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January 26,2001
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Chavez has no regrets over choices made
■The former Secretary of Labor
nominee telb Lincoln ites that she was a
'victim of a search and destroy mission.'
BY GEORGE GREEN
Linda Chavez, President George W.
Bush’s infamous nominee for Secretary
of Labor, told Lincolnites on Thursday
about a "nasty place.”
She recounted tales about
Washington D.C. that painted a picture
of "poisoned relations” between politi
cians consumed with tarnishing each
other’s character.
Chavez's remarks were part of the
Lincoln Chamber of Commerce and the
Partnership for Economic Development
2001 Luncheon at the Cornhusker
Hotel.
In addition to lambasting what she
labeled an "unfair” system, Chavez also
highlighted some of the policies she
would have advocated, if she had landed
the Cabinet job.
Amiu coniro
versy, Chavez
removed her nomi
nation for Secretary
of Labor because of
reports she har
bored an illegal
immigrant for a
short time in the
early 1990s.
Chavez
business elite lis
tened, Chavez
explained a political process where
adversaries set out to crush each others’
reputations.
“I have been a victim of a search and
destroy mission,” she said.
Dirt-slinging politics spills into both
political parties and discourages gifted
candidates from accepting nominations
if they haven’t lived a spotless life, she
said.
“You have to live a life without a mis
take or a bad judgment,” she said.
“That's the standard.”
Chavez described the meticulous
process of examining a Cabinet nomi
nee, which includes filling out packets of
information 6-inches thick that request
obscure information such as the candi
date’s past addresses dating back as far
as college.
But, she said, the high standards
were not equally applied to all people.
Instead, she said, the opinions of power
ful interest groups determined her polit
ical destiny.
“The real issue was my views on the
issues,” she said.
In particular, she said her criticism
of programs that allow Spanish-speak
ing children to learn in their native
tongue and her skepticism of minimum
wage hikes damned her political failure.
It’s important to assimilate immi
grants into society by teaching them
English and hiking the minimum wage
doesn’t guarantee prosperity for the
lower class, Chavez said in her defense.
Despite being “unfairly caricatured”
and having to reveal too much personal
information, Chavez said she would
again take in the Guatemalan immi
grant that got her into hot water if she
could do it all over.
Helping a "beaten-up” woman
knocking at your door who was “lured to
U.S. by die promise of a job” took prece
dence over asking for a green card, she
said.
Gov. Mike Johanns offered Chavez a
public pat on the back for her courage
throughout the ordeal.
"I admire you,” he said.
Chavez pointed toward immigrants
like the Guatemalan woman as keys to
buffering the country’s economic boom.
“We have to come to terms with our
immigration policy,” she said.
U.S. immigration policies still follow
a 1960s philosophy aimed at uniting
families, she said.
Congress members need to move
forward and tap into the opportunities
immigrants offer, Chavez said.
For example, she said, handing out
guest-worker permits will bring people
to the country on a temporary basis, and
their arrival will spawn a plume of new
positions.
“We can export jobs or bring workers
in and keep them here," she said.
Another key to nursing the boom
forward, Chavez said, is relieving tax and
regulatory burdens on business owners.
“The regulatory regime needs a
close, hard look,” she said.
Often times, she said, law makers
don’t understand the nuts and bolts of
business and create bad policies
Please see CHAVEZ on page 3
Score! aims to mend fences
■Party members say their
goals indude repairing ASUN's
reputation with students.
BY MARGARET BEHM
The writing might as well be
on the bathroom wall
Student government has got
ten a well-deserved bad reputa
tion for ignoring the opinions of
students, said Nathan Fuerst, the
first presidential candidate to
announce his candidacy for
ASUN president
As a member of the Score!
party, Fuerst said if he was elected
he would work to repair foe repu
tation of the Association of
Students of the University of
Nebraska.
“Score! is here, and we are here
to serve the students,” Fuerst said.
Jessica Lopez, first vice-presi
dent candidate, said she would
work to let students know what
the university was doing.
“It’s imperative that students
be well informed on any policy
change or proposals that may
affect them,” she said.
Nick Fitch, who is running for
second vice-president, said he
would ensure that administrators
had students' best interests in
mind when they made decisions.
“I will not be content with
turning the other cheek and sim
ply nodding my head when stu
dent needs are being compro
mised,” he said
Fuerst said Score! would fight
for students when it came to
tuition hikes.
The NU Board of Regents
could raise tuition during the next
two semesters, Fuerst said.
Score! would ask the Board of
Regents to initiate a tuition grand
father clause. The clause would
guarantee current students a
locked-in tuition rate throughout
their college career.
There would be a limit on how
many years the clause would last,
Fuerst said. Also, students who
returned to college after a two or
more semesters off would not be
eligible for the locked-in tuition
rata
Also looking out for students’
pocketbooks, Fuerst said he
would implement a book
exchange network.
The University Bookstore
takes advantage of students,
Fuerst said.
“Personally, I feel that the
University Bookstore has gotten
out of control,’’ he said.
Under the exchange, students
could buy and sell books through
theASUN office.
