Carter talks of life in prison
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was able to fight for it, and we won.”
Carter also talked about his fight with
racism. Fighting against racism is a losing
battle because it does not exist, he said.
“How in the world can there be racism
if there is only one race on this planet,” he
said. “That is the human race.”
There are six tribes in the human race,
he said. He compared the tribes to sports
teams.
The teams compete against each other
so they don’t help each other out.
“Competition may bring out the best in
products, the best in toothpaste, cars and
the best in a lot of other things,” he said.
“But competition brings out the worst in
humans.”
Carter said minorities should help
themselves instead of complaining that
whites don’t help them.
Carter said even though racism doesn’t
exist, he has fought it his whole life.
“In the 63 years of my being a pain in
the butt on the earth, I struggled constantly
against racism, which doesn’t exist, and
injustice, which does exist,” Carter said.
Aleta Anthony said she hoped people
will become inspired by Carter’s message
and take a more active role in society.
“I hope that they not only stop to think
about things now,” said Anthony, a senior
secondary education major, “but they think
about what they can do to change things.”
People must support the system in
place today or it wouldn’t still be in tack,
Carter said.
“You believe in the system, because if
you didn’t the system wouldn’t exist,” he
said.
Many people just use the excuse that
the system doesn’t work, Carter said.
“The system isn’t supposed to work,”
he said. “We are supposed to work the sys
tem.”
Right now white people are in power,
but that will change, Carter said.
“Civilizations rise and civilizations
fall, and it seems to us that we are heading
towards destruction,” he said, “because the
line of destruction has gotten higher than
the line of construction.”
Carter now uses his influence in efforts
to stop the death penalty. There are nearly
4,000 people facing execution in this coun
try. And one out of seven people executed
are innocent, he said.
He said he was disappointed that Gov.
Mike Johanns vetoed the moratorium.
Carter said he would speak to
Nebraska’s politicians if they were avail
able to listen.
“If Nebraska officials would come here
and listen to me, I would talk to them,”
Carter said.
“I’m not a politician. Politicians are
like crocodiles,” Carter said. “When they
open their mouths, you don’t know if
they’re going to smile or eat you up.”
Carter said his message is getting to
people through the release of the movie
about his life.
“People are receiving the message,” he
said. “Everybody seems to be getting the
picture, and that’s what is important.”
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RUBIN “HURRICANE” CARTER speaks about his experiences with prejudice and hatred at the Lied Center
on Monday night. Carter used his life as an illustration of both the injustices in the world and how he over
came them. While there, Mayor Don Wesely presented him with a key to the city.
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time into since 1 was a freshman; this is
the organization I love,” Mello said.
“When you care about something
so much, you want to see it go to the
next level.”
Mello said he wants to express to
students that they can love their univer
sity experience and, ultimately, give
back to it
He also said he would like to see
ASUN “gain respect from students by
showing students what ASUN is and
that it is important.”
Mello is motivated to do what he
can for the university and its students.
He said his variety of experiences
with campus life gives him a clear per
spective on his fellow students.
Mello has experienced living in a
residence hall, being a commuter stu
dent and living in a greek house. He has
also been involved in a lot of campus
activities.
All of this led Mello to realize not
all students have the same aspirations
he does.
“It gave me a good scope of the stu
dents, and not all students want to be as
involved as I do, and it is a huge thing
for me to accept that,” Mello said.
Throughout all of his involvement
on campus, Mello has placed ASUN as
his main focus.
His motivation to be a part of
ASUN comes from his love of higher
education.
“I am the first person in my family
to go to college,” Mello said. “I love
college and higher education so much
that any opportunity for me to give
something back is amazing.”
Mello said he enjoys trying to pro
duce results for students.
“The accomplishments make you
feel good and make everything you’ve
done worthwhile,” Mello said.
Mello said Empower is dedicated to
making NU on Wheels a seven-day-a
week program, improving commuter
services for off-campus students and
putting more focus on the needs of
freshman students.
Mello said he needs to motivate his
party members to think beyond the
campaign into the rest of their ASUN
experience.
“I want to have them think about
what they want to do and how to
accomplish it,” Mello said.
The candidate he chose for first
vice president is Rometo.
“I chose Cecily because she was the
closest person to balance out my
views,” Mello said. “We have a lot in
common, but we do things and think
about things differently.”
Mello also said he feels that if
something happened and he could not
complete his term as president, he is
confident Rometo would do it and do a
good job.
Rometo said she is running because
of her experiences overseas. She said
the campus overseas had no sort of uni
fication and was not what she wanted
forUNL.
“When studying abroad, I realized
when I came back I needed to make the
biggest difference I could,” Rometo
said.
She also said she has a high opinion
of Mello, and his running for presiden
tial election is not about his own per
sonal interests.
“I have the utmost respect for
Heath. His integrity is unparalleled,”
Rometo said.
Mello also has a lot to say about the
abilities of Butterfield, his second vice
presidential candidate.
“He is very in tune with what peo
ple want,” Mello said. “He listens to
people, and he acts on it and he does it
his own way.”
Butterfield, a junior civil engineer
ing major, said Mello’s dedication to
the campaign is something special.
“It’s insane how much hard work
he’s putting in,” Butterfield said. “If he
gets elected, he’ll translate that hard
work into being a great president.”
Mello said Empower’s greatest
virtue is its diversity.
“We have a party that has students
that have views on a lot of different ,
issues. We are unique people, and each
one of us has a different way of doing
things,” Mello said. “If elected, students
will be able to relate to at least one of
our executive candidates.”
Even though ASUN has been ful
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line between campaigning and his fam
ily.
“My mom is getting brain surgery
the Friday before the election,” Mello
said. “The election is consuming me,
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me.
Mello will be going home this
weekend because his mother’s surgery
takes precedent
“This weekend the election won’t
matter; my mom is what is important”
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