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Wednesday, March 30, 1966
The Daily Nebraskan
Vol. 81, No. 88
Funds Diversion ...
Lincoln Senator Disapproves
A state legislator has con
demned the suggestions of
some state senators that
funds within the University's
total budget be diverted to
make up for a budget deficit.
Sen. Marvin Stromer of
Lincoln said in Chancellor
Clifford Hardin's office Tues
day that proponents of a fund
diversion plan have "their
heads in the sand."
He said if funds from re
search and other non instruc-
Schaaf
Resigns
Union
The Nebraska Union Pro
gram Council Tuesday night
accepted the resignation of
its president, Terry Schaaf,
who has filed as a candidate
for ASUN president.
The council elected Carolyn
Freeman to replace Schaaf
as president.
The eight-member council
met for a three-hour closed
session before accepting one
of the three alternatives sug
gested by Schaaf. Schaaf was
excluded from a half hour of
the meeting.
Three Alternatives
According to Schaaf, he
presented three alternatives
concerning his future to the
council. The alternatives, he
said, were for the council to
accept his resignation as pres
ident, to accept his resigna
tion if he was elected ASUN
president or to allow him to
stay regardless of victory or
defeat in the ASUN elections.
Schaaf said the council
"accepted" the first alterna
tive. Miss Freeman said the
council "accepted the alter
native Schaaf felt was the
best."
He said he "resigned In or
der that I might give my full
time and effort to running
for president of ASUN."
Schaaf said a factor in his
resignation was that his cam
paign for ASUN president at
the same time he held the
Union office would put the
council "In a bad position."
Not Serving Union
He said he "will not be
serving the Union in any ca
pacity," adding that he is
''sorry to leave it."
Miss Freeman said the pro
gram council will make "no
type of public statement" re
garding Schaaf'f campaign.
She added, however, that she
will "personally support"
Schaaf. She said the Union
will not take a stand on the
campaign because it is not a
political organization.
Registrar's
Predictions
Released
University officials will
meet Thursday afternoon to
consider what figures will be
submitted by the University
to the Legislature as the pro
jected enrollment for next
fall.
Up to this point, Registrar
Floyd Hoover's figures bave
been 16,900 as the bw: 17,200
as the probable; and 17,500 as
the high.
However, there are certain
new considerations, according
to Hoover. "On information
from Washington, I've esti
mated a possible 779 addition
al students coming on the new
GI Bill of Rights act," he
said.
Hoover also noted that sev
eral other colleges and uni
versities in the state, includ
ing Cretfghton, Nebraska Wes
leyan, and Omaha University
have raised their tuition.
"We have to consider
whether these schools may be
pricing themselves out of the
market, thus sending some
students to the University,"
be explained.
With the consideration of
students coming on the GI
Bill and from other "saturat
ed" schools, the estimate may
well be along the line of
18,000 students, Hoover said.
tional programs were divert
ed into the instructional pro
gram of the University it
would mean "the stoppage of
important University activi
ties." Other Senators
Four other state senators,
three of them members of the
Legislative Council study bud
get committee, have suggest
ed that funds diversion is the
way to solve the University's
$500,000 deficit for the upcom
ing year.
Senators Richard Marvel,
Fern Hubbard Orme, George
Gerdes and Hal Bauer have
made public statements en
dorsing a funds diversion
plan.
Stromer said he would fav
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SUB-STANDARD HOUSING ... for foreign students was brought to the attention of
the Lincoln City Council at the Monday meeting. ASUN Senator Terry Schaaf pre
sented a report drawn up by the Senate Public Issues Committee.
Schaaf Presents Report
On Housing To Council
By Bruce Giles
Senior Staff Writer
A resolution on foreign stu
dent housing was presented
to the Lincoln City Council
Monday by ASUN Senator
Terry Schaaf.
The resolution was part of
a report prepared by the pub
lic issues committee for the
ASUN in February.
The resolution read as fol
lows: "Be it resolved that the
ASUN ask the City Council of
the City of Lincoln to take
immediate action toward the
establishment of minimum
standards for rented housing
in the city."
Schaaf presented copies of
the committee report to each
of the City Council members
and Mayor Dean Petersen.
Schaaf told the City Coun
cil that many foreign stu
dents feel that they would not
like to live in the dormitor
ies. Instead, they assume
they can find suitable hous
ing close to the campus, but
cannot.
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THE SPRING ... has long been a symbol of
Spring Day which is held each May 6 on East
Campus. Interviews for workers will be held
Saturday. The available committees include
men's games, women's games, city publicity,
East campus publicity, secretaries and trophies.
