!NU students get new
A student's view of public
administration changes when
he looks out the statehouse
windows rather than in through
a textbook, according to a
U n i ve r s i t y undergraduate
trainee.
Textbooks don't include the
personality and knowledge of
personnel in state offices,
Dennis Ahlers, a student intern
in the State Budget Dept., sajd.
"People In the Budget Dept.
can tell almost immediately
whether a budget submitted by
an agency will have to be cut
because of past experience with
the people of that agency," he
said.
Ahlers and David Cook, both
senior political science majors,
are interns in a new Political
Science Dept. program. Cook is
working in the Economic Op
portunity Commission.
Carroll R. McKibbin, acting
-iairman of the department
and the program's originator,
Said that the students are
receiving a $600 stipend from
the state. He added that the
students work 20 hours a week
and read books on public ad
ministration for three hours of
University credit.
He explained that the
purpose of the program is to
combine practical experience
with an academic program.
"I realized before I started
working that a lot goes on in a
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state agency you can't set down
In words," Cook said. "That's
been affirmed by my ex
periences so far."
Cook said that he dislikes not
having enough work to keep
busy, but admitted that it
would be difficult to find an
agency which could offer more
concrete work.
"I'm just not going to be here
very long," he noted. "But I
am in favor of more projects
like this internship where the
student has a chance to apply
himself to what he wants to
do."
Ahlers' situation in the
Pulsar discoverer
talks Thursday
W. John Cocke, the discov
erer of optical pulsar, will
speak Thursday, Oct. 22 at
4 p.m. in Brace Hall 211.
In 1967 Cambridge Univers
ity astronomers announced the
discovery of a pulsating radio
source from outer space with
periods of a fraction of a second-pulsars.
A year later
Cooke noted a similar pulsat
ing optical source in the Crab
Nebulae.
Cocke, from the University
of Arizona, is being sponsored
by the Physics Dept.
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view of public administration
Budget Dept. differs. "I sup
pose this is the best time to
observe how the budget
department works. There are a
lot of people running through
the office," Ahlers noted.
But he added, "It's not the
best time for me to actually get
a chance to do work. The
personnel just don't have the
time to work with an in
tern."
Ahlers said that he was
surprised to learn that
Nebraska was advanced in
centralizing state budget in
formation. He explained that
all agency budgets are under
oae office.
"Many states don't even
know how many agencies they
have," he continued. "I always
figured that Nebraska was
behind in everything, but the
budget department really
knows what's going on."
So far in the program, Ahlers
has read background material
about the Budget Dept.'s work,
corrected computer errors on
payrolls and done research
concerning state spending for a
quarter year. He also attended
a budget meeting with an
agency director to observe the
procedure of hammering out an
agency's planned finances.
His counterpart in the
Economic Opportunity Com
mission has also read material
pertinent to the agency's work.
In addition Cook is compiling
an affirmative action program
booklet which will explain
equal opportunity laws to
employers.
"Many employers practice
discrimination without in
tending to do so because they
don't understand the implica
tions of their practices," he
said.
Cock is also working on a list
of referral agencies for
employers. This list names
agencies like community action
Tiemann-Exon debate
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Exon stressed the need for
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who realizes he doesn't have a
fair proportion of minority
workers can go to s e e k poten
tial employees.
The commission also handles
individual complaints against
companies. Cook said that he
has attended his first meeting
where filings against employ
ers are discussed.
"All I expected when 1
started the internship was that
it would be exciting," said
Cook. "And it has been."
He reminded the audience
that "attendance at the
University is a privilege, not a
right."
Asked about the University's
new class in homophile studies,
Tiemann said, "I will not im
pose on the University and the
Regents what they should
teach." Exon replied, "The
homophile course on the
campus is not necessary."
Tiemann refused to take a
stand on abortion Wednesday
night. But Exon said he was not
in favor of any major changes
in the Nebraska abortion law.
Lending library
needs workers
The Music Lending Library
is presently unable to function
because of lack of student In
terest, accordng to Gretchcn
Davis. The library checks out
records for two weeks to stu
dents. Anyone interested in working
in the library should contact
Davis (432-3286) or leave their
name and telephone number
in the Union Program Ofifce,
Room 123.
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THE NEBRASKAN
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1970
