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ASUN passes bill despite opposition
^ This is not an
issue of academic
freedom, it is a
question of
ethics.”
James Andrews
Senior mechanical engineering major
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By Sara Salkeld
Staff writer
ASUN senators approved a bill
Wednesday that drew about 100 stu
dents, alumni, faculty and communi
ty members to the meeting.
The ASUN bill, presented by
President Andy Schuerman, directs
the Government Liaison Committee
to lobby against a legislative bill that
would ban the use of aborted fetal tis
sue in research.
The arguments centered around
the anti-abortion debate and academ
ic freedom.
Senior mechanical engineering
major James Andrews, speaking from
an anti-abortion stance, linked the
bill directly to abortions.
“This is not an issue of academic
freedom, it is a question Of ethics,”
Andrews said.
Some of those who were in oppo
sition to the bill, such as Newman
Center Club President Lindsay
Niewald, said anti-abortion support
ers are an underrepresented minority.
“On behalf of pro-life groups, I
feel we are strongly misrepresented
and offended by this,” said Niewald, a
senior sociology and nursing major.
Teachers College Sen. Jessica
Steyer, who spoke against the bill,
said she was speaking on behalf of
her constituents.
“I don’t want to see (ASUN) pass
something without the support of the
entire university,” Steyer said.
The majority of the people who
attended the meeting rallied against
the bill.
GLC Chairman Andy Faltin saw
the debate as an opportunity to raise
awareness in the importance of par
ticipating in student government.
“Play a more active role in choos
ing people who will reflect your feel
ings,” Faltin said to those who felt
underrepresented.
Most people, including senators,
who spoke in favor of the bill said
they were anti-abortion but still sup
ported the bill.
James McShane, an associate
professor of English, was one of the
few to speak in favor, of the bill in
open forum.
“The issue is what will it do for
academic freedom?” McShane said.
“These people who are opposed
to a legal practice aren’t going to the
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DAN ALEXANDER CHARGES his way into the end zone during the Colorado game. Alexander finished the game with 180 yards and three
touchdowns.
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But if he fought Sugar Ray
He would say
That the thing
Ain’t the ring
Its the play
So gimme a stage
Where this bull here can rage
And though I can fight
I’d much rather recite
That’s entertainment.
That s entertainment.
-Robert DeNiro, “Raging Bull”
The game is the thing at Nebraska. The
action is the juice. And before, during and after everything
else an athlete lives through, there is the game. Because
without it, they aren’t athletes. They’re just like everyone T
else.
***
There is this look in Frank Solich’s eyes - like a toad -
a look that says it’s slipping away. This game, which
should have been in hand so long ago, is slipping away.
The Big 12 Championship, slipping away.
Please see GAME on 6
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Empower party candidates: Government should be inclusive
Heather Glenboski/DN
EMPOWER PRESIDENTIAL candidate Heath Mello and
fleet vice-presidential candidate Cecily Rometo pre
pare te give their speeches Wednesday afternoon.
BySaraSalkeld
Staff writer
ASUN student government election
group Empower announced its candidacy
Wednesday in die Nebraska Union.
Tbe three executive candidates spoke
about their goals and ideas for next yeari stu
dent government.
The party is among four groups trying to
rally votes for the March 1 Association of
Students of the University of Nebraska elec
tion. -
Empower’s second vice presidential can
didate, Mike Butterfield, a junior civil engi
neering major, said the residence halls should
be more involved in die student government.
“I would like a change to bring ideas and
concerns of the residence halls to ASUN,”
Butterfield said.
Cecily Rometo, Empowers candidate for
first vice president, said she wanted to further
integrate international students into die cam
pus community.
She proposed ideas such as an advising
Web site and a student book exchange on die
Web.
“We need to reach out to all students and
reduce the dichotomy between them,” said
Rometo, a French and international studies
major.
Presidential candidate Heath Mello out
lined the goals and platform of Empower.
Mello said he would like to see the NU on
Wheels program run seven days a week. He
said the $3,012 cut to the program’s budget
on Tuesday should not be a problem.
He also said two-thirds of the student pop
•• We have a passion
to make a difference.”
Heath Mello
presidential candidate
ulation are off-campus commuter students.
“I want to reinvent the commuter student
services,” said Mello, a junior communica
tions major.
He also said he would like to see a huger
focus on freshmen and their concerns in stu
dent government.
“We have a passion to make a difference,”
Mello said. “We want to empower students to
get involved and make an impact”