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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."
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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 \
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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.
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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 "
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