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ASUN faces substantial
campus issues in ’98499
Student senate took on funds,
diversity, alcohol amid debate
By Kim Sweet
Staff writer
For the outgoing student senate of
the Association of Students of the
University of Nebraska, the final book
closed four weeks ago on the 1998-99
school year.
Days after 34 new senators and
executives were inaugurated into
office, the legislation that former
President Sara Russell and her fellow
senate helped craft were put into a
notebook that will sit on a shelf for
future perusal by incoming senators
and executives.
While contemplating what people
will remember about the 1998-99 sen
ate, Russell, during her last day in
office, could think of only one thing to
say.
“I just hope we’re remembered,”
Russell said. “I hope in the history of
ASUN, we’re looked at as doing some
pretty valid stuff.”
While looking through the book,
future senators will be able to see the
wide variety of issues senators and
executives confronted during the year.
Facing a proposed constitutional
amendment that could have decreased
university funding by $10 million,
Russell and the senate campaigned
against Initiative 413.
Making a commitment to educate
the university, members of the senate
organized a group against the lid, had
students wear blue to a football game
in protest of the amendment and held
informational sessions.
Russell and the senate put their
force behind efforts to create the
Laura Cockson Memorial
Scholarship, which honors the UNL
student killed by a drunken driver
more than a year ago.
ASUN and other student organiza
tions on campus raised enough money
to give out a $750 scholarship each
year to someone who promotes alco
hol awareness and responsible drink
ing on campus.
The senate created programming
for the Martin Luther King Jr. day cel
ebration. For the first year, students
got a day off from classes to attend
events sponsored by ASUN and com
munity groups.
The senate achieved other goals
during its yearlong term. Revising the
ASUN Outstanding Educator award,
making grades and schedules avail
able in an online site and taking action
on issues dealing with American
Indian remains are several things the
senate worked on this year.
While senate members in the
future can look through the book to
find on paper what issues were perti
nent during the year, they cannot
assess the hours of discussion racked
up by senators on controversial topics
that led to long meetings and close
votes.
A constitutional amendment pro
posed by Russell resulted in a four
hour-long meeting and a divided sen
ate chamber.
Desiring to increase representa
tion on the senate, Russell proposed to
add five at-large seats on the senate.
She also wanted to add seats based on
living unit.
Riddled with the same questions
that arise when debating affirmative
action, many of the senators said set
ting aside five special seats intended
for underrepresented students would
be discriminatory.
Others said the seats were a neces
sity.
Alter tne senate voted to let me
students decide by putting the propos
al on the election ballot, the issue
became one of contention between the
two parties in the spring elections.
Andy Schuerman and the Voice
party rallied for the amendment.
Paul Schreier and his Focus run
ning mates stood in opposition to the
proposed amendment. Instead, they
endorsed the idea of a presidential
cabinet that would report directly to
the president on issues affecting
underrepresented students on campus.
The amendment was defeated on
election day. Schuerman and his run
ning mate Rachelle Winkle won the
president and first vice presidential
offices in a runoff. Focus party candi
date Trisha Meuret took the second
vice presidential office.
Now that the work of this year’s
senate is in book form, controversial
bills such as the proposed constitu
tional amendment sit right next to bills
simply recognizing student organiza
tions. Bills that deal with the everlast
ing problem of parking sit right next to
bills giving commendation to pne stu
dent or another.
But something that can’t be cap
tured in a book of bills is time invested
in the tools that form legislation - dis
cussion and debate.
While the bills passed this year
will quickly fade in the minds of stu
dents and senators, the time and ener
gy the 1998-99 senate exerted on
issues is something that senators hope
will not be forgotten.
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