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SPORTS Reduction in force NU’s I-back corps has been reduced to one by a series of injuries. Now, it’s up to two freshmen to support the efforts of Buckhalter. PAGE 6 A&E American music John Trudell and the Bad Dogs play with Indigenous tonight at the Centennial Ballroom in the Nebraska Union. PAGE 9 April 7, 1|999 A Season to Bi Sunny, high 71. Rain possil . Wesely, Johnson take primary victories r By Eric Rineer Staff writer After a one-year absence from the | Nebraska Legislature, former senator Don Wesely returned to the political j scene in the grandest of fashion. Wesely won a landslide victory in Tuesday’s primary mayoral election as | he garnered more than 48 percent of the city’s votes - or 13,958 - per unofficial \ results Tuesday night. The Democratic candidate will be joined by Republican City f ^ Councilwoman Cindy Johnson, who secured 36 percent of Tuesday’s votes - or 10,512 votes unofficially. The turnout for Tuesday’s election was 23.4 percent - or 29,341 voters out of 125,345 registered voters. The victories sent both Johnson and Wesely to the final leg of the mayoral race. The two will now square off in the general election, to be held May 4. “This is a great result,” said Wesely, who added that his overall experience in the Legislature determined the final outcome of the election. Wesely, who acknowledged he was si w — a little surprised at his wide margin of victory, said he was eager to build on the support his campaign has already mustered to this point. He said he was confident about the general election now that the race was narrowed to him and Johnson. Wesely said he expected most of the votes from the three other candidates involved in Tuesday’s election to come to his campaign. The main concern now, Wesely said, is focusing on the issues most impor Please see ELECTION on 3 Rock die vote Council Members Dist 1 Coleen Seng 6.044 96.84% Council Members Dist 2 Jon Camp 4,181 44.87% Council Members Dist. 3 Jonathan Cook 3,154 43.37% Council Members Dist. 4 Curt Donaldson 1,574 41.41% Airport Authority 6-yr. Phyllis Chambers 17,354 51.42% Airport Authority 4-yr. John L. Hoppe Jr. 21,785 98.52% Unofficial results show the winners of each district in Monday’s City Council race. Numbers are as of 10 p.m. Tuesday night. Board of Education Member Dist. 1 Peter W.Katt 1,926 57.79% Board of Education Member Dist. 2 Doug Evans 2,796 55.81% Board of Education Member Dist 4 Edward F. Zimmer 1,115 68.07% Board of Education Member Dist. 6 Lillie Larson 3,214 64.95% MattHaney/DN 4 T JuLlIjrllJLK - Learning dilemmas Students struggle to find truth that links actions, belief Ryan Soderlin/DN UNL SENIOR STACIE BEACH, a family science major, prays a devotion Monday at her apartment in Lincoln/Beach said she prayed about three 15-minute devo tions a day, plus an hour devotion. Editors note: This is the second in a four part series examining the relationship between religion and higher education. By Kelli Lacey Staffwriter Last srnnmer was a special one for Stacie Beach. While on vacation in New York, Beach, a senior family science major, decided that she needed to get back to the strong faith in God that she had held years ago. So, in early June, she rededicated her life to Christ. That decision caused her to take a deep look at her morals and how faith can be affected by them. Before last summer, her college life had been a constant struggle. “I started living a life of sin. I started drinking, going out and basically living a party life,” Beach said. “I wasn’t studying or going to church. “I was living a life that I knew wasn’t right m my heart It realty broke me.” The summer after her freshman year at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Beach was diagnosed with clinical Please see MORALS on 2 Read the Daily Nebraskan on the World Wide Web at dailyneb.com Academic Senate Parking motions get green light ■ Academic Senate brings up potential problems with the university’s Master Plan, such as safety and locations of garages. By Shane Anthony Staff writer Academic Senate members pushed for pas sage of resolutions Tuesday that indicate some of them are peeved about parking. Senators passed a resolution and two emer gency motions dealing with proposed parking changes, safety and the Master Plan. Several senators said they were concerned about a lack of faculty and staff input in decisions made about parking and the plan as a whole. The Master Plan maps UNL’s future look for the next 12 years and beyond. Donald Jensen, professor of psychology, moved to ask that the Master Plan be reconsid ered with input from the Academic Senate or a senate subcommittee. Jensen said he was con cerned about a lack of interest in faculty gover nance. But T. Jack Morris, director and professor of biological sciences said several meetings on the plan were held already. Faculty members were welcome at the meetings, he said, but few people attended. Soon after Jensen’s motion passed, Robert F. Diffendal, professor in the Conservation and Survey Division, offered another emergency motion that passed. His motion said the Academic Senate would support proportional fee increases for faculty and staff according to income. Before senators began debating parking issues, Keith Zaborowski, Schramm residence director and a member of the Parking Advisory Committee, said parking fees will increase by $ 1 a month and then $2 a month to pay for new parking garages. The Advisory Committee, he said, had little to do with the fee increase. “We really weren’t consulted very much with Please see PARKING on 2