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Oil-Campus Housing Remains Pro bie
On-campus housing re
mains an issue this fall after
the Board of Regents adopted
the recommendations of the
Ad Hoc Housing Committee,
subject to "guidelines for op
erational policy and proced
ures." The Regents stalled imple
mentation of a more liberal
housing policy recommended
by the Housing Committee
because of guidelines regard
ing dorm occupancy, accord
ing to G. Robert Ross, vice
chancellor and dean of Stu
dent Affairs.
"Late in July it became ap
parent that enrollment of
dormitory occupants was
lower than had been pre
dicted. In. years past, the
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CHIVES,
Wednesday, September 1
Enrollment Figures Less
Than Predicted Increase
Enrollment at the Univer
sity this semester will prob
ably not reach the estimated
figure of 18,500 students, ac
cording to George Round,
Director of Public Relations.
"There is no question that
there will be an increase over
last year's enrollment of 17,
051," Round said. He ex
plained that the size of the
freshman class will be as
large as was expected and
that the loss of students ap
pears to be in the upper di
visions. Round said final enrollment
figures wouU depend on late
registration and the number
Regents Hike Rates . . .
Tuition Raised
By Dave Buntain
SUff Writer
The University Board of
Regents authorized an in
crease in tuition and fees
which became effective for
the fall semester.
The Regents set tuition
costs for Nebraska resident
students at $177.50 per se
mester, an increase of $47.50
over last semester's rates.
Tuitioi for non-resident stu
dents wis hiked from $430 to
$466.50 per semester.
In addition both residents
and nos residents will pay
$39 in fees, contrasting with
last Chester's $37.
TUITION PARALLELS
The tuition increase ap
proved by the Regents par
allels the recommendations
oi Gw Norbert T. Tjemann
and the Unicameral- The two
dollar increase will be used
Huskcr Fans
Buy Tickets
At Coliseum
Students may obtain sea
con football tickets at the
University Coliseum for $10.25
from 9.00 a.m. to noon and
from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m
through Sept. 15.
Students who purchased
tickets in lie spring may ob
tain tfcsm at the times men
tioned above by presenting
their idenUkatsn cards to
the ticket office.
Individuals desiring to sit
in a block should present all
their money and identification
cards at the same time. One
member of the group may
present the cards.
VERIFICATION REQUIRED
Students carrying a mini
mum oi 12 hours may buy
tickets but must present tbeir
ldentjLcali.03 cards to tbe
ticket office to verify their
standing as full tune stu
dents. Married students qualify
for two tickets but must
prove tbeir marital status to
receive litem.
Seals w21 eyt be sold on
a lottery basis but on f i r s t
come first serve. Each stu
tter! must pkk tip bis oo
dormitory space has been
filled by that time," Ross
said.
DORMS NOT FILLED
As a result, more students
had to be required to live in
the dorms so that room and
board charges could be main
tained "as low as possible,"
according to the Regents
guidelines.
In other words, Ross ex
plained, the dorms had to be
would have been increased.
In 'other words, Ross ex
plained, the dorms had to be
filled to 90 to 95 per cent of
capacity, or the dorm rates
would have been increased.
"I think that the faculty,
the administration and the
Regents were all disappointed
that the recommendations
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3, 1 967
of graduate students enrolled.
EXACT FIGURES
"The exact figures will be
available at the first of next
week," we're not certain yet
but the final figure appeares to
be a few hundred less than
was estimated, he said.
He noted that if enrollment
is less than expected there
will be a loss of revenue and
the operating budget, which
was set up for 18,500 stu
dents, will be affected.
"This shouldn't detriment
ally affect the University this
year," he added. He said
University officials are cur
rently studying the factors
to develop the University'i
intramural and student recre
ational program.
The impact of the tuition
increase will be felt directly
by t" students, according to
Dr. Joseph Soshnik, vice
chancellor for administration.
All of the additional funds
arising from the increase are
slated for use by the Uni
versity's instructional pro
gram, he said.
NEW OUTLOOK
Soshnik said that the 1967
legislature took a new ap
proach to University budget
ing. "Until the last session,
appropriations were made as
a 'lump sum' and it was left
to the University to decide
bow much money to spend
within each of its twelve pro
gram areas." be explained. .
