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MANY STRANGE SIGHTS ha;e been seen
around campus in preparation for the Home
coming weekend. The above, however, is not
a display, but merely a remnant of a Kappa
Sig party. For details on the weekend, see the
story on page 4.
Student Court Action
Causes Difficulties
By Randv Ircy
Senior Staff Writer
The recent Student Court
decision barring Bill Tooley
from holding the seat on Stu
dent Senate given to him
by a special reapportionment
last spring, has opened sev
eral new problems within the
Senate.
The central problem re
volves around whether or not
the decision will be applied
to the other two Senate seats
reapportioned at the time as
Tooley's.
The court ruled, in the
Tooley case, that the reap
portionment decided upon by
the Electoral Commission
was not direct apportionment,
as called for by the ASUN
Constitution.
In its"' decision, the court
said "to permit students from
other colleges to fill seats ap
portioned to the graduate col
lege is to permit representa
tion other than by direct ap
portionment." The commission had been
forced to re-distribute Senate
seats because of the failure
of the Graduate College to
fill three of the seats in last
Spring's election which
were originally apportioned
to them.
Under the reapportionment,
the vacant seats were equally
divided among the candidates
from Engineering and Archi
tecture, Teachers, and Pro
fessional Colleges who- polled
the highest number of votes
in the election, but failed to
win a seat.
The seats were given to
John Hall, teachers; Mike
Jess, engineering; and Too
ley, professional, who was en
joined by the court from fill
ing a seat.
. The problem is further com
plicated when Don Voss, for
mer Senator from engineer
ing, was forced to resign his
seat because of a class con
flict with the Senate meeting
time.
Therefore, members of the
Hardin:
By Julie Morris
Senior Staff Writer
EDITOR'S NOTE: This is
the third story in a six-part
series on the University's
1967-69 $98 million budget
request to the Nebraska Le
gislature. S-h-o-r-t was the word in
vogue in University admini
strative circles last spring.
The University was discov
ering that it was short of
funds to complete the 1965-67
biennium funds needed to
pay teachers, to cut the
grass, to mail letters, to heat
the buildings.
The state Legislature ap
proved an operating budget
of $57.8 million, $4.5 million
less than the University re
quest. Administrative officials
were finding that financing
operations to the end of the
biennium that brought unex
pected record enrollments
both years was going to be a
tight squeeze.
Predictions were that the
squeeze might be so tight
that uggested solutions in-
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ASUN executive have re
frained from filling Voss' seat
until it can be determined
whether or not Jess, too, will
be barred from hoU"-g his
scat.
Jess faces two alterna
tives. That of resigning his
seat and then refiling for
Voss's seat, or to keep his
present seat and hope that
the court decision will not be
applied to his seat.
The Student Senate has a
third alternative in this prob
lem, that of letting Jess take
the seat formerly held by
Voss and filling Voss's seat
itself.
The problem of Hall's seat
also came out in the T o o 1 e y
case. The original apportion
ment made by the ''.toral
Spring's election was incor
rect. A seat which was given to
the Arts and Sciences College,
should have actually been
that of the Teacher's College.
Hall, therefore, received a
seat in the reapportionment
of the Graduate College
seats would have been h i s
from the start.
Teacher's College should
have had one more seat on
its ballot and this would have,
in turn been won by Hall be
cause he was the next in line
in the final tabulation of the
votes.
This leads to the fact that
the seat from Arts and Sci
ences which George Lonn
quist won last Spring belonged
to Teacher's College.
Last Spring, Lonnquist has
resigned his seat, because he
is no longer attending the
University. Mark Schreiber
was elected by the Senate to
fill Lonnquist's seat. But,
since the apportionment was
originally incorrect, it w a s
not an Arts and Science seat
to which he was elected.
The Senate is now waiting
. to see if further suits will be
filed on the reapportionment
problem, before acting to
clarify the confusion.
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' eluded calling a special leg
islative session and raising
tuition for the third year in a
row.
