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r Daily Nebraskan Columnist Mark Baldridge Throughout his NU The final years of says people are a verb, career, Cookie architecture mean not a noun Belcher's focus has a bigger space, lnOpinion/4 been on defense more freedom In SportsWednesday/1 In Arts/8 TREACHEROUS TREK: The cold weather and snow flurries didn't Nebraskans keep freshman Kevin Siminskefrom sticking to hb schedule as he bikes hb way for back to Abel Residence Hall. hyped Temperatures averaged • around 12 degrees but felt Bush visit as cold as 10 below zero to BY GEORGE GREEN students ventur- 7 a ing outside. feel great deal of They've dished out the tickets, pressure to do the and they’ve finished the plans. Now, Nebraska Republicans right thing for are simply'waiting for today’s Nebraska." arrival of the nation’s chief execu- tive. Sen. Ben Nelson Ben Kiser, executive director D-Neb. of the Nebraska Republican Party, said his office fielded countless calls Monday from Nebraskans House and airport workers ham- seeking a glimpse of President mered out a safe place for the George W. Bush. president to land and a good route “(Tickets) were gone in an for him to take out of the airport hour or two,” he said. Chris Peterson, a spokesman With the tickets dispersed, for the governor, said the Kiser said the Nebraska GOP Nebraska State Patrol would step office switched gears to coordi- in to help Secret Service officers NateWagner/DN nate the schedules of the various protect the president once his elected officials expected to pop automobile crossed the airport's up during the president’s visit barrier. U.S. Sens. Chuck Hagel and The Secret Service and the Ben Nelson will catch a ride with state patrol plan to shuttle the the president on Air Force One. president to the Omaha Civic Omaha Mayor Hal Daub and Auditorium without any stops, Bush Gov. Mike with Peterson said. prioritizes education.tax cut Johanns, along other local dignitaries, will greet He said Nebraskans who did- ’’ Sen. Ben Nelson, a Democrat, wasn’t the president when he stops in n’t get on the stick to nab a ticket BY GEORGE GREEN_ ready to condemn a tax cut, but he said he “Funding is important, and so Omaha and hops the border to won't get a chance to see Bush in wanted to be sure it didn’t other Council Bluffs, Iowa. the flesh. jeopardize is So we must tie President George W. Bush told a joint ses- important spending initiatives. reform. Kiser said all the official At the Civic Auditorium, sion ofCongress on Tuesday night about two “I’m insisting that any cut be coupled funding to higher standards greeters were looking forward to Peterson said, the president of one shoulders with Bush would to sell his to pictures country. with paying the debt,” he said. and accountability for results brushing try budget plan “One would have warning signs increas- Bush said projected surpluses could more “It’s a great honor to have him Nebraskans. ing layoffs, rising energy prices, too many than adequately fund all of his proposals and here,” Kiser said. The president revealed his President Bush failing schools ... the stubborn vestiges of drop taxes and the debt. Mike Fleharty, a spokesman budget plan to Congress on racism. Rep. Tom Osborne from Nebraska’s 3rd for Eppley Airfield in Omaha, Tuesday night “Another picture would be full of bless- Congressional District said Bush gave a good community deserved the budget’s 11.5 per- won’t be shooting the breeze with Bush plans to plug his $1.6 tril- ings a balanced budget, big surpluses, a mil- performance, but he wanted to see concrete cent boost. the president today. lion ta$ cut, his debt reduction he had and his scheme to beef itary that is second to none he said. numbers on paper before he took a firm posi- In addition to extra bucks, though, Bush But, said, his office policy up With these contrasting images in mind, tion. promised to tag schools with accountability been busy accommodating the education and the military in his Bush laid down his budget for the next 10 "The devil is always in the details,” he standards by mandating uniform testing. requests of the president’s speech to Nebraskans, Peterson years. said. “Funding is important, and so is reform. advance team, which was charged said. The president cited education as his top Armed with his own details, Bush gave So we must tie funding to higher standards with arranging the president’s Hearing the president lay out priority but promised increased funding for educational spending the biggest boost of and accountability for results,” he said. travel plans. his plans in person is a rare oppor- Social Security, Medicare and a hefty tax cut, any program in his budget. And Bush said schools that didn’t make Fleharty said airport officials tunity for Nebraskans to get a handle on Bush’s he too. He proposed tripling spending on read- the cut would