Rjbnjary 27,2001
Volume 100
Issue116
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One more
day until
election
■The looming outcome of
tomorrow's vote will decide
who's in and who's out
BY JLLZEMAN
The five ASUN presidential
candidates can almost breathe a
sigh of relief
In just one day, they'll find out
if their months of campaigning
? will come to fruition or fall short
Wednesday marks the
Association of Students of the
University of Nebraska elections.
Five candidates are running
for president - four with parties,
and one independently.
Candidates can now countthe
hours until the elections are over
as long as there isn’t a runoff elec
tion.
ASUN guidelines state if a
party does not receive more than
50 percent of the votes, or 10 per
cent more votes than the party
coming in second {dace, a run-off
election must be held
A run-off election was neces
sary to determine a winner in last
year's election, as well as the elec
tion in 1999.
The five presidential candi
dates and their platforms are as
follows:
John Matzen, independent
presidential candidate
Matzen said he hoped his
goofy demeanor would make stu
dents realize he was just like them.
Matzen is running independ
ently with First Vice-Presidential
Candidate Holly Flanagan.
Matzen’s platform issues
indude:
■ Bringing a Chik-fil-A restau
rant to Lincoln.
■ Increasing the “funk” at
UNL by appointing his friend,
Steve Morrison, sophomore
anthropology major, as “Minister
of Funk.”
■ Implementing die Three Is:
getting students informed,
involved and interested in student
government.
Matzen said he has been try
ing to improve his competition’s
platform ideas.
After the Score! Party pro
posed a student book exchange to
be held in the University
Bookstore, Matzen spearheaded
the development of a book
exchange Web site.
As for specific plans for ASUN,
Matzen said he would work with
students to find out the best way
to effectively govern the student
body.
No Bull
Andy Mixan, presidential can
didate, said he wanted ASUN to
focus on campus issues, not larger
political debates.
Mixan is running with Bill
Westering, first vice-presidential
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Two bills could aid
victims of infertility
BY GWEN T1ETGEN
The hardships that accompa
ny infertility-and reluctance by
insurance companies to cover
diseases related to it - were evi
dent Monday to state legislators.
Scott Vermaas aimed to cap
ture die hearts of legislators when
he told of his wife’s struggle with
endometriosis, a disease that can
cause infertility, and he and his
wife’s fight with insurance com
panies.
“What would your life be like
if you had no children or grand
children?” Vermaas asked mem
bers of the Banking, Commerce
and Insurance Committee.
“Just pray that this doesn’t
happen to someone in your fami
ly,” he said.
Sen. Mike Foley introduced
LB825 to aid people like Vermaas.
The bill would require insurance
companies to provide coverage
for diseases or treatments related
to the natural reproductive
processes of the body.
The debate is nothing new to
the Legislature, which has heard
the bill in similar versions for
more than 10 years.
The bill wouldn’t include cov
erage of abortions, artificial
reproductive measures such as
in-vitro fertilization or contracep
tive devices.
Amy Schenk of Omaha knows
all about the feelings of inadequa
cy related to infertility
Schenk was diagnosed with a
hormonal imbalance in 1991.
After using prescribed drugs to
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Dustin dements and Justin Willey ride through the Nebraska Union on scooters.They were manning an Outdoor Adventures booth advertising the scooters for rent
Fine and performing arts picks
Oliva as college's newest dean
■ In the latest step to eradicating UNL's
“interim" titles, Giacomo “Jack” Oliva is
declared the school's new administrator.
BY CHARLIE KAUFFMAN
The university is one step closer to
removing all the “interim” titles in front of
its administrators.
The College of Fine and Performing Arts
named Giacomo “Jack” Oliva as the college's
dean on Monday.
Oliva is currently a professor and direc
tor at the University of Florida School of
Music.
Oliva will take over as dean after Richard
Durst left last February to become dean of
the College of Arts and Architecture at Penn
State University in University Park, Pa..
Lawrence Mallett, director of the School
of Music, serves as the college's interim
dean.
Oliva said he was excited to be the col
lege’s next leader.
“The arts units in that college all have a
long history of quality,” he said. “It’s a good,
solid faculty.”
Oliva said the recent $18 million
Hixson-Lied naming gift to the college
showed that the university was "committed
to helping the college grow.”
Ohva earned his bachelor's degree and
his masters degree at Montclair State
College in New Jersey and earned his doc
toral degree at New York University.
Oliva had been at
Florida since 1992,
after teaching at
Mississippi State
University.
Jillian Morse, a
senior vocalist in the
college, said she
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the opportunities available to vocalists in
the college. She said she thought the exist
ing system was biased against vocalists.