Program Request Governor, Approppriated
Recom'ds
1965-67 BUDGET REQUEST AND APPROPRIATION
Administration and
general expense ....$6,331,910 $ 6,243,000 $ 5,840,901
Instruction 19,607,145 18,800,000 18,316,644
Organized activity
related to instruction 593,155 673,000 538,428
Organized research .... 734,203 712,000 825,000
Extension and public
service 4,195,458 3,971,000 3,675,023
Libraries 1,903,547 1,823,000 1,810,702
Plant operation and
maintenance 4,346,397 4,103,000 4,402,070
Agricultural experiment
stations 8,429,003 8,142,000 7,529,074
Agricultural extension
service 6,161,119 5,811,000 5,802,315
Conservation and
survey division 336,894 324,000 326,010
Curtis High School ..... 530,775 511,000 514,172
Medical center 9,135,707 8,804,000 8,197,237
TOTAL UNIVERSITY
BUDGET $62,305,313 $59,832,000 $57,827,535
State Broadcasters Oppose FM
Decision May Delay Formation Of
Opposition of the Nebraska
Broadcasters Associa
tion (NBA) may delay the
formation of the campus FM
station as the FM committee
seeks approval of the Board
of Regents.
Bob Wilson, chairmun of
the proposed University of
Nebraska Student Broadcast
ing Corporation, said that the
next step in the group's plans
is to contact the Regents, but
that this opposition might
delay action Indefinitely.
At their September conven
tion the broadcasters unani
mously passed a resolution
stating opposition to "any
AM or FM grants to public
institutions in Nebraska.
The resolution was ad
vanced by James Kamas of
Lincoln's Capitol Broadcast
ing Corporation, (KWI1G
FM) who formerly had . en
dorsed a campus FM station
directly affiliated with t h e
University.
Wilson said that he talked
to Kamas, who told him that
his objection is based on com
mercial stations licensed to
public institutions.
Wilson said that Kamas
had told him that he would
Friday, October 14, 1966
Sorensen., Tiemann ...
Candidates Talk Taxes, Education
By John Fryar
Junior Staff Writer
Disagreeing on how taxes
should be used to attain edu
cational excellence, Nebras
ka gubernatorial candidates
Philip Sorensen and Norbert
Tiemann discussed plans and
issues in the Nebraska Union
Wednesday.
Questions provoking debate
included tax policy, the Uni
versity budget, the outflow of
Nebraska youth, and the rec
ord of the Morrison adminis
tration. Both Lt. Governor Soren
sen, the Democratic nominee,
and Republican Tiemann said
that the minimum voting
age should be lowered to 18.
'Merry-Go-Round'
Tiemann said that Nebras
ka should upgrade its educa
tional excellence in order to
attract industry and federal
research funds as well as
maintaining trained manpow
er. The GOP nominee stated
that the outflow of Nebraska
youth was a "merry-go-round"
problem which in
volves industry, manpower
and youth.
He said that youth is at
tracted to other states for
jobs, and that unless the cy
cle is broken, no Industry re
quiring trained manpower
will consider entering Nebras
ka. Proposing upgrading exist
ing institutions as well as the
addition of a junior college
system and vocational train
ing schools, Tiemann said
that a vital need was the
creation of a research center
that would attract top schol
ars as well as federal re
search grants.
The final solution, however,
was that the University ask
for a $500,000 supplemental
appropriation from the 1967
not be opposed to the Univer
sity FM station If the articles
of incorporation and by-laws
showed it to be educational
and non-profit.
According to Wilson, most
of the ground work for the
station is complete. He s a i d
that the next step would
have been to seek approval of
the Board of Regents for us
ing the name "University of
Nebraska" in the organiza
tion's title.
Regents' approval is need
ed before the organization
can file articles of incorpora
tion or begin a fund-raising
drive.
Dick Sherman, public re
lations chairman of the FM
committee, said that endorse
ments were obtained from
Lincoln radio stations last
spring and the ASUN. In addi
tion, letters explaining the
group's purpose have been
sent to campus organizations
and living units.
Sherman said that the fund
raising drive and other activ
ities had been planned for
the near fuuture, pending the
Regents' approval and t h e
incorporation.
Sorensen said that there is
now a chance for Nebraska
citizens to determine their
own educational standards by
voting for Amendment 14 in
November.
