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i' Daily Nebraskan UNL student’s father makes it Eric Crouch led the Mo the hot seat on Sunday Huskers to an easy win nightVMiNionaire’ over Texas Tech. Now it's In News/5 Bayior, with OU looming In SportsWednesday/10 Art student overcomes tumultuous times, excels in graphic-design field In Arts/8 Dean search takes off ■Four candidates will visit over two weeks in November to vie fbrtheFine Arts position. BY VERONICA DAEHN UNL's theater and music majors should be without a leader no longer come late November. Four candidates for dean of the Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts will have interviews at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln starting Oct. 29. UNL has been seeking a replacement for former dean Richard Durst, who left to become dean of the College of Arts and Architecture at Pennsylvania State University in University Park. Giacomo Oliva, prolessor and director of the School of Music at the University of Florida in Gainesville, will be at UNL Oct. 29-31. Oliva has been director of the School of Music in Florida since 1992 and has helped implement programs that should boost the school’s image in Florida and the southeastern U.S. He taught in New Jersey high schools for 13 years and was head the music department at Mississippi State University in Starkville before moving to Florida. David On Belcher has been dean of the College of Arts and Letters at Southwest Missouri State University in Springfield since 1994. He will be at UNL Nov. 1-3. Belcher has been at Southwest Missouri State since 1988, serving as a professor before becoming dean. He has performed all over the United States, Canada, Austria and Switzerland. This month, Belcher is scheduled to play in a recital at the Chopin Academy of Music in Warsaw, Poland. Kathleen Rountree, associ ate dean of the College of Music and Dramatic Arts at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, will interview at UNL Nov. 5-7. Rountree has been at Louisiana State since 1989 and has been associate dean of the College of Music and Dramatic Arts since 1995. bne has edited a compact disc recording and is the author of several articles. Rountree, a pianist, has also performed across the United States and overseas, including performances for the U.S. ambassador to Hong Kong and at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music in 1987. Raymond lymas-Jones has been dean of the College of Fine and Performing Arts at Ohio University in Athens since1998. lymas-Jones will be at UNL Nov. 8-10. He has taught at several U.S. v institutions including Washington University in St. Louis, Buffalo State College (now the State University of New York at Buffalo) and the University of Northern Iowa in Cedar Falls. Tymas-Jones also has per formed as a featured soloist with the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra and others. Evelyn Jacobson, associate vice chancellor for academic affairs, said this interview and selection process would mirror the one used for the dean candi dates for the College of Arts and Sciences. Once the interviews are complete, the senior vice chan cellor for academic affairs, David Brinkerhoff, will look at the input received from everyone who has met with the candidates and make the final decision. The new dean will be chosen about two weeks from the final interview, Jacobson said. McCain: Race key to Senate control ■ The Arizona senator visited Nebraska in support of candidate Don Stenberg. BY BRIAN CARLSON Arizona Sen. John McCain said Friday that Nebraska’s Senate race between Democrat Ben Nelson and Republican Don Stenberg could determine control of the Senate. “The people of Nebraska could be determining which party is in the majority in the Senate,” he said at a news conference in Lincoln. Republicans hold a 54-46 majority in the Senate. With the death of Missouri Gov. Mel Carnahan, though, McCain’s point could be moot According to many political observers, the GOP became more likely to maintain control of the Senate with Carnahan’s death in a plane crash Monday night. Carnahan, a Democrat, was in a tight race with incumbent Republican Sen. John Ashcroft McCain, who unsuccessfully challenged Texas Gov. George W. Bush for the GOP presidential nomination, came to Nebraska at the invitation of Sen. ChuckHagel, a close friend. “I’m here on Don Stenberg’s behalf because he is a man of con servative principles who is dedi cated to the agricultural economy and the rebuilding of the military,” McCain said. Hagel said McCain’s bid for the presidency excited and ignited the country like no politician since Bobby Kennedy. McCain, a former fighter pilot held captive for more than five years by the North Vietnamese, said recent events in the Middle East-escalating violence between Israelis and Palestinians and a sus Former presidential candidate and Arizona Sen. John McCain speaks to the press Friday at the Comhusker Hotel in support of Republican Senate candidate Don Stenberg. McCain said the race for the Senate majority could come down to Nebraska's seat. pected terrorist attack on the U.S.S. Cole in Yemen - showed the continuing importance of the U.S. military. "We still live in a very danger ous world - one that requires a partnership between Congress and the Executive Branch,” he said. McCain said politicians should not try to make political hay out of the crisis in the Middle East. But he criticized the Democratic presidential ticket of Al Gore and Joe lieberman for dis missing Bush’s criticism of the Clinton administration’s handling of the military. “In the debates, both Joe Lieberman and Al Gore said any discussion of military prepared ness was somehow unpatriotic,” he said. “Iliat is disingenuousness at its worst It would be unpatriot ic of us notto discuss the readiness of our military and how we would improve it” Stenberg agreed. “The past week’s events pro vide a strong reminder that our national defense must remain the highest responsibility of the gov ernment of the United States," he said. Last week. Nelson’s campaign suggested Nelson would be more like McCain than Stenberg. But McCain said anyone who thought he would support Nelson “was smoking the thing that President Clinton didn’t inhale.” Hagel called on voters to con sider military and foreign policies. “There are all different kinds of dangers, and the unpredictability of the world is like it’s never been before,” he said. “It does matter who we send to the White House and Congress on Nov. 7.” Bereuter Jacobsen soar over tax, farm