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SPORTS ■ Avid learner Tonia Tauke loves to learn, whether it’s it about volleyball or a subject in class. She also has devel- S|fi§jjil| oped into one of NU s steadiest players. PAGE 7 A&E Dead man dancing The Lied Center celebrates a high-brow Halloween tonight with the Houston Ballet’s “Dracula.” PAGE 9 toes: iAY October 27, 1998 Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry Showers, high 67. Thunderstorms tonight, low 53. VOL. 98 COVERING THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA-LINCOLN SINCE 1901 NO. 45 Gingrich speaks for Terry at rally By Brian Carlson Staff writer OMAHA - Fresh off a budget battle that many political observers have called a Republican defeat at the hands of President Clinton, House Speaker Newt Gingrich, R-Ga., called for a renewed commitment to the conserva tive agenda Monday. Gingrich visited Omaha on Monday evening to stump for Nebraska GOP candidates, particularly 2nd dis trict congressional nominee Lee Terry. After assigning credit for welfare reform, a balanced budget and a S500 per-child tax credit to the past two GOP controlled Congresses. Gingrich called on voters to signal their approval of fur ther government downsizing and tax cuts - items at odds with the recently completed budget deal, many conserva tive cntics have charged. “It’s simple,” Gingrich said. “If you want lower taxes, vote for Lee Terry. If you want higher taxes, vote for the Democrat." ICliy, WllUbC L-'ClIlULlClLlL VjppUllClll is former Omaha TV anchorman Michael Scott, is running for the con gressional seat vacated by US. Rep. Jon Christensen, who failed in a bid for gov ernor this year. During a speech in a hangar at Eppley Airfield, Gingrich listed a num ber of goals for the next Congress that are staples of the conservative agenda: continued balanced budgets, personal Social Security savings accounts, cuts in income and capital gains taxes and elimination of the inheritance tax. Claims by the Clinton Administration and congressional Democrats that the federal government cannot afford to return budget surpluses through tax cuts are disingenuous, Gingrich said. “You cannot leave a trillion dollars sitting around near Teddy Kennedy and A1 Gore, or they will spend it.” said Gingrich, referring to the Democratic senator from Massachusetts and the vice president. “We need to get the sur plus out of Washington faster than the liberals can create a new bureaucracy to spend it.” Tax cuts and balanced budgets, which produce lower interest rates, are essential for continued economic growth, Gingrich said. The United States should bolster its military strength, he said, while reduc ing costs by cutting 40 percent of mid dle management positions in the Department of Defense. “I'm a hawk - but I'm a cheap hawk," he said. “1 believe we should reduce the Pentagon to a triangle.” But Gingrich also called for the development of a missile defense sys tem to protect the country against the threat of weapons of mass destruction. In an interview after the event, Terry said Gingrich's visit provided “a real shot of energy and adrenalin into our campaign." But Terry echoed criticisms voiced by opponents of the deal, including GOP Sen. Chuck Hagel, that the Republican leadership caved in to Clinton's demands during the budget negotiations. Asked if he would have voted for the deal, Terry said, “1 doubt it.” Terry said the deal lacked tax cuts for families. He also said the deals pro vision of 100,000 new teachers would extend the federal government’s control over local school districts. “In essence, this was a way of wrestling control away from local school districts,” he said. All four members of the Republican House leadership - Gingrich; Majority Leader Dick Armey, R-Texas; Majority Whip Tom DeLay, R-Texas; and confer ence chairman John Boehner, R-Ohio - have visited Nebraska to campaign for Terry. That group has been criticized for caving in to Clinton’s demands on the budget deal at a time w hen an impeach ment inquiry appeared to have knocked the president onu > the ropes. Critics such as Hagel have charged that the GOP leadership gave in to Clinton's demand that budget surpluses be used to save Social Security rather than pay for tax cuts - then watched helplessly as Clinton dipped into that surplus for new spending measures. « Photos by Dawn Dietrich/DN LEFT: HAL HANSEN, a UNL sophomore history major, fixes a sign on Highway 34, while Danielle Nantkes holds the sign in position. Both Hansen and Nantkes work on the Hoppner campaign. RIGHT: JASON WIGGINS, a UNL sophomore accounting major, works on precinct packets for the Johanns cam paign. Wiggins’ work for the campaign also includes delivering signs and marching in parades. Students crusade for campaigns \ ___ _ ByIevaAugstums Staff writer While gubernatorial candidates are shaking hands and kissing babies, UNL students are working hard behind the public political arena trying to get their candidates elected. More than 70 University of Nebraska-Lincoln stu dents this semester are volunteering their time, skills and knowledge at state Democratic and Republican cam paigns, particularly those for gubernatorial candidates Democrat Bill Hoppner and Republican Mike Johanns. “Working on a campaign is a general philosophy state ment,” said Shane Jensen, a senior philosophy and eco nomics major and Lancaster County field supervisor for the Hoppner campaign. “Government is an instrument to serve people." Volunteering for a political campaign can be reward ing. said Chris Tnebsch, statewide volunteer coordinator tor the Johanns campaign, students who have the mterests and the drive to make things happen will, he said. / Kristie Klem. volunteer coordinator for Hoppner, said students this year are definitely the “driving force behind the campaign. “Students are the ones that pour their hearts into the campaign,” Klein said. “We love our volunteers.” Klein said the Hoppner campaign has about 25 UNL students who volunteer regularly. Tnebsch said about 500 students statewide from col leges and high schools are helping with the Republican campaign. About 45 UNL students are working specifi cally on the Johanns campaign, he said. Triebsch and Klein said students volunteer for field work assignments. Fieldwork duties include data entry, putting signs together, stuffing envelopes and calling possible voters. Please see CAMPAIGNS on 3 Garages planned for future parking deficits By Lindsay Young Senior staff writer Anticipating the construction and renovation of several buildings in the next 20 years, UNL Parking and Transit Services is working to allevi ate potential parking struggles before they arise. An estimated 7.300 parking stalls eventually could be lost to scheduled and unscheduled con struction projects on City and East campuses. Parking and Transit Services Manager Tad McDowell said. “We have to have a solution to that.” McDowell said. John Benson, director of institutional research and planning, presented the Preliminary Master Plan for the University of Nebraska-Lincoln to the Parking Advisory Committee on Monday morning. Designers hope the plan will create more pedestrian-friendly and aesthetic campuses by decreasing the number of streets running through them. Some of the construction projects proposed under UNL's master plan include a new visitors center, a new honors residence hall and an addition to the Athletic Department, all of which will knock out parking spaces. Because officials thought it would not work tc create parking lots away from campus and then bus students to campus, the next option was to build up - with parking garages. About $50 million will be put into creating a possible six structures. Plans already are in the works for a garage costing about $13 million on City Campus at 14th Street and Avery Avenue. Benson said four garages will be built on each of the four comers of City Campus. Two will be built on East Campus, including one by the Nebraska East Union. Shuttles will be available for transportation into the campuses, Benson said. The parking garages will be replacing parking, not adding to it, McDowell said. Permits will be sold for students who use the garages, and McDowell said he expects the struc tures to have long-term parking meters for visitors. “As long as the plan takes elfect, we will have a very efficient system,” McDowell said. McDowell said students will help pay for the garages when they buy parking permits, although many may not be able to utilize the new parking facilities. However, he said “what they're enjoying today is what students before them gave them " Read the Daily Nebraskan on the World Wide Web at http:! / www.unl.edu/DailyNeb