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' V* J: £ :~ ttf; /' * ■ | 's'r \ > * r~ I v 5 IIINL suspends Hibler Killer/DN » county Professor Mam t< By Jessica Fargen and Brad Daves Daily rfebraskan Senior Staff A tenured English assistant pro fessor under fire for using racial words in an e-mail and who is the tar get of student lawsuits was suspended Monday. David Hibler’s suspension is pending a hearing by an Academic Senate committee, UNL Chancellor James Moeser said in a sditement. But because university policy requires personnel issues to remain confidential, no one has said exactly why Hibler was suspended. Hibler was stopped from teaching his 9:30 a.m. English class Monday when the de^utmenmce Chairman Gerry Brookes, Chairwoman Linda Pratt and severaf’University of Nebraska-Lihcolff police officers were waiting for him outside his class. Brookes said Hibler’s three class es wifi be taken over by tenured pro fessors. ft' . Hibler was told he was suspended Please see mBiiaton 2 Parties face off in first debate -- ---»_:_^_* .. _ —^ By Amanda Schindler Staff Reporter Serious discussion as well as laughter echoed in the Nebraska East Union Monday as the VISION and COMMIT parties met for their first debate. Uniting the campus community was a common theme of the debate, which was moderated by representa tives of Mortar Board, Innocents Society and Golden Key. “The trick is to get (students) together,” VISION presidential can didate John Weichmann said. “We need to implement when talk ends and deeds begin. “It’s fine and good to talk, but we need cooperation across the board to make this work.” COMMIT presidential hopeful Sara Itussel proposed creating a Campus Coalition to promote uhi versfty-wlde events such as NO Week - a week to promote a com^ mon spirit among all students. She suggested sensitivity and diversity classes targeting faculty and administrators as well as stu dents. “We need to focus on retention s ---->-«•>1 and recruitment of diverse students,” she said. “We need valuable input from all aspects of campus.” Grade inflation was a main issue debated by vice presidential candi dates. “To further complicate (tile grad ing system) is not the main goal,” COMMIT nominee Kelly Hoffschneider said. “The answer is academic rigor” VISION vice presidential candi date Jill Maaske supported examin ing individual colleges to find prob lems. “(Grade inflation) caused tur moil and disgust,” she said. “But an A-minus won’t make a big differ ence in the quality of education ” Another common theme was each group stressing to remain true *° *“(Tbe etection)is'araatter of get ting the group who will implement what they say,” Weichmann said. Members of the opposing party echoed their sentiments. “COMMIT is a promise to remain true to those who elected us,” Russel said. Legislators ante up By Brian Carlson Senior Reporter Amid the sand and spray oflropical paradise, a corps of opportunistic cyber businessmen have logged onto a poten tially booming industry: oniia^gam Ming via the Internet. And because online gambling, which operates from places such as the Caribbean, is accessible to anyone with an Internet connection and a credit card, the issue has caught the attention of Nebraska lawmakers. LB1043, sponsored by Sen. Stan Schellpeper of Stanton, would extend the state’s gambling prohibitions to cover Internet gambling. In a hearing of the Legislature’s state’s ban on unregulated gambling should be extended to the fniernet, Online gambling pffiyidagj!usually are based in countries with little regula tion of Internet gambling ornb US. extradition treaties, Winston said. S Legislation pending mf^ngress wouldoutlaw all Internet gambling. But many have questioned whether the gov ernment could enforce such a law. r~~n - Two testifiers pointed to the diffi culties of enforcement and the threats posed to legal gambling. . . Loran Schmit, a former state sena tor, said forms of gambling that are ille gal, unlicensed, unregulated and untaxed continue to proliferate, hurting legal gambling such as keno anjl the state lottery, which provide revenue for state and local governments. Most efforts to stifle illegal gam bling have been ineffective, he said, and regulation of Internet gambling vwtild be even more difficult “If we cannot secure the enforce ment of fines on illegal gambling machines, how in the name of heaven Paul Schumacher, president of Lotto Nebraska, said banning Internet gambling would be vtrtua%impos#fe to enforce because transactions can’t be traced over the Wnid Wide W&. “This is a real complex issue that is , going to have to require a lot more study before we can do anything that makes sense,” Schumacher said. v The committee took no action on the bill. Read the Daily Nebrdskan on the World Wide Web at http: / / www.unl.edu /DailyNeb ■ S'" ' j ' - r ' . - ' . ; ' ■ -