"It seemed there weren't as many oppor
tunities for (vocalists),” Morse said. “It was
really hard to get a break.”
Morse said publicity for the college also
was lacking in die old administration.
“I'd like to see a lot more faculty recitals
done by the vocal department,” she said.
“I’d also like to see a lot more publicity for
the school of music.”
Mallett, the college’s interim dean,
would not comment on whether he applied
for the permanent position.
But Mallett said he was proud of the col
lege’s accomplishments during his time as
interim dean.
These accomplishments included the
academic prioritization of the college and
the expansion of recruitment to attract a
more diverse group of students.
“Our programs are really in wonderful
shape,” Mallett said. “The future looks
extremely bright.”
Fine and Performing Arts, which
rd like to see a lot more
faculty recitals done by the
vocal department I’d also like
to see a lot more publicity for
the school of music.”
Jillian Morse
senior vocalist
opened its doors in 1993, is the youngest of
UNL's 10 colleges.
Mallett said he knew Oliva professional
ly through the National Association of
Schools of Music, and he has a lot of confi
dence in his ability.
“Seems like a very nice guy,” Mallett
said. “Very aggressive, very outgoing, very
personable. I think he’ll do a wonderful
job.”
Robert Fought, interim director of the
School of Music, shared Mallett’s confi
dence.
“I think that he’s going to have no trou
ble at all representing the college,” Fought
said. “I think he’s going to be a quick study.”
Oliva's term will begin early this sum
mer. Mallett will return to his former job as
the Director of the School of Music, and
Fought will return to his former as associate
director of the music school.
“I think it will be a very busy summer for
(Oliva),” Fought said.
Friends, family mourn death of UNL specialist, companion
BY JILL CONNER
A university employee without a
history of health problems died in the
Campus Recreation Center on
Saturday.
Friends and family said they lost a
person who had an impact on everyone
he came across.
Robert lice, 52, a computer special
ist at UNL's Barkley Memorial Center,
died Saturday afternoon after he suf
fered a heart attack in the Campus
Recreation Center.
lice was working out with his wife at
about 1:30 p.m. when he suffered the
heart attack, Assistant Police Chief
Mylo Bushing said.
Bushing said 911 was called, and the
Lincoln Fire Department performed
CPR and advanced life support.
He was then transported to Bryan
1There just aren’t many Bob
Tices in the world. He’s just
remarkable.
Tom Carrell
associate professor of special education
and communication
LGH West where he was pronounced
dead at 2:13 p.m. by Dr. J. Smith, an
emergency room physician, Bushing
said.
Tice had worked at the Barkley
Memorial Center, where the university
studies speech and language pathology
and audiology and treats communica
tions disorders, for 17 years.
He provided technical support, pro
grammed computers and designed per
formed duties programs.
Faces were somber Monday as co
workers dealt with the loss of a friend
and colleague.
Faculty and staff at the center
agreed that Tice always went above and
beyond the call of duty.
“Before we had Ethernet, he and I
crawled in the ceilings and connected
all the computers into a network," said
A1 Steckelberg, an associate professor of
special education and communication
disorders.
Tom Carrell, an associate professor
of special education and communica
tion disorders, who worked closely with
Tice, said Tice was one of the main
things that attracted him to his job at
the center.
Carrell said he often showed him off
to perspective employees.
“There just aren't many Bob Tices in
the world,” Carrell said. “He's just
remarkable.”
Tice even showed fairness on the
golf course, said Charlie Healey, a spe
cial education and communication dis
orders professor and Tice’s long-time
golf partner.
Healey said although Tice was a
great golfer, he never intimidated any
one on any skill level.
“He’d even be cheering for the other
people," he said.
Healey and Tice won the UNL facul
ty golf tournament twice and came in
second on more than one occasion.
These opinions were echoed in the
sentiments of his family, who said they
mourned the loss of a supportive father
and caring husband.
"He was truly unique in that he felt
everybody mattered and that every
body should be treated that way,” said
his son, Troy.
Troy Tice, of Lincoln, said his father
coached every one of his little league
teams as well as coached him through
his wedding.
“My dad was always there.”
Robert’s wife, Sue Tice, said her hus
band’s death came as a shock because
he had never had any heart problems.
Sue Tice said she was grateful that a
day never went by when she didn’t tell
her husband she lpved him.
“He was absolutely the most giving
and caring person,” she said.
“I was just so lucky to have him for
31 years - so many people never have
that in their lifetime.”
Services for Tice will be held at 9
a.m. Wednesday at Lincoln Memorial
Funeral Home & Floral Shop, 6800 S.
14th St. His visitation is 9 a.m. until 9
p.m. today.