ASUN candidate committed to lead
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It is a challenge Schuerman and
his running mates say they are up to.
“A lot of times it is the same stu
dents who we hear input and feedback
from - which is wonderful,” the junior
marketing education major said. “But
there are a lot of students who aren’t
involved in these organizations, and I
think it is our responsibility ,to seek
those students out any way we can.”
Making the voices of all students
heard may seem like a generic cam
paign line to many students in the
midst of ASUN campaign season
where posters of promises permeate
the campus.
But Schuerman’s commitment to
more representation and a campus that
is welcoming to all students is some
thing he said he has tried to make con
crete advances on since his involve
ment in ASUN began his freshman
year.
Working as chairman of ASUN’s
human rights committee, organizing
events like Martin Luther King Day,
and visiting student groups on campus
such as the University of Nebraska
Tribal Exchange are just a few ways
Schuerman has made his student rep
resentation go from lip service to a
reality.
“I am really interested in finding
ways to make all students feel wel
comed, supported and empowered on
campus,” Schuerman said.
Small roots, big ideas
Growing up in a small town and
graduating from high school with 40
other students, Schuerman said he was
slightly intimidated when he arrived
on campus. But it wasn’t long before
Schuerman became involved with die
Association of Students of the
University of Nebraska, taking posi
tions on various committees.
It was observing student govern
ment during experiences throughout
the first two years of college that he
began to see the potential for change.
“I really felt that (ASUN) needed
some change - that it needed to be
more of a team effort involving a lot of
students across the board,” Schuerman
said. “Not necessarily from the top
down.”
Running for College of Business
Administration senator his sophomore
year under the Commit party,
Schuerman said he and the party were
dedicated to representing students in
die best way they could.
Schuerman was successful in his
bid for senator. Since that time, his
involvement in other things has nar
rowed and the time has come to decide
what is important
“I’ve finally decided after 2Vi
years that it is ASUN,” he said.
Since then, senior finance major
Chris Linder, who is also Schuerman’s
girlfriend, said ASUN has become top
on his list of priorities.
“When he was elected as senator,
that’s when he decided that ASUN was
his No. 1 commitment,” she said.
“When he decided to run for president,
that fell right behind being a senator.”
One for all, all for one
After being involved with various
committees and activities related to
leadership with ASUN, Schuerman
has practiced a leadership philosophy
he learned from one of his mentors.
This philosophy, he said, is one of the
biggest assets he can bring to office.
“I used to think strength was being
able to do it all yourself” he said. “I
found out real quickly that strength is
really being able to admit that you can
rely on others and can work and col
laborate to become stronger.”
Along with working to identify
and nurture the strengths of others,
Schuerman said he hopes to practice
the art of delegation, which will bring
student government to more people.
“The more students you bring into
the process, the more they are going to
talk about ASUN in their classes, in
their organizations, to their friends and
to their peers.”
A little help from my friends
With all his goals in mind,
Schuerman had to find two people
who shared them to complete the
Voice ticket.
Rachelle Winkle and Vernon
Miller, both senators on the current
senate, turned out to be die candidates
Schuerman was looking for.
Schuerman said that Winkle - a
student assistant in Burr Hall - has
experience in talking to people one on
one and concern for issues of diversity,
both of which make her a great candi
date for the Voice party.
Miller, a member of Pi Kappa
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...There are a lot of students who aren’t
involved in these organizations, and I think
it is our responsibility to seek those students
out any way we can.”
Andy Schuerman
Voice presidential candidate
Alpha Fraternity and resident of
Schramm Hall, completes the Voice
executive ticket as second vice presi
dential candidate. Schuerman said
Miller holds vital skills to reach stu
dents and build ASUN.
One of the issues that has set the
three Voice candidates apart from their
opponents on the Focus ticket is their
support of a proposed constitutional
amendment that would add represen
tation to the senate based on a stu
dent’s living unit and five at-large
seats.
On a crusade to make the senate
more representative, Schuerman said
the Voice candidates understand the
amendment won’t be a quick fix-all to
the problems ASUN is facing with
representation, but it will be a way to
get closer to a solution.
“Our ultimate goal with this is that
it will allow more underrepresented
students representation on senate,”
Schuerman said. “However, there is no
way we can guarantee that
“Either way, this is just two new
ways for students to be represented on
campus,” he said. “I don’t see anything
wrong with that”
Along with exploring representa
tion, Schuerman said Voice is interest
ed in making sure students’ concerns
are represented when disdUssions of
the NU Masterplan take“j>tace.
Supporting Project CARE - a group
that promotes responsible drinking on
campus - and beginning a three-day
freshman retreat before school starts
are also issues that the Voice party
intends to pursue if elected into office.
But bringing a number of ideas
and being ready for the office is only
one asset, Schuerman said.
“It’s very easy to talk a good
game,” Schuerman said. “What is real
ty difficult is playing a good game. We
realty feel like we’ve done that, are
doing that right now and will continue
to if we are elected on March 3rd.”
Prosecution ready to
rest its case this week
GALLIGO from page 1
most significant change came after
Hopkins, 20, entered into a plea agree
ment with prosecutors in June 1998 to
testify against Galligo.
Before the plea, Hopkins told
police Schmader had sexually assault
ed him, and that was why he murdered
Schmader. Hopkins also omitted
details of the crime that he carefully
planned, carried out and then con
cealed. I
“I didn’t know how to explain to
people that I had no real reason to do it,”
Hopkins said.
After the agreement, which let
Hopkins plead guilty to manslaughter
instead of murder, Hopkins told police
the story of a premeditated murder that
Galligo played a very small part in.
Now Galligo, 19, is on trial for first
degree murder and the use of a weapon
to commit a felony for the 1995 murder
of Schmader.