He termed this amend
ment "no grand goal," but an
"actual program of state aid"
in which a minimum 20 per
cent of revenues from state
income and sales taxes would
be returned to the common
schools.
Sorensen said that the im
plications of this program
were equal opportunities for
education not now financially
available under the property
tax system, and the increased
ease of school consolidation.
Saying that these things
were not fully available under
the present "outmoded" tax
system, Sorensen added that
educational upgrading must
be financed. .
Sorensen termed voting for
or against the amendment a
choice between a "bird in the
hand or two promises in the
bush."
University Budget
Both Sorensen and Tiemann
said that as governor they
would have to examine the
University budget line-by-line
before they could recommend
it.
"If the appropriations are
justified, I'll go to bat for the
budget," Tiemann said.
Tiemann said that the fact
that the budget was doubled in
a biennium indicates to him
a lack of executive leadership
in presenting the b u d g e t to
the legislature.
The Republican said also
that in the area of research,
"we have not yet gone far
enough in this budget."
school to finish the two-year
period which ends July 1. The
request will be presented
when the body convenes in
January, according to Joseph
Soshnik, Vice Chancellor and
corporation secretary for the
Board of Regents.
Errors
According to Chancellor
Clifford Hardin, the Univer
sity came up short of money
this biennium because of er
rors in University enrollment
projections and because of
legislative trimming of the
budget request.
In late December of 1964,
Hardin said, University ad
ministrators realized their en
rollment projections of 14,
500 for the following fall were
too low. The administator did
not readjust the figures, how
ever. "Even if we had corrected
it (the figure), it would not
have changed the budget,"
Hardin said.
Hardin said the University,
in figuring its budget re
At a meeting Thursday,
Robert Ross, Dean of S t u
dent Affairs, told Wilson and
Sherman that this new fac
tor introduced complications
and that they should delay
their formal introduction of
the matter to the Regents un
til additional information con
cerning the broadcaster's ob
jections could be obtained.
However, Kamas told Wil
son that ha would communi
cate with Ross if he found
the articles of incorporation
to be of an educational na
ture. Wilson said that this
might mean the request for
tentative approval could be
made at Saturday's Regents'
meeting.
Ross said that he was
"quite surprised" at the res
olution and that he didn't
know whether it would make
any difference to the Board
of Regents.
Wilson said that any delay
caused by difficulty over the
resolution might mean that
the station would not begin
operation in the spring as
originally planned.
Ross said that the Regents
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Sorensen said that substan
tial increases arc justified
and that the state needs to act
to meet the educational needs
of Nebraska youth "at a cost
that they can afford."
'Vacuum
Tiemann accused the Mor
rison administration of lack
ing leadership. He said that
although Sorensen planned to
build upon the Morrison be
ginnings, these accomplish
ments were the products of
the legislature rather than
the governor's office.
"You cannot build on a
vacuum," Tiemann said.
Sorensen answered with a
list of accomplishments rang
ing from the tourism pro
gram to the investment of idle
state funds.
"Mr. Tiemann is not run
ning against FTank B. Morri
son," Sorensen said, and
added t h a t he would match
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common sense."
quest for the biennium, had
left a leeway of about 400
more student enrollments.
"Had' it all (money re
quested) been granted, we
would have had this much
elbow room," he stated.
'Disbelief
Hardin said there has been
an aura of doubt surrounding
University enrollment projec
tions and that some senators
received the 14,500 figure
with "utter disbelief."
"We were placed in a po
sition of having to absolutely
prove that every student we
had in our estimate would
actually enroll," Hardin said.
The University's budget re
quest for the 1965-67 bienni
um was $62.3 million. Of this,
$42.1 million was to come
from the state general fund
of tax revenues.
Gov. Frank Morrison's ex
ecutive budget committee re
commended the school re
ceive authorization for a $59.8
million budget with $39.1 mil
lion of this coming from the
were interested in student
ventures into new areas, but
were also conscious of rela
tions with the business com
munity. He added that the NBA's
objection might be in con
flict with the licensing regu
lations of the FCC rather
than University policy.