fall as the government gave also joined forces with the Secret good ideas, Some Democrats say the boosts in social ing programs and “character education.” families other options for education. Service and other White House said. programs aren’t enough and believe Bush Rep. Doug Bereuter from the 1st The president, though, didn’t specifically staffers to pull the visit together. Kiser said Nebraskans owed a can’t pull off his massive $1.6 trillion tax cut Congressional District lauded the president’s “It’s a meeting of the minds,” he said. while still maintaining funding for important “heavy emphasis” on education. Please see BUSH on 6 Please see VISIT on 5 social programs. Bereuter said people in the education Together, he said, White The band 8th Wave plays a set during 903 Regent change KRNU'sand ASUN's" Voice Your Vote Radio Rally” held in could be the Nebraska coming Union's Crib on ■The Education Committee Tuesday after- noon.The event heard ideas for a superboard was held to new inside the halls of the encourage stu- and a plans for student regent. Legislature. dents to vote in State senators have been today's BYGWENTCTGEN out different to hashing ways Association of education for 30 govern higher Students of the The faces that govern higher years. of education would change under “Will this be a priority this University two proposed constitutional year?” Kristensen asked. Nebraska elec- amendments heard Tuesday in “Probably not. But the commit- tions. die Education Committee. tee needs to realize restructuring One constitutional amend- needs to be done.” ment, introduced by Speaker Kristensen’s restructuring Doug Kristensen of Minden, cre- would call for a “superboard” ates a Higher Education Board of composed of eight elected mem- Regents and changes how bers from each of the eight elec- regents are chosen. tion districts and seven mem- "Our direct obligation of bers appointed by the governor higher education is the gover- and approved by the Legislature. ASUN rocks student nance of higher education,” These members would body, encourages votingV Kristensen said. encompass the existing eight BY JILL CONNER to meet the (candidates) and find out what’s Mixan said he thought the rally was a The best way to run state members of the Board of Regents going on,” Geiser said. good way for ASUN to reach out to students. ASUN to rock the UNL vote institutions is to have one group and seven members of the hoped All of the Association of Students of the Independent presidential candidate ofpeople,hesaid. Nebraska State Colleges Board of Tuesday afternoon with bands, promotions University of Nebraska candidates were John Matzen, dressed in a “Fat Tuesday” out- The bill, LB401, and constitu- Trustees. and an open forum for this year’s student invited to speak at the rally, either behind a fit, also detailed his platform and encour- candidates. tional amendment, LR8CA, Nebraska is one of only four government microphone or while mingling in the crowd. aged students to vote. About 500 Vicki would merge the University of states to elect its regents. people, according to Although all the candidates made a The One Party presidential candidate Geiser, ASUN communications committee Nebraska Board of Regents and Kristensen said a national cameo, Geiser said only three took the Jaron Luttich and Score! presidential candi- the State College Board of trend existed toward appointing chairwoman, checked out the “Voice Your opportunity to speak. date Nathan Fuerst chose to mingle rather Vote Radio an event in the Trustees into a “superboard” regents and statewide gover- Rally,” all-day NUForce prtesidentiaf candidate Angela than speak formally. Nebraska Union Crib that seven called the Higher Education nance of higher education would featured Clements said she played the theme to the Several first and second vice-presiden- local bands, KRNU disc as tial as as Board of Regents. be an advantage to the state. jockeys playing movie “Star Wars” her first vice-presiden- candidates, well students running emcee and free The bill would also eliminate The “superboard” would cre- prizes. tial candidate, Erik Kinyungu, came on for senate seats, also attended the rally, Geiser said her committee decided an the Coordinating Commission ate a unified voice for direct poli- stage. Geiser said. event more like MTV’s “Rock the Vote” or the to more fun a for Postsecondary Education, cy making, he said, and would “We wanted make it and lit- Senior broadcasting majors Tony Bock, “Rock ‘n’ the Vote 2000” held in she said. which is charged with overseeing consolidate state money going to rally tle light hearted," Matt Fiorita and Karissa Armstrong, the all of the state’s higher educa- higher education instead of November for city and national elections No Bull presidential candidate Andy hosts of 90.3 KRNU's “Hot Lunch,” a pro- was needed on the of Nebraska tion.