were beyond happy to
: learn of their ASUN election victory.
They were relieved.
President-elect Curt Ruwe and 1st Vice
President-elect Amy Rager wore smiles as they
i hugged fellow senatorial candidates and support
% ers at the N-Zone bar Wednesday night.
w. “It’s been a very, very, very long election,”
™Ruwe said. “It’s good to finally know it’s over.”
Rager readily agreed. “It’s awesome. We can
j finally relax.”
ADVANCE won Wednesday’s election with
67 percent of the unofficial student vote.
Surrounded by at least 100 supporters in a
packed N-Zone bar, Ruwe and Rager could
t barely talk above the volume of the atmosphere.
The crowd of ADVANCE supporters, many
of whom wore the purple-lettered ADVANCE
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And the winner is.
From unofficial returns Wednesday night
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ASUN PRESIDENT-ELECT Curt Ruwe is congratulated by his parents David and Sheri Ruwe at the ADVANCE victory party Wednesday night. “I
think Ift a good opportunity for Curt and ASUN to serve the university,” Ruwe’b father said.
ASUN election voter turnout rises slightly
By Sarah Baker
Staff Reporter
Voter turnout in this ASUN election was up
from last year, reversing a 4-percent decline from
1995 to 1996.
This year’s voter turnout—,9.84 percent,
with 2,175 students voting — was up slightly
from last year’s 8.38 percent, when 1,867 stu
dents cast ballots. The 19% election was about
4 percent lower than the 12.66-percent turnout
in the 1995 election.
The largest percentage of those votes went
to ADVANCE. The party won the presidential/
1st vice presidential race with 67 percent of the
vote, according to unofficial results late Wednes
day night. KEG received about 32 percent of
the vote. ADVANCE also swept the 2nd vice
Please see RESULTS on 7
I Chambers stalls bill’s vote;
i debate may continue today
By Jim Goodwin
Staff Reporter
Sen. Ernie Chambers of Omaha delayed a
vote on LB422 Wednesday. The bill would add
the death of a law enforcement officer to the list
of aggravating circumstances to be considered
in death penalty cases.
Chambers proposed an amendment to the bill
, that would make the murder of a public servant
— instead of a law enforcement officer — an
i aggravating circumstance in a capital trial.
Chambers’ motion to kill LB422 failed 2-29
early Wednesday, with Chambers and Sen.
Shelley Kiel of Omaha voting in favor.
LB422 would add to the list of aggravating
circumstances the death of “a law enforcement
officer engaged in the performance of his or her
official duties” when “the offender knew or rea
sonably should have known that the victim was
a law enforcement officer.”
By request of Gov. Ben Nelson, Sen. Gerald
Matzke of Sidney co-sponsored LB422 with
Sen. Curt Bromm of Wahoo and Sen. Jon
Broning of Omaha.
With four more hours available for further
floor debate on the bill, a final vote may not come
until this afternoon.
The Associated Press contributed to this
report.
Nelson: Tax cut should
come before repairs
By Brian Carlson
Staff Reporter
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State budget surplus funds should be used
to fund a tax cut rather than proposed build
ing maintenance and operating costs for the
state's university system, Gov. Ben Nelson
said Wednesday.
Nelson said any idea to the contrary could
be “put to bed.”
“I want to make erne tiling very clear,” he
said. “These programs will not come at the
expense of a tax cut for all Nebraskans.”
Nelson has proposed to use the state’s
$200million budget surplus to fund a 5.5 per
cent income tax cut and a $160 tax credit to
homeowners.
In his officeWednesday afternoon. Nelson
reiterated that his policy is based on sound
fiscal and economic policy rather than adver
sity toward the NU system.
He cited last week’s findings by the Ap
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