'No Justification'
Wilson and Sherman said
that they were "surprised
and disappointed" by the res
olution. They said that "no
justification" for it had been
shown them, and added that
they would have hoped that
either they or Ross would
have been personally con
tacted about it.
Wilson said that the p r o
posed FM station was not on
a commercial channel, that
the FCC strongly encourages
educational stations, and that
stations are licensed for
"public convenience, inter
est, and necessity."
He added that the Univer
sity is one of the only major
colleges without a campus
wide radio station.
ASUN formally endorsed
the proposed FM station last
week, after having endorsed
his own record with anyone
in the state.
Tiemann called for the rec
ognition of business tech
niques and a broad agricul
tural background as being im
portant to the Governor. He
said that he would use "hard
headed business common
sense" to run state agencies
with increased efficiency.
'More Than Businessman'
Sorensen replied that there
was much more to govern
ment than business and that
business managers were al
ready instrumental in formu
lating budgets.
"The Governor is much
more than a businessman,"
Sorensen said.
Tiemann called for imme
diate revenue bonds to correct
highway problems, while
Sorensen said that no action
should be taken until the now
under way $300-thousand
SORENSEN
actual
general fund. The Legislat
ure authorized a total operat
ing budget of $57.8 million,
with $34.4 million for tax
funds.
While the University had
asked for a $5 million in
crease in their share of state
tax dollars, the Legislature
only appropriated a 3 mil
lion increase The Legislature
also instructed the Univer
sity to create additional re
venues by making "signifi
cant tuition increases" for
the biennium.
In accordance with this, the
University raised student fees
and tuition rates from $132
per semester to $167 for resi
dents and from $300 per se
mester to $430 for non resi
dents in the fall of 1965.
'Requests Pruned'
The nine-member Legisla
tive Budget Committee, un
der the chairmanship of Sen.
Richard Marvel of Hastings,
pruned all areas of the Uni
versity request except two.
The area hardest hit was
Station
Station
the idea in November of last
year as well. In addition, Lin
coln stations KFMQ, KLIN
and KWHG sent letters of
endorsement to Ross.
At that time, Kamas had
written on behalf of KWHG,
"If the station is organized
as they related, re wish it
known the project has both
our support and endorse
ment." S. L. Agnew, also of
KFMQ, wrote, "Our attitude
here at KFMQ is of a posi
tive nature. This would be
worthy of the University
administration's considera
tion." Robert Askey of KLIN
wrote, "As long as the sta
tion is non-commercial and
as long as all financial mon
eys come from voluntary
contributions rather than tax
funds, radio station KLIN
would welcome such an addi
tion to Lincoln's broadcast
spectrum."
These statements were
written last spring, before
this fall's NBA convention.
Wilson said, "We cannot
think of anything that h a i
happened since then to
change minds."
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study of state roads is com
pleted. Sorensen also accused Tie
mann of bad business prac
tice in wanting to issue the
state-indebting bonds.
"Our roads are in bad
shape," Tiemann said, and
reminded students that the
new dormitories on campus
had been built with revenue
bonds.
Speaking on a state income
tax, Sorensen said that he
favored a graduated rate
based on the "ability to pay"
principle, while Tiemann fav
ored a progressive rate based
on federal income tax re
turns. The discussion-debate was
moderated by ASUN presi
dent Terry Schaaf and was
the first in this year's series
of Nebraska Union Talks and
Topics presentations.
Photos By Jail Morrii
. . . "no grand goal, but
program of state aid."
the school's request for $19.6
million for instruction, which
was cut $1.3 million by the
legislators. The University re
quest for agricultural experi
ment station funds was also
cut heavily by some $999,939.
The Legislature authorized
the use of more funds than
requested in the areas of
physical plant operation and
organized funds for research,
which is a general research
fund administered by the
University Research Council.
Legislative authoriza
tion for the instructional pro
gram included pay raises of
an average of five per cent
for each year of the period
for all faculty. The Univer
sity had requested a raise of
about seven per cent. The
budget package also provid
ed for pay raises of about
2 per cent for non instruc
tional personnel and the ad
dition of 106 new full-time
equivaleul faculty members.
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