The three boys, Galligo, Hopkins
and Schmader, all lived in the same
south Lincoln group home in October
1995 when Schmader was brutally
beaten and stabbed over two stolen car
tons of cigarettes.
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Schmader’s body was found Dec.
22,1995, buried in a storm drainage
tunnel in Antelope Creek under 48th
Street
On the stand Friday, Hopkins told
how he had always warded to kill some
one because it made him feel more
powerful than God.
When Hopkins was 15 he tortured
and almost killed his then 19-year-old
girlfriend because he thought she had
been unfaithful.
In a letter Hopkins wrote to Galligo
in November 1998, he told Galligo how
he had planned to kill Galligo in
November 1995, but got too drunk to
carry out his plan that night
Hopkins wrote the letter after read
ing a newspaper article Galligo was
quoted in.
In December, Hopkins was sen
tenced to 15 to 20 years for die use of a
weapon to commit a felony. He will be
sentenced for manslaughter after
Galligo’s trial.
But as part of his plea agreement
Hopkins must tell the truth, so if he is
caught lying on the stand, Hopkins
could be prosecuted for murder.
Galligo’s trial is expected to contin
ue into the middle of this week.
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Fair makes science a ‘bang’
■ The UNL event used
explosions and bug-tasting
to give kids opportunities
to see science at work.
ByEricRineer
Staff writer
Busted balls, burning balloons
and cooked insects were just some of
the spectacles to see during the sec
ond annual Science Fair on Saturday
at the University of Nebraska State
Museum.
Thousands packed into Morrill
Hall as NU scientists set up demon
strations and gave presentations on
science and its relevance to everyday
life.
The event, which attracted about
3,000 local school children, was
sponsored by the Big Red Keno
Science and Math educational pro
grams.
While many of the children made
use of the 20 different workshops
located throughout Morrill Hall,
almost all of them attended demon
strations put on by Dan Sullivan, a
University of Nebraska at Omaha
professor of chemistry, and Glenn
. Sowell, a UNO associate physics pro
fessor.
In one experiment, Sullivan
soaked a rubber ball in liquid nitrogen
and threw it against a wall where it
broke into pieces, spurring die audi
ence to applause.
Sullivan also received applause
after pouring a coffee pot full of liquid
nitrogen onto a balloon, causing the
balloon’s gas to condense into liquid.
The demonstrations would help
broaden the horizons of the children
attending the event, Sullivan said.
“There are very few opportunities
for children to see the exotic things in
science,” Sullivan said. 'This is real
science action.”
Sullivan ended each of his three
shows with a bang by torching a bal
loon.
“It’s fun blowing things up and
burning them down,” Sullivan said.
“And the kids think we’re heroes.”
Sowell said the purpose of the
demonstrations was to offer children
an alternative to learning exclusively
through textbooks and classroom lec
tures.
“Seventy percent of it should be
exciting for them,” Sowell said. “But
there’s always a lesson in it, too.”
One of the more fascinating
aspects of Sowell’s show was his seg
ment on die effects of air pressure.
In one demonstration, Sowell
sucked the air out of a giant steel can
with a vacuum hose, causing the
inside of the can to collapse.
Sowell also used various instru
ments to explain how electricity was
generated and how sound was creat
ed.
Some of the educational stations
at the fair included an optical illusion
station, a demonstration of DNA
extraction and precipitation, planetar
ium shows and a bug-tasting station.
At the bug station, children
snacked on chocolate-covered honey
bee pieces and mealworm bars, while
viewing showcases of dead grasshop
pers, beetles, butterflies and moths.
Another snack included honey
bee bits cooked with onions, butter,
garlic and ginger spread onto crack
ers. „
Mary Liz Jameson, an assistant
professor at the State Museum said
die point of the station was to demon
strate the versatile ways in which
insects contribute to nature and soci
ety. /
For example, she said, insects as
food are an excellent source of pro
tein and fat A number of developing
countries, she said, use insects in their
diets.
Marian Langan, coordinator of
the day’s events, said she was pleased
with the high turnout, which was esti
mated at several thousand. The fair
was an excellent chance for children
to learn science in a hands-on man
ner, she said.
“If kids-are just learning by the
book,” said Langan, “it’s really not
that exciting for them.”
Langan said she was particularly
impressed by the various University
of Nebraska-Lincoln professors who f
volunteered to teach at the event.
“We were looking for people to
serve as good role models for the
kids,” she said. ‘We certainly had that
here today.”
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Proposal to move primary date to April
PRIMARIES from page 1
together with an earlier primary date
would bring more candidates to the
Midwest, he said.
“It’s high time the Midwest took
a stand and give ourselves a voice in
the presidential process,”
Thornburgh said. “By banding
together with these seven states, we
have as many delegates as
California.”
Secretary of State Scott Moore
also testified in support of the bill,
which he asked Bruning to intro
duce.
In lieu of voting for a delegate on
the ballot, a caucus would determine
who will attend the national conven
tion.
But Randy Moody, who testified
as an “active Republican,” objected
to establishing a caucus system.
“Taking away the popular vote
and going to the caucus system
would be very detrimental to the
state party system,” he said.
“Caucuses encourage single-issue
1 politics.” '
^ Moody said a caucus would draw
debate on single issues because peo
ple would garner support and bring a
large group of people to a meeting to
debate a single issue. "~y
More people would come to cau
cuses, as opposed to a county con
vention, Moore said.
“This would give a whole new
group of people a chance to get
involved,” he said.
Sen. DiAnna Schimek of Lincoln
said the caucus system is essentially
the same as the current county con
vention system.
Bruning said despite similarities
or differences, LB695 at least did
something.
“Right now we have no influ
ence,” Bruning said.
“I think anything is better than
the status quo.”
