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i STOUTS j Get ready for the option Nebraska will get a dose of its own medicine Saturday when it faces another option team in Oklahoma State. PAGE 9 AIE — King of Lincoln Wayne “King of Las Vegas” Newton takes the Lied Center stage tonight for a one-show appear ance in Lincoln. PAGE 7 FRIDAY October 2, 1998 Raindrops Keep Fau Rain, cool, high 53. Clc I I I T. ' i b Husker fans migrate ! south to cheer team ] ■ Fifty thousand NU fans 1 will travel to Arrowhead I Stadium for the game | against Oklahoma State. By Josh Funk Senior staff writer Birds fly south for the winter, -» killer whales head for warmer ij waters and Husker fans move to dif ferent stadiums. It must be migration time. An estimated 50,000 Nebraska ^ fans will turn Kansas City’s | Arrowhead Stadium into a turbu | lent sea of red as the No. 2 Huskers | take the field against Oklahoma State in the annual ASUN migra tion game. And Kansas City, Mo., is ready for the Huskers with a pep rally even Herbie Husker could love. Exactly 24 hours before kickoff, the Kansas City Chapter of the Nebraska Alumni Association will kick off its pep rally to build team support in the historic Westport Neighborhood. “We wanted to put out the wel come mat for this game,” said Randy York, alumni association event coordinator. The rally outside the Beaumont Club, 4050 Pennsylvania Ave., will feature several former players, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Please see MIGRATE on 6 RMd to battle £ ' * Sandy Summers/DN FOOTBALL COACH FRANK SOUCH, center, runs through campus with Lambda Chi Alpha Fraternity Vice President Michael Petennann, left, and disc jockey Dave Shepel from KF6E-FM (98.1) “Froggy.” The fraternity is running a game 24 members will travel by foot to Kansas City By Sonja Hegge Staff writer i The men of Lambda Chi Alpha Fraternity are taking a less popular route to Kansas City, Mo., for Nebraska’s football game Saturday against Oklahoma State. They will take 51 hours to travel 225 miles - on foot. Twenty-four fraternity men will run with a game ball from Lincoln to Kansas City in the name of charity. The fraternity’s Ambushing Arrowhead philanthropy began on the 50-yard line of Memorial Stadium at 12:30 p.m. Thursday. Running the first mile wfcre Husker Coach Frank Solich, disc jockey Dave Marsh from KfGE^ FM (^8J) “froggy,” and Michael Petermann, Lambda Chi Alpha vice president and philanthropy chairman. Solich said he was happy to participate in the event. “I’m not really a jogger, per se,” he said. “But it was OK. It really only took 20 to 25 minutes out of my day, and it was some thing that was going to help stu dents out and the lung associa tion.” The run culminates at the busker THuddle, a tailgate party put on by the University of Nebraska-Line olh ' Alumni Association, in the Arrowhead Stadium parking lot at 3 p.m. Saturday. ^Runners are taking several turns running for 15- to 30 minute intervals. Each person will run just over 10 miles total. The Ambushing Arrowhead idea came to Petermann last fall when he learned that NU was playing in Kansas City. He sought out runners, sponsors and a -■-—^ Please see RUN on 6 II By Tom) Anderson Senior staff writer OMAHA - Democratic candidate Bill Hoppner and Republican candidate Mike Johanns dealt with state spending and education during their fourth debate Thursday at the University of Nebraska at Omaha. Hoppner said preparing Nebraska^ children for the firture was the biggest challenge facing the state. Johanns and Hoppner said state funding to local government for educa tion should increase to make sure Nebraskans have die right training for new and unfilled jobs. Hoppner criticized Johanns forflip I flopping on his initial support of Proposition 413, a proposed constitu tional amendment to limit the growth of state spending. He said Nebraskans risk losing quality education and property tax relief if die proposed amendment is passed in November. “What Nebraskans want can’t be done if we pass 413,” he said. Johanns said he would vote against Proposition 413 because it does not allow die state to return excess revenue to taxpayers directly through tax cuts. Regarding Johanns’ reversal in stance, he said he didn’t appreciate Hoppner’s criticism. Being a good leader doesn’t mean putting another candidate down, he said. “One of the things we suffer from in the political world is the tendency to attack the character, to assassinate the character of your opponent,” Johanns said Johanns said the biggest challenge for Nebraska’s leaders is lowering each citizen’s tax burden. He said his record as Lincoln mayor proves he has achieved the goals of reducing government size and lowering taxes while providing the services Nebraskans want. Johanns said Nebraska leaders would have to make “tough choices” to be able to cut taxes and try to cut state spending. He said he wanted to send a clear message that leadership was about iden tifying priorities in deciding which pro grams need to be cut from the state’s budget Hoppner criticized Johanns for tak ing credit for decreased city spending and property taxes in Lincoln because, actually have grown over die past eight years. Hoppner said the stated leaders must reevaluate local government’s reliance on property taxes to fond education because the property tax evahi^ion was not a fan way to assess ability to pay. Johanns said easing die tax burden on die average citizen would be the best way to enhance statewide growth for Nebraska’s farmers, ranchers and cor porations facing low grain and cattle prices. When asked if police officers should receive additional compensation for using a foreign language on the job, Hoppner said specially trained public employees should be paid according to their talents. Johanns said all public workers with special skills should be paid according to the average rate of compensation in other states andregions. Both candidates urged voters to examine their records as leaders when deciding whom to vote for. Johanns saidhe intended to work for less government and lead the tight to lower the tax burden in the state. Hoppner said he wanted to involve all Nebraskans in making real decisions about how government should be run for the good of the whole state. “We’re not going to leave one single Nebraska child behind,” Hoppner said. The next gubernatorial debate will be Oct. 20 at the University ofNebraska at Kearney campus. Read the Daily Nebraskan on the World Wide Web at http: / lwww.unl.edu /DailyNeb *