cbi u mi
thursday, may 3, 1973
lincoln, nebraska vol. 96, no. 109
Bader offers Day Care Center funding plan
by Dennis Onnen
A tentative plan for funding the
Child and Infant Day Care Center next
year was presented Wednesday by Vice
Chancellor for Student Affairs Ken
Bader at a meeting to discuss the
problem.
"This will carry you through a
subsistence program," Bader said of
his financing plan. Tentatively, $1,200
would come from the All University
Fund, $2,000 from money-making
projects sponsored by the parents,
$1,000 from ASUN and $500 from
the Office of Student Affairs.
Additionally, depending on
whether there will be a 15 or 20 per
cent cutback of federal work-study,
$17,000 or $19,125 would go to
work-study students employed at the
centers, Bader said. Bader said he had
discussed the plan with Jack Ritchie,
assistant director of scholarships and
financial aids.
This past year $22,500 came from
work-study money, $3,661 from the
Office of Student Affairs, $1,700 from
ASUN and $1,300 from parents'
projects, Bader said.
Also attending the meeting were
UNL Chancellor James Zumberge, Ely
Meyerson, dean of administration for
student affairs, Mary Jo Ryan, director
of the centers and six parents. Parents
had asked for more of a commitment
on the part of the University regarding
future financing at a demonstration
last week.
Meyerson said that through some
"manipulation" funds probably could
be raised again to pay a director for
the centers. Most of the money from
the Office of Student Affairs went for
that last year, he said.
A "financial crunch" is making
things difficult for the entire
University, Zumberge said. He said he
hopes a more formal connection can
be made in the future between the
centers and the University so that the
centers will be "on firmer ground."
, Bader added he hopes that the centers
can be tied to some academic unit.
Meyerson said that part of the day
care problems lies in the fact that the
centers haven't been licensed. This is
because there hasn't been available
money to meet the physical
requirements and there are no
permanent facilities, he said. The Child
care center currently is in the United
Ministries in Higher Education, while
the infant care center is at First
Plymouth Church.
Ryan added that full-time
supervisors also are required for
licensing.
"A majority of us wouldn't be able
to continue our education if it wasn't
for the day care center. We would like
to know if funds will be available,"
parent Mike Schafer told the
chancellor. "We aren't in competition
with any student programs."
Zumberge responded by admitting
his reservations about giving money to
the centers. "I don't feel the
University is any more obligated to
you because you are parents. This
could be opening the door to others
who would claim a like benefit," he
said.
Parent Dan Hoyt then pointed out
that the centers can be used only by
students who need financial aid. He
said he believes the University's
obligation to the centers rests in its
obligation to all students who need
financial aid.
Zumberge rejected this as a
"shallow argument," He said that
under those premises someone could
ask for money because he has to
support his mother, for example.
The University will benefit by
continuation of the centers, parent Pat
Strong argued. She pointed out the
number of psychology, child
development and other classes that use
the centers for study. "Mutual benefit
is a valid argument," Zumberge
said.
ASUN gives $500
to bar association
A compromise was agreed upon by ASUN Wednesday night
after a month's debate, over financial support for a minority
recruitment program sponsored by the UNL Student Bar
Association.
The resolution, sponsored by Sen. Dave Thurber and Sen.
Melinda Fowler, gave $500 to the program from the ASUN
Human Rights Committee. The measure passed 24-1.
The original resolution, which would have given $1,000 to
the program, was introduced by Sen. Brian Waid and passed
three weeks ago. The following week ASUN President Ann
Henry vetoed the resolution, saying she thought the senate had
acted hastily in considering it. A motion made by Waid to
override the veto last week was defeated.
Henry had argued that the $500 in the Human Rights
Committee could be better spent on a change in the tuition
statements concerning the PACE program. The change would
let students check one of the two boxes depending on whether
they wanted to contribute to PACE. Currently students must
add $3.50 to their tuition statement if they want to
contribute.
Making the change could result in more money for the
PACE program, Henry said. PACE is a voluntarily-financed,
low-income scholarship program.
The resolution passed last night resolved that question, too.