Students interested in interviewing for a commit
tee can sign up on the ASUN door in the
Nebraska Union.
or either the calling of a spe
cial session of the Legislature
to appropriate more money
for the University or the im
mediate appropriation of mon
ey after the opening of the
1967 Legislative session.
Research
He stressed the importance
he feels research has in re
lation to the total functions of
the University and said that
a cut in research funds
would result in "changing the
basic character of the Uni
versity." "I am not willing to see the
University be sacrificed in a
game of hopscotch," Stromer
said. "I am not willing to
see the internal character of
the University changed be
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Also, he said that dormitor
ies are often filled before the
foreign students decide to
come to the University.
He said that in most cases,
it is impossible for foreign
students to find suitable hous
ing within six to ten blocks
of the campus.
Mayor Petersen told Schaaf
that the city is currently
working on a minimum hous
ing code which is similar to
the National Uniform Stand
ard Housing Code.
Petersen noted that studies
have also been carried on by
a Housing Code Committee
and a Better Lincoln Com
mittee. Councilman John Comstock
said that the city already has
some of the features request
ed in the new building code.
Schaaf said that the Senate
is working on a program to
help inform foreign students
of housing sooner and possib
ly to move them into Lincoln
homes for a week where they
would be aided in finding
suitable housing.
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cause of an emergency."
Stromer stated he is defi
nitely not in favor of increas
ing tuition. He said the state
"must stand behind the Uni
versity now and in the fu
ture." The Legislator said that, if
anything, the University needs
to increase its research work.
He said if research was cut
back there would be a cor
responding loss in qualified
faculty and in the amount of
Federal grants lo the school.
Survey
Stromer stated that "in a
survey taken within the Uni
versity, it was shown that
more than 22 per cent of the
faculty who left in 1965 left
Schaaf noted that this is
probably the first time in the
history of the University that
a student government repre
sentative has appeared before
the City Council to present a
report.
"We are very happy to
have people like yourself ap
pear before the City Council,"
Petersen told Schaaf. "We
especially hope to keep these
lines of communication open.
You represent a very substan
tial proportion of the popu
lation." Students
Announce
Candidacy
S I x members of UNI
CORNS have announced that
they will be running for of
fices in the ASUN election
April 27.
At the Monday evening
UNICORNS meeting Randy
Prior announced that he will
be a candidate for first vice
president, lie will also run
for senator from Arts and
Sciences College.
Rich Thompson, present
ASUN senator, Is running for
second vice-president and
also Arts and Sciences sena
tor. Another UNICORNS mem
ber who is running for ASUN
senator from the College of
Arts and Sciences is Larry
Eckholt.
Jim Vogt and John Gerlacb
are campaigning for senator
from Graduate CoDcge.
A senatorial candidate from
the College of Agriculture is
Les Deboer.
Ivy Day Sing
The preliminary meeting
for all men's housing units In
terested in entering the KK
Ivy Day Sing will be held at
8:30 in the South Party Room
of the Union. The fee of 2 50
should be brought to the meeting.
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because of more research op
portunities." The senator said he consid
ers the statement a "direct
challenge" to the state Legis
lators who proposed the di
version of funds as a solution
to the deficit.
Stromer is serving his third
session in the Legislature. He
is a 1955 graduate of the Uni
versity and a former presi
dent of Innocents.
Funds
Meeting
Date Set
April 15 has been tentatively
set as a new date for a meet
ing of the Legislative Budget
Study and the Board of Re
gents, according to Joseph
Soshnik, vice-chancellor for
business and finance.
Soshnik said the meeting,
formerly scheduled for April
8, had been changed because
of conflicting schedules of
participants in the meeting.
He said the April 15 date is
only tentative because of the
same scheduling problems en
countered in arranging the
first meeting. He could give
no definite predictions about
an actual meeting of the two
groups.
The budget committee and
the Regents plan to meet to
discuss solutions to the Uni
versity's budget deficit for
the coming year. Soshnik an
nounced earlier that the $500,
000 deficit might necessitate
a $40 tuition increase for stu
dents. The chairman of t h e
budget committee, Sen. Rich
ard Marvel, announced, how
ever, that another solution
could be found that would
head off a tuition increase.
According to Clarance
Swanson, president of the
Board of Regents, the meet
ing, if it is held, will be open
to the press and the public.
Previous meetings of the
two groups have always been
closed. Marvel announced ear
lier that the budget commit
. tee would leave a decision
concerning opening the meet
ing up to the Regents.
Swanson said the Regents
would be "perfectly happy to
have an open meeting" with
the budget committee.
Swanson said the Regents
are proposing no solutions to
the budget problem for the
University, but are adopting
a "wait and see" attitude
about the situation.
Solutions that have been
proposed by various officials
include the possibility of defi
cit spending, the calling of a
special session of the Legisla
ture, the immediate appro
priation of funds by the Leg
islature after the beginning of
the 1967 session and the diver
sion of non-instructional funds
in the budget into the instruc
tional program.
