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| SPORTS ^ A perfect 10? 1 Not exactly, but both Nebraska gymnastics teams J defeated Oklahoma Friday night at the Bob M Devaney Sports Center. PAGE 10 A&E Portraits of the artists The Haydon Gallery offered its walls to the support of another art form this weekend: jazz. Pictures of jazz musicians hang through February. PAGE 12 MON »AY February 8, 1999 Too Good to be True Sunny and warm, high 60. Cloudy tonight, low 30. VOL. 98 COVERING THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA-LINCOLN SINCE 1901 NO. 96 Toeing the line Matt Miller/DN OKLAHOMA’S ALICIA EMANUEL takes off from the starting blocks in the 4x400 meter relay Saturday at the Bob Devaney Sports Center. About 865 athletes competed in the Frank Sevigne Husker Invitational on Friday and Saturday. Please see pages 8 and 9 for more coverage. More bones found in Bessey Hall classroom By Lindsay Young Senior editor More American Indian remains were found in 109 Bessey Hall on Friday morning after the room was supposed to have been cleared of all such remains last April, Anthropology Department Chairman Robert Hitchcock said. It was the second time in a little more than a year that .American Indian remains had been found in the room. Tribal representatives have alleged that those remains had been stored and studied there illegally by a University of Nebraska-Lincoln anthropology associate professor. That professor, Karl Reinhard, along with Hitchcock, professor Peter Bleed and researcher Berkley Bailey, joined a member of the University Police on Friday to formally clear the room of teaching materials. Arts and Sciences Associate Dean Michael Steinman was also present. The group was preparing to seal the room so it could be blessed by American Indian spiritual leaders. When contacted by the Daily Nebraskan on Sunday evening, Reinhard would not comment. Randy Thomas, a representative of Grassroots NAG PRA, a group that works to protect American Indian rights, was at Bessey Hall on Friday. Please see BONES on 3 ASUN parties set for spring elections ■ 1 he Voice androcus parties’ candidates are registered and prepared to tackle campaigns for the March 3 vote. By Kim Sweet Staff writer With elections less than a month away, the ballot is set for students to Focus and Voice their opinions. During the March 3 elections, candidates for executive positions, senate seats and various colleges’ advisory board seats will be judged along with three constitutional amendments. By Wednesday’s filing deadline, six candidates affiliated with the student election groups Focus and Voice turned in the appropriate forms to run for president or first or second vice president. Paul Schreier, a senior computer engineering major, and Jon England, a junior business administration major, make up the top of the slate for Focus. Andy Schuerman, a junior man agement major, and Rachelle Winkle, a senior music and commu nications major, will be running for the top seats for Voice. Trisha Meuret, a junior broad casting major, is the Focus candidate for second vice president; and Vernon Miller, a business education and business administration major, is the Voice candidate for the spot. Forty-seven senatorial candi dates turned in applications aligning themselves with the two student election groups. Along with the candidates affili ated with Focus and Voice, a handful of independent candidates emerged for both the senatorial and the presi dential spots. Turning their filing forms in Wednesday afternoon, junior bio chemistry majors Travis Dittmer and Russell Miller applied to run as independent candidates for the exec utive positions. But on Thursday, the ASUN Please see ASUN on 2 Chocolate Sweets lovers’ fantasies come true at benefit ByIevaAugstums Senior staff writer Gluttony prevailed over guilt at Sunday night's Chocolate Lover’s Fantasy as chocolate-craving commu nity members chowed down on sweet delicacies. More than 500 chocophiles attend ed the 13 th annual event at the Holiday Inn Downtown, Ninth and P streets, which benefited the HistoricHaymarket and the Nebraska Special Olympics. A portion of ticket sales and live and silent auction proceeds will be used to send a Nebraska Special Olympics athlete to the International Games. “It’s a delightful evening for choco late lovers,” said Su Eells, co-chair woman of the planning committee for Please see CHOCOLATE on 2 Sandy Summers/DN THE LINCOLN POLICE DEPARTMENT wins the award for most creative use of chocolate at the Chocolate Lover’s Fantasy Sunday night at the Holiday Inn. The Lincoln Police Department’s display included chocolate handcuffs, badges and nightsticks. Read the Daily Nebraskan on the World Wide Web at dailyneb.com
