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Regents plan married housing,
review UNL's accreditation
Chancellor Zumberge . . . new married student housing
could be finished in a year.
by Sara Schwieder
A plan for 40 new units of married
student housing on East . Campus was
approved Saturday by the Board of Regents
during its regular monthly meeting held at
the University of Nebraska at Omaha
student center.
The plan, presented by UNL Chancellor
James Zumberge, specifies that the new
units "should be replicas of the existing
units unless a less expensive method of
construction, such as modular units, can be
utilized."
"Now that we've got the Board's
approval, we (the Administration) can move
right away," according to Zumberge. "I
would hope that they will be finished in a
year or so."
Zumberge said the new housing units will
be financed by low-interest loans from a
lending agency, and that money for them
will come from state funds.
Minimum expense will be incurred by
using plans of the units already built and
because the University already owns the
land, Zumberge said. Consequently, the rent
charged is expected to be considerably lower
than what private enterprise would change.
Only Regent James Moyland of Omaha
voted against the project. "Several months
ago, this board decided we were in the
education business and not in the housing
business, and I think we ought to stick to
that," he said.
In other action, the board scheduled the
public hearing on the revised University
Governance Commission report, or the
University Bylaws, for Thursday, Nov. 9 at 1
p.m. on the UNL campus. Tentative final
approval of the bylaws will be Nov. 10.
The board finished its revisions of the
Commission report in executive session
Friday. The report, with a leaflet noting the
regents' changes in it, will be available by
Oct. 24 in the chancellor's office on each
campus.
The board directed University President
D.B. Varner to prepare the revised report
and see that there was "widespread
distribution noting the changes" prior to the
public hearing.
University administrators gave the board
a quick review of the University's
accreditation status. The Lincoln system was
given general accreditation by the North
Central Association of Colleges and
Secondary Schools last year for a 5-year
period. Historically, this institution has been
given accreditation for a 10-year period, and
the shorter period of accreditation has
caused concern among the regents.
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Regents
reconsider
office site
At the behest of UNO
Evans, the Board of Reg::
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built in front of the ; -Building
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proposed site, would i.ii.:
tree-lined mall which h;
Omaha landmark.
The Board, on
Hansen's motion,
Chancellor Ronald Rosk
to expose UNO's master
students, re-assess the mi
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Board's November meeting."
Evans said she was speaking for 700
students and faculty who had signed a
petition disapproving the proposed site
for the new building. UNO has about
11,000 students.
"The Student Senate rejected the
mall site In 1969, 1970 and again this
year," she said. "Are you really that
insensitive to the student?"
She quoted Nebraska Gov. J.J. Exon
as saying the mall site "would be poor
planning," and noted an Omaha city
councilman's opposition to the site. She
also said the federal government had
withdrawn $1 million from the project
because of student opposition to the site.
"Because you haven't taken the time
to consider the student's feelings, it is
costing you time and money," Evans told
board members.
She said the petition did not indicate
opposition to the building itself, but
'merely was to indicate opposition to the
demise of the mall. She proposed that the
building be built to the south of the UNO
Administration Building, but
acknowledged that there were many
other places besides the mall that it could
be placed.
"Any place but the mall is all right
with me," she said. "That mall is the last
green place left on this campus, and it's
worth fighting for.
Campus voter
registration opens
The last on-campus voter registration drive before
November's general election will be today through Wednesday.
Students may register in a Nebraska Union booth from 8 a.m.
to 4 p.m. daily.
Students who don't register during the drive may do so
until Oct. 27 at the election commissioner's office in the
City-County Building at 10th and J Streets.
Students need not re-register unless they have changed their
address or name (because of marriage, etc.).
Nebraska registration requirements state that a person must
be a United States citizen, 18 years or age or older and a
Nebraska resident on or before election day.
UNL students may register either in their home county or
in Lancaster County.
Students wanting to register in their home county, but who
cannot do so in person, should write their county clerk
requesting registration forms, except in Buffalo, Sarpy or
Douglas counties, where they should write the election
commissioner.
Students registering in Lancaster County would be eligible
to vote in those state contests:
-United States Senate, Terry Carpenter (D) challenging
Carl T.Curtis (R);
-First District House of Representatives, Darrell Berg(D)
challenging Charles Thone (R);
-First District Board of Regents, Edward Schwartzkopf
unchallenged;
-local legislative races.
Other state races:
-Second District House of Representatives, Patrick Cooney
(D) challenging John Y. McCollister (R) ;
-Third District House of Representatives, Warren
Fitzgerald (D) challenging Dave Martin (R);
-Second District Board of Regents Douglas County area
encompassing legislative districts 8, 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14,
Clifton Batchelder challenging Kermit Hansen;
-local legislative races.
Absentee ballots need
notarization by law
ASUN President Bruce Beechftr said Thursday he is
attempting to get 10 students registered to notarize absentee
ballots before the Nov. 7 general election.
According to Beecher, he first must receive approval for the
$300 expense in registering the students as notaries.
In exchange for paying the $30 fee, Beecher said the
student would be asked to work approximately 10 hours
notarizing absentee ballots.
In the past, Lancaster County Election Commissioner and
University officials have been swamped with students needing
their absentee ballots notarized.
To vote absentee in Nebraska, an individual must be a
registered voter and make written application for an absentee
ballot from his place of registration before noon Nov. 4.
The ballot must be postmarked and on its way back to
election officials by midnight Nov. 6.
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CU lottery
to provide
700 tickets
The student lottery for tickets for the Nov. 4
Nebraska-Colorado football game in Boulder will be
Wednesday through Friday at the UNL Coliseum ticket office.
In accordance with an agreement reached with ASUN
several years ago, 20 per cent of the tickets for the game are
held for students. Since Nebraska's allocation from Colorado is
3,500 tickets, there will be 700 tickets available for students.
No checks or cash will be required when entering the
lottery. Students wanting to sit together (not to exceed six in
a group) must come to the Coliseum together to apply for
tickets. Each student must present his own student ID card.
Married students may request two tickets and must bring
proof of their marriage.
Winning lottery numbers will be published in next
Monday's Daily Nebraskan. Students with winning numbers
must pick up their tickets and pay for them at the Coliseum
Oct, 19 and 20. . L , .
Tickets not claimed by 4 p.m. uct. win db cante.cu.
Ticket price is $6.
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