Aside for serving as a watch
dog for students’ wallets, Fitch
said he wanted to make the uni
versity more welcoming.
“I have a vision for this univer
sity that every student should feel
that this university is their home,”
he said.
7 will not be content
with turning the other
cheek and simply
nodding my head
when student needs
are being
compromised.”
Nick Fitch
second vice president candidate
Fitch said he also would work
to unite ASUN and the Residence
Hall Association. He wants RHA
members to attend ASUN meet
ings and activities.
"The gap between ASUN and
RHA has grown too large,” Fitch
said. “I think something should be
done.”
Fuerst said Score! would
encourage U.S. citizen students to
participate in programs and activ
ities involving international stu
dents.
“International students are
one of the greatest resources this
campus has,” he said.
All in all, Fuerst said his quest
for office was based on his want
ing to enrich the lives of the stu
dents he would serve.
“It’s not about anything politi
cal. It’s not about, ‘Man, I would
really like to get elected,’” Fuerst
said. “It’s about how we can make
another student’s life better at this
university.”
Nathan Fuerst
announces hb
candidacy for
ASUN president
Thursday at the
Nebraska Union.
Fuerst, who b
representing
the Score! Party,
said hb goal was
to repair the
reputation of
ASUN.
Student Involvement director bids farewell
■ Bugenhagen,who has served fcr
10 years,now will be woriang at
Marquette University.
BYJUZEMAN
Ten years ago, the Student
Involvement office didn't look the
way it does today.
Student Involvement was known
as Campus Activities and Recreation,
and the office was much smaller
than it is now in the Nebraska Union.
The university said goodbye
Thursday to the architect of those
changes, Marilyn Bugenhagen,
Student Involvement director.
Bugenhagen, who has served as
director for the past 10 years, leaves
the University of Nebraska-Lincoln
today to become the student union
director at Marquette University, in
Milwaukee, Wis.
Wisconsin is Bugenhagen’s home
state, which drew her to Marquette,
she said.
UNL will conduct a national
search to find Bugenhagen’s succes
sor, said Daryl Swanson, director of
Nebraska Union and Nebraska East
Union.
Diane Podolske, assistant direc
tor of Student Involvement, will
serve as interim director, he said.
Bugenhagen also served as asso
ciate director of Nebraska Union and
Nebraska East Union.
The university went without a
Student Involvement director for a
while, so when she was hired,
Bugenhagen filled a vacancy that
needed Strong leadership, Swanson
said.
“Marilyn saved my life 10 years
ago,” Swanson said. "She began to
put the pieces back together."
During her time at UNL,
Bugenhagen changed the office’s
name to Student Involvement, which
made perfect sense, Swanson said.
“There are many ways
(Bugenhagen) changed the course
and direction of Student
Involvement,” he said.
The LeaderShape Institute, a
week-long leadership conference
over Spring break, was another
brainchild of Bugenhagen’s,
Swanson said.
Bugenhagen also helped with the
design for the current Student
Involvement office, he said.
“We always hate to lose people
like Marilyn,” Swanson said.
"The office will be a continuing
legacy to (Bugenhagen’s) work with
us.”
James Griesen, vice chancellor
for student affairs, said
Bugenhagen’s work on campus
extended beyond the Office of
Student Affairs.
“So many good things happened
in student affairs in the last 10 years
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Student Involvement Director Marilyn Bugenhagen says her goodbyes Thursday at her farewell
reception in the Nebraska Union. Bugenhagen, who has served as director for 10 years, will
become student union director at Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wis.
because of Marilyn,” he said.
Bugenhagen contributed to Big
Red Welcome, New Student
Enrollment and was one of the first
university leaders to work on reduc
ing high-risk drinking, Griesen said.
During a reception Thursday, a
tearful Bugenhagen said throughout
her time at UNL, the university was
always supportive of her and her
family.
“Nebraska will always be in our
hearts,” Bugenhagen said, while
accompanied with her family.
“It will be a part of our home for a
very, very long time."
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Attorneys to
argue against
Reinhard suit
BYJILLZEMAN
NU attorneys will argue today to dismiss a case
filed by a professor who was accused of mishandling
American Indian remains.
Karl Reinhard, associate professor in the UNL
School of Natural Resources, filed a defamation suit
against the NU Board of Regents.
Reinhard filed the case with the Lancaster
County District Court in November, and Alan
Peterson, who represents the university, said
Reinhard didn't file the suit in time.
The university filed a demurrer - a motion for a
dismissal, Peterson said. ,,
A defendant claiming libel must file a suit within
one year after he or she is aware of the publication in
question, Peterson said.
In the suit, Reinhard names the NU Board of
Regents responsible for an article published in the
April 1998 issue of The Journalist, the laboratory
newspaper published by UNL’s College of
Journalism and Mass Communications' advanced
reporting and advanced editing classes.
In his suit, Reinhard said the regents are respon
sible for attacks that caused him "severe emotional
distress and loss of reputation.”
Reinhard also said he lost forensic jobs because
Please see REINHARD on page 3