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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
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Parties face off
in first debate
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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
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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.
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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.
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