"This year tbe legislature
used programmed budgeting,
approving separate appro
priations for each of the
twelve programs."
The legislature also pro
vided for all tuition money
to go into the budget for th
instructional program, wnjen
provides funds for teachers'
salaries and other instruc
tional expenses.
AWS Schedules Meet
For Key Orientation
Rules concerning the use
of junior and senior keys will
be explained at an orientation
meeting Thursday at 7.30
p.m. in the Nebraska Union
according to Mimi Rose. AWS
key chairman.
All women planning to par
ticipate in the key program
must attend and housemoth
ers and resident directors are
also invited.
Miss Rose, said that present
ly not all living units on cam
pus have decided on junior
keys, but that all are par
ticipating ta senior leys.
She added that when the ju
nior system is pasted by a
living unit key privileges will
go into immediate efJect
At the present time Miss
Rose said that over 6J0 wom
en have applied for keys and
she has received approxi
mately 399 pertrassivn cards
from parents and guardians.
She coted that this if a sub
could not be implemented this
year," Ross remarked. "I
hope, that the recommenda
tions can be fully imple
mented next year."
SUGGEST CHANGES
The "Housing Committee
recommended, among other
changes, a more liberal hous
ing policy that would allow
"all sophomores and juniors
.to live in specially approved
off -campus housing with par
ental permission" and without
"discrimination on the basis
of sex."
However the Regents reaf
firmed their position regard
ing the housing recommenda
tions at their meeting Tues
day morning:
"In June, 1967 the Board of
Regents approved the recom
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which may have caused this
changetin enrollment.
REASONS
In a Board of Regents
meeting Monday morning
University Chancellor Clifford
M. Hardin cited the draft and
increased tuition as possible
factors although he empha
sized that the exact causes
of decreased upper class en
rollment were still being
studied.
Administration of
ficials added that other uni
versities may be having
smaller enrollments than es
timated and that this possi
bility was also being investi
gated. $47.50
In computing the instruc
tional budget, tbe legislature
allowed for a prescribed tui
tion increase, which it then
recommended to the Board
of Regents.
FACED CHOICE
The Regents, thus, were
confronted with the need to
either cut down on instruc
tional expenditures or in
crease student tuition, Sosh
nik said.
Chancellor Clifford Hardin
said it is the University's
"hope and belief that the
new rates need not keep from
the University any qualified
students who bad planned to
enroll before the increases
were imposed."
AID AVAILABLE
lie pointed out that the
legislate has made $200,000
available for use during this
school year to assist students
whote enrollment "would be
in financial jeopardy by the
tuition increase."
This support from the leg
islature has permitted the
establishment of a "Uni
cameral Special Tuition As
sistance Program."
stantial increase over last
yt-ar.
Tbe key chairman ex
plained that the success of
the system last year led to
the expansion of the program.
She said the keys were used
"extremely well and with
discretion." Privileges were
not abused and no keys were
lost
Miss Rose said that AWS
may attempt to begin a gen
era! fund this year to pay
for new locks and keys in a
living unit it one individual
loses a key.
Present rules state that the
woman who loses a key is re
sponsible for the new lock
and keys.
Haiti and regulations for
the use of the keys will not
be changed. She said indivi
dual living units decide what
constitutes an over-night and
the captions tor key use
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mendations of the Ad Hoc
Housing 'Committee. The
Board expresses appreciation
to the several faculty, staff,
and students who worked dili
gently on this policy recom
mendation." "Due to the uncertainties
facing many young men re
garding military service and
the addition of a large num
ber of residence hall spaces,
it has been necessary to post
pone the full implementation
of this new policy. We are
looking forward to full imple
mentation at the earliest pos
sible time."
COED MOVES
The housing controver
sy started last spring when a
University coed Jo Flaugher
University of Nebraska
Beauty
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ANOTHER SAMPLE OF POP ART? . . This is a photographer's interpretation of Harper, one of several newly-opened
dorms on campus.
Off -Campus Applications Due
Student applications for off
campus housing privileges
are being considered by a new
faculty-student committee, ac
cording to M. Edward Bryan,
director of bousing.
The group was created by
the Board of Regents as a re
sult of recommendations by
the Ad Hoc Housing Commit
tee. Bryan said, it has been
termed both the Housing Ap
peals Board and the Special
Housing Committee.