ooiicv issues ■Forum allows 1st District congressional candidates to discuss environmental issues. BY BRIAN CARLSON U.S. Rep. Doug Bereuter and his Democratic challenger, Alan Jacobsen, disagreed on farm and tax policy at a forum on Tuesday for the 1st District congressional candidates. At the forum, held by the Lincoln Independent Business Association, Jacobsen criticized the 1996 Freedom to Farm Act, which removed supply restric tions and left planting decisions to farmers. "Freedom to Farm did great damage to farmers,” he said. “The export markets went to pot, and now we’re saying ‘We’re sorry, but here’s some money to keep you going.’” Jacobsen said he supported returning management controls I to federal farm policy, as well as providing crop and revenue insurance, extending loan peri ods and promoting ethanol. But Bereuter, an 11-term Republican, recalled that the Freedom to Farm Act passed with bipartisan support. Any farm policy would have strug gled in the past couple of years because the Asian financial crisis caused commodity prices to plummet, he said. As vice chairman of the House of International Relations Committee and a prospective chairman, Bereuter said he would continue to push for expanded overseas markets for farm products. “You can’t simply ignore the fact that soon, only 5 percent of the world’s population will live in the United States," he said. “We have to exploit those markets.” Bereuter said he also sup ported crop and revenue insur ance, longer loan periods and ethanol promotion. I Bereuter said he supported a reduction in income tax rates, as well as targeted tax cuts such as the elimination of the so-called marriage penalty, which forces some married couples to pay more in income taxes them if they were single. "The American people are not undertaxed,” he said. Jacobsen said the federal government should use the budget surplus to address Social Security, provide prescription drug benefits, improve military readiness and provide tax cuts. He criticized Bereuter for opposing elimination of the inheritance tax. The GOP-con trolled Congress voted to elimi nate the tax, but President Clinton vetoed it. “He was the only Republican who did not vote to override the inheritance tax repeal," Jacobsen said. “He had the chance to do it, and he didn’t.” Bereuter defended his vote, noting that only 2 percent of _■r ‘You can’t simply ignore the fact that soon, only 5 percent of the world’s population will live in the United States Doug Bereuter 1st District Congressional incumbent estates are subject to the inheri tance tax. Although he supports raising the inheritance tax exemption and reducing the rate, he does not support a full removal of the tax, he said. “What I didn’t agree with was eliminating the inheritance tax altogether on billionaires,” he said. Bereuter also said the inheri tance tax provides a powerful incentive for wealthy families to donate to charities. In response to a question, Bereuter called the increase in corporate mergers a “troubling trend.” He criticized the Clinton administration for not using antitrust legislation to ensure competition in some sectors of the economy. Jacobsen did not answer the question about corporate merg ers. Jacobsen said it was time for a fresh face in the 1st District seat “I believe I can make a differ ence with my agricultural back ground and business experi ence," he said. But Bereuter said he had been the most effective con gressman in the district’s history. “I think no one has stayed in closer contact with their con stituents than I have,” he said. Courtesy Photo Luke Miller, a junior mechanical engineering major, climbs a sandstone ledge in the Ozark Mountains in Sam's Throne, Ark.The trip was offered through the Outdoor Adventures section of Campus Recreation over fall break. Students climb from wall to reality BY GEORGE GREEN Over fall break, a group of UNL stu dents struggled and scraped their way to a rewarding adventure excursion in the Ozark Mountains of Arkansas. The group, composed of seven stu dents and two student-instructors, raced away from Lincoln to rock climb for three days in Sam’s Throne, Ark. Jagged rocks, sheer sandstone ledges up to 65-feet tall and deep cracks greeted the novice group when they arrived at the climb sites. Jeff Sorensen, an undeclared sopho more and Josh Barker, a senior advertising major, were both amazed as they stared at the climb ahead of them. "Damn,” was the only response Sorensen could muster. None of the trip members had ever climbed outside, and many had only been climbing at the wall in the Campus Recreation Center for a short time. The trip was offered to new climbers through the Outdoor Adventures section of Campus Recreation, which sponsors out door trips across the country. Jessica Varner, a sophomore architec ture major, said the massive rocks were intimidating at first But the group still courageously attacked the climbs on their first day after sleeping for only four and a half hours the night before because of the 10 hour drive from Lincoln. Kyle Hansen, a senior education major, and Katie Lyon, a junior biology major, led the trip and eased the problems of die vir gin climbers. The leaders demonstrated basic climb ing techniques, set climbing ropes and taught basic camping skills. Despite Hansen’s and Lyon’s advice, the group still had to suffer through frustrating falls and stinging cuts from the rocks. Nick Whitney, a junior math and eco nomics major, reported his new cuts and bruises to the group on a daily basis. Whitney, though, still enjoyed his trip. “It was a good trip because my knee and elbow are bruised, my muscles are sore and I have patches of skin missing from body,” he said. Stefanie Gowen, a sophomore criminal justice major, also had to struggle on the climbs. But she said the reward of the reaching the top was worth all of her efforts. Lyon gave the group its closest look at rock climbing struggles when she climbed a very difficult route after falling several times. “It was amazing to watch," said Luke Miller, a junior mechanical engineering major. Rampant jokes and friendly sarcasm between group members, though, helped bruises heal and encouraged second attempts at tough routes. When the teams wasn’t tackling rock faces, they enjoyed the peace and quiet of life outdoors. Spectacular autumn colors rippled across the Ozark forest and dazzled climbers when they reached overlooks. The group’s response pleased Hansen. “It is really rewarding to see a group of climbers take advantage of all of the climb ing opportunities in Arkansas,” he said.