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Marinzter discusses ethics code, maintenance bill at short meeting By Brad Davis Staff Reporter Because of the canpuswide elec tions, Wednesday’s meeting of the As sociation of Students of the University of Nebraska lasted rally 17 minutes. Twenty-seven senators attended, including President Eric Marintzer, who discussed his newly unveiled University Code of Ethics for UNL students. He asked senators to share copies of the Code with other students to “get the word out and hear what students have to say.” Marintzer said a discus sion regarding students reactions would be held at the next meeting. He said the Code, which may be adopted April 2, would “leave arlegacy” for his administration. Marintzer also spoke about LB857 —the deferred maintenance bill pres ently before the Legislature — on which he testified on behalf of ASUN Tuesday at the Capitol. State senators were on campus Tuesday for the Senators on Campus program sponsored by ASUN, which Marintzer called a success. No new or unfinished business was discussed. Stand-up comedian March 13, 9:00-11:00 Union Crib T.V. Appearances include: • Comic Strip live • MTV • Comedy CLub Network • Uptown Comedy Club • "Hanging with Mr. Cooper" II FRIDAY AFTERNOON Icehouse Busch Light BOTTLES Every Friday Night 4-10PJVI. Backwoods TerUorv 1 r;'■;;}•, IS V..: . Lincoln’s Newest .Outdoor Sports and Travel Store... All Students 10% OFF • Vasque Boots • Wiggy Sleeping Bags • Eureka Tents • MSR {Stoves-Cookware • Solstice Coats • Vortex Backpacks • Wigwam Socks • Jansport Travel Bags • Cascade Designs • Fly Fishing Gear • Outdoor Research t v • Kelty Tents & Packs •Check Us Out! Brauer hopeful for next year hUiHiaUiaiiHWafl By Erin Gibson Senior Reporter The KEG party will stay afloat for next spring’s student government elec tions, party members said Wednesday night. But next year, the party will win, they said. After hearing the election results, KEG presidential candidate Scott Brauer said the election was partly a success for his fledgling party — a party that plans to run again with a full slate of senate candidates next year. “We’ll definitely be seen and heard,” Brauer said. “We’re not go ing to go gently into that good night.” The KEG party, which garnered about 32 percent of the vote, gathered in the dark at Holmes Lake for a so ber cookout and warm laughs while they anticipated the election tally. Scott said all KEG members present helped raise voter awareness and the voter participation level on campus by about 300 votes, he said. KEG party members raised student interest because they took their mes sage to students, Brauer said, and reached out to diverse groups to ask for their input. inis gave siuaenis a tasie oi wnai could happen with effective student government representatives in office, he said. As a result, students will expect more from student government next year, but will not find satisfaction in this year’s winners, the ADVANCE party, he said. “I am pretty confident that any party they can field will lose to us next year,” Brauer said. ADVANCE must keep all of its campaign promises, because KEG will be watching, he said. Any failures will hurt it in next spring’s elections. “Now it’s time to put up or shut up,” Brauer said. The KEG party now plans to form a student group that will continue in teracting with students and will be well-prepared for next year’s elections. Brauer said he only had four weeks to prepare for the election, including getting senators to run on the ticket and collecting the 400 signatures re quired to get the presidential and vice presidential candidates on the ballot.. Heather Olsen, KEG 2nd vice Mike Warren/DN SCOTT BRAUER, KEG presidential candidate, receives notice Wednesday night that he has been defeated In the ASUN election. Marie Meyer (right), 1st vice presidential candidate, said he was disappointed, hot the party weald be back In next year’s election._ presidential candidate, said the short preparation time hurt the party’s chances in this year’s race. She said the number of supporters the party gained in that short time shows the importance of reaching all students, many of whom do not know or care about ASUN. Students feel separated from ASUN, she said, partly because it does not reach out to other student groups. For instance, one ASUN representa tive this year promised to attend the Residence Hall Association meetings in which Olsen is involved. The sena tor promised to be the RHA’s student government liaison, but seldom at tended, she said. “I don’t remember their name,” Olsen said. “I don’t remember what they looked like.” Mark Meyer, KEG 1st vice presi dential candidate, said the dynamic leadership of Brauer would lead the KEG party to a win next year and a change of the lackluster leadership in ASUN. “He’s a strong thinker and an in tellectual,” Meyer said. “Those quali ties make him an excellent leader.” Brauer said he hoped the new ADVANCE senators and officers would be open to innovative ideas and remember they are accountable to stu dents. If ADVANCE does not remember, he said, students would remind its can didates next spring. Party credits win to dedication ADVANCE from page 1 T-shirts, began gathering at the N Zone, 728 Q St., about 9 p.m. Ruwe and Rager, wearing their T shirts, arrived around 10:30 p.m., fully armed with results of ADVANCE’S victory. ‘‘I think the showing here is great,” Rager said. “It shows just how much support we had going in.” Ruwe and Rager said were pleased with the results. “We think that at the very worst, we might have lost two or three sena torial positions to KEG,” Ruwe said. “We’re hoping for the best.” Ruwe might not have needed to hope. According to the unofficial poll results released by the ASUN office, KEG had no senatorial candidates who beat out ADVANCE senatorial candidates. That wasn’t a surprise for Malcolm Kass, ADVANCE 2nd vice president elect. “This is dominance,” Kass said. “Ii shows that people who work hard ir A SUN get what they deserve.” Yet results did not cane without hard work and a trust in the experi ence of ADVANCE officers, Kass said. ' “It really cones down to experi ence,” Kass said. “You’ve got three candidates that know how to get the job done and it’s clear that the stu dents recognized that.” ADVANCE’S candidates will be inaugurated at a ceremony in April. The current ASUN administration will hold its final meeting April 2. Nelson: Tax cuts before NU maintenance NELSON from page 1 : propriations Committee that the state could not afford both a tax cut and $100 million in aid to schools. This week, the Appropriations Committee heard testimony from NU officials requesting that the state pay half of the $95 million needed for building maintenance and repairs for the next 12 to 14 years. Also, the com mittee considered NU’s operating bud get request for $19 million more in 1997-99, all of which exceeds the governor’s recommendation. Nelson said the university should be concerned that unforeseen revenue shortages in the future could eventu ally cause other programs to ask for more money. NU would then have to compete with programs already iden tified as priorities, such as the pro posed College of Information Science and Technology, distance-learning programs and incentives for retaining the state’s brightest students. “The university needs to be care ful about implementing programs it can’t sustain,” he said. Nelson said it was not his position to decide how the university uses its money, but the university could ex plore other ways to work within the approved budget without a significant tuition increase. Nelson said he thought the univer sity budget he recommended was fair and fiscally sound. He said he was committed to a balanced budget fix the state and would veto the Appropria tion Committee’s budget if it was not balanced. “If the funds from the budget sur plus don’t go back to the citizens as tax cuts, we won’t be able to sustain the economic growth we’ve experi enced.”