EXEMPTED STUDENTS
The committee considers
applications from those stu
dents wishing to be exempted
from the housing regulations
recently approved by tbe
Board of Regents
These regulations stipulate
that all freshmen and sopho
more men and all single un
dergraduate women must live
in campus housing.
If a student shows the com
mittee be should live off-campus
due to "financial bard
ship," previous Lousing com
mittments or health reasons,
the group can recommend to
tbe dean of students that this
person be exempted from the
regulations, Bryan said.
Bryan also explained that
ASUN Senators Hear
Speakers At Retreat
ASUN executives, secre
taries and senators attended
a retreat Friday and Saturday
at Camp Kitski to discuss
Senate plans for this term.
The senators heard
speeches by Carl Davidwn.
Inter -Organizational Secre
tary of the Students for a
Democratic Society, and Ed
Robinson, former President of
the Michigan Student Gov
ernment at the University of
Michigan.
Saturday afternoon t b
moved off-campus. The Office
of Student Affairs told her
that she would have to move
back to campus or be sus
pended from school.
An Ad Hoc Housing Com
mittee, composed of faculty
members, students, and ad
ministrators, was formed ac
cording to ASUN president
Dick Schulze, after ASUN
passed a resolution stating
that housing policy was "un
fair and should be changed."
It came at a time when
there was widespread student
discontent with the Universi
ty's housing policy, according
to ASUN 1st Vice President
GenePokorny.
ASUN APPROVES
ASUN approved the hous
From The Ground Up
tbe student has an "automa
tic appeal" if his application
is denied, allowing him to pro
duce more evidence to sub
stantiate his claim.
HOUSING POLICY
The creation of the housing
board means that one person
will not have the power to
rule on bousing applications,
he added.
The Board of Regents es
tablished the housing board
on June 2, following recom
mendations by the Ad Hoc
Housing Committee that a
permanent board be created
to advise the dean of students
on all bousing questions.
The Regents stipulated that
the committee be composed
of three students appointed
by the president of ASUN and
five faculty members ap
pointed by the Chancellor.
EXTENDED FUNCTIONS
The Regents extended the
functions of the committee, in
July providing for its present
status as an appeals board.
Bryan said an interim com
mittee was established for the
fall term and it began work
in early August .
Members of the interim
board include three faculty
members and three students:
Bryan, Richard Scott assist
ant to the dean of Student Af
fairs: Mrs. Margaret Wehke
Senators conferred with a
panel of administrators com
posed of Vice Chancellor Jo
seph Soshnik, Vice . Chancel
lor and Dean of Student Af
fairs G. Robert Ross, Vice
Chancellor and Dean of Fac
ulties Mark Hobson Director
of Public Relations. George
Round.
Saturday evening Regent
members Dick Herman, Ed
ward Schwartzkopf. and
Round discussed University
policies and problems with
tie Senate.
ing committee's recommen
dations, along with a resolu
tion insisting that the Re
gents act on the recommenda
tions before the fall semester,
and "present a statement to
ASUN regarding their ac
tions." The student body as a whole
became involved in the hous
ing issue last spring when
they voted that "each student
has the right to choose his
own living environment."
"T h i s action, (the new
housing policy), on the part
of the Regents has shaken the
good faith of the people who
thought they could work with
in the system," stated ASUN.
"SITUATION WORSE"
"It appears to me,"" stated
of the housing office; and
ASUN senators, Susie Jen
kins, Phil Bowen and John
Hall.
Bryan said a permanent
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LIGHTS OUT . . , was the order of the day for tbe
L'&ka llofiday aiteniooD.
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Committee-member Ron Pfel-
fer, that the situation in hous
ing hasn't gotten better, it'
gotten worse. I'm sorry we
spent the time on that hous
ing committee."
Pfeifer termed the enroll
ment prediction figures which
seemed to dictate the necessi
ty for new dormitories a
"University mistake, which
the students are paying for."
Spangler called for a re
evaluation of the priorities
upon which decisions are
made by University planners.
"If they can't afford to take
the risk of the dorms being
filled when they agree to
build them, Spangler said,
then I have a very low esti
mation of their ability to work
with the students at all."
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board would be named in Oc
tober. At that time the board
will be better able to assume
its advisory capacity, ha
added.