It said that the change should be implemented, but should be
paid for with money from next year's ASUN budget.
In other business, summer salaries for ASUN executives
were approved. The resolution said that the three executives
will be paid $2.25 per hour for up to 20 hours per week.
Money for that purpose was allocated in an accompanying
government bill. The bill said that $323.20 from the
Conferences Committee and $300 from the Communications
Committee would be transferred to salary expenses. In
addition, Henry said that any money listed under salary
expenses which is not spent by the end of the semester can be
spent for summer salaries.
The bill for summer salaries passed last year gave the
president $2.25 per hour and the first and second vice
presidents $2 per hour, However, the executives last year had a
limit of 25 hours of work per week.
The senate also approved a resolution calling for the
establishment of four Senate Action Committees. The Budget
Committee will consider requests by organizations for monies
and will assist the ASUN president in preparing the budget.
The Legislative Programs Committee initially will hold an
ASUN caucus to plot legislative priorities and will review most
legislation to come before the senate. The committee also will
assist senators with legislation they are preparing. The
Legislative Review Committee will be responsible for following
up on all senate legislation.
The fourth committee will be the Appointments
Committee. It will be responsible for filling all ASUN
appointments, with the exception of the chairmen of the
ASUN standing committees. They still will be chosen by the
executives. Every senator will serve on one action committee.
In an unusual move, the Heppner Hall constitution was
rejected, mainly because of objections to a provision which
gave the hall one vote in the Residence Hall Association.
Currently, Centennial College receives one vote. It includes
both Heppner and Love Halls.
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Outreach-confidential help
by Nancy Stohs
Not everything happens during office
hours. Suicide attempts, emotional problems
or an overdose of drugs don't all happen
between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.
That's the rationale behind Outreach,
UNL's walk-in, call-in crisis aid service. It
opens at 6 p.m. and closes at 7 a.m. every
day.
Outreach is both a telephone number
(472-2200) and a room at the University
Health Center. It is staffed by
students-trained and paid a small
salary-and designed just for students.
Like other "hotlines," Outreach handles
both minor problems (squabbles with
boyfriends) and major ones (suicide
attempts and bad LSD trips). Other calls are
medical, emotional and sometimes
informational ("Where's the financial aids
office?")
Since it was founded in April 1971, 1200
to 1500 people have contacted Outreach,
most by telephone
According to one Outreach worker "We
try to get him (the caller) to see his problem
in a way that he can handle himself, rather
than give solution A, B, or C."
The most frequent of the 50 to 75 calls
received monthly concern personal and
sexual relationships, she said, especially
veneral disease and problem pregnancies.
Suicide threats are the most severe cases
handled. There have only been 20 such calls.
On reason Outreach is unique, Kathleen
said, is because this person has the backing
of medical facilities, nurses and doctors if ha
or she wants them. Or he can stay in the
Outreach room overnight -free of the usual
hospital atmosphere.
While an all-student staff is an advantage,
it often leads to over-identifying with the
problems, Kathleen said.
"You have to know where you stand in
regard to your value system and than not use
it to judge other people," she said.
Besides personal counseling. Outreach
workers give lecture, question-and-answer
presentations to dormitory floors or Greek
houses and hold occasional seminars on
campus.
To become an Outreacher, a student is
trained for six weeks on topics such as
creative listening, drugs, sexuality and
suicide and receive continual evaluation once
hired.
"We regard them (Outreachers) as
paraprofessionals," Grant ssaid.
If one feels incapable of handling a case,
he can make referrals to health center staff
or community agencies.
But Kathleen described it as a "here and
now" service, that "deals with a person at
that one point of time, rather than referring
him away."
"Students don't know how lucky they
are here to have Outreach," another staff
member said. A hotline with medical
facilities and specialized for students is very
uncommon, he said.
Kathleen said she wishes more people
would feel free to use Outreach.
"It doesn't have to be highl serious," she
said. "I can't understand why people are so
fearful."
"You can always talk to friends," she
said, "but many times friends will reflect on
what they would do in your case, and not
what is best for you. Here you get an
objective view."