Sen. Orme
Asks Funds
Diversion
A third member of the leg
islative Council budget study
committee has endorsed the
idea that the University
should divert funds internally
next year to solve its instruc
tional money needs problem.
Sen, Fern Orme of Lincoln
joined Senators Richard Mar
vel of Hastings and George
Gerdes of Alliance in saying
Hhe University should not In
crease student tuitions to get
the necessary funds.
"The University is in need
of considerably more money,"
Sen. Orme told a Young Re
publican audience.
"However, the Board of Re
gents has the power to switch
funds. That is their Deroga
tive and their responsibility,"
Sen. Orme said.
She added: "I think I am
reflecting the Chinking of the
entire budget committee
when I say that the Univer
sity's number one problem is
. Instruction."
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"LEGISLATURE ASKS THE IMPOSSIBLE ... but ap
propriates no money to do it," said Nebraska's Secretary
of State Frank Marsh at a meeting of UNICORNS Mon
day evening.
Marsh, University
4In Similar Plight'
By Nancy Henrickson
junior Staff Writer
The University faces the
same problems with the state
legislature as do state offices,
according to Frank B. Marsh,
Nebraska Secretary of State.
Marsh spoke about the vex
ations of public service and
institutions at a UNICORNS
meeting Monday evening in
the Nebraska Union.
"The legislature asks me to
do impossible things and ap
propriates no money to do
it," Marsh said. He added
that the legislature gives
him a law to enforce, but no
money to take care of enforc
ing it.
"I have the same problem
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File For
ASUN Post
Three University students
had officially filed as candi
dates for executive positions
in April 27's ASUN election
as of 5:45 p.m. Tuesday.
The candidates and the
positions they are seeking 1
clude: Terry Schaaf, presi
dent; Roger Doerr, first vice
president; and Phil Board
man, second vice president.
Schaaf, who had a 2.9 aver
age, is currently president ol
the Nebraska Union City
Campus Program Council. He
is a member of Sigma Phi
Epsilon fraternity and is a
junior in business adminis
tration. Doerr, who is the ASUN
director of records, has a
3.84 average. He is a stu
dent assistant at Abel and is
a junior majoring in business
administration.
A junior in Arts and sci
ences find Teachers College,
Boardman is chairman of the
ASUN centennial committee
and president of the Lutheran
Student Assn. He has a 3.67
average.
The position of second vice
president has (o be approved
as a constitutional amend
ment in the April 27 election
at (lie tame time which a
candidate is elected.
Student Senate pnf,sc a
motion at last Wednesday's
meeting putting the new po
sition of second vice presi
dent on the ballot to he ap
proved by the University stu
dents. As of Tuesday afternoon no
students had .filed for the
Senate.
Applications for filing for
the race will be available on
the door of the ASUN oflice
in the Nebra.ska Union until
5 p.m. Friday. This is also the
last day that a student ran
relurn his application and
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with the legislature that the
University does." Marsh con
tinued "Sometimes I think
they just don't want to face
the problems."
The state of Nebra.ska. he
said, is "pecuniary." He ques
tioned when it is going to
come of a?e and assume "ITS"
responsibility. He added,
however, that he had no an
swer for the University's prob
lem. Describing the office of
Secretary of State, he said
that his work extends into
many areas, including t h e
stale penitentiary, licensing
real estate brokers, compiling
ballots for elections and iden
tifying livestock cattle brands.
Marsh said he would be op
posed to having the office ap
pointed by the governor rath
er than by popular election.
The secretary of state is re
sponsible to the people and
must make decisions inde
pendently, he said.
in a fiuestion and answer
period, Marsh supported the
suggestion that Nebraska will
be faced with a broadening
tax base. He cited that Ne
braska is the lowest or sec
ond lowest state in per capita
stale spending, because Ne
braska leans heavily on the
property tax.
Deposit Fee
Hiked $25
The class reservation do
posit fee has been increased
by K25 to offset the Univer
sity's new deferred tuition
payment plan, according to
Rceistrar Floyd hoover,
Hoover said since the de
ferred tuition payment plan
does not cA for tuition pay
ment until the days after the
beginning of the semester,
the University will need ex
tra money to work with. The
additional $25 paid by stu
dents at the time of registra
tion will provide this, Hoover
slid.
Hoover said Ihe class res
ervation deposit fee will be
due In mid-April at the time
the student hands In a work
sheet for next semester's
classpR.
The $50 fee, be noted, is
subtracted from the total
amount of tuitior due in the
fall.
Under the ddcrrcd tuition
payment plan, tuition pay
ment is delayed to accommo
date for adjustments In as
sessments because of drops
and adds in a student's
schedule. Hoover said. The
plan was instituted at the be
ginning of the present semes
ter. A second reason for the in
creased class reservation de
posit, fee, Hoover said, was
so that the tuition due in the
fall "wouldn't hit the stu
dents' budgets so hard."
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