RHA informally votes on lid
■ Senators hold mock
vote to encourage student
election involvement.
By Jessica Fargen
Staff writer
Residence Hall Association sena
tors informally voted on the proposed
state spending lid Sunday night at their
meeting.
The mock vote, 28-4 against the lid,
was part of a presentation to encourage
RHA senators to participate in the effort
to educate students on the potential
effects of Initiative 413, the proposed
spending lid.
Residence hall student assistants
Natalie Hoover and John Conley
encouraged senators to participate in
“editorial drives,” in which students
would be encouraged to write letters to
the editor of their hometown newspaper
either supporting or opposing the lid.
Residence halls will hold meetings
and organized display booths to educate
students on the lid’s potential effects.
Hoover passed out an information
sheet to senators listing the possible
repercussions of the lid such as increas
ing tuition 20 percent and eliminating
majors or departments.
The residence halls and the
Nebraska unions will have voter regis
tration and absentee ballot booths today,
Hoover said.
In other RHA business:
■ Jennifer Conklin, a Cather
Residence Hall senator, was appointed
chairwoman of the Campus Escort
Committee.
E Jadd Stevens, committee coordi
nator from Pound Residence Hall, was
appointed Chairman of the Student
Action Team Committee.
Lt. governor candidates campaign
By Todd Anderson
Senior staff writer
Two lieutenant governor candi
dates spent more time Friday explain
ing why the job they want should exist
at all, rather than why either should
have it.
Democrat Pam Batallion and
Republican Dave Maurstad spent
most of a forum defining the role of
the governor’s right hand person dur
ing their first, and likely only, meeting
before the election.
The Lincoln Council on Aging
sponsored the forum at the Adult
Recreation Center, 3140 Sumner
Blvd.
Making sure state agencies are
effective and efficient are among the
lieutenant’s responsibilities, in addi
tion to presiding over the legislature,
both candidates said.
Batallion said the more people in
the executive branch, the more experi
ences can be combined when making
decisions.
“Then we can translate that into
actions that can be implemented by
themselves or with the help of others,”
she said.
Maurstad said voters must exam
ine his and his opponent’s background
and experience during the campaign
because of the potential for the lieu
tenant governor to take over the gov
ernor’s seat in case of emergency.
But, he said, the effectiveness of
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It s about the ability to see
farther, to see the inevitable,
so to speak... and direct resources
into solving problems
Pam Batallion
Democratic lieutenant governor candidate
the lieutenant governor depends on
the strengths and weaknesses of the
person in office.
Batallion said the executive lead
ers of the state had to develop a strate
gic planning process together.
“It’s about the ability to see far
ther, to see the inevitable, so to speak
... and direct resources into solving
problems,” she said.
Batallion said she would like to
see the link between education and the
workplace improved, as well as a
boosted rating for Nebraska in health
services.
Though Maurstad said Nebraska
already is No. 1 in the nation for qual
ity of life and education, he said, a
lower tax burden would be the best
way to ensure growth in the future.
He said leaders must work toward
filling jobs with qualified people, as
well as lessening the tax burden on
companies, to make Nebraska more
attractive.
Batallion said the lieutenant gov
ernor’s job is to get people talking
about how to solve problems.
“That which gets talked about,
gets solved,” she said.
Batallion and Maurstad touched
on their relationships with their run
ning mates.
Batallion said she had worked a
long time with gubernatorial candi
date Bill Hoppner.
When the two decided to run
together, they made separate lists of
their goals and priorities for
Nebraska, she said.
They compared notes to find that
their lists matched up.
Maurstad said he would be ready
to work closely with Republican
gubernatorial candidate Mike
Johanns in achieving Johanns’ vision
of less government and lower taxes.
New state Supreme Court
chief justice takes bench
By Jessica Fargen
Staff writer
The swearing in of the chief jus
tice of the Nebraska Supreme Court
on Friday marked a rare occurrence
in Nebraska’s judicial history - all
seven justices have been appointed
by the same governor.
John Hendry was sworn in Friday
in the Capitol rotunda in front of
about 300 people, including Gov. Ben
Nelson and former Chief Justice C.
Thomas White, who retired last
week.
But Robert Sittig, UNL political
science professor, said although this
is the first time a governor has
appointed all the supreme court jus
tices, it is not a political phenome
non.
Sittig said governors have been
able to appoint justices only since the
1970s.
Since that time, most governors
have not remained in office for two
terms, as Nelson has.“I think it is just
a coincidence of history,” he said.
“The opportunity was there.”
Hendry was named to replace
Chief Justice White, who retired
Wednesday after serving more than
20 years on the court.
Hendry applauded White and the
high quality of the existing state jus
tices, calling them “hardworking,
conscientious and outstanding.”
Hendry said communication with
groups such as the state Bar
«
As chief justice I
look forward to an
era of cooperation
and dialogue ”
John Hendry
state Supreme Court chief justice
Association, the Legislature and the
governor would be important.
“As chief justice I look forward to
an era of cooperation and dialogue,”
Hendry said.
Hendry, 49, had served as
Lancaster County Judge since 1995.
Prior to that he practiced personal
injury law for 21 years.
During that time, Hendry worked
with Lincoln attorney Jim Bruckner,
who called Hendry the “best product
liability lawyer in Nebraska.”
Now Hendry has a different role,
Bruckner said at the ceremony.
“He is a man about to assume the
most awesome responsibility of our
legal system in Nebraska,” Bruckner
said.
Hendry is a native of Omaha and
graduated from the University of
Nebraska-Lincoln in 1970 and from
the University of Nebraska College
of Law in 1974.
The Associated Press con
tributed to this report.
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