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Huskers take nitanny lions 70-58 Story on PAGE 10 ·Video online at www.dailynebraskan.com ·Photos online at facebook.com/dailynebraskan thursday, january 12, 2012

volume 111, issue 079

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dan holtmeyer | daily nebraskan

State Sen. Brenda Council, flanked by members of Nebraska’s NAACP chapters and League of Women Voters, voices her opposition to Sen. Charlie Janssen’s voter ID law, LB 239. The state’s constitution forbids any hindrance to people voting, and “that is precisely what LB 239 does,” she said.

Supporters, opponents argue voter ID bill Proposed bill could inhibit student, elderly and minority voters, opponents say Dan holtmeyer daily nebraskan

State Sen. Charlie Janssen of Fremont, Neb., has found himself yet again in the middle of a passionate legislative battle. Last year, it was over an immigration bill, one of the

most controversial of that legislative session. This time around, political conflict is brewing over his voter ID bill, a requirement that Nebraska voters present official identification, most often a photo ID such as a driver’s license, before they mark the ballot.

Janssen, a conservative, maintains that his bill is meant to ensure the integrity of elections and retain confidence in the system by preventing voter fraud, such as when someone pretends to be someone else to vote again. It’s modeled after an Indiana law that was upheld

by the U.S. Supreme Court in 2008. Nonetheless, opponents charge the bill will disproportionately affect low-income, minority, elderly and student voters, placing another hurdle between those groups and their right to vote.

The bill, LB 239, was introduced last session, along with similar laws in dozens of other states, but held over by committee until now. After several amendments were added, the bill is significantly “watered down,” Janssen said in an interview, but is also now

constitutional. The legislature will likely consider the bill within two weeks. “The original bill was much more strict,” he said. The way it’s formulated now,

voter: see page 3

UNL improves recycling numbers Impact party Frannie Sprouls Daily Nebraskan

The results are in for the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s performance in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Game Day Challenge last October. In the waste minimization category, UNL ranked second with 0.187 pounds of waste per person. UNL came in 14th in diversion rate, which was 43.32 percent. Waste per capita measures the amount of waste per person in the stadium, while diversion rate is the overall recycling rate. “We were very pleased with the results, especially when compared to the ranking from last year’s competition,” said Jeff Henson, a community and regional planning graduate

waste: see page 2 frye page 4

SCHOOLS AIM TO HAVE THE LOWEST WASTE PER CAPITA IN ORDER TO WIN Diversion rate = (Pounds of recyclables and compostables / Pounds of trash + Pounds of recyclables and compostables) x 100. Waste per capita = (Pounds of trash + Pounds of recylcables + Pounds of compostables) / Total attendance.

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announces bid for ASUN race The race has begun with only one runner. Amidst confused students taking a lunch break and befuddled onlookers in the Nebraska Union, a group of brightly dressed students stood before an even brighter banner to unveil their party and plans for the upcoming Association of Students of the University of Nebraska’s elections. Calling themselves “Impact for ASUN,” the party announced its three candidates for the executive positions as well as its party’s platform of issues it will be supporting. Alongside the executives were 51 students that will be running for various senate positions as well.

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impact: see page 2

Weather | cloudy

Growing up is hard to do

Labor of love

Track and field preview

expectation of being professional unrealistic, stifling

lincoln houses surprising variety of stage theaters

athletes to watch during 2012 track and field season

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Eric Kamler, a junior agricultural economics major, is Impact’s presidential candidate. Kaitlin Mazour, a junior English major, is the internal vice presidential candidate and Kyle Wroblewski, a junior civil engineering major was selected as the external vice president candidate. “I’m joined by two of the greatest people I’ve been blessed to call not only my running mates, but also my best friends,” said Kamler in the announcement speech. Since Aug. 29, 2011, the core executive staff has been at work forming ideas and planning for the campaigning to take place in the next eight

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