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By Jessica Fargen
Assignment Reporter
ASUN attempted to please all stu
dents this year through diverse pro
gramming, student surveys and even
street signs.
Some attempts turned into
accomplishments, some are still
being attempted by new ASUN sena
tors and some were failures.
While voter turnout in the
Association of Students of the
University of Nebraska election did
n’t skyrocket, it did increase. This
may mean that more students have
been made aware of their student gov
ernment’s action this year.
Among ASUN’s successes this
year are the lowered speed limits and
more pedestrian-friendly signs in the
14* and Vine streets area.
Student groups can apply for
funds from the University Program
Council every two years instead of
every four.
And an advising policy study will
be passed out to colleges thanks to
ASUN efforts.
Last semester, ASUN also
worked to increase diversity pro
gramming and communication with
die campus community.
ASUN and student organizations
brought speakers to the University of
Nebraska-Lincoln such as Coretta
Scott King, diversity speaker Marlon
Smith and speakers for Martin Luther
King Jr. Day on Jan. 19.
N. Omar Valentine, a member of
Afrikan People’s Union, said former
ASUN President Curt Ruwe and he
met about working together on King
Day activities.
Carrie Pierce, Student Impact
Chairwoman, also came to an APU
meeting and informed them about the
Academic Senate’s upcoming vote to
cancel classes on the holiday.
"We as the Afrikan People’s
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Union are truly pleased by die actions
taken by ASUN and its members,”
Valentine said, and cited ASUN atten
tion to die King holiday and the inci
dent involving Assistant English
Professor David Hibler’s alleged
racist e-mail.
ASUN also conducted a survey
and found 90 percent of die students
wanted a fall break and no classes on
the holiday. (The Academic Senate
voted against the fall break.)
A 1999 Coordinating
Commission, of which both Valentine
and Russell are members, is now
meeting regularly to plan events for
next year’s Martin Luther King Day
holiday..
ASUN also passed a bill protest
ing the anti-homosexual chalkings on
UNL sidewalks last semester and
sponsored a forum to discuss Hibler’s
e-mail with the word “nigga” and the
assistant professor’s following sus
pension.
Last semester, ASUN pledged to
improve interaction with student
groups such as the Residence Hall
Association. Last year, RHA and
ASUN cleaned up the campus togeth
er after October’s winter storm. This
year they worked to encourage UNL
to rehire chemistry instructor Bill
McLaughlin.
ASUN also wanted to create a
more integrated campus community
through the implementation of the
Student Impact Team, which now has
300 members. SIT plans to raise
money for trees to plant on campus to
replace ones lost in the storm.
ASUN set goals to research
midterm and standard evaluations
and a parking education class.
Though they are not yet accom
plished, ASUN did look into them.
Erik Hoegemeyer, former chair
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man of the Academic Committee,
said although written course evalua
tions haven’t changed, people are
now mote aware thanks to ASUN.
James Ford, president of the
Academic Senate, said Ruwe came to
a meeting with ideas on changing the
evaluation process.
Ford said it was his understanding
that ASUN was going to do more
research and talk to some experts
because “this is not die kind of thing
you can do without expert help.”
Ruwe said ASUN failed to recon
struct the Outstanding Educator
Award because incidents such as the
ASUN elections and the Hibler e
mail incident took priority.
Another goal ASUN failed to
meet was the successful implementa
tion pf a University Leadership
Community, which tried to have reg
ular meetings with members of stu
dent organizations.
Mike Hosteder, a senior computer
science major, said the group was not
effective.
Hostetler, president of the
Intervarsity Christian Fellowship,
said the group met twice last year and
those meetings had low attendance.
Some students were more likely
to attend the ASUN-sponsored
forums, such as the one to discuss die
Hibler incident. They also attended
the Martin Luther King Jr. Day activ
lues.
However much they appreciated
the success of these two events, they
saw other goals ASUN should
include.
Molly Klinedinst, a junior
English and communication studies
major, said more focus needed to be
on women’s issues.
As a member of the women’s
issues subcommittee, she said they
should reach out more to groups such
as the Women’s Center and the
Women’s Leadership Conference.
' Thanh Nguyen, a sophomore
mechanical engineering major, said
he did not follow ASUN because he
thought it was greek-based and not
for the average student.
Even though he realizes that all
students do not follow ASUN, Ruwe
said student government did attract
more participants this year.
“That’s the biggest benefit to
ASUN and what we do,” he said.
“That reaches a ton of our goals.”
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